Petition Referred. Senator McNealus sent up an educational petition which was referred to committee of educational affairs. for a thorough investigation of meth- executive session was set for Thursods of control of pink bollworm depre- day, May 27, at 11 o'clock a. m. dations in case of failure to eradicate the pest. With the history of the spread of the boll weevil fresh in the minds of most of our people we should profit by the experience connected with the spread of the boll weevil throughout the cotton growing states. If methods of control that are now well known had been adopted in the earliest years of the boll weevil millions would have been saved to the Even cotton growers of the south. should eradication measures prove Bills and Resolutions. By Senator Westbrook: S. B. No. 1. A bill to be entitled "An act making appropriation of the sum of Sixteen Thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the contingent expenses of the Third Called Session of the Thirty-sixth Legislature of the State of Texas convened May 20th, etc." Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. By Senator Westbrook: wholly effective the cotton industry Adequate and effective protective measures are dependent on a thorough and systematic investigation of the entire bollworm problem. This should consist of the following: (1) A thorough study and review of all existing printed information in all languages relating to the pink bollworm. (2) A comprehensive study of adequate methods of controlling the insect by both natural and artificial means. (3) A complete survey of infested regions in Mexico. It is recommended, therefore, that an appropriation be provided and that the Texas Experiment Station of the Agricultural and Mechanical College be instructed to make this investigation and report its findings to the governor of the state. Executive Session Set. S. B. No. 2, A bill to be entitled "An Act making an appropriation to pay the per diem and mileage of members and per diem of officers and employees of the Thrid Called Session of the Thirty-sixth Legislature convened on the 20th day of May, 1920, etc., and declaring an emer Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. By Senator Westbrook: S. B. No. 3. A bill to be entitled "An Act making appropriations to cover authorized deficiencies in appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State government, etc., and declaring an emergency. Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. By Senator Westbrook: S. B. No. 4. A bill to be entitled "An Act to make appropriations for deficiencies in appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State government for the fiscal years ending August 31st, 1918, and August 31st, 1919, to cover duly authorized deficiency claims registered, etc." Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. Adjournment. At 11:45 o'clock a. m. the Senate, Upon the motion of Senator Dean on the motion of Senator Caldwell, Appointment of Pages. The Chair announced the appointment of the following pages and porters: Message from the Governor. A messenger from the Governor presented himself at the bar of the Senate Chamber with the following executive messages: Governor's Office, Austin, Texas, May 20, 1920. To the Texas State Senate: I ask advice, consent and confirmation of the Senate in the appointment of Hon. C. G. Pillot of Houston, Texas, to be Chairman of the San Jacinto Battlefield Commission. Respectfully submitted, W. P. HOBBY, Governor's Office, Austin, Texas, May 20, 1920. To the Texas State Senate: Gentlemen: I ask the advice, consent and confirmation of the Senate to the following recess appointments: A member of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, T. N. Jones of Tyler, appointed May 18th, 1920, vice A. B. Davidson of Cuero, deceased. District Attorney for the 4th Judicial District, J. H. McHaney of Longview, appointed January 12th, 1920, vice Clifford Stone of Henderson, resigned. Respectfully submitted, Message from the House. Hall of the House of Representatives, Sir: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has passed the following bills: Pages: Newman Marshall, Stanley Hornsby, Wm. Dunn, Lee Wil-"An Act making an appropriation to H. B. No. 1, A bill to be entitled liams, C. B. Maynard, Wortham Thompson, Dick Mims, McCall pay the per diem and mileage of Eilers, Trenton Smith, Tom Weigel, employes of the Third Called Sesmembers and per diem of officers and Oliver Hyslop, Joe Erwin. Porters: Willie Carpenter, Lon Medearis. Jim Holland, Ben Thompson, Sam Grant, Willie Green, Granville Norman; with one additional to be named later. Petitions and Memorials. See Appendix. sion of the Thirty-sixth Legislature the 20th of May, 1920, by proclamaof the State of Texas, convened on tion of the Governor, providing how accounts may be approved, and declaring an emergency." H. B. No. 2, A bill to be entitled "An Act making appropriation of the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the contingent expenses of the Third Called Session of the Thirty-sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, convened May 20th, by proclamation of the Governor, providing how accounts may be approved, and declaring an emergency." H. C. R. No. 3, Relating to proposed action of Louisiana Legisla ture on Federal Suffrage Amendment. Senators Excused. A letter was read from Senator Woods, and he was excused indefinitely on account of illness in his family. Senators Parr, Dorough, Bailey, Bledsoe, Floyd, and Strickland were also excused, indefinitely. Simple Resolution No. 2. Senator Davidson sent up the following resolution: Hertzberg, Page, Dudley, Williford, Dean, Davidson, Suiter, Buchanan of Bell, Witt, Buchanan of Scurry, Westbrook, Alderdice, Dayton. House Concurrent Resolution No. 3. under the rules, H. C. R. No. 3 on The Chair laid before the Senate the same subject, which was read for consideration; relating to proposed action of Louisiana Legislature on Federal Suffrage Amendment. Senator Hertzberg moved the adoption of Simple Resolution No. 2. Senator McNealus moved as a substitute to the motion that Simple Resolution No. 2 be referred to committee on Constitutional Amendments. Senator Page moved to table the substitute of the Senator from Dallas. The yeas and nays were called for, and the motion to table prevailed by the following vote: Alderdice. Yeas-19. Hertzberg. Dayton. Dean. Whereas, it is reported in the press that a small group of politicians have sent a telegram to the Louisiana Legislature apologizing for the action of the Texas Legislature at the Second Called Session thereof in ratifying the Suffrage Amendment to the National Constitution; and Whereas, said group of politicians Clark. have no right to speak for the Democracy of Texas, having themselves sought to discredit the National Democratic Administration, and wholly failed to do so, and being on the contrary themselves repudiated and severally rebuked by the Democracy of Texas at the Precinct Conventions of May 1st; and Whereas, the Texas Legislature has acted fearlessly and courageously in settling the suffrage question in Texas, and added Texas to the list of those progressive States which have ratified said amendment; now Therefore, be it resolved, that the Senate of Texas does hereby respectfully urge the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, now in session, the to ratify National Suffrage Amendment, and thus become the thirty-sixth, and only remaining necessary State to make National Woman Suffrage an accomplished fact. 3-Senate. Faust. Rector. Smith. Suiter. Westbrook. Williford. Witt. Nays-4. Hall. Absent-Excused. amount to be paid teachers of their "An Act to make an appropriation schools, and declaring an emergency." of one hundred and eighty-five Read first time and referred to Committee on Education. By Senator Dean: S. B. No. 6, A bill to be entitled "An Act making appropriation of Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, to the available school fund of the State of Texas for the scholastic year beginning September 1st, 1920, and ending August 31st, 1921, etc., and declaring an emergency." Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. By Senator McNealus: thousand dollars to reimburse the Board of Regents of the University of Texas for expenditures made at Camp Mabry, Texas, and remaining on hand unpaid at the close of the fund, in pursuance of Senate Resoluwar, out of the University available tion No. 12, passed at the Fourth Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, and declaring an emer gency." Referred to Committee on Finance. Simple Resolution No. 4. Senator Davidson sent up the fol S. J. R. So. 1. Whereas, at the Second Called Session of the Thirty-sixth Legisla-lowing resolution: ture of the State of Texas, the following resolution was introduced, considered and adopted, to-wit: Resolved by the Senate of Texas, That the Attorney General of Texas be, and is hereby requested to fully House Joint Resolution No. 1, advise the Senate at the earliest prac-. "Ratifying an amendment to the ticable time as to the power and auConstitution of the United States of thority under the constitution and America, proposed by the Sixty-laws of the United States of any Desixth Congress of the United States of America, at its first session, begun and held at the City of Washington, on Monday, the 19th day of May, 1919, which amendment provides, in substance, that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State on account of sex; and that the Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Which said Joint Resolution was approved by the Governor of Texas, on the first day of July, A. D. 1919, and, Whereas, said resolution and the adoption thereof are contrary to ancient and established Democratic doctrines; therefore, be it partment, Board, Official or Agent of the Federal Government to impose a Federal Quarantine against the InterState shipment of Cotton, Cotton seed, and Cotton seed products from the State of Texas because of the alleged infestation of certain cotton fields by Pink Bollworms in nine counties situated in the southeastern section of Texas. The adopted. resolution was read and Bills and Resolutions Read and The President laid before the Senate, and had read and referred, the following bills: H. B. No. 1, and H. B. No. 2, both being referred to Committee on Finance. Resolved, by the Legislature of the State of Texas, that the ratification of the Legislature of the State of Texas of the said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States be and the same is House Concurrent Resolution No. 3. hereby withdrawn, and all acts and things done by the Legislature of this State purporting to ratify, by the State of Texas, the said amendment be in all things nullified and declared void. The resolution was read first time and referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. By Senator Caldwell: The President laid before the Senate: H. C. R. No. 3, Relating to the proposed action of the Louisiana Legislature on the Federal Suffrage Amendment. The resolution was read. Senator Page moved the adoption of the resolution. Senator McNealus moved, as a sub S. B. No. 7, A bill to be entitled stitute, that the resolution be re |