The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-16

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Following will he found the pro
ceedings of yesterdays session of the
legislature.
SENATE.
The senate met yesterday morning
at 10o'clock with Lieutenant Cover.
nor Crane in the chair.
The chaplain, Mr.. Briggs being alb.
sent, by his invitation Rev. g. G. Rec.
tor, pastor of the rwenty.fourth street
Methodist church, took his place and
offered the following prayer:
"Our Father, whu art in Heaven,
we come into Thy presence with praiee
and gratitude toward Thee. Re-
Numbering Thy mighty power and
boundless goodness, we realize that
Thou and Thou alone art worthy OF
praise. Remembering the temporal
b essings and the far higher and more
excellent blessings of forgiveness and
promised fellowship with Thee that
Thou has vouchsafed to us, our hearts
swell with gratitude to Thee. Oh,
Thou, the source of all light, shine
in upon our hearts this morning. Thou
who art the Truth that shall make
men free make us free. Give us per
sonal freedom from that which is vile
and which weakens character. Give
us social freedom from that which
corrupts public sentiment and vitiates
public morals. Give US civil liberty.
May Thy servants have direction in
making those laws that are to govern
our people and we honor Thee in our
deliberations this day, Hear us in the
name of Christ, our Saviour. Amen"
Bills and resolutions were intro.
duced and referred as follows.
BY Senator Presler-Bill to amend
the Code of Criminal Procedure go as
to authorize any district judge TO issue
an attachment for witnesses to be
brought before the court or grand
jury and the sheriff shall not take
bond for such witnes es.
By Senator Dickson-Bill to amend
the Code of Criminal Procedure so as
to require butchers to keep descrip
zion of the animals slaughtered, and
where they sell meat from wagon,
to require them to carry the hide and
head of the slaughtered animal.
Senator Mckinney, by consent, Of
fered petition from the citizens of
Falls county protesting against a
change If their judicial district, 80
that they will lose the services OF
Judge l.. w. Goodrich.
Senator Imboden moved that the
business Of the senate be suspended,
and that senate bill attaching An
gelina county to the Second judicial
district and Montgomery county to the
Ninth judicial district, 10 be taken up.
Senator McComb said:
Mr.. President.
Before proceeding to the passage OF
the bill [ desire to say few briet
words to aquestion of privilege and
TO request the senator from Cherokee
to permit further consideration to be
postponed to a time definite.
Long before the assemb bling of the
legislature it was unanimously con-
ceeded, as 1 understood it, both in
Montgomery and Harris county, that
Harris county was entitled to and
would demand separate judicial
district, and that Montgomery county
whose criminal and civil jurisdiction
was united with the civil jurisdiction
of Harris county, would have to be
PLACID either in the MIR tn or Twelfth
judicial district in order to avoid the
creation of new district. No one
from eithe" county had ever given me
an intimation to the contrary, and the
people of both counties are my friends
and | am theirs In the early part of
the session was invited into an open
and informal conference of members
of the house, including the represent.
atives from Harris and Mont gomery
on question of adjusting the
group of judicial districts to which
we belonged in manner to avoid the
nect ssity of new districts.
In that conference ono of the ques
tons was, where to place Montgomery
county, the right and demand OF
Harris county to be made d seperate
district being con ceded, and Donly
said that Montgomery would not
object 10 being placed in either the
Ninth or Twelfth districts. The in
formal conference reached no definite
and L had said not a word
further and was engaged on other
subjects of legislation, when the bill
by the representative from
county, providing for a dis
position of his and Montgomery
in a manner that seemed
ust and satisfactory to all concerned,
was introduced by the senator from
Cherokee after he had asked me if it
was satisfactory to Montgomery
county. I gave, and will give the
dill my support, because it is in &C.
;ordance with the sentiments and
wishes of the people of Montgomery
county.
"NOt a soul in Montgomery county,
whose good people are my frieDds,and
whose sentiment, 1 would not misrep-
resent on this floor, to win the APP
plause or avoid the censure Of any
of interested or imprisoned
men, has ever intimated to me, their
accredited representative, by letter,