San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-31
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

In the United States senate Chand-
Ter introduces resolution looking to.
the annexation of Hawaii IS q terri
Tory of the United States. The anti
options bill was the theme of fruitful
contention. White, of Virginia, made
three hours argument against the
bill which he declared would surren-
der all the acquisitions of commerce
for 500 years and separate the United
States from the great commerce OF the
world. Senate adjourned without
any vote being taken.
In the House the civil Suudry ap-
preparation bill was considered in
the committee of the whole, until he
House adjourned at $50 after brief
| session. Representatives Fillous,
Geary, Patterson, Powers and Storer
were appointed committee to inves-
tigate Panama scandal. The fight
over silver repeal bill will come up
on report of committee Of rules, set.
ting Feb and 10. for the consideration
of the repeal. The enemies of the bill
will move to table the motion to set
apart and the ball will open.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
There was no quorum in the state
Senate yesterday and the sergeant.at.
arms could not find enough member
of the upper house at Austin to form
one.
The House met and opened business
as usual. Pagan, of Lamar, introduces
bill to accept the sugar bounty due
the State and appropriate it to the
purposes of q state exhibit at the
Worlds fair. Mills introduces bill
for six supreme judicial districts, and
appointing courts of civil appeal to
sit in each, with courts at Austin,
San Antonio, Waco, Fort Worth, Gal
weston and Tyler. Agricultural com-
mittee reported adversely on proposal
to establish five experimental sta
tions, to prevent propagation of john
son grass, and regulating landlords
lien.
One only Senate committee out of
six called for yesterday mustered q
quorum. Senator Browning has q
bill amending the divorce laws so as
to place wives on the same footing
with their husbands.
House judiciary committee No.
agrees on bill allowing sheriffs and
constsbles mileage in misdemeanor
cases for witnesses from outside the
county. Also the bill allowing spe-
cial venue men 81 q day. A number
of bills amending the game law were
referred tn subcommittee to frame
a general law.
Judiciary committee No. reported
favorably House bill As for the sp.
pointment of official stenographers
for the civil and criminal district
and county courts, to have SO day
during court sessions. Also reported
favorsbly House bill No. 2 amending
the mechanic lien law. The bill de-
finlDg what opinions Of the supreme
court and court of criminal appeals
shall be published by the state and
the bill fixing fees of clerks of the
court of appeals reported adversely.
Bill will be reported fsvorably tax
ing sleeping cars and placing tax of
one per cent on the gross earnings OF
telegraph companies. There will be
music in the house when the res0lu-
ton endorsing MilPs action on the
Hatch bill is introduced, as the pop
ullst mem bers will introduce reso-
luton of censure. Senator Smiths
change of venue bill is creating quite
q stir in the legislature, as 1t is con-
tended that the practical effect OF the
measure would he to defeat all at
tempts st change Of venue.