San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-13
WASHINGTON AND AUSTIN.
Notes of Proceedings in the National
and State Legislatures.

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Senate's committee on elections
reports adversely on memorial for
election of senators by direct vote
Of the people.
Finance committee reported bill
for unlimited coinage OF silver, but
the bill was strongly antagoniZed
by the minority, Aldrich and Sher-
man. Immediate consent could
not be obtained and the bill went
to committee.
Resolution was agreed to calling
for information as to the appoint
ment and removal of postmasters
in New York City.
Discussion of pOstotfice appropri-
alton bill was the order for the day
but yielded to Stewart who wanted
to discuss the last message on the
currency.
Senate took up pension bills at
5 o'clock and several were passed.
HOUSE.
Local measures crowded to the
front during the morning hour and
several were passed, among them
one granting public lands in Miss
issippi to Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college.
Senator Elect Wilson, Of Wash
ington, long popular member of
the House, entered and received
an ovation.
House took up Legislative, judi.
cial and executive appropriation
bills.
The pension bill was the bone of
contention, the fight being over
the reduction Of force in the PEN
sion office.
There was some music over the
appointment of annual clerks to
congressman, which was computed
to cost $4,000 before the assem-
bling of the Congress in Deem
Der. The provision for clerks was
finally defeated 142 to SO.
Legislative appropriation bill
was passed without division.
House committee on Ways and
Means is considering bill cover
ing a gold bond issue. No agree
ment was reached,and a sub-com-
mittee was appointed to draft a
bill.
Gold reserve is $41.340,1S1.
TAUsTIN.
The Senate committee amend
ments to the libel bill were passed,
and the bill was forwarded to en-
grossRent.
House bill, for a more efficient
system Of public roads in Cherokee
and other counties, was signed by
the president Of of the Senate.
1t was resolved, the House con-
curing, that all suits for the nom
payment of interest on lease lands
be suspended for and during the
present session of the Legislature
or until further Legislation there
on.
An emergency clause was added
to bill No. ITO, and the bill passed,
% to |; this gives the control of
the University lands to the Uni
Versity regents, if the House will
take the same action.
The Senate committee on redis-
tricting judicial districts has con-
cluded for the first 20 districts as
follows:
First-Chambers, Liberty, Har-
din, Jasper, Newton, Orange and
Jefferson counties.
Second-San Jacinto, Polk, Tyler,
Trinity, San Augustine, Sabine and
Angelina,
Third Shelby, Nacogdoches,
Cherokee, Houston and Anderson.
Fourth-Panola, Rusk, Harrison,
Gregg and Marion.
Fifth-Cass, Morris, Bowie,
Titus, Camp, Franklin and Red
River.
Sixth-Fannin, Lamar, Delta
and Hopkins.
Seventh-Upshur, Wood, Van
Zandt, Rains, Henderson and
Smith.
Eighth-Ellis, Navarro and Free
stone.
Ninth-Hunt, Collin, Rockwell
and Kaufman.
Tenth-Leon, Madison, Walker,
Montgomery and Grimes.
Observation-Disclosures and Walker.
Twelfth-Galveston and Brazo-
ria.
Observation-Disclosures, Whar-
ton, Fort Bend, Colorado, Austin
and Jackson.
Observation-Disclosures, Lee,
Burleson, Bastrop and Milan.
Fifteenth-Falls, Bell and Will
hanson.
SiXteenth-McLennan.
Observation-Disclosures, Hill,
Bosque and Coryell.