The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 126, Ed. 1 Monday, May 19, 1947 Page: 3 of 6
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Elster M Haile, of Plainview. At
the same tim e, Lewis, whose term
expires Feb 1. 1949. advanced to
Walter C. Strong
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the governor—an<T decided _tt had .fcngpd the cogupittee-
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goyfriiofr who h*S to go to peo-
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tee report to the Speaker oP the I
Mouse, which is the only body that
ean force • 'removal of a state of-
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go to the Sepate.
Texas.'i history records
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Several such attempts have been ;
made but all have failed
• Adopted in 1936
The dual ' System which*is how’
recommended for abandonment was
overwhelmingly adopted by the peo-
ple in 1936. At that time 432.224
Texans ’voted-; for it and 168,918
voted against' it. The first pardon
' board with pbwer to limit the clem-
ency of k governor went into office
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Supreme Court appointse. selected
by Justice James P Alexander.
First Board
The first board to serve under the
1936 pian consisted of Bruce Bry-
ant. named by the late chief justice
of the supreme court. C M. Chre-
ton: T. C. Andrews of McKinney,
named by the late Judge W. C.
chairman. Walter C. Strong of Morrow of the court of criminal ap- .governor is not obliged
HendCrsen is the other member with ^cals. and J
a term running to 1951 ' J
The division of authority, incident-
ally. was more complete under Gov. have unlimited pardon nower.
Coke R. Stevenson’s recent term^pite that, he wa.j a
than ordinarily would be the case, movement to have a limiting board
Stevenson had appointed no mem-j established.
ber of the btard Haile had been1 A fact that seems to have been
named by Former Gov W. Lee O - 'overlooked by the Senate
Daniel., aria hi> term did not expire i committee—it is not mentioned in
until Gov. Beaulord Jester came in-I their report—is the failure of the
to office.t-C 1a■'r'x> ’ - j legislature to set up rules for the
Lewis is the appointee of Judge [ pardon board.
Frank Hawkins of the Court of •
Appeals, Criminal Appeals and Strcng is the
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department held that when
amendment, of 1936 was put into
effect it wiped out that previous
law.?’ Boards after that were “cn
their own.” Members of the
boards have said they tried to track
the former law as far as they could.
Under the amendment of 1936 a
to grant
clemency recommended by the
board—he just can’t grant ones
they do not recommend. So the
Senate committee found evidence of
laxity" in the governor's office.
While no governor was mentioned,
Sen. Grady Hazelwood of the com-
Smoot SchmkR of Dallas, a pres- [
ent member of the board, took office
issue clemency in but one Instance I little more than a month ago
'• without the prior approval of two cf ^succeeded former Board Chairman
; the three members of the board of ** -
j pardons and paroles.
t That exception is the right to
J grant one 30-day stay of an electn-
' I cution. Since W. Lee O’Daniel was
I i governor every man sentenced to
death has had that 30 days respite.
Tn setting.up the dual system, the
' legislature not only ii divided the
authority over pardons, but it scat-
tered the opportunity to fix re-
sponsibility, Widespread. .
They provided that the governor
could cappoint but one of the three
i members of the state clemency
i board. One is named by the chief
I justice of the State Supreme Court..
I one by the presiding judge of the
State Court of Criminal ,
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goers who happened to be in
pita this week might well have
U: 'This is where I came in.”
at the state capital there was
(aging the old favorite, “Pardons
bd Farcies.”
jlut the strange part about it was
pt the patrons this time are de-
Mnding that the scrip go back to
aaarllest days, deleting all the
Ranges the public demanded in
State Senate committee that
bestigated present day clemency
Mmmended that the legislature
ptnlt a constitutional amendment
| the people to abolish the state
pard of pardons and paroles which
B 0t Up by a constitutional
aMndment eleven years ago.
kflie committee reviewed 10 years
r the dual plan of clemency — a
pdon board limiting the power of
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Aldridge, C. C., Jr. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 126, Ed. 1 Monday, May 19, 1947, newspaper, May 19, 1947; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1358260/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.