The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-12
LETTER FROM AUSTIN.
THE CLANS FAST GATHERING.
Intelligent, Well-Informed Men-ouiclS
Work and Decisive, the General
Expression-A Multitude of
Candidates-A Scheme

AUSIiNj JAM lU.-lSpeclal Correspond
ence.l Already the law-making clans
are gathering, there being here now
some twenty odd representatives and
six senators. / have met them all, and
am most favorably impressed with
them. | find them all gentlemen of
more than ordinary intelli-
gencc ana information, and
all seems imhued with the spirit TO
mako the session as short and as de-
cisiYo as possible. am pleased too, to
note mosJ ntelligent leaning toward
reform, or probably Il better expression
would be, q leaning toward
INTELLIGENT REFORM
in the matter Of expenditures and ap-
preparations. An impression seems
prevalent among them that thoro are
several eXcreaences on the body polite,
AL costing money, which may be
cut of. don't think, however,
there will he any startling or
radical changes made in the general lis.
of appropriations or the usual general
average OF amount fer each item, bat
everything viii be brought down as
nearly as possible to cash and
practical basis, basis Of actual need
and no more.
The six senators now hore are
YOUNG MEN
and found them sprightly, genial, in
tellectual and cultured, aud 1.-THE whole
upper house shall be made up of such
material, we may look for judicious,
prudent and conservative legislation at
their hands.
1t 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 "A special reason
why he should he elected.
| You will find among them the halt and
the manned in all the stages, forms and
varieties of cripplehood,if | 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, be. sore disappointment, for
times are hard, you know, and 1t is diff
hcult to get employment.
HEAR IT INTIMATED,
that is to say, friend told me- he wanted
to give me "a pointer" that there will
be railroad company before the legis.
lature with a grievance, with a
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. Ii this bill
tails then, another bill will be presented
to give the road authority To sue the
state for this land claimed. Just OK.
actly what the merits of the
~
prepared to say, but prima ,facie, thore
is plausibility at least in the claim. /
will investigate tho matter thoroughly
and have more to say ON the subject
hereafter, if there is anything in it.
1t is impossible as yet to even coniec-
ture ON
THE sPEAKERsHIP
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 tho new ones are considering,
and 1t seems that all three of tho candi.
dates named have made favorable i'm.
pressions. There, no doubt, are conli.
tons, and have heard some of them
mentioned, but II might be unjust TO the
parties to repeat them, as do not know
that they exist Mr.. Upton, OF
Favette, who Is also candidate
II Is said, will be here to-day, and Il Is
the impression Of outside parties that
he is very strong. As there are only
about thirty of lO6 members of Tho
house who were members of
the last legislature and
the candidates for speaker
nave all been members heretofore, they
stand about on an equal footing in ne
matter of prestige. However, which.
ever one OF the four gentlemen running
may be elected, no will, am glad h
know, carry with him 10 the
position, not only the respect of his fol.
low members, but ability, parliamenta.
~ knowledge and skill, and an earnest
desire to serve tho state faithfully, and
In way best calculated to advance II,
ivory interest," Q. l.. NJ.