The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-15
LETTER FROM AUSTIN.
THE CLANS FAST GATHERING.
Intelligent, weil.informcd Men Quick
WORK aud Decisive. the Utnersi
Unprecedented Multitude OF
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AUSTIN, Jan. i0.-lSpecial Correspond
cnoo. ALREADY tho law-making clans
arc gathering, there being here now
some twenty odd representatives and
six senators. have mot them all, and
am most favorably impressed with
them. find them all gentlemen Of
more than ordinary intelli.
gence ana information, and
all seems imbued with the spirit To
mako the session AZ short and AS de-
cisiye m possible. am pleased too, to
noto most Intelligent leaning toward
reform, or probably a better expression
would be, a leaning toward
INTELLIGENT REFORM
in the matter of expenditures and APP
preparations. An impression seems
prevalent among them that there are
several excresences on the body polite,
all costing money, which may be
cut oil. / don't think, however,
there will be any. startling or
radical changes made in the general list
average OF amount Tor each tom, bat
everything will be brought down as
nearly as possible TO cash and
practical basis, a basis OF actual need
and no more.
Tho six senators now here are
YOUNG MEN
and found them sprightly, genial, in
tellectual and cultured, and ifthe whole
upper house shall be made up of such
material, we may look for judicious,
prudent and conservative legislation nj
their hands.
II wonderful to behold and contem-
plate the number of
CANDIDATES
for the elective positions in each house.
Their name is legion, and they come
from all quarters of Texas, each
one with special reason
Why ne should ee elected
the MANNED i'm all the stages, forms and
varieties of cripplehood,if l may use
such word. 1t looks like an army hos
pital month or two after big battle.
They can't all get places, so some OF
them must make up their minds to dis
appointment, and to some IL will, no
doubt, he sore disappointment, for
times are hard, you know, and it is dii-
hcult to get employment.
HEAR IT INrIMATED,
that Is to say, "a friend told me he wanted
to give me "a pointer" that there will
be a railroad company before the legis-
lsture with n grievance, with n
bill for relief. The nature OF
this bill will be for an al
lowance of public land, say sixteen sec
tons per mile, as was given the other
roads in the state, this road claiming to
be entitled to it in equity. If this pill
fails then, another bill viii he presented
to give the road authority to sue the
state for this land claimed. Just ex-
actly what the merits Of the
case are. am not yet
prepared to say, but prima Tfacie, there
Is plausibility at least in the claim. |
will investigate the matter thoroughly
and have more to say on the subject
hereafter, if there is anything in it.
1t is impossible as yet to even conjec-
ture on
THE sPRAKERsHIP
question. Messrs. Foster, Mckinney
and Tankersby have been here since
Thursday night, and they have each
canvassed closely with tho twenty odd
members present. The Old members, no
doubt, have their minds made up,
but the new ones are considering,
aud it seems that all three OF the candi-
dates named have made favorable inn
pressions. There, no doubt, are coali-
tons, and have heard some of them
mentioned, but it might b. unjust to the
parties TO repeat them, as do not know
that they exist. MIR. Upton, of
Fayette, who is also q candidate,
it is said, VIII be here to-day, ana it is
the impression OF outside parties that
he is very strong. AS there are only
about thirty of l06 members of the
house who were members OF
the last legislature and
the candidates for speaker
have all been members heretofore, they
stand about on an equal footing in the
matter of prestige. However, which
ever one of the four gentlemen running
may be elected, he will, am glad to
know, carry with him to the
position, not only the respect of his fell
low members, but ability, parliamenta-
nv wledge and skill. and an earnest
desire to serve the state faithfully. and
in a way best calculated to advance its
every interest. @. l.. NJ.