The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1913 Page: 1 of 10
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
33RD LEGISLATURE
COURT REFORM BILL PASSED
THE SENATE.
IN
WOMAN'S RIGHTS BILL ADOPTED
mjl Penitentiary Bill Enijrosncd by
W>use, Amount cf Bonds Limited to
$2.000,000 Instead of $3,000,000.
CAST
For Infants and Children.,
The Kind You Have
Always Bough!
Bears tho
Signature
of
Senate Proceedings.
Austin, Tex -Tuesday. Free con-
ference committee report on married
wopian's property rights bill adopted
Morrow bill providing lor charge
In criminal ruses to in* submitted be-
fore argument ami restricting excep-
tions to the time of the trial passed
finally.
Westhrook bill prohibiting common
law marriage* parsed tm;i 11>
Adopted finally, senate Joint resolu-
tion prohibiting voting on cotistitu
tional amendment authorizing pen
sions to guards who defended the
j state treasury against raiders
Kngrossed senate bill exemptlm.' V
M. C A. and Y. W. ('. A. building.-)
1 from taxation.
Passed finally: Hill giving Navarro
County a district court; prescribing
I penalties for trafficking In teachers'
examination (|uestions; establishing a
new supreme judicial district and lo-
cating the court at Heaumont; provid-
ing for commission to visit Kurope
and investigate rural credit system
and agricultural societies.
Anti-white slave bill engrossed.
House Proceedings.
Austin, Tex.—Tuesday. Kngross-
ed Hill penitentiary bond bill,
an nded to authorize issuance of
ODO.000 instead of $3,ooo,o )0; Hums
Hroughton bill making travelers sub-
ject to pistol toting law, Humphrey
Rogers bill providing lor Issuance of
patents in cases, otherwise valid it
all respects, where n-surveys were
made without certified copies being
taken out in land office; Foster-Fuller
Cotton Kelt consolidation bill No. 2,
authorizing consolidation with Kaut
ern Texas railioad; Roach bill per-
mitting Issuance of road bonds by sub
division of county or defined districts;
Kirby loan shark bill.
Kngrossed at night session: Nine-
juror bill; bill raising scholastic age
to 21; supreme court relief bill, drawn
by Chief Justice Drown; bill substitut-
ing electrocution fur banging as means
of inflicting death penalty.
Austin. Tex—The senate Tuesday
took one step toward court reform by
(Missing finally the Morrow bill re-
quiring charge* in criminal cases to
be read to the jury before argument,
and limiting exceptions to the time of
the trial The free conference com-
mittee report on the married woman's
property rights bill was adopted wirfi'
meager opposition, and, slight I)
amended, the West brook bill prohibit
ing common law marriages was final
ly passed
Only a flurry of opposition was ex
hibited toward the married woman's
j rights bill as drawn ! ■■ the confer-
ence committee It was adopted,
amounting to final passage, with but
four dissenting votes against it It
1 was an overwhelming victory for
those favoring tho bill, led by Mr
Yaughan.
The opposition made a vigorous
stari and looked menacing, but when
the votes were counted a ver> .-mull
Monday's Senate Proceeding*.
Austin. Tex Refused to put court
reform measures ahead for considern
Hon.
Bill prohibiting the peddling of med
icines made special older for Friday
and general mining lull for Thursday
Finally p.i ,o«l State highway de
partment bill; lull amending probate
law bill making district Judges' sal-
ary i.'i.tiwi per year.
Killed l<;il providing for primaries
'o select postmasters.
Kesolution id >pted limiting speeches
it 1.1 la -< -iiin> to tlvo minutes, save
l.e speeches nt authors ot bills, which
U,a\ lie ten minutes 111 length.
Finally passed senate bill authorlz-
ing iiu .irporation ot concerns to build
Caui-evva).- acro.-s arms of the sea.
Monday's House Proceedings.
I'll grossed Hill'gcss-G lasscock gen-
eral nidation lull: Ki'-ig bill authoriz
iiu; consolidation of Texas and New
Orleans and Hurrs Ferry, Hrowndel
and 1 liester railroad; Dove Til lot son
bill requiring separate bids for gen-
eral and special funds from county
depositories; Coffey bill creating
Warn Siate normal, appropriating;
$ 1110,111)11
Yarbrouuh bill amending county
high school act considered briefly and 1
action postponed until Tuesday to per-
mit consultation of friends ot the j
measure retarding amendment
('011 feil era to pension bill sent to
conference committee; house nietn- j
tiers, Messrs Paddock, Woods of Na- j
varro Macgill, Morris of Coryell and
Owsley
Hill penitentiary bill authorizing Is- I
sue of $3, 1)00,DOO bonds for prison sys- \
teni debated most of the da>. No ac-j
tion
Conference Action.
Free conference committee on wom-
an - property rights hill reaches agree j
merit.
Free conference committee on pen-
sion lull reaches agreement.
Free conference committee on Alamo j
bill has not. conferred.
Senate in No Hurry for Court Reforms
Several senators complained of the j
poor results obtained with local funds
expended for road purposes.
They said people were tired of vot-
ing bonds and seeing the proceeds 1
thereof dumped Into mud holes w ith- !
out filling the hole. They had gotten j
to the point wK >re they would not
i1 vie bonds for "s in some places.
As a result 11 state law for scientific j
road wo.k is badly needed, they ar
gued
The bill now goes to the house.
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Dear
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tUll* thamrocl(t, to lovingly
A rou the Wide tea
r'om Erin Machrte,
Land a/ my birth, where my childhood wot spent.
Gating on I hem. my thoughts fondly stray
7V> emerald dells.
Where fairies weave spells
from fall of the night till dawning of day.
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A light hearted unuth through meadows I rove,
M hen lo! sweet and clear
7 here falls on my ear
The song of the blackbird warbling Its love.
Dear little s,.amrocl(sl You fall at my feet.
/ lift and replace,
With gentle embrace,
Wreathing sad sighs o'er a dreaming to sweet.
b
harp
the fir.
fifst year o
introduced by
a celebrated t
scendant cf '
The people <
Into a state
sweet strains
resolved to us'
during the firs,
the Psalms of
with great pomp
the fact that the *.
David went to Irela
The harp became
classes while the Ood t,
generally accepted, and th^
booh outnumbered the Fill-
ers, who disappeared altogoth
two centuries. And It Is hard fo
people of the present time
llevo that there were «vr r trt
Fire Worshipers In the Kmeral
There Is no place in Ireland
so hallowed as Tara. where or
Sunday of the Christian era i
the year 432 St Patrick, or P
was requested lo deliver a
before King Daoghulre. pr.'^.i
serfs nt Tara Hill St. Patr
tempted to define the Hlessod
to that memorable assembly.
Son, and Holy Ghost, Three 1
In vain. He picked up a spr
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Ireland's F lag
There
opinion
has been much diversity
and traditional quotation
gardlng the orig-
inal color of the
Irish Hag. The
first flag of Ireland
wus blazoned with
the suuburst, and
as the peoples of
remote ages took
•heir colors from
the most striking
sea and sky, R Is
f"ia« of 81 f>ntr,«'!i<
UalNPii on Tara
Hill In 4X1.
Ireland
(Fifth
minority stood against
bill
Pension Bond Bill Er.gros
Austin, Tex -Alter debate 01 a day
and a half, the house Tuesday, b> a
vote of T'J ayes and 43 noes, engrossed
the Hill penitential) bond hill amend-
ed, however, by Mr Woods of Navarro
to limit the amount of bonds lo i2.-
ooo.ooii instead ot $3,000,000, as pro-
posed in the original lull
Efforts to kill the bill by the in-
definite postponement route (ties ino
lion made by Mr Reeves, a pro lead-
er) and to 1 educe the bonds author-
I 1 zed to $1.500,000 (this amendment by
1 Mi Allison) were (utile, but served to
I accentuate the fear its friends fel'
for the safety of the bill. Final y
Mr Hill, the author, accepted the
Woods $2,000,000 amendment
tho *li Chairman Heeds "I the bouse
penl cntlary committee fought to the
I last ditch for the Hit, i.ooo and
it is believed that withoui this change
1 the engiossmeiit ot tli" lull might have
tailed. "I was ici-ured b\ 1 number
j of members that the) would vote tor
'$•,',1100.000, but not i-i $:;.i.ioo. " sa.>l
| Mr Hill, "and so I accepted that
amendment. li is insufficient, of
(course, but $2,000,Hi') i* buttvi than
noi liing."
Saturday's Senate Proceeding*.
Austin, Tex.—Finally passed the fol
lowing:
Finally passed following:
Senate bill creating tuberculosis 1
commission,
House bill to purchase ground for j
Sam Houston normal.
Senate bill creating new district
court in Southeast Texas
Senate bill permitting consolidation
of telephone companies.
Weinert s proposed constitutional
amendment permitting Issuance of
state bonds for various purposes.
Senate bill protecting female em-
ployes
Senate bill, six-year terms for
boards of regents
Kngrossed senate T. and N O. con-
solidation bill
Kngrossed proposed constitutional
amendment providing pensions for
guard which defended state treasury
Saturday's House Proceedings.
Passed finally:
Davis fee bill, anti-pass law; amend
od to prevent members of railroad 1
commission from accepting passes, 1
and requiring all state officials hav- j
tug passes to ride on them only when '
traveling on official business
Hoeluner bill preventing assistance]
to voter at election booth, passed tin j
ally alter prolonged debate, t>1 to 3ii. i
Compulsory education bill recommit-
ted, on motion of Mr. McDaniel, for
the purpose .u eliminating in commit-j
tee the "local option" amendment add-
ed to It on engrossment by the house !
and reporting it back to the house ;
ta \ orably.
Hornby foul brood bee bill passed |
1 nally
Mi Ross wears his hat all day dur- I
hit the sessions, declaring he will con- !
Mime to do so, in violation of the j
rules, until the anti-smoking rule is
enforced.
Executive Action.
Governor approved bill approprlat
iiil' one i<) |)|tj ritM' iiicui and a ileare
ot presidential idectors.
| colors of the earth
quite possible, as some assert, that the
first Irish banner was blue- tho color
' of the sky or the blue waters from
which the sun seems to rise or sink.
It is more likely, however, to have
been green, emblematic of the Green
Isle, with sunburst added as the colors
j of the Illustrious people who subdued
the original tribes and raised the nrst
flag on Krln's soil, showing their
crov
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Friday's Senate
Austin, Te\ Km
resolution propd in
amendment am li.u i/
Proceedings.
■ius-ei| Weinert
'constitutional
nr.' issuance of
Flag In First Centu / of Christian Era
Asiatic origin and their emblem o' |
worship, they being followers of Zo
roaster, or fire worshipers.
Hut although the Celts became the |
rulers of the soil they had no chsrac- '
terlstic banner, each tribe having its
own emblem, until the arrival or the)
.Miletlan colony from the grand city1
Miletus, I11 Asia Minor Their llag j
was then accepted by the Celts, and
it Is g^'ierally conceded that all the
different kings and princes that after- i
ward reigned and warred with each j
other dung to the green ilag .down 1
Tribute to Celtic Genius.
Krnest Kenan says: "It cannot be
doubted for a moment that to the
number of poetical themes Kurope
owes to the genius of the Celt Is to
be added the frame work of the Di-
vine Comedy."
To this debt can also be added the
legends of Arthur and the Ho!> Grail,
winch a noted at.jior says changed
the literature of Kurope All this
movement townrd chft-alry and o-
ninnce started In the cauldron of
ancient Irish god.
shamrock and showed
three leaves oa one
believed the n&cret'
unanimously erase'
emblem of pagan 1
llnx In honor of St
a matter of hlstor
green ground, whl
harp, remained l.
tenth century.
On Good Friday tl'
battle to be fought,
century. Hria 1 F
sovereign of all Tr«-
were gaining gr
They had crov
of Dublin
people unde'
Hnan detert
from the sol
One of
had desig
tapestry w
banner, and
0:1 the following*
King Hrian were,'
The Hag ren
ground golden b
until January 1, 1 (
with Kngland wa;
12 o'clock the
Great Hritain an<?
on Dublin castle
(Ired from the
park that anr""""
V.er It'depem,
was over.
ended who-
called 1
Grattan's p
ment, the re
ation of whi
has been n source
of Irish agitation
and the disturbed
rondltt.'t; •( the pr:i^
the last 110 yeurs
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limiting hours <
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if fe
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reset ipt Kills for
shall be writ
New Bills in the House
lly Cox of Kllii
drugs and il'Mig labeb
ten 111 Ktiglish.
H> Macgill and Campbell- Fixing
salaries <u county Judge as ex officio
commissioner and the other (otntm -
siouers ot Galveston Couuty al |loo
put uioulit.
fixing salary
at $2,0011 and
inspectors at
lor
bit
male laborers .
Ilia terla lly.
Fngrossed seriate bill
if /•omm Is i on er of i.tbor
giving him two factorv
$12.') per month
Finnlh adopted senate Joint resolu 1
lion proposing an ainei dinent to the |
con titutioii permitting improvement ]
iistrir's to vote ! unls by major ty in-
stead of two-thirds vote \m"ndmv'"t I
, to be voted ou November 1", il'J '
His Like Not Known to History.
More an mialles have been crowded
Into the celebration ot the feast of rht
patron of Krlii, this earnest apostle,
than In that of any other of the
world's heroes He wus a rerriarkatde
d. whose fame in pcrpet-
inarehlng riflemen, caths-
snii mti cc mmemorai ion
14fin years ago.
to history.
mail. Imb
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draif and
And he lived and '1iei|
Ills like is not known
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Kindness has converted more sin
ners that either zeal, eloquence or
learning ---P. W. Faber.
Spot belove
In the memor
Emerald
Have a lot
nice things
, week.
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The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1913, newspaper, March 14, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206067/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.