The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-05
Capital city Cuttings.
THE LAND BOARD ACTS.


AUSTIN, Feb 4,-lSpeclal. The land
board to-day awarded bids to lease 200
sections Of land at cents por acre, and
Immediately after, passed resolution
nor TO receive any moro bids until the
legislature acts on the land question.
Considerable opposition to the bond
bill is manifested in the house. Several
amendments were to-day adopted and
consideration further postponed
THE PENGTENTIARY COMMITTEE
agreeu Tonight to meet at the Hunts
Vile penientiary on Tuesday next, and
so thence to Rusk, then to the Bfazos
farms. Senators Temple Houston and
Davis have their hands full looking
after the interest of their own districts
and that OF the nineteenth district.
COLONEL ELLIOTT
was IN the city to-day, submitting his
accounts in full for all funds thus far
expended for the Worlds exposition.
He says he will have enough with the
appropriation already made, and will
ask for nothing additional.
There is movement on foot
TO have the exhibits in
government building of all the states
and territories transferred this summer
to Europe or the great London Worlds
exposition, but whether this legisla-
ture should he asked TO add any
thing to the present appropria-
ton, and If so, how much,
should depend, he thinks, upon how
much may be left remaining out of he
appropriation already made bv
Texas. Col, Elliott having succeeded
In securing low round-trip figures for
excursions from Texas to New Orleans.
is now at work on the securing of low
round-trip rates for visitors from other
states into and through Texas.
THE ODD FELLOWS
OF this city will give "a grand ball to-
morrow night, in honor OF visiting
brethren. The question of selecting n
two years.
SATURDAY AND MONDAYS WORK.
AUSTIN, Feb. 8 Special. Saturday
and Monday were consumed principally
IN discussing two bills. The ono tal,e1
up Saturday was bill by MIR. Brown
ing, OF Wheeler county, to restore IN
persons who had purchased lands under
the 4l.OO act, the Interest for ono wear
exacted of them for one year bv the
land board. The committee reported
the pill idvorably, but Jones, OF Nc
Lehman, and q COOmbs, of Dallas. dis
sented from Tia views OF the majority
aud prepared q minority report that
me bill do not pass us II would take
from the permanent school fund OF the
state some 100000. The discussion was
on Coombs' motion to substitute the
minority for the majority report
Coomns made an able and most efIec-
I'VE speech In favor OF his minority re-
port, heiug applauded by the house.
me discussion extended over to Mon
usy morning, when several speeches
were made. The minority report Xyaq
adopted In preference TO the majority
report by vote OF rs to M.
a most decisive and ilatteriny
victory Tor Judge Coombs, who bv his
timely action and earnest efforts pre-
vented $4,000 from being taken nom
the school children of the state To 90
almost wholly into the pockets OF land
sharks aud SPECTATORS.
DoNALDsoN's GAMING BILL.
Mr. Donaldson OF Fanniu, the young
esI niemper IN the legislature, being
only y years old, called by his friends
the tall cottonwood of the Sulphurs n
about o feet, inches high, and is yerv
proud that his bill making MI
gaming tables, no matter bv
what name known or called
exhibited for gaming, or Wherein
gambling Is done a felony, was reported
iavorably by Judiciary Committee No.
l. Ana II ~ matter for just prido that
committee composed of such ablo.
learned and reputable LAYERS, as IN tbis
committee, should favor the bin. IL ia
thought 1t will become law. Mr..
donaldson Is young man OF fine ma
tive talent and fair attaiumonts. and
there Is nothing In the way of his la.
coming most able and useful logls.
lator.
MooRE's BILL.
The bill Of Moore, of Washington, 10
csmpel parents and guardians 20 send
their children, or wards, between the
ages OF s and IL years, four months in
each year, will not become law, The
author OF the bill is colored man, and
his object Is TO force certain class OF
eolored people who prefer to make their
ohiIoren between these ages to work
rather than give them AN
education although they have
free schools right at their doors.
TO do their duty. The object IL praise,
worthy one, aud II does seem IA though
there should be. some way to deal with
that sort OF people, DO they black ur
white, who can not be affected hy moral
suasion or public sentiment; but the
measure proposed IL undemocratic, il a
direct and positive infringement of one
OF these rights OF the people that are In.
herent and inalienable. The right 10
force a man TO send his children
TO school carries with 10 the
right TO compel him to teach
his children the tenets ol
the Catholic church, or Baptist church,
or the Presbyterian church, or Mo
hammedisn, or Ingersollism, and
this the federal constitution inhibits,
and public policy for bids.
LAMBS FOR CRIPPLED coNPEDEHATns.
The bill OF Armisteau, OF Marion
county, TO authorize the location ol
land certificates, issued % crippled con.
federate soldiers on any land owned by
the state not appropriated for school
purposes, or 20 tho university, or any
one OF the Asylums, aud 60 validate
such locations already made ON
such publie lands, Is a good
one, and should by ell means become Q
law. These certificates were only n
sued TO persons who were. citizens o
Texas, aud permanently disabled ~
reason Of wounds received while an The
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