The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-10
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| House met with Speaker PendletOn ana
quorum present. Prayer by the chap
| Ian.
The pending business from yesterday
was resumed, the geological bill and the
Payne amendment.
| Amendment by Mr.. Smith, of Travis,
was adopted, requiring reports of all
moneys received from corporations for
services rendered.
Amendment by Mr.. Payne, restricting
the number of persons to be employed in
the work, was defeated by the vote of the
| chair.
The vote was ordered engrossed by a
vote of SO to 40.
The speaker referred to the finance
committee senate bill No. making APP
preparation for the orphan asylum, and
senate bill No. u making appropriation
TO pay the debt of the state to the Uni
yersity.
Mr.. Waskom called up senate bill No. 7,
appropriating S150,00O for the Terrell
asylum, and spoke in favor Of the bill,
the house having gone into committee of
the whole with Mr.. Booth in the chair.
Mr.. Mills offered amendment reducing
the appropriation to $4,000.
Messrs. Bryan and Patterson spoke
against the amendment and Mr.. Mills for
it. The amendment was lost.
Mesers. Groce and Johnson spoke in
favor of the bill.
The committee of the whole reported
the bill favorably to the house, which
adopted the report.
Mr.. Mills renewed his amendment.
Mr.. Robinson spoke, calling attention
TO the fact that there was bill reported
fayorably for an appropriation for new
asylum in southwest Texas, and the ques
ton for consideration was as to where
it was most advisable to make
additional improvement He would not
antagonize any appropriation needed at
Terrell, even while favoring a new asylum
for the southwest, which would avoid too
great an asylum population being accu-
INFLATED at either place.
Mr.. Bel, of Cooke, cOmbatted the pro-
priety of distributing state institutions
all over the state, and rather favored, as
matter of policy and good government,
putting them at the state capital.
Pending consideration, the house ed
iourned till O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
Consideration of the bill to appropriate
$3.50, 900 for the lunatic asylum at Terrell
was resumed, and the bill passed to a
third reading.
Resolution was adopted ordering the
hall to be properly draped for the memo
rial services to the late Representative
Plumly, Friday evening.
On motion of Mr.. Robinson his bill
house bill No. "a, providing for lunatic
asylum in southwest Texas, was taken up
Mr.. Mills moved to substitute for the
majority report the adverse minority re-
port.
Messrs. Biard, of Lamar, and Garwood
spoke in favor of the majority report.
Mr.. Camp strongly favored the bill
contendipg that new asylum was better
than accommodating too large an asylum
population at Terrell, or any one point
Outrages were likely to result where theirs
were so many lunatics to be controlled.
Even here, in the Austin asylum, mar
had been murdered, and nobody knew who
did it. Where there are so many gathered
together such treatment can go on anC
we can't catch up with the guilty parties
Mr.. Bell, of Cooke, (facetiously )-"Well
then, we must have another asylum. We
can't have men murd cred in that way
even if we have to establish four asylums
since the gentleman from Limestone, who
is doctor and especially an expert in
matters of insanity, can't detect the muir
derers.' Laughter
Mr.. Cone spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr.. Moore, of Travis spoke in favor OF
the bill, citing figures given in THF
STATESMAN to show that the state had
ample funds to make all the appropria
tions contem plated without danger Of any
deficiency in the expenses of the govern
meut
Mr.. Blair spoke in favor of the bill.
The minority report was rejected and
committee amendments were adopted
making the site embrace $40 acres and
striking out the clause allowing 100000 OF
the 100000 appropriation to be used fol
temporary purposes.
The vote on the adoption of the minor
ity report was-ayes, 30; nays, 81. The
majority report was adopted.
The house then went into committee OF
the whole, Mr.. Smith, of Travis, in the
chair.
The bill was adopted by the committee
and reported without amendment to the
house.
After some minor amendments were
adopted the house adjourned, pending
engrossment of the bill.
Adjourned till 10 O'Clock this morning.