The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-23
postponed further action on the bill to

postponed further action on the bill to
March 8.
Senate bill 63, to pay sums due on
the salaries of judges of the courts OF
civil appeals was passed.
Several of the petitions introduced
were from colored people OF various
cities asking tor the adjustment OF
a branch OF the State University for
cOlored youths; and from citizens OF
Brazoria county relative to division
thereof to create new county; and
from citizens CT Bell, De Witt and Me.
Lehman counties asking that the pub
lie domain be divided between the
university asId the tree schools.
BY Mr.. rownsend-Ff III ciizans
asking for restoration of jurisdiGlion
in Angelina county.
By Mr.. Rowell by request-From
citizens OF Cass county urging a thor.
ough revision of the school laws
BY Mr.. Henry by request-M Memo
rial from citizens of Navarro county
on the same subject.
| BY Mr.. Beali--Petition from the cit
liens OF Ellis county asking for a gen
eral stock law for black land counties
BY Mr.. Mills-ConcuTrent resolution
authorizing the printing OF the declar-
alton of Independence of Texas and
that of the United states in the Ne
vised Statutes
BY Mr.. FraZer-JOint resolution to
amend the constitution so as to make
county surveyors eX-offlcio notaries
public.
BY Mr.. Townsend-Bill taking An
gelina county from the Ninth and
attaching IL to the Second judicial
district.
BY Mr. Henry by request-Bill to
ascertain if E. j. Baker and others
named have lien on CO tain land
owned by the state in n avarro county.
BY Mr. Kennedy of Harris-Ratity.
ing the action of the city and council
of Houston in issuing in 1892 certain
school building bonds and certain
pub bile school bonds and in making an
assessment to pay the interest and
create sinking fund thereon and to
validate said bonds and assessments.
A message was received from the
governor tormina the proposition to
divide the public domain between the
tree schools and the state university,
whic,. was as follows:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE. /
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. q. 1898
Gentlemen of the Senate aud House of Repre-
According to the report of the COM
missioner of the general land office
there yet remain, subject to DISPOSE
ton by the Legislature; 1893 1886 acres
OF unappropriated public domain. All
unsatisfied certificates, il any there be
have been barred by constitutional
and statutory limitations, so that NJ
private rights may DO afft cted by it's
appropriation. 70 permit this do
main to remain longer uudisposed OF
is but to leave d constant temptation
to the lobby to gather around The cap
itOl each biennial session tor the pur.
pose of securing portions OF it ssiOl
every en-, erprise consistent with theil
ingenuity and greed in no way bene
fetal to the public. Thus it promises
IN time to be nittered away. The re-
cent effort to have this land appropri
: ated equally between the university
and common schools would seem Il
have the public good alone in view
and must be received with favorable
consideration 10y every one familiar
with the purposes of the fathers wht
gained the Independence of Texas
+ and so long fostered her interests will
, statesman.like wisdom and patriOti
} jealousy.
} When Mexico had ceased to protec
/ the lives, liberty aud property of he
) Anglo A merican citizens; when sh'
had violated every right pledged by
. federal republican constitution tt
them; after che had transformed hel
> gOvernme from one of the people tt
, u despotIsm, and removed the las
| sem lance Of freedom from her domin
| ions, the liberty-lDving patriots
. gathered together, formed their de
t claration of independence, and de
, clared themselves Tree, sovereign
J and independent people.
> One OF the Ie3din causes of com
) plant made by them against Mexico,
/ on which their declaration of indie
, pendence was founded was, that she
. had failed to establish any system o
education, although possessed o
boundless resources-the public DO
main. They solemnly declared thai
| it is an axiom in political science
that, unless the people are educated
and enlightened, 1t Is idle to expect
the continuation Of civil liberty or the
, capacity OF self.government. Indeed
, it is not extravaganza to say that these
patriotic fathers mingled their hopes
and libertie. with the cause of educa
ton, and made it one of the corner
l.. stones of the government for which
they were about to offer up their lives
In framing their first constitution IL
J 1886, they made il tbs duty Of congress
as soon rs circumstance would per
, nit, to provide by .rw u general ays
( tenn for education. When The Repuh
, lie was changed to a state, and thu