Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-23
SEMI-CEN TENN|AL
EXPOSITION.
FORT WORTH.

other. under the direction of the su.
preme court. ana providing for tho
transfer Of aucn eases, is the Irst btu
TO come before the house. Beard OF
Smith county furnished tnt house no
cnd OF FUN when motion came up 10
uispaud the rules ana put tnr bill upon
lts lnul passage. In his determination
TO be heard on the subject matter Of
the bin he was ave times declared out
or order. while the house roareA with
laughter. The house refused TO sus-
pond the rules and the bill viii take It's
regular course
Senate bill No. 20 ito regulate the
issuance OF executions upon judgments
OF courts of record and 10 prevent such
Judgments from becoming dormant"
was passed TO Its third reading.
House bl.l NO, 10 tpy turner TO con-
firm ana validate certain surveys OF
land made by virtue of certificates iH-
sued to persons permanently disabled
by reason 90 wounds received while in
the service OF this state or OF the Con-
fcdernte states" was next placed upon
It's second reading. OwsieN's amend
ment that tho act gh0uld not apply TO
and shall not be held to validate any
location or survey made upon any APP
propriatcd land nor 30 any location or
survey fraudulently made.
Considerable discussion was made
AAliN wv UNI shAs GNAkA AANAAlhk AZ
tention Tor awhile by urging that if his
information was correct--he did not say
It was--thls bill proposed the most gl-
gantic fraud the legislature could pos
sibly perpetrate-or rather the rlvetlng
thereof. His Information was In eiffce
that when tho land was first apprO-
priated without location and that act
Ing under the advantages OF this eon-
dltion land ahnrlSs had bought up tho
certificates and In locating the land
therein appropriated had LEFT the school
fund the most barren, worthless, use
lcss realty In the state In many in
stances. IL his Information We're cor
rect. he would certainly oppose tho
passage OF a bill that would rlvet the
fraud. There was n great deal or
speaking on the point OF Information
and further discussion was postponed
al minutes 10 u, when a rccoss OF
Ave minutes was taken, Ward OF
Travis spoke earnestly in favor OF tho
adoption OF the measure, urging that
Texas could not AFFORD not to validate
these cortlncates They were granted in
good faith. II would be an act OF bad
faith not TO validate them. His ad-
dress WAS delivered after the cpnven-
ing OF the house, and at its close tho
speaker announced the nomination and
srconding speeches Of the candidates
for United States senator In order.
DhHllrl OF Leon WAS tue nFst 10 ut-
dress the house. He spoke as follows;
Mr. SPEAKER: In obedience TO our
constitution and laws, we are assem-
blcd to discharge the highest duty in-
trusted 10 us by loyal and magnih-
cent constituency.
From her annexation 10 the Union.
Texas has reserved the office of United
States senator as the highest reward
for her most illustrlous sons, and
another name In now TO be added to tho
list OF southern statesmen, whose
chivnlry and patriotism have been the
inspiration OF free people.
Crowned with tho honors Of long
and honorable legislative carser; usefui
because of experience In statccraft,
always true to the interests OF his
countrymen and blessed with their
unswerving affection, the Hon. Richard
| Coke voluntarily surrcnders the re-
sponsihllltics of the scnatorship; md
at this supreme moment, Texas VIII
! best honor him by selecting as his sue
eessor one Of her strongest, purest,
| brnYest sons.
Recent events have magnihed the siin-
portnnce OF the office which wGf are
| about 10 confer. Public distrust and
party dissatisfaction have permitted
| defeat TO follow the stately stepplngs
| OF victory. and the peoples Democracy
totters, stunned by the blows OF the
enemies OF free government.
The highest legislative body of thai