The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07


/ Mr.. MCCARTHY endorsed many 0
I the sentiments of the gentleman from
: Fannin; but he preferred short leases
| AS to the odium which had been at
; tached to free grass he had Away
been accustomed to free range on thu
commons. He did not e dorse fence
cutting, but was oppos, d to herdins
large tiocks and destroying the sub
sistence of the widows COW. But af
ter having given the .ilroads ovel
thirty millions of acres he did not be
lieve in being too parsimonious now
about exacting rent from the
school lands.
Mr.. Robinson hoped that one or the
other of the two bills would pass. II
would be better than to perpetuate
the present system, the high prices OF
which, he said, as had been found, had
not withdrawn the lands, contrary tC
what he supposed last session, from
the market, The lease system, he ar
gued, would not prevent emigration
and actual settlements.
The cattle man could drive his
herds through flocks of sheep and
scatter them under any system, and
the simple question was whether it
was not right to compel men who
enjoy the fruits of these landsi to pay
for them.
Mr.. Ethridge spoke in favor of the
motion to postpone. The bill would
tie up the lands too long in the hands
of monopolists.
Mr.. Scott argued against the bill as
embodying in effect herd law which
the people of the state had protested
ItheV did not want.
The House refused to postpone
Ayes AZ, noes SO.
| Mr.. Robertson of Williamson Of
fered resolution relative to commits
| sioners having changed terms of the
county courts contrary, it is supposed,
to law, so that proceedings of the
courts have been questioned, and ask
ing the governor to submit the sub
ject to the extra session for some &C
ton in the premises. A telegram to
THE STATESMAN from Dallas citing
facts and a decision in point by the
court of appeals was read. The reso-
luton was adopted by 81 ayes to 80
noes.
A motion being made to postpone
the special order-the school bill-Mr.
Tilson argued that we should proceed
with the land bill and finish that first.
Mr.. Taylor argued, as on previous
occasion, that the land business would
not suffer in the hands of the state
land board till next session.
Mr.. Cochran argued that there was
no more important subject than the
school bill. He regarded it more i'm
portant even than the land bill.
Mr.. Browning, on the other hand,
argued that the state was suffering
less from its school than its land sys-
tenn.
Mr.. Brown expressed like views
with Mr.. Browning.
Mr.. Mckinney wanted to take up
the school bill.
Mr.. Armstead argued that the Chen
oWeth bill by its requirements would
tend to preclude anything but large
leases under its provisions as to
watered sections, as there were so few
watered sections in large portions of
the state.
Mr.. Chenoweth commended the gen.
tleman was mistaken, but Mr.. Arm
stead insisted he was not-under sec
ton Of the bill.
Motion to postpone the school bill
was lost-ayeS 80, noes "a.
Mr.. Foster, of Limestone, under a
question of privilege, stated that the
rumor that he had challenged Mr. Ha-
Zlewood was unfounded.
Pending reading of the school bill, |
which is a long one, the House adj
burned till 80 p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Quorum present. Speaker Gibson |
being absent MIR. Upton was called to |
the chair.
The House took up the New Or
leans exposition bill, which has been |
printed, and with which the public |
are familiar.
Mr.. Rushing moved to substitute |
the minority report, which is favor
able to the bill, for the majority re-
port.
Mr.. Peers moved to reject the ma
jority report. He was in favor of the |
bill.
Speaker Gibson appearing, he was |
rapturously applauded. as good joke, |
no doubt, at his being for once tardy. |
The Rushing motion was adopted. |
Ayes 90; noes 80. The noes were
Messrs. Adams, Allison, Ayres, Bar
rett, Barry, Benavides, Brown, Burns,
Camp, Cotton, Cramer, Davis of Camp,
Davis of Lamar, Durant, Ethridge, |
Garrison, Harrison, Hearne, Hender- |
son, Hill, Hurst, King, Lee, McAllen, |
McAlpine, Mcdaniel, Moore of Nc |
Lehman, Moore of Washington, Mour- |
sund, Odom, Patterson, PendIeton,
Robertson, Robinson, Steele, Thomp- |
son of Austin, Watkins, Workman and |
Wyatt.
The bill was read, and the House |
went into committee of the whole, as |
the bill makes an appropriation-M |
Nash in the chair.
Mr.. Upton moved the adoption of
the first section of the bill. Adopted. |
BY Mr.. Rosenthal - Amendment |
that no member OF the Eighteenth |
Legislature shall be appointed COM
missioner.
The amendment was lost; ayes "a, |
noes Al, and the second section was
adopted.
BY Mr.. abatt-Amendment provi-
ding for alternate commissioners.
Lost.
The other sections of the bill were
adopted in committee Of the whole
and the bill reported to the House for
its consideration.
Speaker in the chair.
Mr.. Cramer offered an amendment
to strike out the provision that the
money shall be appropriated from fees
of the state offices, which would leaye
the appropriation to be paid out of the
treasury. Adopted.
Mr.. Camp revived the Rosenthal
amendment, which was adopted.
A motion of Mr.. Moore, of McLen-
nan, to strike out sections and was
tabled.
Mr.. Tilson moved the previous ques-
ton. Ordered, and the bill passed to a
third reading.
On motion to suspend the rules the
vote resulted "a to 20, so the House re-
fused, for want of the proper three
fourths vote to suspend the rules, to
put the bill on its final passage.
Mr. Robertson had read telegram
from Judge White, of the court of ap-
peals, that the court had not decided
the case before reported from Dallas.
Senate bill to appropriate 100000
for the state frontier and detective
service was considered.
The bill was discussed by Messrs.
Scott, Thompson, of Bexar, Mckinney
and White in its favor and Durant,
Chochran and Moore of McLennan,
against it.
Mr. Thompson said he wanted to
put himself o. r,cvri as favoring the
proposition to strengthen the powers
of the governor to enforce the laws.
He was confident the governor would
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