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COPYRIGHT 1908 by THE ASSOCIATED <5'JnnAY MAO.’
COPYRIGHT ’909 by THE DODDS - MERRILL COMPAQ
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synopsis.
VririKH a
•lulu
tipilal wln*M
note dire* ting Inn
tho i'iiiba**y at
Italian nmb'i.i-
(llplnmiit* In
i*riK*T
ru* to
Count dl Ilonlrii. tho
•ador, is at dinner with
Ihf national capital when a inei
rectlntf him to coin
once. Hero a beautiful
young woman ask* that *l»« •»«* given
u ticket to tlie emtmany ball. The tick-
et In made out In the nano of Mian I
«lx*l Thorne. Chief Campbell of the
aocret aervleo, and Mr. Grimm. hi* head
detective, arc warned that a plot «»f the
J«atin ra« t-N agalnsi the KngliHh »peak-
Ing raeea la bn wlnv In v\ itHhlritfton,
and Cirlmm goes to the atute ball for
Information. In a con** rvuiory hit nt-
MIhh Uahel Th
information. In
tcntlon Im called
1th he
who w
ne.
companion, Noon dlnap
Mhot it heard and
dov
Phot
din;
A revolver
Caiiipla-li and Orlm
nail to fln«l that 8#*nor
Mexican h-gatlon, hue bee
inan did It, and Grimm In
Mine Thorne. He visit* her, demanding
knowledge of the affair, and there nri<<»
named Pietro Petroxlnnl. Ml h
vlaltM an old itk*
huHten down the
Alvare/, of tic
•en allot. A wo-
MMUred It wax
, demandlm
home via
•ntly a bomb muker,
u wonderful experiment.
CHAPTER VII!.— (Continued.)
Simultaneously the front door of tho
hou«e on the corner, where Hastings
had been hiding, and the front door
of the house near the corner, where
Blair had been hiding, opened nnd two
heada peered out. As the car approach-
ed Hastings' hiding place ho withdrew
Into the hallway; but Blair canto out
and hurried past the legation In the
direction of the rapidly disappearing
motor. Must lugs Joined him; they
•poke together, then turned the cor-
ner.
It was about ten o'clock that night
•when Hastings reported to Mr. Camp-
bell at hlB home.
"We followed the car In a rented
automobile from tho time It turned
the corner, out through Alexandria,
end along the old Baltimore Iload Into
the city of Baltimore," ho explained.
"It was dark by the time we reached
Alexandria, but we stuck to the car
ahead, running without lights until
•we came In sight of Druid Hill Bark,
and then we had to show lights or bo
held up. We covered those forty
miles going In less than two hours.
"After the car passed Druid Hill It
•lowed up n little, and ran off th,
turnpike Into North Avenue, then I
North Charles Street, and slJRly
along that as If they were lookln Jfor
a number. At last It stoppingand
Miss Thorne got out nnd enipfed a
house. She was gone for ty^r. than
half an hour, lenvlng Mr. cJplwiilluder
with the car. While shi^JKis gono I
made some Inquiries anj^earned Hint
tho house was occutp^l by a Mr.
Oriswold^FlI don't know
anything tfcout film; lllnlr may
have learnitfViniethlng.
"Now comes tho curious pnrt. of It,"
and Hastings looked a little sheepish.
"When Miss Thorno came out of the
house she wan not Miss Thorne at all
-—she was Senorlta Inez Rodriguez,
daughter of the Venezuelan minister.
She wore the same clothing Miss
Thorne had worn going, but her veil
■was lifted. Veiled and all muffled up
one would hnvo taken onth It was the
•nine woman. She nnd Cudwallnder
lire back In Washington now, or aro
coming. That's all, except lllnlr Is
•till In Baltimore, awaiting orders. I
caught the train from the Charles
Street station and came back. John
\non, you know—"
V "Yes, I've seen Johnson," Inter-
-Yupted Campbell. "Are you absolutely
positive that tho woman you saw get
|pto the automobile with Mr. t’adwul-
lader was Miss Thome?"
"Absolutely," replied Hastings with
put hesitation. "I saw her In her own
room with her wraps on, then saw her
come down and get Into the cur."
"That's all,” suld tho chief. "Good-
nlglit.”
For an hour or moro he sat In a
great, comfortablo chair In the smok-
ing-room of his own home, tho gulli
roi
hi, l.nigi, a Pi*
ul they Hp« .tit
I'
‘1,
f
"SI, Honor,” he agreed absently And
then, In English: "Yes, 1 should Im-
agine so"
"Well, was all of It stolen, or only
a part of It?" Mr. Grimm went on
The minister gazed Into the listless
eyes for a time, then, apparently be
wlldered, walked forth and back
across the room again. Finally he nut
down.
"All of It," he admitted. "I can’t un-
derstand It. No one, not a soul in this
house, except myself, knew it was
here,"
"I11 addition to this weight of, say
two hundred pounds, fifty thousand
dollars would make eonsiderab
hulk," mused Mr Crlmm. "Very we !
I Therefore It would appear that th -
I person, or persons, who got It must
; have gono away from here heavily
I laden?"
Honor Rodriguez nodded.
"And now, Honor," Mr Grimm con-
I Untied, “If you will kindly state tho
circumstances Imnfedlutely preceding
and following the theft?"
A slight frown which had been-
growing upon the smooth brow of the
diplomatist was Instantly dissipated
"The money—fifty thousand dollars
In gold coin—was paid to mo yester-
day afternoon about four o’clock," he
began slowly, in explanation.
"By Mr. Cressy of tho International
Investment Company,” supplemented
Mr. Grimm. “Yes. Go on."
The diplomatist favored tho young
man with one s^iarp, Inquiring glance,
aud continued;/
“The gentlepiun who paid the money
remained ly^fe from four until nine
o'clock whl/e I, personally, counted It.
with which he held to this on* point
"You must understand, Senor
Grimm, that many state documents
are kept In the safe," he Raid finally, ,
"therefore It Is not advisable that any |
one should know the combination. I j
have made It an absolute rule, as did t
my predecessors here, never to an- |
look the safe iti the presence of an
other person."
“State documents!" Mr. Grimm’s
lips silently repeated the words. Then
aloud: "Rorhaps there's a record of
the combination somewhere? if y°u
had died suddenly, for instance, how
would the Hufe have been opened?"
"There would have be. 11 only one
way. Senor- blow It open. There 1b
no re nrd "
"Well, If we arcept all that ns trim,"
observed Mr. Grimm musingly, "It
would seem Hint you either didn’t put
the money Into th ■ safe at nil, or—
pliese tit down, there’s nothing per-
tonal Ir. this--or else ihe money was
taken out of the safe without It being
unlocked Till last would have been
a mlrncle, and this is not the dry of
inli m l< tliei efore—!”
!r. Grimm's well modulated voice
tri ileil 01T Into silence. Senor Rodri-
gue,. came to his feet with a Maze of
anger In Ills eyes; Mr. Grimm was
watching him curiously.
"I understand, Senor," said the min-
ister deliberately, “that you believe
that T—!”
"I believe that you have told the |
truih," interrupted Mr. Grimm placid-
ly, "that Is the truth *11 far as you
know It. But you have stated one
thing In error. Somebody besides your-
self does know the combination.
Senor Rodriguez drew a deep breath
of relief. The Implied accusation hud
been withdrawn as pleasantly and
frankly as It had been put forward.
"I ran across a chap In New York i
once, for Instance," Mr. Grimm took !
the trouble to explain, "who could un- j
lock any safe—that Is, any safe of the ;
kind used at that time—twelve or j
fourteen years ago. So you see. I |
doubt If ho would bo so successful
WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
with the new models, with all their
Improvements, but then—! You know '
ho would have made an Ideal burglar, I
that chap. Now, Senor, who lives here j
In tho legation with you?"
"My secretary, Senor Diaz, my 1
daughter Inez, and Just at tho mo-
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"No One, Not a Soul In This Housei Except Myself, Knew It Was Here.”
As I counted It I placed It In canvas
___ _ bags and when he had gone 1 took
less blue eyes vacant, staring, and j these bags from this room Into that
•pldery lines
head.
In the benevolent fore-
On the morning of the second da*
following, Senor Rodrigue*, the min- I It was locked
lster from Venezuela, reported to the
Secret Service Bureau the disappear-
ance of fifty-thousand dolb.rs In gold
from a safe In his private offleo nt the
legation.
CHAPTER X.
■4 fclw if )■
•ty ThouA'fl Dollars,
lpbell was talking
eral months past," he said,
•intlonal Investment Com-
gh It* representative, Mr.
*• been secretly negotiating
aiiltodrlguez for certain as
“cles In Venezuela. Three
jo negotiations were sm-
uU.luded, and yesterday aft-
hjj- essy, In secret, paid to
he Indicated a closed door to his right,
"ntid personally stowed them away in
the safe. 1 closed anil locked the
door of tho safe myself; I know that
And that's all, except
of C.
•ez, fifty thousand dob
gold.
\e first of
l
”can
Hs ® of similar sums. This
deret,] been shipped to I'hll-
bond ress to-day to catch a
niotheezuela."
inpr .in1'!™!-
shall t* *bls gold was In
tb„ .^possession could not
pr‘ to more than half
>eHl-8 a|S thG „(,K,.flattens
reunion )n Btrirt
ol' depurl nipbell smiled i>
That w Now. Reno* Bod
iK'roavcd honed asking that
loss of one legation nt one-
latiotlrt of I'here over night
^,|v^bv that the senor
(To over night.
tw resolu Mr ,,rlIlim u>r |
fly w our o ks Thorne, you 1,
spread uptt., legation, that l
Society and tin matter t > I
Batesvilie Ht
that it be pub Orlmm.
Resneci' ',r Orlmm
l,r Bodrigitez.
w Sl fiacldly, «ny
?Jr8' Lould weigh
Airs. lA]g wouldn't and tl
. i Selto
this morning the mono, was gone"
"Safe blown?” Inquired Mr. Grimm.
"No, Senor!" exclaimed the dlplo
nmtist with sudden Violence "No, Un-
safe was not blown! It was closed
ami locked, exactly as I had left It!"
Mr. Grimm was Idly twisting the seal
ring on his little finger.
"Just ns I left It!” Senor Rodriguez
repeated excitedly "Bast night after
I locked the safe door I tried It to
| make certain that It was locked I
I happened to notice then that
pointer on the dial bail Stopped pre-
cisely ut number forty live. This
morning, when I unlocked the safe-
ami, of course, I didn't know then that
the money had been taken tho polnt-
j er wns still at number forty-five."
lie paused with one hand In the ntr;
Mr Grimm continued to twist the seal
j ring
"It was all Ilk' like some trlrk on
tho stage,” the minister went on,
J "like the magician's disappearing lady,
or—or ! It was as though 1 had not
put tin- money Into the sale at nil!"
"Did you?" Inquired Mr. Grimm atul-
j ably
"Did I?" blazed Senor Rodriguez
j "Why, Senor ' I did' ' he concluded
meekly
Mr. Grimm believed him
"Who else knows the combination
| of the safe?" he queried.
“Xu one. Honor not a living soul."
"Your secretary, for Instance?"
"Not even nij secretary."
"Some servant some member of
r^r family "
tell ■
Ink V I 1h( V ■ ill !■ e
ttoi except myself,'
Ins, i -d.
"Y ’ur secretary a
men. er of your f in
seen *ou unlock the
lenrlie.) the
Rodrigue/
not ”tio person
w tlint comblna-
Si nor Rodriguez
servant -some
y might have
safe some time,
combination ?"
•I not quite know
him
whethei to be annoyed at Mi Grimm's
perslslzb 0, or to admire tho tenacity
luont, a Miss Thorne—Miss Isabel
Thorne," tho senor Informed him.
“Also four servants—two men and two
women."
"I've had tho pleasure of meeting
your daughter and Miss Thorne," Mr
Grimm Informed him. "Now, suppose
we take a look at tho safe?"
"Certainly."
Senor Rodriguez started toward the
closed door just as there came a tim-
id knock from the hall. He glanced
nt Mr Grimm, who nodded, then he
called:
"Come In!"
The door opened, nnd Miss Thorne
I entered. She was clad In some filmy,
I gossnmer-ltke morning gown with her
j radiant hair caught upon her white
I neck At sight of Mr. Grimm tho blue-
1 10 I gray eyes opened ns If In surprise,
| and she paused Irresolutely.
"I 1*-R your pardon. Senor." she
| said, addressing the diplomatist. "1
I did not know you wore engaged. And
' Mr. Grimm!” She extended n slim,
) white hand, and the young man bowed
low over It. "We are old friends," she
explained, smilingly, to the minister.
1 Then: "I think 1 must have dropped
my handkerchief when I was In hero
j yesterday with Inez. Perhaps you
found It?"
"St, Senorlta." replied Senor Rod
| rlguez. gallantly, "it ts on my desk
\ In here. Just a moment."
He opened tho door and passed Into
1 the adjoining room. Mr. Grimm’s
eyes met those of Miss Isabel Thorne,
, and there was no listlessness In them
now, only Interest She smiled at him
tauntingly and lowered her lids Senor
1 Rodriguez appeared from tho other
! room with th- handkerchief.
"Mil gructas, Senor," she thanked
1 him
"No liny de que, Senorlta," h- re-
turned, ns he opened the door for her.
"Monsieur Grlurin. an revotr!" She
dropped a little curtsey, nnd still smil-
ing, went out.
"She ts charming, 8-nor," the diplo-
matist assured him enthusiastically,
alb-lt irrelevantly "Such vivacity,
such personality, such—such—she Is
charming "
"The safe, please," Mr. Grimm r*'
1 minded him
(TO UK CONTINUED.)
Texas Senate Proceeding*.
Austin, Tex.—Congressmen Young
and Gregg made brief addresses to
the senate Tuesday upon Invitation
and their keynoto was the gratifying
solidity of the National democracy
as assuring success In the next presi-
dential election.
The conference committee report on
the representative redlstrlcting bill
was adopted.
Finally passed house bills giving
Liberty county a road law, also one
for Frio county; house bill prohibiting
seining in Travis county; Madison
county road law; Waco city charter
amendment; Port Bolivar independent
school district; Mertzon independent
school district; lidding Culberson
county to tho Kighth supreme Judicial
district; house bill fixing time of
holding court in tho Forty-seventh
and Sixty-ninth judicial districts, and
house hill transferring to the perma-
nent. school fund proceeds from sales
of Mustand Island, which now amounts
to practically $10,000.
Finally passed bill by Senator Ter-
rell of McLennan authorizing counties
to Issue bonds for good road purposes
by a majority vote Instead of requir-
ing a two thirds vote; also senate bill
removing the pure food department of
Texas from the A. an!, M. college to
Austin nnd placing It under the juris-
diction of the State pure food com-
missioner, tho net fees to go to the
A. and M. college as at present.
Dallas Court Measure.
Senator Ward moved to take up the
house bill creating another criminal
district court for Dallas county. The
vote was 20 ayes, 4 noes.
Senator Collins spoke against the
hill, charging that courts in cities
are careless and tardy, otherwise they
would be up with their work.
Senator Townsend argued that Dal-
las does not need another, as it now
has sufficient courts. He opposed the
creation of new courtB and new of-
fices. The Jurisdiction of one or more
of the civil district courts at Dallas
should be changed so as to try crimi-
nal cases. He gave notice that he
would never vote to create another
county court at law.
Senators Sturgeon and Warren said
they were voting for the bill only be-
cause Senator McNoalus has request-
ed It.
The bill was finally passed, 15 to C.
State Depositories Bill.
Finally passed house bill amending
J10 law governing State depositories
so as to permit the State treasurer to
accept collateral security from the de-
positories at market value of tho se-
curities instead of par value as at
present.
Finally passed senato bill providing
for the prevention of cruelty to ani-
mals. Also senato bill Incorporating
Uremond independent school district.
Austin, Tex.—Tho senate Monday
adopted the free conference committee
report on the text book bill—24 to 2,
Senators Greer and Lattimoro votlnti
in the negative. The contracts are to
be for six years instead of ten years.
Finally passed house bills granting
charters to Mineral Wells and Pori
Arthur nnd incorporating Jourdanton
independent school district.
Senator Ward called up the house
bill creating another criminal district
court for Dallas county and made a
speech strongly advocating the es-
tablishment of a court to relieve the
congested condition of the courts and
the trial of the many prisoners in the
Dallas jail.
Senators Jjattimore, Greer and
Vaughan asked questions indicating
hostility to the bill, especially since
It was not supported by Senator Mc-
Noalus, who was absent, sick. Sena-
tor Vaughan Intimated that the court
at Dallas had not been meeting early
enough in the day and also that it did
not meet on time.
Senator Ward said that Senator Me
Nealus told him to call up the bill and
puss It, and that if he were present
I10 would be marked present and not
voting.
Senator Terrell of Wise spoke at
length against the bill, arguing that a
now court was not needed; that there
tiro now four distrirt courts In that
county and that Is enough.
Senator Ward had read the petition
to the Dallas county delegation asking
for the creation of the court.
Senator Townsend was against
creating any more offices for Dallas
county, insisting that Dallas is now
court ridden, and that the thing to
do Is to change tho jurisdiction of one
of the civil district courts to try crltni
nal cases.
Senator Mayfield said that Senator
McNoalus asked him to vote against
tho bill. %
Senator Lattimore also spoke
against the bill, saying Tarrant county
Ir up with her cases and has but three
district courts.
The bill was ordered engrossed 1-
to 12 nnd one pair. The antis voted
solidly for the bill aided by Senators
Perkins and Ward, while tho remain-
der of the pros opposed It.
Flnnlly passed senate bill giving
counties power to stamp out oharbon
nnd anthrax by restricting stock from
running at large in the county or any
subdivision thereof.
On motion of Senator Ward, Sena
tors Sturgeon, Vnuglmn, Carter, Muds
peth nnd Welnert were named ns con-
ferees on the house bill apportioning
the State Into representative districts.
Senator Perkins Introduced and sc
cMtrd tho final passage of amend
„.ents to the McKinney city charter.
■hereupon the senate took up the
Gray contempt matter.
Senator l’aulus offered nn amend-
.■.out taking Colorado county from the
■ eve:.ty second district, leaving La
vaca alone. It was adopted.
Senator A: tin submitted an amend-
ment giving Brazos county a repre-
ei'tatlie by itself, taking Grimes
•ounty from the Seventy second dis-
rict It was tabled.
Senator* Real and Welnert offered
c\g amendment m.iiiinr- Llano, Gllles-
,y.s Bianco and Kendal compose the
fcjj’dy seventh district and iluys and
ir 1 al the F.iglity-elghth district, ll
vr.> adopted 111 to 12.
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Texas House Proceedings.
Austin, Tex.—The »enate Saturday
finally passed house bills amending
the Sherman and Austin city charters.
By a vote of 17 ayes, 7 noes and 4
present and not voting Senator Hume
was sustained In his ruling that a
point of order against tho alleged Ir-
regular setting of Senator Meachum’s
railroad bond bill came too late. The
bill was set for Friday by viva voce
vote when Senator Townsend insist-
ed that it required two-thirds to get
it up out of its order for setting. It
was held that he raised his objection
too late, and the chair was upheld.
The bill authorizes railroads to issue
bonds for improvements, additional
terminal facilities and equipment.
The house bill reapportioning the
State Into representative districts, ns
passed to a third reading, was finally
passed by a vote of 14 to 13.
The house bill apportioning the
State into senatorial districts was
called for and Senator Cofer had an
amendment adopted taking Rockwall
county from Kauftnan county and plac-
ing it with Dallas county.
Senator Weinert offered an amend-
ment transferring Comal county from
the Bexar county district to the Guad-
alupe county district, the same as was
done in the senate bill. The amend-
ment was again adopted, much to the
delight of Senator Weinert.
Senator Adams offered an amend-
ment transferring Mills county from
the Twenty-sixth to tho Twenty-
seventh district, saying that the citi-
zens of that county had petitioned for
this change. A motion to table was
lost, 13 ayes to 14 noes, but the pros
voted together on the next ballot and
tho amendment was killed, 13 to 14.
Senator Adams then endeavored to
place Mills In the Eighteenth district,
but tho pros voted It down. Senator
Peeler said he was paired with Sena-
tor Ratliff on all liquor measures and
as the lineup seems to be pro and
anti, he wanted to know if the pair
should stand, asking if this was a
liquor measure.
Senator Adams—Do I understand
you to say this redlstrlcting Mil is a
liquor measure?
Senator Sturgeon—Yes, I said It jok-
ingly.
Thereafter Senator Peeler an-
nounced tho pair.
Senator Murray offered an amend-
ment transferring Do Witt county
from tho Twenty-second to tho Twen-
ty-fourth dls'rlct, and Medina county
from the Twenty-fourth to tho Twen-
ty-fifth district. It was defeated, 12
to 14, one pair.
Senators Murray and Paulus offer-
ed an amendment taking Matagorda
county from the Twenty-fourth dis-
trict and placing it in the Twenty-
econd district. The amendment was
lost, 12 to 14, one pair.
Senator Gofer offered an amend-
ment providing that tho Fourth dis-
trict be composed of Grayson, Cooke
and Montague and the Fifth, Collin,
Denton and Wise.
The Cofer amendment was adopted.
Senator Paulus attempted to have
Fayette county transferred from the
Twentieth to the Twenty-first dis-
trict.
Austin, Tex.—Senator Welnert Fri-
day had a resolution adopted direct-
ing the controller to turn over to tho
Stale library the historical documents
which he might find in the prospec-
tive house cleaning in the controller's
department, as provided for In the
general appropriation bill.
Finally passed senato bill fixing the
time of holding court in tho Fifty-
fourth judicial district.
Tlie house bill reducing the tax on
the sand, shell, marl and mudshell
front the per cubic yard to 4c per ton
was considered.
Senator Townsend offered an
amendment fixing the amount at lOe
for ton, saying the 4c tax was a joke,
ind it would be preferable to give
it away.
Tho amendment was tabled and the
bill was finally passed.
The eight-hour bill, which was held
ip for changes, was laid before the
senate.
Senator Collins offered nn amend-
ment providing that the public work
limited to eight hours shall be that
by mechanics, workmen and laborers
while repairing and constructing
buildings, bridges and highways.
It would thus not apply to attend
nnts. nurses and physicians at the
Stale asylum and Institutions, lie
raid. •
Senator Menehuni offered an amend-
ment to the amendment specifically
exempting the nurses, attendants,
etc . at the Stale eleemosynary in-
stitutions.
Senator Collins objected to it on the
■rounds of It Jeopardizing tho hill on
die charge of class legislation, nnd
Senator Meachum withdrew his
amendment to the amendment.
s -nntor Cofer called for tlie house
bill 1 edistricting tho State into rep-
resentative districts. The minority
report carrying the public blit was
adopted, placing the bill before the
senate.
Senator Carter offered an amend-
ment reconstructing three districts,
as follows;
Third, Gregg, Marion and Harrison;
Fifth, Panola, and Sixth. Rusk county.
Senator Vaughan offered an amend-
ment to the amendment retaining the
I liiril district as In the house bill,
containing Bowie, Cass, Marion and
Harrison counties.
The vote to table the Vaughan
j amendment was a tie, 12 to 12, nnd
(he chair. Lieutenant Governor David
nin, voted in the affirmative, tabling
i the amendment
Texas House Proceedings.
Austin, Tex.—In the house Tues-
day Mr. Lee moved to reconsider the
action of the house in engrossing the
senato eight-hour bill with the house
bill substituted for tho senate meas-
ure.
Terrell of Bexar moved to table,
which motion was lost, the motion to
refconsider prevailing.
Mr. Maxwell moved to table the
Byrne amendment, which Is the house
bill offered as a substitute for the
senate bill.
Tho motion to table prevailed, 61
to 43.
Amendments by Mr. Maxwell, con-
sisting of the sennto bill provisions
which limit the eight-hour law to
work on public buildings, bridges,
streams and levees, were adopted.
At 11 o’clock Terrell of Bexar
raised a point of order tlrnt a vote on
the final passage of this bill could not
be taken because it was less than
twenty-four hours until final adjourn-
ment.
Mr. Nickels of Hill in the chair
overruled the point of order.
The bill was again passed to third
reading, but efforts to suspend the
rule for the purpose of placing the
bill on final passage failed.
Senate bill by Astln to empower
Robertson county to Issue good road
bonds was passed finally.
The Haney house bill providing for
the placiiu; of funds derived from the
sale of \fustang (Bland to the credit
of the general school fund was passed
finally.
Parliamentary Inquiry.
Mr. Brown of Tarrant, rising to a
question of parliamentary inquiry, be-
gan;
“Mr. Chairman, It Is currently re-
ported on this floor that the lieutenant
gov—”
Speaker Rayburn on the floor
(Nickels of Hill in the chair) inter-
rupted:
"Now, Mr. Speaker, there Is nothing
to that. All those bills have been
signed and sent over to the senato.”
“All right, then,” said Mr. Brown,
“but we don’t want to hear any more
rumors like that.”
Mr. Brown explained in personal
conversation that he had heard that
the lieutenant governor had "instruct-
ed Mr. Mulcahy, chairman of the
iiouse committee on enrolled bills, not
to send any more bills over there until
he (the lieutenant governor) sent for
them.”
Mr. Brown said this rumor had
caused much excitement among mem-
bers. If it were not true he wanted
the fact known; if It were true he
wanted proper action taken.
Representative Bill.
The conference committee report on
tho representative district bill was
presented. Mr. Rowell moved to
adopt. Mr. Nickels of Hill moved as
a substitute not to adopt.
Mr. Nickels of Hill declared the bill
inequitable and unjust. He said there
were districts composed of as few as
19,000 population and others of 37,000.
"Governor Colquitt,” said Mr.
Nickels, "would be performing a wise
and patriotic act to veto such a bill.”
Later Mr. Nickels changed his mo-
tion to provide that the conference
committee report be rejected and the
committee given the power of a free
conference committee.
This motion was lost, 15 ayes, 94
noes, and by ,a viva voce vote a mo-
tion of Hill of Denton to adopt a
house report failed.
The unfavorable report of the com-
mittee on State affairs on the Wil-
liams of Dallas text book investigat-
ing resolution being presented, a
minority report by Mr. Singleton rec-
ommending an investigation was read.
Mr. Kennedy moved to postpone in-
definitely. which motion prevailed, 60
ayes, 39 noes.
Congressional Measure.
Mr. Nichols of Hunt moved not to
concur in senate amendments to the
Iiouse congressional redlstrlcting bill
and to ask the appointment of a free
conference committee.
Mr. Maxwell raised a point of order
iliat the bill was improperly before
the Iiouse, not having been considered
nd passed In Hie manner prescribed
by the constitution.
The chair (Terrell of Bexar) over-
ruled the point of order.
Mr. Gilmore raised a point of order
1 hut the bill must be referred to a
ommittee, as it was In effect n new
bill, the senate having amended the
Iiouse bill by substituting the senate
bill therefor.
The chair (Terrell of Bexar) over-
ruled the point of order, whereupon
Mr. Gilmore moved to refer the bill
to a committee. Mr. Bagby moved to
:able this motion. Tho motion to
table was lost, 52 to 58.
The motion of Mr. Gilmore to refer
tho bill to the committee on congres-
sional districts was lost, 53 to 57.
By a vote of 81 to 29 the motion to
reject the senate amendments and ask
tor a tree conference committee pre-
vailed. These conferees on the part
of the house were appointed: Nichols
of Hunt,, Williams of Dallas, Johnston,
Buchanan, Cox of Eastland.
Mr Gilmore moved that the house
conferees be Instructed to follow the
liotn-e bill nnd to report bark to the
hotiso any proposed agreement be-
fore making a final report.
Urging his motion, Mr. Gilmore said
the report was being circulated about
the capital that tho house must ac-
cept substantially the senate bill or
nine no congressional redistrictiug at
this session
Tho question was divided and that
the house conferees to adhere as close-
ly as possible to the house bill pre-
vailed.
Texas Senate Proceedings.
Austin, Tex.—The house, upon con-
vening Monday, adopted the free con-
ference committee report on the
Uaney-Pharr text book bill.
The conference bill provides for a
six-year book contract and for a salary
of $5 per day to board members. The
house had stood out for a flvo-year
contract; the senate for ten, and the
Iiouse for a $5 per day salary, the sen-
ate for $7.50.
The Hudspeth (senate) eight-hour
bill was taken up and the house bill
substituted upon motion of Mr. Byrne.
So substituted the bill was passed
finally.
Terrell Sees Undesirability in Bill.
Mr. Terrell of Bexar declared that
the senate bill wiib worse than the
house bill; that under the first meas-
ure every porter in the house, every
employo of A. and M. college and
every department would he subject to
the eight-hour provision.
The house committee congressional
redlstrlcting hill was passed finally
viva voce.
The following conference commit-
tee, upon tho part of the Iiouse, was
appropriated on the report redistrlct-
Ing bill: Messrs. Pharr, Kennedy,
Rowell, Hill and Tarver.
When tho senate message came
granting the request of the house for
a “free conference committee" on this
bill, Mr. Tarver, who mado the mo-
tion, and Mr. Gilmore quickly called
attention to tho fact that the motion
had called for a "conference” nnd not
a “free conference” committee. The
house Journal was consulted and so
disclosed.
Action Relative to McDonald.
The report of the committee on
privilege, suffrage and election ex-
onerating Captain W. J. McDonald of
contempt of the house In "arresting"
house members was read. Messrs.
Blerschwale, Corder and Landry pre-
senated a minority report, reviewing
the senate committee’s testimony at
length and recommending the adop-
tion of Mr. Terrell of Bexar resolu-
tion to summon Captain McDonald
before the house.
Mr. Terrell of Bexar spoke forcibly
in behalf of tho minority report and
the addition of his resolution. Mr.
Terrell was in fine form and his
speech was considered by all hearers
the best he has ever delivered in the
house.
He took a transcript of the testi-
mony and proceedings of tho senate
investigating committee at the time
of the appoarance of the three house
members, Messrs. Stevens, Stone and
Wahrmund, who were alleged to have
been arrested, and analyzed this re-
port of proceedings exhaustively, as
well as the testimony of Senator
Vaughan, Captain McDonald and
others, before the house committee on
privileges, suffrage nnd election.
Terrell Contends There Was Contempt
It was Mr. Terrell’s contention that
the (acts In the case, as found In the
record, conclusively demonstrated
that there had actually been “arrests.”
"If that resolution (the one under
discussion to summon Bill McDonald
before the house for contempt) had
not )ieen Introduced in the house." he
said, "three of our members would
now be occupying chairs by Bill Gray."
"They have tried for years,” he con-
tinued, "to transfer everything to
Travis county—but never before lias
it been attempted to transfer members
of the legislature to tho Travis county
jail." (Laughter )
Mr, Rowell, opposing the Terrell
resolution, said the pros were as
eager and as ready to defend the dig-
nity of the house as any others.
The Hunt bill providing for two at-
torneys as law clerks for the supreme
court was taken up.
Mr. Lee offered the Williams of D/.l-
las-Buchanan bill, defining the juris-
diction of the higher courts, as a sub-
stitute.
“There Is now pending before the
supreme court of the State two years’
work without the filing of another
case," said Mr. Hunt, urging the ne-
cessity for a relief measure.
Mr. McDaniel urged some relief for
the supreme court, entering into an
able legal analysis of the situation
and favoring the substitute bill,
Mr. Goodner moved to concur in sen-
ate amendments to the house sena-
torial redlstrlcting bill. Mr. Rogers
moved as a substitute that the house
not concur and ask for a conference
committee.
Mr. Stevens desired a free confer-
ence committee, and said the bill
would never be signed by the governor
anyhow “because it is a complete
gerrymander.”
By a vote of 34 to 61 the Rogers
motion not to concur was lost.
By a vote of 70 to 27 the house
concurred in the senate amendments.
Mr. Lee raised a point of order that
the Hunt court bill did not properly
come under the governor's call, nnd
therefore the substitute was not prop-
erly before the house.
The point of order was sustained.
Tho Waco city charter amendment,
authorizing the city commissioners to
close saloons at earlier hours than
now provided, upon n majority vote of
the citizens of Waco, was engrossed.
The following senate hills were en-
grossed: Tyler charter, Longview
charter, amendments to Dallas and
wood independent school district in
Hall county, permitting the issuance
Galveston charters, crediting the Lake-
of good road bonds when ordered by
a two-thirds vote of citizens In Wichita
county; also of Lamar county, per-
mitting the Cuero Light and l’ower
company to dam tho Guadalupe river.
The following local bills were passed
finally; Rond laws for these eoun-
I lies—Houston, Wood, Blanco. Raelby,
Liberty, Madison and Bastrop.
The free conference report on the
j Haney-Rhapr text book bill was taken
j up section by section.
Mr. Gilmore moved that the report
j be not adopted and the committee in-
structed to contend loi the live-your
period adoption and the pay of board
members aud $4 per day us Incor-
porated in the house bill a ml changed j
in free conference.
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Herman, George C. The Batesville Herald. (Batesville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1911, newspaper, August 31, 1911; Batesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1108019/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .