The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-08
THE DALLAS HERALD THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1889


~ sss~ysJ gsesatrs p-rsrr sag-aa-v~s's4ss,e
7 No. ~ which recommends tbs payment
NJ bonds Of doubtful validity. due ffe
schools and universities from the sno q
, public domain, after half Of the proceeds o
sale have Roo" TO fIoe schools. .
J Foster, ir tho committee on publ
printing, reported uDfayorably to the bill
providing that laws passed by tho legisla
lure shall be printed In one paper in Gael
judicial district.
Fayorably--rhe bill TO appropriate SO 00t
for deficiency in the amount Appropriated
for public printing for the year isS2 ant
1888
Woods, for the committee on privileges
and elections, reported that the confession
of Duff, of Brazoria, had never appeared
against defendant, ana that Dan be consid
cred the rightful owner OF the seat.
Mckinney called up the house joint reso
luton TO appoint subcommittee TO visit
the schools at Bryan and at Huntsville
which had been reported back by the sen
ate with the amendments, first, that the
committee consist on one from the senate
and two from the house; and, second, that
the expenses of the committee be paid out
of the contingent fund of the house. The
! house dlssented from the first amendment,
and adopted the second.
Frymiers resolution, that the house con-
vene at p. m. daily to consider adverse re-
ports from committees, was tabled, on mo-
! zion OF Upton.
swan moved to reconsider the vote by
which the minority report was adopted, for
the majority report OF house bill No. 70.
relating to the tax to be levied for bridge
purposes.
On motion of Lewis, ef Lamar, the mo-
ton to reconsider was tabled.
House bill No. 20, requiring no person to
work over five days per annum on public
roads, passed the house.
House bill No. %, authorizing the county
commissioners court to provide for the
payment of all claims audited as valid
claims due teachers, passed the house.
| Durant said that, although $l73 inter
ested, he was opposed to the bill.
House adjourned until 10 a. m. tO.mor-
row.
CAPITAL CHRoNICLINGs.
Mr.. Pfeulfers appropriation bill pro-
vides $4,000, annually, for militia encamp-
ments.
The Northwestern National Insurance
company, of Milwaukee; the Hanover Fie,
of New York, and Germania Fire, of New
York, were authorized to do business in
the state for one year.
The comptroller has approved the Tyler
water-works bonds, the city having pro-
vided for their payment.
The First German church, OF Houston,
filed charter to-day.
Legislation has affected land certificates
Confederates are quoted at $50; veterans,
/, go acres at $780, alternates, no sale at
any price.
stubborn facts and plain truth going out
among the people that they may know
what is going ON down here, and to this
end he has prepared bill to throw open
wide the doors during executive sessions OF
the senate. He desires that nothing be en-
acted behind the scenes. By'the.way, SEN
ator Gibbs can be aggressive when occasion
requires, as the senator from Travis discoy-
cred on yesterday, during war OF words
over making an appropriation for the sup
port of the supreme court at Galveston.
The specials from here to the HERALD are
having their effect, and Legislators who have
had inflated ideas about the, cash bal
ance ate going little slow,
and when providing bills for
necessary improvements are keeping within
bounds. Readers of the HERALD noticed
Wednesday morning that the committee on
asylums reported back a bill appropriating
half million dollars to erect branch lun-
attic asylum with a substitute providing
for an appropriation of only quarter OF a
million. But in this case the propriety OF
the reduction is extremely doubtful. The
state should by all means erect a building,
not to cost less than half a million dollars,
and this will barely suffice for the insane
population at this time, with quarter of a
million addition to the present building at
Austin. The above improvements should
be made, even if bonds have to issue to
have thGm completed. But then
it would sound funny for the state to talk
about issuing bonds when her financial
manager have been prancing around with
all colors hoisted, paying 40 cents premium
for them, As bonds, we are informed, are
l. T,,. tfh &C I'm m
it not be splendid financial scheme to
issue million dollars worth and sell at
once, and use the money to erect decent
public buildings that will suffice for half
century. A halfa- million dollar insane asy-
lum a quaTter-oi-a.mllion-1 dollar addition
to the present one additions to the blind
asylum, TO cost $4,000, and same to deal
and dumb asylum, would leave million
to be expended on a new peuitentiary. And
all of these improvements of the magnitude
suggested will be needed before the end of
a decade; and If bonds running twenty
years bearing per cent. to the amount
suggested, can be sold at the premium
mentioned, now is the time for having the
improvements under headway and pushed
TO completion. The 100000 premium will
offset half OF the principal of the bonds, and
the state, for the use Of o million and half
of dollars will really pay interest
on only half million. com
mend this to the earnest attention
of my friend Rutabaga johnson, of the
state of Collin.
1t will be observed that in the matter of
enacting few laws to punish peace officers
who neglect to enforce the laws, Governor
Ireland makes the same suggestions in his
message your correspondent did few days
ago. This is one of those remarkable coin
cidents that sometimes occur in the lives OF
truly great Iusn that fash athwarC the
political heavens, dazzling the nations UNI
der the earth. This coincident is the more
remarkable from the fact that Governor
ireland in writing his message, never con-
suited your correspondent.