The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-24
NEWS By SPECIALS.
Austin: Speaker Gibson Makes an Elab.
crate Speech, aud Quotes Poetry.
BastrOp: The Gun Club Is Practising
up for the State Tournament.
Long,icw: The Secretary Of the Press
Association Extends n Cordial
Invitation TO all Journalists TO Join the
Association, Giving the Terms.
Marshall: Farmers are Having Fine
Weather and Expect Good Crops.
Fort Worth: IN englishman Attempts
to Suicide by Taking Morphine.
Other state News by Special Telcgrams.
Invitation TO all Journalists TO Join the
Association, Giving the Terms,
Marshall: Farmers are Having Fine
Weather and Expect Good Crops.
Fort Worth: IN Englishman Attempt,
to Suicide by Taking Morphine.
Other state News by Special Telcgrams.
Eighteenth Legislature.

SENATE.
AUSTIN, March 23.-[Special. MIR. Mat
lock, from the committee on pnblic lands
reported favorably to sell alternate sections
OF school lands; layorably providing for
an adjustment and settlement of outstand-
ing land claims; iavorably to permit the To-
cation Of school land certificates in the res
eryations created by the act of 1876.
MIR. Stratton, from the committee on
claims, reported untavorably to pay the
claims of the heirs of Eli Kirk.
MIR. hleberg introduced u bill to regulate
the acknowledgement Of deeds; also to pre-
vent fraudulent divorces.
MIR. Matlock introduced a resolution re-
questing the finance committee to report
back the house appropriation bill.
Adopted.
The bill authorizing cities and town to
accept OF donations and bequests passed.
On motion to reconsider the vote passing
to engrossment yesterday the bill proyid
ing Tor the leasing OF school lands belong
ing to unorgani2ed counties was called up.
An hour debate followed, at the CON
cluslon OF which the senate refused to re
consider, and the bill was passed
The house bill defining the boundaries OF
the city of Gonzales, was passed.
The bill to require all county taxes TO be
paid in money, passed.
The bill providing for the disposition of all
minerals in the public lands, was taken up.
MIR. Terrell moved to amend by providing
that the mines shall be worked and proyid
ing for forfeiture.
MIR. Gibbs moved to amend the amend
ments providing that the work done must
be worth $500, and providing i.r forfeiture
without judicial proceedings.
ms was accepted by Mr., Terrell, and
the amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Houston moved to amend, providing
that the discoverer shall mark the mine,
Adopted.
Mr.. Martin moved to amend by fixing
the areas of claims at 800 by Is feet.
Adopted, and the bill was passed.
Mr.. Gibbs, from the committee on con.
sttutlonal amendments, reported adversely
the bill to create railroad commission.
| The senate then adjourned till SPIN
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The special order was to give each unor.
| ganl2ed county survey, was laid before
the senate; the pending question being the
ADOPTION OF the adverse report of the com.
mittee.
MIR. Gibbs, in a lengthy speech, supported
the bill and urged the senate to adopt the
committee report, and presented lengthy
| petition from the county Judge and certain
citizens of Wheeler county, showing that
under the district urseyor system frauds
had been committed, and that the surveyor
OF Wheeler county had been implicated
and insisted that the law providing that
each county should have q surveyor, be
passed
Mr.. Matlock said the bill was frivolous
| nnE wOnIu hn up rim al N ba "A, 60 q
| TO the charge of collusion between the two
county surveyors OF Wheeler county and
certain land men, he said it was absolutely
false, and stated that the county Judge whC
| signed the petition presented by the senator
irom Dallas, had in his own name and In
that of his wife and mother-in-aw filed upon
the lands he charged that the surveyor was
| about to fraudulently permit files tc
be placed on. He earnestly contended that
the report should be adopted.
A rambling debate continued about an
hour, IN which many personalities were in.
| dulged in.
Mr. Jones moved the previous question
which was seconded, and the main question
was ordered read, and the committee re-
| port was adopted.
The senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mcbride the substitute bill
| by the committee amending article 1910 OF
the statutes was taken up, and passed to
| engrossment.
II provides that the acceptance of service
and waiver OF process provided for in article
l2lO, and the entry of appearance in open
court as provided for in article 1911, shall
not be authorized by the contract sued, nor
shall such acceptance or waiver of service
| be made until after suit is brought, nor
| shall II npnrntp IN nnrp,tt thn tria al Of IA,
cause at the term at which ii
is brought, unless such suit
shall have been filed at least five days be-
fore the beginning of the term of court, ex-
elusive OF the day OF service and return, nor
| shall the power to confess Judgment be
given, nor shall such power be operative
until after service or waiver OF service as
herein provided and after appearance
| entered.
The final passage of this amendment to
the statutes will destroy the efficacy OF
what is known IN commercial circles as the
Iron clad note"
The special order was the railway substi.
tute bill and the question upon the adop-
ton OF Hills substitute for the Gibson sub
| stitute.
Gibson said: 81 desire TO say in justiiica.
ton OF my intentions that | offered this
| substitute in good faith, and desire to say
| to the members Of the house that really the
substitute itself does not embrace and does
not go as far in the direction of railroad leg
islation as ] myself would wish.
IL offered II believing tho measure which
did go further than this could
not be passed by this house. In
preparing this substitute 1t was
my object TO 80 frame IL rs to receive the
support OF the majority OF the members of
this house Some time has elapsed since
the vote on the substitute was taken, and
we all know that considerable feeling was
maniiestedby members on both sides Of the
question.
Members have had 'inr ,o '''rl, rrd :,
study over this mu' p .
there was any giva, uU..... 90 ,.. ..,t...-
bers of this house who entertained the idea
that that substitute was injected at the time
II was for the purpose of defeating not only
the bill before the house but also all legisla.
ton upon this subject at
they have had an opportunity since to In.
vestigote TOR themselves, and | am happy to
believe, Mr.. Speaker, that large majority
OF this house will accept the statement |
made when that substitute was originally
tlered, that II was offered In good faith.
No man was consu ted In the matter OF this
substitute, neither the enemies nor the
friends OF uhenoweth's bill, and, since its
adoption, | have not consulted siDrle
member for the purpose OF influencing him
upon this question:
Continuing, Speaker Gibson said that
when he accepted the position OF speaker
he did not take IL thinking that he would
be required TO lose his identity, and that he
thought II his duty to represent his people
when the necessities of the case demanded
1t, and that he would always be found ia.
voring railroad legislation. He hoped IN,
house would take 1t, "amend IL" to suit
themselves, and engraft upon IL their ideas,
Cbenoweth said: My mind Is too