The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-11
NEWS By SPECIALS.
The Legislature Adopts GibSOn'S Sub
Stitate FOR The Railroad Commission.
Mr.. Chenoweth Makes Il Florid Speech.
and as Usual. Quotes Poetry.
The Same Gentleman Tells Mr.. Labatt
He Has "Seen Somebody"
The Sheriff of Texarkana Is Acquitted
for killing Il Man In Court.
An Old Man at Texarkaua Is Charged
With Fearful Crime.
Corslcma is Happy in Number of
Distinguished Arrivals.
Other Interesting Matter by Speci ais
Eighteenth Legislature.
noUsE-MoRNGNU SESSION.


noUsE-MoRNINO SESSION.
AUSTIN, March l0.--[special, THE bill
creating the county of Upton was taken
up, and after being preiaced by the Chris.
tian name john, passed to engrossment.
The bill transferring cases from the Aus.
tin dockets to the Galveston dockets OF the
higher courts passed the house.
The bill detachine a portion of Milan
county and attaching the same to Lee
county, passed to engrossment.
Parsons moved to postpone the pendi, 4
business in order to take up the house bin
chaneing the corners and fixing the bounda.
ries of Rockwall county.
Tlson said; "My friend, Mr.. Rushing. of
kaufman county, has gone home
and his county is directly interested in the
bill, as ii effects IL materially, and hope
the house will not take 1t up until he re-.
turns"
The motion prevailed anl the bill passed
to engrossment.
On motion of Moore, the bill giving the
commissioners court the power TO apnoiut
and remove public weighers was taken up
and made special order for Tuesday night
at 1880.
The Sunday law bill, with the senate
amendments providing that business houses
shall be closed only between Q a. m. and 4
p. M, and permitting the sale of newspa
pers at any hour during the day, was taken
up, and the house refused to concur in the
senate amendments.
Townsend moved to reconsider the vote
by which the house refused to concur.
Ayres moved to lay that motion on the
table.
The aves and nays were demanded
II; nays, %.
Tilson offered a resolution that all com
mittee clerks be discharged from service
from and after this date
Upton offered substitute permitting the
speaker to discharge clerks at any time he
may think prudent.
White moved to lay the resolution and
the substitute on the table.
Nash called for division of the question.
The question being upon the tabling OF
the substitute the vote stood,-ayes, Al,
nays, 3S.
fhe question recurring on the tabling of
the original resolution, the vote stood-ayes.
-, nays 81.
The house refused to table.
Chenoweth offered m amendment TO the
resolution dischargng all clerks EXCEPT two
to be designated by the chiet clerk.
Taylor offered an amendment to the
amendment striking out chief clerk and
inserting speaker, Adopted
The resolution, rs amended, was adopted.
The regular order was the railroad com.
mission bill, and the question was on the
adoption OF CbenoWeth's amendment ~
quiring the commissioners to make a com.
plete freight classification ana schedule of
rates, and u copy OF which TO be Transmitted
to the members-elect of the Nineteenth
legislature thirty days before Couyening.
The amendment was adopted.
The question recurring upon Gibson's
substitute to the bill and amendment which
is a bill TO be entitled AN act to further
provide for the regulation OF railroads and
lines in the state of Texas
and to provide tor the creation OF the Office
OF and the appointment OF state engineer
and his secretary and their salaries
and dnues, and 10 prevent unjust
Determinations aud extortions in
the rates charged for transportation of
freight and passengers in this state, and TO
prescribe node of procedure in relation
theretO,' Upton moved u call of the house
Absent, Abbott, Wurzbach and Wyatt.
On motion Of Frank, the absentees we're
excused.
Hill opposed the substitute, and held
that the Chenoweth bill should
be adopted by the house as
much time had been consumed
in perfectng it, and he considered il, as
proved by the house, preferable to the sub,
stitute.
Durant thought that ag so much labor
had been spent over the origina, bill the
substitute should not at this stage OF the
game support il.
Ayres said there was time when he was
disposed to oilega substitute, but mis- ideas
had almost beN realized in the bill, and
thought there were some changes still that
We're desirable, the question could only he
settled on a basis of Justice to all, ,
to be determined after ,ho fullest
information that could be obtained
Section 10 OF the substitute, no argued
would impose duties on the attorney general
impossible for him TO perform with the
other duties OF his office, No man on tie
noor would 20 further in melting out Ius
tce to the railroads than he would unless
II was some one acting solely in their own
interest, lie impugned no mans motives,
yet he thought the substitute was admirs.
bly, devised to defeat all legislation on this
subject.
Gibson--"I want to discl,lm any inten.
ton to defeat legislation ON this subject
MY OBJECT in Offering this suDsi.
tute was TO effect some legislation.
| saw that the bill would be defeated aud |
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