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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

DISTINGUISHED senator, while they regret
his action of yesterday, cheerfully grant
him all honesty of purpose. In his reso-
luton introduced yesterday. morning,
however, Senator Gage subjected him
self to a criticism that was not alto
gether favorable, and while his colleagues
know his honesty of purpose, they fear
that the general public will not under
stand him in that light and are very
liable to impune his motives in the prem
Uses The resolution that has occasioned
so much discussion reads as follows:
Whereas, There is a large deficiency
in the state treasury; and
Whereas, 1t is the duty of every pa
triotic citizen, and especially of every leg
islator, to stop the drain as far as pos
sible, as evidenced by the action of the
senate in reducing the allowance of ice
to be used in the governors office from
10 cents to 5 cents per day; and
Whereas, Many legislators are daily
absenting themselves from the senate and
house on account of so-called I'M
portant business" which said important
business" is wholly personal and private
in it's nature; and
Whereas, Many >of said absentees,
during the time of such absence, continue
to regularly draw their per diem salary
tOr services not renuereu W tue stule,
therefore be it
Resolved by the senate, the house CON
curing, That it is the sense and judg-
ment of said senate and house that from
and after this date no member of the
legislature should draw his per diem for
any day he may be absent from the SEN
ate or house, while the same is in ses-
sion, unless such absence is caused by
sickness of himself or some member of
his family, or unless he is absent in the
discharge of some public duty imposed
upon him by law"
Senator Simpson intimated that this
was like copying the example of Con-
gresham Bailey, and argued that the
people did not expect their representa-
tives to entirely sacrifice important pri-
vate interests.
Senator Steele cOntended that the mem
bers should not be deprived of their ~
per diem, out of which they had to pay
their board every day.
Senator Colquitt moved to amend by
striking out reference in the resolution
to cutting out the item for ice for the
governors office from the appropriation
bill
After some further discussion the reso-
luton was tabled.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
SOME PRACTICAL HOME" TALK.
Echoes From the Confederate Home With
Good Advice Withal.

Editor Statesman-Wll you kindly
give space in the columns of your worthy
paper to q few remarks from an old Reb.
Austin being SO close to the Home no
doubt the good people have been worried
very much by complaints from some of
the inmates of this place. Many plans
are formulated here for running the Home
but all or most of the plans l have heard
are all one-sded, i. g., for the benefit OF
the inmates; the welfare of the state, and
the tax burdened people are not even
secondary consideration. OF course every
man has right to his opinion. l contend,
Mr.. Editor that the people OF the South
are under no obligations to us, ana II
they are, what is it for; something we did
not accomplish 30 years ago? We did
not establish government of Confederate
states, though we struggled hard and
made the best fight the world ever
knew. We should remember that a.
large majority of the people of today are
are a generation of people that have come
on the stage of life since the war ended,
and they are under 10 obligations to us
whatever. We volunteered to fight for
our country, and our rights, as we viewed
the matter, and it is only from kind feel
ing for us that they are doing so much
lOT uoN wv ""oN'N
be. and it does seem to me that every man
that was q true soldier then would be
true soldier now. Think what we endur-
ed then for cause that we knew was
Swallowed bv a beautiful uncertainty and
think how we are situated now, with n
lasting certainty 50 far as our bodily
welfare is concerned, so let us quit com
planning and fault finding, we have all we
need and more than many of us deserve
or ever had. Mans wants are many, and
if told would muster many score.
BY the way, Mr.. Editor, the report
reached the Home, as all reports do. that
the good ladies of Austin We're going to
give concert and apply the proceeds to
buying rocking chairs for the old vets.
Well God bless the ladies' they are always
foremost in any acts of charity or serving
their country Come on with the chairs,
ladies, and let them be easy going and
comfortable and then see how quick lot
of us old relics will rock ourselves into the
grave THAT is economy for the state),
sabe? | believe that retrenchment is the
order Of the day, yes, gentlemen, retrench,
and why not let retrenchment like charity
begin at home, and it had as well begin
ut this Home as anywhere. Although
am afraid that such would not be endorsed
by many in here, but let us be true to
country and it's wants as we were once,
and hope this will be read and taken
with the same spirit of kindness by the in
mates of the Home in which it is meant
Il. J. EWING.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
NOTARIES.

Senator Greer yesterday handed the
names of the following notaries public
to the governor for approval:
Sabine county--W. II. Ingram, NJ.
Youngblood, w. w. Weatherned, f. Ber-
ryman, A. d. Hamilton and D. S. Dean.
San Augustine county-B. d. Crock
EFT, Il. w. Cummings, +. G. Roberts,
e. f.. Woods, Geo. G. Greer, w. w.
Price, Geo. w. Townsend.
Newton county-B. Adams, T. Cur
tbs, G. II. Howard, A. H. Merz, G. E..
Smith, H. II. Casey, Y. H. Good, J. R.
Lee, A. B. McMahon, j. b. Smith.
Jasper county-W. w. Blake, J. T..
Beatty, j. Il. Carroll, w. b. Powell, G..
w. Rawls, L. G. Thomas, H. G. Har-
well, J. s. Kloghey, Il. /. Kellie, X. b.
Scale, j. w. Sanders.
Orange county,. Swinford G. A.
Teagle, G. Il. Pool, e. A. Cheatham and
G. l.. Goodman.
jefferson county-Frank Alvey, A. B.:
Weaver, S. A. Long, J. ID. Polk, Hal
w. Greer, d. p. Rack, Jas. II. Rachford,
d. p. Wheat, Hal G. Land, w. A. Ives,
Hugh Jackson, III. @. Burlew, L. +.
Daniel, G. B. Daniel, l.. f. Chester,
w. A. Ward, w. r. Blain, It. j. Rus
sell, Geo. G. O'Brien, l. r. Bordages,
Mark Weiss, j. G. Reeve, w. II. Gill
land.
Hardin county-W. ]. Morton, T. G.
Riggs, w. A. Moody, Charles Martin,
w. w. Cruise, Joseph Mabray, Travis
Hooker and j. X. Salter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

aid or abet strikes or boycotts against
such employer or receiver.
Sec. 8. That each of the said board
of arbitrators shall receive three dollars
per day for every day while in actual
service, not to exceed ten Q0 days, and
travelling expenses not to exceed five cents
per mile actually Travelled in getting to
or returning from the place where the
board Is in session. That the fees of
witnesses and the per diem and travel
ing expenses of said arbitrators shall be
taxed as costs against either or all of the
parties to said arbitration, or the board
OF arDltrators may deem Just and shall
constitute part of their reward; and each
OF the parties to said arbitration shall,
before the arbitrators proceed to consider
the matter submitted to them, give q
BOND with two or more good and sufficient
sureties in an amount to be fixed by the
board of arbitration, conditioned for the
payment of all the expenses connected
with the said arbitration.
Sec. lO. That the award shall be made
IN trlplicate. One copy shall be filed in
the district clerks office, one CODY shall
be given to the employer or receiver, and
one copy to the employees or their duly
authorized representative. That the
award being filed in the clerks office of
the dlstrlct court as hereinbefore pro-
vldeu, snail go into practical
operation, and judgment shall be entered
thereon accordingly, at expiration of 10
Gays from such filing, unless within such
lO days either party shall file exceptions
thereto Tor matter of law apparent on the
record, IN which case said award shall go
into practical operation and Judgment
rendered accordingly when such excep-
tons shall have been fully disposed of by
either said district court or on appeal
therefrom.
Sec. IL. At the expiration of 10 days
from the decision of the district court
upon the exceptions taken to said award
as aforesaid, judgment shall be entered
in accordance with said decision, unless
during the said 10 days either party shall
appeal therefrom to the court of civil ap-
peals holding jurisdiction thereof in such
case, only such portion of the record shall
be transmitted to the appellate court as
is necessary to the proper understanding
and consideration of the questions of law
presented by said exceptions and to be de-
cided. The determination of said court
upon said questions shall be final, and
being certified by the clerk of said court,
judgment pursuant thereto shall there
upon be entered by said court. If eXcep-
tions to an award are finally sustained,
judgment shall be entered setting aside
the award; but in such case the parties
may agree upon a judgmet to be entered,
disposing of the subject matter of the con-
troversy which judgment, when entered,
+ shall have the same force and effect as
judgment entered upon award.
| The vote on the engrosment of the bill
was as follows:
, Yeas-Bailey, Beall, Bowser, Colquitt,
Darwin, Dean, Dickson, Gage, Harri-
son, Lewis, McComb, Presler, Rogers,
Sheriff., Simpson, Whitaker-16.
Shelburne, Smith, Stafford, Steele, Tips,
Woods-11
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
MARCH FLURRIES.
Interesting Items for Business Men and
All Sorts of People.

1t is no credit to dead man to be quiet
A man cannot be made honest by leg
islation.
The snore of q virtous man never be-
comes disagreeable.
Genius is sometimes mistaken for the
purest kind of cussedness.
There are mighty few original opinions
in this or any other void.
How sweet the final rest of that tongue
that has never spoken guile.
The most independent men are those
that have much more than credit than
they can be induced to use.
The trumpet through which u man
sounds his own praises should be appro-
priately made of brass to correspond
with his cheek.
The scales that are made to weigh
the merits of securities should be deli
cately poised and not tested by the man
who receives the commission.
General Porter says: "There are only
three persons who may use the plural
we in speaking of themselves
crowned head, an editor and q man with
q tape worm" Nice company we are in.
or 20 provinces in Quebec, % in 1891
contained smaller population than i'm
1881. The United States sucked them
over.
The Royal bank of Scotland last year.
made t1O7,003 in net profits. The Com
mercal bank, E165,770 The investments
of the latter reach E3,95S,0O
Three hundred thousand emigrants
from Europe between 1881 and 1891
arrived in Canada purposing settling there
but changed their minds and pulled for
United States.
1t was once predicted that by 1891 the
Dominion of Canada would have ten or
twelve millions of people. The reality
was 4,S33,OO0. Minnesota alone showed
larger numerical gain than Canada in
ten years.
A party of 10 prominent bankers and
business men of Kansas City and Topeka
have arrived at Cordova, Mexico, for the
purpose of investigating the coffee in
dustry They will go to the Isthmus of
Iehauntepec, where they will make ex-
tensive purchases Of land adapted to
coffee culture. Their investigations have
convinced them that under the present
low price of silver there is great profit
| in the raising of coffee, as the product is
sold in foreign markets for gold, while
| it is raised on silver basis.
Mr.. Day of st. Paul, Mimi, one of the
wealthiest men of that city, remarked re-
Gently: "In 1868 Colonel Hewitt and I
purchased together 100 acres where Ham
lin University now stands, for which I
paid $24O0 for my half. kept it until
1873, and the rents brought in an in
! come on the investment of about 8 per
cent net-after paying taxes. In 1873.
| sold it for $4,000. / thought the sale
q good one Two years after could have
sold it for 100000. Today it could not
been purchased for $250,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

upon both parties, unless set aside for
error of law, apparent on the record.
Third-That the respective parties to
the award will each faithfully execute the
same, and that the same may be specific
ally enforced in equity so far as the pow
ers of a court of equity permit.
Fourth-The employees dissatisfied with
the award, shall not, by reason of such
dissatisfaction, quit the services of said
employer or receiver before the expiration
of thirty days, nor without giving said
employer or receiver thirty days written
notice of their intention to quit.
Fifth-That said award shall continue
in force as between the parties thereto
for the period of one year after the same
shall go into practical operation, and no
new arbitration upon the same subject
between the same parties shall be had
until the expiration of said one year.
Sec. 5. That the arbitrator so selected
shall sign q consent to act as such, and
shall take and subscribe an oath before
some officer authorized to administer the
same, to faithfully and impartially dis
charge his duties as such arbitrator,
which consent and oath shall be imme-
diately filed in Office of the clerk of the
district court of the county wherein such
arbitrator are to act. When said board
| is ready for the transaction of business
| it shall select one of it's members to act
as secretary, and the parties to the dis
pute shall receive notice of time and
place of hearing not more than 10 days
after such agreement to arbitration has
been filed.
Sec. 6. The chairman shall have DOW
er to administer oaths and to issue sub
poenas for the production of books and
papers, and for the attendance of wit
l 90 Al0..A
is possessed by the courts of record or
the judge thereof in this state. The board
may make and enforce the rules for its
government and transaction of the bust
ness before it, and fix its sessions and
adjournments, and shall herein examine
such witnesses as may be brought before
the board, and such other proof as may
be given relative to the matter in dis
pute.
Sec. Z That when the board shall
have rendered its adjudication and de-
termination its powers shall cease, I'M
less there may be at the time in existence
other similar grievances or disputes be
tween the same class of persons mention
ed in section /, and in such case such per
sons may submit their differences TO
said board, which shall have power to act
and adjudicate and determine the same
as fully as if said board was originally
created for the settlement of such diff
ference or differences.
Sec. 8. That during the tendency of
arbitration under this act, it shall not be
lawful for the employer or receiver. party
to such arbitration, nor his agent, to
discharge the employees, parties thereto,
except for inefficiency, violation of law
or neglect of duty, or where a reduction
of force is necessary. Nor for the organ
ization representing such employees to
order, nor for the employees to unite in,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
THE HOUSE APPROPRIATION
BILL.

The house took up its general appro-
priation bill yesterday morning and ap-
piled the pruning knife with vengeance
by cutting the salary of the governors
private secretary from $1,000 to $500,
and the stenographer's salary from
$14O0 to $1,000. The porter's salary was
left at $3.50.
Pending a heated discussion on the
motion to strike out the appropriation for
the state revenue agents Office the house
adjourned for the noon recess. During
this heated discussion. Representative
Blair led the fight for the striking out of
the appropriation and Representatives
Cureton and Owsley were in favor of its
retention. Representatives Bumpass
and Harrison spoke in favor of the
knocking out of the appropriation and
quite a number of others INDUCED in
lengthy speeches pro and con on the sub
ject. Judging from the present status
of affairs the discussion of this general
appropriation ,bill win doubtless be
heightened out into several weeks as the
members are determined to see to it that
the various items are cut to the very
lowest possible notch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

A WISE MOVE FOR FARMERS.
DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE THE
THING FOR TRAVIS COUNTY .
PLANTERS.
THE MERCHANTS OF MISSISSIPPI
SET THE PACE.
1t Is a Good Move and Should Be En-
couraged-It Means the Saving of
Much Money to the Country In
General

The question of diversified crops is en-
gaging the attention of Travis county
farmers just now. The low price of cot
ton has called their attention to it and it
is being seriously discussed all over the
South. Southern farmers and planters
are now confronted with new conditions
and they must do something to better their
condition, and this something is less cot
ton and more of something else. In this
connection the Manufacturers Record
says:
One of the most potent influences in
causing the South for so many years af-
ter the war to turn it's attention almost
wholly to the production of cotton and to
buy its corn and provisions in the west
was the necessity of farming ON credit.
After the war Southern farmers were
without money and it became necessary
to mortgage their crops in advance, even
before they were planted, in order to get
to work. Cotton factors and commits
sion merchants were willing to lend mon
ey against cotton to be raised, but would
not advance anything on corn or general
agricultural products. This compelled
farmers to give all their attention to cot
ton in order to raise as large q crop as
possible, because out of its proceeds they
had to purchase their provisions and corn.
This acted in the interest of the factors
and commission merchants, because it
gave them the opportunity to sell Western
corn and bacon to Southern farmers. This
condition of affairs has been one of the
strongest influences against the diversi
fication of Southern agricultural interests.
Once introduced it became almost impos-
sible to break away from this system.
One of the most encouraging move
ments yet made in changing the system
has been started by the merchants of
Wilkinson county, Miss. Believing that
farmers are giving too much attention
to cotton to the disadvantage of the
country, these merchants have decided
not only to use their influence to induce
the farmers to cultivate corn and other
foodstuff, but have announced that they
will sell no more corn, cornmeal, oats or
similar products on credit after January
1 next. Under these circumstances the
farmers will be obliged to raise their own
food supplies or buy for cash. If the mer-
chants of the entire South would take
such action as this it would Immediately
solve the whole question of diversified
agriculture. Instead of standing, as the
system represented by them of advancing
money against cotton only, as n barrier
to the Investigation of agriculture, the
merchants would take the lead in forcing
this diversity upon the farmers. For, II
short time they might lose some trade by
their failure to find a market for Western
corn and bacon, but the prosperity of the
South would be so greatly enhanced that
all of its people would be able to buy
more largely of general merchandise, and
the merchants would thrive accordingly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
GLEANINGS FROM THE LOBBY,
THE EXCURSIONISTS RETURN
FROM THEIR CALVES
TON VISIT
TO FIND THAT THE RETRENCH-
ERs HAVE JUMPED THE GAME.
Representative Brown Desires to Have
the Land Office Department Moved
and Representative Henderson
Wants the judiciary Ex-
amined Into.
NO HOUSE QUORUM.

Yesterday morning at $50 o'clock,
when Speaker Smith raped the house to
order, every member of the Galveston ex-
cursion was found to be in their seats.
There was no. quorum present however
and a call of the house had to be had,
2:30 last afternoon. 1t was noteworthy
pending which the house adjourned until
fact in looking over the list of absentees
to observe that none of the Galveston ex-
cursionists were missing. They were all
in their seats, and the absenteeS were those
gentlemen who voted against adjournment
on last Friday, and yet as soon as their
brethren had left for Galveston they turn
ed their backs on the capital city and hied
themselves home. When roll was called
yesterday morning all the eXcursionists
were on hand, but the members who HE'D
themselves homeward were among the
missing and their absence bursted the quo
rum all to pieces. The Galveston eXcur-
sionists are tickled to death about the alb
sence of "the old foggies," as they will
now have to bear the responsibility of the
house having no quorum yester-
day morning AT 2:30 o'clock the
MUSE was again called to or
der and a quorum was still missing.
In about 30 minutes q bare quorum was
secured and the house went to work.
Along about $3.50 o'clock Representative
Drew introduced resolution to reduce
the clerical force of the house committee
a half, and on an aye and nay vote it was
discovered that no quorum was present.
A call of the house was ordered, and from
that time until adjourning hour, at q
o'clock, the house worked under call with
Il bare quorum present.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
CITIZENS A,ln.:EEU.

Louisville March .!---A special 10 he
Courier Journal frmu Birmingham, Ala,
says: Many houses and barns have
been fired during the last few weeks
around Tyler, Dallas county, and recent
ly. these crimes have been so frequent
and bold as to leave no doubt that they
we're the work of an incendiary gang.
The citizens were fully aroused few days
ago to bring the guilty parties to justice.
Joe Smith, a negro residing near Tyler,
and accused of being an incendiary,
came in today and reported that on Sun
day night white men visited anegro church
and arrested Daniel Dawson, Robert
Holman and James Holman and took
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
THE LAND OFFICE IN DANGER.

Representative Brown yesterday intro
duced a concurrent resolution in the
house to have the land Office department
taken out of the building it now occupies
in the southeast end of the capitol grounds
and have it removed to the capitol build
ing. The object of the change is on
economical grounds. 1t is claimed that
the cost of supplying the building with
fuel, lights and a night Waterman
amounts to quite an item and that by
moving this department in the capitol this
needless expense could be done away
with. 1t is presumed that the object
of this resolution is to get rid of the
department of insurance, statistics and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
THE ARBITRATION BILL.

The senate yesterday morning passed
to engrossment Senator Rogers arbitra-
ton bill. The bill was, however, subject
modify its provisions considerably. In
the first section, for instance, the bill was
so amended that no board of arbitration
shall be appointed save upon the mutual
consent of all parties.
Another very important change made
was the elimination of sections II, IL and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
THE SENATE APPROPRIATION
RIIL,

The senate last afternoon resumed a
discussion of it's appropriation bill. An
attempt was made to strike out the ad-
jutant generals salary and the appro-
priation for the maintenance of his Office.
but both attempts were frustrated, and
the office still stands intact. An effort
was made to strike out the $4,000 APP
preparation, for the state volunteer
guard, but that likewise failed, as did an
effort to reduce the $4,000 appropria-
ton for the ranger service.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.

Yesterday Speaker Smith appointed
the following conference committees nn
part of the house: To act on joint COM
mittee on amendments to Senate bill No.
166, Representatives Jennings, Wurz-
bach, Seabury and Mcneil.
To,act on joint committee on Senate
bill No. 1S3, Representatives Owsley,
Bralnlette, Giddings, Drew and Brown.