The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-05
AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN THURSDAY APRIL g. 1898

close the debate and making a strong
argument in favor of his bill, which
he commended was for the protection of
or his section of the state without
detriment to other sections. 1t was
wrong to deny this protection simply
because his section did not have the
votes to protect itself.
Amendment by Mr.. Sheriff. to
strike out SIS and insert So as the mini
mum price per acre was lost.
The bill filled on final passage by a
vote of 60 to 2S.
Adjourned till o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon the house took up
its special order, the general appro.
priation bill, which was read in COM
mittee of the whole, with Mr.. Pickett
in the chair.
The bill being considered by sec.
tions, Mr.. Wheless moved to amend
the item as to salary of the governors
stenographic clerk by making the
clerks salary $500, including his
compression as clerk of the penitenti-
airy board. This amendment he pro-
posed because the constitution pre-.
cluded the clerk having two salaries.
Mr.. Onion suggested that an appro-
priation bill was intended to fix the
salaries and not the duties OF the
clerk, intimatiug that the sub-com-
mittee was attempting to dictate to
the house.
To this Mr.. Wheless replied that if
the gentleman from Smith were not
such an ardent administrationist he
would have more regard for thosewho
acted in good faith in the simple per-
formance of duty. He would, how
ever, withdraw the amendment, and
change its phraseology to suit the tas-
tidious objection which had been
raised, which he did, and the amend
ment was adopted to read: "For sal
airy of stenographic clerk and clerk OF
the penitentiary board, $l500.n
The items of salary of governor,
$4,000, and of his private secretary,
$4,000, were adopted.
The Wheless amendment was the
only one adopted under the caption OF
Executive office"
No changes were made in the items
for the governors mansion and
grounds
In estate department" salary of one
second assistant clerk being $1,000
that of the others was changed to 5000
and provision was added that both
clerks shall be females.
Salary of porter was made $500.
The item of $4,000 for boxing and
shipping Revised Statutes was struck
out.
| Various amendments were offered
and overruled requiring substit ltions
of lady clerks.
The committee of the whole reported
progress and asked to sit again to-
morrow. Report adopted.
By Mr.. Sherrill-Resolution fol
final adjournment April IA Referred
Adjourned till 8 o'clock this morn
ing.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
Senate committee on internal i'm
provements met last night and de
cided to report favorably Senator
Greer's resolution instructing the
attorney general to inquire into
the alleged consolidation of the
Texas and New Orleans, Sabine and
East Texas, Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio, New York, Texas
and Mexican and Gulf, Western
Texas and Pacific railways and Sena
tor Greer's bill to regulate and con
troll the management and operation o
railroad properties in Texas and pro
vide for forfeiture for the violation
, thereof.
The committee will report unfavor
ably Senator Crowley's resolution
looking to convention of delegates o.
ten states, with view to building
line of railway from North Dakota tc
| the Cult of Mexico.