The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-26

passed finally.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
The House.
immediately after the conyening OF the
house this morning the speaker offered
a suggestion that night sessions be held for
the consideration of the general appropria-
lions BIZ. He also spoke deprecatirgly
OF the amount of time consumed in roll
calls in voting upon propositions before
the house and intimated that members
who persist in calling for the ayes and
noes for the purpose of making records
Tor economy for themselves and placing
! others or record we're costing the State
moro than they saved. and were making
records that would not be very useful to
them.
4 Mr. Collins offered a resolution provld-
Ing for night sessions to consider the an
preparations bill.
Mr. Frost as n substitute moved that the
morning sessions OF the house begin at
O'Clock, and the afternoon session at 2
o'clock.
The substitute was lost and the original
resolution was adopted.
A resolution by MIR. Schluter was adopt
ed providing that the portion of the APP
propriations bill relating 10 the university
and the medical branch, which was the
next in order for consideration, be passed
/, over and that 1t be considered at the night
sessions.
Tho appropriations bill was then taken
up the court OF civil appeals for the First
district being first In order.
/, Amendments were offered and defeated
as follows:
BY Mr.. Kittrell, to increase the salary of
porter for the civil court of appeals, First
district, from $500 TO $500
By Mr.. Kittren, to increase the allow
ance for same court for postage from SIS
to $3.50 and to increase the item for con-
tingent expenses from $3.50 to $500
BY Mr.. Phillips Of Lampasas, to In
; crease the salaries of the porters for the
civil courts of appeals for the Second and
/ Third districts, respectively. from $500 to
$780,
An amendment by Mr. Henderson of
Lamar was adopted correcting the bill as
to the number of district judges appro-
priated for inserting ifty-six in lieu OF
nifty four, and increasing the appropria-
= ton from $4,000 TO $4,000.
! Mr.. Little offered an amendment to re-
duce the salary OF supreme court reporter
from $4,000 to $500. Lost.
Mr.. Little offered another amendment
nronosinE to reduce the salary Of assistant
supreme court reporter from S6ooo ID
$500. Lost.
, MIR. Kittrell offered an amendment to
appropriate s23i6.65 TO pay J. b. Williams
; district clerk of Harris county, FOR costs
/ In tax cases filed in the Harris county
: district court, and afterward dismissed by
tho states counsel Ruled ont. OF order
az nat being germsne to tho portion oil the
+ hin TO which 1t was offered.
. When the portion Of the bill mahlns APP
: propriations for the soul nWtste-A i ss,
: aeyiun was reached, MIR. Mastereon onerea
an amendment to provide for second as
/, siatant physician at a salary OF SlsoV
Pending the further consideration OF thG
hill the house took recess to o CLOCK
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon session Mr. Smith
! Gravson. as chairman of the committee OF
internal improvements, submitted verba
rennrt 10 the effect that a majority OF tina
committee had instructed him to reques
: for the committee an extension of time To-
the consideration of the senate bills t
j authorize the consolidation OF the MIS-
/ souri, Kansas and Texas with the Sherman
b shreveport and Southern Railway eompl
4 MES and for the consolidation or the -
Louis Southwestern with the Iyier an
southeastern railway, both with the GOV
/ veto tDtlcuus i4N i'N'~~ - 1870
I OF the committee that the extension o
j. time be granted CO.
Messrs. Garner, Shannon and Smith
Grayson opposed the extension OF time
Mr.. Murphy spoke in favor OF the motto
ana Mr.. Prince stated why he had IA
vored tho extension.
The discussion of the motion deVelope
that the purpose Of the request was
Withhold the vetoed bills until the ne
hills Introduced on the same subjects an
which are said to have been prepared VIII
: a view to meeting the objections OF IN
= governor to the former bills could be aete
= upon.
time prevailed.
a Mr.. stewart then called for the consider
/, alton OF house bill to authorize the Hou'
ton and Texas Central Railroad compan
10 purchase and operate the Central Texa
i and Northwestern the Fort Worth an
n New Orleans, the Lancaster Tap, the Aus
lin and Northwestern and the Grant
e Mountain and Marble Falls railroads. tn
speaker laid the bill before the hod
T as a special order.
a MIR. Wooten made the point OF ord'
that the chair having held that the pent
II ing bill Is substantially the same as u
Il senate bill on the same subject vetoed
"a the governor and now pending on recor
l. alteration In the house committee on II
"a ternal improvements, that the mouse cou
q not consider the pending bill, because u