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    Numerous Measures are Being Introduced
in the Legislature.
EXTREME RE MALT Y INMOST CASES
Other Doyrre* of Kidnaping TTIII Bring
Life ImprlNimiat'ul—A Saloon Keeptr
at Snyder bliot aud lusUutljr Killed
— Ollier Matter* lit Nebraska.
The legislative wheels are again in
motion, ihe buttons to btart tne ma
chinery were pressed at noon January
1. according to tne constitutional man
date, by Secretary of State Porter, m
the house, and lieutenant Governor
Hubert, in tne senate.
The program agreed upon by tlnj
two. party caucuses the previous nignt
were carried out without visioie hiun
In the organization of both houses, ni
ter which adjournment was taken fo:
the day, to prepare for the canvass of
the vote in joint session oil Wednes
day, when perhaps a few more steps
will he taken In further perfecting the
official roster, tne messages of the
outgoing and incoming governors be
ing reserved for Thursday.
Ah usual chief interest centered in
the house to which was attracted a
good attendance of spectators, who,
however, soon tirecT of the lack of ex
citement in the proceedings and grad
ually stole away. There were no bow
ers and little applause, except for two
coat speeches of the temporary and
permanent speakers.
The senate organized along lines
agreed upon in caucus and adjourned
to meet at 10 o’clock Wednesday. Sen
ators wore called to order by Lieuten
ant Governor Gilbert. Alpha Morgan,
secretary of the last senate, was pres
ent, and had prepared a temporary
rrtll, which was called. Kov. Mr. Cres -
man asked divine blessing to rest on
those present and to guide their every
act.
Senators Currie of Custer. Edgar ot
Gage county, were appointed o com
mittee on credentials. After a ten
minute recess, during which time they
prepared their findings, they reported
that all, with the exception of two,
whose names were on the list read by
Mr. Morgan, had presented duly ac
credited credentials, appearing valid
and conclusive on their face, and
should therefore be entitled to seats.
Lyman of Adams and Campbell of
Holt, had mislaid their credentials, but
wore recommended to seats. This re
pt rt was adopted, thus seating, tem
porarily at least. Qleaon of Cuming
and Liddell and Ransom of Douglas,
all of whom have contests confronting
them
The republican nominees were as
an follows: Calvin P. Steele of Fair
bury for president pro tern; John C.
Fremont McKesson of l*ancaster for
sc-crotary, and A. H. Keim of Falls
City for assistant secretary. Clark
Robinson, sergeant-at-arms, John
Patrick of Washington county for
doorkeeper, W. H. Pool of Cass for
enmSllng and engrossing clerk. A. A.
Cressman of Crete for chaplain and
Harry Beebe of Stanton for custodian
of the cloak room.
It was five minutes of the noon hour
when the house was called to order by
Secretary of State Porter. Rev.
George W. Porter of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Palmyra led in
prayer. Members arose to their feet
and remained standing while the di
vine blessing wa.i invoked. Tue roll
wart cail'ed by Theodore Mahn, book
kespei in the secretary of states of
fice. Boulior of Saunders was the only
member falling to respond to his
name
Lafilin of Gage placed in nomination
for temporary speaker J W. Arm
strong of Nemaha county, the choice
u£ the republican caucus. Claus GroJi
of Sarpy, on behalf of the minority.
piaceu in nomuoti n uie name ot
John C, Sprecher of C( lfax county.
Roll call resulted in Armstrong's elec
tion by a strict party vote of 53 to 4*>
Boulier, fusion of Saunders, absent
and not voting.
John Wall of Arcadia was made
temp nary clerk. The speaker, on mo
tion of Oa!n of Richardson, appointed
a committee of five o.i credentials, as
follows Cain of Richardson, An
drews of Frontier, Me d of Douglas,
Taylor o? Custer, Tanner of Nance.
On motion of Lane of Lancaster the
rules of the twenty-sixth session were
Hdopted pending further action. A re
cess of ten minutes wrs taken to give
the credentials committee an oppor
tunity to report. Their report was
adopted, and Chief .Fustic* Norval of
the supreme court administering the
oath of office.
!u permanent organization of me
house W. (J. Sears of Burt county was
elected speaker, lie appeared and ex
pressed thanks.
i'he hoi'so then proceeded to elect,
as the remainder of its officers, the
nominees of the republican caucus, by
a viva voce vote as follows: Chief
clerk, Foliti Wall. Arcadia: first assist
ant cflark, A. D. <111 more. Auburn; sec
ond assistant clerk. (\ H. Barnard,
Table Rock; third assistant clerk. C.
E 8anda!t. York; fourth assistant
clerk. H. 8. Wetherell, Aima; ser
geant-at-arms. A. Wiisey, Frontier
county; chaplain, J. H. Presson, Mil
ford, doorkeeper. F. L. Miller, Beat
rice, postmaster, E. D. Preston, Ham
ilton county. Adjournment followed
until 10 o’clock Wednesday.
AENATE —In tne senate on the
2d tho following list of employes
w is reported by Senator Currie
and elected unanimously in a
hunch; Second assistant clerk,
Ralph lohunon; stenographer, Miss
Nettle Darth; messenger, Alex Porter;
private page to lieutenant governor,
Charles Perln. clerk of committee on
claims, W II. Vau Cleve; janitors.
Albert V/aliig and Edgar McCrea.
The senate authorized the hiring of
nine empkiyos, heard five of the sev
enteen bills introduced read for the
first time, attempted to select a
standing committee on privileges and
elections, held a joint session with
the house for canvassing the vote
cast at the last election and then ad
journed until 3 o'clock. During the
brief recess of the senate preliminary
to the joint meeting with the house
the republican senators caucused and
agreed on their committee ou priv
ileges and elections. A number of
bills were introduced, among them
being: To provide for the appoint
ment of supreme court referees Em
powers the court to appoint by unan
! imous vote nine referees, with necee
l sary stenographers, to hold office for
j two years as a salary of 2,500 annu
ally. Emergency clause attached.
I Senator Ransom's kidnapping bill:
j To amend section 207 of the criminal
1 code. Removes age limit of 18 years
! in crime of seduction. Providing pen
alties for the abduction or kidnaping
of infants, children or adults. To
I amend section 77 and section 78 of
j the criminal code relating to allow
ing domestic animals with contagious
diseases to run at large. Emergency
clause attached.
HOUSE—In the house on the 2d,
lame, Fowler and GIshwiller were ap
pointed. with a .senate committee, to
notify the governor that the legis
lature is ready to receive communi
cations. Itibbert, Beisner and Schin
stock wete appointed a committee to
arrange with a senatp committee for
a. joint session for the purpose of
canvassing the vote. The speaker an
nounced tiie appointment of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, as
folfows: Whitmore of Hamilton,
chairman; Mullen of Douglas. Beis
ner of Thayer, Hibbert of Gage, Arm
strong of Nemaha, Warner of I Lancas
ter, Brown of Furnas (republicans)
and Loomis of Dodge. Hamilton of
Buller and Tanner of Nance (fusion
ists). At 11:30 both houses convened
in joint session for the purpose of
canvassing the vote of the last gen
eral election. The members of the
house arose and remained standing
while the senators entered represent
ative ha'l, escorted by their ser
geanti-at-iarnis. Lieutenant Governor
Gilbert and President (pro tern)
Steele led the procession. The lieu
tenant governor called the joint ses
sion to order and announced its pur
pose. The house and senate rolls
were called. The secretary of state
not showing up to transmit the re
turns. Represeattatives Crockett and
Fowler and Senator Arends were sent
out to apprehend him. After an in
terval, Mr. Porter was produced, who
handed to the speaker the original
abstracts of the \ote. The speaker
canvassed the vote, and announced
the result of the election on presiden
tial electors, state officers and con- !
gressmen. Immediately thereafter |
the joint session. Tanner of Nance
moved the appointment of a commit
tee of three, to report at the next
session, to ascertain the cost of print
ing the journal each day in sufficient
numbers for each member. Uhl of
Douglas amended to include the cost
of typewritten and miroegraph copies.
ihe motion as amended was agreed
to. The chair appointed Tanner, Uhl
and Crockett. Tanner next moved
that the clerk be instructed to fur
nish each member daily ten 2-eent
stamps, ten 1-cent stamps, five 1-cent
wrappers and four daily papers.
Taylor of Custer amended to strike
out the daily papers, and Marshall of
Otoe amended to strike out the 1-cent
wrappers. Both amendments were
adopted, and the motion thu3 muti
lated was agreed to.
SENATE—The work in the senate
on the 3d was principally devoted to
discussion of the pending contest
cases, and resulted In the papers and
documents purporting to be evidence
being delivered to the presiding offi
cer, who opened the packages in the
I resence of the senate. A resolution
by Baldrige of Douglas, diecting the
sergeant-at-arms to summon D. M.
Haverly, clerk of Douglas county, to
bring the ballots and poll books of all
the wards of South Omaha, the sub
poena to he signed by the presiding
officer and countersigned by the clerk
ui nra senate, was passed at tne morn
ing session. A motion by Crounse of
Washington prevailed, directing the
presiding odf'r to turn over to the
committee on privileges and elections
all the pipers and documents relating
to contest ceres in the senate. The
committee on standing committee
gave out the following additional
chaKnen: Highways, bridges and
surveys, Trompen; counties and county
boundaries. Van Bosk irk; interna!
improvement?, Beriet; school lands
and funds. Crounse; labor, Steele; ed
ucational. Allen; library, Young; live
stock and grazing, Van Boskirk; man
ufactures and commerce, McOarger;
publb-charities, Martin; miscellaneous
subjects, Oleson; corporations, Beriet;
constitutional amendments and fed
eral relations, Young; medical socie
ties, Newell: immigration, Currie; in
surance, O’Neill; irrigation, Owens:
reform schools and home for the
friendless, Harlan; insane hospitals.
Arends; deaf, dumb and blind asvlums,
Baldrige; mines and mining. Ransom;
apportionment. Van Boskirk. Among
the bills introduced were the follow
ing: An act to amend section 77a of
chapter will, article 1, entitled “Reg
ister of Ttends," of the Compiled Stat
utes of 1899, and to repeal said sec
tion. A bill to amend sections 18, 20
and 21 of chapter iv of the Criminal
Code of the state of Nebraska and re
peal sections 18. 20 and 21, Compiled
Statutes of 1897. An act to amend
section 140 of chapter xxvi. Compiled
Statutes of Nebraska for 1899, enti
tled “Elections.”
JOINT SESSION.—The senate and
house committees on privileges and
elections met in joint session on the
4th in the lieutenant governor’s office
and began consideration of the elec
tion contest cases from Douglas coun
ty. The tour cases were combined and
will be tried jointly before both com
mittees. During the morning session
William A. Redick of Omaha made
the. opening statement for the contest
ants and in the afternoon Edward P.
Smith performed a similar duty for
the contestees. According to the plan
agreed upon by the committees and
the attorneys the ballots cast In the
South Omaha voting districts will be
counted before any testimony or evi
dence is produced. At the conclusion
i of Mr. Smith’s statement the ballots
j cast in the Second district of the Soc
! ond ward were opened and the count
| begun. It is the intention of the com
mittee to push the hearing of the
Ihmglas county eases as rapidly as
possible and with this object in view
night sessions will probably be held
I next week. At the evening session
j the committee completed the recount
of all ballots cast in the Fourth ward
and In the First and Second districts
of the Second ward. Twenty nine bal
lots that were rejected by the election
board in the Second district of the
Second ward because they were marked
j with lead pencil were accepted and
I counted by the committee. The ad
I dltion of these votes changed the fig
j ures somewhat, but did not niaaterlally
alter the relative standing of the noni
; inoes. The recount so far shows the
following gains: Kohwer, republican,
12; Johnson, fusion, lo; Hunt, fusion.
13; Youngs, republican, 10; Liddell,
fusion, 15; Schultz, republican, 10;
J Ransom, fusion. 13; Colson, republican.
10. Among the first bills that will
be introduced in the legislature will
be, one relating to negotiable instru
ments, which will lie similar in text
to a bill that has become a law in
sixteen slates. The measure is en
dorsed by the American Bankers' as
sociation and several of the most
prominent and influential members
of the State Bankers’ Association of
Nebraska. The proposed bill is dif
ferent in only a few respects from the
existing statutes relating jo negotiable
instruments. It abolishes days of
grace and makes the endorser of a
note liable for its full amount.
JOINT SESSION—The two branches
of the legislature met. in joint session
ia representative hall on the 3d for
the Inauguration o’ the new state offi
cials. The large hail was crowded
throughout the entire ceremony.
Lieutenant Governor Gilbert presided
until the joint session adjourned,
when he was succeeded in office by
Edward P. Savage, who occupied the
president’s chair in the senate cham
ber during the following session of
the upper house. After the roll call
the presiding officer appointed a com
mittee consisting of Representatives
Lane of Lancaster, Sprecher of Colfax.
Diers of York ami Currie of Custer to
notify the retiring governor that the
joint convention whs duly organized
and ready to receive his message, and
to escort him to the hall. On motion
of Senator Baldrige of Douglas the
committee was instructed to invite the
governor-elect and other retiring and
Incoming state officers and escort
them to the hall. A few minutes
later the inaugural procession appear
ed and Governor Poynter, Governor
elect Dietrich, his staff, state officers
and state offkers-elect were announc
ed by Chairman I.ane of the escort
committee. The senators and repre
sentatives arose and remained stand
ing while the line of officials, staff
officers, etc., moved forward. All
members of the military staff were
clad in full military dress uniforms.
Governor Poynter. Governor-elect Diet
rich and Lieutenant Governor-elect
Savage were ushered to chairs imme
diately in front of the speaker's desk.
The retinue of staff officers and their
successors sat in a row in front of
representatives' desks, facing the pre
siding officer and the retiring and in
coming chief executives. As soon as
all had found their places the leg
islators again resumed their seats and
without further ceremony Governor
Poynter was introduced by the retir
ing lieutenant governor. He at once
began the reading of his farewe’l mes
sage. At its conclusion Governor
elect Dietrich was inaugurated and
presented his message. Tile inaugu
ral ball took place In the evening.
The governor’s reception at the
state house and the ball immediately
following in the Auditorium were the
final events of the inauguration of
the new administration. Both were of
surpassing brilliancy. T he reception
continued from to 10:30 o’clock,
when the governor's party was taken
to tlie Auditorium for the inuugural
ball, which was tendered by the Com
mercial club.
This is the new administration;
Governor, Charles H. Dietrich; lieu
tenant governor, E. P. Savage; secre
tary of state, George W. Marsh; au
ditor, Charles Weston; treasurer, Wil
liam Steufer; attorney general, F. N.
Prout; commissioner of public lands
and buildings. G. D. Folimer; super
intendent of schools, W. K. Fowler.
The following additional appoint
ments have been announced: House,
P. H. Wintersteen, custodian of cloak
room; W. M. Wheeler, chief clerk of
engrossing room; Ella M. Piper, sten
ographer chief clerk's room; Robert
Houghton, hill clerk; Edward Morris,
ohie.f clerk bill room; H. Gleason,
timekeeper.
THE NEW STATE OFFICERS.
Following is a complete list of the
newly-installed state officers, together
with names and po.stoffice address of
employees:
Governor—Charles 11. Dietrich, Hast
ings; private secretary, H C. Lind
say, Pawnee City; chief clerk, Robert
•I. Clancy, Omaha; recording clerk.
Miss Nellie Purcell, Lincoln; stenog
rapher, Miss Lena Meyer, Hastings;
messenger, M. F. Singleton (colored),
Omaha.
Lieuteant governor—Ezra P. Savage,
Sargent; secretary. Miss Emma Mil
lor, Sargent; messenger, Karl Perln,
Lincoln.
Secretary of State—George W.
Marsh, Falls City; deputy, Frank Mc
Cartney, Nebraska City; bookkeeper,
Fred W. Miller, Falls City; recorder,
J. J. Roberts, Lincoln; clerk, Miss
Gertrude Dean. Lincoln; stenographer,
Miss Harriet Fletcher, Lincoln.
Auditor of Public Accounts—Charles
Weston, Hay Springs, deputy, George
Anthes, Omaha; Insurance deputy. M.
A. Babcock, Lincoln; recorder, J, F.
Fanning, Clearwater; stenographers,
Miss Nellie Kepler, Lincoln: Miss
Anna Grissinger. Bellwood; book
keeper, J. M. Gilchrist (temporary.)
'treasurer—William Stuefer, West
Point; deputy, E. G. Heilman. Nor
folk; chief clerk. Nathan Fodrea,
Grand Island; clerk. H. W. Bauman,
West Point; stenographer. Miss Mary
T. Watson, Grand Island.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
--W. K. Fowler, Blair; deputy, J. L.
MicBrien, Crab Orchard; stenographer,
Miss Jennie B. Adams, Superior.
Attorney General—F. N. Prout, Be
atrice; deputy, Norris Brown, Kear
ney; assistant, W. G. Rose, Lincoln;
stenographer, Miss Nannie Canning
Beatrice.
Commissioner of Public Lands anc
But Id iuga— George D. Follnier, Oak;
deputy, H. M. Raton. Fremont; chief
clerk. Brad I*. roox, Lincoln;
draughtsman. A. K. Gift, Lincoln
(temporary i; first bookkeeper, H. G.
Meyers, Humphrey; second bookkeep
| er, C. J. Fitle. South Omaha; assign
ment clerks. Miss (’ora Garber, Red
| Cloud; Mrs. Jeanette Rehlander, Lin
coln: lease contractor, Miss Maggie
Kroese, Lincoln.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
Fusionists will probably establish
quarters at the Grand hotel, where
; they caucused.
The senate will expend less money
i for official work than any senate in
| recent years.” said Senator Currie of
(the apportionment committee. ”\Ve
arc going to keep expenses down aud
I establish a new record.”
J John C. Spreeher, senator from Col
fax. is going to take his pick between
deputy oil inspector and the position
to which lie was elected this fall. He
thinks that the oil inspectorship will
not last long after the m w adminis
tration gets to work, so he will pick
upon the senatorship. His resignation
in expected to lie in the hands of the
oil inspector in time to assume legis
lative work.
Mr. Sears, speaker of the house, is
‘ ot good form and voice and creates a
- favorable impression. In taking the
! ( hair ho said that, so far as he hon
estly ami consistently could, as speak
ei. he would strive to aid each mem
ber in advancing the interests he was
sent here to represent. He wanted to
assure the members of the minority
party that, in the progress of the bus
iness of the house, he would accord
them absolutely fair and impartial
treatment. To the majority, “charged
with l he real responsibility of the ses
sion,” he promised to make every ef
fort to so discharge the duties of his
iK'sition as to win the approbation of
the voters or tne state.
In the senatorial arena tue lines are
| being drawn, but the work is cliieily
of the quiet order in making closer
acquaintnce with the members. The
candidates for the senate are all in
evidence, the principal ones maintain
ing headquarters where they are at
heme to their friends. Delegations are
in from various sections of the state
ir the interest of their special fa\o,'
ites.
Quite a joke was sprung when it
transpired that Armstrong of N’emalia,
who had been chosen to set the legis
lative ball a-rolling as temporary
speaker, is scheduled in the biograph
ical table as by occupation a funeral
director. "A funeral director in
charge of the house may prove to be
1 a grave matter," suggested Sears of
Hurt. "1 should rather say that it
looks decidedly Sear-ious,” chimed in
l.aflin of Gage. And the procession
i moved on.
The State Bar association met in
I the rooms of the supreme court and
indorsed a bill for introduction in the
legislature which provides for the
appointment of nine supreme court
commissioners, to be appointed by
' unanimous vote of the three judges.
The proposed bill was prepared by the
legislation committee or the associa
! tion, and was presented at the meet
; ing by Judge McHugh of Omaha.
When he retires from office Stale
j Treasurer J. B. Meserve will have to
, account to his successor, William
j Stuefer, for $4,774,743.99 of state
funds. Of this amount $300,242.55
must be in the form of actual money
or bank certificates and the balance
in national, state or county bonds or
securities. All of the permanent edu
cational funds, money that is not in
vested in such securities, must l>e
turned over in actual cash, but the
money of other funds may be ac
counted for by depository bunk certifi
cates.
Auditor Cornell has his office force
at work preparing the last statemt nt
of the state's funds. This statement
shows the money and securities, etc.,
that the treasurer must turn over, and
is as follows: General, $19,893.96;
sinking, $62,622.41; permanent school,
$44,260.83; temporary school. $81,155.
43; permanent, university, $3,072.31;
agricultural endowment. $15,222.62;
j temporary university, $7.87; universi
i ty cash. $15,178.48; hospital for insane.
! $140.90; normal interest, $963.54; nor
mal library. $4,969.61; normal endow
ment, $29,083.(2; state library, $6,052.
56; penitentiary special labor, $1,102.
84; agricultural and mechanical arts,
$13,036.68; agricultural experiment sta
tion, $860.76; penitentiary land, $2,618,
Total. $300,242.55.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections met and decided to begin
hearing evidence in the contest cases
next Monday. The Douglas county
contests will be the first ones brought
up. The attorney for the contesting
members in these cases met with the
committee. The ballots in these cases,
which are now under the jurisdiction
of the court, will be delivered to the
committee Thursday of next week.
Many documents and articles which
will be used in evidence were turned
over the senate by Secretary of State
Porter.
The Preacher Alderman.
Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden's ac
tivity in Columbus municipal affairs
continues. He is just now deep in
a controversy over the street railway
franchise, and, as may be imagined,
Dr. Gladden wants the public to have
all that it is entitled to. He advo
! cate* seven or eight tickets for a
quarter, all night cars, and the pay
ment of a considerable casu compen
sation to the city by the street rail
way company.
Yonnic i'.ltljrow W'h* YVlth tlie llo.ri.
It is not generally known, perhaps,
that Senator Pettigrew, of South Da
kota. has a son who has b ten fighting
with the Boers. lie arrived in Sa
vannah a few dayH ago, and at once
went to Washington. He is a lad of
2C years of age, who joined >■< me 400
volunteers for serviie in the Trans
vaal. They were driven into the Por
tugese territory and three disarmed
find the Dutch government paid their
I passage home. Young Pettigrew says
j that the Boers will make it interest
: ing for ihe British for some time to
come, and ho is anxious to again join
their cause.
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