Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-05


the man whose property has been
fenced In sum of ten cents per acre
for the land so illegally inclosed or
surrounded.
Mr.. Thompson of Bexar supported
the bill as amended by the senate, and
endorsed the recommendation of the
committee.
Mr. Jones of Henderson spoke ear
nestly in opposition to the bill as
amended.
Mr.. Scott said it panied him very
much to have to oppose the bill, espe-
cially since, as has been stated by
other members, 1t was the last chance
this house would get of legislating
away the difficulty by which
they were all surrounded. He opposed
the bill for three reasons. First, II was
class legislation; second, 1t was herd
law, and third, 1t proposed to legalize
unlawful enclosures. Applause. Mr..
Scott, in concluding his remarks, said:
$50 help me God, | would rather go
home and have no legislation at all on
fence-cutting than submit TO this COM
promise bill of the conference commit
tee.n Applause.
Mr.. Browning said: ~, too, would
them we had done nothing than sub
NIT to this bill. If we are disposed to
legislate here all the time in favor of
capital. say now let the capitalists
and fence-cutters fight IL out.n APP
plause.
Mr.. Swan favored the bill, stating
that he felt as though he was at a
funeral. Still, if this bill was defeated, |
lawlessness in Texas, he feared, would |
increase; anarchy would prevail, and |
life itself would be endangered |
Rather than this state of things should |
exist, he was in favor of passing the |
bill reported by the conference COM
mittee, aud he hoped ii would go
through.
Mr. Wurzbach said the bill simply
sought to legaize stealing. 1t let Off
unpublished the man who robbed by
illegally enclosing the land of another,
and the effect would he If il passed
that no jury would convict the fence
cutters.
After considerable discussion the re-
port of the committee and the bill il
urged were both rejected, by vote OF
SO TO %.
a motion by Mr.. Mckinney that
the house request a free conference
was carried. :
Mr.. Foster of Limestone, for the
spcial committee, reported that the :
error in the enrolment of the bill of
asst session relative to the qualilica- .
ions required for the superintendent i
IF the lunatic asylum, was simply :
clerical mistake, and that it was caused a
any improper influence being +
lsed. !,
In the discussion which took T.
place regarding the report of
he conference committee, Messrs. #
Jpton, Foster of Grayson, \
Foster of Limestone, Thompson of u
5exar, Jones, Scott. Browning, Swan, IL
Nurzback, Hill, Pendleton and others 80
in the debate. ~ ~
The house then adjourned to 8 Il
o'clock. u
Afternoon session.-At 8 o'clock the "
ouse was called to order, and took up
he consideration OF the education bill.
Mr.. Townsend introduced an amend
1ent which would, he said, do away
nth about one hundred Offices pro- O
osed to be created by the bill, inciud-
ng the superintendent TO he appoint
d under its provisions. He said he 81
you'd leave the matter in the hands
T the county Judges, giving them I'll
ominal compensation for their SER d,
ices. 10
Mr.. Mckinney opposed the amend lie
nent, and said that it was absolutely lie
Necessary to have county superinten- s,
Tents, County judges could not give ii
he matter proper attention. Besides, II
he bill provided for the ap. I,
ointment ofsuperlntendents only i'm v
ounties of more than 1000 inhabitants,
nd this would make only sixty super h
ntendents instead of 100 as stated by 1
townsend. The total salary of all the v
uperintendents meditated by the bill c
vas just Sl2,423, and he certainly G
bought that amount would be well {
pent in having the schools properly !,
Dnducted. n
Mr. Chambers moved 10 lay the e
on the table. Carried by $
yeas to II nays. n
Mr. Labatt moved to exclude Gal d
eston county from the bill, so far as il
ne appointment of n superintendent v
'ass concerned, as they already had
ich an officer.
Mr.. Upton moved that Eayette
1dnty be exempted also.
Mr.. Rosenthal objected, and said r
lat nearly all the people of that '
1unty wanted superintendent.
Mr., Upton thought differently and
ld That he had n letter from Mr..
own father. in-law in ia. s
or of exemption. Laughter.
MIR. Rosenthal-I don't doubt il. but II
ianlS God I'm not married to my 4
Laughterl
Mr.. Upton-Tbe gentleman's father =,
Flaw is county judge of Fayette coun- !,
:, and the people are all well satisfied =,
18th his supervision of the schools as
present, without having a superin- Il
'ndent appointed. :,
The motions of Messrs. I.abatt and i,
pt0n We're both adopted. \
Mr.. Foster Of Grayson, in discussing y
'rtain provisions of the bill, ridiculed q
ne wisdom of leaving the supervision +
the schools to county judges. He \
lid some OF those officials, although
TO be learned in the law. were n
ignorant, not only of legal u
nowledge, but they We're actually so In,
literate that they needed going TO ~
'hool again. Laughter a,
The house then adjourned to half u
asst seven tonight. i
Night session-The house resumed y
5 session at half past seven O'clock, h
ith the speaker and n quorum pres. Il
The school bill being the pending l.
fuer OF business, Mr. Chambers said ri
lat as matter of compromise II had
cen agreed to dispense with county 10
until such time at ~,
asst as the Nineteenth legislatures "
Ieets. Meanwhile. the schools MIGHT