The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-07

iates Wituout reitreHce 10 tne ecneuule OF
charges on the balance of the road.
Cochran opposed the amendment, and
said the bill would never have come from
the committee-room if that proviso had not
been included in it, and he was surprised to
find that now one of tue committee proposed
TO amend the bill. He insisted that COM
petition was the life OF trade, and nothing
should be done to interfere with it.
Taylor favored the amendment.
Foster, of Limestone, supported the
amendment and said that in his opinion
the proviso in the bill legalized discrimina-
tion, thus thwarting the design of all rail
road legislation.
Nash hoped the amendment would not
be adopted, and insisted that intersecting
points had a right to ask for the proyiso.
They have contributed their nloneys in
order to secure this competition, and now
they should not be deprived of that privi-
lege. He said that the city of Dallas had
paid not less than S500,000 in orter to Sc
cure competing roads.
Wurzbach opposed the amendment, and
was not III favor OF passing a law which
would benefit certain towns in the state TO
the great detriment OF others.
Hazlewood contended that the proviso
was the keynote and turning point of the
whole bill, and il stricken out he would not
support the bill.
Hill contended that until the proviso was
stricken out the bill would be worthless.
Stagner said; "The section, as It is, in
my opinion, legalizes discrimination.
can see no reason why LuliNg, Seguin and
San Marcos should not have the benefit of
protection under the spirit and operation
OF the law, as San Antonio has, whereby
the latter city absorbed all the wholesale
trade to the prejudice Of the former places
of importance"
Pending discussion by Durant, the house
adjourned till 3p. M.
EVENING SESSION.
Hill, by leave, introduced bill TO vail.
date certain surveys informally and defec-
lively made.
Camp introduced petition from the
citizens of Limestone county, protesting
against the creation of Richland county.
Frymier-A petition for the claim of
Burnett and Fitzpatrick for b,i due
them as lessees of the state yenilJmiary.
Odum-A petition to create new
judicial district to be composed of the
counties of Jones, Taylor, Runnells, Tom
Green and Nolan, and to fix the time of
holding court,
Several petitions were introduced asking
for prohibition.
The special order was the appropriation
bill and the question before the committee
was the adoption of Ayers amendment
which appropriates $63, 900 to the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college for various
purposes.
Rosenthal offered substitute appropria-
ting about $4,000 for the various purposes
The following items under the substitute
were adopted: For the purchase of stock,
$1,000; pig pens, $25; fencing purposes
$500; trees and shrubs, etc., $3.50; engine
house and cooking room for feeding stock,
$500; pump and piping, $50; sugar cane
mill and evaporator, $500; mules,
horses and wagons, $780, feed and cutting
machines. $50; steam feeding tank, $40;
water tank, S75; stoclmen, S275; five la
borers, Sl,SOo; appropriation for additional
expenditures, $1,000.
Pending further consideration, the CON-
mittee rose, reported progress, and asked
leave to sit again at 3 p. IN. tomorrow.
General Portirio Diaz and suite, having
been conducted to the capitol were formally
introduced to the house by Speaker Gibson.
Adjourned till $3.50 tomorrow.
CAPITAL CHRoYIcLIHGs.
Lieutenant-Governor Martin, who has
been quite i'll for several days, is improving.
The Seventeenth adjourned on April
FOOLS day, and the probability is the
Eighteenth will do the same.
The new secretary OF the board OF educa-
tion, Hon. B. M, Baker, has his hands full
attending to the duties OF his office without
assistance. He needs a clerk, and the leg
islature should, by all means, provide one.
Mr.. Baker makes an excellent officer, and
the educational interest will not suiler at
his hands.
The supreme and appellate courts con-
yene In this city on April lst, and have a
large amount OF business on the dockets.
Somehow the opinion obtains that rail
road legislation, at least that part of it ap-
pointing board of railroad commission
crs, will 20 over for the Nineteenth legisla.
ture TO wrestle with. Mr.. Terrell railroad
bill, published in full in the HERALD sew
eral days ago, will be the fortunate one il
any is passed, the majority Of the legisla-
tors preferring 1t to Chenoweth's.
Lung troubles continue to prevail in the
city and surrounding country.
FARMERS are busy preparing for crops,
some already planting corn. AS general
thing, small grain had TO be replanted.
The Texas Milling and Smelling COM
pany, OF Uainesville filed an amendment
tai stock.
The comptroller pMd into the treasury
$1,000 to the credit of the school fund, and
SD,0OO to the general revenue.
Inc tease OF the penitentlaries IL exciting
much comment. A test vote this evening
showed that q mai ority Of one in the senate
favor ratifying the lease as IL now stands.
General Dia. left this evening for Mexico.
Lieutenant.Go Governor Marin is very i'll,
but Is better this evening.
From expressions heard tonight the leg.
islature will not adjourn until April.
Waco.
WACO, March G.-[Special.l IA most hor-
rible double crime was committed last night
near Hubbard City, station on the Texas
& st. Louis railway, about thirty miles
east of this city, by Tom p. Varnell. son
OF a prominent stock man of Hill county.
A ball or dancing party was gwen at the
house ol u wealthy and respectable farmer
named Land, q new conner from Wisconsin,
to which Varnell had been invited. Yester
day morning Varnoll, with a young man
named George Walker, came down to Waco.
bought pistols and ammunition and returned
to attend the dance. About midnight Var.
nell induced ono Of Lands daughters, a
young woman about IL years Of age, to
take a short walk with him away from the
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