The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23

Qul6l anu p6dCedUl6 lives III HI gOuIl-
ness and honesty. Forgive whatever
Thy pure eyes have seen amiss in us
Write Thy laws in our minds and
upon the fleshly tables of our hearts
Make wars to cease unto the ends of
the earth. For all that is in heaven
and earth is Thine, and Thine shall be
the kingdom and the power, the
glory and majesty world without end.
Amen.
A motion pending from yesterday
to table motion To reconsider the
vote by which house bill No. So, regu.
lating assignments, passed, was car
ried.
Mr.. Wheeless, chairman of COM
sent up report of the COM
mittee on the Fort Worth charter bill.
Local bills being the regular order
for Saturdays, house bill making an
of $4,000 to pay the
heirs of Gen. Thos. j. Chambers for
5000 acres embraced in the limits OF
Austin and condemned for the site of
the state capitol, was considered.
Mr.. Moore commended that the claim
was too stale to be recognized.
Mr.. Finlay replied that the claim
was state only on account of incessive
legislature refusing to act in the mat
ter. He argued that this did not af.
feet its merits, and cited that attel
the French spOliation claims had been
rejected for two hundred years, con
gress but few years ago recognized
them by making an appropriation for
them In the present case the land
had been coded to Gen. Chambers for
patriotic services, and large expenses
incurred by him in bringing some two
thousand volunteers from Kentucky
to assist in fighting tor the indepen-
dence of the Republic of Texas. The
state has received over halfa million
dollars from sales of lots of these
lands and taxes paid to the state. So
the heirs are not asking for charity
but for justice. He hoped no one with
blood of his in their veins would ever
plead limitation against an honest
debt. IL can't be denied that the
very ground on which this mag
efficient state house stands belong to
the two women heirs OF Gen. Cham.
ber's.
The bill was further discussed by
Messrs. Moody, Mills, Barry, Atlee
and Beall, the last named gentleman
making a very brilliant and logical
appeal in behalf of the heirs.
Mr.. Truitt, speaking from the rec,
ords of evidence in the case, made a
strong argument in favor of the bill.
The bill went over till the afternoon
session
A message was received from the
governor vetoipg the bill amending
the charter of the city of Dallas on &C
count of the amendment proposing tC
license disorderly houses. Quoting
the law to show that this would in
clude houses of PROSTITUTION, the gov
ernor suggests that instead of licens
| ing such establishments municipal Of
ficers should be subject to removal fol
permitting them within their iuris
dictiOn.
Bishop Hargrove of Nashville, one
of the bishops of the Methodist church
South being present, was, on motion
invited to a seat in the bar OF thu
house.
Adjourned till O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION
In the afternoon session the nous
resumed the bill for relief of Cham
ber's heirs and refused to adopt tn
minority report, which is adverse t
the bill, by vote of 43 ayes to 45 noes
including speaker Cochran in tn
noes.
\ The bill was discussed by Messr'
Chambers, Sherrell aad Henderson {
, Lamar, but further action was checke
by the house getting under call an
refusing to excuse absentees on de
mand for the previous question on tn
engrossment of the bill. Subsequent
ly, on motion of Mr.. Rogan, the vot
ordering the previous question was re
considered and the bill went over q
pending business next saturday.
The house concurred in senat
amendments to the bill restoring Gel
tain jurisdiction to the counties c
Angelina, Polk and Shelby, and II
senate amendments to the bill addin
certain counties and abstracting 9th
ers from the operations of the butcher
law, senate bill fixing time for hold
ing court in the FOrty-seventh distriC
and senate bill amending the act reol
ganizipg the Thirty-second and Thil
ty.ninth, and creating the Fiftietl
district.
The house passed its bill authori2
ing Mrs. Sarah A. Nichols to sue tn
state for work done by her husband il
building the state land office.
Also passed senate bill amendin
the charter of Ell Paso and CD motto
of Mr.. Hawkins refused to reconside
this action.
Adjourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Following is the veto message {
Governor Hogg sent into the hous
yesterday, reference to which is mad
above:
ExECUT. We OFFICE,
AUSTIN, Tex, March IS, 1893.
Gentlemen of the House of Repre- entatives:
Herewith / beg to return to you
honorable body, with my disapprova
house bill No. 582, IL being an act I
amend certain sections of the charte
of the city Of Dallas, received In tn
executive Office on the 9Th day of thi
month. Among other things this al
confers authority upon the city
Dallas to license disorderly house
and it is on this ground that l has
my objection. The penal code of Texs
defines disorderly house to be on
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