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error signed the Tarrant county court
bill passed by the special session of the
legislature. This is the bill which pro-
poses certain changes in the time of
holding court in the three district
courts of Tarrant county.
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report. but he reserves the right to in-
sist on breweries being kept in the bill
unless It is shown that such a tax will
put the breweries In Texas at a disad-
vantage with breweries outside the
limits of the state.
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ones who stifle competition. as is
Good Rends Convention,
Corsicana. Texas, May 7.—(Special.)
The good roads convention which is
to convene here tomorrow bids fair to
be well attened, as much Interest is
being manifested A fine programme
has been arranged.
exhausted steam uow
The bill was then engrossed and un-
der suspension of the constitutional
rule was finally passed. 94 to 4.
Mr Gafford called up his bill which
makes it grounds for a continuance of
a case when the counsel of either par-
ty in litigation is a member of the leg-
islature and in attendance on his duties
and providing that an affidavit shall
be made by the attorney that he is a
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After Being Welcomed to Mineral
Wells, Healers of the. Sick imme-
diately Took Up Business.
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Senator Brachfield then continued
how competition
new railroads is
would Buffer as a consequence of his
position on this bill and he then talked
at length upon the question of railroad
lobbyists.
His solution is expressed in the pro-
posed amendment which will give to
the railroad commission the power and
authority to classify the roads of the
stats and then the statutes would
control and there would be no necessity
Mineral Wells. Texas. May 7.—(Spe-
cial.)—The thirty-ninth annual meet-
ing of the State Medical association
convened today. - Three balls were es-
tablished. designated as Halls One,
Two and Three, the section of medicine
and diseases of children holding meet-
ings at Hall one, Chautauqua building,
while the section of gynecology and ob-
stetrics held their meeting at Hall two,
Carlsbad auditorium. The wives and
There are two minority reports in ad-
dition to the majority report above.
One is by Messrs. Skinner and Harper,
which aproves *11 of the majority re-
port except the change in the penalty
clause, and the other is by Mr. Murray, pipi
who wants to report the house bill pla
just as it reached the senate.
The senate committed has gutted ths
gross receipts tax bill. .
The report which came out of th*
committee today cut out express com-
pantes, telegraph (wireless), gas. elec-
trie light, electric power, waterworks,
water and light, pipe line and street
railway companies and the brewery and
stockyard companies.
In addition to the above, which is a
majority report, there in a minority
report by Mr. Harper, who wants to
strike out brewery. stockyard, street
railway and interurban railway compa-
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The house reconvened at 2 o’clock.
Speaker Iove in the chair.
• The following written announcement
by Mr Crisp was read and applauded
! “It gives me great pleasure to inform
the house that Senator Walter R. Hol-
sey, a former much beloved member of
. this house, who has been desperately
111 of typhoid for some days at a sani-
tarium in this city, is now greatly im-
proved. and his physician states that
there is no apparent reason why he
should not now make steady progress
Delegates to Rlehmond Reupen,
Waxahachie, Texas, May 7:— (Spe-
cial.)—At the meeting of camp Winnie
Davis yesterday afternoon the follow-
ing delegates were elected to the Rich-
mond reunion: William Stiles, E T.
Stoker, J. D. Carder. Alternates. Wil-
Ham Schuster, J. B. Wilson and J. B.
Crawford.
that the entire radiator system of the
building be connected with automatic
regulation valves and that the main
-pe near to the entrance to boiler
of boundary suits in rav
77 to 26. , ..
Mr Hume of Harris then took the
floor in behalf of the Brachfleld tele-
phone and telegraph bill rather than
the house bill by Ray. He said It was
the avowed purpose of justice to pro-
tect the weak against the strong and
this was what he believed the senate
bill would do in regard to little tele-
phone companies as against any
wealthy and monopolistic corporation
in the same business.- He very force-
fully declared that he had never re-
ceived any favors from either telegraph
or telephone corporations of the
but that he would fight to the last
ditch for them when a bill is for the
tat, i venue
State:.
mission of messages or coversatfons
from one line to another, such connec-
tion to be made through the switch-
board of such individuals, companfes,
firms or corporations. If any is main-
tained at such point, so that persons so
desiring may converge from points on
one of such lines to points on another.
Mr. Dean asserted with emphasis that
the senate bill was not a protection to
the “little fellows” He contended that
all independent lines in the state were
willing to make connections, whereas
the Southwestern system did not.
The amendment was adopted, 58 to 44.
Mr Ray offered an amendment to
the bill fixing the same telephone rates
as his original bill provided. The
amendment was held "ungermane" by
the speaker.
The Brachfleld telephone and tele-
graph bill was passed to a third read-
ing. 84 to 11
Validating Tax Levies.
On motion of Mr. Robertson of Bell
the regular order of business was sus-
pended and his bill validating the levies
of taxes at special sessions of com-
missioners’ courts for the years 1991,
1003. 1903 and 1904 was laid before the
house on engrossment.
The bill was engrossed, and under
FIFE LINE RIGHT OF WAY.
Texas Company Grantea Permit to Pass
Through ERlis County.
. Waxahachie, . Texas, May 7. — (Spo-
cial.)— The right of way through Ellis
county for the Texas company"s pipe
line has been secured and the agent
is now at work In Navarro county. A
franchise permitting the company to
construct a line through the county was
granted by the commissloners several
mmnths ago This will be part of the
line that is to be laid from Tulsa. I. T.
to the gulf. Construction work Is now
in progress in Indian Territory and is
expected to reach this county about
Oct. 1. It is understood that one pump-
ing station will be located near Sher-
man and another in West Dallas. The
line will enter Ellis county north of
Ovilla and pass through that place. It
will then follow the Ovilla road to with-
in about two miles of Waxahachie,
where it will veer to the southeast. The
Houston A Texas Central will be
crossed between this place and Bove* -
and the line will then follow a south-
easterly course to Corsicana.
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TO YIELD TO EXECUTIVE'S
SUGGESTIOXS.
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member of the legislature.
Mr. Briggs offered an amendment
providing that the act shall apply only
o such AC *v yers who were employed as
......... | prior to the beginning of a ses-
sion of the legislature
Mr. McGregor very ably argued
against the Briggs amendment. He
said every member of the legislature
was human and would take employment
while a member of the legislature. He
well; "Some Remarks on Cerebro Spinal
Meningitis," M. L. Graves. Galveston;
“Combating Against Diseases," George
R. Tabor. Austin; “A Few of the Es-
sentials in the Management of Tuber-
culosis.” M. M. Smith, Austin
Hall two, Carlshand auditorium:
“Case Pregnancy Complicated With
Ovarian Cyst and Appendicitie," F. n.
Thompson, Fort Worth; "Extra Uterine
Pregnancy,” A. E. Spolin. Corpus Chris-
ti; “Care of Pregnant Women." Oliver
I. Halbert, Waco. “Management Third
Stage of Labor," O. C. Buster, Pilot
Point: “The Hygiene and Management
of Pregnancy,” P I. Campbell, Dallas;
"Placenta Praevia," Burrell J. Hub-
bard, Kaufman.
Many Interesting decisions were made
on the various subjects especially “Ex-
pert Testimony.” A special joint ses-
sion was held tonight and the pro-
gramme will be continued tomorrow.
About 500 physicians are in the city
attending this meeting.
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corporation* doing a telephone business i Bean ths , _ Kind louHawNhways Bought
in this state, shall be compelled to make i ~_______ 3 J rg
physical connection lie tween their toll i 5-, {Mgyp,,;
Unes at common points for the trans- ] of -"'46 »
daughters were entertained
Telephone-Regu lating Measure Passed
to Third Hi —
Austin. May 7 — (Speciai)—The house
convened at 9 o’clock. Speaker Love in
the chair.
Mr. Reedy Introduced the following
resolution:
Whereas, The present sesajon of the
legislature is rapidly drawing to a
close; and. '
9 Whereat. It is evident that the bills
---“ passed and those pending and
10 pass will produce revenues
war in excess of the economic demands
snir the governmert for the years 1907
hen 1908; and.
$ Whereas. Excessive taxation is un-
necessary, unjust and unconstitutiorral;
therefore be it
Resolved. That the committee on rev-
enue and taxation of this house be and
they are hereby Instructed to hold a
passion tonight to consider and report
on house bills Nos 96 and 140, by
Reey, reducing the ad valorem tax to
124 cents, and by Mason., reducing it
to 10 cents, by tomorrow morning. Mlay
8, 1907, at 10 o'clock, the purpose of
•aid bills being to provide for a re-
measure. He said that since the re-
viaion of section 19 of his bill, which
for ratsing or reducing rates.
“If people could know,” says he,
"thgy would be astounded to know
how much is made and taken out of
Texas each year.”
He then pleaded to take the bill up
and not evade a direct vote upon it
by being shielded by the time-worn
excuse that other measures are the
more important and henc it can’t be
taken up.
Senator Willacy then spoke at length
and said he believed the producers of
wealth in the state should receive the
benefit.
He took the stand that the producers
of wealth and prosperity in the state
are not asking for a reduction and that
these producers demand lower freight
rates and not passenger rates
Senator Harbison also spoke against
the bill.
Senator Chambers asked if he was
not going back on his native state of
Arkansas I* supporting the bill as that
stats had already passed such a law.
“Well. there are fools in Arkansan
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Austin, May T.—(Special)—The in-
tangible tax bill came out of the com-
mittee of the senate this morning in
exactly the shape forecast in The Rec-
ord this morning, except that pipe lines
are Included in addition to other in-
terests.
The committee struck out the pack-
ing houses and instead inserted tele-
graph. express, gas, electric light, elec-
tric power, pipe line. waterworks. water
and light, street railway and interur-
ban companies.
The report has occasioned much sur-
prise and the bill stands a chance of
being hard fought. It has but recently
dawned upon the street railways and
Interurban companies that anyone ever
thought of including them under such
a tax measure, and when It was sug-
gested there was a possibility. Colonel
I M Standifer, representative of the
Stone & Webster interests, made a
strong protest.
Pipe Lne Clause a Surprine.
Just how pipe lines got Into toe bill
no one appears to know, but that it has
alLhappened within the last twenty*
fourhours is certain.
This will start a fight and especially
on a proposed committee amendment to
the bill, which reads:
“That each pipe line company shall
Include as a part of the gross receipts
such sums as it would have been com-
pelled to pay out for conveying its own
product if another company had con-
veyed same for IL”
Such a provision will destroy any in-
centive for a company to construct its
own pipe line, if owning the property la
to be of no davantage.
The committee strikes out the por-
tion of the penalty clause which makes
it a misdemeanor for an assessor or
board of equalization to refuse the fig-
ures fixed by the state board and makes
it read that it is a misdemeanor for
them to “fail or refuse to assess or fix
the value of such intangible property
so certified by said tax board.”
Under this provision the local board
must accept the statement of the tax
board as to Intangible property, but the
ocal board can fix value.”
Net Pie—tsg to the House.
The members of the bouse do not
take kindly to the senate bill as the
committee has arranged it. In the first
place the senate passed the full valu
bill with the penalty clause regarding
assessors and board of equalization,
and to make it lighter on the assessor
and the local board for failure to ac-
cept the values fined by the etale board
18 considerea by some of the leader. in
the house as atecrimination in favor
of the corporations, and it la. plainly
stated In the house, that they will not
accept the senate bill If it passes in the
Shape It now la. It is certain that if
the bill reaches the conference stage
that Speaker Love will appoint houae
conferees who will not accept the bill
geks to prevent any monopoly in tele-
phene systems, the Southwestern tele-
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_____ hMwwuSw--m was proof of its efficiency and tendency
to dispet trusts Ths Ray substitute
WM lost, 51 to 47.
Mr. Dean offered the following
amendment to ths Brashfield bill, as a
subsiitute for section y.
cate set of vacuum steam pumps be in-
stalled for the purpose of utilising th
said as one of the authors of the origi-
nal bill, that he did not expect the law
to ever affect him as ha thought this
his last office, but that the bill as pre-
pared without amendment was just and
should be passed.
The Briggs amendment was lost and
the bill was lost. 54 to 49
A motion was made by Mr. Rell of
Freestone to take up his assessment
bill but the motion was voted down
viva voce.
Before adjournment, Speaker Love
admonished the members On the im-
portance of a night session as this
would be the only way in which some
bills could be considered He advised
them not to blame him about bills not
bein taken up, If the members refused
to hold night sessions
At 4 20 the house adjourned until
9:20 tomorrow morning by a vote of
59 to 41.
Speaker I.ove was applauded as he
descended from his seat, his intention
being understood.
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Mr. Ray then closed the debate on
the telephone and telegraph bills pend-
lug. urging the adoption of his house
bill in lieu of the Brachfleld senate
Party of Illinols Farmers Heading for
Southwest Texae.
Denison, Texas, May 7.—-(Special.)—
A small party of Illinois farmers was
here today en route to Southwest Texas
in search of homes. They complain of
the' great scarcity of labor at home.
Illinois farmere are offering $30 to 235
per month, with board, and It is no In-
ducement to labor. The labor problem
la the most serious that confronts the
agricultural districts of Illinois at pres-
ent.
“Beach” which was designated as Hall
The meeting was called to order by
Dr. J. H McCracken, councillor from
this district. Invocation was offered
by Rev. R. C. McAdie of the Presby-
terian church, this city. Judge Albert
Stevenson was then Introduced and in
a pleasing manner said the gates of
the city were thrown open to The visit-
ing physicians. Dr. C. B Raines, presi-
dent of the Palo Pinto County Medical
society then delivered an address of
welcome oh behalf of that organisation,
which was responded to by Dr. G B.
Foscue of Waco, president of the State
Medical association. The delegates
were asked to meet for reading of pa-
pers and discussion in Hall two. Carls-
bad auditorium, while the section oh*
medicine and diseases of children pro-
teeded to business. The following pa-
pers were read: Hall one. Chautauqua
auditorium, “Thirst Cure.” J. W. Scott.
Houston, “Expert Testimony in Pat-
rick Case," J. S. Turner. Fort Worth;
"Typhoid Fever Not a Water Borne
Disease," Walter Shropshire. Yoakum;
amendments the bill war finally passed
by a unanimous vote:
By Chamber* and Meachum—Amend-
ing page 6, section 18a, line 30. by
striking out the words “provided for
under former laws" and inserting in
lieu thereof the following: “Either
party may prepare such statement of
facts for himself and when submitted
to the opposite party and agreed to by
him and approved by the court, shall
be filed as the statement of facts on
appeal in said cause; and provided fur-
ther, in case either of said parties to
such suit shall prepare for himself such
statement of facts Independent of auch
court stenographer, and the same shall
not be agreed to by the opposite party,
then such opposite party or his attor-
ney of record shall prepare and file
with the court, in time for such state-
ment to be made up and filed finally
and approved by the court within the
known. He said further that he had
heard that his section of ths stats
the heating apparatus of
building, would respectful-
proved by him and filed as the state-
ment of facts on appeal in said cause."
By Senter—Amending the bill by add-
ing to section 8 the following:
^Section 8a. If any party to any suit
or any other person desires a statement
of the oral testimony Introduced on
the trial of any civil cause in which the
stenographer has taken stenographic
notes of the evidence or a statement of
the testimony of any witness in said
cause, such party or his attorney may
obtain the same from the stenographer
by making application therefor to him
in writing and by paying for such
statement at the rate of 19 cents per
folio of 100 words.”
Senator Willacy then called up and
had finally passed, without discussion
or opposition, a bill appropriating $7,000
for per diem and mileage of the mem-
bers during tne regular suasion, which
amount was not provided for in the
original per diem and mileage bill.
‘Two-Cent Fare Bill.
Senator Brachfleld spoke in favor of
taking up his 2-cent fare rate bill and
asked, if nothing else is done, to give
to the railroad commission the power
to classify the different railroads,
which power he seeks to give the com-
mission in an amendment which he will
propose as soon as the bill is taken up.
Senator Brachfleld cited the action of
many other states in passing like bills,
saying Arkansas had reduced the rates
and the Oklahoma constitution will
make like provision. He said it was
necessary for the development of the
state that railroad rates be reduced.
In discussing railroad legislation he
enumerated many legislative acts which
he said had been necessary for the
safety of the employes which the rail-
roads themselves would not provide
and that his fight is in the interest of
these employes and the people. The
employes of the roads, he believes, in
reality favor the bill. He then spoke
about the expense of railroads in em-
ploying fancy-salaried counsel to mold
public opinion and train auditors to
watch too time-honored employes and
other expenses unnecessurily created
which should result to the benefit of
the public by a reduction of passenger
fares.
At 12:30 o’clock the senate recessed
until 3 o’clock, when Senator Brach-
fleld resumed his argument in favor of
his reduced-rate bill. But before be-
ginning his argument this afternoon
Senator Brachfleld yielded the floor to
Senator Cunningham to submit ths
following report, which was adopted,
it being a duplicate of the report sub-
mitted to the house of representatives
by its committee:
We, your committee appointed to
duction of the rate of ad valorem tax
for the years 1907 and 1908.
(Signed) REEDY.
MASON.
Mr. Terrell of McLennan objected to
a second reading of the resolution.
Mr Reedy moved that the resolution
be read again, and, addressing it, urged
the necessity of an ad valorem tax re-
duction such as provided for by his bill
No. 98, reducing the state ad valorem
from 16 2-3 cents to 12 1-2 cents on the
$100 valuation. He said it was but just
that the tax burden should be some-
what lighter by such a law. He said
. he had been trying to get a report from
the committee on his bill and ve-
hemently protested against the evident
intention of the committee to "’smother”
his bill out of existence. He further
contended that an automatic tax boara
would not recommend such a bill; that
it was better for the state to have a
small deficit instead of a large surplus,
and appealed in behalf of the adoption
of his resolution.
(Mr Gafford in the chair.)
Mr Kennedy protested against
adoption of the resolution. He said
that the committee had ten days to
consider the bill and that the Reedy
resolution would reflect upon the In-
tegrity and honesty of twenty-one
members of the house, and asked that
the resolution be not adopted.
Mr. Bell of Limestone supported the
resolution, contending that it was
merely right and just to the farmers
and other common people of the state
that an ad valorem reduction tax bill
be passed.
Mr. Mason urged that the resolution
be adopted. _ . ,
Mr Reedy again briefly supported
the resolution, stating that he did not
mean to cast any reflection on the
revenue and taxation committee, but
wanted a report on the bills by himself
and Mr Mason immediately.
Gross Receipts Tax Pontponed.
Mr. Kennedy stated for the informa-
tion of the house that the gross re-
ceipts tax bill had been postponed by
the senate finance committee until
Thursday, making the necessity of an
ad valorem tax reduction not so im-
perative.
(Speaker Love In the chair.)
The resolution was lost, 63 to 37.
A numerously signed petition from
citizens of Grapevine and Smithfield
protesting against the final passage of
the full rendition tax bill was read.
A petition from Fort Worth citizens
urging that the 2-cent railroad passen-
ger fare bill be not passed was read.
The Brachfleld senate telephone and
telegraph bill, with the pending Ray
substitute, was laid before the house.
Mr Aiderdice moved at this time to
take up the senate text-book board
bill and the house committee substitute
and set them for special order for to-
morrow at 10 o’clock.
Mr McKenxie called the attention of
the house to tomorrow being senate bill
day and that if the motion of Mr. Al,
derdice prevailed the text-book board
bill wou® take precedence over the
full rendition tax bill He declared that
the motion of Mr. Alderdice was simply
a parliamentary procedure to kill the
full rendition tax measure.
Mi Alderdice denied that it was in-
tended to defeat the tax bill by bls mo-
tion. but that he thought the text-book
board bill was more important.
The motion of Mr. Alderdice was lost.
passed without a dissentins vote.
Mr. Graham moved to suspend ths
regular order of business and to call
up the Moore house bill recommended
In a special message of the governor
to the called session, making it P. fel-
ony to buy or sell intoxicating liquors
in local option territories. By an aye
and no vote the motion was lost, 53
to 37.
Mr. Stratton called up the bill au-
thorising suits against nonresident or
resident persons, firms or corporations
and providing that suit may be brought
against nonresident agents in Texas.
The bill was engrossed.
A local bill by Mr. Briggs, providing
for the conveyance to the nited States
government of a plot of ground on
Galveston island to be used for an im-
migration station, was taken up out
of order. The bill was engrossed and
passed finally under suspension of the
rule*.
Mr. O’Belme of Cooke moved to take
up out of order his tax measure, pro-
viding for full assessment of all tx-
able property. The motion was voted
down, 56 to 41.
Land Suit Bill Pasned.
Mr. Briscoe called up his bill which
seeks to authorise, direct and require
the attorney general of the state of
Texas to institute and prosecute in he
name of the state of Texas, any suit
or suits which may be necessary to re-
cover all lands within the state, belong-
ing to the state, claimed or held or in
the possession of any person, firm, cor-
poration or association of persons, ad-
versely to the state; to establish the
correct boundaries and location of such
lands; fixing the venue of all suits in
Travis county, and appropriating 35,000
for the purposes of the bill.
Mr. McKenxie offered an amendment
striking out the provision fixing the
venue of all suits over boundary ques-
tions and otherwise in Travis county.
Mr. Silliman defended the amend-
ment. presenting especially the a5-
surdity, as hesaw it. of trying boun-
dary suits in Travis, instead of the
home counties of litigants.
Mr Neblett protested against putting
Travjs county into everything and urg-
ing the adoption of th* McKenxie
amendment.
Mr. Silliman said he believed the bill
was drawn in ths interest of Travis
county lawyers, ahd ably protested
against such an iniquitous proposition
Mr. Bell of Lmestone, favored the
bill in its entirety.
Mr. Silliman offered a subamendment
eliminating the provision fixing the
the same as there are in Texas,"
answered Senator Harbison.
Motion is Voted Down.
The motion to take up the bill was
then put and by a vote of 14 to 11 the
senate refused to take up the 2-cent
fare bill.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes—Barrett. Brachfleld, Chambers,
Harper. Mayfield, Murray. Pa ulus. Sen-
ter, Skinner, Smith, Veale=I1.
Noes—Faust, Cunningham, Glasscock,
Green, Greer. Griggs. Grinnan, Harbi-
son. Hudspeth. Masterson, Meachum,
Stokes. Stone, Watson—14.
Paired—Terrell aye, Willacy no;
Looney ave. Kellie no.
Alexander and Holsey absent.
Upon motion of Senator Stokes the
house Inheritance tax bill was taken up.
Senator Glasscock spoke at length in
opposition to the bill nKsaid a more
harmful bill could hardly r>s proposed.
He deplored the object of the bill,
taking the stand that it will put a tax
on industry, citing the examples of the
industrious cftizens who leaves an In-
heritance to his relations and the less
industrious who leaves nothing. He
mentioned the federal law in force la
1870 which caused the beneficiaries in
many instances to lose their inherit-
anew because of inability to pay the re-
quired taxes and says this bill is even
worse. He believes the bill diabolical
and the worst a Texas legislature ever
attempted to pass.
At 6:10 p. m. the senate recessed un-
til 8 o’clock p. m.
Inheritanee Tax Diseussed.
The senate night session convened at
8 o’clock, Senator Chambers in the
chair.
Consideration of the Strickland in-
heritance tax bill was resumed.
Senator Smith began the debate
against the measure in its entirety. He
said no part of such a law could ever
receive hle sanction.
"Make the children pay?” he vo-
ci f er a ted. “Why. Mr. President, it
would strike out the ambition of the
children of our state to provide for the
future."
He fought scathingly the principle of
an inheritance tax. “It will never be
embossed upon the statutes of Texas. I
make that statement," said he.
Senator Barrett defended the meas-
ure. He contended that it was as much
a southern as a northern law and that
Virginia, the mother of the routhern
states, has this law. He lightly re-
ferred to the plea of Senator Smith for
the orphans. Tailing attention to the
exemption of heirs or hefresses with no
larger legacy than 310,000.
Senator Barrett urged that the bill
was meritorfus.
Senator Green said that Senator Smith
and Senator Glasscock knew little f
the nature of the bill. As demonstrated
by their ramarks on the bill and the
amendment of Senator Smith. He said
that the mere fact that the amendment
sought to exempt the husband and wife
from the provisions of the bill was evi-
dence of ignorance of the contents of
the bill. He belittled the idea of “tak-
ing the roof from over the heads of
orphans" and made an argument on the
constitutionality of the measure.
Senator Senter held that if there was
a shred of constitutional merit In the
measure It' was insufficient to validate
such a law in Texas. He said there
were not enough wealthy people In the
state to necessitate a law of the kind
and at the same time could not see the
justice of the application of the bill in
so far as it would affect homesteads be-
queathed. stating that there were sev-
eral homesteads valued at $50,000 in
his home city.
The senste adjourned at 10 o’clock
tonight until 10 a. m. tomorrow, Sena-
tor Senter holding the floor.
right He eaid he had never even re-
ceived a decei t cigar from a corpora-
tion of that kind He asked that the
substitute bill be not adopted
Mr Onion of Bexar spoke indirectly
for the senate bill, but to some extent
against the Idea of regulating the tele-
phone companies at all. He said they
should not be interfered with, as they
were plain business corporations, and
that they ought to be allowed to fight
out their own troubles and perfect their
systems. Mr. Onion said that in five
year. If the Ray b"l was passed.: the
outhwentern telephone eystem would h
owh nil of the little coinpanlee in the Eounel
state and be a veritable trust.
At 12:30 the house recessed until
Senntor Brachfleld Kudenvors to Have
Two-Cent Bill Taken Up.
Austin. May T.—(Special)—-In ths
senats this morning action recurred on
the pending amendments to the Cham-
bers stenographer bill.
On motion of Senator Terrell the ac-
tion by which the senate tabled the
Meachum amendment to the Skinner
substitute for the Meachum amendment
was rescinded and the amendment was
adopted, which strikes out the last
three lines in the substitute, as fol-
lows:
“Provided, the notes of the stenog-
rapher shall be conclusive evidence of
what any witness may have testified In
such cause.”
The amendment as amended was
adopted.
r After the adoption of the following
Austin, May T.—(Special)—Has the
■legislature of the state of Texas re-
volted absolutely and will it continue
to stubbornly refuse to yield to the
suggestions of Governor Campbell?
Does a mutiny exist on the ship of state
and is the master of the vessel help-
less? The house, bluntly ignoring the
recommendation of the governor, re-
fused to take up the Moore felony bill
today. This measure, which seeks to
, make it a penitentiary offense for any
: person, firm or corporation to buy or
» ‘»ell. give or receive intoxicating liquors
in local option territory, was called
up in the lower branch of the legs-
, lature this afternoon and the bitter op-
■ position, like a phalanx, severed in
{ twain probably a last chance for ths
consideration of this generously termed
“iniquitous" measure During a heated
and interesting debate on Senator
| Brachfield s telephone and telegraph
. bill. Mr. Graham of Hill moved that the
regular order be suspended and ths
"felony bill be taken up
The motion was hurriedly put tn as
aye and no vote and was lost. 63 ayes to
; 17 noes, failing-to receive the necessary
- two-thirds vote. Another effort may be
made Thursday to put this measure to
a test. •
The house today passed to third read-
ing the senate bill by Brachfield, re-
quiring all telephone and telegraph
companies or corporations in the state
to, make physical connections at com-
mon points. The field of contention was
crxted by the introduction by Mr Ray
of his house bill as a substitute for th
senate measure. Mr love of William-
son and Mr. Ray leading the support of
the Ray substitute and Mr Hurae of
Harris. .Mr Onion and Peeier
fighting for the successful measure.
The only material alteration in the
original senate bill was made by th*
adoption of an amendment by Mr Dean
which was a reproduction of a portion
of the Ray house bill, providing that
all companies, individuals, firms or cor-
porations doing a telephone business
in Texas shall be compelled to make
physical connection between toll lines
at common points for the transmission
of messages from one line to another
to be made through the switchboard of
companies concerned to enable conver-
sations over one or more lines.
The Brachfield bill did not provide
this explicitly.
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