Various Texas News Items From Cameron Herald Chronicle
A roundup notes aging monarch Victoria. Kansas women saloon activity. Berry re elected to the U S Senate from Arkansas. early cotton boll weevil risk. Senator West anti trust shipbuilding provisions. Jamaica storm damage. Senator Chilton seeking Galveston harbor funds. Texas school age and teacher counts. Rogers fire destroys four frame businesses. opposition to extended school text book law in cities over 10 000. Galveston coast asks legislature. Gov Sayers distributing storm relief funds. J W Bailey to speak in Houston on St Patrick’s Day. Chicago bans billboards. Cleburne fire losses. Beaumont oil well low grade heavy oil. Austin electric lighting after dam break. John A Bailey arrives in Washington with Texas electoral vote. Judge Storey opposes maximum railroad rates. possible extra congressional session. Mayor Jones of Galveston at odds with local papers. Geo C Pendleton elected president of First National Bank Rogers and reports of him heading three banks. fortification bill includes 992 000 for Galveston barracks repairs following Sept storm.
Public spending seen as record high for Congress
The passage argues public officials are not immune to criticism and predicts Congress will approve about one and a half billion dollars in appropriations, the largest government expenditure to date.
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Senator Chilton to End Senate Career Amid Nebraskan Split
Senator Chilton will end his career in the U.S. Senate after one full term. Republicans hold a Nebraska legislative majority but struggle to unite behind a candidate for the U.S. Senate as infighting grows among favorites.
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Committees Hold Real Power Beyond Legislation
The stage of committee work drives the legislature while minor bills crowd the calendar. Real responsibility rests with committees. Daily papers push for a constitutional convention and imply popular demand that is not real.
Princeton Declines Invite to Washington Parade
Princeton University declined to send a student body to the inaugural parade and festivities in Washington next March, citing the short college term and the busy season make time for study insufficient to justify participation.
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Texas Political Rumors From Uvalde to Fannin Counties
Hon Jnc N Garner of Uvalde county is noted as a rising Democrat likely to join federal Congress after serving in the 26th and 27th Texas legislatures. Miles Crowley recalls Farmer Shaw’s early reluctance to run for state senate, now seen as wealth. Speculation circles around governors races with Speaker Prince and others, while James B Wells nears an announcement. A new railroad enters Matagorda county Caney valley, the county’s first, amid its planter settlement history. Q Chenoweth may fill Fannin’s vacancy in the legislature after Riddling’s death, with prior service and oratorical renown.
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Bailey avoids oil probe mention in joint session speech
Joe Bailey spoke before the combined Senate and House without addressing the oil investigation. The brief remarks focused on unrelated policy topics and did not reference the probe.
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Texas Officials Appoint New Tax Commissioner and Institute Head
Hon. R. W. Finley becomes tax commissioner for Texas with headquarters in Austin. Prof. H. Piner, chief clerk in the state department of education, is named superintendent of the state blind institute to sue Dr. Becton, deceased.
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Lamar and Dallas reps push bill on freight rate control
Representatives Henderson of Lamar and Shaw of Dallas introduce a house bill. It limits the commission to fixing maximum freight rates only, allowing roads to set rates below the commission’s maximum as they choose.
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Legislature Targets Cannon Firecracker Definition
The legislature seeks to define a cannon firecracker as an explosive package over one inch in circumference and two inches long. Judge Hendrick from Rusk County, described as a two hundred pound member, made the measurement.
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Beulah Bradley Discharged as Grand Jury Fails to Indict
Beulah Bradley, held for months in Georgetown jail on a murder charge in the 1898 killing of Constable Gamble in Taylor, is discharged after the grand jury did not return a bill. The Gamble assassination remains unsolved as of this report.
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