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The number of indictments and informations pending is much larger than shown in the foregoing summary, owing to the failure of so many clerks to forward their reports.
CRIMINAL STATISTICS .- TABLE No. 36.
Showing Penalties Assessed in Cases tried in Courts of Record from January, 1983, to December 31, 1892.
Death penalties
. 105
1 Total fines collected $107.370
Life imprisonment
229
Total final judgments on forfe:tures
Total years in penitentiary .
34.556.80
Total forfeitures remitted
Average years in penitentiary
2.77
Total forfeitutes er '.r tel
8-0.514
Total fines imposed
$1,075,141
Appeals in fra ny cases 2.45%)*
Total fines remitted
$79.172
Appeals in misd .mamor cases
1,000
115
Kobbery
219
ולק
1,022
Assault to murder
99
INDEX TO VOLUME II.
A.
Ab initio, the doctrine of (1866), 154, 155, 174- 177.
Abolitionists, 35, 42.
Acts of Congress, for reconstructing the South, 163-166 ; for admission of Texas Congress- men (IS70), 187 ; of Congress granting ani- nesty, 213 ; of fifteenth legislature, 219, 220 ; of Congress respecting boundary, 254.
"Address," as a method of removing judges, 211, 212.
Address, valedictory, of President Anson Jones, 13-15 ; inaugural, of Governor Hen- derson, 15, 16; of Sam Houston, on his re- moval from the governorship, 126-130; of the Texas delegation to people of United States (1866), IDI, 162 ; inaugural, of Gov- ernor Coke ( 1874), 205; of Governor Rob- erts, 233, 244 ; of Governor Ireland, 255-258. Administrations : that of Governor Hender- son, 16-23 : character of, from 1847 to 1857, 26-50 ; of Runnels, 50-53 ; of Houston and Clark, 92-142; of Lubbock and Murrah, 143 -- 145 ; of Hamilton, 151-153 ; of Throck- morton, 152-167 ; of Pease, 167-180 ; of F. J. Davis, 185-202 ; of Richard Coke, 208- 221 ; of O. M. Roberts, 233-254; of Gov- ernor Ireland, 255-266 ; of Governor Ross, 266-284; of Governor Hogg, 284-321 ; of Governor Culberson, 322, 323.
Admission of Texas to representation in Con- gress ( 18;o), act regulating, 187.
African slave-trade, agit. tion of ( 1858-59), 52, 53.
Agricultural and Mechanical College, 214 ; for negroes, 220; trouble at, 239; history of, 459- 462.
Agricultural resources, history of growth of, 76.1-766 ; statistics, So1-803.
Aldredge, George N., 297, 318. Alexander, William, 168, 190. Alien and Sedition laws, 75.
Allen, Ebenezer, 11.
Allen, John T., 168.
Alliance, the Farmers', 217, 275.
Amendment, to Constitution of IS45, making judiciary elective, 33, 34; to United States Bonner, M. H., 232. Constitution, as result of the war, discussed, Bonner, Thomas R., 218. ISO-185 ; constitutional, affecting judiciary (1873-74), 195-197 ; to State Constitution ((SS3), 259, 2'%) ; prohibition, to State Con- stitution, campaign on ti8; 1. 268, 269 ; to State Constitution, on railroad regulation (1859), 275 ; to State Constitution ( 1891), 290. . Bounty, sugar, Texas reinses, 289.
American or Know-Nothing party, 36, 37, 42- 45, 79, So.
Amnesty, act of Congress granting, 213, 214. Annexation, to United States, proceedings at- tending, 7-16 ; terms of, as affecting Texas boundary, 21-23.
Appeals, the Court of ( 1876), 218; Com- mission of, 238, 251 ; Court of (IS82), 251 ; Civil and Criminal Courts of, created (1891 ), 290-293.
Ardrey, J. M., 19.
Area, municipal divisions and public lands, 762-764.
Army, the Grand, of the Republic, 159, 160 ; the Confederate, Texas troops in, 571-650. Arrington, Judge A. W., 40, 41.
Arrington, Captain G. W., 348.
Asylums, the various State, 779-784.
Austin, city of, is centre of Union influence in 1860, 83, S9, 90.
B.
Baird, Spruce M., 27.
Ballinger, William P., 209.
Banks, Nathaniel P., 42.
Barbed-wire, use of, for fencing, 254.
Battalion, the Frontier, 219; services of, in the West, 357-361.
Baylor, Colonel George W., 347, 348.
Baylor, John R., 131, 142.
Baylor, Robert F. B., 13, 18.
Baylor University, 467, 468.
Beauregard, General G. T., 139.
Bell, James H., 42, 91, 92, 144, 152. Bell, John, So.
Bell, P. Hansborough, elected Governor, 26; in Congress, 33, 35 ; as a Ranger, 33S.
" Bell-punch law, " 240.
Blake, J. W., 315, 318.
Blind Asylum, 469.
Bonds, State ( 1874), 209, 210; International and Great Northern Railroad, litigation in regard to, 212 ; State, recovered in 1875-76, 218; sale of State, 240; of railroads, law regulating. 309.
Boundary, dispute between United States, Mexico, and Texas, 21-23 ; question of, as a political issue, 27, 28; settled by Com- promise of 1850, 29 ; attempt to settle ( ISS2 ), 251 ; commissioners to run, 263.
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Bourland, William H., Speaker of the House, | Civil War, the beginning of, 135-142 ; affairs
11.
Bowden, Franklin W., 38, 39.
Bowser, O. P., "Notes on Granbury's Bri- gade," by, 741-754-
Brackenridge, George W., donations of, to State University, 453.
Branch, A M., 142, 143, 157.
Breckinridge, John C., 42, 79.
Brigade, Hood's Texas, history of, 651-681 ; Green's, history of, 695-740 ; Granbury's, Notes on, 741-754.
Brown, John, in Kansas, 35.
Brown, John Henry, 107, 340.
Brown, Thomas J., 292, 320.
Brownrigg, R., 38.
Bryan, Guy MI., 47, 48, 77.
Buchanan, James, 42, 43.
Buckley, C. W., 19, 42.
Bureau, the Freedmen's, 169.
Burford, Nat M., 156.
Burleson, Edward, 11, 12.
Burleson, Rufus C., 46S.
Burnet, David G., 17 ; elected to United States Senate, 157.
Burroughs, James M., 157.
C.
Caldwell, C., 168.
Caldwell, Captain Neal, 347. Calhoun, John C., 29.
Campaigns : early political, 31-33 ; of 1855, 37-39; of IS57. 42-48; of 1859, 53-56 ; na- tional ( 1860), 81-84 ; State ( 1861-63), 1.42- 144; State ( IS66), 156, 157 ; of 1869, 185 ; of IS73, 197, 198; of ISTS, 230-232 ; national (ISSO), 241, 242 ; State (18So), 242 ; State (1882), 251, 252; State (ISS4), 262; State (ISS6), 265 ; State ( ISSS), 272 ; on Prohibi- tion amendment ( ISS7), 268, 269 ; Presiden- tial ( ISSS), 276 ; State ( ISgu), 283, 284 ; State and Federal (1892), 296-301 ; State (1894), 313-321.
Campbell, Don A., 195.
Campbell, Justice, a peace commissioner in 1861, 137-139.
Capitol, lands appropriated for building new, 237, 239; old, burned, 249; new, corner- stone laid, 263, 261 ; new, dedication cere- monies of, 269-271 ; description of the new, 754, 785.
Carolina, South, secedes, 93.
Cave, E. W., 124, 125.
Centennial Celebration (1876), 220.
Ceremonies attending inauguration of first State governnient, 12-16 ; attending first in- anguration of Governor Coke, 205, 206.
Chambers, Thomas J., 26, 27, 77, 142, 143, 194.
Charleston, South Carolina, national conven- tion at (1850), 79.
Chilton, George W., 38, 122, 123, 157.
Chilton, Horace, 294.
Churches, growth of, 778; statistics of the, 840, 811.
Citizenship, as affected by Dred Scott decision, 43. Civil Courts of Appeal, created, 290-293.
in Texas during the, 142-146 ; progress and end of, 147-151 ; Texas troops in the history of, 517-754.
Clark, Amos, 19.
Clark, Edward, 53, 54, 56 ; succeeds Houston as governor, 123-125 ; defeated by Lubbock, 1.12.
Clark, George, 206, 297-300.
Clay, Henry, 29.
Coast, the Texas, military operations along ( 1861-65), 519-570.
Cochran, John H., 232.
Coke, Richard, 156, 168, 197 ; the exciting con- test attending his inauguration as governor, 201-221 ; elected to United States Senate, 219-221.
Coleman, Robert M., 336.
Colfax, Schuyler, 160.
College, Agricultural and Mechanical, 214, 220, 459-462 ; Rutersville, 467, 468 ; Mckenzie, 468, 469.
Commerce, growth of, 766-768 ; statistics of, 811, SI2.
Commission, the Electoral, 224, 225; of Ap- peals, 238, 251 ; railroad, authorized by con- stitutional amendment, 275; railroad, its authority to regulate delegated, 287, 2SS ; railroad, made elective, 310.
Committee of Safety, of Secession Conven- tion, 107 ; its proceedings, 110-112.
Compromise, the Missouri, as affecting Texas, 21, 22 ; of 1850, respecting Texas debt and boundary, 29 ; abrogated in 1$50, 29, 35.
Confederate States, provisional government of, 114 ; Texas applies for admission to, 119 ; Constitution of, ratified by Texas, 133; movements of, preparatory to war, 136-142 ; Congress of, Texas's representation in, 142, 143 ; collapse of, 150; Texas troops in the armies of, a full account of, 571-650. Confederate Veterans' Honic. 310.
Congress, of Texas, joint resolution of, on an- nexation, 7, S ; of United States, first repre- sentatives to, 20 ; of United States, contro- versies in, respecting slavery, 35, 43. 44 ; the " Peace" (1861), 136; of United States in 1861, 139, 140 ; Confederate, Texas senators and representatives in, 142, 143 ; of United States, action of, on emancipation, 148; L'nited States, election for ( 1866), 157 ; Texas members of, refused admission, 160, 161 ; of United States, takes hold of Reconstruction, 163-166; members from Texas to (1869), 186; Texas admitted to representation in, 187, ISS ; members of, elected in 1872, 197 ; amnesty granted by, 213, 214 ; Texas mem- bers of ( 1874), 211 ; members of ( 1876), 221 ; members of, in 1878, 232 ; members of, in ISSO, 243 ; members of (1SS2, ISS41, 255, 262; members of (ISS6-96), 272, 285, 301, 321.
Congressional districts, 20 ; conventions, early, in Texas, 31, 32; elections of 1855, 3S. 39; of IS57, 44-48; of 1859, 53-56 ; districts in 1861, 133; elections in 1861, 142 ; elections (1863), 142, 143; Reconstruction. 163-208 ; election ( 1866), 157; representation from Texas (1866), their work in Washington,
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161 ; election in r$69, 186 ; election in 1872, | Crockett, John M., 142, 194. 197 ; election (18741, 214 ; election (1876), 221 ; election in 1878, 232 ; in 1880, 243 ; in 1882, 1884. 255, 262 ; from 1886 to IS95, 272, 285, 301, 321.
Conscript laws, 145, 146.
Constitution, of 1545. Ed. note, 9, 10 ; amend- ment to, making judiciary elective, 33, 34 ; adopted by Secession Convention, 121, 122 ; of Confederate States, ratified by Texas, 133 ; of 1866, 152-155 ; of 1869, 174-179 ; of 1876, 214-217 ; amendments to State, 259, 260 ; prohibition amendment to ( 1887), 268 ; amendment to, on railroad regulation, 275 ; amendments to (18911, 290.
Constitutional U'nion party (1860), 79, So ; con- vention (1866), 152-155 ; amendments result- ing from the war, discussed, 1So-185 ; amend- nient affecting judiciary ( 1873), 195-197.
Conventions : of r$45, S, 9 ; two-thirds rule in Democratic, 30 ; party, in Texas, 30, 31 ; first State Democratic, 44. 45 ; State Democratic (1860), 76 ; National Democratic and Repub- lican (1860), 79-SI ; Know-Nothing national (1860), 79, So; Secession, called, S7-S9 ; Secession, meets, 99-101 ; Secession, corre- spondence of, with Governor Houston, 101- 103; Secession, proceedings of, 103-120; Secession, deposes Governor Houston, 121- 125 ; Secession, various ordinances of. 106, 119, 121, 122, 12.1, 125. '131, 133 ; Secession, adjourns, 133; Constitutional (1866), 152- 155; in United States (1866), 158, 159 ; Re- construction ( 1868), 173-179 ; of tax-payers ( 1871) to protest against governmental abuses, 193-195 ; State Democratic (IS73), 197 ; Constitutional (1875), 214-217 ; State Democratic (1876), 217, 218; State Demo- cratic (1878), 225-229; State (ISSo), 242 ; State (1SS2), 251 ; State ( ISS), 262 ; State (ISS6-94), 265, 272, 283, 298-300, 314-318; two Democratic Conventions ( 18921, 299, 300. Cooke, William G., 17, 337.
Correspondence between Gov. Houston and the Secession Convention, 101-103, 110-130. Counties, list of, with date of formation, area, population, etc .. 796-Suo.
Court, Supreme and district, under first State administration, 17 -19 ; judges of, made elec- tive, 33; Supreme, changes in (1857-58), 40-42: Stue and Confederate, in Texas during the war, 144 ; Supreme ( 1866), 156 ; Supreme and district, under Reconstruc- tion, 168; military, under Reconstruction, 171, 172 ; Supreme ( " semicolon" ), 190 ; dis- trict (r$701, 190; constitutional amendment affecting the (1573-74), 195-197 ; the "Semi- colon," decision of, in the Rodriguez case, 198-201; Supreme, in IS;4. 209 ; Supreme (1876), 215; of Appeals (IS76), 218; Su- preme (1881), 249; Supreme ( 1882), 252 ; changes in, by constitutional amendment and legislation (1891), 290, 291-293.
Covey, MI. V., 77. Crane, M. M., 300, 308, 320. Crane, Rev. William Carey, 467.
Crawford, W. 1 .. , 318.
Criminal Court of Appeals, created, 290-293 ; statistics, 835, 839.
Crosby, Stephen, 77, 156, 16S. Crump, William E., first Speaker, 11.
Cuba, filibustering to, 48, 49.
Culberson, Charles A., 313-321. Culberson, David B., 221.
D.
Dancy, John W., 27.
Darden, Stephen H., 143, 197.
Darnell, Nicholas H., candidate for lieutenant- governor, 10-12 ; candidate for governor, 2.4, 25.
Davidson, James, 190.
Davis, E. J., 168, 173 ; elected governor, 185 ; account of his administration, 185-202 ; is defeated for re-election, resists and finally yields, 197-207 ; later career of, 197.
Davis, Jefferson, 114, 150, 214.
Dayton, William L., 42.
Debt, public, of Texas, relations of, to bound- ary question, 23 ; as a political issue, 27, 28 ; settled by Compromise of 1850, 29 ; public (1874), 209, 210 ; legislation affecting public (IS75), 214 ; condition of ( 1876), 21S.
Decision in Dred Scott case, 43 ; in the Rod- riguez or " Semicolon case," 199-201.
Declaration, of causes leading to Secession, 107-110; series of, by Reconstruction Con- vention, 174 179.
Dedication of the new capitol, 269-271.
Deep water, history of efforts to procure, at Galveston, 768-774.
Delegates, from Texas to Montgomery, Aia- bama (1861), 107; in the Reconstruction Convention ( 1868), 174.
Democratic party, 21 ; conventions, two-thirds rule in. 30 ; first troubles of, in Texas, 3.1- 36 ; candidates, in United States ( 1856), 42 ; State Convention, first, 44, 45 ; campaign of 1859, 53-56 ; party, in 1860, 73-76; State Convention (1860), 76, 77 ; National Conven- tion (1860), 79; legislature elected (1872), 195; State Convention ( 1873), 197; party, victorious in IS73, and takes hold of the government, 19%, 201-209; party in United States ( 1868-72), 212-214 : State Conven- tion ( 1876), 217, 218 ; party in United States (1876), 222-225; State Convention (18;S1, 225-229 ; platform in Texas (1878), 228, 229 ; Conventions (18So-S2), 242, 251 ; Conven- tions ( ISS.1-90), 262, 265, 272, 283 ; plat- forms ( 1886-94), 265, 272, 276, 283,294, 295, 302 -- 307, 315-318 ; party, divided in Texas, 299, 300. 312.
Democrats, first, in Texas, 21; in United States, attitude of ( 1850), 29 ; dissensions among, in early times, 34-36 ; conduct of, in 1856, 42, 44-48 ; accused of filibustering schemes, 49, 50 ; in campaign of 1859, 53-56 ; division between ( 186v), 79.
Demonetization of silver, 241, 318.
Denman, Leroy G., 320.
Denominational schools and colleges, 467-169. De Normandie, W. P., 190, 209.
1 Denton, John B., 25.
Development, in population, commerce, edu-
1 cation, religion, etc., for fifty years, 755-787.
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Devine, Thomas J., 101, 107, 110, 144, 209, | Epperson, B. H., 26, 125, 157. 225, 227.
Dickson, D. C., 26, 37, 3S.
Differences, early political, in Texas, 34-36.
Disfranchisement, under Reconstruction laws, 163-166.
Dispute, as to boundaries of Texas, 21-23, 27, 25.
District, Courts, first State, IS, 19; federal judicial, first, 19 ; Congressional, 20 ; judges, made cluetive, 33 ; judges under E. J. Davis, 190 ; federal judicial (1876). 218.
Division of the State, advocated by Van Zandt, 24, 25.
Dohoney, E. L., 194.
Donelson, Andrew J., 43. Donley, Stockton P., 156, 168.
Dorn, A. J., 197.
Douglas, Stephen A., 35, 79. Dred Scott decision, 43.
Dudley, James G., 320.
Dumble, E. T. chapter by, on "Physical Geography, etc.," 471-516.
Duncan, John M., 318.
Duval, Thomas H., 218.
E.
Ector, Mat D., 38, 162, 218.
Editorial Notes, 9, 10, 29, 134, 135, 171.
Education, public, 190, 192, 214, 236 ; history of public, in Texas, 424-470. Educational, System of Texas, history of, by J. J. Lane, 424-470 ; endowment by the State, 438, 439 ; development, 775-778 ; statistics, 812-SIS.
Edwards, H. H., 103.
Election, first State, 10, 11 ; first, of United States Senators, 19 ; first Congressional, 20; State, 1847, 24-26 ; character and result of, from 1849 to 1857, 26-51 ; early Congres- sional, 31, 32; in 1$55, 37-39; Presidential (IS48-56), 39, 40 ; of 1857, 44-47 ; of 1859, 53, 56 ; national (1S60), 81-85 ; proceedings of the, on ordinance of Secession, 106, 113, 114; State and Congressional (1861, 1863), 1.42, 1.43; State ( 1866), 156; method of, under Reconstruction, 175-179 ; of 1869, 185 ; restrictions upon (1870), 191, 192 ; Congres- sional (1872), 197 ; attempt to set aside State (1873), 199-201 ; Davis resists result of (IS74), 202-208 ; presidential (1868-72), 212- 214 ; Congressional (1874), 214 ; State ( 1876), 218; Congressional ( 1876), 221 ; Federal (1876), 222-225 ; of IS78, 232, 233 ; national and State ( ISSo), 241-243 ; State ( ISS2), 254 ; State ( ISS4), 262 ; Congressional (1582 -84), 255, 262 ; l'residential ( 1584), 262 ; Con- gressional (1886-94), 272, 285, 301, 321 ; State (1886-91), 266, 274, 285, 308, 321 ; table showing votes at the several State, 791-796. Elective judiciary. adopted, 33. Electoral Commission, 224, 225.
Electors, Presidential, in 1848, 39 ; in-1852, 40 ; in 1856, 40 ; in 1860, 77 ; in 1892, 295.
Emancipation of slaves, proclaimed in 1862- 63, 147, 148 ; in Texas, 151.
Endowment, educational, by the State, 43S, 439.
Evans, Lemuel D., 26, 27, 32, 38, 45, 47, 161, 176, 190.
Everett, Edward, 80
Executive, officers, in Governor Henderson's administration, 17 ; officers, removed by Se- cession Convention, 123-125 ; officers under E. J. Davis, 185, 190 ; officers, under Coke's first administration, 208; under his second administration, 218; under Robert's two administrations, 233, 245 ; under Ireland's administration, 254, 255, 262 ; under Ross's administrations, 266, 274 ; under Hogg's ad- ministrations, 285, 308 ; under Culberson's administration, 320 ; of Texas, table show- ing the several, from the earliest times, 791- 796.
Extravagance under E. J. Davis, 192, 193.
F.
Farmers' Grange and Alliance, 217, 275.
Federal, first, judicial district, 19; political issues, 34-3S, 42-44 ; issues in 1857-60, 48- 63, 73-76 ; forts and stores surrendered by General Twiggs in Texas, 110-114; politics (1874-75), 212, 213 ; judicial districts (IS76), 218 ; politics (1876), 222-225 ; politics (ISSo), 241, 242 ; politics (188S), 276 ; politics (1892), 294 ; troops, use of, to quell domestic vio- lence, 319.
Fence-cutting, 261, 264.
Ferris, J. W., 212.
Fifty Years' Progress in Texas, results of, 755-787.
Filibustering (1857-59), 48, 49.
Fillmore, Millard, 42, 43.
Finances, public (1874-76), 209. 210 ; in 1876, 218; statistics on State, S19-830.
Finley, N. W., 292, 298.
Finnagan, J. W., 185, 186.
Flanagan, Webster, 195.
Flournoy, George M., 77, 84, 87, 100, 101, 104, 107, 144.
Ford, John S., 110, 131, 202, 206, 20S, 337, 33S. Forgeries, land, laws against, 219, 220.
Fort Sumter, 137-139.
Foscue, F. F., 77, 142.
Franklin, Benjamin C., 40.
Freedmen's Bureau, 169, 170.
Free schools, history of, 424-439.
Free-soil party, attitude of, on slavery, 28, 29, 35, 42, 43, 50. Fremont, John C., 42.
Frontier, protection of, 210, 211 ; battalion, 219 ; Ranger service on the, 345-360; bat- talion, services of, in the West, 357-363 ; mil- itary operations along the, during the Civil War, 519-570.
Fugitive slave law, 35.
G.
Gaines, R. R., 265, 292, 320. Galveston, history of the building of jetties at, etc., 768-774. Gaston, M. A., 194.
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Geography, Physical, of Texas, 471-516.
Geology of Texas, an account of, by Professor E. T. Dumble, 471-516.
Giddings, D. C., 197, 214, 299, 315, 318.
Gillett, J. S., 26.
Gilmer, early private schools at, 465-467. Goode, R. B., 27.
Gould, Robert S., 209, 249.
Government, of Confederate States, 114, 119,
133, 136-142; of Texas, during the war, 143-146 ; at the end of the war, 151-158; in IS67-69, 180-183 ; abuses of. under E. J. Davis, 190-193 ; attempt of Davis to hold the, defeated by Coke, 201-20S.
Graham, Malcolm D .. 32, 3S, 53-55, 77, 107, 142.
Granbury, General H. B., " Notes" on his Brigade, 741-754.
Grange, or Alliance, the Farmers', 217.
Granger, General Gordon, 151.
Grant, U. S., 211, 213, 214.
Gray, A. C., "History of the Texas Press," by, 368-423.
Gray, Peter W., 40, 42, 100, 101, 142, 209. Greeley, Horace, 214.
Green, Thomas, General, IS, 337 : history of his Brigade in the Civil War, 695-740.
Greenback party, 223, 230.
Greer County case, 29.
Greer, E., 77.
Greer, John A., 25, 26.
Gregg, John, 107, 132.
Griffin, General Charles, 166, 171.
Grimes, Jesse, 13, 46.
Groos, J. J., 197.
Growth of the State, history of, for fifty years ( IS45-96), 755-787.
Gubernatorial, campaign and election ( 1857), 44-47 ; (1859), 53-59.
H.
Hale, John P., free-soil candidate for presi- dent, 29.
Hail, Captain J. Lee, 352.
Hamilton, A. J., elected to Congress, 32, 33 : 38, 53. 54 ; opposed to Secession, 121 ; pro- visional governor, 151, 153 ; hostile to Texas, 161 ; in Convention of 1868, 176; candidate for governor, 179, 185 ; in 1871, 193-195 ; in the Rodriguez case, 199, 200.
Hamilton, Morgan C., 165, 176, 186, 193. Hamlin, Hannibal, SI.
Hancock, George, 193.
Hancock, John, 33, 35, 45, 157, 197, 214, 221.
Hancock, General W. S., 173, 243.
Harcourt, J. T., 194.
Hardeman, General W. P., 202-207, 341.
" Harmony" agreement of two Democratic factions ( 1894), 312.
Harris, John W., 17, 38. Hay, Samuel, 19.
Hayes, Rutherford B., 223, 224.
Hays, John C., as a Ranger, 337. 3.40.
Hemphill, John, in Supreme Court, 1; ; elected to United State, Senate, 41, 48. 107.
Henderson, J. Pinckney, elected governor, 10 -12 ; inaugural of, 15, 16 ; his administra- :
tion, 16, 23; in the Mexican War, 23, 24 ; attitude of, on boundary question, 22, 23 ;
in IS55, 38 ; elected to Senate and death, 48. Henderson, J. W., 26.
Hendricks, Thomas A., 223, 262.
Henry, W. C., 27.
Herbert, C. C .. 142, 157.
Herndon, W. S., 197, 214, 226.
Highsmith, Sam, 338.
Hill, William Pinckney, 1.44, 156.
History, political, legislative, and judicial, by O. M. Roberts, 7-325.
Hogy, James S., 285-320.
Hogg, Joseph L., 103. Hollingsworth, Stephen P., 114, 194.
Home for Confederate Veterans, 310.
blood, General John B., History of his "Texas Brigade," by Mrs. A. V. Winkler, 651- 681.
Horton, Albert C., lieutenant-governor, 10-13. Houston, Andrew J., 300.
Houston, Sam. elected United States Sena- tor, 19, 20 ; position of, on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 45 ; in campaign of 1857, 45-48 ; in cam- paign of 1859, 53-59; Presidential aspirations of, 56 ; inauguration of ( 1859), 63, 65 ; mes- sages of (1860), 65-73 ; his views, SI-83 ; letter of, on result of election ( 1860), 85, 86 ; attitude of, towards Secession, 87-90 ; con- venes the legislature, 9?, 93 ; message of (January, IS61), giving his views of Seces- sion, 96-99 ; his correspondence with Seces- sion Convention, 101-103 ; in the Secession Convention, 104 ; proceedings leading to his removal from the governorship, 114-125 ; his address to the people on that subject, 126-130 ; his career, political conduct, and closing years, Editoria! note, 134, 135.
Houston, Sam, Normal School, 462.
Houston, Temple, 271.
Howard, Volney E., in Congress, 33.
Hoyle, Stephen Z., 11.
Hubbard, Richard B., 77, 197, 218, 220, 221, 225-227, 323.
Huddle, William H., artist, 271.
Hurt, J. M., 242, 252, 292.
I.
Inaugural of Governor J. P. Henderson, 15. 16; of Governor Coke ( 1874). 205, 206; of Governor Roberts, 233. 234, 244; of Gov- ernor Ireland, 255-258 ; of Governor Ross, 266-268 ; of Governor Hogg, 284.
Inauguration, of first State government, 12-16 ; of Houston, in 1859, 63-65 ; of Governor Coke ( IS74), 205, 206 ; of Governor Roberts, 233, 234, 243, 244 ; of Governor Ireland, 254 ; of Governor Ross, 266; of Governor Hogg, 284 ; of Governor Culberson, 322. Indians, Texas requests removal of, by United States, 23.
Industrial resources, growth of, 764-766.
International and Great Northern Railroad Company, 211, 212.
Ireland, John, 193, 191, 209, 251, 254-259, 261, 264, 265. " Iron-clad oath," the, 164, 165.
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Issues, political ( IS59-60), 48-53, 58-63 ; Hous- ' Lane, Joseph, 79.
ton's message on, 65-73 ; statement of, 73- | Lane, J. J., chapter by, on " Educational Sys- 75 ; in campaign of 1860, 81-84. tem of Texas, " 424-470.
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Jefferson, Thomas, draws Kentucky resolu- tions of 1798, 77.
Jennings, Thomas J., 40, 100.
Jetties, history of building of, at Galveston, 768-774.
Johns, C. R., 77, 124.
Johnson, President Andrew, his method of Reconstruction, 151, 152, 158-163.
Johnson, Herschel V., 79.
Johnson, M. T., 26, 27.
Jones, Anson, acts of, in connection with annexation, 7, 10, 12 ; valedictory of, 13-16 ; in IS55, 38, 39.
Jones, Captain Frank, 349.
Jones, George W., 155, 156.
Jones, John B., Judge, IS.
Jones. Major John B., 219, 346, 347.
Jones, William, 18.
Journalism, history of, in Texas, 368-423.
Jowers, W. G. W., 27, 37, 33, 45.
Judges, attempts to remove, by "Address," 211, 212 ; federal ( 1876), 2IS ; of the higher courts, elected under the reorganization of the judiciary ( 1891-93), 292.
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