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23 MAY 1898
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CITY OF AUSTIN, OCTOBER 24, 1856.
;E 0F llEFBE^HTATIVES;
M'. WfiSi Reporter.
August 18th 1$56L
1 the reading and adoption of the
" reports and other
1 DOUGHERTY moved to recon-
refusing to pass a Vill to
European and American
i society, in Texas. • "
I
e will^ ^rí^onsidereíL—*
ttraordinary asked in
there can be no doubt
en propose to benefit
the State of Texas.—
;h has been read here in
iging their enterprise, is
s of the most respectable
í «tizens of Northern Tex-
thev never Mould have
I, unless they "were
be for the advantage of
t . '
hess as Veil without a charter as with.
If this company -will come here and
ask for an act of incorporation, allowing
them to manufacture any particular spe-
cies of goods, as woolen or cotton, tiraré
is no member upon this floor would vote
for it more freely. If in this bill they
asked an incorporation te enable them
to do any act which corporations ordina-
rily and. generally ask to be incorpora-
ted^® do, I would not oppose it. But
when a company comes here, composed
of you know not how many individuals
—for I am informed the association was
founded in France, or at Brussels per-
haps—and asks an act of incoporation
without defining what its powers are to
be, I.say I can't get my consent to grant
it.
Mr. ÓCHILTTEE : I ask, if it pro-
vides nothing that interferes in any man-
mer with the Constitution of Texas, if
that is not sufficient ?
Mr. STEDMAN: I ask the gentle-
j man if any measure similar to this, was
that these gentWn[cvcr pWSea bythéWbkt«reof Texas
•ideil lliouuiidsof do!- ?r Legislature of any other State?
• * I never heard of it.
jn of country in attempt-
t their object.
Ill addition to what
the gentleman from
iaorton,) I will state
friends of the
amendments to of-
wiU obviate the object-
—,-n who Voted against it
last. They redueethe cap-
company, and propose
a hundred year , and in
Vi ás the duration of the char-
i with ihoio amendments 'there
actions to the pausagc
I know this, I recollect when the com-
pany first came to Texas, I saw an arti-
cle published in the State Gazette, or a
letter rather under the endorsement of
the Editors of that paper, in which that
particular class of emigrants was stig-
matized in terms of greater asperity
onwards every day, aire! discovering new
fields for the ópération of capit al -
Will this House quietly sit down and
say we will throw obstacles in the way
6f the introduction of two Millfoiis^f
capital into the country, when there is
no provision in the charter these gentle'
men ask, and no privilege proposed to be
granted them at war with the laws of
the United States, or of the State of
Texas. If they conform to the laws, in
the name of God let them band togeth-
er^ and do as they please, provided they
do not infringe upon any great moral
principle.
The article in the State Gazette which
was referred to, was based upon the gen-
eral opinion then existing in; regard t
those people termed communists. In th
aeceptaton in which the term was re-
ceived by the American public, it was
attended with such odium, that the
Gazette, in. its position as a faithful
sentinel on the watch-tower, thought it
incumbent upon it to sound the alarm.
But we haVe since been informed that
these individuals have no such objects
and hold no such doctri&es a?s those pop-
ularly attributed to the communists of
France. No violation of the institution
of marriage is to be introduced here;
there is no iatention on the part of these
'i
Hr. BROWJÍ: ífa ÍS4Í Gén¿ hous-
ton got u|> a bill known as the France',
Texiin bill; Has this bill now before
the House any of the objectionable fea-
tures of that bill ?
Mr. OCHILTREE: I don't think it
has one single solitary one of them. It
has not one of the thousand hideous de-
formities covered tip in that li#* íhig
is a simple plain act of incorporation,
extending no privilege, ho franchise—
nothing in the world except simply to
enable these people to band together
and put their capital together;
The amendments of Mr. Cleveland
of Bexar having been adopted,
Mr. THOMPSON orered Útc Mow-
ing amendment >
Section —# That the- shareholder's, or
corporators of the company, hy this act
incorporated, shall be liable for all debts
mon stock, and a few head men have the
control over it. I ertpect it they could
get out their mcafctf from the fundy 3omé
of them perhaps would do so.
Mr. SÍEDMÁN: I regret very much
with the gentleman from Red River that
an appeal to party feeling should be
lugged in in the consideration of this
measure, or any other that may come
before the Legislature. I will say for
myself, that my opposition to this bill
dees not spring from any morbid feeling
that I have on the subject of foreigners.
I knew very well when I got up to ex-
press ray opposition to this measure that
my position in relation to it, wo«ld be
prejudiced by the position I occupy po-
litically. I* knew that. I think the
very be¿t thing that members of the
American party can do upon this floor is
to oppose or advocate any particular ,
measure contrary to their convictions | and obligations of said company,- in the
and wishes, and let some good democrat
get up and say that they are influenced
in their course by their Know Nothing
principles. That is the shibboleth—that
is the card that will win ía¡ this legisla-
ture.
I would scorn to do injustice to any
citizen, or to any portion of the inhabi-
tants of Texas—for such considerations
as that to which allusion has been made¿
applicants in any manner or form whate-¡ My objections were really and substan-
ver to interfere with that, or tfith any of ; tially what I stated. And I would C311
the established usages of the, community. | the attention of members of this House exception.
same manner, and to the same extent as
general partners are by law now liable..
Mr. THOMPSON made some re-
marks in favor of his ^amendment, only
partially heard by the Reporter.-
Mr. CLEVELAND of Bexar aaid:
As I understand the bill, their capital.,
and property will be liable for their
debts.* We are passing acts of incorpo-
ration every day without a provision of
this kín<í, and I don't know why this
case slioóld be-singled out to form the
than I ever knew applied to any people j And there is nothing in this act of incor- j again to
that ever settled in anv portion of the ! poraticw* that would authorize or protest to errant
* seiutu in any portion oí the j poraticn mm «vu
State. There is scarcely a charge but that sort of thing,
could be made against them, or an insin-
uation that could be made in their disfa-
vor, but was not contained in that let-
ler. They were said to discountenance
,f i marriage.
j Mr. DICKSON of Oriisw?s : I ask if
was then reconsidered. | this is not disavowed by the President of
ELAND of lie-xar offiT-' the association *
amendments
tlsL-by
to the bill:
out
striking
• Industry, and iusert "manufac-
mcvhan.cal or agricultural busi-
d; «trie out, m section 2nd, "two
" and insert 41 one milium."
atrile out 44 on.- hundred," and
- rv fttty."
.KVELAND of Bexar said :
stale to the House my ob-
rhese amendments. Tíús
ready expended in Dal-
lam of 120,000 dollars,
capital and wish to
tures and agricultural
equal to that jspeci-
llowerer, in order to
_I have offered
The .first reduces
million dollars—die
¿tion of the char-
The adoption of
i I ara assured, will rc-
ttatarcs of the
Mr. STEDMAN: I am informed
° , . '
They ask no special privileges, noth-
ing that the laws of the State or of the
United States do not grant to other
citizens. I can see no ©bjeí-ti^n to tins
bill, outside of the feeling which seems
to exist in the bosoins of some amougst
us, of opposition to thecx tension of priv-
ileges to foreigners.
the fact that this bill proposes
to a number of unnaturalized
The amendment was adopted.-
The ayes and noes,being called for o,n
e —■ 7—} — —*
foreigners Hately arrived within the lim- the final passage of the b';
• . / * 4r?i • '1 . A .1 _ .1 X r n T T?T7T? T A \TT\ . r
its of Texas a privilege never extended
to our own citizens-—never. Ami when
I stated that such was &e fact, the gen-
- emr.fi from Nacogdoches answered thai
this was the day of p&feresa, and new
thing* were arLing every day.
Sir,- I would expose this measure in
the same wav if the privileges here pro-
Mr. THOMPSON: I wj® offer an posed to be granted were asked for bv
th "tKrrn ] h ve-nevcr wen* the amendment at ebc proper- !t| ha lives .of th;;- country, and I don't
fhertrift.
carc
.a might
j tuutv ntjui. I say it is unprecedented;
such a thin has never been asked or
Mr. CLEVELAND of Liberty said: '
I believe evOry man knows that X am a
Know Nothing. I want to disclaim now,
henceforth and forever any opposition to
this bill in cofisecjuence of my Know
Nothing sentiments. I>ut 1 am unwil-
ling by any vote I suall givtf to sanction
either directly or indirectly what I un-
derstand to be the doctrines of Fourierv
in Texas tr out of it. Belietiag that
the dbjcct of the bill istó1 incorporate this
company for the purpope of establishing
system of socialism in this country, I
vote against it.
Mr. TAYLOR; Wiion this hill was
cd that their plans are very objection-' propose to a.?stmd by adding tnc follow- come from.
ahle. ing section :
Mr. DICKSON of Grñaes; I should That the shareholders or corporators í grarnted ht-foro. And I hstvo as vet
like, to-have the gentleman pewit out the of the company by th;s act incorporated j failed tc.
objectionable features. ^ball be hable for all debts ami obliga- ¡ given by the friends of the hill, existence! befove the House the ether day I voted
Mr STEDMAN : I say that I object- said company, in .the same man- j of any necessity for the extension of such i against it. Since these amendments
to this unusual proceeding, one which ner and to the same extent as general j extraordinary; privileges now. j have been adopted, and since a conversa-
has no precedent, so far as I know, in [ partners are by law now liable, \ Sir, I know nothing about tírese peo-j tion. I haee had with a gentleman from
tluc action of this Legislature, or any j Mr. DICKS-ON of Red River.: When ! pie of my own knowledge; bat reports ¡ Dallas, I liave císsmged my netiea as .to
Legislative boíly. I say again, if this j this bill was before the House the other ¡ of the most injurien* character ka ve been j the propriety of passing the bill, and
society came here, as our own citizens j day, I stated my objections and the rea- circulated in relation to thettH ami nét I shaft voto \ye_ '
do, to ask an act of incorporation to car- j sons why I would not support It.
ry on anv branch of industry, for which j to be regretted, sir, that it has not merit , ,„kV-;y
such acts are usually granted, I would j enough in itself to commend it to the j produced in the country. And I have! Yeas—5fe¡ ss. Speaker,'Adrian, Ar-
not Oppose it. I should see no objec- ¡support of this body, without having the! heard gentlemen. up«fi this floor belong- drey, Arnold, 3rown, Cleveland of B.«
Hon to that. But 1 think there is abun-! partv |>reiwdiee
it is I Upon Know Nothing autWity, but upon! The bill passed by the foíloifiag tv;o-
imrit' us nure democratic aathi *it* a:-? «an hv thirds voir n
dant objection to be found to a measure
as sweeping as this, and one embracing
such objects.
Mr. OCÍIÍLTREE : The company to
which this charter is proposed to be ex-
tended, is one perhaps unknown to most
of the members apon this floor, and the
citizens of the country at large. It is
a combination of pursuits and individu-
als for the purpose of promoting the gen-
eral welfare of the whole community in-
terested. Now sir, here are watch-ma-
kers, blacksmiths, tinsmiths, silversmiths,
|W*|«VdV« <ruiof 4A& i i and pereon's following various mechani-
j the purpose of ena- j cal pursuits, who are anxious, coming
in the community j from a foreign country, to join them-
- T would like toen-
of this corpora-
T- a great many acts of
T aad in all that I Itave
ies liave been incorporated1
M purpose. The. ^
ikia,
mi
i v i %J OO * j r ^ A «r
to wiiich the gentleman from Nacoffdo- ¡ this whole scheme in the meet violent
w I C
a monopoly. You might asj selves together, and work in common.—
tue eity of Galveston ; They desire to elect a President and a
Treasurer, and so to carry on their busi-
ness, that there will not be a single drone
in the hive, but every man shall contri-
Futfr/* liia work. íLnif íií /*ni'íl¡nrf tr, tlm
"t¡Qf Travis in the same way.
ELAND of Bexar: I will
that th« is an association
.sts, mechanics and agricitltu-
«bh wt^ngfer to Texas their
—iudustryN^n gome hraaches
that have in this coun-
the wme tim^gage i„ the
Jof the soiJ. ^ They wiH, to carry
j these br*aebes of husúiu§__aiKi
Jer to enable them to actas ^ as-
itoid the evils and ^i-
s that would resuft ffom associated
f & eSort without the benefit of an
fef they have applied for this
being incorporated, they
enanca like other companies, to
a President, Secretary, Treasu-
«ueh other officers as they may
an4 ^rant sut^j by laws and regu-
ftóas&tSnt
Lawk of this
o — -— t
ches (Mr. Ochiltree*) has seen proper to
appeal. It is a matter of perfect indilfer-
euce tome how he may regard my opposi-
tion to this bill—whether lie may think
it arises from a morbid animosity against
foreigners or not.
I understood from the citizens of Dal-
las, as I passed through, that a system
of peonage had been established by these
Frenchmen; that they had a common
fund.
Mr. OCHILTREE asked a question
inaudible to the Reporter.
Mr. DICKSON of Red River: I say
I will not gire it the dignity of legisla-
tive approval, or place my stamp upon
it.
I understood as I was going en to say
that they have a common fund—that
each man as he comes up at night is
Mi*ríjed for his mpills nnA nflnwi /!
terms.
If I understood the espkmi tion of the
gentleman from Nacogdoches (Mr. Och-
iltree,} tlie object of those asking this
bill is to establish what is known as so-
cialism ia our midst: and I ask the mem-
y ^ _ ^
, Crosby, Dartká of C., Dennis,
Dickson oi'.G^ Dougherty,. Ector, Elli-
«on, Francis,. Gaines, Gay, Hale, Hook-
er,, King, Kittrcll, McSlillin, Melton,
MerricL Moore, Norton, Ochiltree, Par-
ker of T*y Pollock* Randolph, Rushing,
Sayles, Selmán, Smith of Harris, Smith
of Harrison,' Smith of Ñ., Sullivan, Tav-
bers of this Legislature if they arc in lor, Throckmorton, Thompson, Tomkina,
o ^
favor of such a proceeding as this ? We
can and ought to withhold the endorse-
ment of a legislative enactment from a
system which has been scouted from Eu-
rope—for even France has driven out
this socialist or communist element frOrn
among her people- And I ask gentle-
men of this House if they will take up
and foster and encourage a principle and
practice which has been discarded even
in France, and has met the repiobation
of the French people 1
Mr. OCHILTREE r It is an old á¿
a£rc that the called Jade win cas 1
r^v
•"hrtfi an
S rKD^ÍAJj;: I would like to
if taey caá t tíirrv Oil thf.Ir Kitct.
...a --v..«V, iuc | cjjargeu íor ins meáis, ana aliowea so age uiai me ganeu jiiae winces. i
skill of the individual and the amount of | much a clay, I believe 77 eents ; so that j made no allusion to gentleman opposing
Labor done by him, according to the ser- i at the end of every night a good honest i this measure from party feeling, but re-
vices rendered to the community, shall eating man comes out in debt. Th it is ! ferred to a morbid feeling on the subject
each man s dividend be of the general the system. And taking it into consid- j of foreigners. It is a remarkable coin-
result of the labor of all. Is there any- cration that this corporation proposes to j cidence however, that two of the most
thmff improper in this ? All thev ask is do nothing at all—to exercise no trade prominent members of the American
party in this House, have been the most
prominent opponents of this measure
upon this floor. I believe the gentlemen
are honest in their opinions as I elaim to
be in mine. But I think it is to be re-
gretted that gentlemen here should be
eternally arraying apposition to the prin-
T- — — —— j v. «>v wmuiuuujf me lililí iu «mi- ciples ot the American, party by arguing
— — ^'"'"7 &r.in this Legislature sec jdraw from it at any moment he pleases, on every occasion in favor of a proscrip-
D i can't find it. lifhc considers that he can better his tion not called for by any principle
1 he gentleman from Rusk, (Mr. Sted-1 chances for a livelihood 2 j of that party- I find myself as often
man) says this Í3 an unusual thing—that Mr. DICKSON of Red River: I will i quarreling w ith them now, as I formerly
it has never been heard of before. Sir, j state what I understand to be their situ- j did with those who opposed the great
we hear of new things every day, the . ation. Every man who had any tiling j principles upon which that party was cs
world is progressing, we are traveling i at all when he camc nut it into the com- ■ tabliríhcd.
. iviiege beyond this, slm-ply that these
mesv^hall be authorized to transact their
businas* under a charter of incorpora-
tion. Is tnere anything unreasonable
in it? Ktrnnrr#>st. Amf rii*an mnn
in this ooimt.
... of partnership
I say there is no necessity for it. And
I will not dignify any such proceeding
by legislative sanction..
Mr. POLLOCK: IXas not every mem-
ber of that communitv the riarhfc to with-
Trueliart, Wselder,- White and Witt—
42% '
Nays—■Sfessrs. Burr ess,-Busby, Cleve-
land of L., Dah-ymple, Jackson of R.
It,, Junker^ Martin; of L., McClanahan,
McCown, MiddlefOn, Parker of A., Poag,
Shaw, Sheppárd, Stedman, Tarleton.
Westy Williams of L., and Williams ©f
S. Ax—19.
Mr. DARDEÍÍ of Gonzales moved to
suspend the rule and take up a bill for
the collection and re-publication of the
General Laws of the State of Texas.
He said it was well known to mem-
bers of this House that the laws of Te*«
as were now out of print, and could not
be obtained at any place in the State.
lie hoped the House would suspend
the ralos and take up the bill.
The rule was suspended, and the bill
taken up, read second time, and ordered
to be engrossed.
Rule suspended, bill read third time*
and passed.
Afgust 27, IS56.
The special order of the day, on mo-
tion of Mr. Speaker (Bee,) was taken up
being the bill entkled "an set to- relin-
quish the right of the State to certain
lands therein named" (west of the Nue-
ces) with the veto of the Governor.
The veto message was read.
Messrs. BrE. Ckosby, and Thompson,
J ad Ircased the House at length, ñs favor
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