The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-14

rate elections would not remedy this, as
congress would not extend its own powers
to suit the occasion. The state already
has the right to have its own supervisors
OF state elections. He had always re-
garded our general government as one of
the grandest on the face of the earth, a
democratic government by the people,
and he saw no reason to change his opin-
ion simply because of change in the ma
tional executive.
After some fillibustering the bill was
finally postponed till Monday.
The general appropriation bill was
made the continuous order on and from
Monday next.
Mr.. Bryan had spread on the Journal
motion to reconsider the bill for relief of
R. j. Rowe.
Nj, Brown, of Grayson, called up his
bill legalizing donations to the State
university for endowipg professorrhips.
The bill passed.
Mr.. Hamblen called up house bill charter
ing companies buying out railroads, but
holding them liable for the obligations of
the original company.
Mr.. Miner called up house bill allowing
tuition fees to be charged law and medi-
cal students in the University not to ex-
coed $50 for law students and $3.50 for
medical students. The bill passed and
the housed refused to reconsider.
Adjourned till $50 to-day.
From Wednesdays Daiy.l
The house met at $3.50 a. m. Speaker
pro tenn Gresham in the chair and
quorum present. Prayer by the chaplain,
Rev. H. W. Dodge.
Mr.. McGaughey sent up petition from
physicians of Erath county asking for
state board of health.
CMr. Whitted-Protest from citizens of
Llano county as to changing the law pro-
viding for county school perintendents.
Mr.. Newton offered resolution for COM
mittee of inquiry as to practioability of
arteslan wells for water supply for the
capitol and state institutions.
Mr.. Newton stated that he was informed
that the present expense was about $1,000
annually, and an artesian we'll could be
bored on the capitol grounds for $4,000
and there would be no cost to the state if
sufficient water was not supplied.I
Mr.. Bryan found the resolution as a
saving to the state.
Mr.. Wood doubted if the water would
be good and opposed the resolution.
The resolution was adopted.
By Mr.. Clemors-Bill amending article
1922 of the railroad law and entitled an
"Act to establish and prescribe maximum
rates of freight allowed to be charged and
collected by the railroad companies of this
state for transportation of cotton in bales
and prescribing penalty for the viola
tion of its provisions"
Tho n lnpcy lict nf nloesi-
fed rates, graduated according to number
of miles from shipping point to destina-
ton. It is estimated the bill will save a
million dollars to the people of the state.
By Mr.. Moody-House bill 626 amend
ing article 4257 of the railroad law fixing
maximum rate of % cents per 100
pounds per 100 miles and not ex-
ceeding 1219 cents for each additional
100 miles per 100 pounds. 1t provides for
uniform rates and against local discrim
ination, to be determined as other ques-
tions of fact by the courts. There is a
proviso as to charges allowing Is cents
per 100 pounds for fractions of fifty miles
or less. Also, that no railroad company
shall receive for any article carried within
this state higher rate than is fixed In the
schedule in force January l., 1889, under
! the maximum of this act.
By Mr.. Childers-Bill amending section
AZ. chapter 1872 of General Laws of the
Twentieth legislature relative to transfers
Of children and pro ratas of school fund.
Senate bill AZ, amending article 3l22a
Of the land lord lien law, passed to third
reading.
Mr.. Handy had spread on the Journal
motion to reconsider the action of the
house postponing till Monday his bill
separating state from federal elections.
Mr.. Smith asked to take up senate bill
relative to roads through grounds of
public buildings, but the house refused.
Sbnate bill 40, for purchasing farms for
working convicts, came up in regular
order. Mr.. Parker, of Tarrant, moved to
postpone till April 2, Mr.. Hamblen spoke
at length in favor of the bill. He con-
tended that the policy of working con-
victs only in the prison walls was failure.
The report showed that the expense of
the donvicts involved loss of $4,000 to
the Atate in two years. The result as to
the PRODUCTS of the state Harlan farm
was the only redeeming feature in the
repdrts, showing handsome profits to the
statb from working convicts outside the
waLb.
mr. MCGUIRE discussed the convict bill.
TIC couvicts we're badly treated outside
the walls, being worked sometimes from
twelve to eighteen hours day. There
were men here who claimed that property
had deprecated at Hearne on account of
convicts being hired around that town.
AS for himself he would rather rent out
his own land, where there were convicts,
and rent land somewhere else where his
family would be free from the dangers
resulting from the presence of conviots.
It might do to work the convicts in some
sections in improving wild lands to put
upon the market.
Nj. Dawson favored some policy by
which the convicts would not be too much
scattered and not entirely confined to the
prison walls.
The bill was postponed till IL O'Clock
Friday.
Substitute house bill 34S, fixing priority
of rioht No Tn Occupancy of scraps of