The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-07
Full Report OF The speciai commit
tee Charges clear aud ENpitcit
sp, slal Correspondence Vi rhc News.

AUSTIN, April u. y ne BID Great
ing one. additional court OF civil
appeals and locating same at Dallas
came up in tine house this morning
and went to tiual pa- age the vote
being - to - McLennan county
is in the Austin district under the
bill. The m,a.are goes ta k TO the
senate where Ii il elieved IT, apa
will hardly recogn le 1t. W men it
left the senate ere the pruning knife
Of the house cut it down, it pro.
y.ded for three additional courts
one al san Antonio, with rough
and tumble fight between Dallas
and Tyler for a second aud between
Abilene and Bro.nrood for the
other. Waco stood off to one side
with a stuffed club aad whscked
them all right and left as each came
IN range, and as result succeeded
IN knocking the eternal filling out
Of the senate. The four court bill
IL the designation which still limps
about in the arena. 1t is believed
IN some quarters that happy
medium will be struck by the pas
sage of five court bill, and Waco
and San Antonio will indulge in the
GIaco Roman act for the lob of be
ing the place.
Senate bill $50 providing for the
establishment OF normal chool at
Denton vas killed in the house by
a vote of 30 to 81, after stubborn
fight. McI'all ha. entered motion
to reconsider the vote, and the bill
may yet pass.
The G ossett bill, a. it is known
IN the house although introduced
by Hood, Of Fannlp, came UP in
the house for concurrence in the
senate amendments, which was e.
fected. The bill now goes to the
governor for his sign manual.
-
The house has scrapped all the
all the afternoon providing thai
counties created out of parts of the
several other counties shall assume
their Just proportion of the lndebt
edness of the counties out of which
they have been Gre ated. An amend
ment by Breeding, of Harris, pro,
yiding that the bl shall apply only
TO counties yet to be created, was
voted down after a hard and acri.
monious contest, over the constitu-
tionality of the bill as it stood.
The bill is pending business.
The special committee on the
McGaughey matter submitted the
following report, Chairman Smith
being absent and excused
COMMITTEE Room,
Austin, Tex, Ap'l 6, 1898
To non Jno H Cochran Speaker of the House
OF Representatives,
Your special committee to whom
was referred the report of the Joint
committee of the senate and house
concerning certain charges against
w. l.. McGaughey, the commits
sioner of the general land otl1e,
with instructions to examine into
the matters therein mentioned, and
10 make report to the house con
corning said charger, and to make
recommendations as to whether said
W. l.. McGaughey should he i'm
peached, etc, beg to submit the fol-
lowing report:
We have carefully examined into
said matters, and we fud the
charges in said said report to be
fully sustained by the evidence,
and we accept the same as part of
that report, with the exception of
that part relating to two filing
clerks, which is sub ect to the |
following modification as shown
ny evidence not before said com
mittee:
The second legislature made an
appropriation, in bulk, of 81, 250 |
for two filing clerk, and Mr.
Gather Zone of said clerks, Motif
Cd the commissioner that if he con
strued said appropriation to mean
that the same should be equally lie
vided between the two clerks, al
lowing SIPS to each, that he would
resign. The commissioner and his
chief clerk, VIM. Bramlette, there.