April 8 1897
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STATE LEGISLATURE
WORK ACCOMPLISHED
THE CLOSING HOURS
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A Condensed and ConelM Kon-Farttaa)
Ktptrt of the Labor of the Nebraska
L(tlmtQr the fmMt Week Action Ta
ken oa tba Varlon Measures.
Taeedav, Mareh 80.
Several bills were advanced to third
reading in the senate this morning.
Bills passed were: H. R. 209, appro
priating Morrill fund for use of indus
trial school of 8tate university; . H. R.
267, to prohibit corporations from con
tributing money or means to influence
or control elections; 8. F. 208, relating
to exclusion of school bond taxes in
compilation of aggregate school taxes.
The anti-pass bill was considered in
committee of the whole. It was
amended so aa to prevent the giving of
passes for any purpose, not excluding
charitable purposes, and recommended
for passage.
Considerable merriment was occas-
sioned by an amendment offered by
Senator Talbot in the form of an
emergency clause, which makes the
bill efltctive as soon as it receives the
governor's approval. ' '
"I hope that will not prevent na
from getting back home?" said Senator
Howetr of Douglas, witn preienc.ea
anxiety. " '
A very pleasant incident was me pre
sents! on of a large crayon portrait of
LieutHiant-Uovernor Harris to Mrs.
Harris. Senator Beal of Custer arose
just before adjournment and announced
that the senate, officers, and employes
had joined together, and that Senator
Murphy ot Uage would speak- ior tnem.
Mrs. Harris occupied a chair near her
husband, behind the president's desk.
Senator Murphy, on behalf of the don
ors, and in his most eloquent and earn
est manner, told of the respect and
love borne by all the senators for ths
lieutenant governor, and how his con
duct as presiding officer had endeared
him to all.
.'.4.' Wednesday, March 81.
The senate today took up the Peru
normal bill, a measure appropriating
(20,000 for the rebuilding of a dormi
tory. Numerous amendments to cut
down' the appropriation were offered,
but not agreed to, and after a debate
of some length the bill was recom
mended for passage.
The bill appropriating 830,000 fur a
building on the the university campus
was by agreement made the special
order for Thursday.
The senate recommended the passage
of the fellow servant bill, to make em
ployers liable for injuries to employes
when such injuries are caused by the
negligence of another employe. An
other object of the bill is to legislate
out of existence the B. & M. relief de
partment. The bill makes the em
ployer liable and provides that any con
tract, rule or regulation between such
employe and employer shall in no wise
impair or diminish such liability.
The bill taking the Milford indus
trial home from under control of the
woman's associate charities and placing
it in charge of the governor and the
ioljd of public lands an4 buildings,
was also recommended for passage.
The debate in committee of the whole
on this bill was very long, several of
the senators going into the merits of
the bill, and making a plea to let the
home remain in the hands of the
woman's associate charities. Senator
Conoway especially entered into de
tails and gave the history of the home,
but the senate refused to indefinitely
postpone.
liovernor liolcomb today approved
S. F. 41, by- Senator Ransom, requir
ing street car companies to vestibule
their cars for the protection of em-
oyes. .
K. 117, the state script bill was
advanced to head of general file.
The senate then passed the three
senate files which gives the governor
power to appoint officers of the Kear
ney and Geneva industrial schools and
the institute for feeble minded at
Beatrice.
Adjourned.
Thursday, April 1.
Friends of the state university fought
a battle in the senate today and won.
The house bill appropriating 830.000
for a building for the school of me
chanical arts was recommended for pas
sage. Bills passed were: S. F. 371, to tax
express companies; 375, to tax gross
earnings of telephone companies H of
per cent; 378, to tax gross earnings
of telegraph companies 1 per cent; II.
11. K. 198, Feru dormitory bill: 140. to
permit humane societies to adopt neg
lected children.
The senate bv a vote of 16 to 13 re
fused te concur in the house amend
ment to S. F. 8, Senator Deal's defi
ciency judgment bill. The house had
amended the bill excepting existing
contrasts.
The senate then went into commit
tee of the whole to consider the bill
appropriating 830,000 for a building for
mechanical arts. After' repeated at
tempts to cut down the appropriation
had failed the bill was favorably recom
mended.
The legislative committee appointed
to Investigate the charge that boodle
was Vbed by gamblers to secure the
paasace of a bill completed its work
yestarday and reported to the senate
that the charges were not sustained. A
reaolutiou was rssd censuring the
Omaha Bee, and its editor, who caused
the charges to be made.
rrtiUy, April t. ,
Advancement of Individual or pet
measures rauaed the usual wrangle lu
the senate this morning.
The scrip warrant bill. If. R. 117,
was siiiKI to bills under head of spe
cial order.
The fellow servants bill was defeat
d.
The bill to appropriate 110,000 for a
state university buildiiij? for school of
meousnleet arts, was pit!.
It. II. 154, ai propi luting matricula
tion fees ot state normal for a mi ot U
brary, paaaed.
A list ot bills wera recommended f r
speeial order, among them heluf the
refartadttin bill and all the guarantee
boad biila The will t considered
Monday night.
S P. !, taking the maasgemeat of
tht (udlrial home at MUfid out of
ha heads of the woman's sswneiata
AsrriiU, passed, a also did the bill
for organization of mutual hail insur
anee com pan lea
8. F. 186, to abolish capital punish
ment, was defeated.
The general appropriation bill was
considered in committee of the whole
There were many committee amend
ments adding to appropriations, the
most notable one being $10,000 to the
830,000 for support of the national
guard.
The bill appropriating f-J5,000 for an
addition to the Norfolk asylum was ad
vanced to third reading and the senate
adjourned. -
Saturday, April 8.
A. motion to advance the bill appro
priating $30,000 for a new wing at the
Hastings asylum prevailed and the bill
was ordered, to a third reading.
A few bills were passed, among thefl
number being: . Jr. 850, allowing
school boards to levy taxes; S. F. 202,
providing for the establishment of pub
lic libraries in school districts; U. R.
224, for a new wing to Norfolk asylum
and appropriating 825,000 therefor,
passed with emergency clause.
The senate in committee oi tne wnoie
considered the general appropriation
bills, and after making a few changes
therein arose and reported progress. ; '
The senate then adjourned : ... .
' Monday, April 8. . I t
' The senate this afternoon was con
fronted by a resolution calling for the
appointment Of a joint committee to.
investigate charges of fraud in the
matter of the York county ballots,
which charges were the result of the
disclosures of the recount One or two
amendmenss were offered, but were
not adopted. The original resolution
was, after much debate, tabled.
In committee of the whole the senate
again considered the general appro
priation bills, made a few changes and
adjourned without completing action
thereon.
IN THE HOUgE
' ' Tuesday, March 80.
This morning after listening to nu
merous reports of standing committees,
the house went into committee of the
whole and took up the revenue bill.
A few sections only were read and in
the afternoon bills on third reading oc
cupied the attention of the house. ,
II. R. 611 was read for the third
time. It is a concurrent resolution
introduced by the railroad committee,
providing for a commission of three
competent persons to ask the assistance
of the Interstate commerce commission
and the board of railroad commission
ers in ' securing just and equitable
freight rates to the gulf and to con
sider the propriety of building an in
terstate railroad to the Gulf of Mex
ico. The bill passed by a vote of 65
to 5.
H. R. 532, appropriating 910,000 for
the purpose of investigating the ao
accounts of the various executive offices
of the state and for the purpose of
prosecuting any officials who may be
found to have defrauded the state,
passed with the emergency clause, the
vote standing 76 to 0.
II. R. 6, Mr. Hull's bill providing for
the extinguishment of all deficiency
judgments and providing that when a
mortgagee sues on his note, he aban
dons his mortgage security, was passed
with the exact constitutionl majority
of 51 voltes. t, , f off
At the night session the house went
into the committee of the whole and
passed favorably upon, the blanket
ballot bill which almost received a
black eye on Monday through the op
position of Messrs. Zimmerman and
Hull. Mr. Hull experienced a change
of heart and moved to recommend the
bill favorably, which was done.
An exciting little encounter occurred
over the revenue bill, which Mr. Hull
moved to postpone. His motion was
like touching fire to gunpowder, and
when he saw how sentiment was run
ning he said he really favored the bill.
The bill is long and the members re
alize that it will consume considerable
time, but are quite generally in favor
of taking it up. Nothing was done with
it tonight, however. "
Adjourned.
Wednesday, March 81.
The house today put in another
very busy day. Tho morning was
occupied almost entirely with reports
of standing committees. The mem
bers made strenuous efforts to advance
individual bills, but the house sat
down on nearly every one that was
pushed. The Douglas county delega
tion sought to advanoe to the head of
the general file the bill permitting the
bonding of Douglas county for the ex
position, but the opposition was too
strong.
Later on the two bills appropriating
330,000 and 825,000 for permanent im
provements at the Hastings and Nor
folk asylums respectively, were ad
vanced for final consideration at an
early date.
Among the most important duis
passed by the house in the afternoon
was the senate aenciency judgment
bill and the bill enlarging the powers
of the board ot transportation.
The most important action during
the day was taken at the evening ses
sion in committee of the whole, when
the general revenue bill was post
poneri. This bill was drawn up on the
plan that assessments should hereaft
er be made at the eash value of prop
erty, with the Intent to lower the levy,
l'roviition was also made for county
ataeKMora and the validity of tax title
deeds was recognised. 1 he list of as-aeiu-able
property was raised from 36
ttema to nearly a hundred.
Opposition to the bill which was a
committee aubstitue for Mr. Pollard's
revenue bill, came from some of the
leaders oa the floor, who wished
ehaoges in the general revenue law
but did not want aweeplng rrforma.
Mr. Womter moved to postpone and
after an attempt ha 1 failed to recom
mit the bill, timt striking out all after
the enacting t'lauxe so that a fsw
preilig change might t made In
the prewnl Mktrm In accordance with
the governor' recommendations, the
motion to postpone earned.
This motion brought forth a storm
of protrata from the member which
Itroved UMirM. All the ir-iut revenue
oil have been pottponed lth the
nudeiatanding that they ware included
in the general revenue bill, and now
that it has ion by tha rd, the oaly
hop tor rsiief lie la the rHutdere
I (on of the vote by which the bill wa
HlMned.
I'be house totia paatml a motion fur
the appointment of a ro in nolle to roti
fer with the senate eotmottie as to the
time for final adjournment. The roov
lul'tee was not appoluttd.
Thursday, April 1.
Preliminaries over, the house, after
refusing to advance quite a number, of
bill, devoted the greater part of the
day to passage of measures. Among
the numerous ones passed the follow
ing are the most important: 8. F. 40.
providing for organization of mutual
hail insurance companies; H. R. 224,
appropriating $25,000 for a new build
ing at the Norfolk asylum; H. R 18,
appropriating 830,000 for permanent
improvements at the Hastings asylum.
H. R. 653, an act to validate renewal
bonds issued in Omaha, failed to pass
with the emergency clause and passed
without it, with 54 votes.
Mr. Yeiser succeeded in advancing
S. F. 157, prohibiting corporations or
business firms from furnishing officers
in cities or villages free any gas, elec
tric light or other artificial light, water
or water service, transportation,' etc.
The motion to advance to a third read
ing prevailed by a vote of 41 to 19.
H. R. 345. preventing commission
merchants from depositing the pro
ceeds of a consignment in their own
name in bands and making such an act
embezzlement, was recommended for
passage. A provision was added al
lowing merchants to deduct from re
mittances, indebtedness of consignors
to them.
H. R. 282, providing for a state board
of engineers, was indefinitely post
poned. '"" ' " '' - - i ' ; i
H. R.' 529, authorizes the 'board J
public lands and buildings to purchase
a quarter section of land near the
Hastings asylum for the purpose of
taking care of the sewage coming from
the asylum. The bill was recommend
ed for passage.
The committee rose and its report
was adopted. '
A motion to adjourn carried, taking
precedence over a motion to take a
recess till 7:30 o)clock,
Friday, April S.
Several bills were advanced in the
house, after which the regular order
prevailed.
A motion to recede from the house
amendment to 8. F. 108, the deficiency
Judgment bill, carried. As passed the
till effects existing contracts.
Bills passed were: H. R. 67, making
chicken stealing a burglary; 283, plac
ing institute for blind at Nebraska
City and deaf and dumb institute at
Omaha under control of state board of
trustees instead of the board of public
lands and buildings.
Mr. Snyder of Sherman was excused
for the balance of the session.
After recess the claims bill passed
with emergency clause.
H. R. 463, the blanket ballot bill,
passed with emergency clause.
8. F. 157, to prevent persons, part
nerships, and corporations from fur
nishing to officers any gas lights, etc.,
at a price less than is charged other
customers for such.
H. R. 342, the penitentiary bill, was
passed, as were also S. F. 207, defining
beneficiary societies, H. R. 334 and 1J.
11. 351.
H. R. 175, amending the state and
county depository law passed with
emergency clause.
At the evening session reports of
standing committees were received.
8. F. 2, to prevent insurance com
bines, was advanced and ordered en
grossed for third reading after quite a
debate.
' ' The senate judiciary apportionment
bill was indefinitely postponed.
A motion to adjourn Wednesday af
ternoon next was defeated, as the joint
committee had not yet reported.
' In committee of the whole II. R. 241,
defining a legal newspaper and provid
ing that it must have been published
three months to be such, was recom
mended for passage.
H. R. 403, appropriating 810,000 for
the Nebraska fair association at North
Platte in behalf of irrigation interests,
was postponed.
H. R. 441 provides that where a
change of venue in a law suit is taken,
the costs shall be taxed back to the
county from which suit was brought.
It was recommended for passage.
H. R. 456, to prevent combinations
of elevator men, was recommended for
passage.
The committee then rose aud thv
house adjourned. t
Saturday, April 8.
Barely a constitutional majority at
tended the session of the house Satur
day and the passage of bills was de
ferred, the entire day being given over
to consideration of bills in committee
of the whole.
The fight of the day, however, oc
curred over H. R. 578, permitting
Douglas county to bond itself for the
exposition. The opposition to the bill
was headed by the Lancaster county
delegation, with Mr. Wooster a close
second. It passed through the commit
tee of the whole amended so as to per
mit the issuance of bonds to the amount
of 1100,000 instead of 8250,000 as pro
vided in the original draft of the bill.
A resolution to allow straight time
for all employes was tabled.
Monday, April 5.
Consideration of II. R. 578, to allow
Douglas county to bond itself in aid of
the exposition, was resumed in com
mittee ot the whole this morning, the
motion before the committee being to
indefinitely, postpone. . The motion
failed to carry and the bill was recom
mended for passage.
li. It. 33, the autl cigarette bill waa
advanced to a third readiag.
Standing committees reported on
several bill.
8. P. 330, Senator Gondnng's antl.
trust bill waa ordered to third reading.
In committee of the whole II. H. 2o3,
regulatlug ooiumUaioua for selling live
stock waa reported for
II. R. 875 providing for free employ
ment bcicaua In uu-tropolltan cities
was reoouiuiended for ptugc.
Among the bills pwMted were the
t blowing house rolla: 11, denning a
legal newspaper; 73, providing for eol
lei tioo c t:i in Irrigation districts;
H, requiring ewrimiou mert'haut
to act a agvut of shipper, and pro
hibiting them deporting money re
ceived for wi h iu bank In their own
name) 47 J. allowing Ixiaril of purchase
aud upptle to contract el for one
yean 3'.'., for pureha of Und for use
of lfsg enytuiut 833, providing
that when normal school have
ti ure of study a state normal hocl,
graduate of saw may ha.' J".l? er
tinVale) 41, plaeleg home for tr-u4-lru
lu control of tale( 171, providing
for letting atate printing in ml lot;
4m, prohibiting couttdiiatUma among
grata elevator men; e.'5, to prevent
boir t htdeta.
The house then adj ara4.
THE CHIEF ENGINEER
GEN. JOHN M. WILSON CHIEF
OF ARMY CORPS.
His Appotntaaent One of the laat OfaV
ial Act of Ex-Frealdeot ClavehUMl
Bis Record la the Service of the
Unites State.
ENERAL JOHN M.
Wilson, chief of the
army engineer
corps, who has just
been promoted to
that position and
has been made a
brigadier - general,
is by no means un
known to the mar
iners of the great
lakes. The general
waa for many years in charge of the
river and harbor improvements on
Lake Erie and had his headquarters at
Cleveland. He has been of no small
service in the light institution, and is
widely known to the lake Interests.
General Wilson is a native of Wash
ington and is 60 years old. In 1860 he
was graduated from the military aca
demy at "West Point His first service
was in the artillery, and he passed
through the civil war with great credit..
He was brevetted many times for his
gallant conduct during the war. For
four years from 1871 to 1875 he was
in charge of the fortifications at Forts
Ontario and Niagara. In the last
named year he was transferred to
Washington territory and Oregon to
look after the works on the Columbia
river. In 1882 he was recalled to Wash
ington, where he was made assistant
chief of engineers. Having held that
position until 1886, he was again sent
to California. When Mr. Cleveland was
elected president be made General Wil
son superintendent of the' public build
ings and grounds In the District of Co
lumbia. In 1889 be was made superin
tendent of the academy at West Point,
GEN. JOHN M. WTLSON.
and in 1893 he was recalled to Wash
ington and given his former position
as superintendent of public buildings
and grounds. Gen. Wilson Is one of
the ablest men in the engineer corps
and his promotion Is the reward of
merit..
A Story of Moltke.
The following anecdote is told oi
Moltke the German general: Travel
ing In Switzerland, he came to Z
and walked to the (hotel. As the head
waiter of the stylish and well-known
establishment saw his gaunt figure
stalking in, wrapped in a worn-out,
dusty cloak, carrying an old leather
satchel, he measured his wealth by his
looks and ordered the, assistant to show
him into a small room in the upper
most story. . Moltke followed without
remonstrance. As he was making him
self comfortable in the attic another
assistant came, as is customary there,
to ask the silent stranger his name
and rank. This created no small con
sternation In the office of the Hotel B.
The consequence was that a few min
utes later mine host, with a retinue of
"Kellner," all in full" dress, appeared
at the attic door to inform His Excel
lency that a better room had just been
vacated In the "Belgate." "Give that
to my servant," replied Moltke, "when
he comes with our carriage. This is
good enough for me." And he .re
mained. A New Story of the KaUer,
A pretty story, savoring of the ro
mantic, is told in the French press
about the Kaiser. Recently His Majes
ty went to the Berlin barracks alone.
The corporal on guard recognized fhe
Kaiser immediately and saluted him.
The Kaiser was pleased, and approach
ing the soldier, said: "Why do you
look so sad, corporal?" The corporal
did not reply. The emperor then asked
it be was disappointed in love. At
this the corporal found his tongue,
and replied that he wished to marry
Marguerite, the daughter of his sergeant-major,
but that her father would
not give his consent until he became a
sergeant. "And do you love her very
much?" asked the Kaiser. "Oh. yes,"
whs the reply. "Then," said the em
peror, "go and tell your future father-in-law
that William II. makes you a
sergeant."
Tha I'taa-ae la India,
The bubjnlc plague la sxteuding la
India. In Pomhsy, up to January
the official returns sho, 4,294 caM
and 3.373 deaths. At Karachi, another
Important port, thrt bad bea about
?oo esses, most of which wr fatal.
There hare bees daaiha also at Poooa,
lundra. and several smaller place
whr fugitive from Uatbbay southt
rfui and three deaths of auxa fugi.
Uvea have been reported at tioa la
Portuguese India. The mkuiloaarlM in
Horn bay have remained, and bo ra
have occurred a the Christian, trphsn
ai ta Dombay and Randra, though
they are surrounded by aa Infected
sopuUtln.
THB FACTS IN THE MATTER.
Mr. Loom is of the Recount Committee
Answers the Charges of Fraud.
Concerning the charges that had been
made through the. newspapers, that
fraud in the recounting of the supreme
judge ballots cast in Butler county j
making a change in the looting oi the
tally sheets, Mr. Loomis sent the follow
ing explanation to the clerk's desk at
opening of the eeesioa Thursday morn
ing and bad it read. .
House of representatives, April 1,
1897. Mr. Speaker and members of the
house; At the request of several mem
bers of the house, I herewith submit an
explanation to an alleged tampering
with the recount tally sheet, as waa
charged in the State Journal ofthia
morning. Personally, I do it reluctantly,
believing it to be beneath our dignity to
notice the attacks of such sheets as the
Journal and Call of this eity and their
lackeys. But at the earnest request of
other members. I give you the facts
which areas follows:
; After completing the recount of Butler
county (my borne county) I thought to
draw off from the tally sheet the resilt
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people as a matter 01 news, as buud m
I began I discovered '-what I believed to
bean error. Immediately stepped to
the 'phone and "ordered back from the
express office the ballots and poll books
of that county in order that the error
migh t be corrected.
After the package just described was
returned Mr. Campbell, the clerk who
made the error, and myself proceeded to
make the correction. We found that
the number of votes cast for the repre
sentative as returned by the recount
board in one ward in David City and
Savannah township to be just one-half
what it really was.
The "erasures" spoken of in the Jour
nal made by Mr. Campbell and myself
were to double the number of votes for
representative" in the two precincts
named above. As soon as I discovered the
error I lost no time in making the correc
tion. The correction.as you will observe,
is directly against the amendment.
Now, Mr. Speaker, this is the last time
I shall condescend to notice any of the
slanderous writing that may appear in
such papers as the Journal or Call. It
is belittling and unworthy our notice.
Fbank F. Loomis.
The explanation was received by the
house and ordered spread upon the rec
ords. Mr. Loomis is a roan who has the
respect of every member of the house
without regard to politics and all were
plainly indignant at the unwarranted
attacks made upon' him by the republi
can papers. The recount committe have
allowed representative of the press the
greatest freedom possible. They have
been allowed to stand and look over the
shoulder of any of the judges or clerks at
any time they desired. Aud the Journal
nnd Call have had representative (her
most of the time.
Read the advertising of Rudge & Mor
ris on page a and send for their cata
logue. Theirs is the largest furniture
house in the West.
FAVORS t SERVICE PENSION.
The Hcuse Passes a JRt solution to Aid
the Old Soldiers.
On Friday morning when the House
came' to the order of resolutions, Repre
sentative; Grandstoff of Webster county
sent up the following resolution which
was unanimously agreed to:
Whereas, now that more than thirty
years have passed since the close of the
war of the rebellion, and
Whereas, a great many of the soldiers
and sailors of the war are entitled to
pensions, but unable to obtain them,
and
Whereas, those who do obtain pen
sions are obliged to subject themselves
to examinations and many needless in
quiries. Whereas a service pension is just and
equitable aud would sava the govern
ment from the expense of the examining
boards. Therefore be it
Resolved, that we urge our senators
and representatives in congress to use
all possible efforts to pass a service
pension bill, and further
Resolved, that the chief clerk of the
house be, and is herehy instructed to
send a copy of these resolutions to each
of our senators nnd representatives i
congress.
Harrison on Corporations.
In a letter recently published ex-Presi-dent
Harrison'gpeakiDg of the causes or
the discontent among people says:
"Five-sixths of the country favor a re
vision of corporation laws, limiting the
purposes for which corporations may
be organized, supervising issuing of
stocks and bonds, and putting other
needed restraints upon them. An even
larger proportion of our people would
give their emphatic support to the prop
osition that tax burdens should fall
equally upon all property. They do not
now, as every one knows. Lands.houses,
live stock and implements of trade can
not be hidden. Stocks and bonds can
be, and the assessor baa no way of check
ing the list. A way must be devised to
place corporations under proper re
straint and to bring to the tax-roll the
vast aggregate of untaxed personal
property, but it will never be accom
plished by the impulsive hodg podge
rr.Rthod of sixty-day legiHlatures."
The populiat party advocate a tax
upou the value of the franchises and an
income tax, a being the fairest and
moat eipedient method of taxing power
ful rorporntlwus, provide severe pnal-tU-
in the nm of fine and forfwitun
of franchlne for failure to eomiily with ,
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