The Week in The Legislature. Itutai In the senate on the 18th Senator Schaal's Joint resolution for a consti tutional amendment to Increase the number of supreme court Judges to five, was read for the second time and referred to the committee on const It u ► tlonal amendments and federal rela tions, of which Senator Crow Is chair man. House roll No. 330, providing for two additional schools, waB read the second time and referred to the com mittee on university and norinil schools. Senate file No. 227 was read for the third time and put upon Its passage. It provides for the relief of ltussell F. Loomis. The bill was passed. Senate tllle No. 257 was placed on Its passage. It authorizes county boards of adjoining counties to enter Into joint contracts for the building and maintenance of bridges. The bill was passed. Senate flic* No. 199, to amend sec tion 418 of the civil code, relating to evidence as to legislative proceedings, was passed. Senate file No. C4, providing that warrants drawn by county boards In excess of 85 per cent of the levy, where there are no funds In the treas ury for the payment of the same, may be cancelled by civil action from mem * bers of the board, received sufficient votes for passage, but as Senator Mil ler, the author of the bill, voted against It, there was, tn the language of the chair, a stampede from yea to nay, by senators changing their votes. A second roll call was ordered which resulted in the defeat of the bill, A number of senators now changed their votes from nay to yea before the an nouncement of the result, whereupon It was true that when the lieutenant governor came to announce the re sult, the vote stood Hi yeas to 15 nays. A constlutlonal majority huving failed to vote In the affirmative, the bill was defeated. Senate tile No. 204 was recommend ed for indefinite postponement. It requires corporations to pay an an nual license tax on their capital stock at the rate of $1 per $50,000. Senate file No. 187 was read for the third time and put upon Its passage. This is Senator Van Dusen's hill to exempt from garnishee or attachment the monthly earnings of heads of fam ilies up to $50. The bill was passed with the emergency clause. House roll No. 331, Representative McCarthy's bill to prohibit stock com mission trusts and combines, to regu late commission charges, was read the second time and referred to the com mittee on live stock and grazing, of which Senator Reynolds, Currie, Allen, Noyes and Miller are the members The bill is iodentical with a senate file introduced by Senator Curne, which was referred to the committee on agriculture, of which Senator Mc ► Cargar is chairman, early in the ses sion, and which was never reported buck to the senate Adjourned until Monday. # In the senate on the 20th senate file No. 218, relating to original Jurisdic tion of probate court In the probate of wills, and providing when probate judges shall be disqualified from act ing, was recommended for passage. House roll No. 252, to amend the law relative to the Issuance of bonds by precincts, townships, villages and cities of the second class in the aid of internal improvements for streets or highways, railroads, bridges, court houses, Jails and drainage of swamps and wet lands, was the subject of con siderable, discussion. Finally it waa reported for passage. House roll No. 77, to amend the law relating to notice to land owners of the opening of roads, was recommend ed for indefinite postponement. Senate file No, 275, to prohibit street railways companies furnishing free transportation to city officials, was recommended for passage. Senate flic No, 131, to provide fer the registration of women who desire to vote at school elections and making other amendments of the school laws, was amended by Senator Prout to strike out the provision requiring wo men to register. On this amendment Senators Prout and Van Dusen en gaged In a running debate. Senator Prout's amendment was lost, and the bill was recommended for nassage. Senute Hie No. 209. reluting to pub lic roads and the width thereof, w is recoinuieinled for passage. Senate hie No. 279, to provide for disconnecting property in cities end villages was next on generul Hie. U provides that lauds in the form of ad ditions to cities and villages muy, un der certain conditions, be disconnect ed therefrom. Senator Van l)usen opposed the hill and moved It* indefinite postpone ment. lie claimed that under "boom ' times" land owners had platted out their lauds into additions, sold lots therefrom at fabulous prices, and now, finding the boom collapsed, they de sired to be relievi I from city taxes by Ixdiig allowed to withdraw from tbs ‘ tty, The bill was recoin: «uds4 for pas sage House roll No. s«, relating to the compensation of receivers, introduced liy H. itaior Weaver of Itichardson, was opened bv rleiiator 1‘rivut aud defended by it*nalor Mpohn in a sir mg and log ical speech i he hill was recommend* • > for | ass.ige by a vote of 11 to 3. hen,il<> tile No jl iteits'or lallmt s uniform text hook bill, was consider ed In general. It provides lor a slats si bon| text iM«.it comtniMlon whb h Is to design.*** tb* t«- >k« to l» »iin nil school* la Nebrashs, at not to si eved a lived price provided lot in the bill, ftboutd no flrat be willing to sstl booh* at las f rise named >* r**mmt* ston is empowered t» give the contract fur the manufacture oi such h*udts to nr publish tag boun* th* publisher* to he paid oat of th* proceed* of th* nates of ta* booh* IWfor« th* reading o< the Mil by the ilerh had b*en completed den.it.ir Nuehe uoived that the further sailing • the bill h* dispensed with *nd it be Indefinitely p«ipa*4 whi- h iw.dU n prevailed ay « unanimous tut*. The first order of business on the 21 st In the senate that met with a re sponse was the passage of bills upon third reading. H. It. 88 and 262 were passed. H. R, 88 regulates Hie compensation of receivers of state banks and H, R. 252 amends the present law relating to Internal improvements in cities of the second class and In villages. In the afternoon the clerk of the | bouse announced the passage of the fol I lowing bills by that body: H. It., 390, | 353, 214, 444, 500, 418 and *97. They were given their first reading at once. Standing committees reported a sub stitute for B. F. 34 to puss; B. F. 310 and 245 for indefinite postponment. B. F. UM5 Is the bill Introduced by I Currie of Custer to prevent combina tions, trusts and monopolies in buying and selling live stock, produce and ar ticles of trade at public and quasl-pub 11c markets, and to provide remedies for persons injured thereby, and pen alties for violations of this act. The McCarthy bill passed In the house Is exactly the same, hence Ben ator Currie was willing to have his bill sidetracked, H. R. 187 was passed with the emer gency clause. 8. F. 131, 35 and 275 were I also passed. B. F. 131 amends the school law by providing for registration of women voters In cities where general registra tion Is required; to provide an attor ney for school boards at u salary not ; to exceed $390; and changing the time members take their office from the first Monday in .inly to the first Mon day in May. ill committee of the whole H. it, 187 j was recommended to pass and 8. F. 175, 179 and 159 Indefinitely postponed. II. It. 187 provides that all fire In surance policies, written ami covering In whole or In part upon property with in the state of Nebraska shall be writ ten, countersigned and Issued only by u duly authorized officer or agent of such company, corporation, association, partnership or person, resident of the state of Nebrassa, and providing penai i ties for the non-compliance of the pro I visions of this act. Progress was reported upon H. F. 302 with leave to sit again. It tlxes the salaries of the deputy state officers, be ing a bill to amend section 5, of article i, section 6, of article II, section 14, of article 111, section 7, of article iv, sec tion 1, of article v. and section 1, of article vl, of chapter IxxxlH, compiled statutes of 1897, entitled, "State and State Officers,” and to repeal said origi nal sections. In the senate on the 22d H. R. 93 was given Its third reading and passed. It amends section 601a of the civil code. In committee of the whole H. R. 197 and S. F. 112 were recommeuded to oass. The afternoon was spent in consid ering the revenue bill, several sections beln» stricken out. The committee arose v/i'b the understanding that It sit again from 7:30 o'clock until 9 o'clock to finish the consideration of the tjill. I'.'ie committee on rules reported the forowlty new rule: * That the sifting committee shall have in charge ui• hills on general file and that all hills reported by said committee shall take preeedonce in preference to bills now before the senate except appropriation and claims hills which shall be subject to snpalal order at any time." A motion by Van Dusen that the re port lie on the table was lost and the mot ion to adopt the report prevailed by a vote of 17 to 11. Standing committees reported the following bills: Sutmtltute for 8. F. 319 to pass, substitute for S. F. 315 to puss, H. It. 671 and 270 to pass, H. R. 20 and 177, S. F. 267 and 321 to be indefinitely postponed, and H. R. 41, S. F. 323, 349 and 344 to general file without reeom mendatlo i. H R. 20 is a bill to provide for the payment of interest and principal on real estate mortgages. 11. R. 177 seeks to amend section 370 of the code of civil procedure and to repeal said original section. 8 F. 267 was to amend section 538, chapter v, compiled statutes of Ne breaku. 1897, and to repeal said sec tion us now existing. 8. F. 321 is a bill to define and pun ish certain misdemeanors in trude and commerce, and to make it a crime for anyone to purchase goods, wares or merchandise on credit und sell, hy pothecate or dispose of the same out of the usual course of business with in tent to cheat or to defraud the ven dor or seller, and to tlx the punish meat of subl offenses. I lie senate took & recess until 7:30 o'clock, 8. P. 210 beiug made a special order at 7:30. At the evening after recess the sen ate went into committee of the whole, with Senator Front of Uage in tile chair, to consider the special order. 8. P. ok. by Senator Fowler of Fillmore, an act relating to the isaiiauce of teachers' certificates by county super intendents, was recommended to pass. The senate on the 23d postponed II. tt. 137, muter known as me I'ollard reveuue bill. ‘1 he bill did not appear to have a single champiou in .Be sen ate at this lata day in the session, al though four Members opposed its post ponement without some consideration. It tie ,olc to postpone was It to «, Sc li - atots Van iittiru Owens, llaldrrtuau and Fowler composing the latter, the following bills were ptttstat: s F IN, relating to the duties of pro bate touria, n F tig, t elating to the organisation ul school district hoards, J d F, ft*, providing for the dleeonuee* non of plats fmni cute* anu towns, and 8 F .'os att.cn.i.ng th«- eond law M tu width of roads Senate hie .No 3hW, instructing the state istaici ul tus-yuiUtitiR to t«g* - freight raise la Nebraska, for tndcli atta postponement Senator Spotm moved that the yeporl he sut accepted, which noittou was st by a stn t par ty vole, and the hill was mdehutiety postponed Ihe rommittue us insurance recom mended the Iwdehlttle postponement tM •emite hie N» ft, and the passage of house roll No. 191, with amendments. The report was adopted. House t jll No. 191 Is the Weaver Insurance bill, while senate file No. <4 Is Senator Talbot's bill, identical with bouse roll No. ul. Senator Prout moved that the senate reconsider Its action In indefinitely postponing senate file No. 176, which authorizes the auditor to license not ‘o exceed 100 fire Insurance hrokerB. Senator Prout explained that he made tnls motion at the request of sev eral senators who were absent at the time the bill was Indefinitely post poned, and who were very much In terested In it. lie voted to kill the bill tie cause he believed It a tiad one, and he was frank to say he had not yet changed his opinion. Senator Proof's motion prevailed and the bill was recommended for passage. At fhe afternoon session the sifting committee reported, placing the fol lowing bills at tli«* head of the general file. In tne order natr d: Senate filOH Nos. 210, 243, 211, 212, 172; house rolls Nos. 276 and 264. The senate then wont into committee of the whole, Senator Prout In the chair, on senate file No, 210, the Van Jtusen revenue measure, Senator Van Dusen moved that the bill be recommended for passage. Senator Reynolds moved to amend by recommending the bln for Indefinite postponement. Ily a rising vote the substitute prevailed by a vote of 21 to 4 The bill was accordingly recom mended for Indefinite postponement. When the senate met on the 24th standing committee reports were nu merous, as follows: II. K. 297, to pass; H. F. 266 and 291, to pass; n. It, 251, to pans with amendments; 8, F. 330, 331, 247 and 288, no recommenda tion. itocke of laincaster offered the fol lowing resolution: “Whereas, during the early portion of this session resolutions were adopted by the senate which reflected on Colo nel John M. Stotsenburg of the First Nebraska regiment at Manila, and requesting his recall from command thereof; and “Whereas, sue a resolutions were adopted without any hearing on the part or In behalf of said Colonel, and In the Itght of recent information os to Ills conduct In battle and command of the regiment, those resolutions seem to do the colonel an Injustice; there fore, “Resolved, That the resolutions above referred to lie rescinded and wholly expunged from the records of ti.ls body. The resolution failed to carry and was laid over one day. The following bills were passed: 8. F. 91, by Noyes, making trie Friday nearest the middle of May “Bird day;” 8. F. 299, the Talbot concurrent reso lution relating to money uue the state educational fund from the sale of the Pawnee reservation by the govern ment; 8. F. 99, relating to the Issuance of teachers’ certificates by county su perintendents, and 8. F. 213, by Newell, fixing printers’ fees. 8. F. 38 was recommitted to correct errors in engrossment. The sifting committee reported the list of bills for advancement, following 8. F. 264, as follows: H. R. 240, 8. F. 304, H. It 191, 8. F 231, 184, 319, 338, 302. 176, 238, 249. The senate uid not concur in the report on ri. F. 288, and . was Indefi nitely postponed. H. R. 501, the general appropriation bill, was given its first reading. In the afternoon ialbot of Lancaster moved that the printers of the blue book be Instructed to furnlsu 260 copies to the secretary of the senate. Ho said his motion was in accordance with a resolution passed early In the session. '1 he motion prevailed by a light vote. In committee of the whole 8. F. 211 and 212, relating to roads, were recom mended to pass. noose. In the house on the 17th when tbo journal was read House of Hall called attention to the fact that the sifting committee which was selected was elected by a vote of only fifty mem bers. Dismission followed, at the end of which the journal of the previous day was adopted anu the sifting commit tee was made secure in its position. Standing committees reported to the general file If. R, 141, 602, 563, 595, 554, 560, 181 and F. 154, 148 and 61. The bills indefinitely postponed were H. R. 464 534, 573, 59, 676, 2, 263 and 224. The last numbered bill had already been maue a special order, and there was a motion to reject the report and put the bill on file. The motion was defeated by a vote of 24 to 35. After recess bills were taken up for passage. H. H. 251. by Taylor of Cus ter, un act to amend Beotlon 3 of chap ter 28 of the compiled statutes of iv.i?, entitled "Fees," was passed by a vote of 82 to 9. The house then went Into the com mittee of the whole, with Iietweiler Oi Douglas In the chair, to consider ths special order of the day. S. F .’0. by Holbrook of Dodge, un act empow ering the corporation authorities of cities of the second class, villages and count Itst to take up and pay off valid outstanding bonds Issued pursuant to vote of electors, was recommeuded for passage. II, It. So. by Hums, to abolish tits state Iniard of transportation, socis taryshlps and all, was taken tip. ITInce of Hall offered au amendment which was practically a re-enact merit of II. K 59 The amendment w is adopted. WheuU-r of kurna* then mor el to recommit ths bm. l.ost, and t is bill recommended for passage II It by la-mar of . uni ters, is •tulriItK the secretaries of the buaid of transportation to Ale coiupl.ni ts ■igiiipst railroad companies where vio* 'atoms uf the law came to their i.o* , ee. waa re* unintended for psuug*. II It 3"| by Flynn of Douglas, all act proiidilig that eight hours stall const little a day a work egeepi w.ivn Othermse slipUialed In the contract, and prohibiting longer hours un tills work egeept In case# of great ettsf geney was tndeAnltely |e>aip. f Internal improvements In elites of the metropolitan t lass, was passed. it It 418. hv tlrwfto*. appruprtatluw the sum of $.*>.ishi for a »*ud pip* to ealarga the heating and lighting ap pars!us and aid la furnishing a m w chapel at the l**ru mate Normal, was pas- d by a vote of 88 to IP li It i ) by Kvan» rt»*iii in* a retold to be kept of all births and death* in the stale of Nebraska and allowing the vouaty clerk Id reals for each Item SO recorded was passed ||| a vote of 3t to M It H 54a. by Iswsr sspHcltlr d-d • lag the duties of the secretaries of the H*ate tt<*«rd of trsn.,.,.1 isti-it. *• j requiring that where violation* of lit* i law are known to them, and no com plaint Is (lied, they shall formulate and file a complaint, was passed with | little opposition. After recess H. R. 444, the salary ap propriation bill, was put on third read ing and passed. The only member to vote against It was Eastman of Custer. ! The bouse went into committee of the whole to consider bills on sifting file with Nesblt In the chair. 8. F. 203, which provides that police ; ! judges and city attorneys shall be elect-1 ed by the people Instead of being ap- i pointed by the mayor, as Is now the rule, was recommended for passage. H. R. 422, by Prince, providing that all judgments, except In certain speci fied cases, shall become dormant after \ \ ten years from the date of rendition, i was taken up. After heated discussion : It wus recommended to pass. H. R. 30, which had been amended ho as to cut offl two of the secretaries j of the board of transportation, was placed upon its passage and was do i feated by a vote of 24 to 02, Wenzl of Pawnee, on behalf of the joint committee on adjournment, re ported that the time agreed upon for final adjournment was Friday noon, March 31. The report was adopted. II. R. 302, permanently locating the state fair at Lincoln and providing for the purchase of a site, was under dis cussion most of the evening session. A strong sentiment developed against permanently locating the fair at any point. The history of Its financial suc cesses and failures was reviewed by both friends and eneTTlnsljf the bill. Detweller of Douglas moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed and It prevailed by a vote of 3H to 29. The bills advanced by the house sifting commltee on the 22d were an follows: II. It. 502. by Dltmar, appropriating j 65.000 for the relief of Nebraska City, because of the smallpox quarantine. H. It. 511, by Crockett, authorising the Hoard of Public Lands and Uulld ings to build a bridge across the Nio brara river and appropriating 68,000 for the same. H. It. 194, by Tanner, appropriating 6500 for the relief of Cyrus F. lllake, deputy sheriff of Nance county. H. It. 289, by Burnarn, allowing bond companies to sign bonds of suloon keepers. II It. 424. by Wheeler, permitting leaseholders of school lands prior to January 1, 1897, to purchase the lands. H. R. 610, by Grafton, appropriating 625.000 to buy the Buckstaff property In Lincoln for a residence for the gov ernor. H. R. 414, by Tanner, amending the newspaper publication law In relation to licenses, allowing publication “in a newspaper published In said county.” H. R. 466, by Weaver, an act pro viding for the repair of temporary plank sidewalks In cities of the second class. 8. F. 136, Crow’s bill making dogs personal property. H It. 621, oy Detweiler, relating to the disposition of money paid into the county treasury from the several road districts. H. It. 303, by Israel, appropriating 620.000 for experimental stations at Culbertson and Ogalalla. H. H. 347, by Fisher, creating a state registry of brands and marks and a state brand and mark committee. Consideration was nad of the gen eral appropriation bill. The chairman of the finance commit tee recommended an amendment which was adopted allowing the gov ernor 6100 to pay his private page dur ing the legislature. The amount for the support of the National Guard was cut from 621,719 to 610,859, while the amount to replace the equipment of the guard on account of the property transferred to the gen eral government was entirely stricken out .mnklng a reduction In the bill of 666.697. This wus on the recommen dation of the finance committee. The State Hoard of Irrigation was allowed 6L500 for Incidental and trav eling expenses, an increase of 6LQ00 over the original bill. A motion to allow the commissioner of labor a salary for a factory Inspect or was defeated, as was also Ester ling's amendment to increase t.he ex pense item of the Hoard of Transporta tion from 6200 to 6500. The asylum at Norfolk was allowed an Increase of 62,000 In the board and : clothing fund, and small increases In several other funds The asylum at Lincoln got an in crease of >3,000 In the clothing fund, >200 In the kitchen furniture fund and an addition of >1,000 for burial ex perises, >1,000 for postage and express | and >1,500 for drugs and nooks. The Industrial school at Milford got an increase of >300 In the repair fund, j >100 in the postage fund and >750 In I the improvement fund. At the Nebraska institution the >400 for a com crib and >100 for a safe were Btriken out. The Institute for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice got an Increase of >4,000 In the employe fund and the Institu tion for the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha got >0,000 added for a new dynamo and j repairs of building. All these amendments were made at ; the recommendation of the committee on finance, When the Nebraska State university was reached In the bill there was a long struggle over the (93,500 for new buildings the tight against It being led by Taylor of Custer and Cunutughum of llurlau. An amendment was offer ed to reduce It to >33,500 and this was finally adopted. l bs Hem of >900 for the visiting and • lehauga board at (irand Island was strlken out and >20.000 was added to build a hospital for the home. For the Milfold Soldiers' home the I Item for > 1 ,ooo for rent was strlkeu Ml I mler the head of "Miscellaneous" the It cut for the support uf the slate Ik will uf agriculture was raised front |.' Mtu to 11 isK), aud >« ouo was added to tie used Air the ptlutittg of supinui* court reports. The f t the resolution eas laid on the t eh la. Mi II P4, by l|i ittntev an gel re j uniting any railroad lompany or isr j potation doing business with the state ieoeivlng or conveying any live stock to pass shipper or his employe to and from the point designated In the con tract or hill of lading without further expense to the shipper, was passed by a vote of 80 to 3. II. H. 285, Oltnsaed’s bill to author ize the organization and regulate the conduct of a mutual Insurance com pany, to Insure against loss of hogs by death caused from disease, was passed with an emergency clause by a vote of 7o to 14. H. R. 297, by Dltmar, an act to provide for a fireproof wing and heat ing equipment for the asylum ut Lin coln and to appropriate $50,000 for necessary funds therefor, was passed by a vote of 56 to 22. H. R, 505, by Evans, un act to pro vide for the depositing of county funds In banks and for the investment of the same In securities and providing a penalty for the violation of this act by any county treasurer, was passed by a vote of 82 to 2, H. It. 431, by llathorn, a bill amend ing the laws relating to depositories of stute and county funds and provid ing for the securities of the same, was passed by a vote of 77 to 7. II. R. 8, by Evens, to appropriate $30,000 for a new building ut Hastings, was read the third time and passed by a vote of 71 to 12. H. It, 9, by Evans, appropriating money to build u boiler und engine bouse at the Hastings asylum, was passed by u vote of 73 to 7. 11, R. 538, by Harris, appropriating 16,000 to build a gymnasium and labor* ntory at the Institution for the blind at Nebraska City, was passed by a vote of 62 to 16. ii, it. .inz, uy weaver, to perma nently locate the stale fair at Lincoln und authorizing the purchase of a site therefor, was put on Its passage. The ldll having fulled to puss with the emergency clause, the roll was called on the passage of the hill with the emergency clause stricken out, an 1 It was passed by a vote of 56 to 87. H. It. 295, the bill prepared by the committee on soldiers' homes, calling for the appropriation of $13,000 to pur chase the buildings and site of the soldiers' home at Milford, passed b)t u vote of 82 to 1. H. K. 470, by Hurinan, appropriat ing $3,500 for the relief of Wllllum (5. Peterson because of disabilities con tracted while serving with the Na tional guard during the Indian war In the winter of 1891, was passed by a vote of 72 to 13. 11. K. 336, appropriating $48,500 to construct new buildings at the Insti tute for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice, failed to pass with the emergency clause, receiving only 52 votes to ?8 against. On the second call with the emergency clause stricken out tke bill passed by a vote of 62 to 28. In the house on the 24th of the bills refarrud to H. K. 599 was the bill to nay the claims for bonks for the state library; 600 and 803 were to pay mis cellaneous claims; 267 and 334 were the sugar bounty bills, and 370 was the chicory bounty bill. II. K. 501. the general appropriation bill, was placed on third reading and passed by a vote of 78 to 8. Those voting against the bill were Bower, (luwihra. Grosvenor, McCracken, Men nlnger, Morrison Peck and Shore. The sifting committee made a new report, advancing 11. H. 608, 600, 599, 510, 273, 315, 4)2, 314, 225, 259, 230, 141, 439 and 403. The report also recommended H. R. 385 and 392, the Omahu charter amendments, to be en grossed for third reading. Rouse of Hull moved to Include In the latter part of the report H. R. 343 and 370. The chair held that the report, to have a bill engrossed for a third read ing, and the Rouse amendment were out of order. The balance of Lie report was adopted. The house went Into committee of the whole, with Jansen In the chair, to consider bills on the sifting file, H. It, 289, by llurman, permitting saloon keepers to give guaranty bonds, was amended so as to compel all saloon keepers to give guaranty bonds and was then recommended for passage. H. R. 424, the Wheeler bill to Der mit the purchase of school lands by persons who ueid leases on the same prior to January 1, 18s., was next taken up. An amendment by Hicks to Include university landB was adopted. H. R. 347, by Fisher, for an act to create a state registry of brands and mnaks for live stock und a state brand amrmark committee was recommended for passage without discussion. H. R. 303, by Israel, was taken up and the committee substitute discussed. I he bill provides for the establishment unu maintenance oi the experimental stations located by act of the legisla ture of 1891 at Culbertson. Gordon and Ggalalla and appropriating the sum of $30,000 for the same, the money to be expended under direction of the state board of agriculture. McCarthy moved to strike out the name Ogalalla wherever It occurs m the measure and substituting the name Kmerson. If the state was going to spelt" money oil experiments he be* lleved It should be used In the eastern part of the state, where agriculture is more of a success under present methods of farming. The amendment failed. Before ronstderuuon of the hill was flnlshea the lommttllee arose and reported. Bollard moved that the report on H. It in be not concurred In, but tuat tne bill lie Indefinitely pouf potted and demanded a roll call, which resulted, .12 ayes and 56 nays, a majority of tho members lie tug In favor of buying a house for the governor, Mvers moved mat It It. 517, which deiiiies tie- tMMindary of rhtipy county, be advanced to third reading It was so ordered, It H tit, uy Tanner ot Nance, to change the law relating to me pibt.ca* iiwi of s.ib cio lii »p»es w>ts taken up, and W lieeb r of Bnruaw moved that It tse recommended for passage l.iuc of Mnewsier moved to amend that ths bill b« In>b duitelv postponed Ths mol loll prevailed II It 2t" providing that Ike Omaha hoard of educaOou wkail annually Hi (be levy hit oid making It impergllvs upug Iks city iHincll to provide for the • atonal w levied. wae re* ••muicadtd to pane A uuta never • ares ant thing about meeting kta wife* relkium* unless they are rub and distinguished The frail* of Industry sometime* go to smash >l ho llv )*»*