The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-24
THE EXTRA SESSION.
WHAT THEY DID YESTERDAY IN THE
HOUSE.
Very Brief Session Of the House and
Senate, But Considerable Activity
in the Committees.
MORNING SESSION

thaws.
Committee reports were heard anC
the various business moves of tn,
morning performed as usual, but tn,
half frozen apathy of the assembly
thawed out quite unexpectedly wher
Mr.. Curry, one of the Oldest anC
staunchest members introduced res
olution relative to the investga
ion of the International and Grea
Northern receivership, proposing tt
set the hour OF 10 O'Clock q. m. mex
Monday as the time for the handling
of the matter by the House.
The resolution was read twice, aDC
Immediately Mr.. Gerald the author o.
the resolution which participated the
investigation took the floor and pro-
ceeded to peel the bark from Mr.. Cur.
ry's resolution.
81 am interested in this matter" he
said, las much perhaps as any other
man in the house, and ] object to any
such action being taken. | insist
have reserved letter from the secre-
tary of state telling me that the pap
ers were only filed with him on the
9TH of February, when the resolution
requested it should be done before the
first of August. expected that print
ed copies of the entire proceedings
would be on the desks of the members
as provided in the resolution but it
has not been done-under the circum-
cumstances ii could not be done, but
| don't want the matter taken up in
the house until the members have had
an opportunity to look into it. They
can't do it by next Monday. There
will be nearly 1900 printed pages and
they ought to be given an opportun-
ity to properly digest it before being
called on to act.n
Mr.. Lewis. II move that the mat
ter be tabled, subject to call"
Mr.. Gerald: "That's it,"
After some further pertinent re-
marks forcibly delivered by Mr..
Lewis, the motion to table subject tc
call prevailed, and Mr.. Gerald picked
up his well-known placid smile which
he had thrown aside for the moment,
and re-adjusted it upon his features.
But little further business was
transacted before the House adjourn
ed for the day.
AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT.
The committee on congressional re-
apportionment met Immediately after
the adjournment, in the office OF the
chief clerk, but the papers and maps
so necessary for their important work
not being yet on hand they were UNI
able to more than lay out general
plan of work, which being done they
adjourned. And hereafter they will
meet at p. m. each day,
The committe on senatorial and rep
resentative districts held brief ses-
sion at which Mr.. Nelson's bill pro-
viding that population of 1900
shall constitute q representative dis
trict, was taken up and considered at
some length, although no final de-
cision relative to 1t was reached, and
the same bill will be before them
again today.
FINANCE.
The Finance committee will report
favorably on Mr.. Gresham's bill APP
propriating $4,000 for contingent ex-
penses of the extra session.
REVENUE.
The committee on Revenue and
Taxation met at 3 O'Clock in the after
noon and spent some time in animated
discussion of Mr.. TESTERS bill TO put
in force the constitutional amendment
looking to the annual transfer of | per
cent from the permanent to the avail
able school fund. No decision was ar
rived at, however, aud the bill was
held up awaiting some detailed in
formation from the comptroller.
THE ALIEN LAND LAW.
Judiciary committee No. | assembled
at O'clock, after vigorous efforts on
the part of its handsome clerk, the
long, tall, Poole, one of the hand
soonest and at the same time one of
the most efficient men in the working
force of the extra session.
The subject for discussion was the
much cussed alien land law. There
were three bills before them, by
Messrs. Gossett, Breitz and Hodges.
They all took hand at it and the
question was first raised as to whether
the law should be passed at this ses-
sion ut all or not, but on motion to
the effect that it would be expedient
to pass it the sense of the committee
was found to be in its favor.
A motion was made that aliens who
acquired lands after the passage of
the law shall be allowed ten years in
which to dispose of it and twenty-five
years for the same purpose for those
aliens who now own Texas lands, and
after some discussion the committee
acceded to the idea.
The committee also decided to in
corporate in the bill features allowing
manufacturing interests to own all
property in cities and towns, and also
property in city and town additions.
necessary for the successful operation
of their business.
With the sense of the COM
mittee established the three
bills were referred to sub
committee composed of Messrs. Cos
sett, Crawford and Rogan Of Brown,
with instructions to prepare substi-
tute bill embodying the idea advo-
Gated by the main committee and re-
port the same at the meeting Friday.
Bills from Representatives Wilson
of Harrison and Adkins, making re-
ceivers responsible for damages by
death of employees, were referred to
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