The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-16

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EDUCATION.
Whitfield, chairman; Moore, Flournoy,
Wright, Alternately, SAMSON, Graves, Cham
bers, Lynch, Ramey, Durham, Cooke of
San Saba, Holt, Robertson and McCabe.
STYLE AND ARRANGEMENTS.
John Henry Brown, chairman; Stock
dale, Ballinger, Ramey and Reagan.
l. REVENUE AND TAXATION.
DeMorse, chairman; Mclean, Ramey,
Flournoy, Cooke of San Saba, Holt, Aber-
nathy, Whitfield and Lacy.
PRINTING AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Cook of Gonzales, chairman; DeMorse,
Whitfield, Ford and Allison.
ENGRossED AND ENROLLED ORDINANCES.
Ramey, chairman Martin of Navarro, Dill
lard, Wade and Haynes.
--.r IMMIGRATION.
Waelder, chairman; Arnim, Douglass,
Erhard, Holmes, johnson, Killough, Mar
tin and Davis.
CRIMES AND PUNIsHMENTs.
Russell of Wood, chairman; Kilgore,
Wright, Douglass, Num-, Crawford, Cards,
Mccormick and Abner.
COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES.
II. c. King, chairman; L. W. Moore,
Mum, Barnett, Cook, Ballinger, Brown,
j. r. Henry and Morris.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
Flournoy, chairman; Crawford, Weaver,
Ford, j. 9. Henry, King, B. H. Davis, Do
honey and Morris.
Mr.. Stockdale, for the Committee upon
Rules and Regulations, reported. The
rules were substantially those for the gov
eminent of the Senate. Two hundred
copies were ordered printed.
Mr.. Reagan, on the part of the Commit
tee on Per Diem and Mileage reported as
follows: Pay of delegates, five dollars per
day; mileage at the rate of five dollars for
every twenty-five miles, computing the
nearest practicable route from the home of
the delegate to and from the capital, not
including deviations and reflections by rail-
roads or other routes; secretaries, clerks,
sergeant-at-arms and dOorkeepers, five dol
lars per day; pages, two dollars and fifty
cents per day; porters, two dollars.
Mr.. Mclean presented a minority report
IN favor of paying delegates four dollars
| per diem and fifteen cents per mile to and
from the Capitol. @
Mr.. Dohoney said if he understood the
! minority report properly, the pay for mem
bers was to be four dollars, while that of the
| principal officers of the Convention would
remain at five dollars per day. He could
! see no reason for such discrimination, and
| hence was opposed to the report.
Mr.. Mclean said that in his report he
was obeying the mandates of his constitu
ency. He regarded four dollars per diem
and mileage at fifteen cents per mile as
equal to five dollars per day. He did not
present these ideas as those of an individ-
ual. He probably thought otherwise, but
the people demanded the most strict econ
omy, and he felt it his bounden duty to
obey their wishes. He was not here to
spend the peoples money and he simply
took the position that his obligations re-
! quired such a position of him.
Mr.. German proposed an amendment to
the amendment-ten cents per mile instead
of fifteen cents.
Mr.. DeMorse rose to defend the majority
He claimed that he was a representative
such reforms as the people desire, and he
thought the intelligence of the people does
not mean parsimony in the payment of pub
lie servants.
Mr.. Johnson of Collin, differed with Mr..
Mclean. He was in favor of the most per-
feet economy. He said that as good talent
as he possessed could be hired in his county
for one dollar per day. Talent had cost the
! State too much, and he desired the other
course to prevail.
Mr.. Russell claimed that the people of
Texas do not demand that delegates to this
Convention serve the people merely for the
purpose of paying board bills. He took
issue with Mr.. Mclean about setting an ex-
ample for the pay of future Legislators. He
thought the services of these delegates
should be worth as much as those of mem
beers of Legislature. To test the patri-
otto feeling of the body he submitted a res
olutlon to serve the State for nothing.
Mr. Robertson of Bell, was pledged To
| retrenchment He hslSs@1 the majority
| UepoTt wnnld -hs- ~rP'EuVed Dy the people,
and il the pay of members of the Conven.
ton is TO be a criterion for the future pay
of Legislators he believed in making it five
dollars day.
Mr.. Mccormick thought the best plan
| was for the per diem to be limited to five
dollars, and that the delegates be allowed
10 draw for any amount less than this in
accordance with the real value of their ser
vices.
AIr. Weaver, of Cook, was in favor OF
the majority report. He did not propose
70 have their pay regulated according to
the grasp of muscular intellect.
The vote on Russell's, of Harrison, reso-
luton was lost by ~ 20 8 votes.
Mr.. Stockdale moved that the amend
ment of Mr.. German be rejected. Carried.
The President decided that the rejection
Of this amendment was also the tabling OF
Mr.. McLean's amendment
On motion Of Mr.. Mclean, the last vote
was reconsidered.
Mr.. Martin, OF Navarro, made q speech
in favor Of the majority report. He hoped
Mr.. German would withdraw his amend
ment calling for ten cents mile and allow
the Convention 20 proceed with business,
| as its time was precio1s.
Mr.. Crawford Submitted substitute, as
f0ll01ss Five dollars per diem, Eve cents
per mile. and Eve dollars per day for each
day consumed in travelling 10 and from the
capital, and made hne argument IN favor
fof his proposition. showing that it would
operate more evenly than any other.