A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . Gkorgk F. Moore. supremeCourt Congressmenin 1878 394 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Pi-KioD VIII. months, Culuinl>us Upson was elected to the vacancy in April,skcond 1870. Governor Roberts was re-elected in 1880, with L. T. Pkriod of _ . Statehood Storey as lieutenant-govcrnor, defeating- E. J. Davis, Republican,and W. H. Ham man, Greenbacker. At that election all theCongressmen were re-elected. There was much important legislation during Governor Rob-ertss two administrations. When he came into office thefinances were somewh
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . Gkorgk F. Moore. supremeCourt Congressmenin 1878 394 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Pi-KioD VIII. months, Culuinl>us Upson was elected to the vacancy in April,skcond 1870. Governor Roberts was re-elected in 1880, with L. T. Pkriod of _ . Statehood Storey as lieutenant-govcrnor, defeating- E. J. Davis, Republican,and W. H. Ham man, Greenbacker. At that election all theCongressmen were re-elected. There was much important legislation during Governor Rob-ertss two administrations. When he came into office thefinances were somewhat disordered, the public debt had grad-ually increased to over five millions and a half, the expensesexceeded the income, and State warrants were selling at a dis- 1874 TOIS97 Legislationduring Gov-ernor Rob-ertss two ad-ministrations. Old CaiITol at Ausiin. {Burned November, i8Si.) ? Pay as yougo Cash balance in the treasury count. To remedy these evils, he adopted a policy popularlycalled Pay as you go. He accomplished this by reducingall expenses, cutting down the appropriations to the publicschools to one-sixth instead of one-fourth of the re\enues, andby selling the school and public lands at low prices, so as to getthem in the hands of private owners who would pay taxes onthem. His financial methods proved successful. The Statescredit was restored, the schools were taught a longer term forless money than before, and he left a cash l)alance in the treasuryof three hundred thousand dollars, after paying all expenses, SECOND PERIOD OF STATEHOOD. 395 discharging four hundred thousand dollars of the public debt,and reducing iaxes from fifty to thirty cents on the hundreddollars. His administrations were especially noted for activityand improvement in the educational institutions of the Agricultural and
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