Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-14
AUSTIN.
The penitentiaIy Investigating Com
mittee win Mako a Favor
able Report.
The Railroad Committee Agrees on a
Commission = Houston Defends
BIS Land Bill.
rHE LAND NIL.

AUSTIN, TEN., Feb. ls,-The land
committee all signed the bill reported
to-day, with the exception Of Scott Of
Kerr county, who charges In his mi.
nority report that IT is formed In the
interest Of corporations. The bill
makes no DETERMINATIONS In regard 70
the wRtertd landa, either In sale or
lease.
THE PBEITRNTlARY INVESTIGATION.
The penitentiary investigating COM
mittee returned this evening, They
will hold q meeting In the morning 20
make report, IL Leaks out that they
were very well satisfied with the
penitentlary management. In regard
10 the Conner n Fairis settlement,
they believe that the state suffered,
but ascribo no improper motives 20
anyone connected Herewith. There
IL an evident impression that Hendry,
the umpire, made u good many mis-
takes but the committee will probably
exOnerate him from evil Intentions.
4 HALLWAY COMMISSION.
The railroad committee tonight
agreed on a commission and aubsti-
tuted rs cents for Az, ~ the maximum
freight charge In the bill under con-
Hideratlon. A proposition 70 make II
90 cents WAS voted down,
HOUsroNs LAND BtLL.
The first skirmiah IN the legislature
| over the land question occurred yester-
day. II was provoked by Temple HOus-
| toms land bill and lts author made n
| brilliant effort in ita defense. His ar
ray Of facts and figures showing that
the Leasing system was directly antag-
onistic TO the development OF the West
was simply unRnBwerable, and he
backed II up by an appeal to the late
platform OF the Democratic party
which declares that the lands ehall be
leased 10 Rs not 10 interfere with the
settlement OF the frontier.
Mr.. HousiOn'a speech consumed
about three.quariers Of an hour, and
received the closest attention Of NIL
the senators and the audience. TWAS
generally commented ON AS having
been one OF the most iOTcible, logical
and eloquent addresses ever delivered
In the upper hOuee OF the Texas legis-
lature. Senator Shannon replied in "A
defense Of the Tense system.
FEMALES IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
The bill TO compel the beads OF de-
parlments To employ one-half their
force from females captured the house
by u small majority. -Four days were
partially consumed In lts diseuaaiOn,
and innumerable attempts made 70
modify IL 80 AZ TO give department
chiefs discretionary powers In the
premises, but everything tending TO
impair ita rlgor was Hteasily voted
down. There Is q determined aenti-
ment that females shall be forced Into
the departments, and possibly II may
lead 10 AN extreme and somewhat In
Tod EvNFa
; those who opposed the present bill
; would have supported one contem-
plating the gradual introduction OF
ladies Into the departments but the
proposition to turn out In a jiiiy one
half OF the trained employees
TO substitute inexperienced per
sons, leaving out the question
OF sex entirely, appears some
what revolutionary, and cannot fall "
inJuro the efficiency Of the public SER
! vice,
CARL sCHuRZ.
The lecture OF Carl SchurE at the
! opera hOuse last night was attended by
almost the entire legislature The sub.
lect WA "a National Problem and
the particular problem was "fduea
tom The speaker handled II in an
original and interesting manner. Hii
lAlk Whh HDnNNAhhAlhuul III NAAN
no attempt WA made Ut oratory
. In this reepect, perhaps, disappointing
: some In the audience, who came u
hear a great political address. The
only instance In which he alluded u
politics was Il facetiOuH allualOn u
, Rum, Romanlsm and Rebellion ~
the three modern arts, when provoked
hearty applause. Mr.. Stbuiz Ia verJ
correctly represented by the portraits
ofhim Ia the pictorial sheets, and one
might even recognize him from car
toon Of Puck.
A FREE GRASS CLAUSE,
After severe struggle IN the lsnd
J committee, the free-grass men succeed
ed m getting Incorporated In tue bill
the clause permitting "A settler To leas
four sections around him over pre-
ylous leuss. This provision was vote.
down three times, hat, hnally, through
the lndefatigRble efforts of Represent
!, atIyeB Pendleton aud Browning, wa
= adopted Otherwise lesBees woul
: have had an iron gTi
on their leasehOlds for te
years, during which they could easll
eyade the law and acquire oomplet
title
- CAPITAL CULLTN0A.
10 IL rumored that the governor WI
n veto the female clerk bill on oonstitt
In tionel grounds.
y Representative Pendleton OF Tarran
20 gone 10 WaxAhachle ON a bushes
paaifhut will return In time 20 tah
DIli eshe discussion on the Ian
r1jssday' IL expected will come u
The peniteh.
nlttee has acknowledging con
mas no report ready yesom Rusk bI
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