The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-27


Nothing definite was arrived at.
DR.. Curry's address ~ the Repr cscn-
tatiyes hall was profound effort on edu-
cation and vas well received.
The finance committee will report favor
ably on Monday Appropriations amount
ing to nearly half . million, or SjoJ,-
0OO deducting sherills' accounts. They
will recommend that the location tor the
additional lunatic asylum be selected by Il
commission.
SENATE.
AUSTIN, April 2i.-The senate convened
pursuant to adjournment The speaker
was in the chair; prayer was held by the
chaplain the roll was called, and the min
utes Of the previous meeting were read.
The time of the senate to-day was taken in
consideration of the house congressional ap-
portionment bill with the following amend
ments
First-Add Shelby county to the third
district.
Second.-Change Navarro county from the
ninth to TIE sixth district. and Bosque
county from the sixth to the ninth district
Third-Change Live Oak from the seventh
to the eighth district and De Witt county
from the eighth TO the seventh district.
In the discussion. on the
| tlfSb nHlGnuiuGllU IlbllDil NaS IluNc
| by Mr. Houston, to recommt. To this Mr..
Stuart offered an amendment by adding
| that the committee be instructed to divide
the Gulf coast into three or more districts.
He supported his amendment by very
able speech, showing what he believed to be
an injustice to the coast counties III the bill
under consideration.
Mr.. Houston accepted the substitute. \
vote was taken and the substitute lost.
The first amendment was then adopted.
The pending question being ON the
second amendment, Mr.. Rainey op-
posed the amendment because
| he was satisfied that the citizens of
Navarro county did net wish to be con-
nected with q district in which Dallas
county was situated, nor did the people of
| Dallas desire to be attached TO a district in
which Navarro county was situated. To
adopt the amendment would create confu-
sion in the district, and he favored the bill
as reported from the house.
Mr.. Martin opposed the amendment for
the same reasons and because he believed
that the house bill would be satisfactory to
his people.
Mr.. Harris favored the amendment be-
cause it made the districts more compact
He believed that the opponents to the
amendment were working in favor OF GER
tain congressman whom he vehemently
characterized as masters OF the people
when they should be servants.
Mr. Ross supported the amendment and
believed if it was adopted it would be salts
factory to the people. The vote being taken
the amendment was adopted.
The third amendment was adopted with
out much discussion.
Pending motion of Mr.. Houston chang
ing the sixth seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
and eleventh. districts, the senate 0d-
ijourned.
The following bills were introduced;
BY Foster-Prescribing the maximum
rates of freight to be charged by railroad
companies The bill rrescribes that rail
50 cents per 100 pounds per 100 miles for the
transportation 5f freight over their roads,
but the charges for transportation shall be
uniform, and no unjust discrimination III
rates or charges for the transportation OF
any freight shall be made against any per-
son or place on any railroad lnthe state
BY Carleton-To pay the experimenting
architect of the new capitol an annual sal
ary of 50, 500 and each of the commission
ers 81 800. Referred.
BY Wood-Setting apart and appropri-
ating from the reservation of Jaly l4th,
1879, | 100000 acres to the university and
Agricultural and Mechanical college, 100
600 acres to the Prairie View school, for
the payment, by the sale of these lands, OF
the debts of doubtful va
idity of the university and
free schools. and the opening
of the balance of the reservation to the
location of the land certificates. Referred.
Wood also introduced bill repeating the
law reserving from the proceeds of the sale
of land in the reservation one-haH to the
free schools and half to the redemption OF
the public debt Referred.
| Committee reports were received as fol-
lows: kindred, from tie committee on
state affairs, reported adversely on a bill
looking to the pensioning of veterans.
The committee urge as reasons
for their adverse report that the
subiect-matter is contrary to the provisions
of the constitution, and the further reason
that the governor had withdrawn his re-
commendation in favor of such law.
Matlock, for the committee on public
lands and the land office, reported adversely
on the bill which recently passed the sem
ate, appropriating 100000 acres for the
benefit of the university out Of the rescrva'
iion made by the act OF July II, 1879. The
committee were unanimous in their report.
Matlocl for the same committee reported
adversely on the house bill to appropriate
,, 500, 600 acres to the university.
roll for the committee on education &c
ported adversely in regard to the reference
to the eighteenth legislature of the memo
rial of the grand jury and the proceedings
othe teachers meeting of Grayson county
N regard TO additional Legislation and the
amendment Of the constitution In regard 10
public schools, in0smuch as a constitutional
amendmen: cannot be adopted at an extra
session.
Todd for the same committee reported
fivorably on the joint resolution requiring
an election to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, 1882
for the location Of a branch OF the
the state university for the instruction OF
colored youths.
Todd for the same committee reported
favorably with amendment on Hutcheson's 5
bill to supply the deficiency OF the Prairie
View normal school to purchase n library,
wagon and mules and TO pay for repairs
heretofore made and for damages by the
late storm.
Baker for the financial committee re.
ported a substitute for ibe house bill max
ing appropriations for the stale govern
ment from March 1, 1Ss2, to February
N 1883 The substitute gives
the following items: Completing
tie lunatic asylum buildings and additional
Completing work on the Rusk peniten-
Support Of state penitentiaries in case thc
. control of them Is assumed by the state.
and to buy material, etc. SlJl,o0D.
Settling with Cunningham q Ellis. Of the
( peniteutiaries, in case the state assumes
control Of the same, 5000
To fay ior fitting up halls for the present
session Of the legislature. $50.
To buy the Raymond house for state Je-
partments and tie legislature. $4,000.
For fitting the same, $1,000.
. The committees substitute auth0fiz-
ing Com missioner Spaight 10 engage addi-
, ti0nal clerical force oct Of the $1,000 ap-
preparation made by the seventeenth legis-
laiure was taken no.
Hin moved 10 suspend the rules and put
It on its third reading.
The house refused 20 suspend the rules.
The house refused 70 engrOs. the bill re
, pealing the Law granting land certificates
10 veterans and crippled COnfederates hy a
vote Of - ayes % 81 nays.
The house vent into committee of the