The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-29

sgbslliuie vith The following result Ayes
i0l nays, w.
UPTON moved the Previous question
nays, 49,
Nash offered ~ amendment to ssoilof
~ dibson's substitute, providing that
7harges for freight Of the same description
thall be uniform, and requiring rallroad'
o furnish their agents with printed sohod
ule Of charges, who shall keep the same
posted up In n conspicuous place, aud on
failure "a do so inilicts penalty Of 1900,
and said railroads shall not be permitted Ia
la nge their rates unless thirty days notice
has been given ofsuch change
Mckinney offered AN amendment TO the
amendment striking out thirty days and
inserting i've in It's stead. Accepted by
| Nash.
Crnvcns offered an amendment reducing
amendment was adopted.
Stagner offered an amendment to strike
out section Z.
Frank offered an amendment to prevent
discrimination with view TO meet the OBJ
JectioDs urged against the alleged repeal OF
existing statutes by the Gibson substitute,
and virtually fixing maximum rates.
Cravens moved TO strike Gus all pertain
ing to the liking Of maximum rates.
Upton made point of order that Franks
amendment was out of order, because II
fixes maximum rates. and is not provided
for In the caption of the bill.
The point was sustained, and the amend
ment, with Craven's amendment, was ruled
out.
The question then required on Stagner's
motion to strike out, and it was lost-ayes,
80; nays, 4S.
Jones offered an amendment prohibiting
any railroad from charging any person
more for transportation in freight OF the
same class in equal or less quantities for
the same or less distance than 1t charges
another for the same or greater distance.
Adopted.
The previous question was ordered, and
the question being upon the engrossment
of the bill, a call of the house was ordered.
Absent and excused-ElJiott.
Pending the CALL Ayres introduced q
joint resolution revoking the lease OF the
penitentiaries OF the state.
On motion of Browning the senate bill to
validate surveys heretofore made for school
lands of unorganized counties was taken up
and passed.
On motion, the absentees were excused,
and the question recurring on the en- .ross-
ment Of the bill, Gibson arose and said that
he wished to reply to the allusion made by
The gentleman from Fannin (Chenoweth),
this morning, in effect that he,
GlDs0n, was seeking pOlLlCal
honors. He said expect to retire to private
life as soon asm my labors here end. In the
shades of some rural district, accompanied
by some fair damsel, there to spend the re-
mainder of my days in peace and quiet.
There has been no busy bee buzzing round
my ears, but with all pleasantly will
say that have heard of other bees which
buzz, and then buzz about the ears OF an
other individual, and methinks l hear them
soliloquize BUSY bee, pray ear TO ear you
fly singing sweet songs all the day Of the
bright and shining way, the way In which
had hoped to tread before my railroad
dill was dead" TApplause.l
The bill passed to ngrossment-ayes, 70;
nays, 16.
Voting in the negative were Ayres,
Brown, Camp, Douglas, Durant, Ethridge,
Garrison, Hurst, Lindsay, McGarrity,
Moursund, Phelps, Robinson (of Bastrop),
Sharp, Steel and Woods.
Nash withdrew his motion 10 reconsider
the vote by which the bill extending the
corporate limits of the city OF Dallas passed
the house.
RosenthRl had q motion spread on the
journals to reconsider the vote by which the
bill, making it misdemesnor to run hogs
with dogs, passed TO engrossmeut
The house then adjourned till to-mor-
row.