The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-25

w COMMITTEES, The bill was ilnCOnsiitnfl Onal
NJ Wurzbaoh, from Tie committee on 1T
~ llc lands and land Offices, reported fayofnt
y 70 The bill 10 Withdraw from sale all u
~ school, university aud asylum lands. wi
!, an nHiendment Ia withdraw 10 until nine
y days after the adjournment Of the legisl
: turo.
2 Garrison, from the committee on pen
: tentiaries, reported iayorably TO the col
= current resolution authorizing oh
speaker TO appoint subcommittee 10 Wis
the penitentiary, with an amendment nal
ing them visit the convict camp, where praC
tlcable.
Douglass, from the committee on count,
boundaries reported favorably TO the bill
creating the county Of Upton, accompanied
by minority report from Rogers.
Also, iav0rably to the bill prescribing th,
manner of ascertaining and establishing
county boundaries.
Acker, from judiciary No. |, reported ia.
vorably house bill No. 100, amending the
Civil Statutes. articles 32Ol, 1920 and 3225, so
as TO subject married women to the statute
OF limitation; and house bill No. 1874,
amending article 1904, Of the Civil Statutes,
so rs to enable married women to
sue alone for recovery of their separate
property. The committee recommended
that each of these bills be considered with
reference TO the other.
Favorably-House bill No. Ia, repeating
the law requiring railroad companies to
stop trains thirty minutes at the state line.
Favorably-House bill 3d. amending arti-
Gle 797, of the Penal Code, SO as 10 make
the penalty for disposing OF Inortgaged
| property upon which there is valid, legal
| lien, whether said lien be by contract or by
law.
Adversely-House bill No. 223, repeating
the law requiring privy examination and
nnlyf MI. a ont of tal
| women to instrument of conveyance.
Adversely-House bill No. l22, prescrib-
ing the punishment for violating contracts
| made by domestics.
Adversely-House bill No. 55, similar in
its provision to house bill No. 80, above re-
ported.
Judiciary No. ., Hill, chairman, reported
adversely house bill No. y, to amend the
law so as to punish hunting with gun or
dogs on Sunday.
. Also, house bill No 1O3, to amend article
1884 of the Civil Statutes. This law was
amended as per bill by the seventeenth legis-
lature, regular session. chapter 26.
Also, house bill No. 66, to amend article1 %
of Civil Statute, so as to require the vot of
county commissioners TO be recorded by
yeas and nays.
Favorably-hou'N bill No. 1862, to provide
for fcrieiting bail bonds taken by examin-
| ing courts, with minority report
Favorably-house bill No. So, TO amend ar
ticle669 of the Penal Code, so as to punish any
person willfully burning any woodland or
prairienot his own,at any season OF the year.
Favorably-House bill No. II to amend
article 1865 of the Civil Statutes, increasing
the allowance for feeding prisoners in jail.
Favorably-House bill No. 70, to allow
fee to county attorn' VS. in representing the
state in lunacy cases.
The committee on state affairs, Nash,
chairman, reported tavoraoly the bill to
provide for the payment of witnesses fees
in criminal cases.
Favorably-The bill to authorize county
to issue bonds for court house and Jail pur-
poses.
Favorably-Tne bill to amend the law in
regard to the mode and manner of paying
petit jurors.
Uniavorably-Bill No. IA, offered by
Labatt, in reference to verified answers in
by inserting the word mot" Passed.
House bill No. 81, offered by Wilson, re-
lating to the compensation of district attor-
neys in felony cases. providing that they
shall have SIS in felony cases where con-
victions follow, was put upon its third read
ing, and the yeas and nays were called tor,
resulting-ayes, &C mays, 30.
TAYLOR, from the committee on the re-
vision of rules, recommended a revision of
the rules, so as to allow the house to con-
tinue with any pending business if quo
rum was present; whereas, under
the former rules, every member was
required to be present. A considerable
discussion arose over the revision offered
by the committee, and the ayes and nays
were called for, resulting-ayes, 70; nays,
70.
Aminor revision of therules was adopted,
providing that each bill introduced should
be reported concisely and accurately in the
Journal of the house, with the caption oil
the bill.
A message from the senate having been
received, that that body had passed reso-
luton to go into the election oil Unltec
States senator at II M, the house passed q
resolution to proceed to the election of a
senator at that hour.
Promptly at y M, the speaker announced
that nominations were in order.
Chenoweth-"Mr. Speaker; 1t gives me
pleasure to place in nomination for re-elec'
ton to the United States senate the Hon.
Richard Coke. [Applause.l No man in
| the whole land stands nearer the hearts OF
the people of Texas. His record IS part
of the history of Texas disenthrallment.
Time raises on such rapid wings that we
are apt to forget some of those instances in
history that should forever be stamped in
perpetual memory upon the hearts OF the
people, and which should never be for
|
| lowering upon the heads of this
devoted people; when the storms were
breaking against the canvas OF the ship OF
state that had almost been wrecked upon
the rocks, by some piration the eyes OF
the whole state IT, Led toward Richard
Coke. Our warrant, were worthless and
our bonds went begging upon Wall street.
bat through The wisdom OF legislation in-
augurated during his administration, we
stand to-day peerless; the most peerless
sovereignty in the worlG. j would be so
proud Mr.. speaker, If we could say there
are no politics in the legislature OF
Texas. and each and all could
cast their vote for this man. Let us to-day
place green flowers upon the graves OF the
mast and let us ali vote for Richard Coke.
Wurzbach-"I merely rise for the pur-
pose of saying that west Texas joins hands
with east Texas in the nomination OF Hon.
Richard Coke
Cochran-"Six years ago / voted for
Richard Coke. To-day north Texas joins
hands with east and west Texas in seconding
his nomination, and | trust his vote may be
made unanimous, thus endorsing his ca
reer."
Dennis-"south Texas joins hands with
east, north and west Texas i'm soconding the
nomination" [Applause.I
G-ayes-"In behalf OF Grayson county,
which believe stands as he banner DEM
ocratic county Of the state, desire 10 say
! that there is no man who has stronger
hold upon the hearts Of my people than
the honorable gentleman who has Just
been put in nomination. In my county /
have been unable to hear the name OF any
one else spoken Of as United States sena-
/ tor"
Brown desire to speak for John
son county. Every man. woman ano child
in that county are Tor Richard Coke"
! tApplause.l -..
sEan-"My county are unanimous for
| Senator Coke"
TOvnsend-"In obedience 10 the d ctates
/ Of nv own heart and In obedience 70 the
dictates Of my conscience, shall vote for
Richard Coke"
| Cundif-'In the name Of the people Of
! A ..-.s.rf~- and n, the If Hon