The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-08
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TnE CLOSING HOURS OF TrtE FOuR
TENTH LEGISLATIVE,

licuDelltr Ollcleu u RESOLUTION " llhhNn
10 Hon, II, Is, Hubbard, president OF
The senate, whereupOn the lleNlch-
ant governor addressed the senate ~
follows,
Senators NJ Hrds--'rhc hour Of ad-
lournment of the fourteenth lcgIsla-
lure has arrived
With the conviction chat you have
earnestly and consciontl0usly dis
charged your duties TO your immediate
constituents and the state nt large, |
congratulate senators on the happy re-
union which awaits you at thethresh-
hold of home, and the kindly greeting
which generous people always extend
10 the honest public servant.
That error has marked some Of the
cOunsels OF the state, may he true but
that broad and liberal spirit compre-
hcnding the duties of the hour and the
demand Of n great commonwealth has
characterized your body and the entire
Legislature, will in due time be ne
corded by your fellow citl2cns You
have redeemed the pledges Of the can
vnss (Which was crowned by such n
great civic triumph), In the enactment
Of wholesome laws, relating to our em-
hnrrasscd finances; our public free
schools; the protection of our exposed
frontier the encouragement Of immi-
grafton, and by the inauguration of re
trenchment and reforms In all the
departments Of governments and yet
YOU have not forgotten, though de-
pleled In purse and Borrowing over BIT
Ter WRONGS TO cheer the old soldiers of
our early republic with an honest and
honorable "ppnsiOn' on our bounty.
Your policy IN relation TO the develop
mcnt of our great natural resources by
continued encouragement of Il wise
and cautious system of internal im-
provement which in few more
years, with iron arms, must bind all
sections of our vas territory in n COM
mon brotherhood Of interest and feel
ing--will meet the endorsement 81
that enterprise and patriotism 50 nobIS
illustrating our present history, Al
the same time you have guarded
against monopolies, inviting capital tC
develop our resources and not to letlel
the limbs Of labor
70 the laws which you have enacted
and those which you have blottcd from
our statutes, you can point without
fear, and challenge the just criticism OF
your countymen.
TO the laithfuluess and unseldsh de.
votion which you have exhibited in
these halls in the arduous public SER
vice, your presiding officer testitic'
with earnest and honest pride.
We go hence to give an account o
our stewardships. May you meet Will
the response from the hearts and The
judgement of the people, "Well done
thou good and faithful servants"
For the generous support which yol
have always extended me officially
and for the personal friendships whicl
bind me to every senator and officer o
this body, | thank you from hear
full of gratitude. Some Of us may no
meet again in the councils of state, an,
perchance some of us never more may
meet in the thrOnging pathways Of life
hut, whatever may be our toItunes w
shall all together irrespective of party
crceas or sectional lines, living or dy
ing, cherish common devotion to thu
honor and glory Of our beloved Texas
now declare the first session of TIN
fourteenth legislature adjourned sim
die.
In the house, resolutions of thanks {,
Hon. Guy NJ. Bryan, speaker, Rev
John Il. Hillyer, chaplain and w. c
Walsh, chief clerk were passed, ate
which the speaker delivered the fol
lowing valedictory address;
Gentten,en Of the House OF represent
dtiues-ln response to your resolution
of generous confidence and good feel
ing, 1t is appropriate for me to say tina
have faithfully tried to deserve both
If | have failed in single instance Il
merit either, it has been Uhe result q
Judgment and not of intention.
have the kindest personal regar
this floor, and ] can most faithfully
say, towards no one do harbor one uu
kind thought or feeling.
have not in single instance know
ingly ruled or decided in reference t,
personal feeling | nave conscien
ti0usly tried TO do my whole duty.
have not been absent from this house
n day, and | have given my whole
time to the discharge of my official oh
legations.
| thank you, gentlemen, and the
clerks and officers OF this house, fo
your uniform, kind and considerat,
treatment.
| have never been associated with
more honest, laborious and patriot
legislative body, and it will be my de
light TO meet with you here again mex
session.
On the thirteenth day of last .Januar
we met in this hall for the first time
The government then was in the hand
of those who refused to relinquish ii
But by prudence, tirmness and for
bearance, representative government
was reestablished, and the chosen Off
GERS of the people were installed.
When you return to your consttuen
cies, remind them of this, and point t.
the condition of our neighbors, Louisi
ana and Arkansas, and tell them 't
make haste slowly" in organic chang
es, for it is easier to pull down than t
rebuild. Your difficulties have beer
numerous and hard to surmount--witl
empty treasury, heavy indebtedness
deranged departments, etc. Difficult
ties, all of which you have not over
come, but with which, at the next SEES
sion, you will be better prepared t.
grapple. Then, 1 hope, you will b,
able to lay the capstone of reform.
If you have not achieved all that wa
expected, you haved one much to meri
the confidence of the people. And VI
ask them to be generous and discrimi
mating in their judgment and to lie
time prove the efficacy of our acts.
. Gentlemen, may glad faces an,
bright eyes greet you on your return t.
your homes. We part now as friends
we will meet hereafter as brothers
May God bless, protect and have yol
in His holy keeping.
The chaplain closed with prayer,
when the speaker announced the hous,