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' MCCOOK TRIBUNE.
fl F. M. KI.MMKLL , Publisher.
, McCOOK , NEBRASKA"
H Nothing intensifies selfishness faster
H ? than being eck. !
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H A thing Is never too often repeated
H which is never sufficiently learned.
H ' : There are weeds enough in the world
H { to furnish employment for all who dis-
M like them.
H The world has plenty of inhabitants
H Tvho have been helped until they are
H practically helpless.
M There are no greater wretches in th
1 Tvorld than many of those whom people
M in general take to be happy.
M Men -who follow their impulses an
M generally as near right as when thej
H think , and save themselves a vasl
H amount of worry.
B Louis A. Peltier , \ an Indianapolis
H 'undertaker , has the unsurpassed record
fl of having buried 13,000 persons. He
H ' has been inthe business sixty years.
H A stock company recently organized
H in London offers GGO.000 shares of stocli
H to the public at a penny a share. At
H that price any one may become a capi-
H talist with invested funds.
H "His wisdom is a seal upon his lips , '
H. said Mentor of Ulysses , , "which is
1 never broken save for an important
H ' purpose. " Happily for congruity
1 Grant instead of Bismarck was named
H in honor of this fine quality in the
| , Greek hero.
Philadelphia has been called upon to
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H return the modern triumphal arch tm-
H aer which Gen. Washington passed at
| Trenton on his way to the presidential
H inauguration in 17S9. It has been de-
H manded by the owner and will be placed
H 'in one of the rooms in the Trenton
B Battle monument. The arch was loan-
H ed to the city during the centennial.
H 2nd was deposited in. Independence
H Hall , subject to demand of the owner.
H- Miss Alary Armstrong owned it then
H .and was given a receipt for the arch
H Irom Col. Frank M. Etting , now de-
H ceased. Miss Armstrong died in 1SS2 ,
H and her legal heir , Elmer Ewing Green ,
H lias asked the return of the arch
B through Gen. W. S. Stryker.
H The statistics of new railroad equip-
H ment built in this country in 1S9G show
H that we have built more locomotives
H than in 1S95 and very many more cars.
1 Carrying comparisons back two years ,
| the increases both in locomotive out-
b put and in car building are very great.
H The figures presented by the Railroad
H Gazette show that We built this year
H 480 locomotives more than in 1S94 and
H 74 more than last year. The actual
1 number of engines built in 1S96 was
H 1.175 , and in 1895,1,101 engines. An in-
| leresting feature which is brought out
fjBBj in this summary is the growing import-
VVHance of export orders. In 1896 309 engines -
| gines were built in this country to export -
. H -port to foreign countries , the engines
HH going chiefly to South America , but
H also to a considerable extent to Russia -
| | sia , Japan and South Africa. In 1894
H only 80 engines were built for export ,
H and In 1895 that number was exceeded ,
H the number built in 1894 having been
H unusually small ; but still the growth
H reported in 1896 is of especial interest
H Locomotive builders in this , country at .
H | present have orders on their books for
Hf 70 engines for Japan , where most oi
H the engines now in service are of Eng-
H lish make.
B Tragedy may be associated with
K cheap domestic goods , and with "bar-
H gain counters. " Articles are kept in
H stock , and sold by competing dry goods '
K M and other stores , the materials of which j '
H cost almost fully the price for "which
H the goods may be bought. The Rever-
H end Doctor Parkhurst of New York
B had a word to say in a recent sermon
; -about goods into which may have been
B sewed the struggle for life of many a
HH H lialf-starved , wretched woman. He
H said : "If a lady goes to a store and
H Imys an article that she knows is marvelously -
B -velously cheap , and cannot understand
H how such a piece of hand-made work
H can be sold at so pitiable a price , she
B ImowSj if she knows anything about
H the industrial conditions of the world
H she lives in , that some poor girl , in
H some sickly back alley , has been half-
B paid for her work , and she the elegant
H lady gets the benefit of it. This city
BB is full of this , and so is every other
B city. The purchaser does not kill the ,
B jgirl outright , but she helps to kill her
H B "by inches. " The preacher's declaration
K i. mainly true. Few women , however ,
Hstop long enough to realize that in the
H purchase of such goods they are encour-
B aging extortion ; are taking from labor
H l the just returns to which , by the law of
B God and of human brotherhood , it is
B entitled ; and are upholding a system of
B trad-3 that , in its cruel effects , holds
H 'commerce with privation , and hunger ,
H and vice , and death itself. Purchasers
B should think of this whenthey are at-
B tracted by the pecuniary allurements of
Htho "bargain counter. "
B Elocution is in the saddle , and rid-
B ing hard. Every entertainment of any
H sort , except funerals , is arranged of
B B late so that the elocutionists will have
fl B a chance to do a turn. The Poor Food
H how , at Topeka , is the latest. A num-
| H her of elucotionists are on the pro
| H gramme , though just what connection
H there is between elocution and food , neB
B one
H A late census of Massachusetts shows ,
H contrary to the general understanding ,
H that her population includes more un-
B jnarried men than unmarried women.
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS
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iX Succinct fimnmary of the I\ist TVeolcs
Ilolngs In the Nebraska IIoumo of ICcpro-
Bentiitlvcs A Strictly Jfoii-1'art'san Ke-
vlow of the Troccertlnsrs.
I\ronday January 23.
Speaker Gailin ' s gavel fell this after
noon at U:30 : o'clock. Seventy-seven
jneinbersresponded to roll call.
The committee on insurance reported
favorably on house rolls Kos. 82 and
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The bills were recommended for pas
sage while No. 47 , a bill amending the
mutual insurance .act was indefinitely
postponed , accoi'ding to the commit
tee ' s recommendation.
Ilouse roll No. 89 , reducing the sal
aries at the Geneva industrial school ,
was reported on favorably by the com
mittee on ngriculture and the report
was adopted.
John Currie's bill , house roll No. 80 ,
introduced by Mr. Soderman , praying
for the appropriation of 55,000 to erect
an heroic statue of Abraham Lincoln
ou the capitol grounds , was indefinite
ly postponed.
Mr. Roddy of Otoe introduced , the
following joint resolution :
Whkiias , The legislature of 1887 b an
net entitled , "An act to recouut the ballots
cast for and against the legislative amend
ment of the 2d day of November. 188(5 ( , and
to declare the result , " did provide for the
rccounthiR of the ballots cast for and against
the constitutional amendment providing for
an Increase in the per diem of members of
the legislature from SI to $5 and extending
the session of the legislature from forty to
sixty days , and
"Whkkeas , Some doubt has always ex
isted as to the validity or .said act and the
adoption of said amendment to the consti
tution , and
"VViieheas , It is expedient that the matter
be definitely settled and determined ; there
fore , be it
Resolved , That the honorable attorney-
general be and he is hereby requested teat
at once institute proper action by mandam
us or otherwise to determine whether or not
said amendment to the constitution was
adopted in accordance with the provisions
of the organic law of the state ; and be it
Resolved , That the secretary of state be
requested to forward to the honorable at
torney-general a copy of this joint resolu
tion.
Twenty new bills were introduced ,
among them beintr :
II. R. 218. by Mr. Stebbins To promote farm
ing in arid portions by irrigation at public ex
pense. a
H. R. 253 , by 'Mr. Rich To reimburse George
L. Farnham for expenditure of moneys for use
of Peru Normal when the dormitory burned.
H. R. 250 , by Mr. Felker To appropriate $10 , -
000 for incidental expenses of 25th session.
H. Rs. 262-3-4 , by Ir. Hill To regulate stock
yards , etc.
House rolls 234 to 245 .were read the
second time and referred.
H. R. 82 was recommended for indefi
nite postponement. The bill provides
for exempting all money due benefi
ciaries on life or accident insurance
policies from garnishment , executioner
or attachment.
If. R. SO , which provides for the in
vestment of funds arising out of busi
ness done in the state by foreign life
or accident insurance companies , was
discussed at greab length and finally
recommitted for amendments. The
committee then arose , reported prog
ress , and the house adjourned.
Tuesday , January 2G.
In die house this morning , after
preliminary work , seventeen new bills
were introduced , and a number of bills
were read the second time and referred
to committees.
Rills on third reading were announced
and the first measure placed on the
general file for this session was put
upon its final passage. It was n. R.
No. 4 , by Mr. Eastman , to refund to
Rebecca Perkins of Custer county S121
paid by her as rental on school land by
an illegal appraisement of 1889. On
roll call the bill passed by a vote of 87
affirmative , with none against.
II. R. 3. 03Mr. . Dobson , to repeal the
law of 189. granting a bounty on sugar
and chicory , was read a third time , and "i
Mr. Dobson demanded a call of the
house upon it. The call showed ten
members absent. The call was then
dispensed with , and on roll call the bill
was passed by a vote of G3 to 30.
YEAS-CC.
Ankcny Kile Povcrc
Billings Hill Suelrfoa
Campbell Holland Slmll
Clark of KIch. Hull Smith of D'glas
Cole Hyatt Smith of KIch.
Cox Jones of Ncm'a Snyder of J'n'n
Cronk .Toucsof Wajne Snyder of Sh'n
Curtis Knpp Soderman
lobson Kelster Stcbbias
Eager * l.emar Straub
Eastman Idddell Taylor
Endorf l.oomls Van Hor.1
Felker McCarthy Welch
Fernowr JlcCrackcn Wheeler
Gaylord Marshall Wlobc
Gerdes Mitchell WInslow
Givcns Moran Woodward
Grell Morrison Wright
Grimes l'hclps Wooster
Grosvenor Ulch Zimmerman
Hamilton liobcrtson Mr. Speaker
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Alderman Elghmy Mann
Bernard Foukc Mills
Blake Goshorn Xesblt
Burkett Hendcwia Pollard
Butler Holbrouk l'rlnee <
Bryaia Horner Itoddy
Cascbccr Jenkins House
ChittendenJones of Gage Sutton
Clark of I/nc-r Mcfice Walte
Crow McLeod Young
ABSEXT AXD XOT VOTIXG 7.
Burnam Schram Webb
Bower Ucrllng Wimbcrly i
U rands tafT
House roll 19 , Mr. Soderraan ' s bill to
reduce salaries of officials at Kearney
Industrial school was recommitted for
correction , the committee amendment
striking out the matron from the re-
jduction not having been printed.
Fourth assistant chief cleric E. W.
Phillips handed in his rcsignntion on
account of sickness , and the house de
cided to abolish the office for the bal
ance of the term.
II. R. 20 , reducing the salary of the
superintendent of the deaf and dumb
institute was passed by a vote of 50 to
37.
37.The
The next bill for third reading was
H. R. 31 , a bill to regulate orcranization
of mutual plate glass insurance com
panies. Passed by a vote of Oi for to
none against.
Among the new bills introduced
were :
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H. R. 267 , by Mr. Gaffln To prohibit corpor
ations from contributing money or means to
influence or control electors and to punish a
violation of the law.
H. R. 268 , by Mr. Sheldon To district the
state of Nebraska into senatorial and repre
sentative districts.
H. H. 269 , by Mr. Young To prevent corrupt
practices at elections.
.H. R. 270 , by Mr. McCarthy To establish
and locate a normal school at Scotia.
H. R. 274 , by Mr. Liddell To provide for the
branding , marking and tagging of all goods
made and merchandise manufactured in any
penitentiary , prison or reformatory or other
institution in which convict labor is employed ,
and providing punishment for violation thereof.
H.JJ. 277. by Mr. Hull To amend sections
2066 and 2068 and to create a new section to be
numbered 2071 of Cobbey's consolidated stat
utes of 1893 and to Drovido for a free employ
ment office.
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H. R. 279 , by Mr. Cronk To provide for the
appointment and election of clerks of the dis
trict court in counties of 8,000 or more at other
'times than at the general election for clerks of
the district court. f ig *
" " H. R 280 , by Mr. Givens To prevent the
spread of hog cholera or otherjnfoctlous dis
eases of domestic animals. fir | r S
JI/R. 282. by Mr. Van Horn To establish a
Bf ate board of civil engineers.//
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Adjourned. * • * '
Wednesday , January 27.
The house met today and immediate
ly after roll call adjournment was taken
till tomorrow morning at 10 o ' clock.
It is supposed that the principal rea
son for the action was the desire of the
majority to gain time to muster the
votes necessary for the passage of the
recanvass hill with the emergency
clause , and to caucus on the Douglas
county contest cases.
* Thursday , January 28.
Expectation was rife today in the
house over the prospect of a battle on
house roll 5 , the re-canvass bill , but the
day was uneventful.
Mr. Pollard of Cass introduced a reso
lution that a committee of five be ap
pointed to draft a sugar bill to encour
age erection of new factories in the
state. Tabled on motion of Mr. Seder
man of Phelps.
The secretary of the senate an
nounced the passage of the resolution
instructing Senator Thurston to vote
for the free coinage of gold and silver.
The committee on enrolled and en
grossed bills reported that house roll 5
was correctly engrossed.
A petion from Omaha clergymen was
read , asking the legislature not to
make any change in the lire and police
commission as provided for in the pres
ent Omaha charter.
Several standing committees made
reports on bills. The bills relating to
passes were indefinitely postponed.
II. 11. 40. reducing salaries of secre
taries of board of transportation was
placed on general file , as was also II.
11. 27 , reported by the committee on
fish culture and game.
The claim of Royd county for S4S23 ,
for costs in tiding the alleged mur
derers of Rarrett Scott , was passed on
favorably by the claims committee and
placed on general file.
The committee on miscellaneous sub
jects reported favorably on Mr. Gros-
venor's bill , fixing a peualt } ' for steal
ing bicycles and unfavorably on a bill
by Mr. Clark of Lancaster , No. 50. with
the same end in view. The reports
were adopted. The same committee
favored placing house roll No. 89 , a
bill to punish chicken stealing , on
general file. The house concurred.
Ilouse roll No. G2 , to regulate the
publishing of applications for liquor
licenses , was placed on general file.
Ilouse roll No. 23 , relating to the
regulation of warehouses , was also
placed on general file.
Mr. Felker of Douglas introduced a
resolution ordering the committee on ,
asylums to make report on the ade
quacy of the state hospital to care for ,
all the curable insane of the state. !
Adopted. ,
Mr. Burkett of Lancaster offered a
resolution that the office of proof |
reader be discontinued and that no
printed bills be received from the (
printer until correct. After some de
bate the matter was referred to the
pnmmit.t.Pfi cm orrml nves. i\ • \
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Fortj'-eight new bills were intro
duced after the noon recess , chief
among which were :
H. R. 280 , by Mr. Sheldon An act for the es
tablishment , maintenance and management of
public libraries in school districts.
H. R : 23S. by Mr. Dobson To amend section
8 of chapter 79 , subdivision G of the compiled
statutes. ; The bill provides that the tax of 1
mill levied under the free high school law shall
fall on the whole county.
H. R. 305. by Mr. Rich To amend section 13
of ' "An act regulating voluntary assignments
for the benefit of creditors proceedings there
under , and to prevent the fraudulent violation
of the same , ' " being section 13 , chapter 6. enti
tled "Assignments , " compiled statutes of 1895.
H. R. 32 , by Mr. Rich To provide for a land
lord's lien.
H. R. 330 , by Mr. Snyder To prohibit officers
and : employes of any municipality , township ,
county or state to accept free transportation
over \ any railroad in the state during his term
bf office.
II. R. 330 , by Mr. Wooster Of Mer
rick is similar in its import to H. R.
330 by Mr. Snyder.
House rolls 205 to 282 were read a
second time and referred.
Mr. Clark of Richardson moved that
the house resolve itself into committee
of the whole. Mr. Clark of Lancaster
objected on the ground that it takes a
two-thirds vote to suspend the rules
and proceed outside the regular order
of ' business set down in the rules when
any member objects. The matter pre
cipitated ' quite a discussion but was
finally disposed of by the speaker rul
ing that the house could go into com
mittee of the whole at any time a ma
jority wished to do so.
The ruling prevented the house call
ing up H. R. 5 , which had been report
ed from the engrossing committee and
would have been first on file for third
reading and passage. The majority
had not sixty-eight members present
and they could not have carried it with
the emergency clause.
In committee of the whole house
rolls 29 , to repeal the Russian thistle
law , and S9 , to reduce the salary of
the sunerintendent of the Geneva in
dustrial school , were recommended
for passage.
II. II. 40 , to reduce the salaries of
the secretaries of the state board of
transportation to SI,500 was recommit
ted for correction.
II. R. 27 , which provides that it
shall be a misdemeanor to kill certain
kinds of game for a period of five years
was recommitted for correction.
The bill for the relief of Boyd county
ior costs in the Scott murder trial was
recommended for passage without the
emergency clatise.
On motion of Mr. Sheldon of Dawes ,
the committee rose and reported prog
ress. The report of the committee of
the whole was adopted and the house
adjourned.
rlilay , January 29.
Chaplain Maillcy was called home by
the death of one of his flock , and in his
absence Speaker Gailin called upon
Mr. Eighnry of Brown , one of the three
preachers in the house , to invoke the
divine blessing.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal the house , on motion of Mr.
Sheldon went into committee of the
whole , with Mr. Soderman in the "
chair.
IT. R. 99 , by Mr. Clark of Lancaster ,
to make chicken stealing , the know
ing purchase of stolen chickens or the
harboring of the chicken thief a penal
offense , punishable by from one to ten
years , was first on the file.
After some debate the bill was killed
by a vote to not adopt the report of
the committee.
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II. R. C2 , by Mr. Rich , to authorize
publication of nptices of application ford
liquor licenses of any paper of general ?
circulation was 'tho * next bill "to bar
considered , It also authorizes the sarao-
power that grants a license to authorizer - ,
izer a transfer of the same to another
place or person. Mr. Clark of Lancas
ter opposed this , and pending the con
troversy the committee arose and the
house took a recess until 2 p. m.
At the after recess session the house
took up bills on third reading.
The clerk read house roll No. 5 , the
re-canvass bill.
Mr. Hull of Harlan stated that after
close scrutiny of the bill he had found
an error in the engrossed copy. The
word "three * ' in the original copy had
been copied "five. " He moved that
the bill be recommitted to the commit
tee of the whole for correction. A very
bitter and extended debate was had on *
the motion , but after several motions
to take action thereon immediately had
been voted down , the bill was recom
mitted to the committee of the whole
for correction.
Mr. Jenkins moved to go into com
mittee of the whole to consider house
roll No. 5 immediately. The motion
did not prevail , and on motion of Mr.
Sheldon of Dawes the regular order of
business was taken up.
After disposing of reports on the
Douglas county contests the house re
ceived reports from standing commit
tees.
tees.The
The library committee favored house
roll No. 174 , to provide for travelling
libraries. The report was adopted and
the bill went on general file.
Ilouse roll No. 117 , to provide for the
issuance of state warrants receivable
for taxes , was reported by the major
ity of the committee on banks and cur
rency with the recommendation that
it pass as amended. There was a mi
nority report signed by Waite and
Wimberlj * of Lancaster. The majority
report ; was adopted.
The house adjourned till Saturday
morning.
The Ilecanvass Kill.
The fusionists in the house are short
of ( the required two-thirds vote which
is necessary for the passage of the bill
to recount the vote on the constitution
al amendment relating to supreme
judges. There are two fusion mem
bers sick , and unable to attend the
sessions. , It is now thought that even
if the house should pass the bill that
it is reasonably certain not to get
through the senate , as it is reported
that nine fusion senators are opposed
to the measure in its present form.
The senate committee on constitution
al amendments lias appointed a sub
committee \ to draft a bill having for
its object the submission of the returns
to the supreme court for a decision on
the question of the majority necessa '
for the adoption of a constitutional
amendment. Two of the committee
will insist on a recount of the ballots
as at first proposed , and they will pre
sent a bill with that end in view in
case the present bill is not passed.
Judge Reese in his talk before the
committee , gave it as his opinion that a
majority of all votes cast at the
election is necessary for adop
tion. He said this rule was
ilaid down in the Maxwell opinion -
ion and silso in the opinion of Judge
( Gant in the Lancaster '
countj' case , re
ported in the Sixth Nebraska court re
port. Judge Reese said he might be
somewhat biased as he was a member
of the constitutional convention and re-
membei-ed distinctly that discussion of
this subject showed a prevailing senti
ment in opposition to permitting a mi
nority to change the constitution. The
same argument is found in Judge Max
well's opinion on which those favoring
a recount base all their hopes.
The Douglas County Contest.
In the matter of unseating the re
publican members of the house who
represent Douglas county , the fusion
ists are very much divided. The ma
jority members of the committee on
privileges and elections submitted a
report which they had drawn up , fa
vorable to unseating the republicans
from this county , and the whole af-
tex-noon was spent in discussion of the
report. Very warm speeches were
made , which , toward evening , became
decidedly spirited. The caucus ad
journed without action , divided in
opinion. It is almost certain that a
majority and a minority report will be
sent to the house. Those of the com
mittee who constitute the minority are :
Sheldon of Dawes and Eager of Sew
ard , of the majority members , and
Rouse of Hall and Byram of Burt , of
the republicans. The presentation of
these reports will probably precipitate
a fight and may result in the house go
ing into the evidence.
The Rose of Jericho.
Among the numerous pretty tradi
tions relating to flowers , may be men
tioned the popular legend of the far-
famed rose of Jericho , which is re
garded with superstitious reverence in
the East from the storv of its havinjr
blossomed at the moment when- the
Lord was born , and continued to do so
on each anniversary of this event.
Hence , the flower has been credited
with special properties , and in some
parts of the continent itis popularly
designated the "Rose of the Madonna , "
and its presence generally considered
of propitious influence when children
were born. According to another vari
ation of the same legend , the rose of
Jericho has been called St. Mary ' s
rose , because , when Joseph and Mary
were taking their flight into Egypt ,
one of these flowers sprang up to mark
every spot where they rested.
Electricity Keats flohl in a Way.
Electricity has now , it seems ,
beaten the record of tne gold beater
and can produce a foil of the metal
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from five to ten times thinner than
ordinary gold leaf. Joseph Wilson
Swan , the well-known chemist of
electric lighting fame , has presented
to the Royal society specimens of this
wonderfully thin foil made by deposit
ing gold on copper with the electric
current and then dissolving away the
copper from it with perchlorido oi
iron.
Instructions to Thumton.
Lincoln , Neb. , Jan. 29. The senate
has adopted by a party vote a joint
resolution directing United States Sen
ator John M. Thurston to vote for any
measure favoring free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1.
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS
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WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY
LTHE UPPER BRANCH.
A Conilcnacd uml Conclto Report of the
Work Acoiii | > 1Ih1ic < ! Kurlue the Taut
Week Krlcf Notes or the Scsslon'x
Doings.
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ZlTontlity , January 2.1.
When the senate convened at 2 p. m.
several senators were absent.
Senator Murphy of Gage offered the
following concurrent resolution , which
was read the first time :
"Wheiikas. The revenue laws of this state
arc defective in many particulars to provide
for a rigid collection by township and coun
ty officers who e duty It is to collect and
enforce collection of taxes for township ,
county and state purposes ; and
Whukuas. The deficit and failure to realize - '
ize sufficient funds to maintain the current
expenses of the various departments of gov
ernment is due to the inadequacy and im
perfections of the revenue laws or the state ; /
therefore , be it
Resolved , By the senate , the house con
curring therein , that a committee of three
be appointed by the president of the senate
to act in conjunction with a like committee
of three to be appointed bv the speaker of
the house , to prepare a bill revlsiug and
amending the present revenue laws or this
state , or such sections thereof as they think
proper , and report the same to the semite
and house jor their action.
Senator Howell of Douglas presented
a resolution instructing the secretary
of state to turn over to the committee
on privileges and election all papers
and abstracts of evidence in the con
test case instituted by John Jcifcoat
against Senator Evans of Douglas. The
resolution was adopted without debate.
The following new bills were intro
duced :
S. F. 131. by Senator Schaal To amend sec
tion 3 , article 2 of chapter 83 of the compiled
statutes of Nebraska of 1M > . > , relating to fee : ;
payable to the secretary of state.
S. F. 132. by Senator Talbot To amend sec
tion 293 of the compiled laws or 18 ! > 3 of the state
of Nebraska , relating to verdicts of juries.
S. F. 153. by Senator Talbot To amend sec
tion 283 , being general section . r > SVi of the com
piled laws of 1893 or the state or Nebraska , re
lating to trials before juries.
S. F. 131 , by Senator Howell Providing for
the foreclosure of a trust deed or mortgage of
real property by advertisement.
S. F. 133 , by Senator Murphy Providing for
the defense of divorce .suits by count vattornevs
on behaH or the state , when the defendant fails
or refuses to make any defense.
S. Fs. 13G-7. by Senator Ransom Prohibiting
the giving of passes or riee service by various
corporations.
S. F. I3S , by Senator Random To prevent the
blacklisting or publishing of discharged em
ployes , and making such an act a felony.
Adjourned.
Tuesday , January ! iJ.
A letter from Senator Wm. Y. Allen
ivas read in the senate this morning ,
acknowledging the receipt of resolu
tions passed by the senate expressing
sympathy for Cuba. Senator Allen
stated that he had presented the reso
lutions to the United States senate ,
had them read and ptoperly referred.
Senator Canaday of Kearney county
introduced a concurrent resolution re
lating to the prevailing destitution in
Chicago. He calls attention to-tlie fact
that while 10-cent corn is rotting in
the west people in Chicayo are starv
ing. The resolution asks the people of
Nebraska to send aid
Senator Howell of Douglas intro
duced a resolution instructing the gov
ernor to issue a proclamation calling
attention to the
Trans-Mississippi ex
position and to extend an invitation to
the several states to participate there
in with exhibits , etc.
The-fact that many bills have been
held back when the rules require them
to be reported back four days after be
ing referred , raised a rumpus in the
senate when Senator Mutz arose and
moved that the secretaiy notify the
senate what bills had been in the hands
of the various committees more than
four days. After a short debate the
motion was lost.
The committe on miscellaneous sub
jects reported a substitute for Senator
Johnson ' s bill. S. F. 3S , imposing a tax
on bank deposits for the creating of a
safety fund to be used for the payment
of losses to depositors caused by bank
failures. The substitute was readand
it will take the place of the original
bill. The same committee reported fa
vorably on Senator Bearing ' s joint re
solution , calling for the enforcement of
the anti-trust law against elevator
men.
men.Thirteen
Thirteen new bills and one substi
tute were introduced , among the num
ber being :
S. F. 1GI , by Senator Mutz A bill for an act
to apportion the state into judicial districts.
and for the appointment and election of officers
thereof.
S.F. 165. by Senator Dearing To regulate the
charges for use of telephones.
S. F. 109 , by Senator Ileal To provide for
the appointment and election of clerks of the
district court ill counties of 8.0CO or more , at
other times than at the general election for
clerks of the district court.
S. F. 170.
by Senator Beal To establish a
state boaid o" civil engineers.
S. F. 173. fsubstitutc 'for S. F. 3S ) . by commit
tee on miscellaneous subjects A bill to pro
vide for the greater sccunty of deposits in the
banks of the state , and to repeal sections 31 and
33 , chapters of the compiled statutes of Nebras
ka of lbf-5.
Adjourned at noon till Wednesdaj-
morning.
IVedncFilay. January 27.
I Senator Mutz of Keya Paha , backed
by the majority element in the senate ,
aided by republican votes , took steps
today to compel standing committees
to get to work. After some debate the
senate passed ti resolution calling upon
chairmen of committees to report in
writing.
The committee on highways and
bridges reported favorably on senate
file Nos. 71 and 52 , relating to the con
struction of irrigation ditches across
roads. Senate file No. 33. relating to
the same subject , was indefinitely post
poned.
Among the new hills introduced were
the following , the most important be
ing senate file 170. introduced by Sena
tor McGann , which is the Lincoln char
ter bill.
S. F. 171 , by Senator Murphv Providing Tor
the payment of taxes in installments or not less
than 1H per cent or the amount due at time or
payment.
S. F. 170 , by Senator McGann Lincoln
charter bill.
S. F. 177 , by Senator McGann To locate and
establish a state normal school at Scotia.
S. F. 179. by Senator Hcapy To prescribe the
type in which legal advertisements shall be
printed.
S. F. 181 , by Senator Mutz To provide Tor
the establishment of a public school library in
each county or the state.
S. F. 1 = 3. by Senator Schaal To provide for
the building , equipment and the maintenance
of a union depot , and connecting switches in
cities , villages and towns in this state where
two or more railway lines transact a general
railway business.
S. F. 1S6 , by Senator Graham To amend sec
tion 3. chapter II , of pait III. compiled statuti-s
of 1S95 , and to repeal the death peualtvand all
acts and parts of acts pertaining thereto.
S. F. 18S , by Senator Howell To amend sec
tion 19 , chapter 10 of the compiled statutes or
1895 , and to repeal said original section.
S. F. ISO , by Senator nowcll To provide for |
the dcseentnnd alienation of cemetery lots. j M
" Concurrent resolution 8 , by Senator Spencer j p H
' ' v-Kolatlve to press dispatches reflecting on the \ I H
credit of Nebraska. , . , . , , > H
* Under the head of bills on second A I
rending , < senate file No. 173 , a commit' Ifl H
tee substitute for a bill providing for a ' ' H
tux on bank deposits in stnto banks , to- J B
be used as a fund for the safety of depositors - H
positors , was placed on general file. l H
An extended debate was had over H
Senator Hansom's concurrent resolution - B
tion instructing United States Senator .a H
Thurston to vote and work for a freu J H
coinage law. The resolution-was-on- f M
posed by the republican side but waif M
passed by a strict party vote. H
Thursday , January 38. ; -.i i ) fl
The senate listened to the reading'of H
a petition from sugnr beet raisers tin s- H
morning. The petition was a typewritten - M
written document with a blank space' | H
for the name of the town or county < H
and came from Adams county. M
The judiciary committee recommend- H
cd that scimte ' file No. 2 : , by Senator H
Sykcs , authorizing she rill's to give- . H |
purchasers of tax sale certificates actual - H
tual possession of premises upon con- i J
Urination of sale , be indefinitely post- H l
poned. The report was laid over tin- ( S | H
der the rules. / \ J L
The following bills were placed on I Ljl
general 1ile on * recommendation of the jj H
judiciary committee : Senate iile No. H
17 , by Senator Talbot , relating to H
modification of judgments ; senate iilu - M
No. 11 , by Senator Johnson , for the ' | VJ
appointment of assistant county attor- - LMM
neys in certain cases ; senate file No. HHfl
1-1 , " by Senator Itanrom , reducing the * , . - H
number of county commissioners : sen- t iHl - H
ate file No. 18 , by Senator Talbot , re- , / 5jH
luting to appeals in equity eases. J * * M l
Senator Sykes of Adam-J asked for ' * • < j H
leave of absence for the committee on f * H
.soldiers ' home to visit the homes at / H
( h-aud Island and Milford on Friday H
and Saturda3 % witli a view of considering - H
ing the advisability of discontinuing H
the home at Milford. The request wa.i * H
granted. H
Several new bills were introduced , _ . B
among which were : H
Concurrent resolution 9. by Senator Graham |
i'clating to a request to Nebraska s senators H
and lcprcscntatUcs In congress to use their or- H
forts to secure a uniform national divorce law. / M
S. F. ! ! ! , by Senator Ileal-Creating a state ' H
board of agriculture , defining the * duties , powers - ' H
ers and government , and providing for its sup- 1
S. F. 197. by Senator Ransom To provide a HH
state board of immigration , to dcllne their du- Bvl
ties , provide for their salnvic.s and expenditures > y
and to appropriate ii" > ,000 therefor. M
S. F. J.V. . by Senator G rahaiuFor the cstab- / H
lishment , maintenance and management ol / , 1
public libraries in school districts. / 1
The concurrent resolution of Senator ' H
Spencer of Lancaster , indorsing Senator - H
ator AV. V. Allen for his defense of- |
Nebraska ' s good name , and pledging H
the payment of the sugnr bouuty.came |
up on a ruling from Lieutenant Governor - H
nor Harris , who held that the motion M
by Senator Kansom of Douglas to indefinitely - H
definitely postpone was in order. H
The motion to postpone precipitated f H
a general discussion. H
Speeches were made against the resolution - - H
elution by Senators Mutz , wondring , ' M
lieal , Farrell , Lee , and Kansom. liea- < H
sons given were that its adoption J m
would virtually pledge the senate to U
pay the bounty now due. V' - X
At 12:30 Senator Ransom was still / H
speaking. .inswering Senator < ' onoway " a W |
question , which was m form something < H , j f
like this "If it is H
: not right tt : tax the -
people for a sugar bounty , how can it J H
be right to tax them for the benefit of , a- H
an exposition to be held in Omaha ? * ' M . J H
In the midst of Senator Hansom ' s * ' f * l
speech the senate adjourned to 10 a. in. |
Friday , Janutry " ' . } . I U
Senator Kansom resumed his remarks * H
on Senator Spencer ' s resolutions favoring - H
ing the payment of the sugar bounty ' H
in the senate this morning. While he . H
was still willing to indorse Senator H
Allen , he was not ready to extend his H
indorsement to include the sugar H
bountHe declared that the minor- j f
Itywrfs not honest in the matter and H
had no sincere intention of indorsing j H
Senator Allen except for the purpose H
of countenancing and indorsing the ' H
sugar bount- . |
At the close of the debate the motion f |
to indefinitely postpone the resolution i M
carried by a vote of 24 to S. as follows/ ( |
lienl Graham Mutz H
Canaday Grothan O.sborn H
Dearing Hcapy Kansom j H
Dundas Howell Ritchie - vs. ' * * H
Farrel Johnson Schaal H
Fcltz Lee - Svkes - > - H
Fritz Miller Watson H
Gondring Muftly " *
Weller - 1
NAYS 8. - - r H
Caldwell Haller Steele - , • = H
Conouay Murphy Talbot . T l
Evans Spencer j M
ABSENT 1. H
McGann H
S. F. 2. relating to revenues , and S. H
F. r 4. to cut down the salaries of the H
secretaries of the state hoard of trans- 3 H
portation were indefinitely postponed. |
A resolution indorsing Senator W.v- ! |
Allen ' s speech in the United States senate - H
ate upholding Nebraska ' s good name , H
was passed under a susnension nf • * , ! H
In committee of th& whole the senate ' |
recommended for passage S..F G , allow- H
ing district judges to name day for the H
jurors to appear. H
S. F. 4G. to compel street railway B
companies to protect motormen and ' JH
conductors b3' vestibuled cars , was dis- - ? 9
cussed at considerable length and rec- J H
ommended for passage. M
After the noon recess n. R. S.repeal- ' ' 1
ing the sugar bounty act. was. read * |
the second time and referred. H
S. F. 13. by Senator Kansom , reducing - |
ing the pay of county commissioner * |
in Douglas and Lancaster counties from lM
SIS00 to Sl.rjOO a yearwas recommend- fl
ed for passage witliont discussion. S
S. F. 14. by Senator Hansom , reduc- 9
ing number of county commissioners
in Douglas county from five to three '
and providing for their election by dis-
triets in Douglas and Lancaster '
counties -
ties was amended to except the latter ' W
from the provisions of the bill , and * ' ' I
recommended for passage as
amended t M
The senate adopted the report of the ; • W
committee of the whole. , -M
Some of the bills introduced were- * \M \
By Senator Hcapy , to repeal the act Lf '
creating a state live stock commission- I
by Senator Lee relating to the prohibi- ' fl
tion of the manufacture and sale of" *
cigarettes ; a joint resolution by Senator - ' ' ' - ' . > '
tor Sykes proposing to amend sections * : { V w -
1 and 2 of article ! . " > of the constitution" - • '
of the state of Nebraska
so as to
provide - • s
"
vide for submitting constitutional
amendments at * ' " '
special elections and
providing that a majority of the votes V -
cast on the proposition is sufficient fb-i
adoption. {
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Adjourned to 10 a. m. aturdar. ' 4 ' *