The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 342, Ed. 1 Monday, March 12, 1923 Page: 5 of 14
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To Ik Ejlllor of Th Ppat: '
... Auatin.' Tuta . March -T. -t hr
"i? reed-your leading editorial of aiday
. .r... j. mmir and conclude tht the infor-
' -' 'ualloo 3upon which you baje. thla r-
. ' r 5tfr.h. weV. gathered '.from atateeaeata
.--furnished you Jy ypur Auatla . con
. ponant rrom atatetnenta made on
't)i floor during to debate on the
7. f V patiagv of this bill that th effect
m Jkwasto reduce the off enae of ordinary
-burglary from a felony to amiade
t weauor.-; . - .
" ' ' -Hn many oaaea where a person.' la
91 now charged with the offense ct ordl-
. tiarr burglary the defendant will if
."v. entitled thereto receive a auapended
-.'' 1;' dentence. which meana that after tho
s- - commission of HI offense hi arrest.
1 ajtimlnlng trial Indictment by the
r "grand Jury and final trial in the dla-
. trict court he will not auffer any pun-
r ' tinmen tor be confined even 4a tho
rr- county jail for-aa much aa one hour.
.. . Semite bill No. 18 aa proposed by
.. me ' Blmnly chanced the -venaKy for
'.'o tllnary burglary which ia a from
'tfo to 10 yean' confinement In the
;j St.ite penitentiary by reducing the
'' tnlnlraum to any amount and placing
the maximum aa now provided br the
law which would have made the pen
pity for the conviction of the offence
1 " of ordinary 'burglary to read not-more
V thin one year in the county Jell or
not lem than one nor mare than lo
:! :. yenrs In the State penitentiary.
jv y .. In a great many of the caaea where
x t the aentence la auepended by the Jury.
. where the 'defendant la charged with
'the. offenae of ordinary burglary the
Y Jury would be willing to Impoee aome
' punlahment upon the defendant but
1 f . ii unwilling to confine him in thl pen.
f -utentlary for a minimum of two years.
' My bill would permit the .Jury to
-.' .have full diacretion and to determine
the punlahment. A great majority or
the offenaea punlahahle in the federal
i- court are in line with the bill pro-
"''riowea by me and preacrlbe only max-
. J Imum penalties and thia la like tie
ii J tho rule In a great maay of the penal
J ' 1 atatntea of the other Sfatea.
I' t'nder the preaent ' Texas criminal
I atatutes a person . charred with the ae-
rloui offense of murder tho taking of
. r a life of a person tn being which can
i never be returned the Jury may upon
; conviction of the defendant for mur-
f der aentence him to hang or punish
r. ' htm by confinement lo the State peni
tentiary for any period of yenre not
less than five or msy find hbn guilty
of manslaughter punlahahle by con
ftnement in the penitentiary from two
to five years or find him guilty of sa-
aault With nttempt to murder eggra-
ated assault and buttery assault and
battery or simple assault anrl In the
5 latter offense aasesa a fine of fS. The
V latitude here given to the Jury In the
trial of a person charged with murder
from hanging to a simple fine of
tf aa inis ruie js iiKewiee true in minj
other offenaea in the penal statutes of
r Texaa.
-e Of course you will not think that T
. aeaume to Judae . when a peraon
'.charged with murder msy he thus
" punished to helieve that a peraon
X charged with .the offense of ordinary
burglary In Waking Into a chicken
rlouaa. corn crib a garage or barn.
what a person may take therefrom i
practicably of no value that he ahonld
not receive the punishment of at leas:
i two year In the penltentlarv.
S I hope that 1 may assume that you
! are fully Informed aa to the preaent
f criminal laws of the State of Texa
i and know that the breaking and en-
rerlng of a private residence Is 4.
eoarate and aWlnel "J'pif Some rife n.nd the rearing and Cdu-
i rther hurrUirv and the bill propositi .. .. . ..
hv me did not affetf the burglary jf
1 Irenktng and entering a private rasi-
drnce.
The preont riennl law provide for
t the Indeterminate aentence. whl'-li
" pmiU tht peraon atwaaed by the
i "tnrv -a minlmer.t greater than the
Vnainimnii will be sentenced by the
tfdttf to serve a term not leas thnn
minimum punishment for that of-
fence and not greater than the maxi
mum aeafted by the Jtiry.
The corwurrent sentence likewise a
r-rt of the penal laws of the State of
Tras. provides that when the ne-
frndant Is convicted of many crime
fc'r example. Ml felonies of two yenrs
tter-h. the Judge trying the caje mny
nw'd n'l of the term to run conrur-
retlv. In wHIch event the defendant
trm'M serve but two year on a con-
Yvttoh c r.o felonies.
Miln adi'lon to theae provision in
-?ha ncn. I law. there Is the greater
VjAwV of pardon vested In the gov-t'--ornor
to relieve and discharae a oer-
aJmn at an- time the governor deatra.
- tar true that this great power of our
' .-l&lef executive ha not -been working
' :vvery much. lately. I wotkl reepmmand
S Mm approve It. more frequent use by
. Jittie preaent governor.
r"Tmnibr distinctly during th
; TVedAlhtBtralton- ' ' Qoverno Fergu-
Javp..-that an tmfortunat. nn waa
' - onvcted of burglarizing a chicken
y.aOWe in A1AKDiH W m I r. ru -
5 tertred to the penKentrnry ard your
- rreat paper together w'th the other
wir In the elf of Houston re-
J noevted the rovernor to jardon. thli
I defendant and the governor compiled
with lhia reouest of the Houston pa
-' 3 pers as soon as It waa brought to his
'j attention. . -
u May I now. In. copcluaion offer one
nnlnlnn that la mv own for many
vears? I believe that liberty I the
' igreatet heritage .and poaaesslon of
T mankind ana anomo n rnnmu
aervod and defended. -I bellava that
V the dutv of the legialature la to pre
3 . K. Uhrtta Af Alt-
iiens and deplore tne present ten
a.nol.a of aU lealslatlve bodle to re
atrlct and clrcumacrlba llbertt. I fear
tt'.la an nnwlae moara to continue to
'Vjnaka-offenaea.gna o maato aa pun-
lihment for theae. off en nxcealv
'HMlM(tnn nf llhertv.
I believe It should b 'exceedingly
difficult to deprtve any person of hi
liberty and that It ihouM reoulra the
extraordinary aervtc of the bt and
gremteat men In the commumty oa-
prlve the .hmbleat cltlxentof hla lib-
tl eAr a alnale -houCwi V'
I have never favored the' hurried
trials and conviction Vf eltUen.-
.Theae are my vlewa with ray reo-
oM a having repreaenied parbapa not
exceeding M - people charged with
1 . erlme. The main opponanta to in
CMaaag of aenar hill ware aim
i:f1hJ nter-tn th aenate.
Do you mind If I reejueat that you
eelmewledgr receipt of. thia commu;
nice Hon and that TOU BUb4kh M in
your great dalhn In order that my l
sltlon aa to aenate bill rfo f S. reduc-
ing th minimum punlahment for bur-
glary may be anderatood by th people
who have read your editorial r .
"Charleg 'Murphy.
. f Senator sixteenth Senatorial Dla-
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'''it" THE MIDICAL FRACTICB ACT
To th Editor of The JToat:. " .
'3 Houatatt TaxaayMarch a. In glaac-
filing over the aditortaia of Tha Poet
tii ' my eye fall upon your editorial per
taining to '.the : medical ' praettce. act.
Just paaead by the : legUlaUvw ' body
atrw la eio at" Anrtil I -Traadar
sThMrthey- would do With the maak
aad lowly Jaetta weraHe to return
again to earth aad go a atone the pee
pi healing the 1ck..raltag the dead
and etentng th yea of tha brJmcV He
-wUM ha-compeUod t gw'U. eema
fognlael 'ich.t"o 'mwliclna" in'Uke
a cour before Ha would he. allowed
to" relieve suffering humanity. The
law of evolution haa carried ua far be-
yond the- stags of Ignorance and to-
day we find mall and women capablt
of thinking for thenuelvaa hence have
jrrbwli away from Ignorance" and have
learned that drugajdo not cure. Na
ture the great- phyaldan doea the
wprk after all and aplrlf la the only
living force. ' -
6o why not the awhoela of medicine
fall in line and become pfograaalve?
It. la 4d impoaalbility ' to make men
aad women take medicine against
their will. .There ia an old adage that
you .'may mrlve a) horse to water but
you Can not maka him drink. I wa
1-eared in a family of medical doctors
knd .have heard thera- tell many times
of how they gave their patients col-
ored water and bread pill which did
the work: Thla being the truth why
can not our medical brethren become
prbgreaalv'e and Join the ranks pf the
coming" age which la the golden age
when man la coming Into hla own.
When' wa learn that apirlt la all there'
14s then we (ire Jn the vibration of
health happlnesa and all things nec-
essary for health prosperity and con-
tentment are ours not from any one
Class : of people but the broad and
wonderful law of COD will carry ua
on to higher- and grander achieve-
ment of spiritual heights and glorious
developments af the truth which hove
always been for the children of earth.
The past few years have brought us
more -closely Into harmony with this
law df life of love of truth. Medi-
cine never cured a aick man and man
haa begun to find . it out. Hence the
entrance on the stage of action of
other' and batter methods which .are
doing the work. And the cry ha goo
forth "Protect the dear public from
the vamps of all our business " Thla
Is really what la meant when they
are ao anxious to make laws; it la to
protect themselves from loaa of prac-
tice: "and practice la right for they
do not know what one dose of medi-
cine will do for a patient and to keep
the people In Ignorance and darkneaa
these laws have been enacted. Where
la our free America which so many
of ua' have toasted of In the past?
It la a very dangerous thing for the
State to make the doing of a thing for
money a crime when the doing of a
thing without money Is nowlae a
crime. Mrs. Grace C. lewrey.
MRS. WILMANS ADDRESS.
To the People of Texaa:
AuaUn. Texas March I. Because of
the Act chat there ia prevalent over
(he State of Texas and other State
that I have been given credit for atat-
ing In an interview with the presa that
I was tired of my work aa a represen-
tative and longed to go back homo to
Dallas. I desire to make the following
statement which I ask the presa to
print in full. If pilnted at all.
-I have many times since taking my
seat In the house of representatives.
been lonely and wanted to be home
with my daughters and In my office
riut la there a member of either the
house or senate who has not at times
tonged for home and family?
I stated that 1 did not think a
mother of small children or a woman
with no income other than whnt ahe
earned or a young married woman
Ji.st beginning the establishment of a
home ahould take an office in the
legialature. making the statement fur-
ther that only the women of mature
years whose chHdren are grown or
who have no children or are unmar
ried should be the women choaen for
such places as I tninK tne importance
cation of children la paramount to leg-
islation. I am neither a young woman nor i
have I a husband nor have 1 an' J
small children as my three d lughtc-
are grown one being married: nr.-'
feel that 1 ain not neglecting then:
fill tte onK-e of representative.
Nor am I a huinees unman r
have been practicing law for rv"
thnn five year and while I hav- r
been able to try ft case since twk1
my seat here and while I bavr s--t
fered aome financial loss. I fe-l 'i'
he aain In experience and th ;'.
faction of having succ-cdd in r:-M
two of the four measure I ubmit
to the houee. I. e.. the rometlf rfe'
'ons Court and the Mother' r"r"'
law. haa amply repaid m-; for "
MnsncUl loaa I ha'e sust.ttned.
Further. the statement wa '
that I Intended to run In cppOflll"i:
Senator John Pavls In the next ci"-
pelprn. which Is an error. 1 Intend t
aak the people of Dallas county t-
aond back to place No 3 in the hout
that I may continue to tight here f '
the passage of legislation I feel la fot .
the. welfare and betterment of mv
'county in particular and Texas in
general.
. I alrtcerely hope that the public has
not taken seriously some erroneous r- 1
ports that I desire to quit for I surely
would never quit on any proposition
as long as I feel that .the proposition
'a honoral-le and meritorious.
I am not criticising the repoitr In
making the mtatake of thinking I cam-
with In the young mother s clause Ir
my atatematt as to thoxe women
who should not come to the legisla-
ture for 1 it- very highly compli-
mented that he thought I was too
young to have children that were all
grown.
Wnoed more wbman in both houses
and sincerely hope that the people of
Texas wi(l aend aa repreaentatlvea and
avnator at the next election women
to at leaat a third of the membership
Of each house.
. . . - Mm. Edith E. Wllmans.
Representative 501 h District. Legisla-
ture of the State of Texaa.
FROM RKRRBSENTATIVE DAVIS.
To' th Edit of of Tho Poat:
Austin Texaa March . When aen-
ate bill-No. 141 paaried the houae fin
ally on JHarch 7 the most diabolical
piece of class legislation that ever
went to a governor for appntval wa
handed out. Notwithstanding the fact
that Texa haa on her statute books
an antt'truat law-re law enacted for
th par' of prohibiting any peraon
or combtnatlob of peaon from forming
a monopoly on any live of business
the teslehxtuna la -enacting thia bill
created a monopoly on healing. . I am
aur thla piece of legislation doe not
voice tha eentiment of the medical
practitioner of Texaa; In fact I doubt
seriously kf more than one out of every
t who oorne from J he ackool of allo-
pathy have taken part In thia place of
legislation. Only- one practitioner
from my dtetrjot -Mta apeken -to me la
favor of thla maaaur. Doubtless the
sontlment for thai legtalatlOB haa been
ceased by the eohoe of medicine.
Several membera. oc the legialature
with whom I have auuvfciaed concern -
lag thla Hteaaure hav held opinion
contrary to -that of my own. At th
earn time I muat ceaced thetr bon-
eaty of purpose and conviction. My
poelMonv M th suhjeot l that no
school or method of healing should be
prohibited by combination or by legia.
Iatkn frora giving to uffrlng hu-
manity It very heat Hferts. Thia ct
craate a enmpiet nooopoly ea heal-
ing through th uao of arug. Tot.
while thia plao of legislation waa la
the makl og. canactentioe practltlonar
area rocomrneadlng aooi af their pa-
tloatg whom tear Bag not be able ta
to kealtk to call a pea chlro-
prhctorvi urly peopta who are eur.-t
POLLY AND HER
tf?t ; fcu IK . l i
6Eous.I of. course) s
L
ei Mi
S' M ATTER POP
OMEBODY'S STENOG Rid 6 an Annoyance at Last!
MlHEu 1.AST HEA?C fT?aA TH BAAS
SOU vVAS A&OARb A SHIf
HEADED FOR SPiTZOUOJ'A..
ME HAD A Al'clE 0IE.-WAV
TICKET P(?E S6AlTeTt J3Y A
FOiO AAJO J-OVlAiG FATHER.
V Wt.Vvf tBVhrr& rasc aaa WHHIP& he WA4 last vm WAl I
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WEDLOCKED Dabbling irftoclcs Is an Awful Strain. : . 4 - . . -arBY lQf '
I TUFV to T ll Hill II Ir1 DMTW QvAr W T ?( S 0"' T U Ol I I i NOWj'S TH' TlME MV SMARt''")
raw - &ri-MytPU!SJ -fe ffiiiSfU
rjrxrj'- So i fcrtijr V Jr stock at a PGoPrr 3 8 ! ' 1 -y- rfl'v 1 up t AWV .
: . - -4 . - . . . i" I ' I.
ferlaa from dlaeaae. or wounds or de-
crepitude shoald hare the prlTtleca of
oaJltnc for help upon any school of
heallnc r -any peraon that they may
believe ass the power 40 benefit Uwejk
We are prone to boast of our twen-
tieth century civilisation: of the proei-
reaa wa are making: of const rued va
Idea aad lava:' yet whan any body of
men ht called together for the pnrpaa;
of enacting meumi for thla ealidit-j
ened age -are rind them harking back to
the uaa and cwstora of by tone agvev
We seem yet to be governor more by
tradition than ' by reaaon. It la ao
much easier for people te accept the
idea of ether than It la to put .thefr
own thlaklnc facultlea to work that
they uaualty fellow the augx eat tews of
th ether fellow a that tho who
think deeply and ng should be care
ful of the raapoBaibUftjr they owe to
their fellow man when they apeak i
vetrrnc a tvdipnent which la the result
r thlnktnr - IwlM asysat tartatary tail la th and.
1 The pHoa of. tegllaaoa paaaed i' Wi.v JV-rPrt-;t
f thlnklnr
PALS XtLeast She ll
"The idea
Poll watTiAi
Life.
A Detour Is Necessary;
Or THT
senate bill No. 141'artll aurely react.
Too many .neplo hare come to prise
liberty of action concerning their own
health of too much Importance to be
allenoed and cut off from what they
believe to be a high privilege by iucb
measure aa thia.
. There seems ta be ar tmge for en-
rtimi la we -to . reaauOh -Tcy cdn-
ceWtbie line Of biarlnsak Jr ' employ-
ment that people pre eaejaged in. Thl
undency la a Vardj meaaare grows out
of th dealra.At poMUcaaO to show te
their conMltueata that they haa beea
busy trying to da something wtril In
attaatdanre oa the law raaklng depart-
ment of the Starrer satlna. lo other
worda. Uey aewk ta. butkl their po-
linirsj ftneed lor.futtfM action. If aa
baa beM.aald.'Hhcee peopte..ar beat
goyerned who are leaat gmnwid."- all
f thla matllag .to enact pttr ea
area to govern eeery actJvKy of life
V J .v1'' - W?IO.OF A CHARACT(? ? THE WJl f EJrJ TtJjSlC; I
Well Stocked With Heroes
'o.
ill. Say TH Kio.
Mb. AANX-
lT WAV HMS BHBaJ AjCDelT OR; IT
Aay MAWk Bee .TH ACT
oiB Thwarted io im 'o
vod ) AJ LOVE .
MR&IMCK BEADS
ROADSCOfJUITTEE
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SAN BEKITO Xizaa. Jiarch 11. -r
In apprecaathut of tax high .etanddrd
01 arora reoesaei ay afrs. J. tr.'Myr
rick of Marti reren aa chairman of ih
good roe da committee of tho Valley
Federation of iWetoea's cluba . Q.(
p. U. Keff JW aapeiriteeV bejr aa dal-
rgate froip the State of Tavte at-
tend th jrap roe da congreed n4
sixth annual . conventloo "of . the ' Mid
Simnlaa 'Trait uaeMatleei al Naf pr-
lean on March M. fT-and .. v. "
Klgtiwar beaattfleetloB -artU - bo .a
of th principal toplca toMCkafaa
.7; II BUOUET-GiVIAj WAVS AN&Ht . (A
the gcof .coeareaa and tap p. I abl
4 jsLluee
RaAH SHE
AtATt JO
I Alr4T
AUTHOR
Y'
evR ha& The HE.au. To
A TRouat-ESOMe HARACTgJS lJ
A toMiC ' OUST IA! THIS WAV BEFORE
WE HAO Cl-OTTe:eC OS UP So LOV&.
VA1R SCKOF HS WlSMf-WASHY
BoupuET-3ivij6 WAYS AiD na
had To fife vAf to som&thh&
mor6 SHATrv . (q) Thais That.
WE VWOtiT Bfc. MORBIDLY xt.iC'T
A ROUT T. Mt'tL MUttL-f SAf TMaT
C05S AAARKS VAHE.I? HE WA4 LAST
SEEM vwE ASK"tOu is AT this a
faily Complete wayTiO Get
a?iC of A Character ? the
"Ayes 'have it.
- ) r l VA1R SCKOF HS WlSMf-WASHY I
hf thia subject has been aroused
largely through the efforts of the Val-
ley Federation comnilttef. whos
plan for the beautirtcation of the Odd
Ipanlah Trail through the Valley has
been an .incentive to the women on
Other aectlon of the trail to take up
Ml work.
Dewitt Farmers Have
Good Planting Week
''CVKRO. ' Texaa. Marvh 11 -rPewltt
cMiaty farmers h-e enjoyed a very
(arorable 1 lantlng week and( full ad-
tantag has been taken of ft LJght
showers during the week have been
a benefit rather than a hindrance. It
I la K Httle later than usual for corn
praatlraj. and Irish potato planting w
fully three weeks late but It la con-
sidered about an average time for
egy plaiXJn. - - .
1 J
SAyi' SHt I
M EAAlWHILt THE6 ARB SEffiOUS BUSlAitSS ""!
MATTERS TO B6 ATTENDED TO AT Th&
OrrTCS AMD LIFE. ROAtS OH AsORC OR
LCSS. TWUK TO FOftAA . -T'
3e.r WiD &f
LADY
HA&
OFFERS TO BUY UP
CITY POWER PLAMTj
Houston Poat Special.
SAX BENITO. Texts. March 11
At a called meeting of the city coun-
cil at Harlingen Wednesday night it
was decided to submit to a vote of
people of that city a proposition re-
ceived by the council to purchase the
municipal light and water department.
The offer made fot th purchase of
these utllit?ee comes from K. B. Xels-
wanger and associates he represents.
The company represented by Mr.
Nelswanger offer tha city of Harlin-
gen Ito.vOO for the plant. Mr. Nels-
wanger atatee that his company will
Immediately erect a 1000 horse power
plant for the Valley at Heritages M
I
BY CLIFF STERRETI'
- BUT LOOK HOETsHE Kj
-DwYDf. HER LIFE IaJTO e
: Chxp oaJe. Chap Tyt? .Jzsz
-V" Chm Three etc. rru
BY C. M. PAYNE.
BY HAYWARt).
' wT.
oh Boss t ir th?EAiru.t
LXJOilli MCfc-KrVkAliAAT
WHOOPIA1& LOU6H
the offer is accepted. April le p
been set as the date when a vet em
be taken to determine what Ul be
mine what eUlfb
June Reports v
done.
r ir . v
uuit ioast Lane rvepons
Valley Truck Decrease
Houston Poat Special. ( :
SAX BENITO. Texas. March I)
According to reports made by the ulf
Coast lines only about one-third tthf
number nf cara of truck have' b
shipped from the Vhlley thla yedn fin
were ehipted last year. Up h Marr
7. 1I7 cara had been sent oiit'wt"
maT
date t
1 of thtt
laat year up to the eanu
car had been shipped
The buyers any the reason 1
the farmer were advised not to T.
too large an acreage to cabbage
the wet. bad weather ell through 1
ruary ruined a number of acre
potato. b and tomataag
'.""lit t (Sftf't :-A- k'i- fi'.t? t
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