San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-05
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Action of the State Legislature and
the National Senate.

Ine NdGlOudl O6ndG6.
Cleveland will probably revoke
the discrimination against the cof-
fee and sugar importatiOns from
the South American and Central
American states that refused re-
ciprOcity with the United States.
Senate has not yet agreed as to it's
course in the matter of OrganiZa-
ton, but the officers will very prob
ably be elected and not seated until
Senate meets in regular session.
The debate continues over the right
of the governors to appoint SEN
ators to fill vacancies that might
have been filled by the Legislatures,
but were not. The conclusion was
not reached and Chandler had the
floor when Senate went into eX-
ecutive session on appointments.
HOke Smith is working the guillO-
tine in his department and 80
clerks were dropped from the rolls
on Monday as supernumeray.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Senator BOwSer introduced a con-
current resolution looking to the
appointment of five special COM
missiOners to investigate the Aus
tralian system of regulating land
titles, the committee to report at
the next session of the legislature.
On motion of Senator Agnew Sen
ate agreed to take up cOnfirma-
ton of notOrial appointments
on Saturday instead of on
Monday as previously decided.
The pending motion (previous
question on railroad bond bill) was
put and lost. Senator Lewis en-
tered hisprotest against being eX-
cuSed from the Senate without his
request, and getting little satisfac-
ton his name is put down as
present. Senator McCOmb was eX-
cused owing to death in his family.
The bond bill was discussed
and amended by Lewis 50 as that
no convictions could ensue for
fraud unless the act was done with
knowledge of its fraudulent char
acter. The main question was
again and again called for in vain;
amendment after amendment was
made only to be rejected and the
bill finally passed to third read
ing the senator from this district
voting against it. The bill then
passed under a suspension of the
rules, but some Of its longest thOrns
have been cut off in its passage
through the Senate.
In the House the joint resolution
amending constitution so as to
provide for biennial session of
100 days, with s. per diem and
- per diem thereafter, and $3.50
mileage for every - miles, was
passed, SO to 20" The bill goes to
the Senate. House passes joint
resolution authorizing the invest
ment of University bonds in same
securities as school fund invest
ments. Bill regulating sales of tim
Der and pine lands on time pay
ments failed of passage, 81 to %.
General appropriation bill was
taken up and discussed, in
committee of the whole.
Stenographic clerk, whose du-
ties clerkship of penitentiary board,
was allowed 81 800 salary. Cover
nor's salary was fixed at $4,000 and
his private secretary $4,000. Items
for governors mansion and
grounds remains unchanged. The
state department clerkship Of
$1,000 and 5000 each are to 90 to
women. Several amendments
were knocked out, committee Of
the whole reported progress. Re-
solution providing for adjourn
ment on the 10Th was referred.
The McGaughey investigation
develops more downright inetfi-
cheney that real dishonesty. The
legislation will hardly adjourn be-
fore the Goth. The publication of
the criminal code would cost $780,
600 and it is not certain that it will
be ordered. The Legislature is try
ing to work up on excursion to Gal
weston on Saturday, but Senate's
change of executive session to Sat
urday does not promise we'll for
the the success of the scheme.