The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-25

/ diction of the county court of Crocket
county was passed finally.
! House bill fixing the time for holdin.
court in the Thirty-ninth judicial distric
was passed finally.
| Tarver's bill to restrict the convict labol
of Texas to the manufacture of certain
class and lines of goods was considered
MI. Cough moved to strike out the emer
gency clause of the bill. The amendment
was lost. Pending further discussion
MIR. Henderson moved to excuse the alb
sentees with the same old result of it,
being defeated by a vote of % ayes anC
81 noes. An amendment striking out the
enactment clause of Mr.. Tarver's bill
was killed.
| Another motion was made to excuse the
absentees just in order to wake the boys
up a little and it had the desired result
inasmuch as the ayes and noes were fran,
tically demanded. All the sleepers were
rustled out from hooks and corners and
made to take their seats. The vote then
showed that the house refused to excuse
the absentees by vote of 81 ayes and
40 noes.
Mr.. Tarver's bill failed to pass to en-
grossment on vote of A to Al. The vote
by which the bill was practically killed
was reconsidered and spread on the jour
nal.
A resolution was introduced and adopt
ed instructing the speaker to issue writs
for Messrs. O'Connor and Tompkins,
who had absented themselves from the
house without permission.
Mr.. Avery then moved that the house
be at rest until 8 o'clock. Mr.. Morrison
agreed to this. Mr. Dashiell stated that
ne was opposed to any rest, because Mr..
Morrison said at the beginning of this
siege that he wanted to run the thing for
4S hours and he wanted to accommodate
him. Mr.. Morrison ducked at this shot
and withdrew his sanction of the rest
motion.
The house then entered into lengthy
discussion that inasmuch as the midnight
hour was Mt hand the house had no legal
right to transact business on Sunday.
By this time most of the members had
cast off the major portion of their outer
clothing and entered into a free and easy
discussion Of the motion as to doing bust
ness on Sunday taking a rest or doing
anything else.
Mr.. Martin of Coryell begged the house
to suspend all business and rest on the
Sabbath day.
Quite number of other gentlemen
sion and the whole matter was getting
sadly mixed UP when Mr.. Cough set
everything else aside by moving to excuse
the absentees. The vote on this was be-
ing taken when the motion was with
drawn.
BY this time the house was in the very
throes of the working on Sunday propo-
sition.
Mr.. Mcbride stated in undeniable terms
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Mr.. Gilliland assured the chair that
if there was no law to compel him to do
so, he would most certainly not vote on
any roll call during Sunday.
Quite number of the other gentlemen
who spoke were in favor of dismissing
the members on their honor until tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Jennings was most emphatically
in favor of walking out of the house.
BY this time matters had reached such
q serious and complicated nature that
Speaker Smith, who was sleeping in an
adjoining room.
1t was now 2 o'clock and
both factions showed an unmis-
taxable desire to quit and go home.
The fee bill men seemed to be the most
anxious to throw up the sponge.
After some further wrangling the mem
bers were on the eve of happy and mu-
tual agreement to parole themselves until
tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock, when
the bomb shell was exploded. Mr.. Owsley
was in the chair and stated that by mutual
consent the members might be paroed on
their honor until tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Davis very promptly fired in pro-
test.
Mr.. Smith of Runnels also stated that
he would state for the benefit of all con-
cerned that if he got out of the hall once
he would certainly not show up there to-
morrow as he should leave for his home
at once, where he had very important bus
mess pending that demanded his attention;
Mr.. Rogers here secured the f1oor ana
urged that some action be taken with
reference to getting out of the pickle the
house was now in.
Mr.. Wester also urged immediate ac-
ton and said that he was willing to meet
the other side half way on any PROPOSE
ton that would settle the trouble now
before the legislature and this particu-
lar part of it especially.
Mr.. Baird also spoke in favor OF imme-
date and prompt action one way or
another, saying that like Mr.. Wester ne
was willing to meet the other side half
way. M
The house by mutual consent at 2:3O
o'clock took a recess while the members
held a little caucus to try and patch up
their troubles. At a. IN. his little
caucusing business was concluded and the
members were no nearer a solution of the
problem than at first. A few more pre-
liminary moves were made and then at
80 o'clock an arbitration committee of
two from each side was appointed. The
anti-fee bill men selected Mills and Ward
and the fee bill men selected Wester and
Feagin. While this committee were
working out some solution the house
took another rest and at $50 o'clock this
morning they were still resting and every
body but the reporters were sleepy and
mad.
HOUSE SNAP SHOTS.
Secretary Pool of the senate helped the
reading clerks out last night.
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