Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-20
CONFERENCE ON TWO BILLS.
The House Debates the Geological Survey Nd.
preparation at Length.
ihs Question Of EE ravaE,noe Conn. To
aud fsrsonai Anur. Alluded to.
The Monument to sam
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80, FN"ailHt AtAt ~ w. y fuRfni a..
ne senate met at ~ ~ thIs morn.
The chair
After prayer by Dr. Wright. pastor of
the llNi Presbyterian church OF Austin
pm inc ubacucU of thp Chaplin. the spu.
ave proceeded % business
lhc GUAR stated hc had directed the
secretary OF ibp senate 90 hnvo th.
committee clerks revise the lst OF mo-.
lui'~, 80 That those who had been rou.
hrincd might De published Boo Che Journal
9hu n uhrrc were mo- objections 10 would
fcivd
senator loakum offered "a resolution
pNviding that after the commencement
oi the Impeachment trial. che senate will
not consider amy legislation other hnu
the appropriation bin Laid over until
. D. m. Thursday.
senator Lewis presented petition
lfum the school teachers uf san Antonio
asking ihc passage of the house ,,luca.
uuuul hlll
a memorial from the Tenchcrs' con.
Ncniiru, which rspunfly assembled nd
balE' TOP WIS read asking that the same
bin be- PASSED
uu motion of senator Alice % hin to
ralorv thr civil and criminal WIsIIr
uuu heretofore belonging tp the county
up and pussrl
On motion of senator prcsslcr cine
senate ruucurrpl iu the house amend.
mcuis to the senate bin 10 require upW
counties io pay their prUportiounip shurr
ol debts OF thr counties ont OF which thcy
were created
louise bill Co iiN the rate Of taxation
on insurance telephone, aud sleeping ear
companies WIS then PASSED 90 ih.rI rond.
ing. Yeas, -. unyg.a. tSpnntors BliJ.
win, Greer and Shclhufn voting unyl
Under suspension Of the rules tho bll
was passed.
ON motion of senator Crowley the son.
ate refused fo concur iu house nmrnd.
mcnts Co senate hin tu create labor
bureau aud requested ID free conference
committee.
House bin 10 crcate moro eoirlopt
road system in the county of Guudnloupc
was taken up on motion OF senator
Hutchinson aud PASSED
senate bill to authorize the sale OF
Tho Academy block iu Austin WINS
taken up ON ihirl reading nud pissed. na
was also house. bin 90 u.sidrt execution
OF bonds by towns, cluos aud counties.
senator toss called up house I'm 10
regulate assignments.
senator 1onkum moved 90 substitute
the minority favorable committee rr.
port Tor the uuinyorublc majority report
senator Hutchinson opposed the mo
ton. lie said hr did mot conceive 10
N" duty of this legislature 90 represent
the Interest of The merchants of New
York, 49, Louis aud other cities of the
country uH against the merchants az
Texas. Tie bad letters from business
mon ull over biz district protecting
against this bin This hil. hr thourbt
was in The nature of hiudcrinr and do.
laying ihe collection of debts. Tho
present law was just and equitable aud
There was no necessity fnr such "a law
aH thIs hNl proposes This bin would
ruin the small dealers in the state WHO
were aided hy Texas wholesalers nna
not foreign merchants
senator AWrw favored tho bill Ils
said great many wrongs aud frauds
hud been committed under the present
assignment law. lie thought this bin
was best for both creditor and debtor
senator Dickson thought there was mo-
objection "a the hill from merchants of
small business lie was conducting
business himself Va Lee county aud could
not see that the bin would mjure him.
lie thought the hin ought 90 pass
Senator Jester said that while be- was
Interested in a hank he was more largely
Interested m farming aud stock raising
aud his opposition 30 the bin was hr.
cause be- conceived IL 90 be- the interest
of the people of Texas; the demand Tor
this bill came from merchants outside Ol
Texas; the merchants Dt this state bad
not asked a.. the passage Of this blll
could cause the withdrawal Of credit all
over the state and cause many failures.
Adjourned tlll 3 y. m