The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-16
THE SENATE

Austin. Texas, May l5.-A eEo-z-, was
presen, IN the senste this moraias. AID he
first business Was the consideration, ca
its final passage. u the Galveston. Ia
Porte aud Houston Galveston aad Western
consolidation bill. Il passed - veie Of
10 10 S.
MIR. Kerr, chairman .. the committee OF
contingent expenses. TaDdesed report ms
morning on the TesoJ u,.ao introduced BY
MIR Terrell come um sl1ce. caAsinS Tor
the discharge o; the ten special sad gen
eral committee CLERKS AMI tae re-tsnFA0F
ment of five. and FOX The SANE submitted
a substitute. authorizing the president 70
discharge all employees ,ctae5 ihaA ne
officers and re-employ sl.'icie1, ne!F -
discharge the work 81 IN. sr1Aie a. DC!
more than the saIe now gslt.
Mr. Terrell spoke for thu substitute. pre-
sentirg the pressing nesss :cf q TsI-et'SH
An expenses even at she eleventh h.
Mr. Yaul.s wantec 10 amend y 2iS-
charging thirty one senators a22 - rep
resentatiyes also. This WAS declared 90.
of order, and The committee substitute waa
adopted by almost unanimous, vote
Mr Presler called MP ard passed the
Joint resolution granting 20 W NJ. Allison,
Judge vi the Thirly third jGdicia! district,
leave OF absence from the STATE Tor sixty
days.
Tho Joint resolution giving Judge J. NJ.
Hall OF the Eighteenth Judicial district
leave Of absence for sixty days VISA passed
finally.
The house joint resolution granting aid
to disabled aud indieen. Confederate sol
diers was called up. Mr Colquiit tia not
think that the State OF Texas should 90
into the pension business, and he demo
cratic party should abstain from creating
a condition Of this Kind when the party ot
the South fights the Federal pension pol
Icy
Mr. Cough was the author Of the cons.!-
tutonal amendment when established tAe
Confederate home. but he did not deem Il
wise for tho State ~ take THIS new de-
5 parturc, which would open the way for
abuse.
( Mr. Presler was strong advocate OF the
resolution, and thought that IL should pass.
even though the STATE was taxed $50 900
! per annuin for the support q he disabled
people no sust stained her honor on the
I battle field % The South. Abuses could
( be obyiated without trouble. he said.
Mr.. Tillet, was Inclined 10 join ,be sen
ator from Kaufman. The enEratiment Of
4 E law 10 Texas which would grant RELIEF
to Confederate soldiers, iudisca, snd dis
4 Abled, whose iudlseucy O.. disability was
i not the result o. their service OF che battle
; field would be infamous. He cited the
x senate 20 the outrage being perpetFatcd by
the pension frauds. but agreed % support
+ the -e.oiULSn j.. tie aggregate amount 10
4 be used IL this direction vas limited.
= An Amendment by Mr.. b0wser limited
is the act 10 sailors who entered the service
s from Teas. aad Air. Gree: aud Mr. TIL
* letl substituted - 'imiurg +, 10 those who
& came 20 he sale prior 10 January !. 1850.
sg who are either 90 years OF age or whose
n disability resulted from at least three
81 months service ia the Confederate army.
M Nj. Burns eulogI1ed Robert Z. Lee aud
~ L. S. Graat az soldiers and favored the
* amendment Wy Mr.. bowaer. The only thing
that kept the speaker from being in The
81 Confederate army was the lack % years.
III MIR. Woods Of Graz son. the oldest mem
Der OF the senate. made a stirring speech
for the resolution as it came from the
house. He recalled the days OF tribula-
tions when the women OF the Southland
III bore their lot with fortitude while their
hepmatss were IN the battle line This
was his first address of the session, and II
a invoked the applause OF the senate and
large number OF house members seated IL
the lobby.
"A MIR. Bowser replied to tho position OF
Mr.. Tiilett. who had ndvocaten ccrtair
restrictions to the resolutions which tn,
speaker contcnded We're not necessary.
s3 Mr.. Bailey followed by pronounclng !
y eulogy upon the six hundred thousauC
tM Southern patriots who met the thre,
million Federal warriors In battle array