The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-17
THE LEGISLATURE.
[ContInned from NIn,h Paee.l

oonvicts now in the penitentiaries of tn,
state, and the number hired out, the prgc
ticability of working all such convicts il
prison walls, the additional penitentiary
room necessary to do so, the best manner
of constructing the same, and thu
probable cost thereof, and, in thu
event said committee find it imprsctic
able to work all such con
victs in prison walls, then to investigate
and report the best and most practice
manner of working all such convicts so al
to prevent escapes and competition with
the honest labor of the country.
The resolution was discussed by Messrs
Stevenson, of Parker, Hamblen, Mays
White and Moody.
The speaker announced the following
standing committees:
Internal mprovements-Mr Brown, Of
Grsyson, chairman, and Messrs. Clemens
Pope, Miller, Gresham, Wheatley, Ham
blen, Stevenson, of Parker; Middlebrook
Frost, Moody, Nelson, Rowland, Jenkins
billiard, Owsley, Erskins, Connellee.
| Constitutional amendments-Dillard
chairman; Robinson, of Bexar; Talbert
Brown, of Johnson; Wilson, of Hill
Gresham, Hays, Jones, Robinson, of Bias
trop; Hancock, Jagoe, Allison, Kincaid
johnson, of Titus; Bryan, Pickett, Fielder
Landlord.
Counties and county boundaries-Mc.
Kinney, chairman; Levy, Roop, Hood
Robinson, of Bastrop; Moody, Crayton
Fields, Wilson, of Hill; Fielder, Hancock
Dawson, Campbell, of Cook; Brown, OF
Navarro.
Public health and vital statistics-Ken.
needy, chairman; Selman, Fields, Lewis
Bryan, Thompson, PEBBLES, Hamblen
Levy, Jagoe, James, Tolbert, Mills.
Claims and accounts-Middlebro
chairman; Cook, Fielder, Landlord, Swim
ford, Pope, White, Frost, Smith.
| Stock and stock raising-Moses, chair
man; Tolar, Erskine, Whitfield, Rhodes
Sorrel, Connellee, Mcdonald, Williamson
MurreIl, Stevenson, of Ell Paso; Weldon
PEBBLES, Overton, Wilson, of Hill.
Public debt-Mr. Wood, chairman, anC
Messrs. Breeding, PEBBLES, Parker, of Tar
rant; Humphreys, Murchisop, Lankford
Woodruff, Erskine.
Judicial districts-Mr. Pickett, chair
man, and Messrs. Rowland, Wilson, oil
Harrison; Sorrel, Williamson, Fielder, Whit
ted, Landlord, johnson, of Titus; Hood
King.
Asylums-Mr. McGaughey, chairman
and Messrs. Kennedy, Fields, Selman
Campbell, of Cooke, Hayes, Thompson
McGehee, Humphrey, Jones, Robinson
of Bexar; Carwile, billiard.
Private land claims--Mr. Newton, chair
man, and Messrs. Tolar, Whatley, Swim
ford, Woodruff, Bishop, Faubion, Ralph
! Williamson,
Oomptrollers' and treasurer's Offices
Bailey, chairman; Rhodes, Miller, Ralph
| Oonnellee, Selman, Newton.
EngrOsed bills-Meson, chairman; Scr.
rel, Urbahn, Martin, White.
Enrolled bills - Carwile, chairman
Levy, Orayton, Fields, Murrell
Insurance, etc.-Bryan, chaIrman; Gar.
vile, Robinson, of Bexar; Breeding, Ste
venson, of El Paso; Dunlap, Mcclure
Moody, Campbell, of Grimes.
Irrigation-Erskine, chairman; Rent
fro, Rhodes, Whitfield, Tolar, Selman, Ali
son, Parker, of Tarrant; Hays, Kennedy,
Wood, Stevenson, of Ell Paso; Fsnbion,
Brown, of Grayson; Hardy.
Revenue and taxation - Mr.. Mills
chairman; Messrs. Frost, Cobb, Strong
Smith, McGelder, of Hays; Mcclure
Wilson, of Hill; King, Mckinney, Con.
MELEE, Woods, Graz ton, Brown, of John.
son; Martin, Ralph, Murchison.
Roads, bridges and ferriss-Mr. Jones
chairman; Messrs. Middlebrook, Talbert
Bryan, Sorrel, McGehee, Bowie, Allison,
Rowland, Moody, Erskine, Campbell, OF
Cook; Hathaway, Wellhausen, Dunlap,
Moses, Overton, Mcdonald, Childers.
Public lapds-Mr. Strong, chairman;
Messrs. Jagoe, Connellee, Martin, Nc
Comb, Wilson, of Harrison Brown, OF
Grayson; Faubion, Tolar, williamson
Hays, Rhodes, Stevenson, of Parker
Erskine, Miller, Weldon, Hudson.
County government and finances
Hathaway, chairman; Brown, of Navarro
Cochran, Weldon, Humphrey, Rowland
Tolbert, Wilson, of Hill; Hudson, Wood
Grassland and Asberry.
Privileges and elections-Mr. Parker
of Fort Bend, chairman, and Messrs. Levy
Brown, of Johnson; Wood, Swinford
Renick, White, Urbahn, Weldon, Childress
Dawson, Hancock, Cook, Grassland and
Sorrel,
Towns and cities-Mr. Robinson, OF
Bexar, chairman, and Messrs. Hamblen
Stevenson, of Parker; Carwile, Parker, OF
Tarrant; Mcdonald, Clemens, Handy
White, Strong, Thompson and Pope.
Military atfairs-Mr. Handy, chairman
and Messrs. Bailey, Kennedy, White
Muddell, Weldon, Kincoid.
Penitentiaries-Mr McGehee, chairman
and Messrs. Parker, Newton, Smith, Mid
dlebrook, MCGEE, King, Mckinney, Sci
man, Lewis, Cochran, Hood, Kincaid, Ur.
balm, Owsley, Martin, Mays.
Public grounds and buildings-Mr
Smith, chairman, and Messrs. Thompson
Towles, Johnson, of Titus, Kennedy
Moses, 0wsley, 'Renick, White, Middle,
brook, Robinson, of Bsstrop; Dawson
| Cobb.
Mining and minerals-Mr. Williamson
chairman, and Messrs. Stevenson, of e.
Paso; Middlebrook, Renick,t Wellhausep
Jenkins, White, Childress, Pickett, Roop
Clemens, Humphrey, Asberry.
| Representation and apportionment-
Mr.. Robinson, of Bastro2, chairman, and
Messrs. McComb, Landlord, Humphrey
Bishop, Moses, Urbahn, Wellhausen, Mil
Ter, Mays.
Commerce and manufactures-Mr
Clemens, chairman, and Messrs. Bryan
Rentfro, johnson, of Anderson; Cobb
Pope, Hudson, Fielder, Cook, Urbahn
Miller, Dunlap, Parker, of Tarrant.
Pending Mr.. Stevenson's resolution, the
house adjourned to 10 a. IN. tomorrow.
From Wednesdays DailY.l
The house met at 10 O'Clock, Speaker