The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-16
CHIPS LEFT BEHIND THEM BY THE
LAwBUILDERs-A GLANCE AT
THE RECORD THEY
MADE.
Full List of the Laws Made, as Well as
the Bills of the House Stranded in
the Senate, and Senate Meas
ures Grounded in the
House.
The Texas Legislator awoke yester-

each morning since the legislature
assembled in Austin.
The supposition is that this is the
result OF a habit acquired in early life,
and in all probability he has been
awaking in the morning for some time
prior to the session of the legislature,
but not being then man of promi-
hence the world paid but little heed
to when he awoke or how he awoke.
Since he has been in Austin, how
ever, and has been the object of such
universal atten tion, The STATESMAN
has, from time to time, called atten-
ton to the facc that he awoke in the
morning. True, he didn't hit the
morning in the same spot every time
he awoke, and sometimes it would al
most need validating act to convince
the ordinary observer that it was
morning and not noon, yet the fact
remains that every time he went to
sleep at night he awoke in the morn
ing.
He awoke yesterday morning with
tear in his eye and a pain in his
head.
He had been to the banquet the
night before.
Having awoke, he arose, and arising
he arrayed himself in his best raiment
and repaired to the capitol.
And what a sight met his gaze.
The floor was literally heaped with
hits Of paper, bills and rubbish. The
speaker sat on the steps leading to
the rostrum gazing theughtfully at a
copy of THE STATESMAN, and Reading
Clark Finger stood behind his desk
tr;umphantly reading a file of the
journals at the top of his voice. Sew
eral Intellectual attempts were made
to stop him, bat he continued to saw
the ambient atmosphere into shud-
dering strips with his vocal phenom-
enon. He had been thwarted ninety
times in an attempt to read that jour.
nal, and he wouldn't be put off now.
A dozen or so of the members we're
scattered about the room, Calendar
Clerk Bell, as courteous and obliging
as if he hadn't travelled over two-thirds
of the globe, was hunting out the his
tory of a bill for hungry eyed repor-
ter, Chief Clerk Dixon was making
out warrants, Burrey and Lambert
were struggling with the last days
chaotic journal, and as Postmaster
Mullins handed him his mail,
the Texas Legislator took the scene
all in and went away with a picture
painted on his memory which time
would never efface.
A few moments afterwards and he
was on the train. The final station
reached at last, found the we'll re-
membered wagon from the home place
waiting at the depot, and soon he was
in the cool green lane leading up to
the house.
The wind blew steadily from the
gulf, still bearing with it the odor of
the salt waves, and as it bent the
plant grasses and tossed the green
leaved trees it seemed to whisper
words of welcome in his ear.
The sun sank low in the west cast
ing long bright rays beneath the shade
of the trees and twinKling sharply
from thousand drops left clinging
to the limbs and the leaves, the fences
and the tufted grasses.
At last he saw the house, its white
walls cleaning among the trees.
Lightly he sprang to the gate. With
a cry of delight pretty little lass
ran to him from the house, her
hair tossed back from her eager face,
and her trim little dress huttering
in the wind. The boys, shouting like
Comanches, rushed up from the
horse lot. Mother appeared at the
door with that baby on her arm, the
face of each transfgured with Joy at
seeing papa. He opened wide his arms
and received them all in his fond en-
brace, and the Texas Legislator was at
home.
&*s
! A reporter of THE STATESMAN took
occasion yesterday to look around the
legislative halls among the chips left
behind there by the law builders, and
this is what he found
SENATE BILLS LEFT IN THE HOUSE.
Substitute senate bill No. 3S4 ,regu-