The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-12
Capital Notes.

GLOl 4dnu Jill.
The senate in the way of business is
about week ahead of the house.
To-day the house will wreStle with !
bill regulating the appointment OF |
notaries public.
There is a muss of some kind among |
the members of a certain house COM |
mittee, and there is talk of resigna- |
lions and such things.
"Jedge" johnson not being MEM
Der of the house, can not champion |
the female lclerk bill to-day, and the |
department clerks are happy.
When that Rismarckian bill for the |
degradation Of the university energies !
IRON the committee room there wont |
be enough of it lett to make respect |
able funeral
Gov. Gibbs falls athwart the |
shadows of the other fellows, and |
gives them a dismal glamour OF in
tense subsequently, as it were.
The bill passed by the senate, per-
hitting defendants IN criminal cases
to testify in their own behalf, is Con-
sldered by many legislators as an ex-
cellent measure-to convict criminals.
That land bill which has been in
course of preparation for over a week,
| is receiving its finishing touches, and
when presented 1t will show that much
care and study have been bestowed up
on it.
The senate yesterday didn't display
muchof a hankerIng after that Pfeuffer
school Superintendent bill. Senator
Glasscock's bill on the same subject
seems to be the faVorite.
The committee appointed to visit the
aSylums have returned from their trip
to Terrell, and speak Of that institu-
ton as prOgI essing very rapidly, and
as presenting most favorable outlook.
Watered, dry and timbered lands
may be leased In such quantities as
may be desired for stock raising or
ranch purposes at not less than four
cents per acre, and for a term of years
not to exceed seven.
The committee on county finances"
met last evening and agreed to report
favorably bill to extend the time for
the payment Of school claims arising
under the Davis and Coke administra-
tions.
| TheTeport that the Galveston sena-
,lLtor can't find water on the bar, is not
discredited in the least, and the matter
of urging congress to secure water
and plenty OF it for the blessed city, is
now looked upon as eminently wise
and proper.
The committee on the Terrell asy-
lum will ask in their report for about
$4,000 to fence six hundred acres Of
land, build necessary outhouseS, fur
nish the building and supply the same
with heaters and gas fixtures, and for
the maintenance of the Institution for
the next two years.
There is a movement being quietly
worked in favor of at least one addi-
tional clerk for the Office of superin-
tendent OF public instruction, and it is
likely Mr.. Baker may have patron
age'' to bestoW, to this extent at any
rate, before the legislature adjournS.
Applicants should file their claims
early.
The committee on County and
county boundaries" met last night to
discuss the feasibility of establishing
the new county of Midland. Mr..
Bailey (of the committee) opposed the
project, and On motion the whole
question was postponed until Tues
day night, when Mr.. Gavin will urge
a favorable report on the subject.
The committee on education held a
!, full meeting last night, and discussed
the bill introduced by Representative
McClanaghan (b} request) to do aWav
with corpoTeal punishment in the free
schools. The discussion closed by the
committee agreeing to report the
measure unfaYorablY to the house this
: morning.
1t was a graceful thing in the
speaker Of the house to appoint Col,
Will Lambert reading clerk yesterday
the clever and competent Finger
having been excused Indefinitely Oh
account of sickness in his family
Lambert makes d spien9iCfU officer. lie
has clear an1 powerful voice, and
there isn't a~Setter reader IN Texas
He fills tie place admirably.
The question Of substituting gran.
->Iite for limestone in the construction
of the new capitol building was freely
, discussed in the senate chamber last
a night, and the only question OF diff
, ference that arose WaS-not as 10 the
propriety of the chang6-but the cost
. attending same. This is the point Oh
I which the controversy arises and it Is
, not likely the problem will be solved
with out struggle.
/ The bill introduced in the senate tC
annul and cancel patents issued OF
land situated in Greer county is likely
to receive it's death blow at the hands
!, of the committee, as it Is alleged thai
the legislature has no power to exeT
else any such authority. However
: this may be, the gentlemen who hoe
/, the patents and have located certif
g Gates are not bothering their heads
r about the matter.
! There will positively be fun in the
house next Wednesday when the bill
making it compulsory to employ fe.
= male clerks comes up for debate. From
= AL that can be gathered regarding the
: views of the members, it is more thar
l probable that the bill viii go through
: by small majority. Several speeches
, will be made pro and con, and the ora
. zion in particular Of one of the young
! est representatives on the floor prom
,, ises to be rich and racy.
The committee on stock and stock
raising, at its meeting last night, re-
| ceived several letters from citizens
IN different parts OF the state IN favor
, of herd law. One patriotic indi
+ vidual from Kimbail county modestly
! requested the legislature to build q
! railroad in his bailiWick, on the ground
! that at present be was not within
I convenient distance of market fol
! the sale of his products. All the let.
ters referred to were gently laid away
i in the waste-paper basket.
In the house last night several mem
t bers frankly acknowledged being op.
: posed to the department of insurance
, statistics and history on its present
/ basis, and volunteered the opinion
that the little hatchet of the "econo-
mists" would top off this institution
/ from the future pay-rolls of Texas. A
{ journalist present at the time said he
? would give the requisite bonds TO dis
! EchaTge all the duties Of the Office just
. as satisfactorily as they were con,
Quoted now for the modest salary OF
$4,000 a year-in other words, that he
would run the entire department. fol
, that amount. Here is a pointer fol
Rutabaga.
{ Any person desiring to purchase
;. any of the watered or dry land, may
do so by making his application in
9 writing and fling the same with the
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