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NEBRASKOOOSE
PROCEEDINGS OF LOWER LEG
ISLATIVE BRANCH
A. Condemn! Rmtime of tlir Wnak c-
ootnpllihpil During thp l'aul Week
Action uu Hill lllr.
l Tliursduy, .Inntinry Hr.
Tuesday's .lotirnul was only read in
part, fuuthcr reading being dispensed
with.
The committee on printing reported
that Jacob North it .Sons were prepar
ing all bills as quickly us possible ex
plaining that deltiy was caused by the
inability of the proof readers to read
proof in time.
A resolution by Orosvonor that r.00
topics be printed of llou.se roll 137, a
bill to amend the revenue laws of the
itate, was amended to provide that
1,000 bo printed. It was then adopted.
Several new bills were read the Hrst
time.
The most Important was House roll
178, by House, whleh provides that any
newspaper published in any county In
the htatc. In German Swedish, Bohc
mian or English, having a dally, tri
weekly or weekly circulation of l.fiOO
must publish the proceedings of the
county board therein.
On motion of Hums the sergeant at
arins was directed to procure Hags and
Iritpe them back of the speaker's chair.
When the house convened in the
afternoon, it had the Skipton con
tempt case before it. as well as the
Benjamin-Israel contest.
Judge Skipton was brought before
the bar of the house and the warrant
read. On motion of Fisher of Dawes,
Mr. Skipton was given an opportunity
to speak. He asked that the chief
cleric to whom ho had given them, be
required to read his reasons for not
banding over the ballots in question.
. The arguments set forth by Judge
Skipton for his failure to comply with
the request of the house were from the
legal standpoint that the county court
of Flllmoro county, being a part- of the
co-ordinate branch of the state gov
ernment, was not amenable to the
house, and further, that as the ballots
were a part of the evidence in the case
pending before his court ha had neither
& moral nor legal right to let them out
of his jurisdiction. He said that the.
statutes provided methods by which
the legislature and the county judge
rfl may obtain ballots in contested elec-
' ilon cases, lly virtue of the provision
that both could not have the ballots
at the same time, he was in possession
and the legislature was not. Iu his
concluding paragraph he says:
"What relief for this predicament
(here may be I shall not venture to
suggest to your honorable body, oth
r than to recall the fnct that hereto
fore the remedy seems to have been
found in a special net of the legisla
ture. What means your honorable
body may bo able to devise I know
not, but will repeat that whenever I
- havo proper authority lor the delivery
to your honorable body of any evi
dence in my possession that such (-violence
will bo cheerfully furnished at
the appointed time, and that it will
not be necessary to employ any coer
cion or to give vo.it to any vituperative
or malicious epithets in order to com
pel a surrender of such evidence."
He rvas asked by Fisher: "Will
you produce the ballots now?'' "No,
S)lr," Bald the judge. Ho was ques
tioned by others. The outcome of a
long debate was that In; was held iu
.contempt of the houso and lined 550
and $18 costs. On motion of l'rlueo of
lllall the tine assessed was remitted on
Icondltlon that Judge Skipton pro
duce tne ballots within twenty-four
hours.
In the matter of the contest botween
'Benjamin nnd Israel, the committee on
privileges and elections reported that
It had counted the ballots cast and
found that Israel had received 1,137
and Benjamin 1,032. Leaving out pre
cincts objected to Israel hud 1,005 and
Benjamin DM The committee recom
jEQonded the scat be given to Israel.
VThe minority report emphasized the
"question of eligibility. The house
topk up the reports and was iu the
uidst of their consideration when ad
journment was had.
Friday, January UO.
Preliminaries in the house occupied
fulto a little time yesterday morning.
As soon as the house was ready to en
ter Into the day's work, l.ane of Lan
caster asked in regard to the Benja-tnln-lsrael
contest, unci wanted to
knovrif Israel hud resigned as judge
of Dundy county. On being Iu formed
that he had, Mr. Lane thought that
Israel was entitled to the scat, Inus
much as he had received a majority of
the rotes cast.
Fisher of Dawes detailed the manner
In which the vote had Immmi canvassed.
Weaver of Richardson questioned
the legality of Israel's right to the
eat.
Detweiler of Douglas quoted law on
the subject, upholding claim of con
testant. Benjamin, the contestee, said he did
not want to beg any question. He hud
come to Lincoln as a man. If God
2pared his life, he would come to the
legislature in two years and if any of
the present members were there, he
would remember and do all lie could
to even up.
Other members were heard and then
the question recurred on Wheeler's
.motion to adopt the minority report
Lost, 52 to 47.
The majority report was immediate
ly adopted by the same vote.
Evans if Adams raised the point of
order thai the contestee could not vote
on his own case. Held by speaker to
be well taken, 'and Mr.tBetrjatnln ,was
oot allowed, to vote. ,
M On motion of Burns of Lancaster
the chief justice of the supreme court
yvvia asked to swear In Judge Israel.
lie win not in the building and the
house took u reecsss till 3 o'clock.
When tho houbo couvened at 3
o'clock, Mr. Burns succeeded In find
ing Chief Justice Harrison, who ap
peared and administered the oath of
otllce to Judge Israel. The latter then
ijtbk hi" soat on tne llr
,f"louBO mil No. 113, appropriating
100,000 for pay of members, officers
Mid employes of the legislature, re
ceived U7 votes nnd was declared
Sassed with emergency clause. House
fell No. 121, appropriating 840,000 for
the expenses of tho legislature, was
read and passed with 05 votes.
The houso then went into committee
of tho whole to consider bills on gen
eral file and considered House roll 13,
reducing salaries of county judges,
clerks, treasurers nnd sheriffs. After
much debate the committee adopted a
motion made by Pollard of Cass to rlso
and report the bill for Indefinite post
ponement. . i
Saturday, Jnnuury Ml.
Immediately after preliminaries iu
the house yesterday, reports of stand
ing committees were received. House
roll '.3, declaring the plowing up of a
public highway to boamlsdennor, was
reported for passage by the committee
on roads.
Housu roll 5, amending the statutes
so that In case of felonies, except trea
son, arson, and murder, information
by grand jury is necessary, was re
ported for indefinite postponement.
Kasterling 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, (Irosvonor of Hamil
ton called attention to the fact thn
the ruling was contrary to the mint
procedure, and asked tiiat the rule be
made a part of the record. A motion
by Kasterling to make the report a
special order for .1 o'clock was voted
down, and the report was adopted.
Speaker Clark satisfied the members
that his ruling was correct, not only
according to Roberts' rules of order,
but also by Heed's parliamentary rules.
Utile 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
afliriuatlve vote on this motion may
decide the main question the merits of
the question must be open for discus
sion. The motion cannot be postponed.
Housu roll (I, by Kasterling, which is
n slight change in the manner of tiling
information by county attorneys, was
rccoiutnoiided'for passage.
On motion of Burns a committee of
three was appointed to act with a
senate committee relative to admis
sions during balloting for senator.
Later the committee reported that ad
mission be 1)3 ticket, each member to
have two.
An anti-foreign alliance resolution
by (Jrell of Sarpy was tabled.
A motion by i'ollard of Cass that
committee on printing bo given entire
supervision of the purchase of supplies
was indefinitely amended.
On motion of l'rinee of Hall, Mr.
Benjamin, the member unseated, was
allowed pay nnd per diem.
Tho Fillmore county contest case was
up again, nnd a motion by Olmstend of
Douglas that County Judge Skipton
be brought before the bar of the house
to show cause, if any, why he still re
fuses to deliver the hullots, prevailed.
At 4 o'clock the sergeant-ut-tirnis ap
peared with Judge Skipton. The
speaker asked the judge to make a
statement. That gentleman said he
had no more to say than he had said.
Olmstcud moved that he be imprisoned
in the Luucuster county juil.for six
hours for contemptuous behavior in
the presence of the house. Tile merits
of the nmttcr of punishment were
entered into, resulting iu the adoption
of the motion to imprison.
Bower of Hall introduced a bill to
establish a statu normul school at St.
Paul, and appropriating $.10,000 there
fore. The house, in committee of tin; whole
considered housu roll 1 1 and 18. Tho
first was recommended for indefinite
postpotueiueut, the latter, making
public road plowing a mlsdcanor wits
recommended for passage.
Adjourned.
Monday .lull nary Sli.
The house at Its session of Saturday
transacted but very little business,
putting in most of its time wuiting of
the joint session to. arrive.
As soon as he could' gain the speak
er's notice. Burns of Lancaster offered
a motion that all persons be prohibited
from canvassing on tho lloor of the
house. Agreed to without division,
Fisher of Dawes submitted a petition
from tho Nebraska women's suffrage
association, protesting against the
passage of the bill to do away with
thu ofllco of oil Inspector. Tho"asoel
ntion say the inspector btands between
the public and bad and dangerous oil.
New bills were introduced and others
rend second time.
Burns moved that the time of
meeting of each committee be an
nounced by thn speaker together with
the numbcVof the bill to be considered.
Carried.
The house adopted a motion by Pol
lard of Cass that when the house ad
journ it bo till 11 o'clock a. in. Monday.
Wilcox of Lincoln introduced a mo
tion appointing Fisher of Dawes and
Prince of Hall attornuys for the houso
in habeas corpus proceedings insti
tuted to secure the release of F. Skip
ton from custody, where he was put
under yrdcr of the house. The motion
prevailed without discussion. Tho
senate was announced nnd the joint
convention was immediately called to
order. " '
Turtilay, Jnuunry 34,
When thu house convened yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock in thu absence
of Chaplain Seabrooke, Representative
Kastmun led in prayer. He asked di
vine blessing on the work of the week
iu view of its great importance.
Tho judiciary committee reported,
recommending for passage bills as fol
lows: Honse roll No. 22, relating to guard
ians and wards.
House roll No. 21, relating to guard
ians and wards.
House roll No. 31, amending section
(102 of the civil code. ,
Tho trouble over bill files was again
brought up iu a resolution by Thomp
son of Merrick, Instructing the print
ing committee tohuvu the bills printed
with wider margins. Ho had found
difficulty iu the manugutnent of his
iuie ;ir. r.vuntr suggested tnai the,
whole trouble was with the tile anif
not with the bills. The 11 lo wus a
cheap one, utterly unfitted to hold a
largu number of "bills. He suggested
that the Keystone flics heretofore used
with a patent appliance for holding
the bills, together were tho ones the
house wanted. MUbourn of Kearney
thereupon moved that the printing
committee be instructed to purehuse
Keystone files for tho use of the house
instead of the ones furnished by the
secretary of state. The motion curried.
The senate was announced and fur
ther business stopped.
The house upon reconvening after
joint session immediately resolved itself
Into committee of the whole.
House roll No, 22, by Lane, providing
a repealing clause for the act com
posing sections 20 and 31 of chupter 34
of Uie statutes relative to guardians
nnd wnrds was recommended for pas
sage. House roll No. 24, by Lane, a similar
bill, rc-cnactlng section 20 of tho same
chapter, was also recommended for
passage.
Houso roll No. 31, by Kvnns, remov
ing obsolete matter from section 002 of
thu civil code was recommended for
passage.
The report of the committee of tho
whole was unanimously adopted.
Tho house then adjourned.
Weilnemlny, January an.
The houso transacted no business
yesterduy before the committee on en
grossed and enrolled bills reported the
legislative appropriations as correctly
enrolled. The speaker signed them in
tho presence of the house.
Residents of Cuming county asked
for nu act compelling the removal of a
dam In the 'Klkhorn river. Another
petition asked for the passage ot an
act permitting the. free passuge of fish
on all rivers. Other petitioners asked
that a law be passed providing a pen
alty for discharging lire arms along
public highways and also making thu
penalty for embezzlement more severe.
Bills were, read for the first and sec
ond times, after which Kasterling of
ltutfulo moved that thu committee on
printing bo Instructed to ascertain the
causo of the delay In printing the bills.
Kvnns of Adams stated that ho had
repeatedly Interviewed the printer
and had received only promises. Mr.
Knsterllng'b motion carried.
Kvaus of Adams moved to reconsider
the motion ordering thu Keystone tiles
to be purchased. The motion carried
and the original motion wum tabled.
After convening, following the. joint
session, adjournment was taken till
morning.
Among new bills introduced were:
One by McCarthy to prevent trusts
and combines! two by Siecke. the first
to prevent construction of dams that
prevent free pasi.igc of llsh and pro
viding for flsliways, the second, pro
hibiting llsh eutchlng except by hook
and line. One by Burns for stnto series
of school text books and appropriating
9100,000 therefor; one by Burns impos
ing 5 per cent excise tax on express
companies; by Chittenden for new
buildings at Beatrice feeble minded
Institute.
Latter Around tlie World.
How long docs It take n letter to
travel around tho earth? This ques
tion recurred to C. II. Foster ot Clinton
oarly last March, says the Clinton
Democrat. Ho concluded to give It i
trial, and on March 10 ho dropped a
letter In the Clinton postofllco address
ed to himself care of tho United States
consul at Calcutta, India. In one corn
er was the request to forward to Hono
lulu, Hawaii, if not called for in ten
days, while the firm's card on the en
velope insured Us final return t Clin
ton. Ten cents In poeugc stamps paid
Its passage. On Dec. 20 the long ab
sent letter came back to Clinton and
wan returned to Its owner. Several of
the post marks are illegible, but tho
Calcutta postmark bears date of April
21 only a littlo over u month from
Clinton, which was good time. Then
It was forwarded to Honnolulu, reach
ing there on Juno 3. It was turned
over to the United States consul, who
kept It until Dec. 6, nftlxlng his official
stamp. On Dec. 7 It was again post
marked by tho Hawaii postoflice, reach
ing hero thirteen days Inter. Tho
wholo trip took nine months and ten
days, reducing tho not time of the trip
around the world to four months and
"uoven days.
Time to Call a Halt.
From tho New York Post: Among
the beat stories by a well-known angler
Is one about a Scottish laird who was
one day relating to his friends at tho
dinner table the story of a flno fish he
had caught. "Donald," said he to
the servant behind his chair nn
old man, but a new servant,
"how heavy was the fish I took
yesterday?" Donald neltr.r apoko
nor moved. Tho laird repeated tho
question. "Weel," replied Donald, "It
was twnl' pund at breakfast; It had
gotten "to achtoen at dinner time, and
It was sax-and-twonty when ye sat
down to supper wl' tho captain." Then,
after a pau3o, ho added: "I've been
tellin' lees a' my llfo to. please the
ahooters, but I'll be dashed if I'm going
to tell Iocs noo, In my old age, to pleasa
tho rushers!"
Til Clever ArtUt.
Not infrequently the art student falls
in arrears for tho rent of even hla airy
.porch on the, "alxjemc" and landlords
have scant sympathy for beings who
can "soar to tho empyrean," but can't
pay cash. One young man, six months
in arrears, know that his landlord was
keeping a watchful eyo on his trunk,
which stood opposlto the door, feeling
sure that while It was there tho owner
would not depart. Our artist painted
a portrait or b.ts trunk on the wall op
poslto the dW and in the night took
hlmsolf and his belongings quietly
away; nor was ho missed for several
days. Good work sometimes serves
very inartistic ends. Catholic World
lie Would Kick Anyway.
The discipline of the older section
ot tho country Is not rouoh more se
vere than that of tho newly settled re
gions, where they think the easterners
aro absurdly finical and only a shade
less fUBsy thanvthoJ English. Ahotel
clerk beyond tho Missouri onco ad
vised a Bostonlnn In n friendly spirit
never to register from Boston. "Why?"
tho Innocent Bostonlan Inquired, "Be
cause," answered tho clork, "out hero
wo alwayB glvo a man from Boston the
poorest room In tho house. Wo know
ho Is going to kick anyhow, and so
wo kIvc hi hi something to kick about."
flooil at Arithmetic.
Lady (In employment otTlco) "Ai
there la only my husband and niyscll
In tho family, I think you ought to be
willing to como for leas than you ask.
There are only two persona to cook
for." Domestic "But, mum, when I'm
wld you there 'ud be throe."
NEBRASKA SENATE
PROCEEDINGS OF UPPER LEG
ISLATIVE BRANCH
A tot eel net Summary of thn Doing of a
Week A Mitt or HUM, ltmntii-
Hum, I'M;, Ai'lrtl Upon.
Tliurmlity, lanuarjr ll,
The reuding of the Journal was dis
pensed with In the senate yesterday
morning, after having been fairly
started, and thesciiuto tit once entered
Into consideration of business.
Several new bills were read.
Bills on second reading were
taken up and referred.
Van Duseti of Douglas moved
Iheu
that
tho senate postoflice be closed on Sun
days and no salaries for help In that
department be allowed for that day.
The motion carried.
Carmody moved that the committee
of the whole consider senate llle No.
23. Several senators were without
files. Pages brought and distributed
tho files. Senator Steele took the
chair. Senator Talbot shIiI that there
wero only two Hues of the proposed
bill which were umeudatory of the
law now In force. It Is an uct to
amend section 077 of the civil code of
precccduro providing for a bond in
appeal cases.
Senator Farrell of Merrick stated
his objections. He explained the hard
ship upon persons who might be
strangers iu the community and who
would be unnble to get a hond. The
bill ho thought was in the Interest of
the loan nnd trust, companies, who
never made a loan on more than one
third of the value of a farm.
Mr. Talbot explained that the ob
ject of his amendment, was to insure
an indemnity to the man who secures
n judgment? awarding nlin a piece of
land and the man in possession goes
to tho supreme court to take advant
age of the congested condition of that
court and holds possession of the dis
puted property for perhaps two or
thrco years, merely under u bond not
to commit waste. This condition, Tal
bot said, sometimes returned a man's
property to hlin when the supreme
court 11 u u lly got around to the case
after nn unlawful possessor hail lived
on the farm during the time tho up-
peal wns pending. Tho bill proposed
to require a bond that would only
cover a reasonable rent thut would re
imburse him for the time thut his farm
was wrongfully withheld,
O'Neill of Holt thought tho bill
ought to be moro specific ns to what
constituted a reasonable rent.
Farrell of Merrick spoke again in
which he said that the loan companies
wero fairly well tultcn euro of under
the present law, but thut the injustice
resulted to the poor man who through
hardship or drouth had found himself
unable to meet his obligations.
Senator Miller of Buffalo took the
floor in opposition to the bill nnd said
that ho opposed haste. He thought
the loan companies were not entitled
to special credit. They had been gov
erned by selfish considerations. He
thought thn senator introducing thu
bill assumed thut the man who took
tho appeal to the supreme court was
always in the. wrong.
A division was hud on the question
of recommending tho bill for pussago
which carried by a vote of 1H for and
11 against. The fusion members vot
ing against the recommendation.
I'rlriay, ,lanuury SO.
After routluo business In tho senate
yesterday morning new bills were In
troduced. The senate ran out ot busi
ness at 11 o'clock mid n recess was
taken. The discovery of senate file
No. 12 on general file caused the sen
ators to po Into committee of thu
whole. Senator Miller of Buffalo, who
introduced the bill, explained that the
object of senate tile No. 12 wos to pro
hibit the platting of encumbered land
into city, town or village lots, lln
said lund companies and townslte com
panies operating along railroads often
platted town lots without going to thu
trouble of perfecting title to the land.
Ho thought a great deal of the trouble
could be avoided in tho future by pass
ing a bill of this nature.
Talbot of Lancaster favored the ob
ject of tho bill, but he believed pro
vision should also be iiiiulo for vacating
platted property, Platting had been
overdone in many towns and cities and
relief should be nffurded by law.
This proposition was favorably re
ceived, but its incorporation meant an
overhauling of thu bill, so the com
rcitteo of the whole aro:o without ac
tion nnd reported progress.
Tho committee on engrossed bills re
ported that scnato file No. 23, relating
to appeal bonds, was correctly en
grossed. The bill wns read the third
time, and placed upon its passuge. It
wns passed by a vote of 31 to JO, re
publicans voting in theufllrmutivu and
thcvfuslonlsts in the negative. Thobllb
amends me third subdivision or section
077, code of civil procedure, relating to
supersedeas bonds. The umended por
tion of tho bill reads us follows:
"Third When the judgment, decree
or order, directs the sale or delivery of
tho possession of real estate, the bond
shall be iu such sum us the court, or
judge thereof In vacation, shall pre
scribe, conditioned that thn appellant
ornppeallnnts will prosecuto such up-
ficul without delay, nnd will not dur
ng tho pendency "of such uppeul, com
mit, or suffer to be committed, any
waste upon such real estate, and if
the judgment be affirmed, he will pay
the valuo ot tho use. and occupation of
the property from the date of the un
dertaking, until the delivery .of the
possession pursuant lo the judgment,
and all costs."
Miller of Buffulo, Canaday of Kear
ney, and Prout of Gage were appointed
as a committee to confer whh a like
committee of the house to arrange for
tickets oi admission to nil joint con
ventions of tho two houses.
Half an hour was spent itt idleness
by the senate In waiting on the house
to gut ready for tho noon joint con
vention. Tlie senate reconvened at 3. A num
ber of Senate files were reported and
sent to general file.
Van Dusun of Douglas presented a
resolution citing that the supplies fur
nished by tho secretary of state were
not in accordance with the requisiton
of the senate secretary, directing their
return, and providing that future sup
plies bo secured by the printing com
mittee. Went over one day under the rules.
Adjourned.
Nutnrriny, Jununry Ul.
In the senate yesterday morning
Noyes of Douglns, chairman of the
committee on education, submitted a
report recommending tlie pussago of
senate tile No. s, by Farrell, to re
quire school boards to provide suitable
Miter closets, and the passage of sen
ate tile No. 0. by Canaduy, providing
that the terms of members of boards
of education shall begin thn first Mon
day In May. The report, was adopted
nnd the bills were placed on general
file.
O'Neill of Holt Introduced a Joint
resolution to submit a proposition In
thu year HUM) for a constitutional con
vention. House rolls appropriating SliO.OOO for
salaries of officers and cmplt.ves of the
legislature mid SlO.odu for Incidental
expenses of the leglslutvre, were read
the first time.
Senate file Nos. I Hit to is. were read
the second time and referred to com
mittees. After the order of business had been
called the senate remained at ease un
til the time for the joint convention
arrived.
Tho senate reconvened after the noon
recess at 3 o'clock. On recommenda
tion of Currle of Custer, chulrmuii of
the committee on accounts mid ex
penditures, tlie secretary of state was
instructed to buy SI 13 worth of furni
ture for committee rooms. The list of
furniture comprises twelve revolving
chair utV.i.7,i each, six rocking chairs
at .52.7.1, light chairs at Jjl.Mi. one re
volving chair at S.'i.Mi, one table at SKI.
Semite file No 32, by Talbot, was In
definitely postponed on recommenda
tion of the committee on privileges
and elections. The bill corrects fig
ures iu the ballot law, but the commit
tee deemed tlie correction unnccessitry.
Lieutenant (Inventor Ollbert uti
earthed a rule which requires reports
of standing committee to He over one
nay. lie proceeded to enforce the rule
ami it was suspended temporarily in
order to admit of action on a report
of the committee on privileges and
elections on senate tile l.'i, a bill intro
duced by Van Duseu, relating to pri
mary elections The committee re
commended that the bill be passed and
the report was adopted.
The senate, ufter some debate,
amending the motion that each sena
tor be allowed two tickets to tho joint
session so us to provide two tickets for
the president of the senate, to em
ployes and newspaper reporters, adopt
ed the recommendation of the commit
tee In relation to admissions.
While this subject was up, Steele of
Jefl'ursou, an old soldier, suggested
that a little moro mlllturv stvle would
suit his ideas. He said tiiu house was
called up and remained standing while
thu senate uiurched into tho joint con
vention, and ho had noticed thut tho
senators dropped into chairs one at a
time. He thought the senators should
remain standing and all bo seated ut
once.
The chair said the suggestion com
ported with his idea of thu dignity of
the occasion.
Van Duseu's resolution relating to
furnishing supplies for thu senate
through thn printing committee was
again laid over one day.
Monday, January SH.
After preliminaries in tho senate
Saturday the judiciary committee re
ported scnato file No. 1!) back to the
scnato without recommendation.
Prout of (luge, Introducer of the bill,
moved thut it be placed on general
file. The motion was agreed to. The
hill provides that a divorce may be
granted when either party shall be
come insane and shall have been con
lined'Iu an Insane hospital for u period
of five years und Is apparently incura
ble, provided thut such insanity has
not been caused by the fault or mJs
conduct of the party seeking the di
vorce. Bills on first nnd second reading oc
cupied considerable time.
llolbrook of Dodge brought up the
question of adjourning after thu joint
convention till 10 a. in. Tuesday. Tal
bot of Lancaster argued earnestly
against missing the opportunity of
taking a Joint ballot for United States
senator each secular day. He thought
it would be unsafe. Van Dusen of
Douglas argued just as earnestly that
thu legislature hud a right to adjourn
He thought no legal complications
would arise.
Talbot moved to amend the motion
by fixing the time, ut 11 a. in, Monday.
The amendment was adopted by a vote
of ID to 14.
Ill committee of tho whole houso
roll Nos. 113 and 121, appropriating
$'.10,000 for legislative salaries und 340,
(mio for incidental expenses of the leg
islature, were ordered engrossed for
third reuding.
Van Dusen of Douglas withdrew his
resolution authorizing thu printing
committee to furnish supplies to thu
senate.
The senate repaired to the house to
participate In the joint convention, re
convened at 12:30 and adjourned till
Monday, 11 u. m.
Tnriilay, January 'it,
Tho senate couvuncd at 1 1 a. m. yes
terday. Chaplain Cressmau asked in
his prayer for a deliverance of tlie
people from the blight of intemper
ance. When bills en third reading came up
the secretary proceeded to read two
bills, the legislative salury appropria
tion bill and a bill appropriating $40,
000 to pay incidental expenses of the
legislature. After the clerk hud be
gun on the second bill Tulbot of Lan
caster insisted that a vote should be
taken on each Immediately ufter the
third reading. He read the constitu
tion lo 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
800,000 for salaries of members and
employes of tlie legislature, was passed
thure being 31 yeas and no nays.
House roll No. 121, appropriating
810,000 for incidental expenses of tho
legislature, was also passed.
At the afternoon session Reynolds ot
Dawes presented u petition asking
that a joint memorial to congress fa
voring woman suffrage bo passed. The
petition was recclvetl und placed on
file.
Several bills wero placed on llle, a
uhuuge was made In the work of boiuo
of the employes and one or two added,
the constitutional limit of an being
reached. 200 conies of the Stuto Jpur
ual legislative blue book were ordered.
In committee of thu whole the sen
ate acted on senate tile 12 to prohibit
platting of encumbered land intotowu
or city lots. It wns recommended foe
pussngo. Two files wore passed over..
Over senate file 27, quite n debnto en
sued. The bill requires Juries in alt
eases to render special findings when
so requested by cither party. Hanni
bal of Howard opposed tho bill be
cause It takes till discretionary power
from thu court.
Van Dnscn of Douglas opposed It
because there was no demand from
tho people or tho lawyers for such
change. Such u change would bo taken,
advantage of by skillful lawyers and
would redound mostly to advantage
of defendants in personal damngo
suits, Ma know of but, one stnto
that hits such a law. Knusas hits
a similar law, and though Kunsnt
Is redeemed, Nebraska docs not wnnt
to follow in all things. Attornoys un
due the bill would be able to confuse
juries by asking numerous questions.
Mr. Talbot answered nt length. Ho
argued that justice would bo dono to
all parties. He declared no power
ought to deprivo u lillgnntof the right
to ask juries to answer questions re
lating to matters of fact.
Hannibal of llowaud preferred to
trust an h mest judge rather than an
Interested lnwyer.
Van Dusen moved to recommend that
the bill be Immediately postponed.
Currle of Custer, spoke in favor of tho
motion to postpone and it was adopted,
Talbot and Rocko alone voting iu sup
port of tho bill.
Wfdnrmlay, January 3B,
Routine work out of thu way iu (he
senate yesterday, Roche of Lancaster,
chairman of thu committee on prlvlegen
und elections, reported favorably on
scnato file No. 1, by Prout, a bill to
prevent a endldate's namii from ap
pearing on the ballot more than once.
The bill was placed on general file.
Van Dusea of Douglas, chairman ot
the judiciary committee, reported unit
recommended thu passage of a sub
stitute for somite file No. 7, by Knepper
of Butler. Thu original bill wipes out
nil sections of tho statutes relating; to
support of county agricultural societies
by taxation. 'The substitute does not
wipe out the luw, but amends It no
that thu drawing of a warrant in aid
of the county agricultural society
shall be opened with the county au
thorities. The substltuto bill was
placed nu general til ts in place of the
original.
Senntu fllo No. 203 wns Introduced
by Newell of Cuss. It makes the of
fices of marshal and city attorney elec
tive offices In cities of the second class
having morn than 5,000 inhabitants.
An acknowledgement of tho pussngo
ot a resolution iu thu interests of a
pension for (icn. John M. Pulmcr ot
Illinois was received and spread upon
tho senate journal, (leneral Palmer
thanked thu lieutenant-governor and
the seuute.
Chairmen of standing committees re
ported various bills. Noyes of Douglaa
from thu rules committee, reported
changes lu rules 24 nnd 25. The com
mittee struck out the portion ot rule
24 which requires standing committee
reports to luy over one day, and merely
changed the language iu rulo 25 relat
ing to the coilrse each bill shall take.
The committee on enrolled and en
grossed bills reported that house rolli
Nos. 113 und 121, the legislative appro
priation bills, were correctly enrolled.
The lleutenant-goveriior signed botb
bills.
Scnatn fllo No. 28, by Fowler, repeal
ing sections 017 to 024, inclusive, re
lating to arrest beforo and after Judg
ment, was reported correctly enrolled.
The bill wus then passed by a vote
of 28 to 1.
Klertlnff a Henator,
Following is the result ot the ballot
so fur taken in the legislature on Unit
ed Stutes-scnutor. The first column
represents the separate ballot, the
others thu joint bullots:
1st 2d 3d -lth 5th Oth 7th
Allen 58 f.H 511 53 SI 53 58
Havward... 28 20 30 40 30 41 43
Webster ... 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Thompson .7777777
Field 4 4 3 2 2 1
Lambertson 3 .14 3 2 2 3
Reeso 2 .2 2 2 2 3 2
Hlnshuw... 2 3 2 2 3 1;
Adams 2 1112 11,
Foss 2 12 2 2 2 3
Weston 2 2 2 2 2 8 4
Majors 2 2 t
Hitfuer 11111
ViiuDusun.. 1111111
Martin 1 2
Cornish.... 1 1 1 1 1 1 )
Davidson... 1 1 1
Little 1
Dr. Kvani' ranltlen Ret of Teeth.
Mine. K a onco noted Russian beau
ty, wus famous for tho length and
aumptuoalty ot her trains. She was al
so lavish ot nor smiles. One evening,
at somo grand reception. I was gazing
at her as Comte Horace do Cholieul
led her through a suite of salons. Dr.
1'Jvaus came up to me. We talked about'
tho sumptions train. He then asked,
"What do you think of hear teeth?"
"They light up her face like lunbeamg',
tlioy eclipse even the pearls af Mm
do Rothschild's necklace." "It ww 1
who provldod them," said the doctor;
"no, I'm not Joking." "But aurelythey
are too transparent to be of composi
tion?" "They aro not ot artlrclal atuf.
I chose teeth from the mouths ot
twelve Brittany girls to make the ot."
"Why from twelve?" "Bacauae tfrt
twelve had the proper number of fault
iest teeth. Bosldoa, Mme. K. 1 aupar
stltlously orthodox. Sho wanted
teeth to bo a reminder of the twelve
apostles. To please her I Inserted
bit ot the true crow la the fold
ting." London Truth.
Trying to Make It Oat.
Theodore "I declared myself, Al
fred; but I don't know whether she
accepted mo or not. That's what I'a
trying to ruako out, you know." Al-fred--"What
did you say to her?"
Thoodore "I said that I thought the
world of her and Bhe said: 'It's a queer
world.' That was all, don't you know,
and deuced If I know whether It meast
sho Is lu lovo with me or sot"-Bc
ton Transcript.
The (Jueea'a KnalUh.
Englishman "I say, ye knaw, what's
tho bookago to Boiton?" Railroad Tick-,
et Clerk"The whatage?" Englishman
"The bookage, ye knaw tho tat Iff.
What's the tariff?" Ticket Clerk"!
haven't time to talk politics."
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