Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-21

Austin, Tex, Feb 2O-'rhe motion OF
the gentleman from Nolan tMr. BealD
came like "a grateful shower OF rain ON
n hot summer day when the house
came TO order this morning The
pending business when the house ad-
iournrd yesterday was the formidable
Zee queauun. IT would have come up
naturally M FIRST business thla morn
tng, had not MIR. Bohll moved that the
house suspend the regular uruer ana
take UP house bill No 400. for the
relief Of the purchasers of public free
uchu1l, the university and the several
asylum lands. suspending forfeiture Tor
the nonpayment OF the interest due
thereon and to provide for tho pay
ment thereof aud to dismiss suits pend
Ing for such forfeiture, There was
great deal OF needless eloqucuce eN-
pended by Mr.. BumpaSs aud others
on the motion to suspend the regular
order and take up this bill. The regu-
lar ord2rl The house showed plainly
yesterday how Il felt about this par
ticular regular order. II represents
both the dcvil and tho deep blue sea,
Two amendments were offered to the
bill and carried before II was put on
It's third reading and hnal passage.
one, that wher0 suits had. been begun
for the recovery of such lands. they
should be perfected, but Judgment aua-
pended during the term OF two years
OF relief. The other that the district
attorney shall not be entitled TO fee
In any suits iuHtltuted subsequent to
the flrgt day Of February 1876, The
latter was adopted without debate,
and after adoption when the bill was
ON third reading Mr.. BurmclHter moved
reconsideration FOR the purpose OF
tahllng the amendment In respect To
the district attorneys fees. The point
was made that Il was clearly uncon-
Htitutiuual, but II had no weight In tho
face Of the evidence produced by Beall,
~ Nolan, that ever since the district
nttorneya In the distressed and in-
poverlshed districts which this law
Affects. had heard OF tho Introduction
or the hill they had been plling up
cases against the unfortunate settlers
and land purchasers. II was urged
by MIR. Sebastian that. even II his
amendment were unconstitutional, the
district attorneys would not have tho
opportunity to present their claims or
try to enforce them In the light OF theii
conduct. The effort so table It was In
cffcctual. the house seeming bent upon
letting the courts decide upon It's con
sltutlonallty. should tho district at
torneya contest II for the purpose OF
getting their fees, House Joint rcsolu-
ton No. ., TO submit 10 the people the
question as 10 whether u qualification
OF the voter shall be that he must be .
citizen OF the United states. was put OF
It's third reading and final pnssagt
after the passage OF Bcalls bill. takinl
precedence ever the fec bill. havlnf
been FIRST set for II o'clock today. Mr.
MoBrlde offered the amendment "Aut
untl the lapse OF fivc years from tn,
first day of April. A. D.. 1895, (but no
thereafter until he becomes a citizen
every male person OF foreign birth sub
teci to none Of the foregoing disquali
hcatlons, who shall have declared hi
intention to become citizen OF IN,
United stntes according TO law. an,
who shall have resided In this stat
one year next preceding such election
and the last six months within tn,
couaty m which he osfpra 10 vute shall
also be deemed n qualified 'oiector."
farVer made q hot speech In H.
favor and fornlnst the Mexican
vote that floats across the border
pnrmeister also had MS innin,
against Editor schtltze. and paid Inn
his compliments IA return Tor SOME eic
CANT compliments IA German which hat
appeared In his German paper pub
Hailed hore, Forwartz, CreXas B0r,yardl
the Frog Yolee," Mr., Burgneister wa
heard 70 interpret H. lie calle,
schultzo an anarchist and dnnserou
citizen generally. Every body coul
toll that no lRurmelsterl was uerma
by his ncccnt ana the readiness Wit
which he accepted an Invitation to
eleas OF beer, but. by George, h
wanted u Understood hrst last aud a
NVyH that he = n Texan and oitiac
81 The unitS-- 5tefes amt not a aubiec
end ally OF Wil.rm Rex, across III
.tateF, a. the editor Ia question: a