Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 55, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 19, 1895 Page: 1 of 6
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does not require a
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south show
r0 in our
ow to prove that tbis
ing is noarly at 50 cents
18 dollar
bt the weight for next
nouths
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drawers in grey nnd
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AHKAVS fe OQ UltNOIl
In ills Menage WntiU Elec
tions Consolidate
Rock Ark Jan 18 Governor
in Ills message to the leglsla
ecommends the consolidation of
us strongly urges the calling of
ititutlonal convention favors re
s state debt recommends that
amended as to
ctlon law be bo
Indigent exCon federate and ex
veterans to ote without the
> nt of a poll tax favors the
nnlal meeting of the legislature
a thirty days Intervening se
r the purpose of passing appro
n bills and transacting neces
sitate business and recommends
tate officers be elected for a term
Dears and be eligible to but one
> t office Ha also recommends the
km of the number of circuit Judg
increase of their salaries
makes no reference to Indian
ornor Clarks first official act was
ppointment of Ool Thomas B
as chancellor of the first chan
n
lrcult for a term of eight > ears
hi was iilsimiss
reliant dot the Drop on n liar
Btar llio I Heart Nuw
lady Tex Jan 18 On Wednes
ight two men went to the homo of
Knox who runs a store about
miles from here and persuaded
o p > to his store with them for
roods they wanted On reaching
ore he was commanded to throw
hands but lnstend of doing1 so
ew his revolver One of the men
at Knox the powder burning his
but the ball missing him Knox
led the fire hitting one man in
feast hut mkising the other who
ii The wounded man ran for
jards and dropped dead He was
erry a j oungf < rmer of tlie neigh
ed Oreat excitement prevails
mbb exonerated
Biff irrfgnthm uln > nie
ilde Tex Jan 18 Col M P
in one of the paities Interested
e Uvalde irrigation mnnufactur
md nater supply company ln
i ua that the machinery and en
rs for the construction of the
from the Nueces will airlve next
when work will begin at once
the construction of the most gi
ts and important enterprise ever
urated In Southvyest Texas
In He 1M ItirLInr
Sprinss Ark Jan 18 A man
name Is thought to be Pd Iar
frocm Worthington Mlnu was
insensible vn the streets at day
thls morning He was bruised
heid and face He has not re
d consciousness and will proba
Letters addressed to Ed Lar
ere found In his pockets
If Inml Suit
uton Tex Jan 18 Olen M Har
ought Butt today against Harriet
id Henry n Sargent ot New Hav
unty Conn Anna L and Ovid
of Weld County Col and
rick Miles of Litchfield County
for 580000 of land In which Is
ot the town of Webster
FocLot Iloker Plucked
sleana Tex Jan 18 Tom Todd
roughthere from aroesfoeck today
oclted In Jail on a charge of plck
ockets The officers have been
him ror some time
ft
MAILABLE EDITION
BILL COOK IS OUR GUEST
He Had Lodglng3 in Tarrants Jail
Last Night
WHAT HE TOLD A GAZETTE MAN
An Albuquerque Eepoitsr Lied on Him
He Bflje
Ife I Frond of IIin Choctaw Blood
Hat Hay ISo Strain of Ncaro Cou
tuuilunteit Ills FintlAu hot lu
the llcubrouk Bobbery
A man with alr of dark blue
e > es light r tyQ y cheek bones a
firm massive
seven Inches
pounds allgh
< < bout five feet
L weighing 170
ghted easthound
t
Texas and Pacific y ph reached
lort Worth at 6 05 la
s0
There were fully COO C gathered
at the union depot to see and they
nearly ran Into each othur to get a
glimpse of the most noted bandit now
living
It was BUI Cook
This man for whose arrest thousands
of dollars have been offered and who
has been held In terror by the people
of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
and in attempting whoso arrest many
a brave officer has bitten the dust
walked along the platform In company
with three officers who had captured
him and was bundled Into a street-
car and landed safely in the Tarrant
county Jail where he slept soundly
last night
The crowd at the dopot was eager to
see him and Chief of Police Madder
found some trouble in driving back the
people to give room for the prisoner
and his captors to pass along the plat-
form Cuok had little or nothing to
say except an occasional exclamation
of dlsgUit at the curiosity thoso
who hung around him displayed
The Btory of the chase and capturo
of 13111 Cook has already been told In
several Hoawell N M and VA Paso
dispatches In the Gazette but it was
to get a statement from the noted out-
law himself that a representative of
this paper was sent west on the Texas
and Pacific train yesterday morning
I met the eastbound train at Last
land 105 miles out of Tort Worth and
found the prisoner and his captora
thoroughly tired out and anxious to
reach this city The officers in charge
of Cook were Sheriff T D Love of
Borden county Sheriff Y D McMurry
of Mitchell county and Sheriff Perry
of Itoswell N M They were jogging
T U Love Sheriff of Ilorden Coauty
along as unconcernedly as though
their prisoner had been only an ordin-
ary cow thief When I entered tho
smoking car where they were com-
fortably riding I found Cook curled up
in a seat reading a copy ot the Gazette
nnd smoking a cigarette rolled In
large white
brown paper He wore a
hat a pair of striped trousers a blue-
coat and est and woolen shirt Sheriff
McMurry occupied a seat Just back of
the one in which Cook was riding and
Sheriff Perry
was on guard while
was enjoying a much needed sleep
and Sheriff Love was conversing with
friends Three Winchester rifles lay
across the bottom of one of the seats
close to the prisoner and a box of car-
tridges was noticed beside them Each
of the officers was armed with a 44
pistol The only Irons on the prisoner
were a pair of handcuffs which ho as-
sured me at tho beginning of my ac-
quaintance with him Mdnt worry
him in the least
I found that several persons had
THE BEST IN THE SOUTHWEST
The Gazette Is in receipt of the following letter
from tho Hon Alvin O Owsley of Denton opromi
also of
and
nent member of the present legislature
the TwentyBeoond and Twentythird legislatures
Austin Tor January 171003
Port Worth aazetto Tort Worth Tosbs
In tho
advsrtlsemont
GENTLEMENAs roBult of my
I have received
WEEKLY month
GAZETTE running one
100
about and have closed up about
fifty letters of Inquiry
I have made eals
worth of Bales ot fine bred Yorlcehlre pica
and Mexico I retard
la Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Tennessee
advertising me
tard tho WEEKLY GAZETTE as the best
not eroeptlns agricultural
< Uum Southwest
fOT stockbreeder In the
cultural and breeders Journals
A COWSLEY
Dnton TexM
1urB ° f T
Mmbr Twntrfur
t ve Mtty
been curious enough to go out to meet
the famous outlaw on the same train
with mo and many of these were of-
ficers from different sections of the
state Col Hunter president ot lie
Thurber coal mines who as Is well
known has had his share of trouble
tilth hlghwajmen and train robbers
tyas also In the party I met the col-
onel at Thuiber Junction and wo got
Into the smoker together at Kastland
The colonel had a lengthy conversa-
tion with Cook and then I took my turn
nt him Sheriff Perry had previously
assured me that the prisoner would
possibly be somewhat reluctant about
talking to a newspiper man as he
had been ery much offended at a story
printed of him In an Albuquerque Jour-
nal in which the assertion had been
made that Cook was tainted with ne-
gro blood It seems that bandit as he
is Cook lias itrtstocratlc notions when
It comes to a question of blood and
refers to his ancestors for two or three
generations back as totally free from
the negro He Is very proud of the
fact however that he has Choctaw
blood tracing through his veins
The warning which I had received
from Sheriff Perry was found to be
wholly unnecessary Cook was hos-
pitality personified Ills wrists were
manacled tout he stuck out one of his
hands and gave my fingers a squeeze
which Indicated a powerful foreaim
I learned at once that he would talk
about anything In preference to a dis-
cussion of himself or his life He said
he often read the Gazette and declar-
ed that he was at one time a subscrib-
er to It but udmltted with a grin that
It had been sent to a name not his own
What that name was he either refus-
ed to siy or had forgotten I conclud-
ed that ItwaB po slbly the latter as he
has hid so mmy aliases
Now I want you to treat m
Trlsco on the 12lh of last July the
prlsouir said ejelng Mierlft McMurry
closely as each word was uttered but
that Is all I nhnll nw u up to
Who were with joj in that hold-
up Cook deliberated He was evidently
considering his answer nnd welghlnr
well the effect it would have upon his
pals Ho is not a man to peach on a
confederate
Well I cun see no harm in telling
you who was with me M mild he for 1
guess all ot them aro known My pards
then wero Cherokeo BUI Henry Mun
son a fellow we called Chicken and
another 1
named Curtis
How much did jqu get In the haul
About JIB
Were jou ever in any other train
robbery
No
Were sou in any of the Jobs In Tex-
as credited to you
No sir
Cook was told that he as well as his
men had been accused of committing
rape in the Indian Terrltorj and to
this charge he made a most emphatic
denial
I can not say what tho others have
done since I left but I know I have
never committed such a crime
He then referred to the time when he
left the territory on his long trip across
the plains en route to Mexico Jib paid
that It was tho second time in his life
that he had been in Texas Once he
visited Gainesville but did not stay
Jong His stcond Journey was under-
taken so he declared with only one
companion and that one Jim Tur-
ner Hut when asked where ho was
when the Texas rangers captured
Skeeter and his gang ut Bellevue he
said ho was about eight miles In the
country
I met an old farmer said Cook
miL rooic
square ho began and hope > ou I
wont say I have negro blood In me
That d d reporter In New Mexico lied
on me when he paid I had
Oook was assured that tho reporter
must have been color blind for there
Is nothing In his appearance to Indi-
cate that he is even lemoUly a sou
of the Illustrious father pf the
Africans w 4
Wheie were you Jntending to go
when captured InskwL
I was headed for old Mexico You
see I had made up my mind to settle
down and quit The life was wearing
me out and I was determined to get-
away from the Territory and the as-
sociates I had there I left the Terrl
torj either the latter part of October
or the first of November You see I
dont take much notice of dates and
I cant ttll exactly when it was I
started out I left in company with
Jim Turner a friend of mine who per-
suaded me to try to get into Mexico
Is this the first time you have been
under arrest
No I have been arrested twice or
threo times before They had mo once
for selling whisky and once for toting
a gun I beat both cases and came
clear What was the first Job you took
a hand In-
Do you mean when it was that I
first began scouting he asked in an-
swer to this leading question I was at
a loss momentarily to know what he
really meant by the word scouting
but dropped to the idea that It was
possibly the technical term used In
highclass trainrobber society as a
name for the profession which Cook
has so ably followed
Yes when did sou first do scout-
ing I replied My conclusion as to
the use of the word proved correct for
Cook at once said
Iho first scojtlng I did was a year
ago last May It aldnt amount to
much and consisted only in selling a
small quantity of whiskey to a lot of
Choctaw Indians
What was the next thing > ou
did Well now I dont remember about
Asked about his life and parents he
Sftl was bom In the Choctaw nation
Indian Territory 21 years ago My
fathtr James H Cook was a native of
Texas and died when I was 4 jears of
use My moywr was Kate Post who
lived all her life In tho Territory and
was onefourth Choctaw and thrie
fourths white There Is no negro blood
in me and Cook exploded a few words
of piofanlty to emphasize hU con-
tempt for the fellow who had written
him up In Albuquerque
My mother dld when I was 13 and
I have been roaming about the country
most of the time since There were
three of us thlllren I was the oldest
Jim my brother who Is 19 and my
sister Lula now mairied to a man
named Hamlin The only school I at
tended was at Fort Gibson If man t
amount to much and I cant tell ex-
actly how long I was there Not long
tb
Were you ever with Bill Dalton and
hl
l ever saw htm In my lire I know
Bill Poolen but do not think I ever
saw him more than once
Cook was told about the story of a
miaterious girl who has been said to
In his depre
have figured prominently
SlIOM He aid ht had heard the
story before but ttwas utterly untrue
No filrl had ever < been directly or Indi-
rectly connected with him at any time
In his career He would not even ad-
mit that be had ever had a sweetheart
That is all stuff said Cook and
about as near ths truth as halt the
stories the newspapers have P < fp hed
about me I read In the Ga tte of a
rdbbery > summer which I was ac-
cused of nd X tell you I was not with
in dd miles of the scene
wmyou plead guilty to any of the
charges against you
I am willing to admit that I had a
baud In tn B < > Ford hry oa the
very eirneptly In discussing Skeelers
capture who told that they were hav-
ing a h of a time up there meaning
where the rapture was made and for
me not to go near or I would get hurt
The old farmer didnt know me but
what he said was warning enough nnd
without taking time to Introduce my
B lf I struck out across the country
Asked If he at any tlmo was in what
may be itenned a c1ob place he said
Only once was I where I expected to
be killed It was In a fight with Choc-
taw Indians There were eighteen or
twenty of them and only three of us
myself Cherokee Bill and Jim Cook
The d Indians thought they would
Just kill us out and cime dow n for that
purpose But jou eee they didnt My
brother was wounded but Bill and I
escaped unhuit
How many of them got away
I fluked
I cant say I only saw one dead In-
dian and he was killed by Cherokee
BillWould
Would you have made a fight In
New Mexico when the sheriffs eurpilsed
you If you had had vour guns
I do not know but I nm thinking
that I would jstlU bo scouting was
Cooks answer
Cook takes a keen Interest in any
thing touching upon the subject of train
robbery He wus told of tho hJs
Sheriff C O IVri > of Homiell X M <
tory of Benbrook through which town
we passed and Its three robberies in
the same plate He wan told too that
he had been given the credit of having
had a hand In the Job He said Jt was
absurd as lie was 200 or 300 miles from
Benbrook then
His favorite weapon is the Winchester
which he Is thoroughly tho master of
He can shoot this weapon resting at
his hip with uneirlng aim although he
said he did not use It In that fashion
when In action but shot then from
the shoulder
The chase capture and return of
Bill Cook is ono of the most remark-
able achievements hi modern times
and for dauntless courage herolo sac-
rifices Is seldom If ever excelled The
man who possibly more than anyono
else gave evidences of tenacity and
great hardships was Sheriff Tom Love
of Bard on county In this however
he was ably e < conded by both Sheriffs
Mcmurry and Perry all three of whom
worked together and alone and to
whom the credit of the capture of the
noted bandit 1 due But It was Sheriff
Love and his deputy Louis Polk who
trailed Cook and his confederate Tur-
ner over 400 miles across the almost
trackless plains of Western Texas
Into New Mexico and then with Sher-
iff Perry for a distance of 150 nilles
fiom Itoswell where the capture was
effected To s person not acquainted
with the almost boundless prairies of
Western Texas and New Mexico such
a chase after a fugitive from Justice
appears Incredible It must be remem-
bered too that this feat was aceom
pished In the fall In the facA of the
fact that for miles and miles no
living naWtatton was seen alid oiiJr
at the big ranches was anything
learned of ths men for whose arrest
this chase was undertaken und yuc
ceasfully carried out
SheriK Lovo told mo that some time
ago ho secured a letter from Sheriff
J D Hackley of Dickens county tell-
ing him about two susplilou looking
characters Subsequently ho went to
Colorado City and there conferred
with Sheriff McMurry of Mitchell
county It was decided from the de-
scription of thcr men that they were
no others than Bill Cook and Jim Tur-
ner Turner was well known in Colo-
rado tStj where ho lived at onetime
Sheriff Love was surprised when he
obtaned the description as he had
seen tho same two men at the Compas
ranch where he had spent the night
on December IS When he and Sheriff
Mcaiurry had their conference It was
decided that Sheriff Love should tako
tho trail and with Deputy Louis Polk
left on January 3 on the chase He
got track of the men and from the
direction which they were going he
concluded they were bound for Bos
well Ho sent a dispatch back to Sher-
iff McMurry to proceed to Itoswell in
hopes that he would head off Cook and
effect his capture In that town but the
dispatch was delated and did nut
reach Its destination until two dais
late This delay caused the officers
much haid riding Sheriff McMurry
proceeded to Itoswell but was of
course not on time and Sheriffs Loe
and Pcrrj took the trail alone
tlglit lierQ way he frtnted that the
Interview with Sergeant Sullivan of
the Ha n get a touching the nppehen
slon and enpturt of Cook In entirely
contradicted by the three officers who
bugg d tho man They say that they
did not attempt to throw oft Sulll
an and ithat whllo they did not
Invito him into their councils or nsk
him to participate In the capture they
stood leady to give him all the as-
sistance In their power They spoke
rather bitterly and thought Sergeant
Sullivan had been unfair In what ho
said in the Interview As a proof of
tho fact that they had a description
of the man Sheriff McMurry showed
me a message sent him front Colorndj
City to Itoswell In which It wan said
that Sullivan was In the former place
Sullivan left Colorudo City after tho
others were In New Mexico
The story of how the arrest wns
made has already been published by
the Gazette Cook was found at the
farmhouse of Wilt Gates 150 miles
west of Itoswell a week ago last
avlght The offlerrs satisfied them-
selves that he was the man they were
after nnd then waited for the dawn to
come to make tho afrcat Cook was
taken completely by surprise He ad
mlts himself that he was uniwnro of
dangei He had Just got up nnd start
ed out to fted his horse The two
trusty 4Vn which tin usuilly carried
belted mound him had been left when
he had stept Ho was unarmed and
when commanded to surrender did so
without a struggle Both revolvers nnd
a line Winchester were found and will
be held as trophies of this most re-
markable chase
Tho three officers who have thus put
a check to tho career of robbery and
muiderofonoof the most fearless des
peiadoes that has ever Infested the
Southwest are tjplcal western men
V 11 Mc1Iurrti > Sheriff ut Mitchell
Cotn r >
Sheriff Love Is a Texan and was born
In OatesvlHe thirtytwo vears ago He
will weigh 210 pounds and there In nut
an ounce of surplus J teal t on his body
He Is six feet high und has the appear-
ance of a man whu having mude up
JiJj mind to accomplish an object will
permit nothing to stop him Ho wears
a light blown mustache and his brown
hair Is well sprinkled with giay but ho
Is by no means an old man He is
serving his third term as sheriff und
went to Harden county In 1US1
Sheriff Y4 1 > McMurry of Mitchell
county Is a brother of exCuplalti Mc
Murry of the atate I angers and Is
serving Ills second term He wus a
deputy sheriff six years buv threo
years of service with the rangers and
Is regaided as one ot the best olllceia
in Texas lie is uf medium build und
wears a black mustache has hazel
eyes and brown hair and Is u veiy
agteeable tulker and most compan-
ionable
Sheriff C C Perry Is one of tho most
widely known officers In New Mexico
and has seen much of the rough Ufa
of the exti erne west He has had many
narrow escapes Ita has the reputa-
tion of Jiavlng taken moie bad men
than any other officer In his section
He Is fully six feet and one inch high
ns straight as an arrow and decldedy
handsome He has a black mustache
dark eyes and hair
No one was permitted to see Cook
at the Jail and although several called
and requested to have a chance to oca
the outlaw he was not disturbed Ho
does not enjoy the notoriety which ho
has won At all the stations along tho
road the people crowded into the car
und around tho car window by which
ho sat to get a view of him He would
pull down the shutter whenever a sta-
tion was reached and the eager throng
would have to push Into tho car and
file along past the prisoner taking a
look at him much the same as at a
corpse at u country church
The officers will leavo today for Fort
Smith Ark vvhero they wilt turn over
their prisoner to tho Pcderal authori-
ties None of the officers knows how
much reward there la out for Cook
It may amount to a largo sum but no
one appears to have an Idea of the
sum
Chinaman Fun ml Mend
Tecos Tex Jan 18 An old China
man was found dead in the Pircos river
today havingbeen murdered He was
Bt ten alive in Bars tow and left for
Pecos and was killed on the way over
Bobbery was supposed to be ths ob-
ject
r tive Himself lv >
JUbUene Tex Jan 18 Eugene New-
ton who cot sway from Deputy Lon
Cunningham Monday at Buffalo tai >
cimi lo this morning and guvs him-
self up His toond was fixed at KM
nrliloh he gave
ft IfcewVw
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Committees of Both
Working
Branches
ACTION OK A HTJttBEK OF BILLS
There Was Quito a Salty Debate oa
Greers Bill
1roTldtog for the Abolition of the
Hoard or lurdoniThe DUcimalun
UoIm off luto Mttlonnl olitlc Coii
Itrmnttous b > the Seunte
Austin Jan 18 The senate mot this
morning at 10 oclock
Senator Harrison sent up a memorial
from the Lone Star lodge No 6 Inter-
national Association ot Machinists pro-
testing against the states piuctlce of
leasing convicts to Individuals and cor-
porations
A message from tho house was read
announcing that the house concurrent
resolution piovldlng for a visiting com-
mittee to the various state institutions
had passed whereupon it was taken
up by the senate and discussed at
length Tho question went over a spe-
cial order taking precedence after > ot
lng dow n an amendment exempting
the Sam Houston normal from the vis-
itation and Investigation
Tho bill to amend article 3201 title C2
chuptcr 1 of the Itevlsed Civil Matutes
providing that tho statute of limitation
may run against man led women pass-
ed to engrossment
The following bills were Introduced
By Bailey Amending the law of lim-
itation with reference to suits for land
fixing twenlfive > ears us tho time
that BhatI end all limitation
By McICltmey Amending the law pre-
venting certain unlnuils from running
at large so that an election may be-
held within two jears to determine
w nether hogs Bheep or goats shall It
permitted to run at large
By Huirlson Amending the panal
code defining rape and fixing the age
of consent at eighteen years
By Qoge Making It unlawful tor a
person to have In his iiosseaslon sattle
horse or mules having thtrcoii burnt
brands
By Agnew Providing that In civil
suits In Justice courts a call for a Jury
may be dispensed with und the cause
adjudicated by the Justice If It is so
agreed by the litigants
By Darwin Amending the school law
on the subject ot the transfer of a
child from one district to another re-
quiring the additional application of
tho school trustees
appoint committees to Inquire Into tha
heuitto JHkcutaluii
Austin Jan 18 Senator drecr
dlicusslng his bill tu abotlih the board
of patdons made a rather salty talk
Ho said If the chief executive could
sptmd his time in doing thu things that
hud bmi done In the very roctnt pust
ho had the time to do those things
which the constitution and his oath of
ufike required that he should do Ho
did not believe ho said lu passing laws
to relieve the governor uf the work
that was propelly his and thetefoie
he was In favor of abolishing this
board of pirdons
Senator Steele replied in a very feel-
ing way He had had occasion ho nab
to apply to the governor for n pardon
for a young man who was serving a
term In the penitentiary and who tho
district attorney the district Judge and
otlur officers having full knowledge of
the cane said should he pardoned Two
j ears had elapsed and that caae had
not > et been reached Men hud been
stnt to the penitentiary for five yours
and though disorvlng to bo pardoned
had benn rompelled to servo out their
terms becauso the governor could not
riueh their easea
senator Dickson said he voted for tho
bill clouting tho board of puidons and
was ready now to vote to abolish It
He had applied for a paidon for tho
son of a constituent and when he look-
ed Into tho matur he found un applica-
tion for tho pirdon of the same man
that had bien filed several years ago
and had not been reached yet
Senator Boren said when tho bill to
create the board of pirdons was before
the senate It was stated that then
were 1500 applications for pardons on
file A few weeks ago he went before
the board to try to geta putdon for a
man from his district and he found
that there were 2000 applications on
tileSenator
Senator Smith said he had opposed
the creation of the board of pardons
and h would be glad to know thathe
had been wrong In that opposition
But after two yesrs of trial of the
board of pardons he found that he was
right Ho said It was claimed that ap-
plications were considered li their r u
lar order and yet uyery eenator knew
that applications had bven made since
the cicatlon of this board directly to
the governor and ho had issued par-
dons regardless of the board In capi-
tal cases should the governor wait for
the action of the board upon cases In
regular order and until the law hod
been executed and the men dcud If
he didnt reol the assistance of a-
board of pardons lu tho gravest custa
where life Is Involved why should he
have It In other cases
Senator Alice sold he had favored
the action of the board of pardons two
> ears ago and had seen no reason to
change his mind He argued the ques-
tion of the constitutionality of the law
creating the board which he declared
was bevond doubt The board was
merely advisory and tho goinor
asked Its assistance only wmm he
needed It He thought the r vernor
should have this assistance when noc
essary There was nothing In tht bill
creating tho board that would keep
applications from being made directly
to the governor or prohibit him froia
acting without the advice t the hoard
Senator Agnew sal J t the executive
should put in his whila tlm uonsllir
Ing applications for parlms and should
dispose of six every day including
Sundays it would lake him a ytar
to get through the work now piled up
bfffoia him
Senator Smith wanted to knuw hew
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tTEXTRXm IPOIUSOAST
JfOItT WOBTII TEXAS SATURDAY TAKUAKV 10 1S95
WfeJhlnjttnti Jau Ifl for USt
VniOti lTIVE CENTS
mnny daya the governbr had been ab-
sent from his oitlcd In tho last wi
Scats attending to pUvate business or
plensuie and Senator Simpson wanted
to know If Clovcrnor Hogg was not ab-
sent ftom the state several weeks last
sum met siting Northern cities
Senator Agnew replied by pointing
out that rrvildent Cleveland was fre-
quently absent from Washington t
the senators wanted to keep the gov
cmor at work no many hours a day
they should pass a law going directly
at tho subject
Senator Shcrrill was opposed to the
hill The board ot pardons was neces-
sary Iq aid the governor In discharge
of the applications made and to aid
In giving every applicant tor a pardon
an equal chance
Senator Steele said since the senator
from Denton Smith and the sena-
tor from Lavaca Simpson seemed to
have kept a dairy on Oovernor H6g
a dairy had been kept on members of
the senate and It would show that if
certain members had been present at
certain times two years ago a quorum
would hav e been made and meritorious
laws would have been enacted that
were defeated for want ot such attend-
ance f
Senators Smith and Himpson covered
Senator Steele with confusion by ask-
ing It Ids diary ever showed either ot
them absent when such absence broke
a quoutm
Ihe senate then went Into executive
session and broke off the debate
IN 11IK 1IOLSI4
UritmlettcM Wmrtitiidou The Iar
Irocceainitu UIIU Ititrudaeed
Austin Jan 18 Itesolv ed That
chairmen ot committees reporting bills
to this house that uru amendments to
the present statutes be required to give
tho substance or effect of such pro-
posed amendment unless tho same ho
uppear In the caption ot the bill By
Bramlettc
The above resolution was the first
business before this mornings session
of the house after the speaker had
announced Iia Graham und Lnney Cra
mer pages and Peter Kdwarda the ad-
ditional porter provided for In jester
days resolution The resolution is au
expression of a desire on the part of
members to keep up with the work ot
the committees without too big an
amount of thinking On motion it was
referred to tho committee on rules
The house adopted the report of the
committee on printing who recom-
mended that the number of Records
published be not Increased as ptovlded
for In a resolution referred to them
two days ago
The house adopted the report of tho
committee on finance who udvlsed ad-
versely on the resolution that the chair
appoint committee to Inqulro Into the
financial condition of the various da
pirtments of thu government und de-
vise methods If possible of reducing
the expenses ot each
The following committee reports were
submitted
finance Committee Unfavorably on
making an appropriation of 10000 to
defray tho contingent expenses of the
Twentyfourth legislature for the rca
son that senatq bill No 4 has been
passed by the houso nnd contains the
sumo provision as said house bill
Unfavorably on bill to appropriate
110000 to pay members mileage und
Iter diem and officers and employes
per diem of the Twentyfourth legis-
lature for tho reason that a nate bill
No 3 has been passed by the house
und contains the same provision as
euld house bill
Commit tea on noads Brldg s and
Ferries Favprably on the bill to cre-
ate a more efficient road system or
Fannin county
Committee on Labor lavorably on
house bfii No 47 to protect persons
associations and unions of working-
men incorporated nnd unincorporated
lu their labels trade marks and forms
of advertising and names
Favorably on house bill No 67 to
protect accountants bookkeepers artl
aans craftsmen factory operatives
etc to provide a Men and prescribe the
time ot payment and In lawful money
of tho United States providing for
attorneys f on in foieclosing such liens
and prescribing the rights of the as-
signees of such pei sons and to repeat
all laws in conflict with this not
Committee on Internal Improve-
ment Fnvornbly on house bill No 42
tu extend tho tlmo for beginning work
on railways heretofore chartered In
this slate s required by section 4378
Itevlsed Statutes as amended April 8 j
1889 and amendatory of ths act of i
Fcbruury 21 1803 and providing against
the forfeiture of charters heiotofore
granted to railways within this state
amended by tho addition of the emer-
gency clause
Favorably on bill No 87 preventing
persons from getting on and off and
holding on to moving trains amended
so a not to apply to the owner man-
ager lessee or receiver of any railway
company nor any arent servant or
employe thereof lu chaige of such
moving car or to any one who Is at
tho time a passenger on such train or >
otherwise having legal right to be or
ride on such train
Unfavorably on house bill No CO for
the relief ot railroad and belt and eu
burban railway companies havInaJ
charters granted or amended since Janfj
uary 1 1887 which huvo failed to or >
are about to fail to comply with article I
4218 Revised Ststutes Beaton This I
committee has already reported favor-
ably on houie bill No 42 on tht same
stblect >
The committee on rules recommend-
ed substantially the rules of thaTwen
tythlrd legislature with this Impor
tant exception Dvery member who
Is In tho house when the question Is l
put shall give his vote unless the house ji
for reasons assigned shall excuse hlrapff
and any member who Is present and 1
shall fall and refuse to vote after be B
Ing requested so to do by the speaker l
shall bo recorded under direction of the l
speaker as voting with the minority I-
on the subject or question bstng voted
upon Ko member shall bo allowed to I
make an explanation of a vote he is < 8
about lo give or ask o bo excussd lffi
from voting after the clerk under the
order of tho house shall have com ti
menced calling the yeas and nays f
This report was adopted without de
bate but It Is likely that dua to tholj
clause abovo recited the report will
come up for reconsideration a soma
members are now figuring out some
a err queer complications that can very
easily arise from the Innovation It
was railroaded through this morning
no one seeming disposed to enter into i
discission of parliament tlncs
and philosophy j
MoLemore of Nueoea championed ta
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