The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-04-19
THE DALLAe WGEKLY nEnALD TnUnsDAY, ApnIL IM ,09.

eotofa came 90. Afiefa rood deal ~ .
buaieung aud several fOlitallei the D
passed.
4 The concurrent resolution for adlOnn
: ment 10. morrow NJ ~ O'Clock Game ~ m
n n motion was made ~ postpone consider
I lion until tomorrow nj halfpnstO
a motion was made TO lay this MOTION o
ihe table, which fesultod-aJes Us nay
| 80.
: The motion to postpone was then carrie
f, by, ayes. 70; nays, 81.
! Frymier moved 10 reconsider the passag
. OF the lunatlc asylum bill In order 10 one
; an amendment curing constitutions
$ objection.
The amendment making the term
J office of the superintendent two years wa
adopted and the bill again passed.
Senate bill providing for the disposition
of minerals OH the public school lands o
! the state, was taken up and passed under
suspension OF the rules.
Moore, OF McLennan, moved to recon
J slider the passage of the bill fixing the fee
of tax collectors, and that his motion D'
spread upon the journals.
Cochran made the point of order thai
under the rules the motion 20 reconsider
must be acted upon when made within the
last six days OF the session. The point was
Moore appealed from the decision OF the
chair. The latter motion was subsequently
Withdrawn.
The bill authorizing the refunding Of
monies paid on land where errors were
made in surveying, etc., passed:
A motion by Robertson, OF Williamson
to suspend the rules to take up the Dill al
lowing veterans to locate certificates IN
Green county, failed.
Adjourned until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Moore, of McLennan, moved to reconsider
the passage OF the tax collectors Dill, and
had that motion spread upon the Journals.
The deficiency bill came back from the
senate with various amendments which, in
the aggregate, adds about $40 600 tothe blu.
The house refused to concur in the senate
amendments, and conference committee
was ordered.
The house concurred in the amendments
/ to the house penitentiary bill.
The joint resolution requiring the gov
/ ernor TO call general election on the sec
ond Tuesday in August, 1883, for the pur-
pose of voting ON proposed amendments
! to the constitution, was taken up ana
passed under q suspension OF the rules.
The senate concurrent resolution for the
| appointment of committee OF three mem
/ hers of each house to prepare an address
| to the people explaining the resolutions
submitted for vote in August next, was
adopted. -,
Graves called up the senate bill for crea-.
| ton of the new county of Reeves out OF
certain portions of Pecos county, and 1t was
passed.
The following report was offered and
adopted:
To Hon, c. R. Gibson, Speaker of the House of
Representatives: g,
SIR Your special committee appointed
under the resolution of the house OF repre-
sentatiyes, adopted March 3lst, 1888, requir-
ing an Investigation of sundry charges
against certain members of said house, have
discharged that duty. Your committee are
| of the opinion the evidence eVinced before
them in said investigation does not estao-
| lish any dishonorable conduct against any
member of this house and, further,
that it does not justify the infer
ence or even suspicion that any
of the members thereof voted on the ques-
tions pertaining to the penitentiary leases,
which have been recently considered IN
said house, otherwise than upon his honest
convictions in respect to such quesuons;
| Ill of which is respectfully submitted,
A. T. MCKINNEY,
JOHN A. MCALPIN,
r. Il. STEELE,
w. f. SHARP,
]. d. PARSONS,
Committee.
Chenoweth said it had been published
broadcast over the country that he had ap-
proached certain member OF the house LII
The interest of the lease, and he desired that
member (Foster, of Limestone) TO state to
: the house the truth or falsity Of such re-
port. H., .o,d
him early in the session that he Cunning,
ham) had large private interests invested
in the lease. and asked him to consider the
facts of the lease and if he could consist
r emily do so vote for it; that Colonel Cheno-
weth had asked him how he (Foster) stood
on the lease, but only in The way members
were in the habit of asking each other
questions upon different subjects ,,,,
Foster also said the evidence as published
had been seriously garbled as applied to all
witnesses before the committee, which be
thought very unfair.
Chenoweth called up the senate bill pro-
viding for q reformatory for youthful con
vets, and the house went into committee
of the whole.
= Wurzbach offered an amendment chang
ing the words mot less than 5000 acres" to
read mot more than 5000 acres" Adopted
Armistead offered an amendment pro
yiding that all females sentenced Tor less
than five years be admitted. Adopted.
The bill then passed to a third reading.
The asylum bill, vetoed by the governor
was returned to the house, and after belnl
amended to cure the constitutional deiec'
was again passed.
| Adjourned until 7:30 p. m.
NIGHT SESSION.
/, Crsmer introduced resolution prescrib
ling the duties for the chief clerk in taking
charge of books, papers and other property
of the house after adjournment,
Armistead called up the bill resembling
the charter of the Jefferson Iron company
: The bill passed.
Upton presented the report Of the free
conference committee on the appropriation
Hill. Which recommended That Tho hous'
concur in numerous amendments OF th'
senate. and that the senate recede from III
I amendments to pay Shackleford county
smallpox claims; from the amendment Z
! nav 1876 600 for certain quarantine claims
2 from the amendment TO pay s. I. Stint
: AGO and from the amendment to allow
500, 900, instead of $4,000. as in the hous'
bill, to pay teachers claims prior to 1878
The report was adopted.
= The senate bill furnishing persons wholly
: with imprisonment for selling LIQUORS II
D local option diistrcts was called mp.
D Taylor moved to table the motor
) which had been entered TO reconsider. Gar
= ried. This kills the bill.
4 On motion OF Upton, the senate concur
: rent resolution that the houses adjourn
I. sine die on the 18th. at 10 q. m, was takei
4 M AID adopted amid rounds Of applause
! ayes 90: nays, 20.
!. After the motion 10 adjourn zine die on TO
a morrow had been adopted several member
r having pet measures almost through IN
: two houses arose 10 their feet and vociier
ouslv shouted "Mr Speaker Mr.. Speaker.
: This was kept Mp for quite a while ami
the earnest appeals Of the speaker to I'd
4 sergeant alarms to restore order.
I Finally the house adjourned till SID a. NJ
tomorrow amid much confusion.
CAPITAL cHRoNICLINGs.
Charters filed: Dallas Opere-house com
= ipsny, capital stock, $3.50 the Bernand
Stock company, Of Tom Green county, cau
ital stock, 800, 900 the British Social sssc