WILL THERE BE AN EXTRA SPECIAL SESSION?
ANSWER IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED AT AUSTIN
I GOOD THING
MG.
DIDN'T MEAN II
San Antonio's Charter Bill Had
Perilous Moment When
He "Objected."
WOULD HAVE KILLED IT
Had Mr. Wahrmund "Meant
It" the Bill Could Not Have
Been Put Through.
(By Macmillan.)
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 13. —If this day
proves to be especially noteworthy in
the history of the city of San Antonio
by reason of the passage of the new
commission government charter, it will
be oft-recalled likewise that yesterday
eame near being the day of its death.
When Chester H. Terrell, member
from San Antonio, asked unanimous e6n
sent to suspend the rules and put the
bill through its second and third read
ing and final passage, his proposition
was met with a loud “I object!”
Everybody looked around in the di
rection from which the cry came and
discovered that the dissenting member
of the house was Otto Wahrmund, also
from San Antonio.
Mr. 'Wahrmund looked over at Mr.
Terrell very complacently, and Mr. Ter
rell, after studying Mr. Wahrmund's
impassive countenance for a moment,
sat down.
Really, under the circumstances, there
was nothing for Mr. Terrell to do ex
cept to sit down. “Unanimous con
sent,” unlike some other legislative
phrases, means exactly what it says.
If one member objects, it is just as
good as fifty.
All Thought He Meant It.
Nobody supposed that Mr. Wahrmund
didn’t mean his “I object!” until later
when he said so himself. He looked
very eool and contented abo.it it at the
time and there were reasons to suppose
he was very much alive to the situa
tion.
Mr. Terrell a little later, walked over
to Mr. Wahrmund and asked casually
how about it. Finally, Thad Adams,
the other Bexar county member, went
over to Mr. Wahrmund, and leaning
close over him, said:
“I’ll tell you what you can expect
now—war to the knife!”
Mr. Wahrmund fidgeted a little. Then
he said: “Why, lln for it; I didn’t
understand just what it was on. Go
ahead with it again, and I won’t ob
ject.”
To the puzzled newspaper men who
had witnessed all this, Mr. Wahrmund
explained that he did not know it was
the commission governm< nt charter bill
that Mr. Terrell wanted to bring up for
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SATURDAY,
GOVERNOR HAS
THEM GUESSING
Possibility of an Extra Special
Session Topic of Interest
at the Capitol,
Special Diepatch.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 12.—“ He will. He
wont. He will - This is the kind of
daisy picking the legislators are in
dulging in with regard to the probabil
ity that Governor Campbell will call a
second special session. The discussion
of the possible second extra session is
the topic of most interest just now, in
Austin.
It is believed by some legislators that
if the new insurance law is passed the
governor will be willing to let the legis
lators go. Campbell has always been a
strong “platform demand” advocate,
and many of the lawmakers are hoping
he will bow to the “ninth plank”
adopted at Galveston.
While it is true that there are now
four more working days of the session,
the old trick of turning back the hands
of the clock can be worked while bills
of all sorts are put over the fence, on
the last day of the session. This may
not be necessary, if the legislature is
willing to let some of the bills already
introduced die on the calendar.
Still, a prediction either way is risky.
But the lawmakers are hoping. Some
of them have been in conference with
the governor, but so far he has not
promised not to call a second special
session.
consideration. He added that he object
ed under a misunderstanding. This
makes the matter perfectly clear, for
of course, Mr. Wahnr md himself is the
only person who is in a position to ex
plain the incident.
Voted “Aye" Afterward.
And that is was entirely an oversight
is indicated moreover by the further
fact that when Mr. Terrell again
brought up the bill, put it through its
second reading, its third reading, and
finally passed it in the house, all in half
an hour, Mr. Wahrmund voted “aye”
every time his name was called.
But it is well worth considering what
might have been the consequences if
Mr. Wahrmund had not been under a
misunderstanding when he objected. To
pass a new bill of local character
through the legislature at the end of
a session is almost without precedent.
It can only be accomplished by unani
mous consent, this to take up the mat
ter in the first place. On the roll calls
to suspend the constitutional rules re
quiring a I.ill to lay over a day. between
each reading a four-fifths vote is neces
sary.
It is the precedent in both houses of
the legislature to pass local bills only
when the delegation is united. A split
in the delegation would be fatal to
such a measure, even if it was intro
duced early in the session with full op
portunity for consideration in commit
tee. With only four data of the session
remaining. Mr. Wahrmund's voice alone
would have been enough to kill the
bill.
So it is fortunate indeed for San An
tonio that Mr. Wahrmund didn't
mean it.
Mr. Terrell Very Smooth.
One thing that was shown in the pro
ceeding is that Mr. Torrell, of Bexar
county, is a verv smooth young per
son. To get a bill through the house in
half an hour is a good deal of an ac
complishment, not even considering that
this was done in the heated period of
the session.
From the first suggestion of a new
charter for San Antonio, however. Thad
Adams has been its real sponsor in the
house. Mr. Adams is one of those demo
crats of San Antonio who did not go
into the primaries this time. He want*
ed the charter, nnd was willing to take
it without a ratification clause, or with
one—any old way, in fact, so long as he
got a charter.
Mr. Adams had a good deal to do
with getting Mr. Terrell so that he vfas
in entire harmony with the charter
proposition, and it may be added that
when he landed Mr. Terrell he landed a
very good man.
First Appearance in Spotlight.
For some reason, Mr. Wahrmund has
not been in the spotlight in charter
matters heretofore. When the commit
tee from San Antonio first came to
Austin to urge the governor to submit
the matter of a new charter for San
Antonio to the legislature, Mr. Wahr
mund could not be found and was not
at the governor’s office. When the
committee eame up latdr with the char
ter, Mr. Waljrmund was again absent
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND OAZETTE
ANTIS ARE NOT SURE
OF THEIR SAFETY YET
(Continued from page one.)
colleagues in the anti caucus that he is
going to quit and vote with the pros.
Two other senators have shown like
symptoms. In each case, so far, the
weakened man has been strengthened
by depicting, for his benefit, the awful
fate that awaits the traitor to a cau
cur. He is told that he will go through
life a marked man, as if he wore a
“T” upon his brow.
Two Examples.
Adams, of Brown county, represents
a district every county of which has
voted for submission in this last pri
mary. It has been pointed out to him
that the vote for Poindexter and Cone
Johnson in his district was 9000 to
6000 for Colquitt.
Kellie is another senator who has a
district that is against him on the li
quor question. It defeated him for re
election, for instance.
It is argued to these men, by the
anti senators, that the democratic par
ty in its Galveston convention, has put
itself squarely on record against re
strictive liquor laws. The pro senators
reply that the platform tells the rep
resentatives to follow the will of the
people, when fairly ascertained, and in
another paragraph urges the better
ment of the public schools of the state,
meaning, of course, the closing of ths
saloons as a detrimental influence upon
the pupils.
Offer a Compromise.
That the antis are not any too sure
of their ability to hold the sixteen
solid is evident from the proposals for
compromise. It was suggested yester
day that the antis would pass the day
light bill if the pros would waive the
rest of the liquor legislation, but the
antis desire to amend the bill, making
the hour for closing all saloons 9
o’clock at night instead of 6 o’clock
in the evening.
It is agreed, too. in the event that
this understanding be reached, tint
the antis will pass all bills providing
for a more rigid observance of the law
in dry counties.
One such bill was brought up in the
senate yesterday and promptly post
poned for consideration until this morn
ing. It provides that clubs in local
option territory shall not sell intox!
cants.
The Prescription Evil.
Still another bill of this sort has
been introduced in the house by Reeoy
of Smith county. It provides for the
forfeiting of any doctor’s license to
practice medicine if he writes prescrip
tions for liquor for any one excepting
a sick person. There is a tine of $25
to $lOO on the druggist who sells li
quor on a prescription given in viola
tion of the law.
Johnson and Potter counties each
have three prescription houses that ire
in business by connivance with doc
tors. Delta. Ellis, Grayson, Hill ana
Smith counties have one sirch saloon
apiece. Affidavits of the proprietor of
one of these houses at Tyler show that
liquor was sold on 1781 prescriptions
in December, 1764 in January and 1840
in February. Of the 1764 in January
a Dr. J. H. Holland issued 659 and a
Dr. 8. D. Jeffries (colored) 332. Oue
prescription is used over and over as
long as the sick man feels thirsty.
The bill to do away with this busi
ness is one of those tlfat seems likely
to pass. It was put through the com
mittee last night.
Excuse for Extra Session.
Touching the demand of the demo
cratic convention that the legislature
dispose of the fire rating board law,
adjourn and go home, it is of interest
that the senate yesterday passed a re
peal of this law.
The house, however, will pass a bill
providing for the continuance of the
fire rating board with enlarged pow
ers. If the legislature ends its session
with insurance matters in this shape,
it will give Mr. T. Campbell an excel
lent excuse to keep the senators and
members here another month.
from the house, but Mr. Terrell gave
bis assurance that Mr. Wahrmund was
“all right on this.” That same dav,
Mr Wahrmund was in .he committee
room when the legislative delegation
and the committee from Sa Antonio
went over the bill toget'. er. He made no
objections to any part of it.
This suggests 'that what the Bexar
county members of the legislature really
expect is a hot fight on this charter
proposition next February, when the
special ’charter election, to ratify the
instrument, is to be held. Mr. Terrell
said today that he would not be surpris
ed if 17.500 poll taxes are issued for
that fight. The number now is about
10,500.
Besides the fight for the adoption of
the charter there will be another con
test, the vote on the pro amendment to
be submitted by the legislature. There
will be little sleep for politicians in
San Antonio this coming year. The
manana methods will have to be aban
doned.
ELEVEN PASS EXAMS.
That Number Will Get Certificates to
Teach In Public Schools of
Austin.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex.. Aug. 13.—0 f 27 teach
ers who took the examination for cer
tificates to teach in the Austin public
schools eleven were successful in the
examinations just closed at the high
school. Certificates will be issued to
Clara Newton. Jeannette Littman. Ber
tha Dysart. Mabel Linsberg. Johanna
Gray, Edna Slaughter, Amanda Eilings
ton, Louise Lawrence, Leia O’Banion,
Agnes Robertsch and Mrs. G. I'. Gad
berry.
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be a SPECIAL EXCURSION leaving San Antonio at 1:30 p. m. and leaving SUTHERLAND SPRINGS at 8:30 p. m.
returning.
Every Sunday the excursion to SUTHERLAND SPRINGS takes crowds of pleasure seekers. This Sunday there will be
thousands of people there —two big excursions.
They know that in this beautiful sylvan resort they can find all sorts of pleasant diversion—picnicking, boating, fishing,
river wading or pool swimming in the large out-of-doors pool of clear, running sulphur water. All this in the interminable
shade of the giant oaks—a long dreamy day of rest, away from the noise and strife of the work-a-day world.
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS also offers these Sunday visitors something else, the privilege and comfort of a big modern
hotel (for those who don’t care for the lunch basket idea), and the opportunity to drink free the God-given iron and sulphur
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and you'll start to work on Monday with new vim.
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS has another side—the business, money-making side. We are selling the lots at S2OO. paya
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SENATE MEETS BODY. '
Remains of Senator C. C. Stokes Lay
In State Chamber Several
Hours.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 13.—The funeral
train from San Antonio, bearing the
body of Senator C. C. Stokes arrived
here yesterday afternoon at 4:30 and
was met by the entire senate, which
inarched in a body to the International
& Great Northern depot. It was taken
to the senate chamber, where it lay in
state until 10 o'clock, when the body;
was sent to Crockett, Houston county,!
for interment. Senators Ratliff, Per- !
kins Kellie and Adanls accompanied the i
funeral train and will attend the fun
eral. From the house Luce. Terrell
of Cherokee, McLain, Terrell of Bexar,
Fuller and Strickland will attend the!
funeral.
Monday has been set as the day for !
memorial addresses in the senate on
the late senator.
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HEAVIEST TAXES
’.ecial Dispatch.
Austin. Tex.. Aug. 13.—The county
commissioners court's hearing of com
plaints from taxpayers on valuations
for 1911 began yesterday. It dis
closed the fact that ('apt. Joseph Nalle
is the heaviest taxpayer, his property!
being valued at $112,000. The city
board of equalization’s valuation of:
Captain Nalle's property is $322,590.
nearly three times as great as that fixed'
by the county.
WILL FIGHT NEW LAW.
Representative Watson Advocates Anti-
Trust Law For the Insurance
Companies.
Special Dispatch.
Austin. Tex., Aug. 13. —Daniel Wat
son, representative from Hays and
Comal counties, will oppose the new
fire rating board law and advocate sim-
ply the repeal of the present law. He [
declares he sees no provisions for bet I
tering present conditions in the new I
law and that it is very much like the
old one. He advocates the application
of the anti trust law to the fire insur
anee companies.
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A Throng of Sutherland Spring Picnickers—on River Bank
at Lunch Time
Huber Famous as a Museum and
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i New York, Aug. 13.—Where Jojo, the
1 famous dog-faeed boy, Mlle Angelina,
the fat lady of magnificent avoirdupois
and Mazepa, the bearded lady once held I
i forth in all their glory is now the ।
haunt of the effete New York diner-out, ;
land where the shrieking Turkish flutes ‘
land tomtoms once shrilled the weird;
; measures of the Turkish dances, a long ■
j haired orchestra leader now swings bis ,
'baton over a blatant “Has Anybody!
' Seen Kelly!” for Huber’s Home of ‘he i
I Freak, Prize Museum of the World, has ।
! been turned into a popular dining sa
lon, of the type hat has made lower
I New York famous.
| For nearly thirty years Huber's was
I one of the show places of New York,
i When Reuben or Ezra came to town,
Huber’s was sure to be an rbjective
point. At Huber's there were horrors
to be seen. Weapons that had commit
ted famous crimes. Wax models of the
scenes of blood-curdling outrages. His
torical pictures. And all the line of
fieaks, from the man-monkey to the
Siamese Twins. They were all there,
I the fat lady panting impressively, and
' the human skeleton avoiding the line of i
! her breath lest he be carried away.
The Huber museum, known to three i
I generations stood in Fourteenth street, |
j and was conducted by George H. Huber. |
■ For years Huber's was a money making ;
I establishment, and the dimes flowed i
; plentifully into the little cashier’s ‘
| cage by the open door. But this gen- j
■ eration does not take kindly to the old
] fashioned amusements, ami for a yeat
or two Huber's star of prosperity has I
1 been waning. So when an ambitious (
restaurateur offered to buy Huber out j
to make way for an extension of his
“red ink” table d'hote, the old mu- :
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famous relies, curiosities and fakes were
sold from the block. But not all of
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witnesses/from all parts of the United l
States, were brought into Chicago yes- [
terday on federal grand jury subpoenaes
and ordered to appear again before the
grand jury next Tuesday when it will!
resume its inquiry into the affairs of
the National Packing company to see |
whether there is sufficient evidence
to warrant a formal charge that the
packing concern operated in violation
of the anti trust laws.
The grand jury adjourned until Tues 1
day after hearing Henry Edmunds.-
head of the stationery department for
Armour & Co., testify in regard to the
missing stenographer notebooks which ;
the graud jurors say were destroyed. |
them. There wore some things in the
old building that George Huber could
not bear to part with, and they were
carted off to his town house. Then old
|“Professor” Hutchinson, who had
i harangued visitors at Huber’s about its
; exhibits ever since the place opened its
I doors, was attached to some things and
he rescued them from the auctioneer.
: The professor is 83 years old, and he re
! fused to be present at the auction,
; terming it. in no uncertain phraseology,
a ’‘desecration.”
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