The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-17
THAT MILEAGE QUESTION.
RRTNGS THE MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE OUT IN THEIR TRUE
COLORS.
RETRENCHMENT AND REFORM.
Is Well Enough When 1t Comes to the
Officers of the House, But When 1t
Applies to the Members 1t is No
Good - The Newspapers
Knocked Out.
THOMAS COLD BATH.
THE MILEAGE QUESTION.

lllOMAD SolIb DA IL ~ y
THE MILEAGE QUESTION. 81.
The committee on contingent expenses
made their report in the house yesterday
morning on the subject of making an APP
Dropriation for the purpose of buying
STAMPS for the members. The committee
recommended that each member be al
lowed $4,000 with which to buy stamps
for the session. and that $500 he allow
ed each officer in the house for the same
period. The report raised quite
a discussion, during which amend
mcnts were fired in making the apprOpri-
alton SIS for members and So for officers
for the session. Another appropriated
$4,000 for members without mentioning
officers another appropriated $50 for
members and So for officers. All these
amendments were voted down and the
committee report adopted. Later the
vote was recOnsidered and the committee
report foored also. A resolution was
introduced by Representative Duff re-
commencing that the parts of Governor
Hogs message making recommends
tions to the legislature be referred to the
various committees having dealings with
the suggestions in question. The resO-
LUTON further provides for a committee
of five Of the house to act with a similar
committee from the senate looking to a
codificatiOn of the laws of Texas.
The resolution was referred to Il COM
mittec.
The finance committee, through their
chairman, Representative Morrison, re-
ported, recommending the passage of
the appropriation of $4,000 for the pur-
pose of paying mileage and per diem
of the members. The report was adopted.
Representative Thomas offered an
"a tba ammonia tinu hill ns
recommended by the committee, fixing the
salary of the members at So each for the
first 60 days of the session, and fixing the
mileage of each member at , cents. Rep
resentative Ward moved to table the
amendment, which was carried almost
unanimously. When the Chair announced
that the amendment was lost the mem
bers clapped their hands most vigorous
", which goes to prove that while they
want retrenchment and reform they do
not want it 50 very badly when it affects
their mileage. Representative Thomas
by this vote was placed in position
where he could appreciate in its fullest
extent the term, sat upon" In an UNI
guarded moment he came within the
reach of the cold steel and the members
put it TO him heavy.
The great economy agitatOrs awaited
themselves of this opportunity to change
their votes. From the very start these
gentlemen have been voting mo on
every proposition that bobbed up, but
when the question of mileage came up
Yesterday morning they voted yes" for
its passage with such yehemence That
the chandeliers shook. Representative
Thomas expected better treatment at
the hands of his colleagues. They had
been voting with him on every retrench-
ment movement that had bobbed up.
and when he introduced his amendment
Yesterday he looked around at them with
a self assuring smile as much as to say,
"Now is the time to make yourself IA
nous. His fellow members agreed with
him, but the fame they desired was to
be accredited with putting the cold steel
to his proposition. and they did SO win
q vengeance. Whenever Billy Slakc'
peare's proposition comes up for discus
sion the members are ready to agree with
him that It's we'll TO put money i'll tiny
purse. ,,
The roll call on the appropriation bill be-
ing had it was passed by vote OF lOS 10
6, and from henceforth the members VIII
have $4,000 to blow in.
The various members voted on this bill
as follows: ,r
Yeas-Allen. c. A.. of Colorado. Allen
II. b., of Dallas, Andrews, I. I; -,
Avery. V. II. c., Barron. j. f.. Bass; ). D.,
Beall, j. H., Blair, X. f., Bounds, W. T.,
Bramlette, W. A., Brigance, A. f.
Brown, ]. T.. Bumpass. j. X. Burmeist-
or, r. III. Burney, ]. G.. Burns $. F.,
Cameron, h. f., Carpenterf J. L., Carson,
]. W., Cooke, ]. r., CuretOn, w. b., Oar
roch. ID. c., Dashiell. l.. r., Davis, J. j.,
Drew, Byron: Drinkard, NJ. A., Duff, Il:
c., Evans b. O.. of Hunt, Evans, 5. F.. of
GraysOn, Fake, A. f.. Feagin. j. g.,
Fletcher. h. j.. Floyd. Il. j.. Foster, :. T.,
Freeman, w. H.. Good, T. H., Cough. j.
r., Graham. A. H., Greer, j. L.. Harrison,
Y. D., Henderson of Travis, Jackson, Nj.
c.. Jennings, Tom r., Kennedy. John,
King, B., Langhammer, Chas., lillard, Il.
d.. Lindsey, ID. S., Logan, John NJ. Long,
!. H.. Love, A. H., Mor0ncy. VIM. A.,
Martin, |. L., of Kinney, Martin; Il. W.,
of Coryell, Martindale. r., McBride' ). b.,
Williams, j. NJ. Mills, $. p, Mitchell, j.
D.. Monroe. ]. r.. Moody. X. H., Moore,
]. NJ. of Morris. Moore, w. f.. of Lamar,
Morris, Il. W., Morrison, o. r., Murchi-
son, w. f.. Nix, j. NJ. O'Neil, IL. f., Orr,
w. A., Patterson, ID. f., Peck, w. NJ,
Peyton. John b., Plemmons, w. r., Rad
ford, Peter, Ragsdale. X. l.. Reiger J. r.,
Rhodes. A. b., of Wood, Ritter. V. b.,
John W., Rogers, Ben s., Roy,
II. Il. t., Rudd j. D., Seabury, +. w,
Seago, II. X, Sebastian. w. p, Smith, II.
f., of Milan, Smith, Il. A, of Runnells,
Smith, X, H.. of Colorado, Smith, X. NJ,
of Brazos, Sowell, p. s.. Speckels, ]. G.,
Spivy, j. H., Stokes, Il. b.. Strange, $. n,
Tarver, Err, Thomas, Cullen f., Towsen.
j. NJ. of Lampasas, Townsend, w: j.. of
Ward, X. H., Wayland. John A, Wester,
]. X, Whitacre, w. B., Williams, L. B.
Nays-Edwards. I. L., McLemore. Jeff,
Rhodes, l.. L., of Van Zandt, Spillane,
James, Stubs, Charles j., Watkins, 7.
X. Total-6.
Absent-Armistead. w. r.. Bailey, Jno.
H.. Beard, Il. B., Bertram. II. E., Cham
bers. J. NJ, Giddings, Jr, ID. c., Gilliland,
w. E., Harrell, r. D., Huddleston, NJ. L.,
Joseph. VIM, O'Connor, .Ino. A. Owsley,
A. c., Simmons, ID. T., Wurzhach, w. A.
Total-14.
The bill setting aside $4,000 for CON
tingent expenses of the house was also
passed by II vote of 112 to |.
There were quite u number of bills in
troduced. prominent among which was
one by Representative Williams providing
that chapter . of the general laws of the
state of Texas. passed at the first called
session of the Twenty legislature.
the same being IAN act carrying into
effect constitutional amendment toarticle
1. section ., transferring annually l per
cent of the permanent to the available
school fund" approved April l., 1892,
be and the same is hereby repealed. The
repeal is desired on the grounds that the
operation of this act is depicting, and in
the course of time will destroy the per-
school fund, which
creates an emergency and an