Reading insisted on as House debates bank deposit bill
Austin May 4 House resumed work on the Senate bank deposit guaranty bill after lengthy debate. Reading in full occupied the time as lawmakers discuss the measure, with a substitute bill under consideration and further actions expected this afternoon. Mobley plans to oppose the Meachum-Greer guaranty proposal. A separate measure seeks railroad commission power over station construction and maintenance with provisions for properly heated and lit facilities advancing to third reading.
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Austin
House
Senate
Mobley
More Powe
Railroad Commission
Tyler Court Resolution Dead
Austin May 4 The resolution to establish a new court at Tyler to prosecute the mob that lynched the negro there Saturday will be buried in committee and is not expected to see daylight again.
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Tyler
Austin
Bexar Court Bill Delayed by House Judiciary Panel
The House judiciary committee studied the Bexar county court bill in Austin this morning but postponed any action on it.
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Bexar Court
Austin
House Judiciary Committee
Bexar County Court
General Newton denies Texas ranger deployment report
AUSTIN May 4 Adjutant General Newton denied the claim that rangers were sent to Marshall or any East Texas town last night. He also said no rangers were ordered to San Antonio and no such plan had been made.
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Newton
Austin
Marshall
East Texas
Germ
San Antonio
Senate Likely to Trim Waters-Pierce Debt Grant
Austin notes a possible early budget action as the Senate appropriations committee led by Senator Willacy moves to reduce the Gaines-Hill amendment allocating Waters-Pierce funds from 1,968,000 to about 500,990 dollars to pay the state debt. This shift aims to satisfy the governor and administration. Willacy’s recommendation likely determines adoption.
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Willacy
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Lawmakers Tackle Guarantees and Bills Amid Senate Action
A composite guaranty bill modeled on House and Meachum-Greer measures aims to appeal to both sides and pass into law. The bill shifts to a depositors guarantee fund with the Alexander-Terrell bond structure and places authority with the Banking board. Senate amendments require Insurance Commissioner approval for rates and cap them to the state minimum, while both national and old chartered state banks may participate. The Senate passed the surety company bill and planned to address the penitentiary railroad extension. debate over bond refinancing and Governor options continues. House actions include funds for Rusk prison iron works and opposition to tuberculous commission expansion. The Bexar county court bill and county governance concerns were raised, with courtroom scrutiny of local officials and ongoing enforcement issues.
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House
Depositors Guarantee Fund
Banking Board
Bank
Senate
Surety Company
Insurance Commissioner
Hawkins Remarks on Ward Bill From Austin
Statement from Hawkins in Austin dated April 24 outlines his authorship of the Ward bill and presents his position on its provisions. The Office of the Attorney General releases Hawkins' formal remarks and legal rationale.
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Hawkins
Austin
Office
Senator Ward Bill Sparks Heated Texan Debate
Quintus Watson accuses the bill of being drawn for unholy purposes and attacks Jewell P Lightfoot and others. Lightfoot denies involvement in drafting the measure, claiming only minor wording tweaks to strengthen ouster provisions for foreign corporations. Attorney General Davidson supports the proposer’s refinements but rejects broader allegations.
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Quintus Watson
Kypvss
Weters-Pierce
C Company
Texas
Senator Watson
Watson
Jewell P. Lightfoot
Davidson
Senate
Legislature Reinstates University Final Ball Tradition
Austin April 29 The House first banned then revived the appropriation bill provision to allow the University to hold a final ball on commencement day. Debate featured jabs about class conflict with terms like spider-legged dudes and horned-handed sons of toil. A claim that last year's ball president was drunk was labeled untrue by Smith and dismissed as hearsay by Nickel's informant.
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Austin
House
Nickels
Smith
Nickel
House Advances University and A M College Appropriation
The House completed the university section then tackled the A M college. An amendment to remove the final ball failed as did amendments to boost dormitory funding to 15000 dollars or to cut it entirely. The original 50000 dollar dormitory appropriation and the remaining appropriations for the institution were adopted.
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University
A. & M. College
House Adjourns After Narrow Passage of Caves Bill
The House held a night session but few members attended and after finally passing the Caves bill for reclaiming fraudulently secured state land the chamber adjourned until 9 o clock this morning.
Watson Bill Drafted by Surety Rep Faces Senate Scrutiny
The Senate narrowly rejected the Watson bill authorizing surety companies to hold rate conferences. Critics warned the measure could enable anti trust violations with impunity. Capt James E Lucy of Austin, a surety representative, admitted writing the bill as Watson had criticized outsiders who shaped the Ward bill.
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Senate
James E. Lucy
Austin
Watson
Ward
Senate Passes Hudspeth Game Law and Wood County Road Bill
The Senate approved the Hudspeth game bill and the Wood county road measure and adjourned until 10 o clock. The game bill taxes hunters $1.75 for out of county hunting but allows licenses in home counties to hunt in other counties and to hunt on one s own property or a relative s land without a license. A boundary line across Texas divides deer and turkey hunting regions with different seasons north and south of the line. Open dove season spans the entire state from August 15 to March 1.
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Senate
Hudspeth
Wood County
el Paso
Loving
Winkler
Ector
Midland
Glasscock
Sterling, Coke
Runnells
Coleman
Brown
Comanche
Erath
Bosque, Hill
Limestone
Freestone
Anderson
Cherokee
Nacogdoches
Shelby Counties
Senate Passes Bank Guaranty Bill In Texas
Austin April 30 The Senate passed the bank guaranty bill without a dissenting vote. The measure, named the alexander caption though a composite of Alexander Terrell and other drafts, combines features from multiple bills. It places the banking board under top state officials and awaits House action.
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Senate
Austin
House
Alexander
Terrell
Conference likely on Cureton and thum Greer measure fate
The bill appears headed to a conference committee where its outcome will be decided. If Senate conferees stay the same the chances are slim. The measure requires all state banks to guarantee deposits under one of two systems mutual assessment of individual bonds by January 1 1910 with banks choosing between them.
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Senate
Walier
Bill Proposes Three Day Absence Dock for Legislators
Austin April 30. A House bill would suspend legislators for three days or more of non attendance unless excused. The governor submitted a special message urging new county civil and criminal courts, changes to occupation tax laws, and measures affecting malt liquor dealers. The House passed sections of the general appropriation bill funding several state institutions and courts. An amendment to raise the teachers salary fund from $23,000 to $30,000 was adopted.
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Austin
House
Praiie View Normal
College of Industrial Arts
Sam Jouston Normal
North Texas Normal
Supreme Court
Criminal and
Civil Courts of Appeals
Judiciary
State Orphans and Confederate Homes
Blind Asylum
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
House Appropriations Boost Paintings Budget for Alamo and Battle
The Texas House adopted an amendment to the appropriation bill authorizing $15 000 to purchase McArdle paintings Dawn at the Alamo and The Battle of San Jacinto now displayed in the Senate chamber. With final touches in progress the House planned to send the bill to the Senate this afternoon.
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Austin
House _ today
McArdle
the Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Senate
House
House debates sections as May sine die looms
The Texas House early May continues to consider the appropriations bill by sections and pass several parts. Governor submits more subjects for legislation while rumors swirl of a possible extra session if the guaranty bill stalls or the appropriation total is not reduced.
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Austin
House
Ray
House OKs penitentiary and monument funds in appropriation bill
The House adopted sections funding the State penitentiary the David Crockett portrait purchase and the Gonzales Texas revolutionary monument, defeating attempts to cut or drop the last two items.
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House
State Penitentiary
Gonzales Texas Revolutionary Monument
Senate adopts free conference report on teachers certificate bill
The Senate adopted the free conference report on the teachers certificate bill and it now goes to the next step. The measure aims to reform certification standards and oversight for educators. Supporters say the bill simplifies requirements while ensuring classroom quality.
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Senate
House
Senate Bills Expand Bank Supervision and Street Improvements
New Senate measures include a bill to place all banks organized under state law before 1876 under the Bank Commissioner without bank guaranty and another to let towns and cities build permanent street improvements with part of the cost charged to abutting property owners.
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Senate
Governor Submits Independent School District Bill
The governor sent a bill proposing an independent school district and included in the measure a street improvements plan.
Lawmakers voyage to Galveston and new county court bill
A group of legislators vacationed in Galveston as guests of Representative Johnson. A Bexar county court bill proposed to give the Governor initial and biannual appointments and civil and criminal jurisdiction. The bill, shaped after talks with the Governor and Sterling P Strong, would replace a vetoed measure. House actions paused while Hill of Denton county seeks a $1,000,000 debt payoff amendment, with a majority reportedly backing the resolution.
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Galveston
Johnson
Bexar County
Sterling P. Strong
House
Total appropriations for Thirty-First Legislature rise past ten million
The appropriation bill projects $4,748,577.76 for year one and $3,962,158 for year two, totaling $8,710,715.61. With existing general bill totals of $1,700,317.09, grand appropriations reach $10,411,032. Pending bills add $100,000 for the fire industry, $300,000 for the state railroad, and $150,090 to repay a school fund loan. The total likely exceeds ten and a half million. The $1,700,317.09 already appropriated includes constitutional amendment election items.
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Frea
Legislative budget items and allocations listed in fragmented notes
The document catalogs multiple appropriations including per diem and contingent expenses for sessions, education programs at West Texas Normal and cotton classes, and various state projects such as codification of statutes, topographical surveys, penitentiary inquiries, and welfare programs. Several figures are repeated or partial, with line items for tobacco and agriculture programs, liquor license refunds, and deficit bills.
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Cottor Miles
Lamar
West Texas Normal
Reagan
Austin
Denounces Tyler Lynching in House Resolution
Austin on May 3 reports Terrell of Bexar introduced a resolution denouncing the Tyler lynching of Jim Hodges. The measure urged a new Smith county criminal court and Mobley-led inquiry, and was referred after objections to its second reading. The House also considered a tuberculosis commission bill, but killed it by removing the enacting clause.
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Mobley
Committee On State Affairs
House
Ray
Hill Gaines amendment approves Waters-Pierce funds for debt
In Austin on May 3 the House passed the Hill Gaines amendment to the general appropriation bill by a 56 to 27 vote. It directs 1 068 900 dollars from the Waters-Pierce Oil company fine to pay part of the state's July 1 1909 bonded debt. A proposed amendment to direct payment of 136 400 dollars held by individuals failed 39 to 35. The measure then passed with minor changes under a suspension of the constitutional rule.
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Hill
Robertson
Travis
Legislative Notes Brace for Possible Extra Session
In Austin on May 3 lawmakers fear final adjournment of the Thirty-first may slip as appropriations and bank guaranty issues linger. The prospect of an early end has faded, with a chance of another special session looming.
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Austin
Sesson
Bills Stalled in Committee Amid State Reorg Plans
While several measures await action in committees the bank guaranty bill and the state railroad extension bill face possible failure. Other bills are tied to departmental reorganization and may die in committee.
Senate action on Hill-Gaines amendment to appropriation bill
Interest centers on how the Senate will handle the Hill Gaines amendment. It is believed the Senate may adopt the House version, while some House members push to recon sider. The likelihood of success is doubtful, though the final outcome remains uncertain.
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Senate
Hill-Gaines
House
Senate Set to Finish Rail Road Extension Review Before Appropriations
The Senate aims to complete its rail road extension discussion prior to addressing the appropriation measure and may dispose of the guaranty bill. The House substituted the Mead boum-Greer bill for the Senate version, raising doubt about the Senate's willingness to adopt the Cureton measure. Prospects for the Alexander-Terrell bill remain, with possible amendments likely.
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Senate
House
Southern Hero Sam Davis Monument Unveiled in Nashville
The Sam Davis Confederate scout monument was unveiled in Nashville with a grand niece and a sister of the scout present. Governor Patterson accepted the monument for the state. Davis refused to reveal a source of critical information to Northern troops, choosing loyalty over life. The note recalls Davis's death at Pulaski, Tennessee on November 27.
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Souhern
Nashville
Enn
Sam Davis
Patterson
Sam Davs
Pulaski, Tenn
Mass Meeting Backs Cotton Bagging Use in Denton County
A large Denton county gather gathered cotton ginners farmers and dealers Saturday. T A McGalliard Garza was chosen chair and J N Stover Mingo secretary. Resolution urged cotton bagging for the coming crop and called a May series of district meetings to appoint delegates for a June Denton mass meeting.
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T. A. McGalliard
Garza
J. N. Stover
Mingo
Messrs. MecGalliard
A. M. Bush
O. H. Anglin
County Union
Ote
Blue Ratchtory
Aubrey
G. Baker
Little Elm
J. O. Sagi
Near Bolivay
Denton County
Denton
Three Negroes Lynched in Marshall Texas Mob Action
A mob seized the county jail after midnight and hanged Creole Move Pie Hill and Mat Chase at 2 am. The men were accused of firing on Deputy Huffman and wounding Constable Cargill during a raid on a grading camp amid a craps game. Authorities planned a speedy trial to avoid a lynching but were surprised as indictments had just been returned.
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Marshall
Tex
Pie Hill
Mat Chase
Mark Huffman
Alex Cargill
District Court
Harrison County
LYNCHING OF FOURTY MEN IN MARSHALL JAIL RAID
A mob of about 40 men forced entry and seized Black suspects from Marshall jail. The group hanged the men in Pope pasture four blocks from the jail with little resistance and no gunfire. An undertaker removed the bodies at 6 20 this morning.
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Marshall
Tex
Jesse Jefferson
Pope
Mat Chase
Matehez
Father Murphy Outwits Thug in Harrowing Assault
The Rev. P. J. Murphy newly serving Clay Montague Wise Jack and Young counties warded off an attack by Ed Harrison on Tuesday evening. Harrison beat the priest with a six shooter, but Murphy grabbed the gun and forced him to march to meet others. No motive or prior link found. Harrison faces aggravated assault and illegal weapon charges and must appear in county court.
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Khow
Harrison
Bony
Rev Carney Arrested After Public Speech in Paris
Denton county residents who heard Rev John Carney, a prohibition speaker, learned he was arrested in Paris on charge of blocking a public street. He refused police warnings, spoke at a street crossing, and later berated both an officer and a Baptist minister. He was fined 7.20, which the minister paid for him.
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Paris
Honey Grove
Denton County
Carney
John Carney
Court House
Effigy of Governor Wilson Hangs in Ghent Post Office
In Ghent Kentucky residents found a hanging straw effigy of Governor Wilson in front of the post office. A placard accused Wilson as a friend of the American Tobacco Co and referenced Bill Goebel as dead with a taunt to political rivals. The figure was not removed until about 10 o clock.
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Ghent
Wilson
Gus Wilson
Kentucky
American, Tobacco Company
Bill Goebel
Taylor
Cone Johnson Announces Governor Candidacy in Texas
Cone Johnson of Tyler states via letter to Herald editor Henry Camp Harris that he intends to enter the Texas governor race at the proper time. He will not align with any single Democratic faction and cites favorable conditions, with mixed reception in Austin where support and opposition among legislators exist. Other named candidates include R. V. Davidson Judge Poindexter C. B. Colquitt and Col. Fuqua, plus prohibitionist supporters.
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Greenville
Tex
Cone Johnson
Tyler
Johnson
Henry Camp Harris
the Herald Here
Harris
Democratic Party
Austin
Johnso
Texas Commercial Secretaries’ Association
R. V. Davidson
Judge Poindexter
C. B. Colquitt
Col. Fuqua
Amarillo
Candidate Concludes He Is Poor Compared To Past Gubernatorial Spend
The speaker ends by claiming to be comparatively poor and unable to match the vast sums spent by earlier gubernatorial candidates. He asserts his strength comes from the selfless support of friends.
Beasley Given Five Years for Filial Killing
In Fort Worth on April 29 Doug Lass Beasley aged 20 pleaded guilty to killing his father D Beasley 38. The jury convicted and Beasley accepted a five year sentence to avoid forcing his younger sister to testify. The defense and prosecutors compromised with the plea and the trial jury recommends a pardon.
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Fort Worth
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