The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-20
LETTER FROM AUSTIN.
LEGISLATIVE DRIFT UP TO DATE.
How the Deep Water Resolution Re-
ceived its First Dousing-R utabaga
johnson and His Extremely
Crude Economy-Notes.

AUSTIN, Jan. Ill Editorial Cores
pondence. lin the senate to-day a num-
Der OF bills were reported favorably bv
Senator Davis, chairman of Judiciary
committee No. 2. Among others the
Dill to diminish the civil and criminal
jurisdiction OF the county court of Mon
tague county. On motion of Senator
douston,of Wheeler, the bill was passed.
senator Jones came to the front to- day
Win MS resolution requesting our MEM
ueIs III congress to urge the passage of
me Eads Dill. The bill was referred to
the committee on federal relations. The
committee reported it back immediatelv
Win the Recommendation that it do pass.
a hlotlon was made to suspend the
rules and pass the bill. The senate did
not agree with the committee and re-.
Ito IL. ~ S0'o Vi
similar resolution was introduced
py Mr. Foster, of Galveston, in the
abi,s ~ was not pressed, but prob
aply Will meet with strong onnosition
and a similar fate to that Of Tia senata
resolution.
Inc senate has had short sessions 90
iaar, put the committees are getting
uoMn 10 work, and members are IRE.
pairing their bills. p'0
Senator Harrison will introduce hill
~ q lew days for the benefit of ex.con-
iieusrate soldiers who haye INDICATED
laiiu certiiicates. Such bill
MI MI PROBABLY meet with but little oppo-
snn. Ihere VIII also be a strong Of
lori mace to pass q bill allowing rail
Toaus that have land certifcats TO locate
tnem as it is claimed, there are plentv
Vi VI iands unappropriated and the friends
vi Inc measure say the claim. that
there were no lands upon which to To-
cate these certificates is errouneous.
a d1at justice and equity are on their
Nearly enough time has been taken
up W tne Two houses in discussing the
newspaper resolution to have nail for
the papers had the per diem been so an
plled. That is what the retrenchmept
anu reform men call economy, The
course OF the legislature upon this sub
lect is almost universally condemned
mere as IL VIII be elsewhere,
Inc senate bills lead in the opposition
ny senator Jones of Harris
anu johnson of Collin, No
one expected anything better of the
ssenaeor Of Collin. He is sorehead
oowh on me newspapers and the Demo
SlaCic party. His speeches hero can
hardly be said to be anything else than
an attack upon the party. Its claimed
tnAt Gov. Ireland congratulated Sen-
1ator IT,, Rson on his speech against the
newsnanar uskesolution on the first day.
Bnt "a ~ bis ,oh' - tho 80 -
~, DaI as 10 ms spec ON cle second gay
we nave not heard of any congratula'
IONS, and there will hardly be any from
tne administration, as he said that this
was lhe most extravagant administra.
ion Texas had ever had not exceptinp
any. senator Harris, | learn, was
active IN his support of the newspaper
resolution at the last session. Why he
mas changed 1t is not known unless il
may DC that he is fixing to retire from
phi as the people of Harris
continue hun as their senator,
at least prominent gentleman from
houston says he will not be returned
again. MIR. Calhoun, of Eastland, is
another reformer, with a vengeance.
ne was very indignant over an article
~ INC statesman that he claims reflect
ed upon him and his constituents.
IN the house the members who
were active in their opposition
70 disseminating knowledge Or knowl
euge u rs we gather here) were Tarle
ton, Oh Hill, Crane, of Johnson, Kim
brough, of Dallas, Pendleton, Of Bell,
Pendleton, OF rarrant, and Yeager, O
Ellis: The latter is a newspaper man
he discovered what all previous legisla
lures had not learned tEat the taking O
newspapers and paying for them out o
the iund for contingent expenses was
unconstitutional. There will probabl,
De resolution introduced in the house
10 require members to pa,
Tor postage stamps and stationery
especially that part of the stamp anC
stationary that is used for private pur
poses. This will hardly pass. 1t Is
queer school of economy in which thes,
gentlemen have been educated, wher
they pay So per week for boys as pages
that can be hired in mercantile estab
Mshments for from SO to So per week
The same will apply to porters, who ge
y per day and could be hired for 81
Yet these sama gentlemen think it ex
travagant for member to subscribe TO
twenty papers at 3 cents per copy +
send to their constituency. 1t may b
true, as has been suggested, that man
oil them are candidates for re-electo
and don't care for any one TO kno,
what or how little they were able to Dc
1t was a wise one that said; Ever
man Is occasionally what he ought TO /
.Na .