The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

yesterdays session of the legislature:
THE SENATE.
The senate met yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock with Liutenant Cover
nor Clane in the chair.
After prayer by Chaplain Briggs
the senate proceeded to bust
ness:
Senator Imboden offered q resolu-
ton revoking all excuses of members
CT the senate except on account of sick
ness. He said already enough sena-
ors had been excused for next week
break quorum and he thought all
ought to be revoked.
The chair ruled that those who were
excused were not entitled to vote on
this subject.
The resolution was postponed until
next Monday.
The following senators have been
excused, most of them for all of next
week on account of business: Brown
ing, Kearby, Woods, Boren, Yoakum,
Simpson, Mckinney, Atlee, Whitak-
er, on account of sickness.
Senator Shelburne was only excus-
ed until Monday.
Senator Yoakum said the duty of
every senator was to be here attend
ing to the peoples business and not to
their own private affairs. They knew
what they had to do, when they were
elected.
The motion to reconsider the vote
by which the resolution was postpon-
ed, prevailed and the resolution was
then defeated.
The following bill was presented
and REFEREED
By Senator Presler-Bill to fix the
time of holding district court in Mills
county.
On motion of Senator Steele senate
4 bill providing for additional courts of
civil appeals was taken up. The
house amendments provided for one
additional court, making in all four
courts of civil appeals, instead of six
as the bill passed the senate. The
bill as it comes from the house is
simply the Boren four court bill de-
1eated in the senate, which had been
substituted by the house.
Senator Lewis opposed the motion
to concur in the house amendments.
He thought six courts were necessary
and that if the senate refused to con-
cur in the house amendments that q
free conference committee would agree
upon at last five courts. He moved
that the senate non-concur in the
amendments and that free con-
ference be asked for,
A message from the governor was
received making some additional
notarial appointments.
At II o'clock Senator Steele moved
to postpone the executive session 1n-
til pending business has been disposed
of. Carried.
The motion to non-concur prevailed
by vote of 20 to 6.
Senator Greer introduced resolu-
ton reciting that as number of SEN
atOrs had been excused for part of
next week that the senate adjourn at
1890 today until Wednesday at 10
a. IN.
On motion of senator Greer the eX.
ecutive session was postponed until
next Wednesday after the morning
call. Carried.
Senator Green's resolution to ad-
journ was defeated.
On motion of Senators Presler, Law
hon, Dickson, Jester and Greer were
excused until next Wednesday which
] makes fifteen senators already eX-
cused and breaks the quorum until
Wednesday.
Senator Presler moved to adjourn
until Wednesday at 10 a. m.
The chair announced as the free
conference committee on the civil
court of appeals bill, Senators Gran
ford, Lewis, Swayne, Presler and
Agnew.
Adjourned till Wednesday.
THE HOUSE.
The house met with Speaker Coch.
ran and quorum present.
Prayer by Chaplain Pennington.
Senate bill to change Montgomery
county from the eleventh to the ninth
district, being the regular order, Mr..
Dashiell offered substitute, differing
from the original, which proposed GER
tain changes in Angelina and other
counties by simply changing Mont.
gomery to another district.
The merits of the bill and the object
OF making any changes were discussed
6y Messrs. Dashiell, Graves, Davis of
walker, Hamilton, Breeding, and
Dashiell again. Mr.. Breeding made
strong speech against the bill.
1t was argued by some of the p 9ak-
ers that the objects of the dill were
political, as was claimed in the dis
cussion of the measure before the sen
ate.
Mr., Dashiell charged that Judge
bfashear of Houston was on the tlooc
ol the house lobbying against the bill,
ana had told a member of the house
mat he would show the people OF
montgomery that he would rule the
ciique which was against him.
Mr.. Diiis-I am the member. Judge
brasheaf did say to me that he knew
ace tain ring there didn't like him,
anu he wanted to show them he
0oIid hold tho court over them.
me bill pRssed-ayes so, noes Z.
Dlr' GOssetG in the chair.
senate bill creating separate crlmi-
NJ district Court for Dallas county be-