Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-24
Between Fakes & Go. and L. N. Brunswig.
AUSTIN.
Continued FROM rrst Page.

Mr.. Jones offered an amendment To
prevent the charging Of one person
more than another for the same ger
vice which was adopted by ayes 49,
nays ~.
The question then required on
ihe engrossment of the bill on which
Mr.. Foster Of Limestone moved call
~ the house. The call was seconded
aud the hOuge was not full.
Pending tho call the bill amending
the law setting aside three hundred
leagues of land for unorganized coun-
ties was taken up and passed.
The abaentees were excused aud the
bill was then on engrossmcnt upon
which Mr.. Gibson took the floor and
replied to Mr.. Chenoweth's remarks
this morning, relative TO his
(Gib.on'sj ambition to be lieu
tenant governor. He disdaiued
any ambition in that direction and
said this would be his last term In the
legislative halls; that he had heard
Mr.. Chenoweth had ambition. He
lGibson) hoped for the full frution OF
those hopes His speech was graceful
and under the circumstaneesand prov
oeatIon, remarkably even tempered.
The substitute was then ordered en-
crossed by ayes 70, nays rs. After
which the house adjourned.
Notes.
The discussion In the senate this
evening ON Mr.. Gibbs surveyors bill,
brought out n certain petition and tel
egrnm sent the commissioners Of the
land office last August, calling his at
iention 60 alleged land frauds In
Wheeler county, This stirred up the
feelings of some and produced u de-
bate and display OF temper anything
hut creditnhie 10 the senate.
Quite an excited scene occurred in
Che corridor OF the house this morning,
consequent upon u threatening per-
aouM rencontre between General
Ifomeley, one OF the penitentinry
Iessees and Mr.. !. Il, Thompson,
Austin correspondent OF the Galveston
Neps, because of n paragraph IN yes
teriay's issue of that paper
telegraphed from Austin aud
which was construed to reflect
personally upon Hofheloy. The para.
graph alluded TO, iniinatcd rather
strongly That the firm OF Morrow,
Hnmely Il Go. Is, or was in some man
ner connected with the Polk defalca.
ton In Tennessee. Very hard words
were used by Homeley who denounced
the paragraph rs nlalieously false
Colonel Belo of the Ne,es being pres,
emit, he with other friends o
all concerned repaired To q
private room where tn,
matter was satisfactorily adjusted
the Notcs nl.n, II Is said promising
the nmende honorable. The oblec
iionahle paragraph wns the outcome o
mn Irresponsible rumor which the GA
zls1rE rejected rs long ago as last Mon
day because of its questionable charac
tor and lack OF authenticity. 1t IL moi
podtively known how the rcpor
reached Austin, but It IA uninnded Ia
all particulars ms was demonstrated
10 the GAZETTE reporter by an eX
animation OF the proceedings %
the Polk investigating committee
sitting at Nashville, published In Tia,
papers of the latter city
With the amendment of Mesn>
Nash and Jones fastened On 10 Il til,
substitute bill Is almost as strong ~
the Chenoweth IN its amended stnte
For this reason the railroad men ar,
not already IS happy as they might hc
Assam Indication Of the perfect una
niinity Of the Texas legislA
sure, II may be stated tina
during consideration Of the land bill
IN the house, only cighty-eight amend
ments OF one Kind or anuther wer
offered 60 That measure,
The house got tied up I'm
der previous question an'
cali this afternoon
and could not adjourn TIL about dark
a change was made to-day In tn,
Daily Std;csmoh, hy which w, L
Gaines becomes tho solo proprietor
Colonel Cardwel will remahn viii
the paper,