The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-10-03

als or the public safety as the one OF
the other may be involved in the execu
zion of such contracts. Rights and priv
ieges arising from such contracts witt
q State are subject to regulations fol
the protection of the public health, the
public morals and the public safety il
the same sense and to the same extent
as are all contracts and all property
whether owned by natural persons OF
corporations" And in the celebrated
case of Mugler VS.. Kansas, 1913 U. S.,
669. this court said: at is true that
when the defendants in these cases pur-
chased or erected their breweries the laws
of the State did not forbid the manu-
.facture of intoxicating liquors. But the
State did not thereby give any assurance
or come under any obligation that its
legislation upon that subject would re-
main unchanged. Indeed as was in
Stone VS.. Mississippi, above cited, the
supervision of the public health and the
public morals is governmental power
continuing in it's nature and to be dealt
with as the special eXigencies of the
moment may require, and that for this
purpose the largest legislative discretion
crnnot be parted with any more than the
power ITSELF" $50 in this instance if no
law now exists the State does not give
any assurance or come under any obi
CATION that its legislation upon the sub
ject will remain unchanged. But these
principles need not be here invoked. By
proclamation all persons have been
given notice that this exhibition would
not be permitted, and whatever has
been done by its projectors was with full
responsibility for the consequences. The
public interests require that this exhibit
ton especially should be suppressed.
Discountenanced by Mexico and its ter
ritories, outlawed and driven from every
State it is proposed to assemble horde
of ruffians and gamblers and offer
here this commanding insult to public
decency. Against it the instincts and
pride of the people revolt, and your
prompt and resolute action will share
: them the ignominy and the shame, 1t
Twill do another thing. 1t will recall to
the great city of the State, inhabited by
a manly and generous and enlightened
people, the wholesome and assuring
truth now obscured by anger and mis-
conception, for which it will hereafter
thank you, that no part of its material
prosperity, no part of its social and In
tellectual and industrial progress, no
part of it's spendid destiny is bound up
in an endeaVor to hold within its limits
one of the most disgraceful orgies that
ever promised to discredit and dishonor
Texas.
Impelled by a sence of duty to exert
every executive power to avert thls Gu,
lamity, you have been called III special
session, and the responsibility ior tne
consequences is now divided WIN you
That YOU will meet it as becomes the
representatives of the whole people ahA'
ious and ready to protect the stair name
-, or
- G. A. CULBERSON.
Executive Office, Austin, Oct. l, 1890
The following bills were then intro
duced: -.,. ,d
By Tips-Bill to pay the mileage ano
per diem pay of members.
Nv Lewis-A bill to be entitled: An ac'
to prohibit prize fighting and pugllismi
and fights between men and animals.
This bill provides that any man or men
engaging in a pugilistic encounter snail
he deemed guilty of felony and snail
he punished by imprisonment IN the
penitentiary not less than two nor more
than five years. Emergency clause at
By Simpson-A bill to prohibit prize
fights, pugilism or fights between am
mails of any kind upon which anything II
wagered, or exhibited, to see whlcn al
admission fee is charged, and 70 provide.
nenalty therefor. The punishment II
this bill is fixed by confinement in the
penitentiary at hard labor for not less
Than five nor more than ten years.
Senator Steele offered resolution
which was adopted, providing that al
senate clerks engaged at the regular
session be discharged, with the under
standing that in case any commltte'
need clerk they shall call on otnel
officers of the senate to act in tina
capacity. -, =,
o'clock this morning.