The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-25

hereby set apart as follows: Three fourhs
| Of the proceeds OF the lease or sale of such
lands to the benefit OF the common schools
and the remaining one fourth to the STATE
| University and its branches. to he con
| trolled as lands are now managed. poth
under lease and sale for the university
and the other public lands by the com
mission of the general land office.
| The motion to substitute carried.
Brlgance moved that further considera-
| tton be postponed until next Monday
morning at 10 o'clock. 1t is an important
measure and he desired to study it.
Meade believed the measure is Of too
much Importance to be considered In the
| sleepy condition OF the members.
The motion to postpone carried
staples asked that his bill making the
theft Of cotton of the value of 500 or
over Felony. be called up. He stated
nat cotton thieves in his district under
me present law did a land office business.
l hoy would steal a bale of cotton, rlead
guilty to misdemeanor pay the small
Inc and have Il surplus from the sale of
ne stolen article The bill was laid be-
fore the house.
sentees
me roll was called on this motion at 7:S1
CLOCK, the result being IS yeas. 30 nays.
brlgance stated that he is opposed to the
Evans assignment bill but that he is viii
ins to vote to cngruss the bill and make
the night on the third reading.
VOTERS said the only proposition the adj
Vocates Of the bill would agree to Is to
excuse the abscntees Withdraw the order
for the previous question and allow a free
discussion, provided the opponents OF the
ON VIII not move call of the house Whan
the previous question is ordered on the bill
. ter the discussion.
Fisher moved that the house stand at
case for fifteen minutes so the two fac
lions could caucus. Carried. and at $40
o'clock the house was declared at ease.
At o'clock the speaker raped the house
20 order. and Beard. representing the op-
ponents ul the Evans assignment bill, stat
ed that no agreement had been reached.
The speaker ordered the clerk to read
Staples cotton theft bill
At $50 o'clock Mr.. Ncighbors, who had
been absent under an excuse, entered the
house.
There was considerable discussion on the
bill. Seahury moved to substitute the I'M
favorable minority report for tho favorable
majority report
The speaker announced that rule 80 would
be strictly enforced. and no one would be
admitted to the house but officers and
members, tel Is Of departments. senator's
ex-merihers Of the Legislatures, representa-
tives Of the press and ladies'. upon invita-
lion Of the members. He stated that at the
hour 60 a. nj after the members had been
up all night ali were hoarse. the mcmbers
were in no condition to receive company
and lobbyists.
Aftcr much discussion Seabury's motion
to substitute the unfaIcrahc minority for
the favorable majority report on the Staples
bill was defeated
Nuemrts to substitute and amend the
Dill were defeated, and il was ordered en-
crossed
MIR. Williams moved to excuse the absen
tees. and at this jun ,ture Mr.. Blair of
h'NdF walked into the chamber and was
received with vocferous applause.
Mr.. Williams motion was LOST nv voto
OF 60 TO Il? and the house took a recess of
five minutes.
MT Rosan called up senate bill reIievin,
inc railroad commission from the ohlira7
'io' OF siYinS appeal bonds, and il was
p"sSen uil'ler suspension of rules after hnv
ins been amended TO apply to all heads Of
departments. '' VI
n' ,erseant at arms appeared at the bar
o, ne mouse and stated that he had vlsitel
.r,, I'torSon III his room and found him
700 SICK TO attcnd the session. and the gen.
tlehan from Bel was excused.
lu"Ner presented a petition from ciiizens
OF laylor county asking for repeal of rhc
preferred creditor law
IL was now 1890 clock. and ladies and
visitors had begun to arrive. The wnrr;m,.
ACTIONS seemed 10 desire another confer,
- ana mr. Dies moved the house stand
at eaNe Tor twenty minutes. Carried.
At II o'clock the speaker rappod for mr.
der and Fisher moved to excuse the ah-
sen'e's' The motion failed by 4 vote of
5O yeas and As NAYS.
Meade called up house bill No. 337. which
ANeS the penalty for perjury at imprison
Inon' IN he penltentiHry al from two to ten
years The bill was ordered cngrossed.
savage called up house bin No 36g which
provides That the commissioners court of
p county shall order an election for county
superintendent of public instruction, upon
tAe petition OF qualified voters in the ,o'.u-
w. equal IN number to a majority If votes
cast for governor in the said county at tho
last preceding general election
Henderson opposed the bill. He declared
IL was nefariors measure and unlomo-
cratic.
Rognn advocated the bill and Savage de-
tended the measure. which bears his name.
Williams Of Ellis favored the bill Dur
ing the discussion he became involved in
a colloquy with Tracy of Milan.
Tracy-~Do you compare Ellis county with
mine?
Williams-No, | do not compare Ellis
county VITA Mllhrn. MT. speaker. have
great deal OF respect for the gentleman
from Milan; he is older than I am But,
Mr.. speaker, ] represent Ellis county--a
county which places 620 600 bales of cotton
annually on her public square in the cnun-
~ seat, and a county in which the >ttle
county tMilaml the gentleman tTracyl rep
resents would be a Justice precinct.
Tracy--Mr. Speaker, l wish to say that
am here to represent a constituency of To-
COO people, who sent mo here without my
consent. am ten acres broad and | cover
every foot of ground / stand on, and am
not nucking any gray hairs from my head
and | want the gentleman from Ellis to
know 1t. | am opposed to this bill.
Shropshire opposed the bill, preferrlng
the law rs II Is now
Motion was made to amend by eXcmnting
the following counties: Milan Delta, Hop
kius, Tom Green. Runnels, Menard. Crock
cit, Trion Sterling, sutton. Edwards. kim
Bile, Schleichcr. Coryell. Cass, Titus, Smith
Robertson Hays and Henderson
At 1880 o'clock VOL - moved the horse
be 1t ease until O'Clock Carried
The house having been called TO orde,
again at u. m. a resolution Of thanks to
Sir Swautc Palm for the gift OF his library
to the State university was adopted, and
the following bills were introduced:
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