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THE LINE OF BA TILE DBA WN.
Democratic politicians who abhor the
thought of redeeming the party from in-
ternal conditions of disreputable harmony
can not disguise their consternation at one
highly significant passage of Mr. Cleve-
land's recent letter to a Chicago commit-
tee in advocacy of sound money doctrine
and policy. They construe the passage to
mean that the hour has come when it is no
longer either possible or decent for the ad-
vocates of a sound currency and silver fiat-
ists and inflationists, all mechanically clas
sifted as democrats, to abide In the same
party and move Into campaign upon a
common alignment. "Disguise it as we
may"—these are the portentous and dis-
tressful words of Mr. Cleveland—"the line
of battle is drawn between the forces of
safe currency and those of silver mono-
metallism." The Memphis Commercial-Ap-
peal quotes this declaration and says:
Thus does the president, elected as a
democrat, throw down the gage of battle,
and In so doing define the issue. Those
who believe in the free coinage of sliver at
16 to 1 will resent his description of them
as "silver monometallism." They claim
that they are quae as much In favor of a
"sound" or "safe" currency as is Mr.
Cleveland, and that gold and silver will be
enabled to walk hand in hand to the pros-
perity of all the land if the mints be
opened to the free coinage of both gold and
silver at the 16 to 1 ratio. Mr. Cleveland
may or may not have written carelessly^
but the people will conclude that he has
written in sober earnest and after cool con-
sideration of his words. Hence they are
justified in further concluding that he has
undertaken to compel an alignment of vot
er.* in 1S96 on the issue proposed by the sil-
ver men. It Is manifestly the president's
Idea that the voter must vote either for or
against the proposition for free coinage of
silver. In taking this position he assumes
a tremendous responsibility. He makes
light of old party ties and affiliations. He
suggests new party standards and new par-
ties. So far as the president shows cour-
age in this matter he will win applause on
that account, but we do not concede that
he has the right to fix the conditions of a
campaign in which he will participate only
as a private citizen. The letter we think to
be quite out of order. It is for the demo-
cratic party in national convention assem-
bled, and after due deliberation on the part
of its representatives, to determine what
shall be the party's attitude toward any is-
sue. But Mr. Cleveland decides that it
not worth while to discuss the matter—that
the issue and the alignment must be as he
says.
Surely every intelligent advocate of free
Coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1
must understand that there would be no
opposition to such a policy if It did not
plainly exclude gold and silver bimetallism
in the sense of coequal gold and silver dol
lars and as plainly Involve collapse of the
currency to the basis of silver inonometal
llsm. The most conservative and intense
of the so-called gold bugs have not the
slightest objection to the coinage and cir-
culation of any number of silver dollars at
assured parity with gold dollars. What
they dread and protest against is the de-
basement of the currency with fiat dollars
and silver monometallism. These are facts
and considerations which the free silver
sophists are diligent to overlook or ob
8cure. The Commercial-Appeal mixes ideas
and begs the question when it says: "It is
manifestly the president's Idea that the
voter must vote either for or against the
proposition for the free coinage of silver.
... He makes light of old party ties
and affiliations. He suggests new party
standards and new parties. . . It is for
the democratic party, in national conven
Hon assembled, and after due deliberation
on the part of its representatives, to deter-
mine what shall be the party's attitude to
ward any issue." Here a jurisdiction is in
voked which must be quite foreign to Mr
Cleveland and to all who agree with him
that "the line of battle is drawrn between
the forces of safe currency and those of
silver monometallism.'' It is scandalously
notorious that heretofore these respective
forces have held relations of mechanical
unity inside the democratic party. But
now the hour has sounded for the final
abatement of such indecent and pernicious
association of political opposites. The line
of battle is drawn between the forces that
are for monetary safety and stability and
Phe forces that are for slher monometal
llim and illimitable debasement of the cur
fency. In presence of such facts it is only
the sordid inspiration of the party spoil,
devil fhat would suggest adjournment of
the battle on so vital an Issue to await the
decision for one cause or the other by the
councils of a heterogeneously composed
and immorally cohesive party. The per-
plexities and worries of the money ques-
tion and of the rampant agitations for
wildcat measures of finance and currency
are grievous Indeed, but they will be a
repaid if they result In bveaklm. for-
ever parties that have their ;! genius
of Inspiration, of mediani< .-^ndity and
of battle alignment in the spoils devil.
Japan has picked up the island of For-
mosa. It lis a land of delightful natural
scenery, with an area of nearly 15,000
square miles, or about twice that of the
state of 'Massachusetts. The (forests of
Formosa ate of tropical variety and lux-
uriance. No fewer than sixty-five speci-
mens of the different kinds of timber in-
digenous In the island may be seen in the
museum at Kew. Among the especially
valuable trees may be mentioned several
species of palms, the aloe, the cassia, the
camphor and the tree which supplies the
materials for the pith pa/per of the Chi-
nese. The pineapple grows In abundance
and European travelers are struck with
the beauty of the wild flowers, particularly
of the orchids, lilies and convolvuluses.
Rice is grown 'in such quantities that For-
mosa has acquired the title of the granary
of China. Other articles of export are su-
gar, tea, indigo, jute, hemp, oil, rattans
and ground peanuts. The sweet potato,
taro, millet, barley, wheat and maize are
also cultivated and it is said that in some
parts of the island coffee might be grown
with advantage.
The people have failed so far to get any
illght regarding the rise in oil.
The democratic party did all it could to
buy Louisiana back with bounty money,
•but It is safe to say that the contributions
will have to 'be kept up in order to hold
the sugar favorites.
Some hardened Chicago footpads have
just boned an ossified man for rocks.
It turns out that the scandalous charges
preferred and pressed against Baron von
Kotze by Freiherr von Schrader, master of
eremonies at the Prussian court, Freiherr
von Relschach, court marshal to the Em-
press Frederick, and the prince of Fuerst-
nberg, and others are quite false and very
malicious. These and other hollow digni-
ties conspired to pull Von Kotze down
into the mud. In their efforts to do so in-
sulting letters purporting to have come
from their intended victim were sent to
beautiful ladies of the court and evidence
presented to trace them to the baron's pen.
These efforts failed and the accused was
acquitted, his acquittal having the approval
of the emperor himself. He has challenged
half a dozen of his accusers and recently
fought a pistol duel with one of them in
the Grunewald near Berlin. The wrong
man caught the bullet and the baron is at
the hospital badly wounded. As soon as
he regains his heels he will call out No. 2,
No. 3 and so on, until he thins the royal
blabbers down to a stand.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Anti-Trust Bill Amendments
Rejected in Senate.
ADJOURNMENT TALK.
Bill Providing for a General Fish and
Game Law Amended to Death
and Passes the House.
REDISRICTING CHANGES.
House Refuses to Concur in Senate Amend-
ment to Appropriation Bi>I and Asks
for a Free Conference
which the gentleman from Leon led on
yesterday against that unjust measure.
The bouquet occupied a position on Mr.
DashieJl's desk during the day and was
the admiration of all who saw it.
REDISTRICTING BILL.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—Interested mem-
bers of the house and senate have agreed
to amendments to the redisricting bill,
which placed Shackelford county in dis-
trict 40, Baylor county in district 41, and
Kent county in district 4:5.
Our organic weakness is too much gov-
ernment.
Desha Breckinridge is collecting Income
up in Kentucky and holds that all that
Colonel Owen wins at horse races is lia-
ble to taxation without any reduction for
the losses.
Lent is over and society will proceed to
turn itself loose.
It Is very generally agreed by thoughtful
people who have considered the matter
that the chief trouble with this country to-
day is too much legislation, too much
change and uncertainty in both the organic
and statutory law of the land. The Hous-
ton Post holds, however, that "It would not
be a bad idea to go into the general over-
hauling business about once in a decade,"
and turn all of our constitutions inside out.
The J'ost gravely suggests in conclusion
that "the disease being an organic one, re-
quires skillful constitutional treatment." If
the people should permit ambitious and
headless lawmakers to continue to grind
out new laws, frequent changes and costly
experiments, and lend willing ears to
thoughtless opponents of constitutional re-
straints and organic barriers of security
and certainty they would soon revel in a
pretty mess of it. The contention for more
changes is untimely and idle. There is in
It neither sense nor safety.
The republicans must not attempt to for-
get that their party must take a decided
stand on the money question also.
Unemployed statesmen of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan have decided to
build for themselves a new state with a
full set of fat offices out of portions of the
three states mentioned. The wily candi-
dates pretend to the people that their pa-
triotic purpose is to place the great Iron
ranges, the Vermillion, Mesaba and Goge-
bic under one government so that the in-
terest of none of them could be made to
suffer because of conflicting legislation.
The politicians will strive to convince the
voter that they yearn to make him rich and
in order to do this they will fling him down
and comb the long, fine wool over his eyes
with both hands.
Poor Cuba now has both the yellow fever
and the Spaniards.
A Chicago policeman has been dismissed
for flirting with the girls in a fellow offi
cer*s beat.
The McLemore bill giving to cities and
towns of not more than 10,000 inhabitants a
better opportunity to abandon municipal
government by surrendering their charters
is timely and fair. There are some little
communities in Texas that have been jock-
eyed to death by needless municipal riders
of whom they can not rid themselves under
the present law.
The newspaper correspondents are still
eager for the bombardment of Greytown to
begin.
China is to pay Japan 200,000,000 taels, and
pigtails will not go either.
The assistant and supplementary demo
crats of the Texas legislature are appar-
ently under the Impression that their con-
stituents sent them to Austin to settle the
silver question.
A Stephenville merchant, a democrat
without variableness, declares that he did
business in Texas under the confederate
government, under military government
under E. J. Davis, and all along and until
now and never before was he required to
give In and swear to and pay taxes on
what he estimates or guesses or hopes his
business will amount to. He Is afraid that
the season may be dry, crops short and
business cut off and that members of his
own political family may tax the hope and
democracy out of him.
SNAP SHOTS.
If you would 3trike oil t/hese days go up
in a balloon.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes io one o'er and o\ r—
The legislature will adjourn
By August or 'before.
"Why do you limp?" he asked. "Because
I am so glad the smallpox scare is about
over," she said.
Do not waste bait fishing for compli-
ments.
The legs of fashionable trousers will now
be made to fit the limbs closely, provided
the wearer can puil them on over his feet.
It takes an experienced landlord to take
in boarders.
The blooming idiot fancies himself a
daisy.
Some people care too little for the opin-
ion! of others and some care too much.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—The president of
the senate, when he announced his inten-
tion to exclude the call of the house on a I
motion to adopt the previous question,
overruled himself and overruled all his pre-
decessors in the chair of the senate and all
the speakers of the house up to this date.
Senator Lewis characterized the ruling as
contrary to all parliamentary rules and
usages and as contrary to all reason and
justice. The ruling simply abrogates the
call of the house, making it entirely useless
and valueless, so that it ought to be strick-
en from the legislative manual. Senator
Lewis, discussing the ruling, asked the
president various questions and made it so
palpable that there was a parliamentary
revolution on hand that he was called upon
to take his seat and wait until the question
came up in the regular transaction of busi-
ness. When the debute came on, however,
It was discovered that the majority had
changed their policy and* did not insist
upon the gag rule whereby they tied up
the senate yesterday. Discussion free and
unlimited was permitted, so that the ma-
jority evidently had determined not to
make use of the arbitrary power offered
them by the announcement of the presi-
dent.
Senator Bowser was permitted to speak
and lit* struck out from the shoulder. He
warned the democrats of the senate against
placing the shackles upon the laboring
people and producers, which the bill con-
tains. There was, he said, in 1890 a demo-
cratic majority in Texas of 200,000. Then
began such legislation as is contained in
this bill. The people had not demanded it
and did not want It. In four years of such
legislation that majority has disappeared
and we have elected a governor by a minor-
ity vote. Pass this bill and the next elec-
tion the people will elect officers not in
sympathy with the democratic party and
it would be a just rebuke, because if the
democratic party does not adhere to sound
conservative democratic principles it should
hand over the reins of power to some other
and better party, even though it be popu-
lists or assistant populists. 1 am unwilling
to wrest from the farmers of Texas the
right to combine, even to form a trust to
protect themselves from trusts beyond the
borders of the state.
Senator Darwin opposed the bill, he said,
not on political or partisan considerations,
but because it will dissolve all farmers'
and laborers' organizations In Texas. It
will tie the hands of labor, while the un-
limited power of outside trusts and cor-
porations to oppress is in no way restricted
by the bill.
When the Darwin amendment was defeat-
ed the majority senators deemed it prudent
to send up written reasons for voting
"no." The gist of the various reasons
sent up is set forth in Senator Gage's state-
ment, as follows: "I vote no because I
believe the adoption of the amendment
would render the act unconstitutional and
void; otherwise 1 would vote aye."
Senator Tips on his amendment scouted
the idea that the bill would affect the so-
called hydra-headed octopuses, and be-
lieved there was more politics than reality
in the apprehensions of the politicians who
are trying to legislate away the freedom
of commerce in Texas.
Senator Dibrell made a speech defending
the majority in killing the amendments,
lie took the position that they would ren-
der the act invalid and further, that any
such trust as it was proposed to exempt
should be muzzled if other trusts are pro-
hibited. His argument was to the effect
that any exemptions would be class legis-
lation.
Senator Dean's argument resisted the
contention that the exemptions would in-
validate the bill, and stated that a ma
jorlty of the senators in candid private
conversation admit that the bill is of no
account and never will be enforced. They
are simply talking for the benefit of the
galleries, and address their remarks to the
forks of the creek. It was stated by Sen
ator Dean that if this bill passes, he pro-
poses to introduce an amendment to Sen
ator Rogers' bill to exempt the laboring
classes from its operations and test his
sincerity.
The argument toward noon grew mon-
otonous. Amendments were rejected by
the regular vote, 16 to 12. The majority
gave the minority full swing to amend and
talk and the minority wore themselves
down and out by dinner time.
Finally, the president of the senate, who
had been investigating authorities on the
parliamentary question, notified the senate
that he had withdrawn his ruling this
morning, and read from a parliamentary
manual to the effect that the call would
not be entertained after previous question
is seconded unless it is disclosed no quorum
is present.
FEE BILL COMPROMISES.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—The two commit-
tees appointed on fee bills met to-night
The fee reformers who are opposed to the
monstrosity now pending, submitted a
proposition to the five gentlemen represent-
ing the fraction pushing the house bill, pro-
viding that fees shall remain the same in
counties having less than 30,000 population.
In counties of SO,000 and upward the fees
are to be scaled and all officers required to
make quarterly reports to the commisssion
ers' court. The friends of the house meas-
ure ask for time to consider the proposition
and will submit a reply to-morrow morn-
ing. It is thought that they will accept
the proposition and in that shape a fee bill
will pass the house and be sent to the sen
ate perhaps to-morrow.
COMPLIMENT TO LASKER.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—Senator Lasker
to-day received his credentials from Whar-
ton county and It is now known that he
has been elected by over four hundred ma-
jority. He took his seat to-day and in time
to place a vote against the anti-trust bill.
It was suggested that Mr. Lasker be placed
on the same committees on which his pre-
decessor served, but Governor Jester said
he preferred to place him on such commit-
tees as his reputation and abilities fitted
him for. This was done and It was a high
compliment to Senator Lasker.
TO DAM THE NUECES.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—Representative
McLemore to-day introduced a bill to
grant to S. M. Leary, N. Gussett, E. A.
McCampbell and D. Reid, comprising the
Corpus Christi water supply company, the
right to construct a dam across the Nu-
eces river.
RELIEF BILL.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—Mr. Beall of No-
lan this evening introduced a bill in the
house for the relief of J. F. Newman.
DASHIELL HONORED.
Austin, Tex., April 18 —Representative
McLemore, on behalf of some of the oppo-
nents of the fee bill, presented Mr.
Daahiell with a handsome bouquet this
znornlng. in honor of the gallant fight
THE SENATE.
Senator Lasker Sworn. In—Appropriation:
Bill Acted Upon.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—The fight over the
anti-trust iblll opened this morning after
roll call. Senator Steele moved to excuse
absentees. (Senator -Lew s moved a call of
the senate. The president of the senate an-
nounced that In future he would rule, when
the previous question has been seconded,
he will net entertain a call of the senate
until a vote is taken on the previous ques-
tion.
The amendment of Senator Lewis to the
bill providing that the bill shall not pre-
vent labor organizations from combining to
maintain the reasonable price of labor, was
•then voted upon without the previous ques-
tion being ordered on debate and was de-
feated by a vote of 12 to 14.
Senator Darwin offered amendment to ex-
empt agriculturists.
Senator Dean offered a substitute em-
bracing the propositions in the Lewis
amendment just defeated and the Darwin
proposition.
Senator Beall, In the chair, ruled the sub-
stitute, In part, out of ord<.r, as having al-
ready been voted upon.
The Darwin amendment 'becoming the
pending question, was discussed at some
considerable expense of time. It appears
hat the majority has concluded not 'to
force things with a high hand as was at-
tempted yesterday, at least in so far as the
amendments are concerned
Senators Dean and Bowser spoke for the
amendment.
The amendment was rejected.
Senator Tips' amendment, adding to sec-
tion C: "Provided that manufacturers, dn
case of overproduction, may, toy agreement,
educe theli output so as to bring produc-
tion within the scope of the demand,"
brought on discussion by Messrs. Tips, Di-
brell and Dean.
The amendment was defeated.
•Senator Atlee spoke to an amendment
modify ling the bill, which, nowever, was
promptly rejected.
(Senator Lewis: Amendment to strike out
the word "skill" wherever it occurs in a
lefln.ition of a trust. Rejected without de-
bate.
Various c'.'iier amendments, some appar-
ently necessary to strengthen the bill, were
proposed, but It appeared to be the 'pro-
gramme to reject all changes which would
require concurrence of the house.
The last amendment, by Senator Lewis,
to strike cut the clause providing the act
shall have effect and be in force from and
after its passage, was urged, because lit is
contrary to good policy and usage to put a
law into mmediate effect that contains a
penalty. Already tthe rea trusts are pro-
ilbtted by the exus-Mng laws, and It this
bill take immediate effect onOy the labor
and farmer organizations would be caught.
The amendment was rejected.
Senator Atlee, on qut -tlon of privilege,
explained his action in adjourning the sen-
ate last night. After explaining his acts
he referred to an expression last night of a
senator in the excitement. U'3ing the word
Mnfamous." and wanted to know now If the
senator insists upon that term.
Senator Beall was, he stated, wll'llng to
accept an explanation. Having used the
language "infamous outrage," he was now
willing to concede the president <pro tem
was correct dn declaring the senate ad-
journed.
Senators Sherrill and CoJquitt both ac-
cepted the explanation.
There was a grudging quauity in some of
these acceptances that brought Senator
Bailey to the front with an explanation ap-
proving •circumstantially the action of the
president pro tem.
Adjourned to 3 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The committee on elections reported that
Mr. Lasker has been elected and recom-
mended that he be seated.
Senator Dean moved to adopt the report.
Senator Beall asked for the reading of
the returns before action.
Senator Dean, after the returns were
read, stated that the returns of one coun-
ty had not been received, but if all the
votes of that county were against Mr. Las-
ker he would still have a majority of over
400 in the district.
The report was adapted and Mr. Lasker
was sworn in and Introduced to the senate.
Ex-Senator West fall of Burnet was in-
vited to a seat in the senate chamber.
A resolution to adjourn sine die the 29th
of April was adopted by a viva voce vote
and a motion to reconsider was tabled
Senator Tips called up the house general
appropriation bill and asked that the com-
mittee report be adopted. Carried. He fur
ther moved that section 1 of the senate bill
be substituted for section 1 of the house
bill. Adopted, and the senate refusing to
r. consider its action the bill goes to the
house.
Senator Lasker was assigned to duty on
the committee of finance, education, town
and city corporations, commerce and man
ufactures, claims and accounts, judicial
districts and insurance, statistics and his-
tory, and was made chairman of the com-
mittee on towns and corporations.
Senator Stafford, as a matter of privil-
ege, denied the correctness, as far as he
was concerned, of a statement in the San
Antonio Express relative to last evening's
peculiar adjournment proceedings. "I
know," he said. "1 was in my seat and de-
manded the ayes and nays on the motion
to adjourn: and if Senator Lewis raised
point of order 1 did not hear it."
The anti-trust bill was passed to a third
reading without amendment.
The house bill that no person shall be
eligible to a state or county office unless
he has been twelve months in the state
and six months in the county prior to an
election, passed.
House bill amending the animal stock law
passed.
House bill to reorganize the Twenty
fourth and Thirty-sixth judicial districts
passed.
House bill to diminish the county court
jurisdiction in Bandera county passed.
House bill authorizing return of moneys
paid for land without proper consideration
cn account of eonllieting or erroneous sur-
veys or Illegal sales, but not applying
where surveys can be corrected, passed.
Mr. I'resler moved to make the anti-trust
bill special order for next Monday and
thereupon Mr. Lewis demanded a call of
the senate. Mr. I'resler moved to excuse
absentees. Adopted and the bill was made
special order.
House bill to create the office of fish
and oyster commissioner was considered.
Several amendments proposed by Mr. At-
lee and acceptable, he stated, to the author
of the bill, were adopted. Amendments
by Senator Lasker making some minor
changes in the bill, acceptable to its
friends, were also adopted. Senator Smith
wanted further time to consider the bill,
an there had been some protest against it.
Senators Atlee and Simpson explained that
the opponents of the bill had withdrawn
their objections in view of the proposed
amendments. Senator Agnew claimed that
the bill was opposed as a monopoly and
contended it should be postponed to* hear
parties on the subject. The bill was finally
made a special order and continuing order
for Monday.
House bill authorizing the secretary of
state to furnish copies of the statutes to
Somervell county was made special or-
der for Monday.
House bill, which in effect, authorizes the
authorities of Waco and McLennan county
to bridge the Brazos river at Waco passed.
House bill to place Freestone and other
counties under the game law was amend-
ed by striking out Panola county and
passed.
House bill fixing terms of court in Hays
an i Caldwell counties passed.
House bill amending article 4334, regulat-
ing recording of deeds and other instru-
ments of conveyance of real estate passed.
Adjo-uined till 10 o'clock to-morrow.
THE HOUSE.
Committee Appointed to Consider the Fee
Bill Matter.
Austin, Tex., April 18.—The house re-
sumed consideration of senate 'bill 171 this
morning, which bill provides for a general
flsh and game law. A pending amendment
•by 'Mr. Spivey to exempt Shelby and Sa-
bine counties was adopted by a vote of 59
to 40. Amendments to exempt about one-
fourth tihe counties in the state from the
operation of various •ections of the bill
were defeated. An amendment by Mr.
Jennings providing that coon hunting Shall
not be prohibited at any season of the
year was also rejected.
General Waul of Galveston was Invited
ito a seat on the floor of the 'house by a
rising vote.
•After a three hours' -discussion of the
fish and game bill without any conclusion
thereon being arrived at, a call of the
house was ordered. A motion to excuse
the absentees was defeated and the chair
appointed the following committee to con-
sider the fee bill matter as provided in the
Jennings resolution adopted yesterday:
From the friends of the fee bill. Messrs.
Feagin, Wester, Carpenter, Burney and
Hagsdale; from the opponents of the bill.
Messrs. Mills, Ward, (lid lings, Owsley and
Dashiell.
The pending order of business was sus-
pended to take up on its second reading
senate bill to reduce the pi r diem of sher-
iffs when conveying attached . witnesses
and prisoners from $2.50 to $1 per day. An
amendment by Mr. Mills to reduce the
mileage from 15 to 10 cents when traveling
by rail and from 25 to 15 cents when travel-
ing by private conveyance was adopted.
Pending further discussion of the bill the
house adjourned until 3 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
•Mr. Henderson's motion, made on the
16th, to reconsider the vote by which Mr.
•Morrison's concurrent resolution to ad-
journ sine die on April 30 had been adopt-
ed, having been called up in the house
this afternoon, considerable opposition to
the passage of the resolution was mani-
fested. In the course of the discussion
thereof a message was received from the
senate announcing the passage by that
bc.ly of a resolution to adjourn sine die on
April 29, also the adoption of the house ap-
propriation bill with amendments.
On motion of Mr. Morrison the house re-
fused to concur in the senate amendments
to the appropriation bill and asked for a
free conference committee thereon.
After fifteen minutes' more talk on the
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Morrison adjournment resolution had
been adopted, the gentleman who called it
up announced that he would withdraw his
call and the matter was left where it was
at the start, to-wit., spread upon the jour-
nal. No action was taken on the senate
resolution to adjourn on the 29th.
Pending business in the shape of the bill
providing for a general fish and game law
was resumed and there was a rush of
amendments to exempt about every other
•county in the state from first one and then
another of its provisions. Much hilarity
and disorder prevailed, and when Mr. Da-
vis of Falls moved to have his county ex-
empted a call of the house was asked for
and obtained to pay him back for the fili-
bustering he had occasioned on this same
bill at the morning session.
A motion to ex-cuse absentees carried
and the previous question having been or-
dered, the amendment exempting Falls
county was adopted.
Upon a motion to exempt Cherokee and
Nacogdoches counties the previous ques-
tion was moved and another call of the
house was ordered on this. Once more the
absentees were excused and after various
sundry points of order had been shot at
the chair and disposed of the previous
question was ordered. A number of pend-
ing amendments having been defeated,
with the exception of one exempting Webb
county, the bill passed to third reading by
a vote of 55 to 41. Great confusion pre-
vailed while the vote was 'being counted
and fivquent changes and counter changes
were made. Rule 11, requiring all members
to be seated while a vote is being taken,
was apparently a dead letter for the time
being, and the log rolling became so ob-
trusive that objections were raised and
Mr. Blair asked the speaker if he was
waiting for the various floor caucuses in
progress to break up before announcing
the vote. Pointing over to the populist
corner, he called attention to a certain
member who was apparently trying the
blandishment act upon the third partyites.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill had passed to third reading and to
table said motion to reconsider afforded
Parson Davis another opportunity to de-
lay the game by moving a call of the
house, which was ordered. The roll having
been called. Mr. Bobbins moved to excuse
the absentees and Mr. Chambers immedi-
ately moved to adjourn. The ayes and
nays were demanded on the latter motion,
and for the eighteenth time this afternoon
the roll was called for none other than
filibustering purposes. The motion to ad-
journ carried and another a'bortlve session
came to a close.
NEWS FROM AUSTIN.
Regulations for the Holding of Sum-
mer Normal Institutes for
the Year 1895.
Districts for White Teachers Established—Dis
trict Meetings Should Be Had as a Means
of Securing Harmony.
$2080 STOLEN BY A BURGLAR.
/Hempstead, Waller Co., Tex., April IS.—
Messrs. Joe Shepard and John iMyatt have
been in 'thds region -lately buying -cattle.
They resiide at Bremond, Robertson coun-
ty, Tex. Last night Mr. Shepard put up at
a hotel here. They had made a deal to buy
up a dot of cattle in Austin county to-day
and came here yesterday evening too late
'to deposit the money tin the bank. Mr.
Shepard placed $2000 in paper money in a
Wel'lks-Fargo express envelope and put it
in a side pocket of his coat, and, when ihe
ret red, put his el'othing under the pillow
of his 'bed. The window was open but the
shutters were closed, fastening on the in
aide. The binds were opened neatly, show
ing that the thief was welil posted at that
kind of work This morning (the clothing
was found in the hotel yard, his gold
watch and other jewelry isecure, but all the
money, $2000 in paper and $86 in coin, the
latter in his pants pocket, was gone. There
is no clew to the rascals yet. The gentle-
men returned home on train No. 1 this
morning.
SID WILLIAMS AT ROCKDALE.
RockdaJe, Molam Co., Tex., AprM 18.—An-
other crowded house turned out last night
•to hear Rev. Sid Williams. He preached
from the text, "The Ark of the Covenant."
His sermon was a good one and red hot, as
a result of whldh some connected them-
selves with the church while others asked
'the prayers of the church. Five or six
public confessions were made and the en-
thusiasm was great. Both the morning and
afternoon meetings yesterday were well at
tended, es-pecrlaKy by business men. Several
parents go: up and asked the prayers of
Christians for sons who were out of the
church. The two services to-day and the
one to-night will 'be his last. Last might
during h'j? service© he took occasion pub-
licly to thank Tihe News and iits correspon
dent for reports of the services. A strong
effort is making to get him to remain
lunger, and it may be possible that the
committee will succeed.
GOLIAD TO HAVE WATERWORKS.
Go Mad, Tex., April 18.—The city council
on last evening granted a franchise to the
Gol-iad water and light company <for the
period of thirty years to use the streets,
alleys, sidewalks, etc., for the purpose of
putting in a system of waterworks. The
company has twelve months within vvhidh
to begin work, but it is expected that it
wil-i -begin work at once, and, with that
view, the company, whdeh $s composed en-
tirely of citizens of Goliad, wiul open its
■books to receive subscriptions of stock
and it as thought that very little time wil
be consumed In getting enough stock sub
scribed to carry forward the work. This
question of waterworks was made an issue
•in the recent city election, and everyone
is elated over the prospect of securing an
efficient system in a very short while.
AN OLD PATENT.
Palestine, Tex., April 18.—While cleaning
up the county clerk's office yesterday a
very old document was found among a lot
of papers that had been lying In a corner
of the room under the dust of ages. It is
a patent granted by the United States to
Joseph Jordan for eighty acres of land at
Shawneetown, 111., signed by James T.
Monroe, president, and is dated 1S24—seven-
ty-one years ago. Jordan located a league
of land near Palestine as a settler of Coa-
hulla and Texas, and as this patent bears
no file marks, the supposition is that in set-
tling up his estate this paper, among
others, was brought into the court in mak-
ing an inventory by his administrator.
SCHOOL TEACHER ARRESTED.
Eagle Pasts, Maverick Co., Tex., April 18.—
Prof. Medino, a school teacher of Piedras
I Negras, was arrested to-day charged with
poisoning his wife, who died half an hour
after taking a dose of medicine. A dog and
•cat that were given portions of the contents
ofv the dead woman's stomach died quickly,
with symptoms of strychnine poisoning.
NO CHOCTAW TROUBLE.
Dallas, Tex., April 17.—V. M. Locke of
the Choctaw nation and head of one of the
tribes Is here and denies that there Is any
trouble or any apprehension of trouble in
that country.
Austin, Tex., April 18.-The following cir-
culars were given out to-day:
Department of Education, Austin Tex.,
April 10.—To County Superintendents: Your
attention is invited to the following lan-
guage, found in section 75 of the state
school law, digest 1893: "The state superin-
tendent shall prescribe regulations for tne
holding of summer normal institutes, and
prescribe rules for granting summer nor-
mal and permanent certificates, which shall
be state certificates."
Acting under the foregoing provisions of
law, 1 Beg to submit the following regula-
tions for the holding of summer normal in-
stitutes for the year 1895:
1. The state has been divided into sixty-
five summer normal districts for white
teachers and twenty summer normal dis-
tricts for colored teachers. A list of these
districts, showing the counties of which
each is composed, accompanies this circu-
lar. It is desired to locate one summer
normal Institute in each district, and not
more than one institute will be located in
any district.
1 suggest that the teachers and superin-
tendents of each district have a district
meeting, If possible, as a means of secur-
ing harmony, and effecting an organiza-
tion that will bring to the support of the
institute the full strength of the district.
In order to give as much flexibility to the
summer normal work as possible, it has
been decided to fix two periods for closing,
leaving the local management of each in-
stitute to choose between them. The two
dates selected are July 19 and August 16.
Each petition should state the date upon
which it is desired to close the Institute.
The petition should also fix the date for
opening the institute, but the opening must
be fixed at a date sufficiently early to give
a term of at least four weeks.
Two summer normal examinations will
be held, one closing on each of the dates
fixed for the closing of the institutes. It
is hoped that the plan outlined will ac-
commodate those who wish to take a short
term of institute work and close early or
to take a short term of work closing later,
and those who wish to take two months'
work. An institute beginning June 25 or
earlier and continuing till August 16, will
get the benefit of both examinations.
1!. These Institutes will give attention to
both professional matter and subject mat-
ter, and the conductor of each institute
will divide the work so as to secure for
studious, thoughtful teachers the highest
good.
3. Each institute will be divided into two
sections; in one section attention will be
given to professional subjects and the sub-
ject matter of branches prescribed for sec-
ond grade certificates; in the other section
attention will be given to professional sub-
jects and the subject matter of the addi-
tional branches for first grade certificates
4. At the close of these Institutes, July
19 and August .16, 1895, examinations will
be he-Id for the accommodation of persons
desiring to secure summer normal certi-
ficates valid during good behavior. To the
examination for first or second grade sum-
mer normal certificates may be admitted
any person of good moral character who
has attended the institute for not less than
ten days, and who has paid the required
fees. To the examination for permanent
certificates shall be admitted (1) any mem-
ber of the institute upon the terms above
stated; and (2) any person of good moral
character, not a member of the institute,
upon the payment of an examination fee
of $3. Any person holding a state or sum-
mer normal certificate of the second grade,
issued under the school law now In force,
may obtain a first grade certificate by pass-
ing a satisfactory examination in the ad-
ditional branches prescribed for such cer-
tificates. In the same manner, a perma-
nent certificate may be obtained by a per-
son holding a state or summer normal cer-
tificate of the first grade, issued under the
school law now in force.
5. The state makes no appropriation for
the support of institutes, nor can any aid
be obtained this year from the Peabody
fund, hence it Is necessary for the per-
sons interested in the Institute work to
make provision for the support of each in-
stitute. To this end, a tuition fee, not to
exceed $5 for the term, may be charged.
An additional fee of $1 may be charged
each person who takes the examination at
the close of the institute. The conductor
of the institute will be required to send to
the department of education at the close
of ine institute a fee of $1 for each person
who takes the examination. The fees so
forwarded will be used to defray the cost
of transmitting and grading the papers, re-
cording the results and other necessary
expenses.
6. A form of petition for the location of
an institute Is sent herewith. Other forms
of this kind will be furnished on applica-
tion.
7. Each county or town competing for the
location of a summer normal institute
should guarantee at least $125 for the con-
ductor, and at least $50 for a primary
teacher, who should be able to assist in
other departments. This Is the minimum
requirement for the organization of an in-
stitute. The best results, however, can not
be obtained with only two instructors for
an institute. To accomplish the highest
good, there should be four or more in-
structors for each institute.
8. The teachers interested in the organi-
zation of these institutes are requested to
recommend two or more suitable persons,
any one of whom would be acceptable to
them, as a conductor of an institute. These
recommendations should be separate from
the petitions for location, and should state
the qualifications for such work of the
persons recommended.
9. -The location of each summer normal
institute will be determined by the state
superintendent of public instruction, who
will also appoint the conductor. Any in-
formation which will assist him in mak-
ing these locations and appointments in
such manner as to bring the greatest good
to the teachers of the state will be appre-
ciated.
10. All petitions for the locations of insti-
tutes and recommendations of persons to
be appointed as conductors must be on file
in the department of education by noon
on the 13th day of May, 1895. The locations
and conductors will be announced on or
before the 22d day of May, 1895.
11. There should be for each institute an
executive copimittee, composed of three or
more persons. This committee should be
selected by the district meeting. Should
no such meeting be held, the committee
may be raised in some other convenient
manner. In every case, the petition for
location should give the name and address
of each member of the executive commit-
tee, and should also designate the chair-
man of said committee. This committee
should be charged with the financial man-
agement of the institute, and should make
all local arrangements and have charge of
all outside matters. The conductor will
have the direction of the internal affairs
the institute. The executive committee
should provide for a sufficient number of
assistants, who should be nominated by
the conductor, to meet the demands of the
institute.
12. The petition for a summer normal in-
stitute should be signed by none but teach-
ers, and should show where each teacher
taught during the school year 1894-95; each
person who signs such petition should- give
his address, and should place opposite his
name the sum which he promises dn sup-
port of the institute if located in accord-
ance with the petition. A separate form
will be furnished for the citizens of a
county or town, not teachers, who may
wish to contribute a part of the sum re-
quired for the support of the Institute.
13. The members of the executive com-
mittee, and such other persons as may
choose to join with them, must sign an
agreement to guarantee to the conductor
a salary of not less than $125 per month,
and to enter Into contract with him,
upon his appointment, binding themselves
individually and severally for the salary.
They shall also promise to employ, upon
the nomination of the conductor, a pri-
mary teacher at a salary of not less than
$50 per month, and Jjind themselves for
the salary. This rule is adopted to secure
a definite business arrangement between
each conductor and the executive commit-
tee, and to prevent any disagreement after
the beginning of the work.
14. The county superintendent of the
county asking for the institute should ap-
piove the petition; he should also certify
that the persons named as members of
the executive committee are authorized to
act as such. The superintendents of other
counties In the district should also ap-
prove the petition.
15. The summer normal Institutes will tot
opened on the date fixed by th* petition-
not later than July 16, 1895, and be cIoskJ
on July 19, or on August 16, 1895. But each
institute must continue for a term ol noli
less than four weeks.
PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES.
In addition to the regular summer nor-
mal institutes, as outlined above, it is de-
sired to establish in different sections of
the state two or three summer normal In-
stitutes for white teachers and one for
colored teachers, to be devoted strictly to
professional work. At the close of these
institutes examinations will be held for
primary, intermediate and high school cer-
tificates. valid for four years In all the
cities and independent districts in the
state; also for permanent professional cer-
tificates, valid for life in all the counties,
cities, towns and independent districts of
the state. These institutes will be opened
June 4, 1895, and closed June 22, 1895. No
attempt will be made at this time to out-
line the plan of these professional insti-
tutes, but correspondence on this subject
is invited from all persons Interested In
this character of work. Most respectfully,
J. M. CARLISLE,
State Superintendent Public Instruction.
SUMMER NORMAL DISTRICTS.
Department of Education, Austin, Tex.,
April 10.—To County Superintendents: The
following summer normal institute districts
for white teachers are hereby established:
No. 1. Grayson county.
'No. 2. Collin county.
No. 3. Cooke and Denton counties.
No. 4. Dallas county.
No. 5. Ellis county.
No. 6. Kaufman and Van Zandt count-
ties.
No. 7. Hunt and Rockwall counties.
No. 8. Fannin county.
No. 9. Lamar and Red River counties.
No. 10. Bowie and Cass counties.
No. 11. Tarrant county.
No. 12. Delta and Hopkins counties.
No. 13. Camp, Franklin, Morris and Titus
counties.
No. 14. Harrison and Marion counties.
No. 15. Gregg, Panola and Rusk counties.
No. 16. Anderson, Houston ami Trinity
counties.
No. 17. Rains, Upshur and Wood counties.
No. 18. Henderson and Smith counties.
No. 19. Hill and Johnson counties.
No. 20. McLennan county.
No. 21. Bell county.
No. 22. Burleson and Milam counties.
No. 23. Limestone and Navarro counties.
No. 24. Brazos, Falls and Robertson coun-
ties.
No. 25. Freestone, Leon and Madison
counties.
No. 26. Angelina and Cherokee counties.
No. 27. Nacogdoches and Shelby counties.
No. 28. Jasper, Newton, Sabine and San
Augustine counties.
•No. 29. Hardin, Jefferson, Orange and Ty-
ler counties.
No. 30. Chambers, Liberty, Polk and San
Jacinto counties.
No. 31. Grimes, Montgomery and Walker
counties.
No. 32. Brazoria, Galveston, Harris, Mat-
agorda and Waller counties.
No. 33. Calhoun, Fort Bend, Jackson, Vic-
toria and Wharton counties.
No. 34. DeWitt and Lavaca counties.
No. 35. Caldwell and Gonzales counties.
No. 36. Bee, Goliad, Karnes, Live Oak and
Wilson counties.
No. 37. Atascosa, Dimmit, Enclnal, Frio,
La Salle, McMullen, Webb and Zavaila
counties.
No. 38. Cameron, Hidalgo, Zapata and
Starr counties.
No. 39. Aransas, Duval, Nueces, Refugio
and San Patricio counties.
No. 40. Brewster, Crockett, Edwards, Jeff
Davis. Kinney, Maverick, Pecos, Presidio,
Sutton, Uvalde and Val Verde counties.
No. 41. Bandera, Bexar and Medina coun-
ties.
No. 42. Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and Kim-
ble eoumties.
No. 43. Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe and
Hays counties.
No. 44. Travis county.
No. 45. Burnet, Llano, Mason and Menard
counties.
No. 46. Williamson county.
No. 47. 'Bastrop, Colorado and Fayette
counties.
No. 48. Austin, Lee and Washington coun-
ties.
No. 49. Coryell and Hamilton counties.
No. 50. Bosque and Somervell counties.
No. 51. Brown and Comanche counties.
No. 52. Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion,
Runnels, Sterling and Tom Green counties.
No. 53. Lampasas, McCulloch, Mills and
San Saba counties.
No. 54. Erath anil Hood counties.
No. 55. Jack, Young and Throckmorton
counties.
No. 56. Palo Pinto and Parker counties.
No. 57. Callahan, Eastland, ©hackelford
and Stephens counties.
No. 68. Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, No-
lan, Stonewall and Taylor counties.
No. 59. Borden, Ector, El Paso, Glass-
cock, Howard, Loving, Martin. Midland,
Mitchell, Reeves, Scurry and Ward coun-
ties.
No. 60. Wise county.
No. 61. Clay and Montague counties.
No. 62. Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman,
Knox, Wichita ami Wilbarger counties.
No. 63. Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle,
Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hale, Hall, King,
Lubbock, Motley and Swisher counties.
No. 64. Greer county.
No. 65, Armstrong, Collingsworth, Deaf
Smith, Donley, Randall and all counties
north of said tier of counties.
The following summer normal 'institute
districts for colored teachers are also es-
tablished:
No. 1. Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Johnson,
Kaufman, Rook wail, Tarrant and all coun-
ties west of these counties.
No. 2. Delta, Fannin, Lamar and R?d
River counties.
No. 3. Bowie, Cass, Marion and Morris
counties.
No. 4. Camp, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt,
Rains, Titus, Upshur and Wood counties.
No. 5. Harrison, Gregg, ■ Panola and Rusk
counties.
No. 6. Van Zandt and Smith counties.
No. 7. Angelina, Cherokee. Nacogdoches,
Sabine, San Augustine and Shelby coun-
ties.
No. 8. Anderson, Houston and Trinity
counties.
No. 9. Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Hill,
Limestone and Navarro counties.
No. 10. Bell. Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Lam-
pasas and McLennan counties.
No. 11. Leon, Madison, Milam and Rob-
ertson counties.
Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto
and Walker counties.
No. 13. Chambers, Jasper, Jefferson, Lib-
erty, Newton, Orange and Tyler counties
No. U. Brazoria, Galveston and Harris
counties.
No. 15. DeWitt, Fort Bend, Jackson. Mat-
agorda, Victoria and Wharton counties.
No. 16. Brazos, Grimes and Waller coun-
•ties.
No. 17. AuMin, Burleson, Lee and Wash-
ington counties.
No. 18. Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Havs,
Travis and Williamson counties.
No. 19. Caldwell, Colorado, Fayette, Gon-
zales and Lavaca counties.
No. 20. Bexar, Comal, Goliad, Guadalupe,
Karnes. Refugio, Wilson and all counties
south and west of those named. Most re-
spectfully, J. M. CARLISLE,
State Superintendent Public Instruction.
The superintendent requests that county
papers please publish.
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
Austin, Tex.. April 18.—The Baby Shoo
mining company of Dallas, capital stock
$1,000,000, filed a charter to-day.
At a meeting of firemen to-night it was
decided to celebrate San Jacinto day next
Monday by giving a picnic at Hyde Park.
The pupils of the deaf and dumb institute
will have an outing to-morrow and will ga
on an excursion up Lake McDonald on the
steamer Ben Hur.
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Tex., April
17.—A number of confederate veterans met
at Mathis a few days ago and organized
a new camp, which they named camp
Buehell. Wm. Coffin was elected standard
bearer and Miss Hallie Howard sponsor.
All members of the camp signified their in-
tention to attend the Houston reunion.
Caldwell, Burleson Co., Tex., April 18.—
To-day by private conveyance to Lexing-
ton, 1/ee connty, quite a number of ex-
confederates went from here by invitation
to participate in a grand reunion at camp
Douglas. Some who went were R. E. Mc-
Arthur, James B. McArthur, R. H. Morgan.
Andy Horton, E. B. Bell and Eli Parkhill
from Burleson and Tom Goodwin from
Brazos county.
Timpson, Shelby Co., Tex., April 15,—Tho
reunion of the old veterans assembled at
the school house in Timpson yesterday and
organized a company to meet in Houston
in May. Captain G. W. Trammel was
elected their leader and addressed the peo-
ple with an able talk, together with Dr.
John Bussey, which was timely and in or-
der. They then adjourned for dinner, when
a nice table was spread, presided ovw by
ithe ladiei of Timpson, 1
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