The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-09-11


UOvefnOf f0f the tender NJ any lnfDl
nation that they might need ff0m M
departments, aud believed the Con
yenil0n, when such WA necessary
would call upon the Governor fpr II. II
the same courteous spirit that II wa
rendered. The same View was inkel
NJ N by Messfs DcNlOrse, Of llpd River
aud Holmes, NJ NraysOn, aud nfie
some further discussion, u motion u
MIR. fl0urn0y was adopted, tlanklnl
the Governor for his polite aud patriot,
communication, adding that the Con
ventloD viii gladly avail Itself of III,
Information rendered.
Mr.. DahOny, from the committee on
the names and numbers compOsing
the Standing Committee, reported II,
follows:
On Federal Relations, five; on State
Affairs seven; on Bill of Rights, nine,
on Legislative Department fifteen
on judicial Department Is; on Execu-
tive Department, fifteen; on General
Provisions, fifteen; on Suffrage, nine >;
on Education, fifteen; on Agriculture
and Stock Raising, fifteen; on Public
lands and the Land office, fifteen on
Emigration, nine; on Crime and pun
lshment, nine; on County aud County
Lines, nine; on Municipal Corpora
tons, nine; on Railroad Corporations,
nine; on Revenue and Taxes, nine; on
Printing an. Contingent EXPENSES,
five; on Engrossed and Enrolled Ordi-
nances, five; on Style and Arrange
ment, five.
Mr.. Lynch, of De Witt, opposed
having II committee on Federal Rela-
tons, and II debate ensued on his mo-
ton to strike ont that committee, but
the motion was lost and the report
was adopted.
The members then proceeded to
draw for seats, after which the Con-
vention adjourned to meet ut 8 o'clock
this morning.
committees to-day. and the Conven-
ton will then proceed regularly to bu-
siness.
The committee of Fifteen will also
report to-day on pay and mileage. 1t
is said that they will recommend So
per diem for pay of members and Sec
rotary and Sargeant-at-arms and s.
for every twenty-five miles Travelled by
members in coming and going, and
81 so per diem for Doorkeeper and
pages.
Take the body asa whole it will COM
pare favorably with most, if not all, of
our Legislatures and Conventions
heretofore. There are some as able
men in it as can he found in the State,
and men who, ! think, have come
here to make good Constitution, and
to waste no time or money in doing it.
Yesterday | saw in the hall of the
Convention Hon. Mr.. Schleiker,
Member of Congress from the Sixth
District. He is represented as Il man
of high attainments, and fully able to
reflect credit in the halls of Congress
on the State he represents. Certain it
is that he will Jill his seat as eitectually
as any member in the House. In APP
pearance he reminds me somewhat of
the late Dixon H. LIE Wis, of Alabama.
was gratified to shake by the hand
this morning that thorough gentleman
and accomplished General in the Con-
fedcrate army, Sui. Ross, of Waco, an
honOred acquaintance of ante war and
war times. He is looking in line
health, his brilliant eye sparkling as
of old, and his handsome face wearing
the pleasant smile which helps to
make him the agreeable companion of
the camp or the parlor. He will make
an excellent and useful member. /
have also met my old friends, Colonel
Ed. Chambers, of Collin; E. L. Da-
honey, of Lamar; Hon. John ii. Rea-
gan, of Anderson; Colonel J. S. (Rip)
Ford, of Brownsville; Colonel w. p.
Mclean, our former Member of Con-
gress, and now Il member of the Con-
vention; Hon. Joshua +. johnson, one
of the immortal seven of the Secession
conventions; my old and valued friend,
Judge w. Il. G. Weaver, of GAINESVILLE;
c. S. West, the able memb Der for Travis
county; Web. Flanagan, the leader of
the little band of Radicals here,
though the agreeable gentleman; and
many Others whom | cannot now call
to mind.
1t is generally believed here that the
Convention will he in session from
forty to sixty days, and from the way
it has started out, it is thought that
economy in government and retrench-
ment and reform in all its parts will
be a prominent point with the mem
bers.
Major ]. III. Brown, Judge J. w.
Ferris and General N. III. Darnell, our
own representatives, are active and
will prove working members.
Austin is still improving and is be-
ing greatly beautiiied in all portions,
by the erection of modernized resi-
dences, as well as substantial store
houses. Prominent among the im-
provements is that on the Capitol
Square, which promises to be one of
the most beautiful places in the city.
The arrangement of the slIrubbery and
other improvements have been under
the supervision of Mt +. Voigt, who
is emphatically the right man in the
right place. | called at the Executive
office yesterday, but his Excellency.
Governor Coke, was out. His obliging
and attentive Private Secretary, George
Dashiell, did the honors of the office.
The worthy Secretary of State, Major
DeBerry, was I'm his office, as pleasant
and attentive to business as ever, but
business seemed to be dull just at the
time | called, and | thus had a pleas
ant chat.
The weather is oppressively hot, and
per consequence did not get to see all
our contemporaries of the press i'm their
offices, but managed to stroll into the
office, where had the pleas
ure of forming the acquaintance of
Major DuPre, editor, and renewed
former acquaintance with Mr.. John
Cardwell, the proprietor. | also met at
the capitol the editors and the locals of
the Gazette and the News, as also Mr..
Ia, % hn al a
Mr.. Kidd, of the Houston Telegraph,
both, of course, full of business just
now.
Special Dispatch to The Dallas Herald.l
AUSTIN, September S.-The standing
appointed by the Presi-
ient, after great care in the selection |
Of members, were announced during
the evening hours. The chairmen of
the different committees are as follows:
Executive Department-W, b. Bal
linger:
Legislative Department-W. L.
Henry.
Judiciary ii. Reagan.
Federal RELATIONSHIP. L. Mclean.
State AfIairs-J. s. Ford.
Bill of Rights w. l.. Crawford.
Suffrage-E. l.. Dohoney.
Educatignal-J. M. Whitfield.
lmmigration-Jacob Worden.
Agriculture and Stock Raising
Marion Marlin.
RAILROAD Corporations-J. w. Ferris.
Public Lands-C. n. III. Dowell.
Private Corporations-F. $. Stock
lalo.
Crimes and nishments-Jonathan
Russell.