The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-10-10
THE NIGHT SESSION.

THE NIGHT SESSION.
AT the night session business opened up
with the introduction of various reso-
buttons providing for allowing the chap
lain extra compensation to cover trans
portation expenses, and for allowing Off
GERS and clerks So per day during this
session, all of which were referred to
the appropriate committee.
A message was received from the SEN
ate notifying the house that the bill
correcting the appropriation for public
printing and the bill amending the law
providing for the investment of the per-
manent school fund so as to permit the
board of education to purchase bonds
of lower rate of interest than 6 per cent
and to bid in the open market for said
bonds had passed that body.
Resolution to allow the pages So. so
per day and their actual railroad fare
going and coming was referred to COM
mittee on contingent expenses.
A telegram from Townsend of Ange-
lima was read stating that he had been
away from home, but favored anti-prize
fight legislation with emergency clause
attachments and would come at once to
vote his convictions if necessary.
A resolution providing for paying the
pOrters was introduced and referred.
Mr.. Allen attempted to call up the
senate bill to prevent delinquent tax pay
ers from pleading the statute of limita-
ton, but it having been ascertained that
it was in the hands of the printer, con-
sideration thereof was postponed until
tomorrow, and the house adjourned I'M
til 10 O'Clock this morning.
CONGRATULATIONS KILOGRAMS.
Governor Culberson received something
like n bushel basket full of kilograms
today congratulating him on the passage
of the anti-prize fight bill by the legis-
lature. Hundreds of the kilograms were
received from friends in the State, but
equally as many more were received from
the Union at large, some even coming
from Boston, the hub of the Universe.
While of course the legislators made
a rendezvous of the governors office
Wednesday night and yesterday shak-
ing hands with his eXcellency and con-
graduating themselves upon the passage
of the bill, it was the voice, or rather
the expression, of the people that was
heard in the governors office yesterday
Throughout the day the messenger boys
were busy delivering kilograms, and ev-
cry one of them contained expressions
of commentator and approval of the
governors action. Some of the tele-
grams gave the legislators some share
of the credit, but the large majority
placed the governor prominently to the
front and assured him that he had
a lead pipe cinch on their affections in
future. Some of the enthusiasts quoted
scripture on the governor, saying well
done, thou good and faithful servant"
while others rhymed about it being a
happy day when Culberson drove the
fight away. Almost every man of any
celebrity in Texas wired his congratula-
tons to the governor. They came from
the North, East, South and West, and
they came strong, too. Hundreds of
kilograms were received from the citi-
zens of Dallas themselves congratulate
ing the governor, which certainly goes
to show that everybody in Dallas was
not in accord with the fight. In addi-
ton to the hundreds of State kilograms
a warm congratulatory telegram from
the governor of Oregon and Congress-
man Hoar of Massachusetts.
The Hon. Robert r. Spearman of
Montana also sent him hearty congratu-
lations on the outcome OF the matter.
The Texas delegation to the Episcopal
conference at Minneapolis, headed by
Bishop Kinsolving, wired the governor
their congratulations on his successful
efforts to rid Texas of the prize fighting
crowd.
The Sunday school convention at Fall
River, Mass, also sent hearty words of
approval to the noble governor of Tex
as"
Many other kilograms were received
from Northern States, and from every
section of the Union was flashed warm
words of approval for the young COVER
nor of Texas who by his actions rid the
State of pugilism. In this connection
it is well to note that the anti-prize fight
bill that passed both houses Wednesday
afternoon was sent to the governor last
afternoon and he will sign it at once, so
that the law will be operative in exact
ly 80 hours from the time it was first
introduced in the house.
The governor does not care to make
public the contents of all his congrat-
ulatory kilograms, preferring the pleas
ure of keeping them sacred, but he has
enough and to spare without doubt
THE BILL A LAW NOW.
The house yesterday concurred in the