The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
THE AGE OF CONSENT.
ADJOURNMENT KILLED VERY
DEAD.

DEAD.
Senator Greer yesterday morning sub
mtted a report of the special committee
appointed to- consider the subject of
redistricting the state into judicial dis
tricts, recommended that the senate and
house pass the concurrent resolution
providing for the work being done by
the committees of the two houses dur
ing a recess of 80 days of the legislature.
Senators Steele and Smith spoke
against the resolution, which was con-
| sidered under a suspension of the regu-
lar order. Both opposed it on the ground
of its being unconstitutional and unneceS
sary, and Senator Smith offered an amend
ment intended TO ride the resolution down
| by providing that members of the legis-
| lature not members of the committees
shall read reports of the committee to be
published daily and shall furnish the
committees information and shall have
50 per day for their services.
Senators Sheriff. and McComb spoke
in favor of the recess, the latter stat
ing that estimates showed that the recess
would be more economical than for the
legislature to keep in session.
Senator Smith suggested that it might
serve better to appoint new board OF
codifers but it was objected to this that
such a plan had not been satisfactory.
After further discussion by Greer. Har
risOn, Beall and Whitaker, the Smith
amendment was voted down and the res
olution itself was defeated by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Agnew, Bailey, Boal, Bowser,
Greer, Lewis, McCOmb, Presler, Rogers,
Sheriff., Stafford. Tips and Whitaker.
Nays-Boren. Colquitt, Crowley, Oar
win, Dibrell Dickson, GOss. Harrison,
Lawhon, Shelburne, Simpson, Smith,
Steele and Woods.
Senator Gage declined to vote and filed
as his reason for declining that he re-
garded the bill unconstitutional.
A motion by Senator Crowley to recon-
slider the vote was spread on the Journal.
If this action of the senate proves
final there is every probability of a lengthy
session before the able sOlons.
THE VOLUNTEER GUARD ALL
RIGHT.
The committee on revenue and taxation |
will recommend $4,000 for the Nolun- |
teer Guard encampment next year. They |
would have recommended 100000 for this |
years encampment as well, but the |
Houston drill gives the boys all the frollc-
ing they want for one year. Most OF the |
members are heartily in favor OF NAM
tanning the Volunteer Guard and say they
will do their utmost to see the boys OF
the Volunteer Guard through every |
chance they have.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Both branches of the legislature began
business in earnest yesterday by holding
afternoon sessions. From now on the
legislature will with few exceptions be IN
session twice day. The near approach
of the So days makes the average legls-
lator think of hustling matters up and
getting home. For all of which the tax
payers are duly thankful.
JUDGE RUSSELL ENUMERATED.
The house yesterday morning took up
the McMinn memorial, preterrlng charges
of drunkenness and disOrderly conduct
against District Judge Russell of the
Twenty-eighth judicial district. The two
committee reports, as noticed in Monday
Statesman, were submitted and occa-
stoned considerable discussion Represen-
tative Rhodes moved that the minority
report. recommending an investigation, be
adopted, but on motion of Representative
Seabury that motion was tabled and the
majority report, generating Judge kuS-
SELL was adopted and mus the Judge
comes out of the deal victorious. During
the course of the lengthy debate Repre-
sentative Armistead made a speech in
which he stated that he could see nothing
so terrible in mans getting drunk. That
almost all lawyers and everybody else
had 'been there before, many a time "
and he saw no reason for censuring them
for such conduct if they transacted their
business.
THE FEE BILL TO THE FRONT.