The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-01
rom that made BY the Seventeenth leri,.


The committee having under con,idera.
Sloo Tue clause making an appropriation
'or The comptruglei's , Office, and nen,iinr
an amendment striking out ths
appropriation nade for additionsl
clerical help, arose 10 report progress and
asked leave 10 sit again.
Tue special order being house Joint reso-
luton providing for the submission of the
question OF prohibition 10 the people. Pat.
tlson moved to postpone the special order
untli next Tuesday at II a. m.-aves. 81.
noes, As. o.
Garrison moved call of the house
AFTER the ctll, Duff was found to be
to bring him in.
Un mouol, the absentee was excused.
Hazlewood moved that the resolution be
postponed until next Friday at GA. m, and
| stated mat II the vote was taken now sev.
erai absent members would be counted
against the measure. '@'
| Upton offered an amendment, substitut.
ing the 2lst of April for the special order
| Hazleweod ana Upon withdrew motions
70 postpone, the previous question was or
ueIeH, anu the JOINT resolution put upon its
thr9 reading and final passage. The vote
thirds not being received.
Minority Vote-Abbott, Armisted Rerrv
Benavides, Cravens, Dennis, Douglass, Duif
hiliott, Finch, Foster of Grayson. Graves
darkness, Ha2lewood, Hearne, Johnson
Labatt, Latham, Mathews, Merriwether
Moore OF Washington, Moursunl pendie.
ton Phelps, Rosenthal, Stagner, Thomp.
son son OF Austin, Townsend, Upton, Wood,
Wurzbach and Wyatt.
bers, excused.
The hnusa want ;n.o ......--.l 4. =,
whole on the appropriation bill. and the
question being upon Douglas amendments :
striking out the appropriation of SIC, 500 for
audi iohal clerk hire, it was lost, and the
clause adopted as 1t came from the commits
Tee. Inc aggregate OF the amended appro-
prlation to the comptroller's office is s(,n
2V, or an increase of $l3,750 over the an.
preparation made by the Seventeenth
legislature.
The committee having under considera.
uon the appropriation tor the general land
ONCE, White offered an amendment. in.
Adopted. ~''''o
Robertson offered an amendment increas
ing the salary Of the fourteen assistant
clerks from Sl2,GOO TO $4,000.
Armistead offered an amendment 10 the
amendment, which was accepted, 'ncreas.
ing the amount to $4,000. Adopted.
utaVes oliered an amendment allowing
the twelve draft smen ST. 500 each, Adopted
The appropriation made for the genera
land Office is about 100000.
: The committee having under consid
eratlon the appropriation for the de
, partment OF insurance. Upton moved
70 strike out the salary of one insurance
statistical clerks, and insert, "for one chic
CLERK y ,oW per year, and Tor one assistant
$1,000" Adopted.
McDaniels offered an amendment strikip,
out $1,000 appropriated for labor upon pub
lie grounds and taking care of the stat,
cemetery, and insert $500.
Hlll offered substitute, making the sal
/ ary 5000. Adopted.
Inc clause, as amended, was adopted,
: Nash offered an amendment to the entir,
clause, apnropriating $400 for the transpor
satloh 10 washington OF stone from
! lexas quarry for the monument tn h,
erected in honor Of General Washington
Adopted. ''A'
HUI offered an amendment to the clans,
: approprlating $4,000 for the disseminatin,
" statistical Information in other states an,
: foreign countries in regard TO the climate
etc, of Texas. Adopted.
Inc aggregate amount Appropriated I,
r the department of insurance is Slt3OO,
The committee then arose, reported pro
gress, and asked leave TO meet again at IL
u. m. tomorrow
Substitute for house joint resolution
ana AZ, 10 amend section IL of article 10 o
s the constitution, was ordered engrossed 1
, provides that railroads that have heretofor,
been constructed o, that may hereafter b,
constructed, III this state, are hereby de
, clared public highways, railroac
coinPanles COMMON G. IS. The
legislature shall pass laws /,
correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimi
natlon and exiortion In the rates of freight,
and passenger tariffs, and shall have powel
TO create board of raiIroad commissioner,
ior the state, delegating to them the powel
= TO establish the maximum rates of charge,
oil freight and passengers.
opton's motion to have night session,
was called up and referred to the committe,
, on rules.
Fosters resolution that 100 comics of nj
bills reported iavorably be printed for In,
use OF members was adopted, after beinl
amended oy Parsons so as not to incud,
Oils which nave been heretofore printed,
Inc committee to whom was referred th,
concurrent resolution providing for tn,
adjournment of the legislature on the Dis
day oil March, recommended the passage o
the resolution.
Dougias OHered an amendment strikin,
out the list OF March and inserting the gti
IN Its stead, and said he thought 1t woult
oe peter to adjourn when we were getting
iuil rations than on half-lare.
mckinney contended that the work be
lore the house should be finished prior Il
adjournment "
Labatt-"l will ask the gentleman if th,
people OF Texas have not expressed by thei
vote heretofore that they do not want us tt
hold longer than sixty"
Mchinney-"The ways of the people
sometimes are past finding out, but that
does not prevent us from doing what we
conceive to be our duty"
p, Douglass-"My people want to see me
ihey are becoming more and more anxiou.
70 look AT me once more. don't care any
thing about the So per day, nor the $5 per
uay. Just want want to get back among
my people,"
The previous question was ordered and
douglass amendment was lost-ay 2S
nays, 56.
The question recurring upon the resolu
tion 10 adjourn on the Dist of March, The
vote stood-ayes, 20; nays, GA.
douglass called up the motion TO recon
sider the vote by which the previous bill
passed the house.
table. '"'
A call Of the house was ordered, and
several of the members were found to be
absent. "
Douglass moved to excuse the absentees
-yes, 5S; nays, 29-the requisite two.
thirds not being recorded.
Wnrzbach called up the bill making It q