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HAWKINS ROW IS NOT A CLOSED INCIDENT YET-. EX-COMMISSIONER GIVES OUT A ROAST FOR THE SENATE IS ALL A PART OF THE HAWKINS CAMPBELL ROW Reconsideration of Mobley and Jenkins Appointments By the Senate Is Traced to It. WERE FORMERLY When Hawkins Got Into Pres * ent Trouble With Governor Took Sides Against Him. Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2.—lt is said in the capitol that it was the Hawkins confirmation fiasco in the senate that led to the reconsideration of the ap pointments of Mobley and Jenkins. Formerly Mobley and Jenkins were good friends of Hawkins. But when Hawkins decided it was bis duty to op pose the governor, Mobley and Jenkins f brought their whole influence to bear against Hawkins. It was then that the fatal defect in the appointment of ' Mobley and Jenkins was disclosed to the senators. John A. Mobley was a member of the Thirtieth and the Thirty-first legis latures and is the author of the full rendition law. He was a defeated can didate for speaker of the present legis lature. While the legislature was not in session he was appointed as assist ant attorney general for the court of criminal appeals, the best appointment in the gift of Governor Campbell, com manding a salary of $3OOO and fees amounting to $lOOO more. Charles H. Jenkins was also a mem ber of the same two legislatures and like Mobley was a member of the Thir ty-first legislature when appointed as sociate justice of the civil court of ap peals, taking the place of Judge W. M- Key, when this justice was made chief justice upon* the death of Judge Hal Fisher. The confirmation of these two ap pointments was rescinded by the sen ate in executive session yesterday aft ernoon. the point being that the con stitution forbids the appointment of a member of the legislature to high office under certain circumstances applying in these instances. In a session this forenoon the sen ate considered the matter further. SLAYDEN IS IN AUSTIN. Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2. —Janies L. Slay den, congressman from the San Anto nio district, was here yesterday and visited the capitol. He is the second congressman who has spent a day, here since the opening of the special ses sion. The Clink « of Comfort in a glass of Iced Postum Means more than the passing pleasure of a cool drink on a hot day, Postum contains no drugs, but it does contain vitalizing food elements from wheat that afford lasting refreshment, and sustains the heat=wearied body by furnishing the support Nature requires, X Well-boiled Postum (directions on pkg,) chilled with ice and flavoured with sugar and lemon, makes a delicious drink that cools and comforts and is really a food for Brain and Nerve, “There's a Reason” Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Michigan TUESDAY, HAWKINS SCORES SENATE FOR ITS VOTE YESTERDAY Ex-Commissioner of Banking and Insurance Gives Out a Statement Containing Roast. SAYS ONLY DID HIS DUTY FRIENDS Says It’s Left to the Pepple of Texas to Say Whether He or ln the Right. Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2.—Although he declined to make any statement in the early afternoon in regard to the sen ate’s action in refusing to confirm his appointment as commissioner of insur ance and banking, W. E. Hawkins late yesterday afternoon gave out quite a lengthy statement in which is contained a concise, full and complete “roast” for the body which turned him down. “I would rather be an numble pri vate citizen, driven from office in hu miliation with the proud consciousness of having simply done my duty and of having stood firmly in an hour of dire emergency, for the supremacy of the law and of the constitution, than to be a state senator who voted disapproval of such action, or even the governor of the state who demanded my resignation and brought all the influence of his high office to bear upon the senate to secure the rejection of my nomination, and who thereby not only prostituted that office, but‘wantonly’transgressed a law which he recommended to a call ed session of the legislature and which his own hand as governor approved, and also contemptuously defied a constitu tion which he had sworn to uphold,’’ said Mr. Hawkins. In a preceding paragraph the com missioner said: “By its action the senate goes on record as endorsing the principle that every appointee of the governor is un der obligation to obey the governor's direction, even though to so obey may require a total and flagrant disregard of his oath of office, a failure to ob serve and enforce a statute and a will ful and utter disregard of the consti tution itself.” Mr. Hawkins declares he did nothing but bis duty and says the price of con firmation In his office would have been more than he or any other self-respect ing man was willing to pay. He also makes the charge that before the of confirming his appoint ment came before the senate more than one-third of the members of that body had signed a written agreement to vote against him. In conclusion the commissioner says: • The governor and the senate have chosen their course and I have chosen mine, and it is left for the people of I SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE DAVIDSON FILES SIUTEMLSPFNI $10,411 IN AUSTIN Unsuccessful Candidate Makes Report, But Not for Person al Exepense Account. MAY PASS COLQUITT Colquitt's Nomination Did Not Cost Much According to Re port By the Defeated Man. Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2.—After all the noise made about O. B. Colquitt’s cam paign expenses, it may he that R. V. Davidson, who was also a candidate for governor, spent more than Mr. Col quitt. A statement filed here late yes terday with County Judge R. E. White, shows that Davidson’s Austin head quarters spent $10,411.47, which does not include Mr. Davidson’s own ex pense account. This will probably be filed in Galveston county. Forty-one candidates filed expense accounts with the county judge. Mr. Davidson’s being the largest and those of A. S. Burleson, unopposed candidate for congress from this district the smallest. Mr. Burleson spent $1.24, all for postage. The other expense ac counts are as follows: Edwin Waller, for comptroller, $382.55; J. I’. Lightfoot, attorney gen eral, unopposed, $122.60; O. B. Colquitt, $11,778.63; J. T. Robison, land commis sioner, $289.10. County offices: G. S. Matthews, sheriff, $322.35; Joe Hornsby, defeated for same office, $300.80; Julius John son, also defeated for sheriff, $184.65: Kyrie Thrasher, elected county attor ney. $382.55; J. D. Moore, $17?.65, and J. R. Cox, $195,60, for same office; Eli H. Miller, elected tax collector, $j53.60, and J. P. Kirk, for same of fice. $308.35: James H. Robertson, elected representative, $125.60, and Milton Everett, defeated, $93.75: Wade M. Smith Jr., county school superinten dent, $155.25; John E. Hill, tax assess or, unopposed, $251.10; P. M. Deats, county elerk. unopposed, $127.50; R. E. White, county judge, unopposed, $95.97; J. R. Hamilton, district attor ney. unopposed. $4O; D. J. Pickle, dis trict clerk, unopposed. $129.20; A. G. Schluter. representative, unopposed, $73.65; H. M. Moore, for chairman re publican county committee. $1.50. The other accounts were for precinct offices. Texas to say whether they or I am right.” It is understood that Harry L. Wright now a member of the fire rating board, will be named to succeed Mr. Hawkins as commissioner of insurance and bank ing- STATE SENATE IL PROBE THE APPOINTMENTS Begins Argument In Executive Session to Test the Legality . of the Governor's Action, HAVE TO REFUND MONEY Upper Branch of Legislature May Refuse to Confirm Any of Executive's Selections. Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2. —The senate in an executive session begining at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon began an argument which will shake the granite dome of the state capitol clear of three distinguished appointees of the gover now abiding beneath it. It raised the question of whether, under the consti tution, a legislator may accept before the term for which he was elected ex pires, any position of emolument in the state service. This came up during the consideration of the governor's appoint ments not hitherto confirmed. In view of the plain law on the sub ject it is almost certain that the senate will refuse to confirm legislative ap pointees of the governor. Three of these are now drawing money from the state. They are John A. Mobley, as sistant attorney general, (', H. Jenkins, judge of the Third court of civil ap peals and J. R. Bowman, secretary to the governor. If it is decided, as seems likely, that the appointment of these legislators in the middle of their terms was not legiti mate they will have to refund the money drawn from the state. But further than this the decision will go back and force Thomas B. Love, former commissioner of insurance and Tanking, to give back his salary. Love was appointed before his term as a rep resentative and speaker of the house of representatives expired. This might be what Governom (nw bell would consider ’ the most unk'ud cut of all,” for to continue t’e Shakespearean reference, “T. Lee, a* you know, is Campbell's angel, Judge Oh, ye Gods, how Campbell loves him.” The governor’s turn will follow that of Hawkins and hardly will he recover from the effects of his triumph over the commissioner than his own actions will be if the senate holds to the point it has raised. MEXICANS GET ■ SAFELY Ranger Captain Johnson Be lieves Participants In Attack Have Crossed Ric Grande. FEAh NO FURTHER TROUBLE Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2. —“We have the country fully covered and expect no further trouble.” This message was received by the adjutant general's de partment from Ranger Captain Frank Johnson, now at San Benito, late yes terday afternoon. No re-port of the capture of any of the Mexicans who participated in the murderous attack on rangers near that place Saturday has been received here. The adjutant general’s department, as stated yesterday, believes the Mexi cans participating in the attack have reciossed the Rio Grande and will prob ably not be captured. MANY VISITORS CLIMB TO CAPITOL DOME Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex.. Aug. 2.—The 'report of L. D. Hill, watchman of the state capitol dome, shows that 3200 people climbed to the top in July. Only 36 of the visitors were from out of the state, there being 5 from Mexico, ](> from Oklahoma. 5 from Missouri, 4 from Illinois 3 each from Alabama, Georgia and Arizona. 2 from lowa and 1 from Tennessee. ARKANSAS MILITIA PASSES THROUGH AUSTIN Austin, Tex.. Aug. com mand of Colonel Henry Stroup of the regular army, six companies of the Ar kansas national guard passed through Austin yesterday afternoon eu route to Leon Springs to take part in the state and army encampment. The soldiers halted in the capitol grounds while Colonel Stroup conveyed to Governor Campbell greetings from the governor of Arkansas. The troops arc part of a division, another part of which passed through during the night. HORSES FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Austin. Tex.. Aug. 2.—The agricul tural experiment station locating board was in session A<‘re yesterday after noon and purchased three horses for the station at Denton. It also an nounced that the Angleton station will be ready for experiments by August 15 NOW IHEN-irS OP TO YOU! ws/r I SHOESTORE Bi JSt! ■ tomorrow ■ We'll SB 3 I USE YOUR EVES FOR YOUR FEE! Promptly at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning the Regent Shoe Store’s doors will be thrown open and every man, woman and child will see shoe bar gains that will make his or her eyes pop open with glad surprise. Be Hurt. Ladies’ canvas Oxfords now only O«JC Ladies' patent kid Oxfords ftQ now Ladies' $4 tan pumps are 4 QQ now * awO Ladies’ patent ties are 4 QQ All kinds of children’s shoes. Remember, this biggest of the big shoe sales is now in full swing. Men’s, women’s and children’s shoes, pumps, Oxfords and slippors are waiting for you on our won derful bargain counters, and are marked so low they’re unbeatable. REGENT SHOE STORE ALAMO PLAZA NO NEED OF GRAFT PROBE IN SENA (Continued from page one.) that if that man Thomas got in they would resign, that they would! But while the senate committee is hold ing the resolution. Lieutenant Gover nor Davidson is tearing the bottom out of the graft charges just as rapidly as possible, choosing the points, though, where the floor boards are a little weak and rotten. As the resolution originally passed in the house the Caves-Canales preamble affected great horror at remarks made upon the stump in Dallas by a former attorney general. M. M. Crane. Crane’s Move Dropped. “General” Crane’s name is dropped out of the substitute resolution —the one now before the senate committee —but notwithstanding this the “Gen eral” Crane charges are the windmills against which the Davidson attacks are made. •According to the first graft probe resolution, as introduced in the house, what “General” Crane said was: “You prohibitionists, do you want to submit your cause to men on the pay roll of the breweries! Well, they are there all right, and a gentleman of this city, Dallas, has given me the in formation and authorizes me to use it, and to use his name. I am not going to call names, but mark you, there are some senators and legislators that will never ask me to call names. When the house had passed the reso lution, but before it had reached the senate, it was given out that Lieuten ant Governor Davidson had received a letter from “General” Crane and that the general had withdrawn everything. Notwithstanding the encouraging an nouncement, the letter was discovered to be not a withdrawal, but a reitera tion. Indeed, the “general” gravely said, in that “withdrawal”: It has been demonstrated that sena tors and representatives who have placed themselves under pecuniary ob ligation to special interests are always, found voting for those special interests, in every contest between them and the , ' Apparently it wouldn't take many | “withdrawals” like that to put t he | senate entirely to the bad. But despite, the lesson, the lieutenant governor seems to be leading up to another “withdrawal.” Another Withdrawal. It has leaked out that the name of “General” Crane's informant has been obtained, the man being one W. M . - Hill The first let,er froln M did not suit the lieutenant governor, exactly because Hill wrote that othp legislators to whom he referred when ho’onvc the information to Crane onlv two" are still seated in the legislature, the two being senators at present. This “withdrawal” added to the other is about enough to warrant bury ing any graft probe. If Crane spoke ot legislators who are. in the pay ot brew eries and reiterates it. and names Hill as his authority, and if Hill adds that of the men he mentioned only two are still in the legislature, these being sena tors, it would seem that the vindica- I tiou is complete, and that, of course, the thing to do is to stop that inquiry at once. Nothing could be plainer and more easily understood than this —unless it is that there is real need of Bascom Thomas in the senate. STATE JOINS IN SUIT TO RECOVER LANDS Plaintiffs Seek to Recover 1779 Acres In Liberty County. Clear Title to the Land. Special Dispatch. Austin. Tex.. Aug. 2. —Suit to recov er 1779 acres of timber land in Liberty ! county was instituted in the Fifty ' third district court yesteiday afternoon ■by the state of Texas, through Attor ney Geueral Lightfoot and J. W. and M. D. Maddox against L. T. Walker, Dayton Lumber Co., of Liberty, and 46 other persons and corporations. The suit also seeks to dear the cloud from the title to the land. It is alleged that John IV. Maddox and wife bought the land in question January 1, 1919. but that prior to this time the general land office sold the timber thereon to Herman Pressler of Austin, who. with the other defend ants, is alleged to have dispossessed the plaintiffs by force, claiming that the land itself was not the property of the state but constituted part of the Jose D. Martinez league. The state joins in tlie suit to estab lish its ownership of the land. L. R. Bryan. Duval West and N. A. Rector are attorneys for the plaintiffs, J. W. and M. D. Maddox. CHINAMEN CAN'T BECOME CITIZENS OF THIS STATE Special Dispatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2.—Answering the query recently submitted by the State department as a result of the filing ■ t « charter of a benevolent organizatiot by Chicamen, the attorney general he: 1 late yesterday that Chinamen cannot become citizens of Texas or incorpor ate organizations under the state laws. There is no law in Texas providing for the naturalization of a Chinaman. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of AUGUST 2, 19H>. Men's $4 Oxfords are now A p only ZiOU Men’s $5 Oxfords are now QE only Men's $6 Oxfords are now Q E only H'so3 Men's $7 Oxfords are now g AC only □ .‘tO All kinds of boys’ shoes. VISIT TOMORROW RIOT DEATH LIST GREATLY EXAGGERATED Colonel Deckham Says Not More Than Two Whites and Eleven Negroes Lost Lives. Special Diapatch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 2.—That the race rjots at Slocum, near Palestine, have been exaggerated is the opinion of Col. R. H. Beckham, quartermaster of the Texas National Guard, who returned from Palestine late yesterday after noon, having accompanied Adjutant General Newton there. Colonel Beckham says the list •>! killed will probably not number over eleven negroes and two white men. It is apparent!}', impossible even yet io got information as to the total fatali ties. If you sit in a cool draft when yon are heated and get a stiff neek or lame back, you will be looking for something that will ease the pain. Fix your mind on BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT and don’t be talked out of it because it is the best pain reliev ing liniment you ean get anywhere. Price 25c, 50e and $l.OO per bottle. Sold by the Bexar Drug Co. Dr. iiugiies, eye, ear, nu»» and throat Office and infirmary, 403 St. Mary’a We are—and have been FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS—head quarters in San Antonio for TEAS AND COFFEES Mail orders solicited. We can please you. Give us a trial. 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