Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-01
Assurances That the Capitol diII Be
Received The Tax Bill Passes the
House and is Before the Senate.
The Friends of the University Bill 0
Little Shaky-- "A Good Deal Of Log
Rolling Said 10 b. Going on.
Tho Houss stu N snfully Battling with thu
Geological Survey and this School
FundeL oan BilIs.
THE UNIVERSITY DEBT.

Senate had before 1t q Dill spproprlstlng
the sums borrowed from the university.
Senator Gregg made an exhaustive. not
to say exhsusting, argument against the
bill. h argued that the Agricultural
and NJ. chaIical College and the Prairie
View Normal school are branches Of the
university, and the sums appropriated have
more than psid them, and that the state
owns the institution.
Senator Armistesd replied in brief,
logical and eloquent speech, denying the
premises lsid down by Senator Gregg,
refuting his logic, and picking his con-
cusions 10 pieces. There were many
friends of she University present, includ'
ing a number of lsdies. The friends
of the bill are little shaky about 1t and .
GOOD deal of log rolling is going on.
They think they nave mo- ority in favor
of the 1854, 900 appropriation, but If they
fail in that they will try Tor less
amount. The next notch ia $50, goo, and
it is almost certain they will get that
amount If not the lsrger figure.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
In the House the geolog cal bill wss
the d rat to create discussion. Alex Pope
opened with en- argument on the consti-
tutionallty OF the bill.
He was followed by Colonel Baylor,
also favoring it. Colonel Baylor ssld he
had heard gentlemen say it was IN
constitutional, snd for that reason he
would vote for 1t. He was afraid
II he should stay here two
sessions and 60 home to his constituents
without having done anything unconstitu-
tional tney would meet him with frown-
ing looks equal to the English vote OF
want of cor f 1ence. He had confidence
In the abinty Of the Legislature to do
anything. Ever since it, over his vote
and against his judgment, expelled Can
fieId he thought it was able and willin g
TO do anything, constitution or no con
stituti.n.
Mr.. wilson followed in loud
bsrapege against the bill after which II
went over ti!l Tomorrow.
LOAN TO THE SCHOOL FUND.
The bill providing for the loan OF
$500, COO to the school fund csms no IS
the epecisl order, with Psyne's substitute,
making the appropriation 9. gift outright,
pending. After some discussion the sub
stitute WAS defeated.
Gre ,hem moved to amend by making
there was deficiency of 1904, 600, thsl
there wss another dill providing Tor loan
Of S25o,000, aud that the two
together make up the full
omount needed. The other bill
creates sinking fund of $3.50. 900 to pay
fl the state bonds falling dus 10 1890 ard
1891, and provides that 1t msy be loaned
to the echool fund till needed TO redeem
the bonds. The pending bill, if Gresh.
ANS amendment is adopted, makes the
S25, 600 loan iudt finite.
Mr. Gresham made speech in favor Of
his amendment In which he ripped tht
state school board up the back
He said that on September l
1885, there was In the treasury {
oelance of $4s5, COO to the credit of the
| svsileble school fund. Ga September l
1888, there will be deficit of $40 600
| Thus in three yesrs the school board ha
| apporiioned TO tDe counties for runnins
the scnoels $3.50, 000 more than the tsxeI
collected durlI e those years.
| Mr.. Bell of Cooke, Browning, Moore G
Travis, Payne, Camp and others took par
| in the discussion. The amendment wa
pending when the House adj burned.
| THE TAX BILL
The t,x bill passed The House thi
| morning and is now in the Senate
l. fixes the state tex at 10 cents for thi
year and Is cents hereafter.
| THE CAPITOL BILL.
The bill creating board to receive th
new capitol is the special order for tc
morrow in the Senate. An amendment
pending striking out the clause reservin
| TO the state all rights under the origins
contract and the bonds given for its fu
hllment. The contractors say they wan
The building received as far as construct
ed If built in accordance with the con
tract. 1t must either be accepted or re
jected 30 netime, aud It might IS well b
now. They are not willing 70 agree to a
acceptance that does not accept. Thi
is what they say, but In fsct they wi
surrender the bsilding under the require
ments OF the bill IS il now stands. The
have put up 3 good building aud the
know 1t, and are not afraid of its no
proving satisfactory. The bill will prob
Ably not get through the House with tn
amendment proposed by the Senate com
mittee, and If it does not the matter wi
&c all right under the bill as it mo-
stands, and the big show will take plsc
as advertised.
ORDER TO THE STATE MILITIA.
The Comptroller to-day deposite
1896 to the account of the revenue an
school fund and bought $4,000 of WIGHT
county bonds.
The Adjutsnt General has issued gen
eral order to the'state militia In coDnec
tion with the approaching drill. II /
permissive, not msndator7, and allow
sll the white military comps
MES to at end the drill Ma
IA to 10 st their own exoense and SO tina
NO chsrgs shall fall on the state. TIL,
companies are to be armed and equipped
aud contain not more than Thirty thre,
nor less than twenty one men each. Tn,
AdjnAnt General announces that by orde
of Captain Waldo the companies will b,
transported on the railways witaou
charge to and from the drill
REDUCING THE SURPLUS.
Some Idea OF what Is being done ant
what there is to do may be gathered