The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

perlence Will demonstrate the wisdom of |
the solution arrived at in nearly every |
instance. As your presiding officer / |
can bear witness to your earnest and as |
siduous labors In behalf OF the people |
you have had the honor to represent. |
May you have a safe and pleasant return |
to your homes, and may each one receive
the plaudit, "well done, good and faith.
fHl servant" (Applause.l.
cannot close without thanking you for
this testimonial. accept 1t as token
OF your appreciation of my services as
your presiding officer. shall treasure 1t
because l am assured that il
comes from gentlemen who freely
the duties of the office with which you
have honored me, in manner creditable
20 myself and satisfactory to the house.
We have passed through exciting scenes,
and OF, en- have been called upon to de-
eide difficult and intricate questions. l
have tried to be fair and Impartial; and
the fact that there has not been q single
| appeal from decision of mine during
the session, is an evidence that have to
some extent succeeded. 1 am proud to
believe that each and every member of
this body is, my warm, personal friend,
and am certainly grateful for the uni
form Kindness and courtesy shown me-
We are now about to separate, and will
probably all never meet again. You
carry with you to your homes, gentlemen,
my kindest and best wishes; and mem.
ory-''the star-gemmed goddess''-wlll
often dwell upon the happy hours spent
here together. Again permit me to thank
you Tor this manifestation of your conf
denee and esteem. prolonged applause.1
| Mr.. Foster, OF Limestone, on the pant
| OF the officers and clerks of the house,
said he had been delegated to present a
further testimonial to the distinguished
speaker, something which, under recent
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| ally appropriate. The testimonial was an
e egant tea service which Mr.. Foster ten.
| dered in most felicitous and humorous
| terms, connecting his remarks with the
| speakers allusion to matrimonial re-
tiremeLt," when replying to Mr.. Cheno-
weth on the railroad bill. Playing upon
parliamentary proceedings, Mr.. Foster
| spoke as follows:
Mr.. Speaker, the officers and clerks OF
| the house desire through me to present
you this elegant silver service, as slight
testimonial of their appreciation of the
fair, impartial and kind treatment they
have uniformly received at your hands.
This present, 1t Is thought, is espe-
cially app oprlate, since the recipient
has declared that after this session oil the
| legislature adjourns, IL expect to unite
my destiny with that of some fair being
within the limits Of Texas, and. amid the
rural delights of my country home, where
| lAOb al luc CObLdRe
| spend the remainder of my days." and in
view of the fact that am the only other
member OF the eighteenth legislature
| about whose ear the ''rural retreat" bee
Is buzzlng, and who has agreed to pair
wi b the speaker. and, bathing in the
Smiles and sunshine Of country home,
| enjoy that peace of mind, joy OF heart
and contentment of life, to which q
a day legislator is an alien and stranger,
it has also been deemed appropriate for
me to present this gift.
MIR. Speaker, in your future cottage
home we hope no substitutes will be
| necessary. May the o. Iginal bill always
be eminently satisfactory. If points of
order arise in the new house may the
same cool, deliberate. unerring judgment
that has characterized your decisions as
speaker of this house guide you there.
And, if in the course of human events,
kind heaven should offer an amendment
to the family circle, may kind friends and
generous neighbOrs see that another cup
and saucerfs added to this sett. lap
plause.j
Speaker Gibson replied very happily as
follows:
am extremely grateful to the officers
OF the house for this token of remem-
| brance as the hour of parting approaches.
Our session has been a long and laborious
one. Important duties have devolved
upon each employee of the house, and
can truly say they have been per-
formed with alacrity and pleas,
ure. All have been kind and
courteous to me, and every order and in.
strUctlon has been willingly Obeytd. It
| is lndeed pleasant to believe that we have
here created friendships which shall
endure through all coming time, and
that death alone can sever the ties which
have linked us together.
I must be permitted to say to my friend
from Limestone that l doubt the appro
priateness OF the testimonial which, In
the name of the officers of the house, be
has presented. l trust that the "rural
home"
'.Where vines around the cottage Greer
may not prove castle in the air, but
btissiul reality, and that around its
| hearthstone some fair being may preside.
to whom can willingly surrender the
gavel and yield obedience to the throne
| of beauty. But, nv friends, this ruler OF
hearts has not Yet been found. Your
Partially has possibly lie you to be pre-
mature, You have moved the prev iOus
question on me before l had lime to per-
feet the original one. l shall do my part,
however, and when established in that
country home l hope to welcome my
friends. May The evidences OF comfort,
cheer and happiness, which they there be-
hold LEAD them to eXclaim:
Without our hopes, without our fears,
Without the home which p.igated love
endears,
Without the smile from partial beauty
Oh what were MANI A world without
sun!''
| Applause and cheers
To which the reporter would add: -
May hope (Which springs
Eternal in the human breast,'
Like woman, prove most loving
When most cal essed.
Mr.. Durant, abiding to his peculiar pc.
sitiOn in having been elected as an sim
DEPENDENT candidate to the lecis AZURE,
took occasion to express his thanks tor
the uniform kindness and courtesy shown
him by his fe low members.
| Mr.. Cochran moved that the presenta-
tten speeches and replies be spread on
the journal, and form part of the record
of the proceedings of the house. Car
ried.
| COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS.
Messrs. Armistead, Foster of Grnyson
| and Rosenthal were appointed committee
on the part of the house with like COM
mittee on the part of the senate) to pre-
pare an address to the people on.the SUBJ
ject of the proposed constitutional
amendments.
The committee are: Senators w r
| Shannon (chairman), j. 4. Fleming and
4 a. Representatives. w
L. Armistead, r. G. Foster OF faysOn
and A. j. Rossuthal.
The committee, we are requested to
state, will meet at Dallas on the 9th of
June for the purpose indicated.
SINE DIE
AS the hour for adjournment finally ar
| rived Mr.. Camp moved the previous ques-
ton on the motion which was carried.
and peaker Gibson declared the
eighteenth legislature, in accordance
with the joint resolution which was
adopted, adjourned sine die.
Thus ended one of the most important
sessions of the legislature that has been
held since the war,
The Doctors Keen Eye.
Brown County Banner.
1t is said that the dean of. the law
faculty of the university of Texas,
commonly known as the Old Alcalde,
has his optical organs turned towards
Senator 5. b. Maxey's seat in the
United States senate.
Plenty Of Sympathy.
Palestine Advocated