The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-02

seventh anniversary of the Independ.
ence of Texas.
One OF the most amusing occur
r.nces Of the session trauspired to-
dav in both houses, though not
simultaneously The house had under
consideration still the school law When
a vision OF the old heroic days in the
shape q an old Mexican veteran ap.
peared in the gallery mediately op.
posite the speakers stand, in slight.
ly intoxicated condition, and pro
ceeded to address that body upon the
subject OF democracy in general and in
advocacy of repeal OF the entire land
law in particular. OF course the
sergeant alarms made break for the
gallery, but the distance 10 be covered
was SO great that the old fellow got in
his work before he could be reach, d,
and had the house in complete up.
roar. The ancient orator protested
against the interruption by the
sergeant at arms saying: "Why, don't
you see The boys down there are
listening and want to hear me speak
a few minutes later the same crop
of whiskers and walking stick broke
loose in the gallery Of the senate to
the complete Generalization of that
august, or ra her March body. Sena-
tor Imboden had the floor at the time
and was discussing the measure pro.
posing to make hog stealing felony.
The old Christmas present in the
gallery bro k, right in. declaring him.
self representative from Limestone.
file demanded of the senator from
Cherokee why he did not include
sheep This brought down storm of
laughter, and when he proceeded with
his remarks to the effect that the sen
ator from Cherokee had been talking
for an hour, and there wasn't d-n
man on the floor who knew what the
HI the senator was trying to say, the
senate went all to pieces. The sergeant
at arms of the senate reached him
about this time and nipped the old
gentleman's elcquence in the bud.
Senator Dean was in the chair at the
time of the interruption, and when the
lieutenant governor heard the racket
he thought the house was on fire or
the session had broken up in general
row, and came rushing in with his
breath in knee pants.
The fight on the civil court of ap.
peals matter came off in the senate
today, as predicted, and the motion to
substitute the minority for the major
ity report was defeated by a vote of
fourteen to fifteen. The minority re.
port gives Waco one of the courts.
1t appears that one of the senators
favorable to Waco voted the other
way under a Misrepresentation, else
the minority report would have car
ried. He, however, entered immedi.
ately motion to reconsider, and will
call the matter up in the morning,
when Waco is expected to win by
margin of two, one senator who was
absent today, but who will be present
tomorrow, being outspoken in his ad-
vooacy of Waco.
In the house enough is known to
justify the assertion that Waco is
stronger than any one other point for
one of the new courts, and the friends
OF Waco are feeling decidedly hope.
full tonight.
There Is being an ugly fight made in
the house against Senator McCom5's
bill to sever Montgomery and Harris
counties aud add Montgomery to one
of the other neighboring judicial dis.
tricts. The prime mover in the fight
is District Judge Sam Drashear, who
is on hand interviewing members per.
sonally in the matter, No one seems
to know just why Judge Brashesr
should object to being relieved of the
Montgomery docket, as it would lessen
his work without affecting in any way
his pay. County Judge Powell and
tax assessor M. G. Leslie are on hand
representing the friends Ct the pro-
posed change, while Senator McComb
is indisposed, and the two representa-.
tives from the territory affected are
conveniently absent. The Harris
county representatives are supporting