Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1897 Page: 6 of 8
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PROCLAMATION
By tM® Q««r««r- •* t*® State
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his house a few months Ago at his
wife’s death.” ,
For first-class ready prints ad-
dress, Record Pub. Co., Dallas.
A NEW TRIUMPH.
The Dreaded '
sumption Gau Be
Cured. *1 of thia amendmeut. And to tbatcqd.
, ’ ^otherwise provided by law. said board
In the. house Chairman Hitt of)
the Committee on foreign affairs
asked for unanimous consent to in-
troduce a bill appropriating $50,000
to be used as fecommended by the I
president/ Mr. Simpson of Kansas
objected. Mr Bailey also ob
jected unless, unanimous consent I
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T. A. Slosam, ike Great Cheneiet and
Scientist, Will He 4 to HnflTerera, Three
Bottler of Hie Mewl/, DloeovoredJ .
Hemrdtee to Care Conennaptlon
and All Lang -Trochlea. ,
Nothing could be fairer, more philanthropic
or carry mote joy to the afflicted. ;thana ■;
the generous offer .of the -1 honored and ;
distinguished chemist. T. A. Slooum., M. C.. )
of New.York City.
Up bag discovered Ji reliable and absolute
cure Tor consumpttoh. and' all bronchial. '
throat, lung and chest diseases, catarrhal '
affections, general decline and weakness, loss
of Aesh and all oondltons of wasting away;
and to-make Its great merits known, will send 1
three free bottles of bls newly; discovered ,
remedies to anr afflicted reader of this paper.
Already hla “new sclratlOo system lof medi-
cine” has permanently cured thousands of '
apparently hopeless osses^ . .
The Doctdr considers It not only his pro-
fessional bat Ms religious duty—a duty .which 1
he owes to suffeaing humanity—to donate his
nfalllble cure.
He has proved the “dreaded consumption*
to be a curable disease Beyond a doubt, In any
climate, and has on file In his American and
European laboratories thousands of “heart-
felt testimonials of gratitude" from those
benefited and cured, in all parts of the world. ’
Catarrhal and pulmonary troubles lead .‘o ,
consumption, >nd consumption, uninter- 1
rupted. means speedy and certain death. 1
Don't delay until It is too late. Simply
writs TvA. Blooam, M. 0., •» Pine street, Now
York, giving express and pestoffloe address, 1
and the free medicine will be promptly sent. 1
Please tell ths Dojtoi you saw bls offer in thia
aaper.
gatilzed force ever ready to.respond
to the call of the Governor upon
application of local authorities for
the arresT of lawless bands, for the
protection of prisoners or for the
suppression ot riots or mobs. The
cost is about 2 cents per year for
each male person ql age to be sub-
ject to the call of- the sheriff tor.
such purnoses. When such occas-
ion arises, when a sherijf^or cjty
marshal is confronted by a larger
■^resisting forc6 than he can control
with his deputies, he may call to
his assistance citizens from their
homes,-and the Hay or the’ hour
-> makes no difference; the* citizen
' thus summoned , must respond,
must leave ’ His fsmily and face
dagger, and while the chance of be-
„ ing killed by a bullet from the mob
. or gang of desperate train robbers
or murderers is only one in a
thousand, it Ts a risk nevertheles
that the man who loves his home
and family would rather delegate
to the gallant young men of the
organized volunteer guard at the
The recently purchased rooms
ot tbe Denison Y. M. C. A
dedicated to the services of the
sociation by the local pastors.
—A Dallas blacksmith, by the
name of Mcbowell, is reported to
have fallen heir toa foreign estate
estimated to be valued at $3,241,
000, . __y .
An immense “loggerhead” tur;"i States and
tie was caught in the Trinity near
Dallas, * The reptile weighed 84-
three caught at the same, time., ...
While the remains of the late
Senator Coke were being laid • in
the grave in. the presence of a very
large crowd, a bolt of lightning
the people of Texas have a well Struck a tree twelve feet awayr- -
An inquest on the six * negroes
lynched at Ro-ebud brought out
nothing new, the verdict’, stating
that the negroes- met death at the
hands of a mob to "the justice un-
known. ,
Abilene and vicinity was visited
a few days ago by a severe wind,
rain and hail storm which wrecked1 jectedt0 Mr/ Bail >s propositiou
the residence of J.. S. Clayton and *• -- - ■ • .r r. ,
did considerable damage to other
property and growing crops.
H. B. Chamberlain of Denver,
Col., who built'Arlington Heights
west of Fort WQrth. and- was at
different times interested in other
heavy real estate deals in Texas,
was killed while*bicycling near
London, England *
While Miss Ethel Blanchard,
daughteTO? Senator Blanchaid of
Louisiana, was out driving with
several lady and-gentlemen friends
near Shfevepoit, La., Miss Sallie
Elgin of Marshall being one of the
party, the torses ran away. Miss
Blanchard jumped from the carriage
and was stunned and bruised. The
others retrained in the Carriage
until it was dashed against an elec-
tric light pole and they esapedu**-
hurt. j
Mrs Ada Smith, who shot and
killed Mrs. Jennie Henderson in
Dallas, in October, 139$, has just
been acquitted The defense was
that Mrs. Henderson had sup-
planted her in the affections of
Frank Smith. Frank Smith was
the nai tner of the showman; Mc-
Mahon, whom Deputy U. S. Mar-
sfcfftL Cunningham recentlv killed
in Wichita, Kansas, where he is
now on trial. Smith did not at-
tend the trial of Mrs. Smith.
A special from Mansfield says:
‘.‘A dispatch Irom Nashville, Ten-
nesseo, has just l>een received "by I
James Smith of this place,-stating
that Win Miles, aged 90 years, )
who left here Monday morning )
for Nashville, dropped dead this. 1
morning at the depot in that place,
and had$6700 in New York ex-
change on his person. It will be )
remembered that this is a part of
__the legislature, and he protested
-■■■^5 ■ that because seme of 1'
men drank to excess, it was no
more just to declare the encamp-
ment annual drunks, than to de-
nounce the legislatures as biennal
drunks. Gffln Mabry argued that
the liquors nor any of the evils
complained Of were paid for by the
State, and none ot .their individual
expenses except' their - meals at
about forty cents per day, tyfiile
members of the legislature draw
- - $5 a day and mileage while on their
. visit to Austin. The controversy
was spirited and at bneTii®5~ their
friends feared trouble might result,
but proper acknowledgments were
“ made by Mr. Wolters, and peace
ieigns again. , - • ,
Twenty thousand dollars for each
two years ($10,000 pet year) is an
'■ “Insignificant the benefits
derived. I*Qr this expense of ten
thousand •troflars a year (which
goes to "pay the expenses of the an-
nual encampment where the voluh^
teer guard is drilled and instructed)
000 a year, 2c per voter, for the
expense of this annual encamp-
ment of instruction? Suppose the
boys do frolic and have' a' bsH?
They deserve all the enjoyment
there is in it. Suppose a few do
get drunk? Not more than get
drunk at any other state gathering
—and it has never been proven
they were drunk while on duty.
But if it was an annual encamp
ment of pleasure and frolic with-
out the military instruction, it is
money well spent, as the uniforms,
armories, and other expenses of
time, money and labpr necessary
to the successful organization’ and
maintenance of these home guards
is paid by the individual members
and their friends (the arms being
donated' by the federal govern-
.ment) and the state being at no
expense except when the guard is
called upon for active duty. Cer-
tainly the people of the state
should be willing to pay the ex-
pense of the encampment evenjas
it CqlfiphMftLtlCJn- to~the young tnen _ . T »•* t 4 ^77 ror rnrrv yearsn-ress, *n<t
who enroll tnemselves in the State eral Lee estimates 600 to 800 tbe rat» of n<>t more than «ix
Volunteer Guard, pledging them- Americansare without, meaps of
selves to the service of the state in | ‘ M '*■ |
any e'mergency and at any risk.
LATE TEXAS NEWS.
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CUBAN MESSAGE SENT IN.
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McKinley Aska ft>r SsO.OOO for Ana^rioauaa
In Onba-Bailey Tor Belligerent Blghte
The president has sent the fol-
lowing message to congress: .
To the senate and house of rep-
resentatives of the United States:
Official ioformation from our con-'
suls in Cuba establishes the fact;
that a large number of American taxation immed ip the foregoing sections it
citizens in thejsland are in a state
or destitution, suffering for want organize within that Notion ot TeiM wM h
- - j j j* • a tvv , Uea west, northwest and southwest of the fol-
Of lOOd and medicines. Inis ap- lowing counties, vti.: Montague, wise, Parker,
plies partimjlarly to the rural dis- ^e“'- Be"
trict of the ' central and eastern f 'hopxaiee, d« witt,
. I Mn<r- ’Calhoun, irrigation > <______
parts. — regard to county lines In making provision
The agricultural classes have ifeui
l»een forced from tneil farms into S’’<•'■*•«'*■ ,•« -Indebtedness ot not exceeding
.1 . . x .1 c fifteen dollars i>er acre to in*t as a charge on
the Dearest towns Where they are and Unsecured by a Hen on the Irrigafile land
without work nr ni«nav ‘ i for the use and benefit of which said irrigation
without wora or money. hav- or may construct^
The local authorities of the sev- Within the'tenn.ooat of construction, shall be
. . 1 is j* 1 included the cost of riparian rights, dam sites
>eo4Hip**oved by wh'ch snail be denominated •‘Section 11 “
bondi shall be i Sect ton II. That all bonds heretofore issued
r or tne geveral counties of Texas for the pur-
’’D’ pose of the erection of court Jiouses and j*ils.
®*H and for th*-purchase *or construction of
bridge's, and that have teen purchased by the t?
! ptoper authoritiva of the State of I'eaaxasan -
ivt'stmept for the permanent «choot fund of
**Ud Sta o and that at the time of the creation
of said debt, » Videncvd by ■aid bonds, the pro~
vision for the levy of a tax for the paj nient of r
tbd JnkereM aad tb<* creation of a sinking
fund was not made, shall not be for thatrvascai
he d t' b-invi-nd- but said bonds are hereby
validated, and are hereby made valid debts
against the severs counties by which they
»eredasued. -----
Be it further reao ved that this amendment
shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified *
electors of the J’th: of Texas on ths fim
T uesday in Augusi, at which election all
voters favoring said prop aed amendment
►hall * . ite or have printed on their Imhot* the «
words, ‘Fur the ameudment to Article XI of
tne Constitution, validating bonds held by the
State a* nn in.estroent for the permanent *
school furtd,” and all voters opposing said
Hiuendme t shall write or have printed on
their ballots the Words, ‘Against the amend*
ment to Article XI of the Constitution, vali-
dating bonds held hy the State aa.. an
investment for the permanent school fund.
Andth"t the Governorot the State is hereby
directed t<> issue the necessary proclamation
for said election, and have same published aa ' ’
tequ red by the Constitution and existing
’ iwa of the State.
Approved Apr 1122 1897. . • _ ■
And Whereas, the State Constitution re*
quirhi the mibltvauow of any propos 'd amend-
m'mtsoncea week»for four weeks, comment^
ipga* least thre6 months before an ejection: * '
And wherAUR, each of wdd Joint Kesolutfonc
requires the Governor to Ipuie hl$ prodama*
tion ordering an election for the submission
ot said Joint R solutions to the qualified elec-
tors of the State for their adoption or reject-
ion, on the first Tuesday In August, A.
which vyiIi be the 3d day of said month. *
Now, therefore. I, O, A. Culberson, Gov
ernor of Texas, in acpordance with the pro*
visions of said Joint Resolutions, and by tba
authority vested in me by'the Constitution
and laws of tbe^tate. do hereby issue this my
proclamation, ordering that an -elect!oa a* r>-
quired by said Joint Resolutions beheld on a
the day designated therein, to-wit: on Tuesday
the 3d day of August, A. D. 1807. in the several
' * '$ state, tor the adoption or re-
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election shall be held at the several polling
places of the election precincts of the several
counties of this State, and will be conducted
by the officers holding the same In conformity
with the taws eLthis State and in aoeordfiMfl j,
with the provi^miS of thia proclamation.
In teetlmon^^rheredfvT hereunto Sign my
name and <cauie the Seal of
' (L. S.] State to tie affixed, at the city
of Austin, this yd day of April,
A, D. 18fl.
C. A. CULBERSON.
By the Governor: • Governor of Tecas.
5.W. MADDBN. r)
Secretary of Stake.
troduction of the Hitt bill, making’
<he appropriation. Tha house
then adjourned.
As the matter now stands it will
be necessary to bring tn Cp ‘‘
rule for the considration of the ap-
propria}ton. As Mr. Bailey is a
member of the rules committee, he
will no doubt send in a i
report attachijyj his belligerency
amendment.
The democratic'lea'der, in.expla-
nation of his course on the Hitt
bill, said the republicans had de-
manded the t reebgnition of the
Cubans by the Cleveland adminis-
tration and he proposed to force
them to a stand on the.sameptqpo-
sition now.
•lan. tbb oouotie, of M.iM6r3aadA%aM(iA, '
■0 .Ire kid, by and ibroiurh Ita conomiMionera
court, by the ia-ue of bonda of auob county,
or other ev idencee of indebtedness. In the con-
struction of standard auaxe railway or rail-
tied voters of any such county vottna at an
eieeUon held for that purpose such aid Is au-
thorised; provided, however, that no such aid
as Is hereinbefore authorls d and provided for
shall eVer be given -or paid to any railway
company, or in aid of any such railway ooa-
siruotlon. except in proportion to and for
sboh railway or part thereof aa shall bar.
been completely constructed and equipped
wtthla any such county. And special antbor-..
Ityandpo.erlsherebyalventheoommtsalon-
en court of any county withm lb- territory
herein prescribed, wh< retn such aid mar be au-
thorised, to levy and collect an annual tax In ' .
addition >oany other tax authorised by
this Constitution upon all, property
in such county . subject to. taxa-
tion. to pay interest on and to create a slnklnff
fund to meet said bonda or other indebtedoaas
created lor such purpose; provided, that the
aagre«rate of such tax. In any county, shall
never In any one year elceed two per centum
upon the aiaessed valuation of the property in , r ;
such,county.
Fulipower Is hereby given to said commie.
sinners court ofany such county, aad it toe-
hereby male Its duty, at once, upon the petj- -
tlonthereto of not less thao on. hundred (ISO)
qualified voters of any huoh county, to al any
Utne order and,In all things' provide for and
and th-holding, re-
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needs of their own people and are i 'oftadSSifci
altogether powerless to help our Xi mc“
l /r ' ?tfrS?SbnrU«,^J°de«>^. bELta^a/bX 2??lSasStSlKdttiSl
The latest report of CoMukGen- . f"* hy »ych irrigation district, to run In, time I U^n th^^omptroiier of this ■■<“te'shafl re^i^
--- f^prv years vr- tew, and to bcar4fHre»i«t tPr nudp arnt-nnttorw* tTrFfgct of kqcli itww-----—
--------( the mu of not more than six per cent per an- try upoQ boiXLr evidence, ot indebted
AmArirnnM ura withmit mounu oum. interest payable annuaHy. which teoodal » <
♦ Ik l a iKllli A* VsJYh n a a**?! ^9**'’ Sections The Governor it hereby directed
support. I have assured him that I be liquidated by the levy and Collecti(H) jai^the necee«ry proelamatioa -for rab-
nrnviaiin would onco L?f ia J*Letrr,®rable lands within euvb , injtt ng ih't$ amendidtsut to rhe quaHBe! vot-
provisi JU WOUIU oe maue ai once irrigation disrrfct* susceptible of irrigation * er4 i ex a* in tae first TuboJay in
to relieve them. To that end ’d^^ti^rh.^^ri’t^ToSa’ '
recommend that congress make an i tlo.n ,o »£« «’*••«• •“<’ not n proporfion to u. ol, th,.lr uckei*. “For the aiuendmeat to -
appropriation of-not less than $50,- i&ed on ?uJh'i?rtU!t’o’undswffl^i""IiX' *7)“.V,1
000 to. be immediately available '
for use under the direction of the above authorised In addiUon fo the tai Midland. Olsmcock. , sterling. Coke u><?
secretary of state.' - g£S W^Y^ffl^' t« ”du';Uth:{’’«
It is desirable that a part of the SM “.WT-.ft 'SS?
appropriated by con- “•*" t7ntucv cunttie <>f M^ag<.rdi m»<rj#L»rRu to
Id in thi diwnrotirtn 1 ?n- * *f *ive Hi hr ton u ruction ot rallroada
.141, in tn^ discretion watenand^appw* enam charge* Um t bugd* or < the- ev denoea
—- ^HxwwU-y of state, also boused c2.*lL^ &
for the transportation of American el for; Z^dertfiit jblWbiii .numt.-re; SJi7
with the right rrf any laud owner to demand written or printed on ~tbc r ticke a. -' Agstast
I bis. proportionate part of the water oir the , t be atn-ndineiii t > Sectlob 8 of <rtlelell,of
-without 1 C.mtotuUon of “Terew. autborifflng all
1 tor sfiaTTwhen aas< «mt. bo ar. ured by lien on 1 enuntle, tn ttirx state-tylnir shutn of the
the land .as no* provided by genera) law tor I countles of'dvff Oavla. Rreves, Ward. Kctbr,< .
tow >h?. h“,e '»»•*■ An<* n»y*‘ Midland. Ola-wocK. Sterling, < pke and Hun-
NLEY. . < delinquent, sbiiil be enforced aanow pr.ivlded nel, and Mulh uo5 we#t <,f tJeiVlo-adorlver;
■yto...------ the ^££^0^.1 de^iJd^_ to.Uune couoUia_w.at ut HaoUureu, S
-fev- waSySSua wr »tisa>»» turn north of F.-h r.Seur- *
immediately' voted jn the senate j KVw JS
Without’ Opposition. - nf ,h foregoing prov.ai.m. of tbft' r.th’.'r^-'id^'VJf Tpt
- • 1 amendment ahUlever .be construed to give .letitedneaa. w hen authoqjeU thbreto by a ma-
1 authority to create-a lien on or tax in any ; j,lr,ty vote of • >y m>eh cSunty."
manner any lands ho lor g a* they shall belong Ao'il 2. I8V7
J to the State; nor after-sale thereof shall anv- ■ _____
I charge ever be created thereon which sha'I 1 . . . „ • 7 .. .
j take precedence over the Hens securinM the ■ .. .V -*n>end Article-XI of ..
1 tmhl''£v L»f the P’lrchitae tnon^y due the Suite. . < 41 uthe State of Texaa. by ad-
r The Indebted wa for the eonali^ction M i th- 'Mateof Te>a, a^. M
rrigation work, authorised uoler the provla- | th.wlae the wverai f . ountirn In thU Slate,
lonsofithN araendmeu •hall be created only through their c .mtniaaioner,eourhrin Imue —i
. upon a yoteof wulajority pLlha iaud_pwne|V j h md. for the erection of court hou*e, and.
- resident in the district propoaod w> belOigs- jails, a,rd the construction and. purchase of----------- '
- I ntsed apd whose Janus are suaceptibleof Irri- brldge«.anl ‘
should be granted for the intiw--f <•««•» ’•>, “■• “vy1!1 °f irrigation „tleroM,tht.,utu,o,„fMie SMiaof r
dnetion of an amendment Urhieh h. X"rkWpo.*l? ,ln,’er Athorise the .Hoard of Education of aald
auction OI an amendment Wtuen be ! tbeexist ng laws of Texas belog such owner, state to inteat the penome.It aebbol fund' •
had prepared. The amendment i’h-rtohl ?o*b*1 haT?-tberiwtin txind.iaauedfortheiurpowaafore-
recognizes a State Ot belligerency ' Any natural or artinelai pAWOirbSTtfirg kiVT 'Wtaereaarti»w=B<»a»d iif EducatfriO of this
QU the. Island. Mri Dingley ob- .
nt any time within ninety -days after th<*><>to anent wh »<>1 fund of the StflU'-Of Toxa*, fiofida
xr- \ L «u t h <> r i flff*s4 li aa t»een d cel a red, him! not tbvre*^ a'WoxiaBfltltif.jhree million dollar*, and
ana Mr. oauey Obje^tGu to tue m- a after, tofile a proceeding in any court having Wberrflfl, the Constitution of the State of
4.---1—aj— -r *.i__ Trisa. ji)rlsdictlon tn test the validity of rhe forma- tT'e««s provides that no debt for any purpoee
tion of naid district, the claaaification oft*'© shall ever be encnrrrd in any manner for any
land as irrigable lands, or other details there* cityor county, unlest provision l« ingde at the
of. Such proceedingr shall have precedence : time of itax'reatlqn for tfcr evy/ng and col-
through all ibe courts as now provided by lection of a'sufficient tax to pay the Interest
law In quo warranto suit i. » K thereon, and p ovide ar least two per cent as “r
. Irrigation <Vstricts organised under the j a "inking fun<L, aol —— .
Special provisions of this amendiiwn tare hereby de-. WhereAa. JL is t>©Hevod that so my of ths
- * <Uar»»d toj>e bodies Corporate, and in the name bonis *> purchased .by...(he Btitle flMl^l ht ■'
of the district they shall hay*; t* e ri<rht to 8Ue , Education he an investment for the perma-
and in- sued, an 1 rpav acquire by purchase or nr ,t M'hool fund were rfot issued In conform- •
condemnation proofiSditirs as now authorised . ity with that, j-rovision of the Uonatttutiott,
hy l»*w in th" ease of irrigation corporations . u«id it ia doubtful whether pro|»er provision
’i. lall Lhe p.operty neqeaaary tor its organization, was madp at tha time of the attempted crea-
Tuinorivy* operation and existence, and may buy tn tion of maid debt, evidenced by sahl t>onds, for
liireretirv und-r foreclosure of ita taxes any property: ihv l-vy of <tax to »*ecu^e the payment Of in-
t>ut the property bought in ai tax sales shall be . irvsLaud th • creation of a sinking,fund, and
held-a nd deposed of aft heretofore -provided that s m^ of sa'd bends may therefore tfl ~'—
by law. ’ . heltHtivalid bv the court*: —
AH bonds issued under the provision ot this ; Therefor-, be it rc4.»lved by the l/Ogisla- \
amendment shall be pawed upon and certified j ture o( the State of lexas: That ^Article XI
to by the Attorney General of tin* State of I of the <Constitution of the State-><»f Te«ais be
Texas.jts n’w required by Jaw in the case of r amended by adding thereto the ^following,
cotfhty and city bonda. Wben-anp*oved by wh'ctt tmall be denominated’‘Svction 11 ”
the Attorney General aald
registered bv the Comptroller of thtf State.as
now required by law in the ciae of com :
and city bond*, and when so reg I $ terr d ehai-
be entitled to all the faith and conMAiceDow
prescribed bV la^ in the case of county
ahd city bonds: ' *
To the end that this amendment may be put
into immediate operation upon its adoption
bv the* people, it is provided that until
otherwise provided by law the Governor
of the State, the ComtntMioner <».' the General
Isand Office, and the Attorney General of the
- Slate, are hereby created a board aad vested
( Jon- With complete power and authority to make
'JJU | such rules and regulations as mny be neces-
sary to put into immediate practical operation
this amendment to the/C mstitutioQ and that
may be necessary to enable irrigation districts
to organise and operate undei* the prov isions
^0<j thHt vqd. until
_________r_______ _______‘.1 '____2 shall
have the power and authority in making eaid
rules as complete as the Legislature of the
State of Texa* now have to enact laws. The
rules when adopted by said board, aha'I be
filed with the Secretary of State, and when so
filed shall remain in full force and effect until
changed or modified by some other rule made
by* the said l>oard on file in the Offioe of the
.Secretary of State, o until the same are
changed by general law. .Said' rules shall be
'printed under the direction of the Secretary
of State, and a certified copy thereof shall be
furnishci to apy one delnahdlng. the same
upon th'payment of such fees as said board
may prescribe..
The Governor is hereby directed to issue
the necessary proclamation for submitting
this amendment to the qualified voters pf
Texas on the first Tuesday in Augpsti 1807, at
which election all Voters favoring the amend-
ment shall have writ’ 30 or printed on th'ir
ticket'' “For** amending Article 8, of the
Const.vution of Tqxas, so '’as to permit the
formation of irrigation districts in West
Texas," and those opposed to said amend-
ment shall hay e writen or printed on^their
tickets, “Against aknending Article 8; of the
Constitution of Texas, so as to permit the for*
mation of irrigation districts in West Texas." .
Approved March 3.1807.
Joint Resolution to amend Section 8, of
Article 11, of the Constitution of the State
of Texas so as to authorise certain oountie-?
to. give aid in the construction of railways*
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature ,
of the State of Texss; That Section L, of counties of this state, for the adopt
Article XI, of the Constitution of the State of jecUon of said pmposM amendmSi
Texas, be amended so that the same shall Constitution of the State of Te:
hereafter read as follows. election shall be held at the serer
Section 3. No oountr, city, or othhr muni-
cipal corporation shall hereafter become a
subscriber to the capital of any corporation
or association, or make any ap.ironratlon or
donation to the same, or in anywise loan its
credit, eroept as hereinafter provided.
It shall be lawfal for any county in this
State lylnir south of ths counties at Jeff
Davis, Heeves, Ward, Ector, MMIand,
Glassooek. Storlin*, Coke and Hunnels,
and smith and west of the Colorado
river, also, aH those counties west of
Hardeman. Knox and Haskell, and north of
ifishsr. Scurry, Borden. DaWson aad Gaines,
Sheaild be Fostered to Preserve P«aee
'tawd Preveat Federal Imasrrereare.
(Special Coirpsponiienoe.l
Austin May 14.—The sensation
of the past week was the contro
versy between Adjutant-General
Mabry and Representative Wal-
ters, provoked by the legislator’s
attack upon the state encampment
appropriation and his reflections
upon all the officers of the State
• Volunteer Guard, “from the com-
mander-in-chief down.” Mr.
Wolters in.opposing the $20,000
appropriation for the annual en-
campment, characterized these en-
campments as “annual drunks,”
etc., and undertook to ridicirie the
adjutant-general and other officers.
Responding, General Mabry a l-
mitted that some liquors
were drunk at these gatherings,
but not more, he suggested, than
II.
iirl cost qf 2 cents a ^ear. Next to its
cheapness, is the 'advantage to the
State of having this organized vol-
unteer posse sworn to the service,
ol the state so uniformly scattered
over the - state, being domiciled
•chiefl/ in the larger .cities’ and
County seat towns wh^re most
jlikly. to be needed, and yet acces-
7 Sible to almost any part of the
■ State at a few hours’ notice.
Then there js a growing
oppositon to State volunteer
Guards from a certain
Class of our population who prefer
that when "emergencies aris? de-
manding an i armed force to main-
tain order, that that armed force
shall be the Federal army There
....._ at< riots and rjots, and sometimes
• * gatherings and demonstrations are
characterized as mobs by one man
which would not be so designated
by another. Under such circum-
stances it would be well for the
Mate, to have its own organized
force and not depend bn the gen-
eral government, which is too much
disposed already to assume the re- 1VLUV
9E9“9ibilli.t5’' of preaarving the thgt dn(r from under
jjeaS and protecting life and ■ - * • -
property, the duty of the state.
In view of such possible con-
contingency, is there any demo-
crat who would not blush to
acknowledge that Texas, having
no organized and armed force for
immediate action, had to call upon
federal troora for that duty of
citiftanahip which her own people
Should always be ready to
discharge? In view of i
possible contingent, is there
a Texan who begrudges the $10,-
.. -
i-j 'A “i <■ * ..j.-* ■
itgT«CuCif^3enhoSfiVWfW
on the 12tb day of January A. D. 1897: pe«ed
the following Joint Reeoiutiooa in the man-
ned prescribed by the Constitution- of the
State, pr posing certain amendments to- the
Constitution of the State, to-wit:
Joint Resolution to amend Article 8 of the
Constitution of the State of Texaa by adding
thereto aection 20. aa follows:
' Section 20. In addition to the powers -of
ahati be lawful for^the land owners of certain
*. portions of Texas, aft hereinafter prcTiicJ *-
or destitution, suffering for want organize within that section of Texas w
i j j* . e mt* ( lies west, northwest and southwest of the
OI food and medicines. Phis ap* lowing counties, vis.: Montajrue. Wise. Pat
plies partWarly to the rural dis- fee1 <i,m.,.
trict of the''central and eastern Ml
parts. — regard to county lines In making provision
The agricultural classes have
eral towns, however well disposed, “Si*in“ t“bd X‘L“
pose<l, are unable .to relieve the Ji'eeX\t?Sct1Snho^?fireJtmXnupei^
-,-rere^re re/ ------1- 1 O f d igt FU C11OD Of th S WOYkr '“***"* ~ *~* *" * * ’ -
the repair/*')
of construetloi
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