San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-06
AUSTIN LETTER.
AUSTIN. Texas. April 5, 1s92.

The senate met this morning at the
usual hour, but ON account of so many of
the senators being engaged in committee
work, barely quorum was present.
Senate bill No. 20, regarding local OPP
ton, came up as unfinished business, and
was discussed at length. Many amend
ments were offered, some Of which were
adopted, but the majority rejected.
Senator Kearby's bill came up and was
eugrossed. After this the senate went
into executive session, with closed doors.
HOUSE.
The resolution OF yesterday that the
speaker appoint a committee OF seven to
investigate the question OF !ocatlhg lhe
civil court Of appeals was taken up.
Mr.. Rogan, OF Brown, who introduced
the resolution, stated that 10 was not in
tended to be in the interest OF any partlc-
Mar CITY, but merely that the house
might be properly informed.
Mr.. Crawford, of Dallas favored the
resolution and said IL was a question of
ing to any locality and thought the legts-
lature should be guided by what was best
for the public good.
Rogan and Swayne spoke on the reso-
luton.
Mr.. Robinson offered as substitute
that the state should own her own build
ings for the courts and they should be
This resolution was lost. ROgan's resolu-
tiOn, however, was finally adopted.
The bill to transfer one per cent OF the
permanent school fund Of the state to the
available fund each year and discussed at
length.
Last night the senate met at o'clock
to consider the International investig8-
ton question and Senator Garwood, the
talented young statesman from Bastrop,
spoke at length upon it, consuming the
space OF two hours and twenty minutes.
He stated repeatedly that he had no iR-
terest in the outcome Of the question; his
only object in bringing thus so many evils
TO light being to see justice done
He showed up the Tyler Gang" I'm all
viable light. He has unearthered lots Of
rascality in this course of his investiga
tions and he did not hesitate to speak Of
it last night.
The senate chamber was crowded, not
a seat to be found, and all who were there
listened intently to what he had to say.
The senate meets again al s o'clock to-
| night to further continue the inyestiga-
tion.
The alien land law has passed the
house, but is pruned of it's most objec-
tionable features, sections 1 and 9 being
struck out. The, latter clause was the
one most obnoxious and had IL been left
In the bill foreign money lenders say they
would have withdrawn from the state.
The bill in substance as it now stands
according 10 a good authority is about as
follows:
Present alien owners may hold their
land during their life Resident aliens
may hereafter acquire up TO Gao acres and
hold during residence and for 10 years
after. 1t is not clear whether this resi-
dence qualification applies to present
owners, or whether only 10 years non
residence is allowed The act does not
apply to town holdings at all. Ten years
are allowed to mortgages for buying in
under present aud future contracts and
10 heirs; minority not counted. "A suit
for escheat is to be raised against viola
tors, the land sold, and the money ac-
counted for to the owners.
Newspaper men yesterday received j
circular given out by the friends OF the
commission and state administration
which indicates that they are seriously
alarmed by the political outlook, which
calls meeting of all friends of the com
mission to meet at Austin on Saturday
Next. The circular is signed by long
string of administration and commission
advocates. Il. j. G.