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The Legislature. Botardajr, January tl. la the mo ate yesterday morning Korea of Douglas, chairman of the committee on education, submitted a report recommending the passage of Mnate file Mo. 8, by Parrel L, to re quire eohool boards to provide suitable water closets, and the passage of sen ate file No. 9, by Canaday, providing that the terms of members of boards of education shall begin the first Mon day la May. The report was adopted and the bills were placed on general , Ue. ' O'Neill of Holt Introduced a joint resolution to submit a proposition in the year 1000 for a constitutional con vention. House rolls appropriating 990,000 for salaries of officers and employes of the legislature and (40,000 for incidental expenses of the leglslatvre, were road the first time. Ben ate file Nos. 10(1 to 188 were read the second time and referred to com mitteea. After the order of business had been tailed the aenate remained at ease un til the time for the Joint convention arrived. Tbe aenate reconvened after the noon recess at I o'clock, On recommenda tion of Currle of Custer, chairman of tbe committee on accounts and ex tienditures, the secretary of stale was nstructed to buy 8113 worth of furni , ture for committee rooms. The list of f furniture comprises twelve revolving chairs at 85.76 each, six rocking chairs at 8..7S, light chairs at 8i.R0, one re vol ring chair at IS.fiO, one table at f 10, ftenate file No 'i'i, by Talbot, was in definitely postponed on recommenda tion of the committee on privileges and elections, The bill correct fig ures in the ballot law, but tbe commit tee deemed the correction unnecessary. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert un earthed a rule which requires reports 01 standing committee to lie over one day, lie proceeded to enforce the rule and it was suspended temporarily in order to admit of action on a roport of the commitU-e on privileges and lections on senate (11 0 J 5, a bill intro duced by Van Dusen, relating to pri mary elections The committee re commended that the bill be passed and the report was adopted. The senate, after some debate, amending the motion that each sena tor be allowed two tickets to the joint session so as to provide two ticket for tbe president of the senate, to em ployes and newspaper reporters, adopt ed the recommendation of the coin init io in relation to admissions. While this subject was up, Bteele of Jefferson, an old soldier, suggested that a little more military style would uit his ideas, lie said the house was called up and remained standing while the senate marched into tbe Joint con tention, and he had noticed that the senators dropped into chairs one at a time. Ue thought the senators should remain standing and all be seated at once. Tbe chair aald the suggestion com ported with his idea of the dignity of the occasion. Van Dnsen's resolution relating to furnishing supplies for the senate through the printing committee wu fain laid over one day. Moo-ar, January IS. After preliminaries in the senate Saturday the judiciary committee re ported aenate file No. 19 back to the eon a to without recommendation, lroat of Gage, introducer of the bill, snored that it be placed on general Ele. Tbe motion waa agreed to. Tbe 111 provides that a divorce mar be granted when either party shall be come Insane and shall have been on fined la au Insane hospital for a period of five yeara and is apparently incura ble, provided that such insanity baa not been caused by the fault or mis conduct of the party seeking the di vorce. Hills on first and second reading oc cupied considerable time. 11 ol brook of Dodge brought up the question of adjourning after the Joint coavontloa till 10 a. in. Tuesday. Tal bot of Lancaster argued earnestly against missing the opportunity' of taking a Joint ballot for United States aenator each secular day. lie thought It would be unsafe, Van Dusen of Douglas argued Just as earnestly that the legislature had a right to adjourn Ue thought do legal complications would arise. Talbot moved to amend the motion by fixing the time at 11 a. in, Monday. " Tbe amendment waa adopted by a vote Of 18 to 14. In committee of the whole house roll No. IIS and 121, appropriating 10,000 for legislative salaries and 80, 000 for Incidental ex pauses of the leg islature, were ordered engrossed for third reading. Van lluaeii of Itouglaa withdrew his resolution authorising the printing eommlttee to furnish supplies to the tenets. The senate repaired to the house te parUolpau la the Julut convention,, re eoovened at 11:30 and adjourned UU Monday, 11 ft. m. CLOSING OUT HOG SALE V 1 ' 1 - 'X io v ' . . " " v 'i ' V " 7 7 A V f l 1 i s bi' t v v L. II. SUTER, rt i TuMdaj, January 34. The aenate convened at 11 a. m. yes terday. Chaplain Cressman asked is his prayer for a deliverance of the people from tbe blight of Intemper ance. When bills cn third reading came up the secretary proceeded to read two bills, tbe legislative salary appropria tion bill and a bill appropriating f 40, 000 to pay incidental expenses of the legislature. After the clerk had be gun on the second bill Talbot of Lan caster insisted that a rote should be taken on each immediately after the third reading. lie read the constitu tion to show that no other business could Intervene between the last read ing the roll cull on the bill. The chair complied with the constitution. House roll No, 113, appropriating 190,000 for salaries of members and employes of the legislature, waspussed there being 81 yeas and no nays. House roll No. 121, appropriating 140,000 for incidental expenses of the legislature, was also passed. At the afternoon session Reynolds of Dawes presented a petition asking that a joint memorial to congress fa voring woman suffrage be passed. The petition waa received and placed on file. Several bills were placed on file, a change was mode in the work of some of the employes and one or two added, the constitutional limit of 60 being reached. 200 conies of the State Jour nal legislative blue book were ordered. Jn committee of the whole the sen ate acted on senate file 12 to prohibit platting of encumbered land into town or city lots, Jt was recommended for passage, 1 wo rues were passed over. uver senate Die Z7, quite a debate en lued. The bill requires juries in all ases to render special findings when kj requested by either party. Hanni bal of Howard opposed the bill be puu so it takes all discretionary power troin ttie court. Van Punch of Douglas opposed it because there was no demand from the people or the lawyers for such a change, Huch a change would be taken advantage of by skillful lawyers and would redound mostly to advantage of defendants in personal damage nits. He knew of but one state that has such a law. Kansas has a similar law, and though Kansas Is redeemed, Nebraska doea not want to follow in all things. Attorneys un der the bill would be able to confuse juries by asking numerous questions. Mr. Talbot answered at length. He ITTAu i0ukA W?nl UdT tlfti ought to deprive a litiirantoft'ie right to ask juries to answer questions re lating to matters of fact. Hannibal of Howaad preferred to trust an h meat judge rather than an nterested lawyer. Van Dusen moved to recommend that the bill be immediately postponed. Currle of Custer, spoke in favor of the motion to postponerhd it waa adopted, I'ulbot and Ilocke alone voting in sup port of the bill. Wednesday, January 98, Routine work out of the way in tho icnate yesterday, Koeke of Lancaster, ihairman ot the committee ou prlvleges ind elections, reported favorably on teuato file No. 1, by Trout, a bill to prevent a esdidato'e name from ap pearing on tike ballot more than once, lhe bill was placed on general file. Van Dusen of Douglas, chairman of the judiciary committee, reported and recommended tbe passage of a sub it I tute for senate file No. 7, by Knepper of Butler. Th original bill wipea out all sections of the statutes relating to support of county agricultural societies by taxation. The substitute does not wipe out the law, but amende it so that the drawing of a warrant in aid of the couuty agricultural society thall be opened with the county au thorities. The substitute bill waa placed on general file In place of the original. bo 11 ate file No. 203 was introduced by Newell of Cass. It makes the of- Dees of marshal and city attorney elec tive oflicea in cities of the second class having moro than 6,000 inhabitants. An acknowledgement of tho passage of a resolutiou in the interests of a pension for Gen. John M. 1'almer of Illinois wus received and spreud upon the senate journal. General 1'almer thanked the lieutenant-governor and the aenate. Chairmen of standing committees re ported various bills. Noyes of Ikiuglai from the rules committee, reported changes In rules 24 and 23. The com mittee struck out the portion of nils 24 which requires standing committee reports to luy over one dsy, and merely changed the lauguage in rule 25 relat ing to the course eneh bill ahall take. The committee ou enrolled and en groaaed bills reported that house rolls Nos. Ill and Kl, the legislative appro priation bills, were correctly enrolled. The J.euUuant governor signed both bills. Senate file Ho. 2, by Fowler, repeal ing seetlou WIT to W.'4, inclusive, re lating to arrest before and after Jodg tutu I, was rHii t4 corrvcU urwlleo. The bill was then passsd by a vote of 18 to 1. mm n,y I IH mU at ubli audio, el my Una A Bub borlbwrat ol ha, SA , I'.bmary t, lW!,wy (mire herd of Fancy Poland China Swine, Isrladbw til so, br4. a I aUa enm toaaii tr e4 r l"r ''' I bwl s boats eiml tv KW' ll.i.M it htm Ihsi was !! lor I M, U'I7 l'"' -a ltf last eH ttf 1 1. , fnMa Id, tkit, lkra art I laiiuit in itioi nyattirss Mb, aotf fc'h br4 Terms ol Sale, Ma w,t talk mis SMIimi later! H ii wili, i eut e !-, iHrf svallvtMS) dt thigl I Mrvalv1 f ea U o itit r l a-J (ao lkiit-44ts are aWir la tcta'iiy, COL. J. W. SPARKS, Auctioneer. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Haturtl-y, January 91, Immediately after preliminaries la the house yesterday, reports of stand ing committees were received. House roll 53. declaring the plowing up of public highway to be a inlsdeanor, waa reported for passage by the committee on roads. House roll 6, amending the statutea to that in case of felonies, except trea son, arson, and murder, information by grand jury is necessary, was re ported for indefinite postponement. Easterling moved to amend that the report be concurred in. Lane of Lan caster raised the point of order that a motion to indefinitely postpone could not be amended. Grosveoor of Hamil ton called attention to the fact tha the ruling was contrary to the usua procedure, and asked that the rule be made a part of the record. A motion by Easterling to make the report a special order for 3 o'clock was voted down, and the report was adopted. Speaker Clark satisfied tho members that his ruling was correct, not only according to Kobcrts' rules of order, but also by Heed's parliamentary rules. Rule 122 of the latter says: The mo tion to Indefinitely postpone is not only debatable, but throws open the whole question to debate. Inasmuch as an aflirmative vote on this motion mar decide the main question the merits of the question must be open for discus don. The motion cannot be postponed. House roll 0, by Kasterling, which Is a slight change in the manner of filing information by county attorneys, was recommended for passage. On motion of liurns a committee of three was appointed to act with a senate committee relative to admis sions during balloting for senator. ,tMP ",,. - nvtA f1iu. uA mission be by ticket, each member to have two. An anti-foreign alliance resolution by Grell of Harpy was tabled. A motion by Bollard of Cass that committee on printing be given entire supervision of the purchase of supplies was indefinitely amended. On motion of 1'rince of Hall, Mr. Benjamin, the member unseated, waa allowed pay and per diein. The Fill more county con test cos was up again, and a motion by Ol instead of Douglas that County Judge Hkipton be brought before the bar of the house to show cause, if any, why he still re fuses to deliver the ballots, prevailed. At4o'olock the sergeant-at-arms ap peared with Judge Sklpton. The speaker asked the judge to make a statement. That gentleman said he had no more to say than he had said, i Olmstead moved that he be imprisoned Lancaster county lail for six ihour, for contetnptuou; behavior in the presence of the house. The merits of the matter of punishment were entered into, resulting in the adoption of the motion to imprison. Bower of Hall introduced a bill to establish a state normal school at St. Paul, and appropriating 150,000 there fore. The house, In committee of the whole considered house roll 14 and 18, The first was recommended for indefinite postponement, the latter, making ! public road plowing a tnlsdeanor war recommended tor passage. Adjourned, Monday January 98. The house at its session of Saturday transacted but very little business, putting In most of tta time waiting of tbe joint session to arrive. As soon as he could gain the speak er's notice, Hurne of Lancaster offered a motion that all persons be prohibited from eanvassing on tha floor 01 tne bouse. Agreed to without division. Fisher of Dawea submitted a petition from the Nebraska women's auffrage association, protesting against the passage of the bill to do away with the office of oil inspector. The aaooi ation say the inspector standa between tbe public and bad and dangerous olL New bills were introduced and others read second time. Burns moved that the time of meeting of each committee be an nounced by tbe speaker together with the numberof the bill to be considered. Carried. The house adopted a motion by Pol lard of Case that when the house ad journ it be till 11 o'clock a. in. Monday, Wilcox of Lincoln Introduced a mo tion appointing Fisher of Dawes and Prince of Hall attorneys for the house la habeas corpus proceedings insti tuted to secure the release of F. Hkip ton from custody, where he was put under order of the house. The motion prevailed without discussion. , The aenate was aunonnced and the joint convention was immediately called to order. TaaaiUr, Jannarr 94. ' When the house convened yesterday morning at II o'clock In the abaenoe of Chaplain Nrtibrouke, llcprcscntatlvo Last ma 11 led In prsver. lie asked dl- vlue blessing on tha work of the week In view of Us great Importance. The Judiciary committee reported, reouiiiiueudtug for passage bills as fol lows: lluuse roll No. SI, relating guard ians aud ward. House roll No. 24, relatlug to guard ians and ward. House roil No. II, amending eeetlon 601 of the civil chU, Tbe trouble over bill files was again brought up tn a resolution by l Uoiu Ui( MeirUk, tiiaUuetiug tha priuv lag eoiuiutttee lebave the bills priatsd with Mtiler inarg.ua. He lad found diHWulty lu the wiauagemsut of his HI. Mr. ren sugvntel that tbe whole tro ibis hiU the file aud aoiwtih tits tui ike me was a eitesp nue, utterly uaau I to hold a Urge auuib-r of Mil. He suggeaWd that I be Ku NtMfcorolofioe used with a pstvat I'itant, fur hohUaf the bill, tlbi wr tbe ! tan iuito sll. MiiiHitir ul karar iniuKH wava ihsi t i- rtiuiHittNi lo liifk'W l W parvbato KVoM lU ! tbe tt nt tis ttfttt wts4 of tbe frUi4 by the st-iury ot , I be itwtu rrt4. Ise ! u auaxuad aud fur thv bit.iu. klvfit I so bou H-a r aMlsg' after tolatsloi t..vd;Ulv rliaJ iiaolt (IO VMMIMlltUo ! tit hols IUum twit S i, t 1 , proski la a rraUf !i I- tho at " poaiHf aoviU'e t aaJ tl f sasater II Our new ratalt'iiun nuitctl rreiotu o(-town (tutomr'rt. Wriln (nr it. Great Bargains In Ladies' Cloth Jackets and Ladies' Cloth and Plush Capes of the atatutes and wards was sage. relative to guardians recommended for pas- House roll No. 24. by Lane, a similar bill, re-enacting section 20 of tho same chapter, was also recommended for passage. House roll No. 31. bv Evans, remov ing obsolete matter from section 002 of the civil code was recommended for passage. x be report of the committee of the whole was unanimously adopted. llie bouse then adjourned. W.dn.idar, January 38. The bouse transacted no bustoess yesterday before the committee on en- ? grossed and enrolled bills reported the egislative appropriations as correetly enrolled. The speaker signed them In the present of the house. Residents of turning county asked for an act compelling the removal of a dam in the Klkhorn river. Another petition asked for the passage ot an act permitting the free passage of fish on all rivers. Other petitioners asked that a law be passed providing a pen alty for discharging fire arma along public highways and also making tbe penalty for embezzlement more severe. 111118 were read for the nrst and sec ond times, after which Kasterling of Buffalo moved that the committee on printing be instructed to ascertain the cause of the delay in printing the bins. Evans of Adams stated that he had repeatedly Interviewed the printer and had received only promisee. Mr. Hastening s motion carried. Lvans of Adams moved to reconsider the motion ordering the Keystone files to be purchased. The motion carried and tho original motion was tabled. After convening, following tbe loin aesslon, adjournment was taken till morning. Among now bills introduced woret One by McCarthy to prevent trusts and combines; two by Hieoke, the first to prevent construction of da ins that prevent free passage of fish and pro viding for iUhways, the second, pro hibiting Mult catching except by hook snd line. One by Hums for state series of school test books and appropriating 1100,000 therefor; oua by Hums Irapoo Ing 5 per cent eiclae tas on ei press companies; by Chittenden for new buildings at Heatrico fcble minded Institute. GUAM TO BE COLONIZED. two Ila4r4 Marls I aU fee tho l.lad Xil Moalh. New York, Jan. tS.-0 February lithe tranport Yiulie wilt eU from N'w York with 9K) msrlaee aboard fr Husiii l.ieutciisot Colonl iVrvlval II IVp will U la oxnuosod. He and his ortlovrs under him wlU rarry with Ihvm tm tbe ship their fan. Ill, and In tlusm thvra will bo start ed a little American e4ony, Uuasa will bo srrt.a4 to pretest Uprbv lag. 1h Irlp ml tho Yt-Miatlto will bo bv tf of tho lint it. aai will i ... .....i.. a .... i t . afur the flrt. 0YNAM!TAT0MAHA. aisor M.l auo t U IimUh of a rsii Mo Maa fUtvta On tat, N.W, Jsa, II AWt I 'UmIi yirdf Motalag aa at Usspt was atado to blow p slit if aakb the ri4ao 1 a U T-wle, the aarf lb IHosha l'alilag Mosaaay. Ko etpianatUa tsa Vo atade K the atUmyl esoft tho tho f that tho Wtftv waa do Vr porooat ioomV $ 4tohg4 frM taa erlo 4 the MMpaf, A tea4 ol It.lwM ha Ua offo4 lf the artt f tho pi rtfaWta This has been a very successful season for our Cloak Department. We have sold about fifty per cent more than during any previous season in the his tory of our business. This, we think, has been due to the fact that we fiave had an immense assortment of the very best styles, and values unequaled. We have now in stock only about six hundred Jackets snd Capes, and to close these out quickly we are offering: great bargains. If yoM are interested in ' a winter wrap of any description, we invite you to our store. Black Cloth Jackets. $2.50, $3.50, $4, $5, $6.50, $6.75, $7.50, v $8, $9, $9.75, $10. Black Cloth Capes. $1.90, $2.48, $3,60, $4.89, $5.50, $6.89, $8.00 and $10.00. Plush Capes. $2.25, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6.89, $9.75, $12.75 and $15. MILLER & PAINE Corner O and TO IS FIAT Continued from first page) would melt it down and then bring It buck to the United States, would it then be worth a hundred thousand dol lars? No it would not. Certainly then the silver dollars is not bullion when it leaves our shores, unless it be melted down. But if I were in Europe with a hundred thousand dollars of sliver money, would I be foolish enough to turn it over to some Englishman for fifty thousand dollars when I have the opportunity to Bend it to tho Uni ted States and there it is worth twice its bullion value? If any Englishman had a hundred thousand dollars, would he be willing to take its bullion value in gold for that one hundred thousand dollars? No he would not. Oh, but you say that the hundred thousand dollars is redeemed in gold in tbe Uni ted States, and that is the reason why it is worth a hundred thousand dollars in Europe. But, my republican friend, you have aaid that you want a dollar that Is worth Just as much molted down aa it is with the government stamp on it; and you have professed that one of our dollars is just as good as another. This ia a mistake, ll one of our dollars la just an good as an other, and if the gold dollura is worth a hundred cents melted down, the silver dollars must be worth a hun dred cents also, if it were melted down. '1'h ih of course, would tie conclusive, if one dollur were as good as another, that the silver dollar melted, would be worth us much aa the gold dollar. But you say that the flat Is on the sil ver dollar and that Is what saves it. Well to save It la to redeem it. That is good populist doctrine. If then the redemption of the silver dollar depends on the fiat, Is the gold dollar its re deemer? No. The populist should be tery careful in saying that the dollar is bullion as soon aa It leaves our shores. Our dollar la good to pay our sailors In any port of the world. Hut what about the foundation facta In the republican argument when they my that the gold dollar is worth Just ' much melted down as it U with the government stamp on It? Certainly iNimiltats have Wen somewhat detl- vlritt In their argument In admitting that tho gold dollar Is worth as much nu lled down aa It Is with the govern ment stamp on It. The goUt dollar Is not worta a much melted down as it Is with the governUM-nl stamp on H. lhe gold dollur weigh Si.sa grains, pure gold, (.old at th I'nllrd tttale liilut I wrth flltto -r ounce. That mime of gold Wright tn) groin. lul.l 1.M by lb aud that gtw y lb a!u of one grain ot g.d.l. Tho vabio of tut grain ot goUl U "iV A tilt! Ir than fuur rvttts, multiply I tiiiJi by 1 1 31 ami you ho the !o of thm gi.hl dollar, whlffc I I otvijji r a liltlo Ira than niiirly rvat. That U, the guld ooiUr l worth a MV h th Uvty rvats It l I mltl U.. Well, mt rtnt It, a i. friend, it m tl on hundred h" I ddUr ! r'.urvj, wwubl ) K.rlt (I tlw, a4 (4m- It la butluia? If )o. wuut.l tMt wuk Wnm I tu ooo by lhe tWb o n..y wwubl b Mori M'l t 0 tt H. lsl b.0 th It would ho with t'M-l Koto's i t, ! what I )whi gl 4 iMisr ol4l 4 ) www 14 b to h. tt U h (. n.riH-, uadvr ll. pfiiiwtlMH tt tH .( el fti If )h npUI lo a! h fr !. Tb wo .li4o tkl Iho H.14 d-lUr U ,Imh1 I ih TWrIMel Us. Ail owwv l S"l4 Ih wotM r I wilh tlto btt when too Uk l to . l ull- KliH lutal, i'ttrl Mat iusv sU.ot W $ ul of l. In ISt Ih gtf ! t laUlco I tl.Jtoro t ! on ol .U lit hs I Rt hoarv4 ai.liiK-s Jan. 26 1899 o 4 s 13th Sts., Lincoln, Neb." of gold in circulation in the year 1804. i If one tenth of that was fiat, that would make fifty millions of flat In our gold money in the United States. At the same time we had one hundred and twelve millions of silver In circu lation. If one bnlf of our silver money Ih flat, that would make fifty millions of flat. But this cuts no figure. The jiolnt is, cun the government create value? Certainly it can. li this be true that the government can create value, is it not a fact that silver, under all of its disadvantages might be brought to a parity with gold, or the amount of bullion in the silver dollar might be worth ninety cents the . same as it ia in the gold dolor? - WALTER JOHNSON. North Loup, Neb., Jan. 14,1899. Cotton Bound for Japan. Newtow, Kan., Jan. 25. Twenty ana cars of cotton wera brought la from the South yesterday and the con tents transferred for the Paclfio coast, moat Of tha notion rrnlni tn .T Thia makes 170 cars which have goal to mat aestination from thia point. 1 Our Seeds Grow We have the best seeds this world produce. AM grass seed gown at the Exposition was furnished by us. VYasu't it hue? Write for our free Cntalog. Grass, Clover, Timothy, Alfalfa, aud Millet &d. iThe Nebraska Seed Co. 1309 Farnam St. Omaha. Nebr, UK. M B9 ia. i vi n -i if ia rna oju? 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