The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-13
The House Still Laboring With the
Railway Bill-Another Substitute.
Indications are That Little Win be
Accomplished in This Line
Chenoweth and Labatt Bury The
Natchet-"Didn't Mean Nothiu."
GosSipy Notes From the Capitalize.
partmcnt Doings.
The Appropriation Bill-Wen Down
the Long List.
Many Other Specials From Every Point
Where News
or Any Moment Transpircd Yesterday.
Chenoweth and Labatt Bury The
Matchet-"Dldn't Mean Nothin."
or ANY Moment Transpircd Yesterday.
Eighteenth Legislature.


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AUSTIN, March l2,--[Special The regu.
lar order was the substitute railway bill, |
Wurzbach in the char.
Frank moved that the substitute be con. |
sidered section by section.
Upton raised the point of order that such |
course was prohibited by the rules.
The chair sustained the point of order on
the ground that there was an amendment
pending.
Stagner offered an amendment striking
out the word injured in section and
inserting thus unlawfully discriminating
against thereby making the sentence con.
form TO the rest of the bill.
Hill offered substitute to the substitute
and the amendment embracing the origi-
nal committee bill as amended by the
house, with the exception of placing the
roads under the inspection of a state ell
ginencer, and reducing the penalties
against roads for making Determinations,
The chair announced that under the
rules the vote would have to be first taken
on Stagner's amendment.
Stagner withdrew his amendment, and
the question recurring upon the substitute
hui said that every railroad man in this
city was anxious Tor the passage of Glib
sons substitute, because they know IL will
be equivalent to no legislation at all. One
man had expressed himselfa as follows. II
wish you would pass Gibson's substitute so
that may 90 home" Continuing, Hill
said that he offered this substitute as some
thing.that would have more in il than tink-
ling brass and sounding oymbal, and re-
peated the celebrated saying OF President
| tfnTilplI that unlpgQ Vya aput trnI
lists they would control us.
Caven moved to lay the substitute on the
table, The ayes and nays were demanded,
and the house refused to table--ayes, 40;
nays, AZ.
Frank said that members should Law
aside all personal interest and feeling in the
matter and should all cooperate in the sup.
port OF measure just aud equitable alike to
the people and the roads; that he was will
ing to remain here If necessary until
August in periecting the bill, and hoped
the members would not seek to cut OIL de.
bate by motions to table.
Acker said that he was not here to follow
the plume of any particular knight, but
here to advocate what he conceived the
hest interests of the people. ut has bsen
stated Mr. Speaker, and it has
been insinuated that the mover
OF the substitute adopted had not come ND
to the standard that had been accorded him
by the friends OF the commerce bill. While
] am not intimately acquainted with
Speaker Gibson, yet from my short associa.
tion with him here | know In offering this
substitute he desires to gain for himself no
laurels nor desires TO pluck from the brow
%bieS WeS Se SelseIsn S ISsTy Isaptg ~ soneE q
offered the substitute in spirit OF compro.
misc and tnr nna 1 cbal otand by ,.I ,,,,,
port it," Continuing Acker spoke strongly
in favor OF Gibson's substitute and against
the substitute offered by Hill.
Jones said that Gibson's substitute was
not only compromise, as had been insis-
ted by several gentlemen, but that Il was
an entire surrender Of the rights OF the peo.
pie, When railroad men and gentlemen
who had always been opposed TO railroad
legislation favored bill the conclusion
was inevitable that there was nothing in
II that would affect the rights OF railroads
and nothing looking TO their regulation.
Chenoweth-"l am satisfied that nothing
can be accomplished now IN regard to this
measure. therefore move to suspend fur.
ther consideration until next Monday and
that the house take up the general appro.
priation bill" Carried. The general ap-
preparation bill was taken up and pending
the reading of which the house adjourned
till ) p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
Woods presented petition from the citi-
zens OF Lavaca county protesting against
the hiring out OF convicts.
!. Robertson, OF Bastrop, Durant and 0dum
presented petitions from citizens OF their
respective counties asking for prohibition
The pending business was the general ap-
preparation bill
| Nm Ynntinp af ITn,np thn la,,o ,,,o.,. -. =
committee OF the whole to consider the
clause under the head of the general land
office.
Upton read letter from Commissioner
Walsh recommending that the following
offices and appropriations for tue same be
made For salary of correspond
ing clerk, $500; one book.
keeper, $500; one assistant book.
keeper, 81, 200; one additional clerk, 81, 600
the above to be used in case no land board
or bureau is created by the legislature.
Adopted.
Under the head Of miscellaneous. DAVIS.
of Camp, offered an amendment appro'
priating 500 for the purpose OF the state
resuming control OF her penitentaries. on
the contingency that she does not resume
Hill offered substitute appropriatinp
$4,000 Tor said purpose. Adopted,
Labatt offered an amendment providing
that one set OF the ten volumes o. the
Southern Historical society papers shall b,
sent to each Of the or
ganized companies, and the other.
10 the public Libraries In the state
Adopted.
Under the head Of general expense Of tn,
judicial department, salaries Of district at
torneys were raised from 81 900 TO 5000.
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