The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-04

the department. The school lands
in la,per county had baen Off sally
c'a.si6e L in IS; the classification
va. here in the lard office.
Mr. Ross, son OF ex Governor
Ross, clerk n the school land de
partment, and pa. on the sta ID ye>-
terisv by the state Sas recalled tc-
day. He was shown one OF the
books Of record Of the school land
department and asked by Mr. Hen.
derson why some entries relating TO
lard in Harris county, were made
N different INKS and hand~rites
Witnes: olained these entries were
II ie b. different clerk. Those IN
black ink were made by Mr.. John
McGaughey the entries were N AIDE
at different times. Witness could
not say why some sections were de-
tached and put on the market al i
others not, but held in reserve He
had acted in his OFT Aal capacity on
Instructions from the C nmissloner;
there had baen no g, neia change ii
prices Of lands n Harris county.
Witness said he knew c. y. Dill
lon. whose I anne is frequently men.
toned in connection with the sales
Of these land. that he was not a
resident Of the state as far a. he
knew. An attempt was made By
me prosecution, by this witness. to
prove collision with persons in
Austin. and he va: closely invest.
gated as to how these persons had
got informant IN that the lands in
Harris and Liberty counties had
been pat on the market. Witness
stated that Mr.. John McGaug hey
was present when he was ordered to
put the Herbs county lands on the
market. Mr. Boa, he said, got the
sections he wanted. He further
testified a. to re j:ctad applications
and az to sales in Wharton county.
Au>rtN, Tex, May The sen
ate met al p M. as court.
Senator jester moved that the
court take recess of ten minutes
in order to pass the general appro-
priation bill, which had just been
reported fcom the house. Carried.
The bill was referred to the Il
nance committee, who amended by
substituting tn. senate appropria
ton bill, and reported it iumed..
ateIy to the senate. The commit
tee amendment was adopted.
Senator Dean offered al amend
ment to take out all the appropria-
tion for the ralway commission ex-
cept fl2, 900, the salary of the com
missloners.
Senator >.eele moved to table the
amendment. Carried. cas- Is;
nays s.
Senator Simpson amended so as
to appropriate $4,000 for the sup
port of the Confederate Home.
Adopted.
The rules were suspended and
the bill haally passed.
Ga motion Of Senator lewis the
court took recess till $40 p. m.
Ga motion Of Senator Crawford
house bill to amend the charter of
Fort Worth was taken up and
passed
GA motion of Senator Bal win
senate bill to exempt certain inhab.
itants Of Cisco from taxation for
1898, vas taken up, but pending
discussion the senate resolved itself
into q court OF Impeachment.
Representative Henderson said he
desired to submit on the part of the
house an additional article of i'm.
parchment, and the article was
read, which alleges that the land
commissioner attempted to get his
chief clerk to sign fraudulent GER
titicate to a map.
Major Walton said he did not
think this character Of proceeding
legal or regular and that the de-
murrers and special shall apply to
this article, as well as to answer to
the the orgina article.
Senator Simpson mo> ed that this
article Of impeachment be stricken
out. The motion was lost by a
vote of ! to &.
l.. S Ross, IT,, was called to the
atand arain nv the stata Tho Wit