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TI-IE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPKESS: MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1909.
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In the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Nor-
thern district ot iexas at
lianas.
'Iiu .uvuuiuliu Trust Company, Trus-
teu, iiiu V *i mei'H JLoun anil n u»i Com-
pany, Trubiet, Ueuigc j. Gouui ct ul,
Coinptainunu, vorsua TUu international
6i liit-ac .Northern Kuniuuii Company,
JLIlli'llUaul— Mo. 'Ml— 111 i-uully.
Notice m hereby given mat iho follow-
i:iK interventions In tiiu uuovu iiuumi are
set tor hearing oetoiu nut u> thu federal
Building in suu Antonio, Tex., at U;du
u. in., on the respective days to which
they have been assigned.
A Pit I lj M.
Muster's Ntik bJZt. Aus. Elizabeth Mc-
Cuity.
.uaiittr a No. 1030. San Antonio Jobbing
House.
Master's No. 1031. I'nlon Meat Co.
Master's No. 1 u..-'. i nion .Vieat company,
waster's No. Iimo. ban Antonio Foundry
Company.
Juusier's No. ltitiS. Joske iirus.
Master a No. ltiiJ. J. I', lieilliuru & t'o.
Master's No. lost. i'ruitt cuiamlsslon
Company.
Ala.ilei s No. 1093. U. A. Bishop.
Master's No. |i>ui. Herman At /iadek
Muster's No. lotfo. i^ouis Khcinlander.
(t. .1. Male!', Ally.J
Master s No. 1101. August Abel.
Master's No. 1111. E. U. Paschal.
Master s No. 1110. Hruee Allbrigtit.
Master's No. 1140. Sun Antonio Drug Co.
Maslef's Nu. 114„, J. J. Wlpff.
Muster's No. H4S>. Newton. Weller &
W'ugner Company.
Master's No. lloli. Texas Slaats Zeltung
Publishing Company.
Master's No. li<4. Gebhardt Chili Pow-
der Company.
Master s No. 1175. Gebhardt Chill Pow-
der Company.
Muster » No. 1176. Gebhardt Chill Pow-
der Company.
Master 8 No. 1177. Gebhardt Chili Pow-
der Company.
Master's No. 1178. Gebhardt Chill Pow-
der Company.
Master's No. 1207. J. P. Rodriguez,
Master's No. 1*08. Eyons Bros. Com-
puny.
Master's No. 1209. Goodman Grocer Co.
Master's No. 1212. Joske Hros. Company.
Master's No. 1213. Criion Meat Company.
Master's No. 1227. H. W. Spear.
Muster's No. 122S. William Saekvllle.
Master's No. 1231. J. W. Murray.
Master's No. 1239. Wm. L. Hoet'gen.
Master's No. 1256. Garcia Velay Pena.
Master's No. 1257. American 1,1 g n 11 o
Briquette Company.
Master's No. 1258. Texas Bladet Pub. Co.
Master's No. 12ti4. M. Bernheim.
Muster's No. 1205. M. IWinheim,
Master's No. 1271. C. L». & Theo. Bering
Ur., Inc.
Master's No. 1272. C. L. & Theo. Bering
Jr., Inc.
Master's No. 1318. 8. H. Kress & Co,
Master's No. 1347. Citizens Messenger
Service.
Muster's No. 1354. San Antonio Hard-
warn Company.
Master's No. 13EJ3. San Antonio Hard-
ware Company.
Master's No. 1377. New "York Upholstery
Company.
Master's No. 1378. New York Upholstery
Company.
Master's No, 1379. New York Upholstery
Company.
Master's No. 1380. New York Upholstery
Company.
Master's No. 13S7. Edwin Routledge.
Master's No. 1388. New York Upholstery
Company.
Master's No. 1398. Western Grocer Co.
Master's No. 1397. Western Grocer Co.
Master's No. 139S. Western Grocer Co.
Master's No. 1399. Western Grocer Co.
Master's No. 1402. S. Pfeiffer Grocer Co.
Master's No. 1422. San Antonio Drug Co.
Master's No. 1424. J. A. Gravell.
Master's No. 1437. Pancoast Morgan Co.
Master's No. 1438. Pancoast Morgan Co.
Master's No. 1489. II. P. Drought
Master's No. 1441. M. Halff & Bio.
Master's No. 1449. Ford & Staffle.
Master's No. 1450. Household Furniture
Company.
Master's No. 1468. L. R. Ortiz. (E. A.
Atlee, A»ty.)
Master's No. T459. Saul Wolfson Dry
Goods Company.
Master's No. 1460. Saul Wolfson Dry
Goods Company.
Master's No. 1461. Saul Wolfson Dry
Goods Company
Master's No. 1462. Saul Wolfson Dry
Goods Company.
Master's No. 1463. E. A. Kerr.
Master's No. 1468. Artesia MercanOle
Company.
Master's No. 1476. G. S. Marquis.
Master's No. 14S0. C. E. & Theo. Bering
Jr.. Inc.
APRIL 21.
Master's No. 1484. Thomas Goggan A
Brothers.
Master's No. 1492. A. H. Shafer.
Muster's No. 1511. f'annel Coal Co.
Master's No. 1516. A. McDonald.
Master's No. 1542. S. A. & A. P. Ry.
Co. (R. J. Boyle, Atty.)
Master's No. 154.1. Gun Brandt.
Master'.'i No. 1544. Wormser Brothers.
Master's No, 156T. H. Wagner & Son.
Master's No. 1571. Hugo Heitkamp.
Master's No. 1581. Artesian lea Co. (Og-
den, Brooks & Napier.)
Master's No. 1582. San Antonio Gas and
Electric Co. (Ogden. Rrooks & Napier.)
Master's No. 1587. Price-Booker Mfg Co.
Master's No. 1588. Stewart & Cobb.
Master's No. 1591. H. H. Branham Co.
Mlaster's No. 1593. Gazette Publishing
Company.
Master's No. 1602. San Antonio Hard-
ware Company.
Master's No. 1608. M. Milgrnm.
Master's No. 162«. E. K. O'Brien.
Master's No. 1640. Salinas & Izagulrre.
Master's No. 1641.'Salinas & Izagulrre.
Master's No. 1642. T. J. Buckley.
Master's No. 1644. R. B. Murray.
Master's No. 1646. Morris Klein
Master's No. 1657. Hellinda Andrada.
Master's No. 1658. Zeferino Soils
Master's No. 1655. E. Flerros.
Master's No. 1660. J. Oppenhelmer & Co
Master's No. 1666. San Antonio Drug Co
Master's No. 1«78. Wm. G. Schurwlrth
& Co.
Master's No. 167D. C. T. Hardy.
Master's No. 1685. Irvin & Glover.
Master's No. 1686. Allen Irvln.
Master's No. lfisfl. Stanley Newdlng.
Master's Nh. l«90. San Antonio Hard-
warp Cnmppnv.
Master's No. 1745. W. E. Crawford. fFferl
8entt.)
Master's No. 1746. Caffnrelll Rrothers.
Master's No. 1750. Frank Bros (branch).
Master's No. 175'.. Wormser Rrothers
Master's No. 1757. Wormser Brothers
Master's No. 1758. I,. Vlllegas.
Master's No. 1759. I,. Vlllegas.
Master's No. 1760. E. Vlllegas.
Master's No. 1768. K. C. Prlsn.
Master's No. \Jf9. Trollo Commission Co
Master's No. 1779. Ernst Stratemann
Master's No. 1808. Earl Burgess,
Master's No. 1820. E. Vlllegas.
Master's No. 1821. Wormser Brothers
Master's No. 1827. D. J. Woodward
Master's No. 1«29. The Texas-Mexican
Railway Company.
Master's No. 18?0. J. J. Norman.
Master's No. 18M. ft T. Phelps.
Master's No. 1849. W. Jaffe
Master's No. 1854. Pirneer Flour M'lls.
Master's No. 1855. Pioneer Flour Mills.
WILLIAM H. FLIPPEN.
Master in Chancery.
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL
' Kaufman
Pre-Shrank Garments
V Have all the shrink taken out before
J taking. .They will not shrink ifter-
I iard. A good reason why you St, mi Id
I ear them. I
I IV It lot CMMer la Yaar Tawa las Thra
f
Spend the Afternoon aft the
FmBakijjgJMiMj
At WOLFF A MARX COMPANY.
Demonstrating K C Baking Powder.
CHAIRMAN STOREY
OF RAILROAD BOARD
CALLED BY DEATH
Heart Trouble, Superinduced by
Attack of La Grippe, Was
Causs of Death.
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH.
TAKEN ILL TUESDAY;
WAS AT OFFICE FRIDAY
Daily Kxpress Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 2X.-lxK>nidus
Jefferson Storey, chairman of the Hail-
road Commission, died this morning from
heart trouble, superinduced by an attack
of la grippe. Chairman Storey was sick
but a few days, lie was taken ill Tues-
day, and went homo suffering from the
first symptoms of la grippe, which his
family thought would soon pass away
with proper attention.
lie visited the Railroad Commission of-
fices in tlie Capitol Friday, but on Sat-
urday was prevailed upon to remain at
home. However, he was up and about
the house, and in the afternoon sat on
the veranda. Before retiring at 9 o'cloek
he shaved himself and took .1 bath* At
IjO o'clock ii«' began to suffer from rheu-
matie pains in his shoulders, with which
he had been afflicted at intervals of late,
and called for Dr. Joe Wooten. These
pains were soon relieved.
Turn for Worse Comes in Morning.
At that time there were 110 symptoms
of iieart trouble, but it is said that Mr.
Storey remarked to a member of his fam-
ily that he believed when he died he
would die of heart trouble. At 4 o'clock
this morning Dr. Wooten was recalled
and found that Mr. Storey had practical-
ly no heart action. Mr. Storey com-
plained that he could not lie still in one
position, but had an uncontrollable desire
to turn over. At <j o'clock Dr. Wooten
called in Dr. T. J. Hcnnett and they re-
mained with their distinguished patient
until the end. which came at o'clock.
At the last lie turned on his side in the
easiest position, folded his arms peace-
fully and died as ho had lived, with a
L. J. STOREY.
UKART failure, superinduced by an at-
" tack of la grippe, caused the death
Sunday morning of the chairman of the
State Railroad Commission.
cation at Austin College at. Huntsvllle,
read law In the office of Rogan & Whltls
at l»ckhart in lNf>7-f>8, was admitted to
the bar in October, IKoS, practiced law for
! twenty eight years thereafter an a mem-
ber of the firm '>f Nix & Storey and later
practiced from 1SF6 ns the senior member
of the firm of Storey & Storey, until ap-
I pointed a member of the Railroad Com-
mission, in 1804.
Helped Raise Company of Volunteers
Mr. Storey assisted in raising the first
company from Caldwell County that was
mustered into the Confederate service, be-
ing Company R. Twenty-sixth Texas
Cavalry. Gen. X. R. DeRraV's brigade.
With that organization he saw active
service in Texas and Louisiana, taking
part in the battle of Galveston and
the principal engagements in Louisiana
from the battle of Mansfield to the close
of the Red River campaign. The family
was well represented In the field. Capt.
,James G. Ktorey of San Marcos com-
manded n company In Wood's Regiment,
another. Col. R. L. Storey, commanded a
Georgia Regiment, and his younger
brother. H E. Storey, wss a Lleuten
sweet smile upon his fat e, "a gentleman 1 ant in Terry's Texas Rangers and was
nf *h« " wK-tftaii*, wounded at Shiloh, dying a few
of the old school.
Mr. Storey was 75 years old and had
devoted the better part of his life to the
public service, gaining in his official
career as magistrate, legislator and rail-
road commissioner not only the confi-
dence of the people, but a reputation for
care and ability that will place his name
in the hall of fame of Texas' great men.
During his fifteen years of service on t lie
Railroad Commission he was twice made
chairman, and fulfilled the duties of his
responsible position wit.i manifest fair-
ness and extraordinary ability. He was
conservative in all oi his official acts
and believed in giving the railroads as
well as the people a square deal, and as
a result there was never found fault
from any source, with the exercise of his
power. As chairman of the commission
he exerted himself prodigiously to direct
the affairs of that tribunal consistently
and well with a view to bringing about
for it the greatest degree of efficiency
as a tribunal of the people.
Has Served Since 1894.
mortally
days later.
Alt. Storey was appointed special judge
of the District Court of Blanco County bv
Governor Coke to try cases in which the
presiding judgo was disqualified and was
twice appointed special judge of the
Court of Civil Apneals nt Austin to pre-
side in c;i«ps in which Judge Fisher was
disoual'f-'ed.
Me was a monibr-r of the legislature for
ten years, from 1873 to 1SS3, serving four
yenrs in the Hou^e four years In the
Senate :in(] two years as Lieutenant Gov-
ernor. He was elected Lieutenant Gov-
ernor November 2, l^SO, O. M. Roberts be-
ing elected nt th<* same time for a second
term as Governor.
Mr. Storey wn* married April 19. 1V»0. to
Miss T.ou T Kllison daughter of Col.
Jonathan Ellison of Caldwell County.
received news of the death of L
Storey.
LOCKHAR^ IS SHOCKED.
Relatives There Did Not Know Mr.
Storey Was III.
Spoolul TolpRram to The Express.
J.OCKHAUT, Tex.. March 28.—Lockhart
was inexpressibly Flun ked this morning
when n dispatch rearhed h<"!'<> from Aus-
tin faying that I,. J. Storey, clinlrnt.in
of the Texas Uuilroad Commission l>a I
died this morning. None of r.'.s family
here ktinw of his illness. Two son , livifg
here, John T. find A. A., left by automo-
bile for Austin.
The funeral ceremonies here will prob-
ably be under the direction of the Ma-
sonic fraternity, of which lie had been a
member since 1857. He waa the oldest
elder In the l^ickhart Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Storey hud resided in I.tek-
hart since ills arrival here, in 1**.?. from
Georgia, where he came from with his
parents. He and Mrs. Storey t >
have celebrated their golden wedding
next month.
LEWIS SEEKS APPOINTMENT.
Waco Man Would Be Aopointed Rail-
road Commissioner.
Sim Lewis of Waco will be an applicant
for tho position on the State Railroad
Commission vacated yesterday by the
death of Chairman L. J. Storey. Mr.
Lewis announced yesterday that lie would
get In communication with the fiovcrnor
immediately and If necessary would go to
the State capital today to push his can-
didacy In person.
Friends of Mr. Lewis—who. hv the way.
Is one of the oldest and most popular
traveling men of the Southwest—have
been boosting him for Railroad Commis-
sioner for the last six months, and It was
his original Intention to await the on-
coming of tho primary election fifteen
months hence before coming before the
people with an open claim.
From his long experience on the roan.
Mr Lewis Is well known on the road,
and his embryonic candidacy for I lie 'it-
flee of Commissioner has received the
hearty endorsement of the traveling fra-
ternity of the State almost to a man. It
ls believed that the Governor will be
flooded with telegrams from all over the
Stale today urging hint to give Mr. T.ewls
a fair consideration when he conies to
fill the office vacated by Ihe death or
Commissioner Storey. ,
|l« has spent the last four or flte days
here on n mission of business and inci-
dentally looking after his political fences.
«C>
LAWMAKERS
SEEK A MEANS
TO GO HOME
Continued From Page One.
It crystallize Into action this week. will
probably see the beginning of the lealiza
Hon of the people's hopes. f
Moreover, the Democratic l> aG""n r.i
vors generous treatment of all State In
stit utions. and It Is thought Uiat'.h'l ap-
propriation bill might consistently
hrouKht in under this plank.
Opinions differ as to tlie length of time
that will he required to pass the appro-
bation bill. It lias been ascertained
YOU'LL SCHEME
All soijts of ways to make more money—you'll figure every
way possible to make your savings earn more than Mo or 8°/o
—speaking plainly you let a dime cover a dollar—remember
the old adage—it's not how much you make; it's how much
you save.
save you $4 to $10 on your spring suit.
^ v/dll Thru our "cash system" we save you about
itfo on your clothes. The difference in the credit and our cash prices is great.
$25.00 Suits—our cash pricc $19.HO
$.10.00 Suits—our cash price $2,1.10
$.15.00 Suits—our tas/i price $29.70
Aaron Frank Clothing Co.
511 East
Houston Street
TAIK OF STOREY'S SUCCESSOR
Mr. Storey had served on the Railroad
Commission since November 21, 1894. hav-
ing been appointed to a seat on that
tribunal by Governor Hogg to till the
vacancy created by the resignation of
W. 1'. McLean. He was reappointed bv '
Governor Culberson April 2), I8fl.'i. and>r')'',"v
the office having been made elective by
constitutional amendment, ho was elected
November 3, 1S9K, anil was re-elected In
1900 and again in 190ti.
Chairman Storey is survived bv Mrs '
Storey, his wife, and three sons aiid five
daughters. The eldest son. John T. Sto-
rey, lives at L.ockhart, as does A. A 1
Storey, another son. James I. Siorey
another son, recently resigned from the
district attorneyship of the Caldwell
he had held for
ept. a partnership
m of lawyers that
Storey & Wolters.
Many Names Are Mentioned as Possi-
bilities for the Vacancy. Which
Will be Filled by Appointment.
district, wliich
years, to lacce
e Houston (firm
Lrfine,, Jackson, f
County district,
sixteen j
with the
is now Lane
Mrs. Bruce Martlniale, the eldest"daugh-
ter, lives at Martlndale; Mrs. VV. D My-
rick, another married daughter, resides
at Lockhart. while .ae three unmarried
daughters. Misses Annie, Bcrta and \VJL
he, live at the Storey home here. J fro
Storey, a brother, resides at San Mar-
cos A. B. Storey, the Democratic State
( hafrmnn, ls a nephew of the decedent
The body will be Interred at Lockhart ,
Tuesday. A special train will leave here 1
Tuesday morning, conveying the body
and members of Chairman Storey's fam-
ily, associates on the Railroad Commis-
sion and the commission's employes.
Funeral Services at Lockhart.
Funeral services will be held at the res-
dei*e on Nineteenth Street at 6 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. Pallbearers have
been designated as follows:
Acttve-J. J. Arthur, T. M. Scott, J. T
Bowman, K. H. McLean, O. D. Hudnall,
,V' if'oir' Thompson, employes
of the Railroad Commission.
Honorary—Governor Campbell, Lieuten-
ant (lovernor Davidson, K. H Baker
president of the Trinity & Brazos Valley
Railroad, C. J£. Rowe, Harrison Flnley.
Gaorge \\. Littlefield, president ol the
American National Hank; M. A. Spoonts
general attorney of the Fort Worth &
Denver; H. M. Garwood, genera! attorney
of the Southern Pacific; L. W. Moore ex-
Governor Joseph I). Sayers, Attorney Gen-
eral R. V. Davidson. A. P. Wooldriuge.
chief clerk of the state Department of
Insurance; Judge T. J. Brown, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court; A. W.
Houston, general attorney of the San A*n-
tonlo & Aransas Pass; \V. D. Cleveland,
T. S. Miller, general attorney of the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas.
The special train will be for the accom-
modation of State officers and friends of
the family.
Was Born in Georgia.
Mr. Storey was born In Chattooga
County, Georgia. October 6, 1834. He was
of Scotch-Irish lineage, his immediate an-
cestors having come to America during
the early Colonial day*. His great-grand-
parents participated in the war of the
American Revolution, and his grandfather
and father were in the war of 1812.
His father. Col. John T. Storey, was
born in Virginia, July 1. 179ti. and was
married to Miss Lucy Mcl^ster of North . ,, , -. .. .. ,. .——
Carolina in 1818. Judge Storey's mother ' ommlssloners Mayfleld and Colquitt,
was a sister of the late Capt. Harvey Furthermore, because of the differential
McLester, long a resident of Bastrop, , dispute. Harris and Galveston Counties
later of Austin. "'are practically disqualified. Moreover,
Colonel Storey, soon after his marriage,, 's believed tlinf sympathy with the
moved to Jackson County Georgia, and i V)nc pioposod reduction of panfietiRftf
afterwards moved to a place on the Chflt- i fares may exercise pome influence in the
tooga River, three miles north of Sum- action of a successor to Commissione-
merville and about thirty miles west of i 'j A" the Legislature has shown a
Rome, in what was then the Cherokee : decided disposition to sit upon the prop-
Nation. but Is now Chattooga County. ' osltlrn roughly, hy appointing to the
Colonel Storey represented his district for Commission a ra»n who favors 2-eent
several terms in the Slate Senate, com- i fares, it Is said the Governor could ac-
manded the regiment that moved the <ompllsh through that body that which
Cherokees to the west of the Mississippi ' p has been unable to effect through the
In 1838. visited Texas In 1839 and bought Legislature, ;is Commissioner Colquitt
Kxpress Austin Bureau.
AFST1N, Tex.. March 28.-The death of
L. ,T. Storey, chairman of the Railroad
Commission, creates a vacancy on that
tribunal that must be filled by executive
appointment pending the next general,
election. Naturally, with so many
ticlans in the city, a great deal if vipeej-
latlon has been indulged as to the prob-
able successor of Commissioner St.-rey.
Numerous names have heeu sut'Kes.i'-ci
and many reasons that some think must
govern the appointment has been voiced,
but, of course, there will be little hill-
cation as to the Identity of the Governor's
choice until the appointment Itself is an-
nounced.
A name mentioned Is that of W. D.
"Williams of Fort Worth, who ran against
Commissioner Storey In lHOtl. Mr. Wil-
liams is a strong Campbell man and ls
regarded as entirely competent to Cis-
charge the work of the office with c< ".it
credit-
Marshall Hicks of San Antonio has also
been spoken of as a possible selection.
Mr. Illcks is a staunch friend of Gov-
ernor Campbell and ls in every wav
capable of filling the office satisfactorily
A. B. Storey of San Antonio, Demo-
cratic State chairman, nephew of chair-
man Storey, is considered good material
for the position and Is mentioned by
some, but. his recent interview condemn-
ing the late nine-juror bill is regarded as
an Incident that might militato against
his chances.
One of the names mentioned most 're-
quently in connection with the appoitr-
ment has been that of ex-Governor
Joseph D. Sayers. Mr. Sayers is conceded
to be one of the best fitted men for the
placo that could he found In Tex..?. It
is probable that his friends will exert
themselves diligently to secure his ap-
pointment.
John I.. Wortham of Dallas, financial
agent of the penitentiaries under Gov-
ernor Lanham, Is frequently alluded to
as a possibility. Mr. Wortham was of-
fered the financial agency of the peni-
tentiaries by Governor Campbell wnen
Mr. Wright resigned, but declined to ac-
cept the position. It was also reported
at one time that Mr. Wortham wou'd run
against Mr. Colquitt for the Commlsslon-
ership before the late primary. H-- has
long been considered good material for
the Railroad Commission.
E. P. Curtis of Smlthville, who ran
against Mr. Colquitt the first time, is
also regarded as a possible appointee, as
is his lepresentatlve In the Legislature,
Roger Byrne, hailing from flic same
town. T. B. Love, Commissioner of In-
suranee_>nd Banking; L,. T. Dashiell,
Tax Commissioner, and W. H. Gill, chair-
man of the Penitentiary Board, are also
regarded as likely selections.
It is believed that South Texas or
Southwest Texas will be drawn from to
fill the vacancy, Inasmuch as North
Texas is represented on the commission
land near Seguln. He moved to the Re-
public of Texas In 184R. shortly before It
surrendered Its nationality and became a
part of the American T'nlon. settling In
Gonzales County, and later. In 1847. at
Lockhart, known then as Lockhart
8prlngs.
His son, L J. Storey, completed his edu-
would probably support such a proposal.
Mrs. John H. Reagan Goes to Auatln.
Special Telegram to The Kxpress.
PALESTINE. Tex.. March 28—Mrs.
John H. Reagan, wife of the late Judge
tort Mt| (or Austia. bavlag
of the House Appropriation Commit
throughout tile regular session, and says
the care exerted by this committee
ihreshltte out the problems eonfron lni.
It leaves a bill that could be acted on m
a short time. The committee s ideas and
the ideas of the nouse or Senate may not
harmonise, however, but It is believed
that should the Governor reach a decis-
ion to submit ihe appropriation bill in
the next two or throe days, or should it
be taken up on legislative Initiative, it
could be passed In tinfe to save the State
approximately JtiO.tiOO-the. cost of another
special session. The Senate and House
bills are practically one and the same,
and If it were put up to the Legislature
tomorrow, or soon thereafter, another
thirtv days' stay could be obviated if it
would pass upon the so-called platform
demand* and the. propositions embraced
In tho Governors call between now and
' April 13, and Texans might then ap-
plaud ...e busiest and best behaved Legis-
lature that they have claimed for their
own in several decades.
Body Considers the Issues.
That the Legislature can dispose of
the principal causes of this special ses-
sion several days before it comes to an
end under the constitution, is conceded on
every hand, but that It will do so Is an-
i other proposition. A glance at the. record
< of the last few days shows that both
! branches have been engrossed tn the con-
' slderation of the alleged paramount is-
! sues of the day-according to the Gov-
I ernor's interpretation of tho San Antonio
' platform. One of the Governor's pet
: measures, the two-cent faro bill, was
; slain ruthlessly. It was so weak a bill,
| figuratively speaking, that when it was
'dealt the death blow It emitted not a
i whimper-not a muscle twitched. So did
the nine-Juror bill. The full rendition
bill within the Governor's call, but not
incorporated in the platform, was given
a public execution In spite of the commit-
tee's recommendation for clemency, and
contradictory to the Walter bill prohibit-
! ing the inflicting of the death penalty In
the open.
The House and Senate nave both set-
tled In a manner the platform "demand"
providing for the establishment of agri-
cultural experiment stations. The House
has engrossed the platform recommenda-
tion more stringently regulating the fish
and oyster Industry. The Senate and
House are enthralled'in the b»nk bills,
and they have deliberated loud and long
over a Slate Board of Health bill.
When the Legislature is called In ses-
sion it is primarily supposed to enact
the laws which in its Judgment, will
subserve the best Interests of the State.
The special session has been engaged In
slaughtering the bills set forth In the
Governor's message as pre-eminently Im-
portant. Is that doing the State any
good? Is asked The Legislature thinks
the State far better off without a two-
cent passenger fare and Jurjes wherein
the safety and sanctity of a Unanimous
verdict would be disrupted. Before the
special session convened there were no
such laws, and after it adjourns there
will be no such laws, and the only dif-
ference before and after is the bill of
costs to the taxpayer, accruing through' a
long deliberation by the law-making
body, which decides to let well enough
alone.
This week both houses will renew bank
guaranty activities. In the House the
proponents of the Cureton bill, favored
bv Mr, Love, have been disturbed some-
what by the remarks of Mr. Nickels Sat-
urday In opposition to the bill. Mr.
Nickels stepped all over the bill, from the
name of Its author—Commissioner Love—
to the last line.
Some members who had not hitherto
given the bill careful consideration were
shown certain features bv Mr Nickels
that have prompted n little deeper study.
Aside from the legislative and Indicia!
authority vested by the bill In the pro-
pose fltite banking hoard, the objection
to the features of the bill discriminating
against small towns has strengthened
the ranks of Its opponents, Mr. Nickels
showed the membership that there »m
towns of less than 5000 Inhabitants that
ship many thousand more bales of cotton
in a season than they have residents.
This was food for thought, as under the
bill mm towns mat axe flooded with
money at cerlaln seasons will not have
protection because they happen to bo shy
a few thousand inhabitant?..
Will Discuss Legal Phase.
This bill will be taken up In tho Housi
tomorrow morning and a discussion tn' Its
! legal phases will bo resumed. Mr. G.iine?',
I Mr. Jenkins and others will reply to Mr.
Nickels' denunciation of the measure.
Mr. Gaines will urguc chiefly on the
point made by Mr. Nickels that tile bill
Is unconstitutional because it provides
that tho banking board may revoke a
charter, a leyul contract, and liquidate
a bank because an officer of the bank
perchance. Is immoral. Mr. Nickels, dis-
claiming a knowledge of the nomen-
clature of drinks, says a long toddy, or
maybe a short one. or likewise a cooling
cocktail or high-ball that some unthink-
ing banker chances to quaff, would prove
I hat banker's undoing and ihe placing of
his hank in the hands of a receiver. He
contends that the question as to a man's
moral character is a matter of fact to be
established In court. Mr. Jenkins will
! speak for tho Cureton hill tomorrow
] along general lines.
Tho Statu board of health bill, modified
so that tile sanitary code to bu prepared
by tiie proposed State board of health
shall be advisory only until passed on
by the Legislature, Is set for a special
order In tho House for tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock, but will probably not be
reached for possibly a day or two. The
bank guaranty bills have right of way,
being pending business. There Is a poj-
slbillty of a bank bill's being engrossed
tomorrow, although Ihe fight launched
by Mr. Nickels and Mr. German may last
longer than expected • Should tint Nickels
amendment to the Cureton bill, Iri fact,
a substitute, he voted down, a number of
amendments seeking to remove tho radi-
cal features of the bill will be offered.
The House has had Its hands fyll for
this week if it disposes of the bank
guaranty proposition and the health bl 1'.
About the Situation.
A survey of the situation by Items may
he of Interest. First, consider the plat-
form demands (?) submitted by the Gov-
ernor.
1. To grant adequate authority and
means to the Stale Health Department.
In response to this bills have been in-
troduced to abolish the present depart-
ment and create a State Board of Health.
Ttds hill has passed tjie Senate in modi-
fied form, and probably will be disposed
of in the House this week, a.s a similar
measure has already been considered in
that body. However, the Senate bill
hardly will reach tho House before Mon-
day afternoon, as It must he engrossed,
it will then go to committee, and when
there acted upon must bo printed, so that
It can hardly be reached In the lloust,
before late In the week.
2. Protection for fish and oyster In-
dusti y.
A bill upon this subject has passed in
tlie House to be engrossed. It probably
will pass both houses before the end of
the week.
It. Establishment of four additional ag-
ricultural experiment station*.
The House has passed a bill so provid-
ing. It has been favorably reported to
the Senate and probably will finally pass
that body this week, notwithstanding,
through the desire of individual Senators
to secure such stations for their respect-
ive districts, twenty-eight hills, each es-
tablishing a station, have passed tho Sen-
ate.
A Substitute Is Offered.
4. Regulation of Irrigation canal com-
panies and oil pipe lines.
A bill giving County Commissioners
Courts power to regulate canal com-
panies has been substituted by llous-'
Committee on Irrigation, at the Instance
of the authors, with a bill merely pro-
viding iliat the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture shall employ on engineer at a salary
of 1.1W0 a year to collect data upon the
subject of irrigation in this State. Tho
Intention is to submit this data to the
next Legislature to guide It In the fram-
ing of a constitutional amendment, to
be voted upon by tho people, authorizing
a succeeding Legislature to create a Stale
commission to regulate canal companies.
J his bill rnHy pass, with Ihe appronrl-
ation reduced or stricken out. No bill
looking to the regulation of plj . lines
was introduced either at the regular or
the special session.
5. Guaranty of bank deposits.
Comprehensive measures upon this sub-
ject are now pending in the House. Sen-
ate Committee on Insurance has reported
as a substilute for the Alexander bill tho
Senter-llurne amendment, which provides
merely that, each hank shall give a bond
to secure the payment of its depositors
It seems probable that some kind of a
measure upon the subject may be finally
passed this week.
6. Reform of court procedure.
A great variety of hills has been Intro-
duced under this heading, some of them
hf;ving about as much to do with pro-
cedure as they have with tho discovery
of the South Pole. Ronio of them have
been reported favorably, some adversely.
None of them to which any objection
exists have made any further progress.
Advocates of reform In procedure are not
very hopeful that anything will be ac-
complished along this line until a deflnlto
plan has been taken before the people
and received their endorsement. Indeed,
in so far as this Legislature ls con-
cuned. the keystone of the whole arch as
planned by the. reformers went out when
the Senate killed the nine-Juror hill, and
there appears to he little enthusiasm as
to the remainder of the structure.
What the Governor Submitted.
Now we come to those matters sub-
mitted by the Governor, which do not
ccnie under the head of plutl'orm do-
n ands
1. The regulation of passenger fares.
No hill upon this subject has been pre-
sented in the Senate. In the House It lias
been reported adversely, liut has been
ordered printed, which gives It a place
upon the calendar. It stands no show.
For instance. Representative Roger
Byrne, who had such marked success in
putting through bills asked for by the
railroad unions, Is against Ihe measure
upon the ground that the railroads need
the money In order to comply with the
legislation which he secured.
2. Amendments to full rendition law.
The bill upon that subject has been
killed by the House.
3. Legislation to compel the reimburse-
ment of county school tunds unlawfully
depleted.
Kills Introduced upon this subject have
a slight chance of being passed.
4. Appropriation for prosecution of
suits to recover lands for school fund,
and legislation requiring attendance of
\. itnessee upon suen suits.
The Senate has passed a bill appropri-
ating $2o,il00 for the pi.-sedition or State
si Ite, without reference to lands. By
ngreoment In the Senate, the witness biil
Is dead.
6 To provide for supervision, examina-
tion anil control of banks.
This subject is covered in the Cureton
guaranty lull. The result depends upon
e.lrposition of the guaranty proiiejsiuon.
<i Legislation to provide for safe life
and fire insurance.
Several bills upon this subject have
been reported from committees. Some of
tla-m have a fair chance lo be passed,
tut not more.
7. Providing suitable penalties and
\ roue for antitrust laws.
Rills upon tips subject have been favor-
ably reported ar.d have a lair chance.
s Employers' liability law, same ns
l'ederai law.
This measure has only a fair chance.
!'. To amend Baskln-McGregor saloon
law.
Favorably reported by commiltei
Does not stand a very good t ham.
principally upon account or the Travis
County venue feature.
10. to provide a State water and light
plant at Austin.
Stands a fair chance only.
11. Amend inheritance lax law.
Does not stand much show.
12. Create County Courts for criminal
rases, judges of the svme lo be ap-
pointed.
No show.
111. Amend insurance Investment law
so as to change the graduated tax, and
to admit only of Investments in real
e-stf.te loans.
Finally passed House. Reported favor-
ably lo Senate.
PLANS FOR BRYAN'S TRIP.
He Will Be in Austin on April 5 to
Address Legislature.
Dally Kxpress Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex.. March 2R. (Jov^rnor
Campbell tills morning received a let tor
from William J. Bryan, in which Mr.
Bryan mild that he would leave Houston
on the nitfht of April 4, roach Austin early
on the morning of April addresn tho
Legislature at 11 o'clock in the forenoon
of that day. leave for Houston at 12:10
i, i lock v in., and leave Houston early
upon the following morn'tiR for the lower
Rio Grande country, where he recently
Invested in lands.
VETO FOR THIS MEASURE.
Governor Said to Disapprove of Hud-
speth Mining Bill.
P.illy Kxpress Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 28.— It is reliably
reported that the Governor intends to
veto the Hudspeth mining hill because it
contains a provision that enables an
avoidance of the recent derision of the
Supreme Court in the submerged land
The Supreme Court held that it i» not
within the authority of the Land Com-
tner to iccepi bids Cor land which
at. times is submerged by the waters of
the Gulf. hecausH it dors not come prop-
erly wfthin the public land rights of the
State. Application for a mandamus
against the Commissioner was therefore
denied. However, by an overlooked
amendment In the House the mining bill
tally paased seeks to allow the lo-
cation of prospecting claims on such lands
within the bays of Texas.
May Get Tax Report Earlier.
Daily Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 28.—Tha total
tax valuation of the State in the report
of the State Tax Commissioner will prob-
ably be submitted early April, or about
thirty or forty days earlier than last
year. As yet it Is impossible t»» tell just
how the totals will compare. State Tax
Commissioner Dashiell being unwilling to
make an estimate.
Judge H. J. Hendricks Resigns.
Daily Kxpress Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 28.—The Governor
has received the resignation of H. J.
Hendricks from the judgeship of the Thir-
ty-first Judicial District, effective June 2H.
Houston Hunter Accidentally Killed.
Special Telegram to The Express.
HOUSTON, Tex., March 28.— Millard H.
Goodwin, a dentist, was today shot and
killed while hunting with Prince Dunks
at Crlsby. The shooting was an acci-
dent.
Negro Kills Himself in Prison.
NEW YORK, March 28—James Vang,
a young negro who after his arrest in
Chicago confessed that he had murdered
Isadore Devalla, clerk In the Eastern
llVitel here for the purpose of robbery,
kilfNl himself hy strangulation In his cell
in the Tombs prison early today,
1284 Horses Entered for Futurity.
LEXINGTON. Ky., March 28.—Entries
for the Kentucky Futurity are ell in and
Secretary Wilson of the Horse Breeders
Association announced that the number
is 1HM. This is 122 in excess of the num-
ber of entries last year.
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Special Telegram to The Express.
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