Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-16
LEGISLATIVE.
Report to the Senate of the Free Con-
ference Committee on the
Appropriation Bill.
Tho southWest Asylum BIZ Creates Don
siderable Exciting Discussion and
WraDgIfng IN tho House.
Tweatisth Legislature.
THE SENATE.


THE SENATE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 15.-At roll call
quorum was present.
Prayer was offered by Rev. ". W
Pinson.
House bill No. II, authorizing dis;ric
and county attorneys . TO bring suit fol-
the collection Of taxes and unrenderet
persona property, was faken up ana de.
bated. A deoste followed which was
| terminated by passing the blll-Yeas, II;
nays, IL; the Speaker not voting.
| The free conference committee on the
appropriation bill reported recommending
1925. 0C0 to the U diversity, $4,000 OF
which goes to the medical branch. It ls
in the shape OF lokn, to be paid back in
1890 without interest, and in full salts
faction of all future demand. They
also cut down the appropriation
for the reforma:ory from S65, 900
to $25, $50. AS originally passed BY the
House the appropriation of S65 900 for
the L.nd Office was cut down to $50, 900.
The report was adopted.
Seoator Houston offered q resolution
inviting Hon. William WestfaIl, Mr.. L,cy
and Colonel Norton, who generously
donated the granite of which the capitol
is built, to be present at the dedication
ceremonies. Adopted.
Senator Clsiborn called up his resolu-
ton forbidding the use of rooms IN the
new cspitol as sleeping apartments. Laid
on the table.
Recess was taken until p. m.
THE HOUSE.
Special to tbs Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 15.-The House
met with Speaker Pendleton and q
quorum present.
Prayer was said by the chaplain, Rev.
T, T. Mitchell.
The House resumed consideration of
the Southwest Asylum bill upon the order
] pending from yesterday on which Mr.
Payne took an appeal from the ruling OF
the Speaker, who refused to sign the bill
on the ground that az the motion to re-
consider was disposed OF the bill was
still pending ss the property of the House
although passed by the Senate as origi-
nally called from the House.
| Mr.. Gsrwood offered the following:
Resolved, that the Speaker OF the
House be and he is hereby requested and
instructed to aftix his signature to House
bill 64, the same having been passed by
this House by vote of 81 to 35 and by
the Senate by vote of 16 to 49,
Tae chair ruled that the resolution
must lie over unless the rule is
suspended by two-thirds vote.
AS for himself he only issued
the proper expression of the wishes OF
the House. He suggested that the mat
| ter might be rescued by resolution re-
questipg vacs.ion Of the chair sud pro-
| viding for e new Speaker. The House
got under lock resulting from points OF
order overruled by the chair
and appealed from and the Speaker
refusing to put the appeal, and members
demanding csll OF the House.
MI. Kirlick offered resolution to cover
the suggestion Of the Speaker, which WAS
rsad. Cries of "no! mol"
Mr.. Hudgins, chairman or the commit
tee on enrolment Of ills, reported
the Southwes Asylu bill as enrolled and
thst the Speaker had refused to sign the
bill.
Motion to excuse the absentees under
the call fsied for want Of two thirds
vote. The vote wss-yeas, 40; nays, 43
Mr.. Gresham presented the report of
the free conference committee as signed
| by unanimous committee and explained
the report. Report adopted.
Ayes, So; nays, "a. The latter being
Mesars. Bell OF Cook, Bransford, Chap
man, Graves, Hargis, Hunt, johnson,
Jones, Miller, Newton Of Tarrsnt, Page,
Parks, Patterson, Rugel, Shield, Skinner,
Smith of Bosque; Steele, Tolbert, Temp,
klns, VOORHEES,, Wilson, Wood and
Wright.
| Adjourned until 8 O'Clock.