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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
THE SENATOR'S ARE EXCEEDING
LY WRATHY. ,H

While the members of the house were
holding an adjourned session last night
in the hall of representatives the senators
in caucus assembled in the senate chamber
priced up all manner of cain over Gov
ernor CulbersOn's message. Yesterday
afternoon a call for caucus was quietly
circulated among the members, and last
night 20 of the senators met in COM
mittee room and discussed the message Tor
over an hour. Lieutenant Governor Jest
er presided over the caucus and Senator
Colquitt acted las secretary. Senator
Stafford explained the object of the meet
ing to be for the senators to try and agree
on giving the pending right of way. Sena-
tor McComb said that he thought it was
due the governor that the measures rec
commended by him should be taken up
and considered promptly whether they are
passed or not. That 1t would not DE
treating either the governor nor the DEMO
cratic party with proper respect 10
adjourn without giving such measures
serious consideration. He favored CIV
ing them right of way, but was not in
favor of supporting them unless they met
with senatorial appreciation. lie moved
that a list of the governors recommended
tions be made and the senators agree 10
consider them whenever called up, sus-
pending the regular order if necessary.
Senator Bailey inquired as to whether
the senator's were to be bound by the ac-
ton of the caucus. If so all the Demo
cratic members ought to be present, as
some of them might not agree with the
| governor.
Senator Smith said we have no copy OF
| the measures recommended here ana no
copv of the platform or Of the governor
message. | am willing to to give such meas
ures as the party is pledged to precedence
over my own bills or those of any othcr
member, but there may be laws recon-
mended by the governor which the party
is not pledged to. Before taking action
on the matter | had rather consult the
platform. Then if these rec2mmend;a-
| tons of the governor are there l am VIII
ling to try and formulate them mo Jaw.
That is as far as / am willing to go.
Senator Lewis said: II concur IN
what the gentleman from Denton has
said. 1t would be hasty action should we
take it tonight. Probably some of the
senators did not even know that TINS
caucus had been called. l learned of Il
| by accident. We can accomplish good
in this way if we pursue the proper course.
But we should have all the Democratic
senators present, and | am in favor of
postponing action until tomorrow night
as Senator Smith suggested"
Senator Atlee said: " 1t is ridiculous
if we, after being here GO days, don't
know what is proper legislation and what
is not. Do we have to wait for the gov
ernor's message to know what the de
mands of the party are? If such be the
case, the only measure which should re-
ceiye our attention is the passage of the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07

Of this legislature have not fully ieat +Sot
~ these LESSONS in political economy thae
would confne them to the real iun ,,O rs
Of government. Happily there has aiwa '., >
Haen the wisdom to discover and pom,
~. ond correct such defects, but al,
o Ouch corrections have taken time anu
SUI from the hard working taxpayers,
We have very little of either no" ielt anu
in consideration of this fact the members per,
Of the present legislature ought to De very 9 ~
oa,tain that nothing is proposed for enact.
,n ea that has anything in it outside OF
the actual and absolute functions u s''
eminent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The rediStricting committee were ut
work again last afternoon and drafted
the districts herewith given, in addition
to those already mentioned. The COM
mittee have not numbered the districts
as yet, having simply grouped them. The
numbering will be done in the near future
when all the districts have been blocked
out.
Up to date the committee have cut the
districts down to 80, but this is more than
they bargained for and they will change
them around so as to make the total num-
Der about 40, which will be in compliance
with Governor Culberson's wishes.
The committee have decided to leave
Travis and Williamson counties just as
they are making Travis one whole dis
trict and Travis and Williamson another
district. They have about agreed to
throw Milan, Burleson, Bell and Lam
pasaS counties all in the same district,
though Rurleson county is kicking about
such procedure. Lampasas has been
giving the committee some trouble and
they finally concluded that it was best to
include it in the district named above,
though they anticipate big row with ref
erence 10 this matter. If the committee
can get this district settled and get Rob
inSon county agreeable to what they have
done, their work will then be practically
over and they can very shortly make
report.
The districts mapped out last afternoon
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
CULBERSON REFUSES TO SIGN
TWO BILLS.

The governor has decided to let the
TeXarkana court bill become a law with
out his signature. He is opposed to the
law on constitutional grounds and
would if he followed his inclination veto
the bill. He has, however, decided to
waive his prerogative in this instance
inasmuch as it is urged that the estab-
lishment of this court is q public neces-
sity. He will for this reason withhold
his veto, let the bill so through without
his signature and leave the constitu-
tionality of the matter to the courts for
consideration and final action. The gov
ernor will likewise refuse to sign also
on constitutional grounds the bill provid
ing for an extension of time in which
purchasers of timber land can remove the
timber therefrom. Both bills will become
laws without his signature.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07

street car magnates to amend his bill so
as to make it agreeable to them. The
bill originally provided that street car
companies should furnish closed cars
for six months in the year, beginning
with October of each year. The bill was
considered too severe as first drafted,
and after consultation with several of the
street car men Senator Rogers has agreed
to amend his bill so that it will provide
that closed cars only will be run during
the months of December, January, Feb
ruary and March, and even during these
months if the travel is in excess of the
accommodations the roads shall be per-
mitted to run open trailers. As amended
the bill will meet little opposition from
anyone, and Senator Rogers and his fel-
low senator's are arranging to make the
bill law very shortly, and such il
should be.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERN
MENT

We remarked the other day that the
legislatures now in session in the different
states are rapidly running TO seed. We
meant that they were raising too large Il
crop of laws that would embarrass by
their very multiplicity the statutes of the
states One of the first lessons that II
member Of n legislature should learn is to
limit the enactment Of laws to the actual
and absolute functions of government.
To learn that lesson well he should thor
oughly understand the functions of gov.
eminent, what it is that he must legislate
upon, how far he will have to respect in
dividual rights and the enjoyment of per.
sonal freedom, and when and where he
should restrain, limit and guard the gen
eral public from the abuse of these rights,
and the exercise Of license and not lib
erty. ....
These lines have been definitely and dis.
tinctly drawn by writer's on political econ.
omy and yet however marked and dis
tinct these lines are, there is some member
Of every legislature stepping over them
and attempting to deliberate them. Such
a tendency is more apparent this winter
than usual, not especially in Texas, but
even the Texas legislature has not al
ways been within the proper lines of leg
isIative privilege and purpose. Time and
again even in the able body of men whc
compose the present Legislature of Texas
there have been propositions made dan
gerous to the spirit of our organic law
showing conclusively that all the member:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
THE LoDGERs IN THE CAPITOL
BUILDING.

The law that has been resurrected by
some antiquarian and which was publish
ID IN the local columns of The States
man Saturday, is largely in evidence tor
its violation at present. When strangers
are admiring our beautiful capitol the
sentiment is knocked out of them TO see
rod blankets and soiled sheets aired IN
its windows We trust therefore that the
members who lodge in the capitol Duliu-
ing and insist in keeping their present
quarters, that they will not air thelr
soiled bedclothes from the windows. IL
looks out of keeping with the dignity OF
q legislature for their bed clothes to be
Hvinp to the breeze just above the hall
in which they are enacting laws, ana
we hope that our protest will be needed
nv the members who require the state to
furnish them with lodging rooms. Inc
fact is these members who lodge in the
capitol are taking advantage OF all the
other members in grabbing state lodg-
ing rooms free. If there is not room
enough in the capitol building for all OF
them we protest against few of them
taking this advantage of all the others.
However as this administration lgoes
in for economy and retrenchment, the
janitor of the building ought to find out
what such rooms rent for at our principal
hostelries and file it as an Offset to the
amount of the per diem against all
state dodgers. The proud and chivalric
old state of South Carolina went into
the whisky business, and why not Texas
20 into the business of renting lodging
rooms in her capitol building?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
TWO LEGISLATIVE EXCURSIONS

Arrangements have been effected nv
which the legislature will be rendered a
complimentary excursion to Llano next
Sunday and to Galveston Sunday week.
The Llano excursion will leave here Sun
Gay aay morning and return Sunday night.
Inc Galveston excursion will leave
friday night and return Sunday night.
letters have been written to all, the var
louS churches in Llano and Galveston
making arrangements by which the mem
oerS can be given church Accommodations
at both cities. 1t is feared that if no
notice is given there will be no seating
accommodations, for the members, hence
the cause of the advanced notification.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
ESTABLISHING SLEEPING APART
AIENTS.

Yesterday morning in the sennte Sena-
tor Simpson introduced resolution look
ing to the creation of sleeping apartnle.
in the east end of the capt. ii building, to
correspond, presumably, with the large
number of sleeping apartments now es-
tablished in the west end. The resolu-
ton reads as follows:
Whereas, AT former session of the
legislature all of the committee rooms
located in the eastern wing of the capitol
building We're set aside for the use of the
senate during the session of the legsa-
ture, and
Whereas, many of sail rooms are not
occupied for committee rooms bnt are
vacant, and
Whereas, The time is rapidly approach
ing when the per diem Of the members will
be reduced to the sum of 500 per day,
which sum is not sufficient to pay their
ordinary expenses; therefore, be it
Resolved, That all of the aforesaid
rooms not used for committee purposes
be and the same are hereby set aside for
sleeping apartments for the use of such
senators as desire to avail themselves
thereof, and be it further
Resolved, That the sergeant at arms is
hereby instructed to furnish said rooms
with such furniture as may be necessary
to the comfort of said members, and that
the same shall be paid out of the fund for
contingent expenses of the senate.
The resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on state affairs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
SEEKIG A JUDGESHLP.

A petition is being circulated in the
legislature and receiving number of
signatures, asking President Cleveland
to appoint the Hon. e. G. Mclean of
Sherman to judgeship in one OF the new
the Indian Territory. Representative
Peck is the gentleman to whom the petit
ton was forwarded for Signatures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

The senate finance committee met yes
terday and agreed to report favorablyI
Presler's bill to amend the law and toll
authorize county commissioners courts
to loan the proceeds of the sale of lands
granted to counties for educational ,pur-
poses on improved real estate secufit.
Also Dickson's bill to provide for the SUP
port and maintenance of a school of den.
tistry in the medical department of the
State University. Also Henderson's
house bill to impose an occupation tax
upon general and local agents of insur-
ance companies. This bill, it is under
stood, will be recommitted tomorrow for
the purpose of making an amendment to
exclude general" agents, for the reason
that it seems unnecessary that they should
have headquarters in the state and to ex-
clude them from occupation tax would
encourage their establishment in the state
in the opinion of majority of the COM
mittee. The bill of Colquitt to reimburse
purchasers at invalid tax sales and holders
of invalid tax deeds. The committee also
agreed to recommend an appropriation
for the Confederate Home sufficient to
take care of 200 inmates. The Home now
has 147. Also $4,000 for additional cot
tages during the two years and $4,000 to
$4,000 for a new hospital. r. G. Shelley
has been appointed clerk for the commit
tee vice e. M. Sweet, who goes to Wash
ington.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
NIGHT SESSIONS.

The house and senate yesterday agreed
that for awhile at least they would hold
night sessions. The senate concurred in
the resolution that the house could hold
night sessions. AS for the senate, they
are so far ahead of the house in their
work that it is not necessary for them
to hold night sessions. The house held
its first night session last night.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07

"Virtue is bold and goodness is never
fearful" Prices Cream Baking Powder,
relying upon its perfect qualities, passed
triumphant through crucial tests secur-
ing highest honors of the Worlds and
Mid Winter fairs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
TRAVELLING AGENT.

Mai ]. s. Crawford. The public Is eau
Noned not to pay money to any other per-
son who may represent him or themselves
n travelling agents Of this paper, as all au'
,hority heretofore issued to any other per-
non Is hereby revoked
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
AN OFF DAY

The senate had a brief session yester-
lay, transacting little business of amy
Importance and the house of representa-
Ives was veritable banquet hall de-
serted" most all of the able soloas being
lbsent on the Monterey frolic. The lep,
returned last night Mt mid
llght and it is presumed that they viii
y! up IN the hall in a smiling condition
hour
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07

1t is expensive and false economy to
save a few pennies at the cost of health,
yet that is what the people do who use
alum baking powder. DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder makes digestible food,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07

The Gal.-Dal. News is authority for the
statement that for the last two years the
government of Texas has expended about
100000, being about $4,000 month.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
THE RED1sTRICTING COMMITTEE

The redistricting committee had an
other pow WOW last afternoon and mark
ed up number of new maps with red
and blue pencils, but did nothing that in
any respect changed the districts already
arranged, nor did they decide on any new
ones.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertising rates will be made known Oh
application. oaoo 40 TrIbune build
ng. New New 9 9oTk; "e CHICAGO nu'
=. @. Beckwlth, Sole Aget Tor bore'sh
AdvertlaInR,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07

CALL FOR WARRANTS.
Treasurer Workman yesterday called
in warrants up to and including $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
THE CODIFYING COMM

THE COD1FYING COMMITTEE.
The codifying committee met last night
for the purpose of comparing the work
of the subcommittee among whom the
work has been apportioned. All the sub
committees are well up on their work and
ton of completing the work about the end
of this week.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
800. ON supscRIpTIoN IN CITY.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION IN Olli'
One Month"; advance. % *
Three Monhs-In advance. o.
III Months--ln advance. - - ~ ~
One Year-In advance - ~ m
sunday only-In advance-one y yea, 90
All subscSintions In the city not PAID IN
advance will Invariably be charged at tne
rata Of $1.00 per Month.
By MAIL.
One Month-In advance. - &" % n
three Months-In advace.. - - n
siX Months-In advance. - $50 = n
One fear-!n auEan nne vcar / 90
Weekiy statesman-six months =. n
annday onIy-in adyance-one year 20
nInday only-in advance-BlI montns' w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-11
AN EXTREMELY LOW TIDE.
The Annie and Mary Nearly Tipped Over
Her Rough Experience with the


AS a result of the extraordinarily high
tides recently, there have been extreme
ly low tides Sunday afternoon the
tide was so low that the fishing schooner
Annie and Mary. lying near the end OF
Commercial wharf, grounded and nearly
tipped over. She careened so that IL was
no easy matter, to stand on her deck. She
is a fiat-roofer," or "hand-jiner," as you
please to call her; that is she has no
topmasts, and goes to distant fishing
grounds, and the crew fish with hand
lines over the side. She had just got in
from Georges Banks, about 800 miles to
the eastward, and brought 5000 pounds OF
halibut. She is badly iced up. ana
gives evidence of 5he rough experiences
that she has had in making the trip
hither from Georges Banks. Ordinarily
it req uires about two days, but for q
week and a half the staunch little
schooner has struggled with sthe storms,
which have repeatedly forced her out OF
her course or to fly before the gale back
toward the bank again. After such a
hard time and the final arrival at the
dock in this city, safe and sound, and
triumphant over the storms, it was
trife exasperating to almost tip over IL
the dock, because of the extraordinary
low tide.
1t was as if the storm fend had deter
mined to do them harm, by trickery, il
it couldn't by force, for it was the storm
that made the high tides, and cons G.
quently the low ones.
The Labrador was aground in her dock
at the same time, and careened ovel
against the Monaghan, which was but g
few feet from her. There was 80 little
water in the dock that but for the Mon
golian, she might have careened farther
than was safe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-11

not control what we would call thelf
own trade and request the state TO
cripple one of it's institutions in their
behalf, which is an absurdlty. why not
ask the State to build u wall around
orham to keep other people from trao'
ing in Portland.
Again the opposition sends letters TO
Augusta Informing the educational COM
mittee that ali the students are wen
provided for. and there is room for more;
These reports are industriously printed
in various papers, But did not the OPP
position know that there are no more
students in town this quarter IMAM lasIi
We're they not cared for last quarter anu
is 1t victory for the oppositloh tnal
they are cared for this quarter! Ihere
are less than 100 students in the village
at present. Was there any question a'
Augusta about caring for that mum net.
SO long as the Principal cared 1or ~ OF
more? But the question then and To-Day
is this, What shall be done with !oo
or what is the known boarding capacity
of this village? rs is the present known
for 15O What then? They could not be
accommodated by thegpresentEconditlons
of the village. Therefore it our plans
include the future. welfare of this school
we must provide for it's growth, Inc
conditions remain unchanged; there are
not enough boarding places in this VII
lsge to provide for the present atten-
dance, therefore the Principal is forced
to care for 20 or more. This boarding
capacity of the village is in the hands
of state officials and we outsiders can
add nothing to the information thus
supplied. II the State will not accept
these statements of it's officials who are
laboring tor the welfare of the instltu-
tion, but choose instead the statements
of others then further remarks are need
less. We wish to speak merely IN be
half of the majority of this people, we
regret that we have become the laughing
stock of the land by certain parties VINO
by word and deed have caused the peo-
pie of this State to inquire what kind
of people we are who oppose approprla-
lions and appear to be unwilling to &C
cept gift from the State in behalf of
our school. We regret that we have been
represented as unappreciative of the
| benefits our State institution has already
bestowed upon this people. We regret
| that we have appeared to be against the
| best interests of Gorham Normal school.
We resent all such caricatures and de-
clare that the people who have labored In
| the past for the welfare of this 1nstltu-
| ton are it's defenders and champions
today We are proud of its record. we
| believe it's best interests are secured
along the lines indicated by trustees,
teachers and parents, and we believe
boarding hall is for the best interests OF
this school and pupils. We believe the
State is morally bound to rebuild the
same. PHOENIX.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-11

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

Customer can't eat this steak. It's too
tough.
Waiter-How much did you pay for your
dinner?
Fifteen cents"
ssFifteen cents! Man, you are not expect
ed to eat the steak you get with a fifteen
cent dinner. That steak has got to last the
week out, ,'-Morristown Herald.