The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1911 Page: 2 of 12
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r before in the history of the
* has an effort been made to
t such important legislation
re the inauguration of a new
nor, and believe the people
sustain them in their posi-
it
pro
>n a
strin-
fore the
Campbell
_aeet execu-
i.WORITY
clear majority on all
Jons (there being 17
ntis) the pros hoped
to accomplish their
t they had proceeded
t distance until they
! by the rules of the
ecordance with the
Then the commit-
>use reported that
■ganized and ready
PROS \VOCL,I> BLOCK THE
INAUGURATION
Then the customary resolution
>s introduced to appoint a com-
dttee to count the vote and ar
range for the inauguration the
pros refused to consider it and
threatened to delay the inaugura-
tion in order to secure the pas-
sage of such bills as they had
agreed upon. In this they were
again foiled, for it developed that
the house could order the count-
ing of the vote and declare the
result without the aid of the
senate, and that the governor-
elect might have the oath of office
administered to him by a justice
of the peace if necessary. Then
it was that the pros agreed to the
lmssage of the resolution, and
immediately after the joint ses-
sion of the two houses was over
the battle for supremacy began
again in the senate. The pros,
Bailey The Leader
Alwaws down under the sur
face, the preliminary tests in a
great contest for the leadership!
of the democratic aide of the sen- j
ate are being carried on, in a
series of highly interesting n in-
eu vers.
Democratic leadership has had
a curious experience in recent!
time. Senator Culberson of Tex-j
as was leader till ill health, and
inability regularly to attend to
the arduous duties, compelled i
him to retire from the watch tow-
er. Senator Money of Mississ-
ippi was selected by the caucus
to succeed him. He is shortly,
toTetire from the senate.
With the democrats hopeful
of a senate majority soon, what
is now the minority leadership
may soon become one of the
most powerful positions in the j
government. Small wonder if!
ambitious statesman look with
avid eye to the oossibility of one!
day weilding even a fraction of
the power which Aldrich has
held during the long period of
his domination.
Jr.st as new republicans come,
like La Follette and Cummins,
and have the temerity to aspire
republican leadership, so there
is intimation that some demo-
crats of comparatively short ser-
Who is Your Deale
<fHave you given this question th
thought and attention it deserves? There
comes a time in the life of every individual
when this subject is important, when he feels
the need of a pure, wholesome stimulant.
^Knowledge, experience, precision; judg-
ment are all essential qualifications, and are
used in the making of
having a clear majority, sought
to displace every obstacle until vice hfive like asparations on
they could secure the introduc-1 ^heir side. Among these Sen-
I ator Owen of Oklahoma |lnis been
u-siness,'- thus completing| f*on of their bills; but in this
■ organization of the Thirty-| they were met by the rules of! brought into the spotlight by
-ond Legislature, practically 1 the senate, which, when invoked, his conP introducing a resolu-
his feet | prevented them from accom-
plishing their purpose.
IN THE HOUSE
While the senate was in an to before the senate for a long
uproar from early morn till late tiine> has compdlea ottention to
Old
HILL & HILL
cry senator was on
itantly, demanding recognition
m the president pro tern. Hud-
■th, who was in the chair.
ERRELL COMES FIRST
rules provide that when
ban one senator is d nand-
'ignition at the sa; time
esident is to name e one
chair
from
speak.” and th<
1 the senator
introduced the
■ 'ding for the
‘Motional
i tied
.■wide
.~VT
or to be fee-
der, Sen
'', who
* ‘ailing
’ibi-
tion to unseat Senator Lorimer.
This bold bid for a commanding
position on an'issue which now
promises to be the most absorb- j
Whiskey
i
>e-
red.
j been
jr the
a bill,
almost
s. This
-.i oy reason
rules and the
ide that when a
“it shall be read
a committee.” It
-.tom in the past
was 'introduced to
j caption, after which
ed to a committee,
mber might call for
>f a bill in full at any
at night, the house was proceed-
ing with business in an orderly
and expeditious manner. Hun-
dreds of bills have been intro-
duced and all committees named,
so that when the inaugural cere-
monies are over that branch of
the legislature will be ready for
business. Speaker Rayburn has
selected many of the strongest
men in the house to head the im-
portant committees in that body,
and it is thought the business of
the session will be speedily dis-
patched so far as the house is
concerned. Former S]>eaker|
Kennedy, who managed Mr. Ray-
burn’s campaign, has advised
with the speaker in the matter of
I committee assignments as well
| as to the selection of employes,
and it is very noticeable that tlie
I men who headed the important
(committees under Speaker Ken-
nedy’s administration are again
at the head of the most important
committees of the house. Ken
nedy has two important chair-
manships, those of revenue and
taxation and of rules, and in ad-
dition to this is recognized as the
floor manager of the sjieaker,
which places him in a position to
accomplish much in the way of
legislation for his constituents.
After the inauguration of Gov-
ernor Colquitt things will proba-
bly settle down, and the stormy
scenes of the first week will not
likely be repeated.
iaiWg of bills
i of the incoming
t, in an effort to
ns of Governor
he radical pros,
g pn effort to
of drastic
mugura
litt
ugurti
tt, def
int»^
d
elt
Durham Murder Cate Set.
The trial of the case of the
State against Major T. E. Dur-
ham, assistant Superintendent
the possibilities of the Oklaho-
man.
For one thing, it is accounted
that Owen has nerve enough and
brains enough to emancipate
himself enough from what may
be called the terror of the Bailey
intellect. Senator Bailey does
not require any badge of office
to be a leader. His knowledge
of law, his knowledge of tacties,
his constitutional erudition, his
intimhey with legislative method
and his long experience, togeth-
er with his remarkable powers
as orator and advocate, have giv-
en him a place quite his own.
MU. bailey’s delight.
It seems tp be a source of
BETTER KNOWN AS THE FAMILY MEDICINE’
J
antipodal views, despite that and experience, Bailey is frank-
both are democrats. With the! ly looked on by progressive and
influx of a number of progres-1 even moderater, in both parties,
sive democratic senators from
Northern States, Owen will be a
possible minority leader. He is
typical of the new radical thought
which is the basis of the progres-
grim satisfaction to Mr. Bailey sive movement in both parties,
occasionally to rise in his place, j And nobody even remotely sus-
and forgetting whose lapel bears j peOs that his nerve will fail
the insignia of leadership, which I wIk occasion requires a measur
needs no label. Nobody seems
to suspect that Bailey will claim
the titular command, but every-
body understand that he can be
expected to give occasional dem-
onstratson of a prowess which
has earned wholesome respect
of antagonism.
Bailey and Owen represent
ing of lances even with the re-
doubtable champanion from the
Lone Star State.
This question of whether Bail-
ey is to dominate the minority
when perhaps it shall become a
majority, is stiring the demo-
cratic side to its depths. With
all that is conceded in his ability
as a dangerous leader. He is
not credited with a full meas-
ure of sympathy with that rath-
er vague body of |thought and
policies denominated prqgres-
sive. He is not liked by Mr.
Bryan and he rociprocates the
lack of offection most heartily.
There is little doubt that at
the proper time there will tie a
contest '•between the Bailey and
the anti-Bailey schools of demo-
crats for the control of the par-
ty program in the senate. There
will probably be a so-called
“Bailey candidate” and an anti-
Bailey” for leadership, and the
contest between them wifi be an
epitome of the struggle now go-
ing on for control of the demo-
cratic party, its convention, its
nomination and its 'platform in
1912.—Washington Times.
Mrs. Sam McClellan a n d
daughter Miss Flora, left Friday
for Dallas where Mrs. McClel-
lan will be under the care of an
ear specialtist.
STRAYED—Dark brown filly,
II 1-2 hands high, 4 to 5 years
old, white spot in face, branded
cross on the left thigh, unshod.
Notify Frank Melton, Route 3,
Abbott—Brigman box. ltpd
Miss Etta Blair of Elm Mott,
was the guest of Miss Geraldine
Edwards Sunday.
of the State penitentiaries, charg-
ed with the murder of a State!
An
cate-
10 de-
em for
there-
resort-
ovided,
vlthin
alto
convict named Atherton, on the
Johns and Burleson farm, has]
set Monday, Feb. 13 says the
Hillsboro Mirror, and County
Attorney Frazier has applied
to the court to have a si>ecial
venire of 100 men ordered drawn
from which to select a jnry.
Judge Smithdeal having been of
counsel in the case will be dis-
de qutuifled from presiding at the
trial and it has not yet been de-
termined who will preside in his
stead—Hillsboro Mirror
Visited llw Oil I
The following visit
rs from
West were over at ti5e Aquilla
oil fields Sunday: W. C. Valeo
t and wife, E. (] Brown and
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Terrell, H. B. The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1911, newspaper, January 20, 1911; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588806/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.