The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-03
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

Special TO The News

SENATE.
Special TO The News
AUSTIN, Feb q Roll called quo
rum present
Senator Kearby introduced ONT
resolution amending section 2, article
10, of the Constitution, providing for
an elective railroad commissioner and
providing that one member shall ! be
elected for wears, one for four years
one for years.
The bill to create and locatess nor
NAL school at Denton after consider.
able discussion passed,
Bill amending article 1868 Of the
Revised Statutes passed.
Bill to require the commissioner OF
the land office to issue patents on
scrap lands passed.
An effort was made to call up the
judicial district bill but after long
debate the ellOrt failed.
The bill to create more efficient
system of roads IN Caldwell county
passed.
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Roll callel quorum present.
Mr.. Sebastian offered resolution
authorizing the speaker to discharge
one half of the committee clerks, as
the committees have about gotten
through with their important work.
Messrs. Kirk aud Henderson, Of
Lamar, spoke against the resolution,
but it did no good and the resolution
was adopted
Mr. Floyd Introduced concurrent
resolution that the board of directors
of the Sam Houston and Prairie View
Normal schools be required to add
one more year to the time for gradua
ton of pupils.
Referred.
Mr.. Cain offered an ammunition
resolution requesting the railroad
commissen to withdraw all exemptions
made by them, and that all railroads
in Texas remain under the operations
of the rates as fixed by the commits
sion until epjoined by the courts
having jurisdiction.
Mr. Cane spoke Ia favor of his
resolution and during his remarks he
iutimated pretty broadly that the com
mission had been failure. He also
said there was something back of
the commission and that something
he left the house to infer was govern
ment ownership and control.
Further debate was cut off by the
previous question, and the resolution
was referred to the committee on
Internal Improvements, where it is
likely to sleep in peace.
The consideration of the school bill
WAS resumed and an amendment by
Turner to transfer one per cent of the
permanent fund to the available was
killed yeas %, nays -.
Pending further consideration the
house a )urned
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
A bout forty members Of the house
met in CAUCUS last night to consider
what measures should be acted on
Several resolutions and substitutes
were offered, one of which proposed
concurring upon the selection of all
measures to be adopted, and another
to confne the selection to such as
were in line with the demands of the
platform. The following, however,
finally prevail ed:
Resolved by the democrats in eau
Gus of this house, That we proceed
at once to the consideration ct the
platform or party demands, and con.
tinue their consideration until they
are disposed of.
Resolved further, That committee
of FIVE be appointed by the chair to
make selections of these measures,
and that said committee report ton Oh,
to the caucus.
The chair sppoioted Messrs. Cos
sett, Newton, Henderson, of Milan.
Peck and Chambers,
AUSTIN, March l, 1898.
Roll called; quorum present.
Bills were introduced as follows
BY Baldwin: To fix the piy of all
county Offices for ex.offi ,io services
1t fixes fees of judges at 1900 and