The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-23
prIation Of $1,000 therefor, was taken

1 priation of $1,000 therefor, was taken
up and ordered eugrossed.
BY consent, Senator Y0akum intro.
: duced the following bills:
Bill to amend the Civil Statutes so
as TO provide for the more efficient
= government am maintenance OF the
house of correction and retormatory at
GATES vile.
Bill to amend the Civil Statutes so
that in counties of less than 5000
, population only one clerk shall be
elected, who shall perform the duties
; OF both the county and district clerks
The chair announced as the special
committee, to whom was referred
Senator Kearby's equity of redemp-
ton bill, Senators Kearby, Yoakum,
: Swayne, Lewis and Hutchinson.
Senator BOwser moved that John
b. Hood Camp of Confederate vete-
rams be granted the use of the senate
chamber for memorial services in
hohor of Gen. q. L. Beauregard. Car
ried.
Senator Baldwin offered resolu.
ton constituting Senators Yoakum,
Presler, Lewis, Shelburne and Smith
as the senate committee of JOINT con-
terence on the subject of reOistrictiDg
the state.
Senator Boren moved to reconsider
the vote by which house concur mt
resolution providing for an adjourn.
ment for the inaugural eXcur-
sion was lost and to spread the motion
: on the journal.
J Senator Douglass offered a substi-
tute for Bald wins violation that the
president of the senate appoint the
committee
Senator Baldwin SENATOR Crawford
in the chair) accepted the substitute
l and the resolution as substituted was
8 adopted.
Senator Simpson offered resolution
of coincidence and OF sympathy over
: the death of General Beauregard.
3 The senate adjourned before a vote
= was taken on the resolution.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The senate reconvened yesterday at
+ 3 O'Clock with Lieutenant Governor
Crane in the chair.
= Lieutenant Governor Crane an
. nounced RS the committee on the part
a Of the senate to confer with like
committee of the house on the matter
redistrictiDg the state so as to create
additional courts OF civil appeals
Senators Woods, Douglass, Lawlon,
. Whitaker and Greer.
, Senator Simpson renewed his resolu-
ton OF coincidence and sympathy over
. the death of General Beauregard, and
providing tor adjournment out of re-
spect to the memory OF the deceased
q until Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock,
aud the resolution was adopted and
, the senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
The house met at 10 o'clock with
# Speaker Cochran in the chair, and
alter very appropriate prayer by
= Chaplain Pennington the usual bust
q hess was proceeded with, by the i'll
II PRODUCTION of bills and petitions and
i consideration of sundry measures.
Mr.. Curry had entered upon the
i. Journal d motion to reconsider The
II vote by which was engrossed house
j. bill 80 relative to locating slaughter
). pens within half mile of state insti-
i buttons.
+ Mr.. Fields, on question of privi-
t ltge, abiding tt the discussion OF the
}. above bill yesterday, SAID he had
r u ed language which on mature re-
Election seemed to be unjust, and fol
j. that reason he desired to Withdraw
the language used with reference Il
a the genGieman from Galveston, and t
g say further that the language, which
: occurred in the heat o dis 'ussiOn, was
|. not justified by the debate.
d Mr.. Finlay-In reference to the in
$ cident of yesterday which might wei
Q have been torg Itlen, L take pleasure
in stating that the remarks of the
{ gentleman from Hill have disarm G
q me of any spirit of resentment anC
Y criticism, l could have possibly enter
tanned. And [ wish to say here tha
: [ bear no malice against him or any
. Oth+r member of the house. 1t wa'
&. human to err, and there is no one
g mere disposed than | am to repress
o and suppress any turbulent spirit thai
may arise between members of this
3 house. In token of my sincerity de
= sire to say to the gentleman from Hill
: that l am perfectly and fully satisfied
! with his remarks.
3 Mr.. Breeding-I am not so much
= Laughter.
Mr.. McGehee, on question of privi'
= lege, complained that the commit OF
t on asylums had failed TO consider this
3 bill providing for the establishment Of
3 a separate asylum for colored lunatics
Mr.. Moore, chairman VT the com
mittee, made satisfactory explana
? tiOn as to the delay to act in the mat
ter.
3 A number of petitions and bills
r wore introduced and ref erred.
7 Mr.. Ersklpe obtained consideration
of senate bill 81, validating location Of
: Confederate certificates, but the house