The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-12
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.


a peculiar habit some people have,
and try as they will the press of the
country has been unable to stop it.
This speakership contest has afforded
a splendid topic for talk, and it has
been worked for all it was worth by
these selfsame talkative bipends
What they say may be true and it
may be not; at any rate, The STATES
MAN gives it for what it is worth.
They say that Gossett was the per-
sonal choice of Governor Hogg, and
they also say that the administration
wat moving heaven and earth in
large and small hunks to secure his
election. After the caucus movement
was decapitated on Monday afternoon
they say that Gossett and his friends
became absolutely desperate, and
with tears in their eyes almost laid
seige to the feelings and votes of the
supporters of Cochran, Wilson ct al.
promising them everything they
would ask for in the way of clerk
ships and committee assignments
If they would only vote for and do
what they could to secure the election
of the kaufman county man.
And now that Cochran is elected
and Gossett defeated these people are
unkind enough to say that in doing 1t
the house dealt Governor Hogg such
blow in his optic that it will take
many applications of fresh beef to re-
move the discoloration. They recog-
nize the fact that Cochran as well as
Gossett was and is now q staupch
Hogg map, but they assert that the
Dallas man will not respond as read.
lily and promptly to the crack of the
executive whip as would his more
youthful opponent. Another in
stance in which u black eye,
It is claimed, has been dealt is
pointed out by these takers in the
senate, where Mr.. G. HI. Allen OF
Mr.. Allen lives right here in our midst
and is known as we'll by the admins
tration family as by the citizens Of
Austin. His record in the late un
pleasantness as an out and out sup
porter of George Clark is also well
known. In view of the fact that the
assertion has been frequently made
that no Clark man need apply to the
Legislature for pie, his election, it il
said, will be very bitter pill for some
the most bitter of the Hogg leaders tt
sws low. All this is the talk among
members of the Legislature and close
observers of their work. How muct
of real fact there is in it The STATES
MAN does not warrant, but gives thu
talk" just as it is going the rounds
NV
Now that the speakership contes
has been decided, the thing of mos
interest to both the members of tn
:. house and the senate is the distribu
of the committee chairmanships, an
all of them are anxiously awaiting tn
announcements.
In the house Speaker Cochran ha
not yet completed his list, but it
generally understood and believe
that Representative Geo. P. Fin]e
of Galveston will be placed at the hea
of the finance committee.
Lieutenant Governor Crane las
night had all of his committee
fixed up, but declined to Civ
them up to the reporters, stating
that he might possibly make chang
in one of the main committees thi
morning. THE STATESMAN predict
that the following men will be chair
men of the following committees:
John w. Crawford of Hopkins coun
ty, chairman of judiciary No. l..
J. G. Kirby of Van Zandt county
chairman OF Judiciary No. 2.
George T. Jester of Navarro county
chairman of the committe on finance
J. w. Swayne of Tarrant county
chairman of the committee on interna
improvements.
The above are the four most i'm
portant committees, and THE STATES
MAN would request the members t.
mark The STATEsMAN's prediction.
M
Following are the officers of tn
house elected up to the hour of adj
journment, and the officers of the sen
ate complete:
HOUSE OFFICERS.
Speak er--John H. Cochran of Dallas
Chief clerk-Geo. w. Finger of Tai
rant.
Reading clerk-Chester Hale {
Travis.
Assistant reading c)erk-W. E
Jaynes of Grayson.
Journal clerk-Marshal d. Burney
SENATE OFFICERS.
Secretary-A NJ. Kennedy of Mexis
Assistant secretary-A. A. Worthar
of Hopkins.
Journal clerk-W. B. O'Quenn {
Angelina.
Assistant Journal clerk-A.
Thweatt of Travis.
Calendar clerk-R. q. Childress
Scurry.
Enrolling clerk-John M. Stevel
son Of hilane