The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-05

ran and quorum present.
Prayer by Chaplain Pennington as
follows:
Our Father who art in heaven, we
praise and adore The for Thy tender
mercies and loving kindness. Guide
US in the way OF peace, justice, mercy
and Righteousness to Thy glory and
| the good Of our county. Forgive our
sins and save us we ask in the name
of Christ. Amen.
The pending business was postpon'
ed to consider Representative Kinks
bill to receive the sugar bounty from
| the federal government and appro-
pirate it to the Confederate home, as
| favorably reported from the commit
| tee.
Mr.. Ball moved to amend 80 as to
apply the money to the school
fund, arguing that the home
was fairly and precautionary well
enough provided for at present.
Mr.. Kirk spoke IN favor of the bill.
Mr.. Moody opposed the bill, but if
it passed wanted the money for the
home.
BY Mr.. Mills-Amendment apply
ing the money to the general revenue.
Mr.. Pagan of Lamar argued that
money could not cOnstitutionally be
legislated into and out of the treasury
in the same bill. While friend of
the institution as was the gentleman
! from McLennan, hefavored the Mills
substitute to receive the money and
let the state apply it as wisdom oi.
rected.
The Mills substitute was adopted.
Mr.. McGehee spoke in favor of the
bill. Though opposed to bounties
they existed, and the state should get
back what she could.
! Mr.. Smith of Smith and Rogan of
Caldwell both opposed the bill as I'M
democratic to accept money from the
federal government under the terms
required by the act of congress which
violated the principles of state rights.
Mr.. Rogers of Anderson to Mr.. Ro-
gan: "Did you not vote for this bill
two years ago?" (Meaning when it
was vetoed by Governor Hogg.)
Mr.. Rogan: Eyes sir, when [ had
no idea of the requirements from the
federal government, and have been
ashamed of it ever since"
Mr.. Onion opposed the bill and de.
nounced the bounty as robbery.
There was no difference in law in re-
ceiving stolen property and stealing.
If we receive this money how can we
consistently denounce the Nc
Kinley law and the Re-
publicans for passing the law.
The bill served finely to mount up
the speakers generally on high polit-
ical horses to ride down what Mr..
Onion declared to be Republican and
anti-Democratic principles such as are
denounced by every true Democrat in
the union. 10 strike down the sacred
principles of state rights, he argued,
was to assassinate the Democratic
party. The Ubiquitous Mckinley bill
had led to the hurting of the Repub-
licans from power and consigning their
party to disgrace in the estimation of
the great majority of the people
What Democrat, he asked, will
stultify himself for the sake of $40, 900
TO have the great state of Texas to &C
cept this blood money wrung by ex-
tOrtion from the people of this state
and in violation of our constitutional
rights and the principles of the DEM
ocratic party.
Mr.. Dashiell argued that there was
not scintilla of principle as party
matter in the bill. The opposition to
it was based on political clap trap. He
claimed TO be as good Democrat as
the gentleman from Smith and could
not concede to him the right to con-
stitute himself the interpreter of pure
democracy in debating as to our
rights by continually pulling the
Democratic platform upon us. He did
not understand how the members
could vote agsinst the bill and yet
sanction other appropriations which
had been accepted as bounties from
the federal government, such as the
donation accepted for the Agricultural
and Mechanical college and the Agri-
cultural Experiment station at Bryan.
He believed in taking the sugar
money as we'll as the other bounties.
Mr., Smith of Smith-But the college
donation wac in aid of education and
without such requirements.
Mr.. Dashiell-There were require
ments with which the state had to
comply to get the college donations
and as to the sugar bounty, 1t will be
that much in aid of the tax payers of
Texas, from whom it is contended the
money has been taken by taxation.
Then why not get back all we can.
Mr.. Dills, like Mr. ROgan, had voted
against the bill and opposed it now
because the bounty could only be
gotten by special act of congress,
which would be retroactive and not
likely to pass, and he did not believe
in the states complying with such
terms as the act of congress had pro-
posed for accepting the bounty, and
without any assurance that congress
would pass an enabling act for the
state to get the money. Texas should