The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-28
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LETTER PROM THE CAPITAL.


upon committees ~ follows
Mr.. Ball, OF Jack, Chairman Com
mittee on General Land Office, and
member Of eleven others; Mr.. Blassen-
game, Chairman Committee on Public
Roads, Bridges and Ferries, and mem
Der OF seven others; Mr.. Grace, OF Fan
min, Chairman Committees on Military
Affairs and Enrolled Bills, and mem
Der OF ten others; Mr.. Guy, OF Dali
las, Chairman Committee on Contin-
gent Expenses, and member OF ten
others, the principal one of which IL
the judiciary Committee No. 2; Mr..
Henry, OF Cass, Chairman Committees
on Public Lands and on Public Build
| ings and Grounds, and member of
eight others; Mr.. Moore, OF Johnson,
Chairman Committee on Commerce
and Manufactures, and member Of
seven others; Mr.. Piner, Of Denton,
Chairman Judiciary Committee No. 2,
and member Of seven others; Mr..
Stepens, OF Comanche, Chairman Com
mittees on Federal Relations and En-
rolled Bills, and member OF eleven
others; Mr.. Workman, Of Hopkins,
Chairman Committee on Public Print
ing, and member Of nine Others.
| The appointment OF Mr.. Piner as
Chairman of Judiciary Committee No.
2 10 an honor worthily bestowed, and
the Senate, imagine, will have no
cause to regret the appointment.
The most of last week was taken up
In organization, counting the vote for
State officers and preliminary business
Of general Importance.
The two bodies are now ready to go
to work In earnest, the Speaker of the
House having on Saturday announced
the standing Committees for that
| body.
The House Committees are as fol-
lows:
Judiciary No. 1-Thomas ]. Camp
bell, chairman.
Judiciary No. 2--J. M. Martin, chair
man,
Constitutional Amendments-D. U.
Barziza, chairman.
Internal Improvements - w. w.
Lang, chairman.
State Affairs--W. M. Rust, chair
man.
Finance-M. Kopperl, chairman.
Observation-Disclosures Boyd, chairman.
Commerce and Manufactures-Joh
III. Cochran, chairman.
Public Health, Vital Statistics and
History OF Texas = A. n. I4athrop,
chairman.
Public Lands and Land Ofiloes-A.
M. Douglass, chairman.
Federal Relations-R. ID. Allison,
chairman.
Agricultural and Stockraising-Nor-
ton Moses, chairman.
Counties and County Boundaries-U.
l.. Denman, chairman.
Penitentiary-W. 8. Coleman, chair
man. I.i
Military Affslra--Mr, A. s. Rainey,
chairman.
Indian Affairs--Mr. G. B. Pickett,
chairman.
Municipal Corporations--Mr VIM.
Thompson, chairman. frg
Roads--Mr. M. A. CASTOR, chair
man.
Claims and Accounts-Mr. A. L.
Kessler, chairman.
Public Debt-Mr. s. Y. Smith, of
Examination OF Comptroller's and |
Treasurer's Offices-Mr. II. p. Marshall,
chairman. w
Printing-Mr. J. s. Griffith, chair
man.
Contingent Expenses-Mr. M. Quinn,
chairman. H
Public Buildings-Mr. p. s. Watts,
chairman.
Pivate Land Claims-Mr. Ed. Cham
bers, chairman.
Engrossed Bills--Mr. J. V. Hutch
ms, chairman.
Rules-Mr. NJ. H. McQuirton, chair
man.
Asylums-Mr. N. H. Darnell, chair
A number of important bills have
already been introduced In the Senate,
notably among which are the bills for
organizing the Appellate Court, and to
organize and define the duties Of the
County and Commissioners Court;
and other bills are In preparation and
viii soon be presented.
Saturday was nearly entirely con-
summed In counting the vote for State
officers. The following Is the result,
as announced by the Speaker OF the
House in joint session:
For Governor--Rich Coke, $780,
5Sl; VIM. Chambers, 47,7l8. Coke's
majority, 1922 |
. For Lieutenant Governor--Richard
B. Hubbard, 15O,4lS; +. w. Miner, 49,
838. Hubbard's majority, l0l, $50.
For Comptroller-Stephen III. OAR
den, l5O05i; A. M. Bryant, AIS.
Darden's majority, 102, 1888.
For State Treasurer-Andrew j.
Dorm, 14S,S2S; VIM. Umdenstock, A.
04l. Dorn's majority, 100,8S7.
For Commissioner of the General
Land Offlce--J. J. Groos, 100, 1911; Jacob
4s,895. Groos majority l0l,-
Bl6. n5w5 1a
For Attorney General-H. H. Boone,
lao, $40; ]. II. Burns, 47,470. Boone's
l0l, $40. II
The largest vote cast for any office
was for Lieutenant Governor-199, O56,
being fifty votes more than were cast
for Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, the next highest vote.
Coke'a majority Ia 1852 larger than
Mr.. Miner having run
nearly o thousand ahead Of Chambers.
It Is safe to estimate that the whole
rote cast was In the neighborhood Of
,wo hundred and five thousand, and
he entire voting strength of the State,
4 cast, would be about quarter OF q
million. Take the usual basis, six to
,ne, and this would give US q popula-
ion of ], SOC, 900. n
The Senatorial election, which comes
,ff on Tuesday OF next week, still alb
orbs public attention, and the claims
,fthe various gentlemen, whose names r
ire mentioned for the position, are
warmly oanvassed by their friends. l.
The condition of the finances of the !
State will receive the earnest attention q
d this Legislature, and economy In
III the departments Of the state Gov.
ssnment win berigidly urged. ~