The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-25
HOTTIES FROM THE CAPITAL.


Correspondence of the Herald.
AUSTIN, Jan. @, 1881
Yesterday Senator Houston's bill, senate
bill No. Is, "An act to encourage the digging
and construction of artesian wells" passed
the senate after considerable debate, and the
offering of number of amendments, which
were speedily voted down.
Senator Romans bill, SAN act prohibiting
the firing Of any quo, pistol or hrearm, or
any fireworks, such as skysrockets, squibs,
Roman candles, firecrackers, and SO forth, in
cities, towns or villages" passed the senate
alter great deal Of wraugling over amend
ments, The most Imaginable part of the pro-
ceedings was an amendment offered to the
bill by Senator Cooper, which read as fol-
lows: "Amend by striking out, 'or any fire.
works such rs sky-rockets, squibs, Roman
candles, trecrackerS, and SO forth" 1t will
be seen, by referring to the statutes, that the
cont mis- of Coopor's amendment was all
that Romans bill Included in the first place,
as tho law prohibiting the firing of guns,
pistols etc, was already in existence, and
Romans bill was only an amendment 70 said
statute, thus making Oooper's amendment
equal to voting the bill down. This amend
ment, however, received but one voto--the
authors land the bill passed.
The bill in tho house to-day, reported ad-
versoy on, to grant $4,000 in cash and 90
900 acres Of land for the purpose of erecting
amouumentin Austin on the capitol grounds,
to Sam Houston, was referred back to the
committee with instructions to report grant
ing 80, 900 acres Of land sfor that object, 1t
created considerable discussion and many
patriotic speeches concerning the old hero,
on the ono side, and economical expressions
in behalf of the state in its present poor con-
dition, on the other. Among the things said,
the following had vent from Mr.. Tsnkersly,
of Houston, Ia relation to the opposition;
''Here lies Old economy
Gently pass him by,
In life he was economical
And economically let him lie"
met on the street to-day Mr.. Tom Smith,
formerly of the st. George hotel, Dallas, but
more recently of the Binkley house, Sher-
man. Heis fitting up and furnishing what
will be the finest equipped establishment OF
its kind in the city, viz: the Hotel Brunswick
under the firm name of Hunt 81 Smith. Ii
will be thrown open for the public on Mon
day next. The carpets are sll new, mainly
OF Brussels, NO, and the furniture in each
room is Of a different pattern from any Other
SGT In the house Another popularity is that
tho rooms instead of being numbered arc
named, with neat plate on each door.
Commencing with Maine, each room is
called after some state or territory There
are rs in all. This is u new and perhaps ia.
genious idea. Tom Smith is irrepressibe
and withal one Of the best hotel keepers IN
the country, and one Of tho very cleyerest o!
men, too.
In q conversation with Governor Robert,
to-day he remarked to me that no favored the
idea of the conditional pardon" plan which
outlined 10 you in one of my recent let
ters. There are boys in the penltentiary TO-
day who ought never to have gone there
They have been sent TO that prison to live
and DO amongst hardened criminals fol
things which little money or little in,
huence or little more moral teaching would
have kept them safe from the law's
clutches. The governor says no expects tc
pardon at least thirty of these yonng fellows
very soon. And whore others have behaved
themselves meritorously and can procure
hrst-class recommendations rs TO conduct in
prison, he proposes to exercise sound dis
erection as 10 pSrdoning them out condition
ally. And this is not only humane, but al
expedient view and r Ian. The truth is, tn,
longer no remains in Office the more pro-
gressive Governor Roberts appears TO be
como. J.F.E.