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MEASURES THAT HAVE PASSED
No Now 1M1U Now lielng Introduecil
Measures Recommended for Passage
Others Indeilnltely 1'ostponetl Other
. Miscellaneous Mutter * .
. HOUSE When the house convened
on the 8th the report of the commit
tee on "hold-up" legislation was taken
up as special order. Tanner of Nance
moved that the committee be instruc
ted to lay before the house for con
sideration along with its report all
testimony taken and evidence adduced
before it. The motion prevailed by a
viva voce vote. The committoa 7iot
being prepare-l to comply with the
pleasure of the house the whole mat
ter was made a special order for 11
a. m. Monday. At the afternoon ses
sion Taylor of Ouster moved that the
evidence to be submitted by the "hold
up" committee be ordered spread upon
the journal. The motion did not pre
vail. Senate file 74 , by Harlan , pro
viding a charter for all cities of from
5,000 to 25,000 population was read
for the second time , and L.oomis of
Dodge moved that the ru'es be sus
pended and the 'bill advanced to a
third reading. So ordered. Senate
file 133 was considered. McCarthy
moved to strike out from the bill the
amendment providing that not more
than five of the supreme court com
missioners should be republicans and
not more than four fusionists. The
motion prevailed by a viva voce vote ,
and the bill was then recommended
for passage. House roll 191 , by An
derson , to regulate the handling or
selling of live stock or farm products
in carload lots on commission , and
requiring merchants to file a $25,000
bond with the secretary of state , was
recommended for passage.
HOUSE. The session of the house
on the 8th was confined to morning
"work , there being no afternoon sitting ,
out of respect for the memory of Rep
resentative David Brown of Otoe coun
ty. The one bill passed was house roll
No. 20 , which , fittingly enough , was
introduced by the member on account
of whose death the house adjourned.
The bill appropriates § 4,000 for the
purpose of cieating a public library
commission and establishing traveling
libraries. The following bills were
placed on general file , on recommenda
tion of standing committees : Appro
priating $2,000 for the purchase of a
library tor the battleship "Nebraska. "
To make the city treasurer treasurer
of the board of education. Relating
to the qualifications of teachers. To
provide for the use of voting ma
chines. Joint resolution of thanks to
Nebraska volunteers of the late wars.
To create a state parental home at
Lincoln and abolish the Home of
Friendless. Relating to water rights
and irrigation. To regulate the pur
chase of supplies for all public insti
tutions and state departments. The
vote for senator resulted : Allen 50 ,
Crounse 9 , Currie 15 , Dietrich 1 , Har
lan 2 , Harrington 2 , Hinshaw 19 ,
Hitchcock 3 , Kinkaid 2 , Martin 2 , Mei-
Iclejohn 28 , Morlan 2 , Rosewater 14 ,
Thompson , D. E. , 36 , Thompson , W.
H. , 50 , Wethereld 2
HOUSE The house on the 7th
placed the following bills on general
file : House roll 413 , by Marshall , to
amend chapter 8 , section 26 , of the
compiled statutes , relating to banks.
House roll 255 , by Ollis , fixing a maxi
mum rate to be charged for the trans
portation of live stock. House roll
122 , by Hall , to authorize the governor
to name a revenue commission to draft
a bill for the full assessment of all
property , a just and equitable levy
and complete collection of taxes , the
bill to be filed with the secretary of
state by March 1 , 1902. House roll
374 , by Lane , to increase the salaiy
of the governor's private secretary to
$2,000 a year. House roll 378 , by Fel
lers , concerning the compensation of
attorneys in legislative election con
tests. House roll 436 , by Lane , the
salaries appropriation bill. House roll
388 , by Coppoe , appropriating $25,000
for the payment of bounties of wolf ,
wild cat and coyote scalps. Senate file
42 , by Ransom , for the protection of
feeble minded females. Emergency
clause attached. Here is the joint vote
for senator : Allen , 47 ; Crounse , 9 ;
Currie , 16 ; Dietrich , 1 ; Harlan , 1 ;
Harrington , 3 ; Hinshaw , 24 ; Hitch
cock , 21 ; Kinkaid , 2 ; Martin , 2 ; Mei-
klejohn , 29 ; Rosewater , 15 ; Thomp
son , D. E. , 36 ; Thompson , W. H. , 3 ;
Wethereld , 2.
HOUSE. By a vote of 52 to 12 the
house in committee of the whole on
the 5th recommended passage of Mc
Carthy's bill to authorize the appoint
ment of a supreme court commission.
An amendment was attached requir
ing the court to select five of the com
missioners from the political party
casting a majority of the votes at the
last general election and four from
other parties. There was very little
opposition to the bill in general , but
on McCarthy's amendment the mem
bers were divided strictly on party
lines. Under the order of third resJ-
ing several bills were takn up and
speedily disposed of. The South Om
aha charter , introduced by Wilcox ,
was first on the list and , as amended
by the committee on cities and towns ,
the measure was passed , with an emer
gency clause , by a vote of 69 to 6. |
Mullen had an amendment to the tax i
ation feature of the bill , but it was
declared out of order beacuse the bill
had been announced by unanimous
consent of the house. By unanimous
vote the house passed Yandegrift's
bill to reimburse Sherman county for
$610 expended for care and treatment
of smallpox cases , and Warner's meas
ure to reimburse the German Evan
gelical church for $500 expended for a
building site in this city. At the close
of yesterday's session Whitmore had
an amendment to change the name
"supreme court commissioner" to "su
preme court referee. " When the bill
was again brought up in committee of
the whole today Mr. Whitmore with
drew the amendment , saying that he
would oppose the entire measure on
constitutional grounds. The amend
ment introduced by McCarthy pro
voked a discussion that lasted nearly
all the afternoon. Loomis of Dodge ,
a warm supporter of the bill , thought
the selection of the commissioners
should be left entirely with the su
preme court.
HOUSE The house on the 4th rec
ommended for passage the bill provid
ing for a system of free public travel
ing libraries and made some headway
on the supreme court commission hi 1.
Consideration of the latter measure
will be resumed tomorrow. Reports
of standing committees , recommend
ing the passage of the following meas
ures , were read and adopted : For re
lief of the village of Ponder , for
$214.50 expended for care and treat-
metn of smallpox patients. To reduce
express rates for transportation of
commodities , goods or merchandise
between points in Nebraska to 85 per
cent of the rates fixed and charged
for like service on January 1 , 1901.
To authorize the State Board of Pur
chase and Supplies to contract for sup
plies for three months to one year
for state institutions. To appropri
ate $25,000 for the erection on state
house grounds of a monument in mem
ory of Abraham Lincoln and to Ne
braska volunteer soldiers of late wars.
Relating to the government of ceme
tery associations. To regulate the
manufacture and sale of lard. To ad
mit veterans of Spanish-American war
and the Philippine insurrection to
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home , un
der rules and regulations governing
these institutions. Relating to con
struction and repair of.sidewalks and
grading of streets in cities of the
metropolitan class ; to prevent con
struction of wooden sidewalks and re
pair of wooden sidewalks that have
deteriorated 50 per cent of their orig
inal value. To create a commission
of entomology and to authorize quar
antine , treatment and destruction of
infected trees or plants and to appro
priate $1,000.
HOUSE. A motion by Taylor of
Curtis in the house on the 2nd for the
appointment of a conference commit
tee to fix the time for final adjourn
ment of the legislature , was defeated
by a viva voce vote , after Taylor had
spoken in support of the motion and
Sprecher of Colfax in opposition
thereto. In committee of the whole
two bills were recommended for pass
age : House roll 266 , by Fuller , pro
viding that religious societies must be
incorporated to have their property
exempted from taxation , and senate
file 116 , by Pitney , to prevent the
spread of contagious and infectious
diseases. House roll 216 , by Warner ,
to reimburse the German Lutheran
church in the sum of § 500 for the
money paid the state for its site , was
recommended to be indorsed for a
third reading. House roll 200 , by
Vandegrift , to appropriate $610.14 for
the relief of Sherman county , to re
imburse said county for taxes collected
in excess , was recommended for pass
age. House roll 247 , by Harris , to al
low the State Dairy association to
meet annually at such time and place
as its board of managers may desig
nate , was recommended for indefinite
postponement. Senate file 171. by Mil
ler , identical with the foregoing , was
recommended for passage.
SENATE The South Omaha char
ter , with a number of amendments
proposed since it passed the house ,
was ordered engrossed for a third
reading by the senate on the 8th. It
will probably come up for considera
tion Monday or Tuesday. A petition
signed by several South Omaha elec
tors , asking for the establishment of
free employment bureaus , was read
and referred to the committee having
the measure under consideration. Sen
ator Van Boskirk's bill for reapportionment -
tionment of the state into legislative
districts was recommended for pass
age. A number of amendments were
attached. It is senate file No. 76.
House roll No. 130 , by Wenzel , for
relief of Frederick Ulrich of Pawnee
county , and appropriating $55.35 from
the state treasury to reimburse him
for a tax illegally exacted trom him ,
was recommended for passage. Senate
file No. 202 , by Young , to provide
for exclusion of school bon-l taxes in
computation of aggregate school taxes ,
recommended for passage. Senate file
No. 149 , by Edgar , providing that in
all actions for constructive or indi
rect contempt the defendant shall be
entitled to trial by jury , recommended
for indefinite postponement. Senators
Martin and Ransom spoke against it.
Senate file No. 193 , by Young , a cura
tive act relating to section 509 of the
civil code , was recommended for pass
age.
SENATE. Out of respect to the
memory of Representative Brown , the
senate on the 6th adjourned for the
day after the joint session with the
house at noon. A committee of three
was appointed to draft resolutions ap
propriate on Mr. Brown's death. It
is composed of Senators Arends , New
ell and Meredith. Senator Harlan's
bill providing for the incorporation of
cities of the first class having less than
25,000 and more than 5,000 inhabitants ,
senate file 74 , was pased on third read
ing and will be forwarded to the house
tomorrow. On recommendation of the
lailroad committee , the following were
ordered to the general file : Making it
unlawful to counterfeit any railroad
ticket , check or coupon or to offer such
for sale. To prevent fraud in rail
road tickets , coupons , receipts and
passes. Making it unlawful to engrave -
grave or have any die , stamp or other
matter for ths purpose of counterfeiting , -
ing railroad transportation of any
soft. Providing a method for railroad
companies securing right-of-way. To
fix maximum rates to be charged by
railroad and express comranies for
transportation of certain classes of
matter. Other bills placed on general
file were : To amend the chapter of
the statutes relating to banks. Sen
ate file 135 , by Owens , ( on request ) ,
defining the territory in which mutual
insurance companies may transact bus
iness. Providing penalties for black
mail , extortion and kindred felonies.
Relating to the scope of authority of
certain classes of insurance companies.
SENATE In the senate on the 7lh
the committee on judiciary recom
mended that McCargar's bill empow
ering the attorney general , state treas
urer and state auditor to settle , com
promise or dismhs all suits now
pending wherein the state seeks to re
cover moneys alleged to be due on
official bonds for indefinite pea p ns-
ment. This report was not concurred
in , and the bill was p'aceJ on the
general file. BI Is ordered to the gen
eral file were : Senate fi.'e No. 265 , by
Martin , to determine and locate dis
puted section and boundnry lines of
adjacent lands. Senate file No. 272 ,
by Ransom , on request , to repeal sec
tion 4164a of the statutes , relating to
the making of contracts in writing be
tween owners of land and brokers or
agents employed to sell the land. Sen
ate file No. 297 , by Johnson , re'ating
to county boards sitting as boar.ls of
equalization. Senate file No. 303 , by
Ransom , to make the record of an
cient instruments competent evidence.
Senate file No. 294 , by Martin , to au
thorize investment of certain funds
in hands of county treasurers under
direction of county boards. Senate file
No. 296 , by Martin , to permit officers
of the state relief commission to pay
into the state treasury $400 unexpend
ed funds. The senate then resolved
itself into committee of the whole ,
with Senator Trompen in the chair , to
consider the normal school bill , house
roll No. 37 , by Broderick. The re
mainder of the day was devoted to the
discussion of this measure. Senators
Young and Owens speaking against it.
SENATE. The bill to create two
new normal schools was again taken
up. Its opponents gained a point
when they secured an amendment by
the narrow vote of 15 to 14. But this
was in committee of the whole , while
Senator Trompen , a supporter of the
measure , was in the chair and not vet
ing. The amendment adopted pro
vides that the schools shall be located
in the Fifth and Sixth congressional
districts by the board of public lands
and buildings , instead of the normal
board. It was proposed by Senator
Young , who , together with others op
posed to the measure , have a number
of amendments to offer later. Senator
Crounse pleaded for economy and read
from figures given him by Senator
Arnds , which showed that with this
$100,000 appropriation there will prob
ably be a deficit of $415,000 at the
end of the next biennium. He ap
pealed to the republicans to oppose the
measure as a matter of party principle ,
if for no other reason. Senator Arends
also spoke again the bill , quoting
freely from the statistics estimating
the incoming and expenditures , of the
state for the next two years. He , too ,
wanted economy. He could see no de
mand for even one school , much less
two. Senator Olesen also spoke in op
position to'the measure. He declared
that every member of the senate , re
gardless of politics , should by his
voice and vote announce that the pee
ple's money shalll not be frittered
away. The matter was not disposed
cf when the senate adjourned.
SENATE On the 4th senate file No.
61 , Van Boskirk's bill providing for a
state veterinarian , was recommended
for passage with but a few dissenting
votes. Senator Trompen's bill propos
ing to increase the fees of the office
of sheriff , senate file 123 , was recom
mended for indefinite postponement.
The senate went into committee of
the whole with Senator Martin in the
chair to take up the state normal
schools bill , house roil 37 , out of its
regular order. Its consideration oc
cupied the entire time of the afternoon
session. Senator Harlan was against
the proposed appropriations and quot
ed figures to show that the state was
already paying over $500,000 a year
for educational purposes. "Why place
these schools in the Fifth and Sixth
districts , " said the senator from York ,
"where the population is annually de
creasing and where they have no rail
road facilities to speak of ? Why not
consider the Fourth district ? " Sen
ator Miller , who lives in Buffalo coun
ty , spoke in favor of the bill. He
thought the western part of the state
should be recocnizecj. Senator Har
lan sent up an amendment which cut
out of the bill all reference to districts
and which would leave the board free
to locate them at any point in the
state should tLe bill pass. He had
been accused , te said , of being sus
picious of the action of the locating
board. The amendment was lost. Af
ter further discussion the measure
went over.
SENATE. A wave cf anger swept
over the senate on the 2nd culminat
ing in several wordy encounters , dur
ing which Ransom of Douglas gave no
tice that he would ask for a time for
the trial of Owens of Dawson for
words used on the floor of the senate ,
and at one time President Steele or
dered the floor cleared of all but
members of the senate. All this turmoil - '
moil grew out of a report signed by
three members of the judiciary com
mittee recommending the indefinite
postponement of senate file No. 108 , a
bill by Martin to fix the salary of the
clerk of the supreme court at ? 2,500 a
year , and to require all fees to be
turned into the state treasury. Mr.
Martin privately declared his intention
of testing the right of the clerk to
retain the fees of his office. Regardless
of the disposition of this bill , he said
he would bring a suit to test the con
stitutional provision which fixes the
clerk's salary at $1.500 a year. He
said he placed the salary in the bill at
$2,500 knowing that $1,000 of it would
be unconstitutional , but hoping that ?
the clerk and all future clerks would ,
3
be willing to accept it without ques
tioning the constitutionality of a law
both fixing the salary at that figure j
and requiring all fees to be turned into i
recommended for passage. It is to
the state treasury. This was Mr. Mar
tin's reply when some one spoke of
testing the constitutionality of his bill
if it became a law. The senate ad
journed until Monday without taking
action on the report
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The big item in the appropriation
bill is that for $5S9.000 in favor of the
State university , which is larger by
nearly $100,000 than the appropriation
two years ago , when it was a tremend
ous record-breaker , eclipsing all for
mer efforts. This colossal appropria-
of the extra 1
tion is the outgrowth
the last legislature
mill tax levy imposed by
islature , which It is now proposed to
make permanent.
The educational committee of the
legislature will in a few days receive
is much out oE
a petition which very
the ordinary. It will consist of 8,40 *
ballots signed by parents of children
attending the Omaha public schools.
Of them 7,438 are in favor of allowing
the board of education to continue un
der the present law to make the tax
levy for school purposes ; 752 are in
favor of having the city council make
the levy , and 212 are unmarked or so
marked that their meaning is doubt
ful. l
A
Owing to the death of Representa
tive David Brown , which , occurred at
his home in Nebraska City , the legis
lature adjourned on the 8th until the
following week in order that the mem
bers who so desire might attend the
funeral Saturday.
' Representative Brown , whose death
occurred at Nebraska City , was born ,
in Pennsylvania and came of the plain ,
rugged Quaker stock. He came to
Nebraska City more than forty years
ago. He has been engaged of late
years in farming , stock raising , real
estate and insurance , and has amassed
considerable property. He has baen.
postmaster of Nebraska City , was a ,
member of the legislature at the time
of the impeachment of Governor But
ler and was elected last fall to repre
sent the legislative district of Cass and
Otoe counties. He leaves a widow and
v\
one son aged 14 years.
If the report of its committee on
claims is adopted by the senate J. B.
Meserve , ex-state treasurer , will not be
reimbursed for the $2,000 it cost him
to furnish a guaranty company bond
the last two years of his incumbency.
The same committee , however , in the
same report , recommends the appro
priation of $3,000 to pay the premium
of State Treasurer Stuefer for the year
1901. The bill , with this committee
report attached , was placed on the
general file.
Calvin Ballows , aged 45 , an employe
of the Trees Manufacturing company
at Greenfield , Ind. , was instantly kill
ed by the Pennsylvania fast mail.
The destruction of the penitentiary
by fire and the largely increased ap
propriations which its rebuilding will
necessitate discourages some of the
enthusiastic "normalites" who have
been workng hard for the passage of
a bill making appropriations for two
additional normal schools. "We have
not given up the fight by any means , "
said one of the more enthusiastic
members , "but we are afraid that the
changed conditions brought about by
the burning of the penitentiary will
have an effect on some of the senators
who were indifferent as to the normal
school bill , but on whom we were fig
uring to help us out by their votes , jf
not by their active support.
Some complications are apt to arise
out of the penitentiary lire. A resolu
tion was adopted in the house asking
the State Board of Public hands and
Buildings to employ a competent ar
chitect at once to examine the walls
of the burned building and submit an.
immediate report as to their condition
whether available for rebuilding , and
an approximate estimate of the cost
of reconstruction. It is certain an ef
fort will be made to retain the peni
tentiary at its present location , the
principal factors enlisted to that end
being the convict labor contractors.
The only feature of the balloting for
United States senator on the 2nd was
the appearance of N. D. Jackson of
Neligh in the list. He received the
votes which were cast the day before
for Wethereld and in addition those of
Jouvenat , Oloson and Cuming , Smith-
berger and SWanson. The position of
none of the leaders except Meiklejohn
were canged by the switches. The
were changed by the switches. The
Currie , 13 ; Dietrich , 2 ; Harrington ,
4 : Hainer , 1 ; Harlan , 2 ; Hinshaw. 11 ;
Hitchcock , 29 ; Kinkaid , 2 ; Martin , 4 ;
Meiklejohn , 30 ; Rosewater , 14 ; Jack
son , N. D. , 5 ; Thompson , D. E. , 36 ;
Thompson , W. II. . 17.
Following is the joint vote for sen
ator on the 4th : Allen , 31 ; Craunse ,
7 ; Crockett , 7 ; Currie , 13 : Dietrich ,
2 ; Dunn , 9 ; Hainer , 2 ; Harlan , 2 ;
Harrington , Hinshaw , 9 ; Hitchcock ,
20 ; Kinkaid , 2 ; Martin , 3 ; Meikiejohn ,
26 ; Morlan , 1 ; Rosewater , 15 ; Thomp
son , D. E. , 35 ; Thompson , W. H. , 9 ;
Wethereld , 2.
WRITES OF SUICIDE. j
Percentage of Solf-Oestructloii
Increas
ing last In Kuropo.
In a paper printed In the American
Journal of Insanity , Mr. G. Styles pre
sents statistics regarding the
occur
rence of suicides.
.
Forty
years ago it
was shown that only four out of 10,000-
persons rated as paupers died by their
own hands , while
seven coachmen or
other servants , five bankers or other
professional men , nearly eight soldiers
seven tailors , shoemakers or bakers
and only 1 3-10
carpenters , butchere
and masons out of 10,000 were suicides
Sweden had the lowest average of all
the countries considered , namely , ona
suicide to 92,000 persons ; Russia had
one to 35,000 ; the United States one to
lo.OOO ; Saxony , one to 8,446. In St
Petersburg and in London the proper
tion was one to 21.000. If we take the
statistics of the fifty years just passed
for France the
following
results : For
every 100,000 inhabitants of France
nefo . < D nre ln 1.8 1 45 > nlne suicides- i
in
J.oiooO tpn * in
" ln i OKI ? A A-t A
I8bl-70 -
„ . . . , - _ ' ' - , thirteen ; in.
is < l-7o , fifteen ; in 1876-80 seven
m 1889 alone
,
twenty-one ; in
twenty-two ; in 1894 , twenty-six. Cur
ing the years 1826-1890 the
percentage
of
suicides increased
in
Belgium
7
per cent ; in Prussia , 411 per ? i
SStBE-t-taft : !
Set Spcehs feet to Music.
To oblige a friend , the great O-
jrour , Verdi accepted a seat In the l l
an par lament , but the
proceedings
bored him and he
occupied his time
jetting the orators' speeches to mnsTc
Ihe
composer v.-as very religious Ho