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From Thursdays Dailyl
House met at $3.50 o'clock. Speaker Alex
ander and quorum present. Prayer by
the chaplain, Rev. II. w. Dodge.
Mr.. Miner had spread ON the journal a
motion to reconsider the bill which was de-
feated yesterday changing the minimum
theft felony penalty from $50 to $50.
Substitute senate bill regulating prac-
tioe of dentistry was discussed
Mr.. Pope favored and Messrs. Hays,
Jones and Hamblen ridiculed it.
Even Mr.. Parker, of Tarrant, flew from
his usual line and offered an amendment
to perfect the bill that it should not apply
to harrow makers. And it didn't, for the
amendment was not entertained.
Mr.. Mills thought the bill good one.
Mr.. Allison said: "The house will bear
me out that have not been one of the
speaking members, but have done my
work by voting. 1t seems that we are dis
posed to regulate everything from plow-
boy to rail splitter. Now want to say
that it takes a mechanic to make good
dentist. The best education will not do
without mechanical skill. There are but
few good dentists in the country, as
know from practice of forty years. But,
as class, the dentists are as honorable
as those in other vooations, and there is
no occasion to require them to have GER
tihostes, as this bill provides. No man
can fill teeth, as stated by some of the
members, without proper knowledge of
the practice.
The bill passed to third reading
ayes, 80; nays, 81.
Mr.. Mills called up house bill 273 re-
quiring sworn statements from banks as
to money on deposit. Mr.. Gresham op-
posed the bill, arguing that it would not
reach the object of preventing false state
ments, as men disposed to do so will make
such statements and cover up the facts as
successfully under the bill as under the
present law, which already requires sworn
renditions of property. He would like to
aid the friends of the bill if he could find
remedy, and he did not oppose it
because he was not in sympathy with the
trainers of the measure, but because 1t
would have no other effect but to drive
capital away, make depositors withdraw
their money from banks and the result
would be such as no bank could stand.
Then, too, the bill, if it accomplished any
thing in the way intended, will operate
&c the prejudice of home depositors
rather than foreign capital.
After further discussion by Messrs.
Brown, of Grayson, Mills, Jones, Pope,
Hays and McGaughey, the bill was Or
dered engrossed.
Mr. Handy introduced joint resolution
directing the attorney general to institute
suit in the Travis district court against all
claimants to lands IN the state claimed
by virtue of Gibson certificates, from No.
l to 53S.
The general appropriation bill was read
and considered in committee of the whole,
Mr. Pope in the chair.
After adopting the items Of the several
departments down TO the attorney gen
erals department, the committee reported
its work and the house adjourned till 8
O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Brown, of Grsyson, introduced a
bill providing for investigation and prose-
oution of railroads for violations of law.
By Mr.. Miller-Bill amending article
$50 of the Penal Code.
By Mr.. Jenkins-Joint resolution to
have three sessiOnR daily