The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15
NO. 32.

was nothlng TO prevent railroad com
panles, like individuals, from formu
lating themselves into a single cor.
poration. You want competition be.
tween two lines in the same city. vel
you propose to operate them by the
cold letter of the law, and say what
their rates shall be along their entire
route.
after reviewing the testimony of
w. b. Walker, page A of the printed
testimony, Mr.. CraNens concluded bv
saying, "lf this bill passes, | think il
is to the interest of the state that the
proviso be retained"
MIR. Foster of Limestone, as "a sar-
casln, replied to Mr.. Cravens that he
was sorry that gentleman didn't
know that it was matter of five dol
lars line In his county to quote from
the Mexia Ledger. The paper was
well known opponent of his in the
anVass, yet despite its opposition he
had been twice elected to the legisla-
ture, the first time by five hundred
and the last time by nineteen hun
dred majority. If he went before
them again he was confident he would
be elected by over twenty-five hun
dred majority on the same issues. But
he did not expect to be a candidate
! again for anything, and was free. As
TO his position on the committee they
would bear him out that he had no
plan of his own to specially advocate,
but as he said in his speech, he was
willing to eliminate every feature of
the bill not inconsistent with the bill
itself.
Mr.. Robinson, of Jack, agreed with
Mr.. Cravens as to the little light af-
fOrded by the printed testimony be-
fore the committee. If we consulted
the interests of Texas, and the COM
mercial and manufacturing interest
of her great cities, especially, 1--we
should aim to protect our own mer-
chants rather than others outside of
us. The question with him was not
altogether what his interests but
those of the whole state demanded,
and he was not willing to take hold
of legislation without some reluctance
where the testimony was so unsatis-
factory, and the friends of the bill
were so vascillating as TO accept
almost anv amendment in order to
get a railroad bill through the legisla-
ture. He regretted such intimations
as that because members are for rail-
roads they are opposed to the interest
of the people. He thought the
statutes on the books, with little
more machinery to enforce operation,
sufficient.
1t is said we must control them,
but give them more flexible powers.
1t was undemocratic, he contended, to
rob the people of their control in such
matters, and act upon the opinion of
one of the Missouri commissioners,
who happens to be a salaried officer,
and says the commission works well
in Missouri, only they want more
latitude. He would regret to vote
against any measure that is for the
benefit of the state, but he was
pledged to support the constitution
and what the interests of his section
demanded. He said this in explana-
tion of his position.
Mr.. Taylor spoke further on the
subject of the constitutionality of the
question involved, reading more fully
from the Illinois decision referred TO
by him in his argument the day be-
fore.
Mr.. Armistead offered the follow
ing:
"Resolved, That in the death of
Alexander Hamilton Stephens, late
governor of Georgia, this country has
lost great statesman, patriot and
philosopher"
On motion of Mr.. Kendall the reso-
luton was adopted unanimously by a
standing vote of the house.
ny IF
house adjourned till p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house went into committee of
the whole (Mr. Nash in the chair) to
further consider
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL
Additional appropriations were
made as follows:
FOR A. AND NJ. COLLEGE.
For improved stock. ..........S 1000
Additional barns. ~
Pig mems %
Fencing college tract, 24OO acres $500
Seeds plants and trees for two
years, at $3.50 b0................... OUO
Engine house and cook rooms for
feed of stock. ck................... oOO
Pump and repairs. s................ l0O
Sugar cane mills and evaporators. IVY
Mules, horses, wagon and tools. 0OO
Feed cutting machines ......... 81
Steam fittings and tank for COOK
Ing Tor STOCK. ............. ~
| Water .ank for same ........... ~
| Foreman for farm for years. 6OO
| StOckman for 2 years. ............ Nv
Five laborers. ...........; ;...:... looO
Building for shops and chemical oo
laDO1atOry -...'.'.' WV"
Additional machiL cry, mechanl-' -
cal equipments and toOls...... l0OO
For equipplng laboratory .... lOO0
Compasses, translts, cnalns' etc. wv
Necessary repairs, including new 100
kitchen and store rooms. 5OOO
Hospital and furnishing same, 2OOO
~ 1ss5 S24, ,125
TO be appropriated out OF the university
fund.
PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL
1884 1S84-5
For support for years
inclusive of amount
appropriated by act OF
1879 for the prepara-
ton and training OF
co ored teachers. $50. S7,0OO S,oOO
For building school ~
| room. m.................' oW
For recovering dorml-
tory main department. 0OO
Recitation and recep-
tion rooms (4OX29). -. 1000
Library. apparatus, etc. 300
| Lam s, stoves, etc.. oOO
Wagon, two horses and
harness ess............... oUO
Enlarging and furnish
ing laundry .......... oOO
Furniture for new
mouse. @V
Fencing pasture and
To be paid out Of the general revenue
QUARANTINE.
For pay of health officer
and miscellaneous
purposes, and 10 meet
contingencies that can
not be classified. -. $4,000 SS5,OV
Building and equipment
OF quarantine sta
tions. .......... lO,UU lV,VV
Purchase of steam tug
for the harbor Of Gal
weston ................ lO.VVV
PENITENTIARY.
For eonvevfnp prisO-