Nebraska Newspapers

    HE OMAHA . - DAILY BEE.
.7TJ TTi3 in. 1871. WTDDSIESDAY . MAHCII 2d. 1807. SINGLE COPY PfVE CENTS.
MORE TARIFF TALK
Hoods of Oratory Let Loose in the Houao
of Representatives.
NEWLANDS DECLAIMS FOR SILVERITES
Declares Himself Strongly in Favor of a
Protective Tariff.
SAYS 'TIS NECESSARY FOR PROSPERITY
Holds that Tree Silver is the Balm of
Qilead for Farmers.
DOLLIVER Of IDWAiP.AKS ELOQUENTLY
Defend * the 1'roiniMi-il Turin
lu a lliiiKlim : Spi'foh Unit IIOIINUM
Great Kntlin ultima lu
tllL' IIOUMtS
WASHINGTON , March 23. There ww les
than fifty members on the floor when the
house entered on Iho second day of the tariff
debate at 10 o'clock. There were only a few
stragglers In the galleries. As the day ad
vanced the stragglers poured In and the
galleries became crowded. Mr. Gibson , re
publican of Tennessee , wan the first speaker.
Ho devoted himself to a general argument
tu favor of protection. Mr. Rockery , demo
crat of Missouri , who followed , said It was
not a matter of surprise to him that the dis
cussion of the bill ihus far had been tame
and uninteresting. "Tho truth Is , " said he ,
"tho people of ihls country want more money
and less taxes ( democratic applause ) . Thin
bill does not utiresent the Issue of the late
campaign. The people would prefer to sec
$113,000.000 more money put In circulation
than to sec that amount absorbed by the
treasuiy. "
.Mr. LJocKcry said It did not lie In tbe
mouths of the republicans to criticise the
bond Kssucs of the last administration. "Mr.
Cleveland was criticised on this side of
the house , " said he , "while you endorsed
hlu policy In Ibo last congress. Your com
mit tee ou ways and means refused to give
the house an opportunity to vote on the
senate resolution prohibiting bond Issues , be-
cuuso your leaders had been notified by
fifty republican. ? from the weft that they
would bo compelled to vote for It. "
Mr. Uockcry ridiculed the Idea that the
present tariff law was the monster which had
destroyed 0111 Industries. It It had done co ,
why , he asked , had the republican members
of the ways nnd means committee lifted the
metal and cotton schedules almost bodily
from thin monstrous law. He denied that
there was an era of prosperity for labor dur
ing the oxIr.U'iice of the MeKlnley law , and
Instanced Ihe Carnegie strike.
"That catastrophe. " Interrupted Mr. Dal-
zell , "w'as the result ol a contest between
organized11 labor nnd the opponents ot or
ganized labor. The MeKlnley law had noth
ing to do with It. "
"Ye . - . nnd the protected employer hired
Plnkerton detectives to shoot down organ
ized labor , ' ' retorted Mr. Dockery. "A din-
llifrulsld'Vipubllcan ) ! scnalor , then a mem
ber of.lhU house , 'told me at the time that
that was the worst disaster the republican
Dartv had experienced In twenty years. "
Mr. Dockcry was especially sarcastic In his
romarkR on thq absurdity of giving alleged
protection to agricultural products , Of the
? 3 'J,009OOP ot products exported by th ?
Vnltcd Slates last year , ? SCH00.000 ( ! waa agri
cultural products. In conclusion ho said tlio
volley of protection hud driven our flag
irom' the high seas , Impoverished tha labor
ing ine.i and multiplied farm mortgages.
WHAT NKWLANDS SAYS.
MNcwlands. . lieu sliver republican
of' Nevada , dlscutso.l the tariff bill
from the standpoint of the silver men who
united with thu democrats ar.'l ' populists dtir-
lntlio hiht ciinpalgn In opposition to the
republicans. "Tlilw nillu.ice , " he said , "still
contluur-d and wus llkcl > to amalgamate the
combined forces Into ono strong party with
diver au the supreme and dominant Issuu ,
jjll other questions being subordinate to It
mid the lariicst tolerance being exercised ante
to the dlffcrcncti of opinion on othur ques
tions which had lilthorlo divided the \arlous
element * co.istltutliig the silver forc--fi. Much
depended In the future upon ths tolerance ,
the wisdom and tlio conservatism of action
of the allied paillcs , and ho proposed to ad-
ilre'v ) hlmenlf to the question as to what
line of party action would hsft promote the
cause of party bimetallism , which , he said , all
regarded an the only radical cure for ex
isting conditions.
"Though , " ho continued , "It la sometimes
tlllllcult to determine th- > exact Issues settled
by a campaign , there can bo no question
tint as to tariff the popular verdict at the
last elc-tlon was In favor of protection. The
democratic party declared silver to be the
dominant ISHUO and nearly wintchpd victory
from thn most docperate conditions. The
democratic victory would have been com-
plolo had not the democratic party presented
oilier umiecetuiary | UBIIC . whl.'h handicapped
llryan'8 candidacy , furnished pretext for
nilsropresentallon nnd abute. and really di
vided the friend * of silver. AH It was , how
ever , " lie siild , "the people had declared In
favor of protection and had glvun the re
publican party a contract for prosperity nnd
thut party should. In his Judgment , proceed
without obstructions and with expedition. "
SILVKK THl'5 ' KAItMUUS' I'ANAOIJA.
Mr. Newlunds went on to discuss the policy
vhleh ho thought would best protect Amer
ican Industry. He declared that both indus
trial und monetary Icgislutlon were not
ji'-civinary , and that of thu two , the latter
vns the most nccctvary. "Tariff legislation , "
lie asserted , "wmil'l nol glvu relief. 1'ioduc-
Ing , nr , wu do , a Biirpluc of wheat , coltor.
and other farm products , the price of the
cxpoi table surplus Is fixed In Liverpool nnd
the Liverpool price fixes also the domestic
price. In Liverpool markets thto products
cent ; lu competition with Ihc products of
India , ItUiwIa , Argentina nnd oilier countries ,
none of which , are upon a gold bawl ? . These
roiintrlea tire willing tn a'-ocjit the old silver
prlco for Ihclr products. The old silver
prlco ni'iiiiH totlay one-half of llio old gold pl
j > rk-o. su wo have the price af our farm
products cut In twc t > y the competition or
tl.itjo countries. Hei.tore the old gold price
of silver , $1.2 ! > pt-r oiinni. nd wa Iniiac-
dlitcly rssture the old cold prlco of our
fitnii prtnlisciH , nnd Hits mcv.i.s. teinid. ; . j-ro- -
tfrtlon to ( lie American farms und pl.inlii- of
tlops jtixt as the tariff law mean * protection .
to the factory. We hav * . ho rentlmied. hn
Indus trial tyatem lu this country v-'Mcli makns
II the object of attuck Ircm .ill nthr.toun -
"Our WHgee are much higher than oilier
countries and thi * unit rf all values hero is
the daily WURP. A getu'ral re.licllun lit
tv.iK 4 would bring about readjustmc.its ot
values that would bi > ilrntrniiivo to propelty lo
DViiorv. urortucerK and debtnu. We ncc.l
thorofoic , " he said , "A tariff law to protect
nn ngat'.iBl Mm product * of cheaper l.ibor clic-
wluw. The proltllvp mnaKiire tlial will
protect tu npaliikt thn oxliiilnii : -'Icultura' i
conipi'tltlon oii'l Ihp thrvatcnliiK inanufactur-
1ns coinpHtltlou ( if sllvor countrlct mutt lethe is
the legislation whlrh W'lll rcdorn the old ern
rcKithe v.iluo nf silver and cold. Purh a law
iv cm hi be equivalent lo a tariff of 100 per of
cent on the products nf silver countries , or '
It would Increase to that extent the gni ]
test of such ( > roiUictv. The competition of
Europe Is lnlgnlllcint : as compared with In
Iho existing and thieatencd competition r , any
Afla. le hcliftvo , " he mlded , "that the trur
policy of the country Is combined tariff and act
illvrr lt'xlilatl"n. the ouu protcrlliiK u-
( Mlnat Knrojio , the nthcr analii t Aria. " of
He argued that the recent ri'o In vvlirm
proved thet Iho price ft that ttaple drpemlr
upon the price of sliver , Just as the ex
ception proves the rule. He contended In
conclusion that "the area of distress , for yearn
confined to the mining belt , the wheat
belt and the cotton belt , had now extended to
the middle and eastern states , which were
suffering from the loss of the consuming
capacity of the western and southern states.
The Increase of protection to the faclorlei
would not materially add to their prosperity
unlcfo the consuming capacity of these
regions were restored. That coul.l not be
done by a tariff legislation , but could only be
accomplished by legislation that would stop
the appreciation of gold and thus relieve
our wheat and cotton Industries from the
destructive competition of silver countries.
The restoration of bimetallism conjointly
with reasonable tariff legllatlon would , In
his Judgment , protect every American In
terest and thus bring back a revived pros
perity to our home Industries , our mines ,
our farms .our plantations and our factories ,
as well as to the commercial , transportation
and bank Industries , which were dependent
upon them. "
LOST CAi'TK WITH HIS PARTY.
Mr. Lacey , republican of Iowa , the next
spsaker , commented on tlio abusy of I'rtcl-
dent Cleveland by democrats and populists
and said In the debate not one word bad
been ald In behalf of the only man v.-ho
had carried the democratic party to power
In n quarter of a century. The populists who
abused ths democratic party In 1S92 were Ita
Icadeni In 1890.
Mr. Handy , democrat of Delaware : "Is 1" " .
not pretty tough for the republican party to
turn on the gold democrato who helped It
with such a tariff bill as this ? "
Mr. Lacey : "Tho gold democrats have no
such hostility to a republican tariff as they
had In 1S92. The attacks on 1'rcsl'lent '
Cleveland were really ir.ade , " Mr. Lacey In-
filsted , "on his action during the Chicago
strike In keeping the peace. All honor to
him for his noble etand on that occasion , "
he added. "The republican ! ) had not attacked
the Cleveland administration for Issuing
bonds , but for the policy that made them
necessary. "
Mr. McLaurln. democrat ot South Carolina ,
a membr of the ways and means commlltec ,
was tbe next speaker. Mr. McLattrln's
speech was on protective lines for southern
Indurtrlcs. He advocated a duty on cotton
to keep out Egyptian grown cotton and also
favored protection on manufactured cotton
and other articles of southern production.
CAUSRS A MILD SKNSATION ,
Mr. McLaurln's demand for a duty on cot
ton created a mild Eensallon , but It was
heartily applauded by several of the demo
cratic members from thn cotton belt. While
Mr. McLaurln was contrasting the vast
wealth of the manufacturing states of Ihe
east with the poverty of the farming stales
of Ihe south , Mr. Llnney , republican of North
Carolina , asked him what was to hinder the
people of Ihe Carolines from building fac-
lorles and sharing in Ihe spoils , instead of
"cussing" their more enterprising rivals.
"The stale of affairs produced by the exist
ence of the republicans and Ihe populists In
the Carolina ? , " replied Mr. McLaurln , "pre
vents the investment of capital. "
"Is not free raw material the pet doctrine
of the democracy ? " asked Mr. Llnney.
"H h the pet doctrine , " responded Mr.
McLaurln with emphasis , "of the democracy
represented by Cleveland and Carlisle and
those who have prostltuled Ihe name of
democracy and who were your aidca and
allies In the last campaign. "
A largo proportion of the democrats on the
floor applauded this slnlemcnl.
"Did not William J. Dryan vote for frco
wool ? "
'William ' J. nryan , " retorted Mr. Me-
Laurln , "was responsible for his vote to his
constituents and John I. McLaurlu Is re-
Eponslbl ? to his. "
Mr. Uolllver. republican of Iowa , a mem
ber of the ways and means committee , who
was the next speaker , drew the Instant at-
lonllon of the members and the spcctalors
In llgalleries. \ . Mr. Dolliver is ono of the
most polished orators of the- house and his
glowing words have often electrified the
members and the people In the galleries.
DOLLIVKII'S SPEECH.
Mr. poll Ivor spoke ns follows :
Mr. Clialrmnn : I propose to state In the
time allotti-d to mo some or the reasons
why the pending measure will. In my JutUv-
mont , mci't the approval of Uie American
people. FlrHt , about the bill , I like Us
name. For tbe llrst tlmo slnco the first
net ot IMP first congrera a protei-tlvo tariff
bill lias had the ciindor and o i'iin ss to
Htute Us puipope In Its title , and Mat may
lie taken as ample evidence of the oom-
riluti' accoiuUiin-y of the protcctlvo tariff
tlGftrinc In the public thotighl of these
JlrpM and of the none ral accept. inco liy
Uie public of the old-fiiRhloneil rrpubllean
Idea that the true way In Ibis country to
produce- national n-venue is to protect
thi- national Industrie ; ) .
For tbe llrst time slnco 1SIG every prent
employment of the American people Is
united In n common recognition of the
Important" ' and value of u - dis
crimination bj our laws In fnvor of our
own pooiilo the farmer : bi-i'uuso nearly
liint he has for smlc must be
hero or not sold at nil ; the miinufac
turiT. bpp'iuuo ho has found It Impossible
to si'll home-made goods In a market plant-
ibnt haw already bought itself poor at the
"bargain counters" of Europe and Asia ,
and commerce , because a ii.itlon llkp this
that ROCS past the closed doors and brokr-n
window lights of Its own factories to the
ends of ihc earth for what It luiyr is In
a condition that IH completely fatal lo all
commerce , domeiitlc and fon-lKii.
Tn Ihc onrly slages of the tariff contro- '
vorny It was the custom of the mercantile
classes to push the fanner forward to the
front of the battle for free trade. The
farmer of the United States ol oul of that
line of battle two generations ago , and for
llfty years ho has been the most refolutc
supporter of the protective t.'irlff system.
He ntooil by the nldo of llonry Clay
IhroiiKlioiit Ills Rival career ami ' .ie was
found with William MelClnley In the de-
rlrtlvo contest of tlio last cainpalHii. ( Ap
plause on tin' republican slile ) .
On the very day when the nil'llonnlros ' of
the. Ilocky moiintnliiH .were rlillni ; In Ihelr
carriages to Iho voting pluc-es to Rive In
tlii-lr ballots for the poor man's money ,
Iho farmer * of the MlHsisil.ipl va'ley , weary
mid burdened under tin- weight of four
miserable yearn , walked In t'.ie ' rain to tb"
polling plai-es and cast their ballots for
Iho Integrity of American business and the
tariff policy of isiio. ( ApiiViuse on the re
publican side ) . Tlir appeal made to them
was a masterpiece of slilftlfH ? and niiBcru-
pillom : politics. No such effoit was ever
before made to capture the PIH. < | OIIH and
prejudice of burdened and troubled men.
ins rmows FArrrnors.
Hut the farmers of tlio MIsslFalppl val
ley again v I ml lea led the trodlt of tro Amer
ican farmer by choonlni ; rather to
suffer allllfllon with the | > oi ile thai pay
f'.iolr bills than to endure tbe advantages
of Pi to 1. ( Laughter ) . They illd not have
to K'O to ( . 'lilcaKo lo.Jlml out what the ipsuo
wan. They remembered Unit curious spec-
laclo In Ibis houpo whlcli most of UH here
iirfsi'nl snw , when I'rof. Wilson had lln-
ishcil bis speech on the tariff law -w'.ileh
for want of compt-tlllon will prob.ihly al
ways bear his ii.inie tl.itiRhtor ) . nnd n
youni ? democratic champion of free Ir.nlc
from our wi-slcrn country , who has nlnce
monopolized nearly llio oiitln. vNblo Hiip-
> of democratic entliu liisni , plunged
down the alHle. umltl thr eiitliuslasllc yels !
of hi.- , associates , llftfil I lie exhausted
statesman to ' .IB ! shoulder * and bore him
Itlcklnir nnd protesting to the seclusion of
the t-inak room , HO 'that it few inoiitlir after-
waul when the Kami- gallant young leader
i-iiuie . .nion * ; our pcopli. anil bonim-d be-
neviil.-ntly upon Uiein from the platform
bis iidvtrll.sliiK car. often il them new
.nn ! unti-lcil icmeilles for their troubles ,
warnmtoil to hill or ruro. lied only knew
ivhlrli , Ihc fanners of Hie middle west
Hgali' Illustrated tlulr wisdom anil sagac
ity b > - being rble , without Inning sight of
tlio paramount Issue , to pon-nlv * t'le ' some
what diminished tliinro of I'rof. WKson.
still Kicking nnd protesting , luit still nn the
boy oriior'H back.
1 nn ) only sorry tin- broken and crum
bled nl'K'iniont of free trade has nvinaged
I'SPiipo from the toiiili ; o whlrh slavery .
w.ts lonuiilltril to llnd t ! > icre comfort
able rav \ n morn perfect rcpoi-o In the
speeches of Ibn gciitlriiian from Alabama
ami thn K nllt-iium from 1-oiuli Carolina
PI'PM rvort lu the rf. onls of coiiBrcjj.ilona !
ilcli.itc ( Laughter ) .
Mr. Chairman , I llko Ibis bill bocaiuo It
nelihrr < > ; iMtrrn nor wrmiTii , nor north
ror southern , li Is Amcr'can ' through
and through. ( iipplini ) < f ) , opening tin- doors
opportunity to every tertian and to
very slate. My friend from South t'aro-
UiMi quoted a line from n Uenium n-n-s-
nanlr of llcilln saying this bill wn xln > >
HID face of Kurope. Your committee.
gentlemen , \vlHumt fear or favor towards .
foreign country , has cunxi-U-niioiiMy
undei'liiUen In make Ibis bill a oililotlc :
of KPod will toward the Pulled Still' a of
Amotlea ( Una' applause ) . Tin- farmer ?
the t'nlted Hinted , my brethren , .ire
( Continued ca Filth 1'age. ) : uud
DEBATE THE CIVIL SERVICE
Several Senators Giro Voica to Their
Views on the Eubjact.
CAST RIDICULE ON THE EXISTING LAW
DNCMKNOII | | In 1'reclpltntoil by n Ilomi-
luttoii of Sennttir Allen Inuulr-
IIIK Alitiut IlliiiiilflMiilN nt
South Otiiiiliu.
WASHINGTON , March 23. The senate was
unexpectedly precipitated Into a civil serv
ice debate today. It proceeded for two
hours , the civil service act anJ the commls-
ibn bclns under nro most of the time. The
debate assumed added significance , owing to
the recent change ot administration , and the
atlcndant demand for offices.
_ _
Mr. Gorman of Maryland called attention
to the presence In Washington ot the horde
of hungry iilace hunlera and expressed pro
found sympathy with his republican associates
over the restrictions of the civil service sys
tern. The discussion came up on a resolu
tion lo Investigate fcJcrat removals at the
South Omaha , Neb. , office.
Mr. Galllnger of Now Hampshire charac
terized the civil service system as a humbug ,
and declared ho would be glad to caet his
vote to blot out the system. There was con
tinued applause In the galleries at this state
'
Mr. Allen of Nebraska called the civil
service act a "monumental humbug , " and
Mr. Wilson , republican of Washington , said
It was a "humbug , a delusion , a snare and a
fraud. "
Mr. Hawlcy ot Connecticut , while defend
Ing the principle ot civil service , said Its
practice had been attended with glaring In-
competency.
Mr. Stewart of Nevada regarded the civil
ssrvlco commission as "an ofllco brokerage
establishment. " The Massachusetts senators
Messrs. Hoar and Lodge , defended the law.
The resolution directing the Civil Service
commission of the senate to investigate the
South Omaha , Neb. , removals was broadened
by an amendment instructing the committee
to Inquire Into the general operation of the
law , and lo report whether It should be con
tinued , amended or repealed.
During the day , Mi" . Berry of Arkansas , re
ceived a telegram , that 500 Mississippi river
flood sufferers had landed at Helena , Ark.
Ho secured the adoption of a Joint resolution
for the purchase of 1,000 tents for the use
of the sufferers.
Mr. Turplo of Indiana spoke at considerable
length In advocacy of the election of United
States senators by popular vote , detailing Hie
uncertainties and frequent scandals attend
ing the present metlio , ! of choosing sena-
tors.
SENATOR TURPIE'S SPEECH.
Mr. Turplo of Indiana then took the floor
If speak In favor of his Joint resolution for
Ifft amendment to the constitution providing
for the election of senators by direct vote
ol the people. After reviewing the historical
points ho spoke directly upon the subject of
the cases now pending In the senate , in
which two of the legislatures failed to elect
and ! , tha senators were appointed by the gov
ernors of the states. It Is not now uncom
mon , ho said , that the legislature of a state
spends the whole of Its session In atlcinptlng
tc elect a senator and aljourns without effecting
tcIr
ing this object , thus submerging the rights
and Interests local to the people of the
state. Under the present method of electing
senators many of the states have been de
prived from time to time ot their equal
suffrage In the senate , which would dis
appear ] by the change he advocated. He then
t'l poke of what he called the usurpation of
power by trusts and the Influence they exerted
PIei
erted over state legislatures.
"This Is an Instance of despotism so odious
and offensive , so contrary to the Inborn free
dom of manhood , In such deadly hostility
to liberty and Justice , as could only have
been Invented and enforced by the shame-
lool . s Insolence and audacity of.tho syndicate
of trusts. The defeated 'force bill1 had been
denounced by the press as infamous , but the
later force bill of the syndlcalo of trusts
was tenfold more worthy of such designation.
'Tho ' oligarchy of the thirsty truats pro-
fcrscs Intense opposition to free lumber , free
wool , frc < 3 coffee , free coinage , but it abhors
with most perfect hate the free ballot. "
The senator said ho did not Include all
corporations. Some of them had acted quite
honorably , but they were not considerable.
The plotters In this tyrannic trust have not
failed to avail themselves of the terms of
tlio public laws ; they have not made a pro-
tenro of authority. They skulk behind secret
orders , hide among the shadows of the In
corporated ghosts , who , unseen and unknown ,
conduct this Insidious raU against the fran
chises ,
Mr. Turplo closed at 3:10 : p. m. and the
ennto went Into executive session. The
open session was resumed at 3:20. : The bill
was passed to establish the official survey of
ertaln lanUa In Nebraska , west of the NIo-
brara river.
On .motion . of Mr. Hoar , the bankruptcy
bill , which was reported favorably , was made
the unfinished business , thus giving It right
of way after 2 r > . in. dally.
A resolution by Mr. Chandler was agreed
to , calling on the secretary of state for In
formation as to the amounts paid to aliens cs
indemnity for personal Injury from mobs and
whether efforts had been made to secure reim
bursement from the states where the mob
violence occurred.
Mr. Pettlgrew called up Iho bill lo amend
the act repealing the timber culture law.
U'hrn some opposition was manifested , Mr.
Pettlgrow said : "This bill passed the fen-
ate and the house at the last session , but it
failed to receive the president's signature , as
he was too busy fishing. " The bill was then
pasted.
At 3:15 : p. m. the senate adjourned ,
MrKlnli-y Hi > < > fIvi'N ( III * ScrllH-H. in
WASHINGTON. March 23. Prenldent Mc-
Klnley today gave a reception to the news go
paper correspondents stationed In Washing
ton and the representatives of the local
press. Atthiugh It was a busy day In con-
grths. at least 1BO representatives of the
leading newspapers of the country had m
K.Uhered In the east room when the prcni- tobo
dent entered at 3 o'clock. During his four belie
teen years' tt-rvlco in lie
congress , Major Mc-
Klnley had become Intimately acquainted caw
with n number of the correspondenta , and w
although some of them entertain political tit
vlnws at variance with his. It was" plainly f.3.
manifest that for him pcMonally , they all ' .
Rnterlaln the highest respect. Ilia cordial a\ \
greeting of his old acquaintances waa a
pleasant fepturo of tlio reception. The corre-
spondenls vtrc Inlroduccd by Mr. Ilunnell ,
the chilrmai' ' of the standing committee of
correspondents. ' and at the conclusion of the
handshaking , the president mingled freely
with his cplltrs , and again expressed hi !
plenum In n < eetlng the correspondents of to
Washington , whom ho had so pleasantly
known In days gone by.
Xi > n for llu' Army.
WASHINGTON , March 23. ( Special Telc- the
sni'ii. ) Leave of absence to Post Chaplain
Orvlllo J. Nave has been extended four
i.icnthi. not
Private Luclan Wooftcr , company C. the
Twelfth infantry , has been ordered from Fort tion
Nlobrp.ra to Fort Crook , for nio4leal treat to
ment.
Prlvaio Frank D. Mitchell , company H , In
Kim Infantry , now In confinement at Fort Ing
Crook , will be transferre4 on expiration of
icntmiL-o lo Twelfth Infantry. ai\J sent to
Fort Niohrara ( or assignment to company.
Dinner to IliiliolH. 12
WASHINGTON , March 23. As a recogni
tion of their feelliiR and regard for ex-Sen
.itor Duboia and Ills efforts In brlulf of the H
silver cnu e , a number of the senators trirt lota
rpprcbfiitatlvcn of that faith In tli Is '
tendered him a dinner ot the Welllngloi I.
hotel tonight. Those present Included fo .
atom raniion. Mantle , Pettlgrew , Ti.rnn
Stewart nud Representatives Hartm ( j ( Jolut
Shafroth , Jones ( Washington ) Rnd'NcwIande.
A number of those present miulo addresses ,
Including Messrs. Cannon , PcUlgrow nnd
Stewart , and Mr. Dubols responded. Tlio
policy to be pursued by , thc' Uvcrltts In re
gard to the tariff and the money question
was discussed.
COMHTION OF TIII3 OMAHA 1IAXKS ,
Comptroller HoUuln ( llvi-n Out llio Al > -
Htriict of Their TjiHt Ill-port.
WASHINGTON. 'March 'M. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Comptroller Eckels today RBVO out
ar abstract of the reports bi the condition on
March 0 of eight national biuika In
OmrJia. The principal Items are as follows :
Li and discounts , { 7,733,290 ; value of
st , securities and banking houses , etc. ,
Jl , 891,838 ; duo from banks , national and
state ; , $1.0S5a24 ; reserve , $3,900,902 , of which
$1G45,032 was In gold ; total rezources , $ I < ! , -
r,34.S83. Liabilities : Capital stock , $3,7Gft.-
009 ; surplus fund and profits , $402,444 ; due to
banks , national and state , ? 2S9.7GG | deposits ,
$7,827,192. The average reserve held was
39.01 per cent , as against 41.43 per cent at
the data of the last report , December 17.
' The following1 have been admitted to prac
tlibe r.j attorneys and agents for claimants
before the Interior department : Nebraska
Samuel L. Drass , Junlata. Iowa Frank S.
Boll , Salem ; Adolph F. Kroegcr , Rockford ;
Otto 'H. ' MonUhclmer , Prluighor ; George II.
Onthaunk , Grliinell , South Dakota Albert
II. Henncous , White Lake ; Robert E. Mc
Dowell , Yankton ; Samuel II. White , Chun-
bcrlaln ; Alvah T. 'Ilrldgcman ' , Springfield ;
Henry W. Carl. 'Salem.
Senator Allen secured the passage through
tin senate today of his bill to establish a
legal survey of Ponca reservation land.
Congressman Greene of the Sixth has Intro
duced bills to pension Andrew- , Uolton and
Andrew Snowden of lluffalo county , and to
remove the charge of desertion from the name
of II. T. Rain of RUBhvlllc.
Senator Thuivston has tntrodticej bills to
retire John Tempany and for the relief of
Charlej A. D. Wlswell of Alnsworth.
Appllcallons for army chr.plalncles are
pouring Inlo the War department , three al
ready being credited to Nebraska , Rev. O.
L. Ramsey ot Crawford , Rev. J. 1) ) . Games of
Grand Island and Rev. Warren F. Eastman.
Mt-rrllt to Siii-oeoit
WASHINGTON , March 23. Major General
Thomas H. Huger , commanding the Depart
ment of the Kast , with headquarters at
New York , will bo retired April 2. It
seems settled that Major General Wesley
Merrltt , stationed at Chicago , In command
of the Department ot the Missouri , will be
transferred to New York , nnd thai one of
the brigadier generals will succeed General
Merrltt In command of the Department of
the Missouri.
I'or < lie OliI SolilliTH.
WASHINGTON. March .23. The national
board of managers of the National Home of
bcDl
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers met here. Prep
aratory action was taken tor the erection of
a new branch home at Danville , 111. , for
which ' an appropriation of $200,000 will be
come available shortly. The board also pro
vided for the distribution 'of ' the appropria
tion in aid of the homes in the twenty-six
states maintaining such institutions.
AplMiliitinciitN III tilt-HfpnriineiitM.
WASHINGTON , March 23 Theodore S.
Swayzco of New Jersey has been appointed
chief clerk of the Treasury department. Mr.
Swnyzee had the same office under President
Arthur. Captain Wllllam-A. Rogers of Ohlr ,
has 'boon appointed chief of division in the
office of'-ftuditor of the War department , vice _
Eugene Speerry.
li TreiiMury Ilcimrtniciit.
WASHINGTON , March p. Scott Ncsbltt ,
chief ot the appointment division of the
treasury * has boon transferrq'd to the position
of disbursing officer of the Coastand Geodetic
survey an.l Major Urack'ctt of Baltimore has
boon appointed chief of the appointment divi
sion In his stead.
Ai > poIiinu-ii < M IiJth S
WASHINGTON , March 23 : The president
has nominated Bernard fielirnan of Ohio to
be collector of Internal revenue for ths first
district of Ohio and Chester II. Bruuh. cf
Connecticut to be recorder , of the general
land olfice.
Conllriiicil > > y the .Soiinlr.
WASHINGTON , March 23. The senate ex-
ccutlvc session today confirmed Willis Van-
dovantcr of Wyoming to bo assistant attorney
general ; also Captain Charles Schaler to be
major In the ordnance department of the
army.
Tiikrx On li of OHIri * .
WASHINGTON , March 23. J. II. Drlgham
of Delta , 0. , took the oath of office as ab-
slalant secrelary of agriculture today and
immediately assumed his duties.
Dully Tri'iimiiry
WASHINGTON , March 23. Tcday's state
ment of the condition of tfio treasury shows :
Available cash balance , $218,502,412 ; gold re-
Derve , $151,571,001.
.
SA.VS SILVISIl IS AV ISSUE STII , ! , .
IO.v-fiov Tiior Ilolt'N TnlCH on Uie lo-
IHIi-nl .Situation.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 23. Ex-Governor
to
Horace Boles of Iowa , who has been sojournIng -
Ing In southern California for some weeks
past on the advice of his physician , is here.
Ills stay will be short , for he Intends going
directly homo by way of .Ogden the latter
part of the week. "The financial question
In this country , " he said last night , In the
collide of a short Interview1 "Is by no means
settled yet. The defeat of Bryan has not
crushed and shattered the * question of free of
silver. McKlnley's election did not mean
that the people ofthe United States are A
orOBOil ) to free silver. The people of this bo
country wrnt gold and sliver together as
standard money. They will reach that enJ
some way or another before many years.
The defeat of Mr. Bryan does not mean
that the people- are opposed to having silver
hand In hand with gold as the basis of
our American financial system. "
Governor Doles believes ; that trusts and
combines should bo wiped out of existence.
"Tho protective tariff "tlio McKlnlcy ad-
mtnUtrallon Is r.ow preparing , " ho went on
ray , "will not re.atory Rood times , I
believe better tlmea are coming. The repub
licans will eay their bltini tariff was the
cause of the better tlmes'uut such a claim
will | not bu logically true'cr correct. Better a
times always follow oiir panics , regardless of
tariffs . ! , but prosperity wllljnot bo permanent
until our financial B jet cm da changed to give pi
silver . proper recognition a < a.Btandard money th
along wllh sold. " , ' 1. th
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LOUISVILLE , Ky. . March 23. A special
the Evening Post from Frankfort , says : sn
' nil
Today was the first on w'hlcji separate bal- thi
lols could bo laken for allotted Staloa sen Is
ator to succeed Sena 'Illackburn , under Isdr
ruling of Lieutenant Governor Worthing- en
ton. All morning rumord were rife ot the bu
bolting of six republican members , who would are
will
support Congressman Godfrey W. Hunter ,
ah
nominee of the caucus , and of a combina
old
between a tew republican * and democrats
re-elect Governor. Bradley to the United area
this (
States Eenatorehlp , thus causing a vacancy
bo
the governor's otHce and making an open-
for the democrats. Hunter has been ryo.
hard at work using federal patronage on the
bolters , and at 10 ] o'clock announced 1m
would certainly wlnlon the first billot. This the
assertion , however , proved to be untrue. At of
o'clock the two houses balloted with the fell
following result ; In tlm cbnate the vote
jtooil : lllackbura ( frca llver democrat ) ,
; Hunter ( republican ) , 13 ; Doyle ( repub
lican ) , 3 ; Davis ( epund money democrat ) , U ;
) , 3C. In Ilib house tha vote wag to
'ollows ; Blackburn , 34 ; Hunter , 53 ; Boyle , five
Davis. 5 ; Mcfrnry , 1 ; Buckner , 1 ; The
.Uoane. 1 ; nccemiy to a t'jo'.ce. 70. The was
result ehows that D" , liuutcr tai.not win ID
, tesslon toradrraw.
LAID WASTE BY THE ROOD
Serious Citnation nt Many Points on Lower
Mississippi.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IS GREAT
Ulvcr In ElKhty Mile * Wide In Many
I'lncoM mill All ClmiiecH fur
nn Karly Ci-oi > Arc
| lirHtroycil. (
ST. LOUIS , March 23. A special lo Ihe
Hepubllc from Carulhcrsvllle , Mo. , says :
The river rose here ono Inch and a quarter
during the last twenty-four hours , and con-
Unites to weaken the levees. The situation
hero Is serious. A terrible wind storm and
a three-sixteenths of an Inch rainfall oc
curred between 7:30 : and 10 o'clock last night
and the wind blew a gale today. The situa
tion Just across the river grows more alarmIng -
Ing every day. The loss of life , of property ,
and of llvo stock Is frightful , nvcn with the
three relief tugs , many have lost all their
earthly possessions and barely escaped with
their llvca and families. On ono little saw
dust heap , half an aero square , near Tiger
Tall mill , on the TenncEsco side , were
crowded twenty people and 100 head of live
stock , all of which were picked up by onu ot
the tugs and carried to Dyersburg. The
crevawo Just below town It today more than
1,200 feet wide and the wai'or lo pouring Into
the country. Contrary to expectations , this
water Is now driving families out In the
upper end of the county. The Verona Is now
near Tyler and Is expected hero with another
barge of people and stock. These people
have suffered more , than those from the break
above them , but no lives are reported lest.
A guard shot a man below , on the Arkansas
levee , last night , who was In the act of cut
ting the levee , and threw his carcass Into
the river. No one know hin name and no
ono cared. If the river rises six Inches more
It will sweep over the top of three miles of
lovco north of here like a cataract , unless
the people are able to keep ahead of the
rise , which they hops to do. The water is
now eighteen Inches above the crown of the
old levee.
Every square Inch of available r.oom Is
occupied by refugees from the flooded dis
tricts. Three families are occupying two de
serted school houses and ono family Is In
the new Jail. The Methodist church Is full
and refugees are now occupying the two gin
and grist mills.
There Is six Inches of water In the
Gaycso courty court house. Only two houses
are above the water there , and all the rest
of that town has from four Inches to six feet
of water.
water.HIVER
HIVER FORTY MILKS WIDE.
ST. LOUIS , March 23. Captain W. R. Mc
Coy of the Anchor line steamship Bluff City
returned today from a trip through the entire
overflowed valley south of Cairo. When
asked concerning the damage and less of
life. Captain McCoy said :
"So far the damage In the flood district
around Memphis has not been as great so the
ge public supposes. In the district
ar Memphis there has been heavy loss
from the drownlngs of hogs and cattle , but
as a general rule there have been very few
horses lost.
"In front of Memphis the river Is forty
miles ! wide , having broken through the levees
and spread out into n vast lake , reaching
clear < across to Madis'on in an unbroken
clsti
stretch. The town of Marlon , Ark. , Is under
water and the only rallread lhat Is running
Is the Iron Mountain. Tlio overflowed dis
trict , as it stands at present , extends from
eighty mllcQ below Memphis to Point Pleas
ant , 160 miles above the Uluff City. The
average width Is probably eighty miles and
the average depth , except In the bed of the
river , is from Ihree to seven feet. There will
beTl no early crops from that region thh year.
This will constitute Iho heaviest part of the
flood losses , I think.
As we came up I noticed breaks In the
levee at Sans Souci , Nodc-na , Bullets and
Drivers , while the water Is seeping over at
Modoc. | ' This caused a slight decrease In the
rlso at Memphis. In spite of the fact that the
river Is rising at Cairo. There are no breaks
below Memphis. The levees are higher and
better than they have ever been , which ac
counts for the ' -Ivor being higher than usual
and still not doing th& amount of damage
that has been done In the past with a lower
stage of water. This rise has demonstrated
that the levees between Cairo and Memphis
must bo raised , EB ths water went over the
top of them. In the river north of Cairo
thcro Is not very high water and. the losw Is
comparatively nothing. "
L13AVENWORTH. Kan. , March 23.-Tho
Missouri river at this point has risen twenty- '
six Inches within the past twenty-four hours.
' evening the registered
At C o'clock this gauge
tered 11.3 feet above low water mark.
.IU-3AVIKST S.VOW OF TIIH SKASOX.
Fnrniors All Aurrc iluit l < IiiHiiri'M n
lliiiiiitlfiil Crop fur > \rlir < tHlcii.
NOHTH PLATTE , Neb. , March 23. ( Spe
cial. ) The spring farming operations came
a sudden termination Saturday evening ,
when a regular March blizzard Htruck this
place. A fine snow fell most ot yesterday ,
accompanied by heavy wind. Today It Is
freezing hard. The warm weather of the
last week had removed moat of the frost
from the ground and the farmers had com
menced to plow. The prospects for crops
In this county this year nro very bright.
The ground la In excellent condition. Many
the old farmers hero say that the ground
was never known to bo In bolter condition.
larger acreage of small grain will
planted tn this county this year than
over before. The corn crop will also bo
large. The acreage of alfalfa will bo
doubled. The prlco of live stocks Is In
creasing rapidly , consequent on the very
largely Increaasd demand. Calves forty-
clght hours old bring from $ t to ? 0. All of In
the desirable Irrigated farms In the county
have tenanls , and Inquiries are being made
every day for such places to rent. The
business men In North Pintle say HIE. Ihe
demand for goods Is Eleadlly Increasing and
Ihey are anllclpatlng a large spring trade.
All of the merchanls have laid In heavy
slocks of goods. One merchant today bought
carload of binding twine , In
FALLS CITY , Neb. . March 23. ( Special. )
The heaviest snow that has fallen In this
place , for several years fell last night and
thta morning It lies twelve Inches deep on
the level. The wind drifted the- snow Bomo-
what. All trains are delayed.
Neb. , March 23. ( Special. ) In
Snow has been falling continually since last up
evening , accompanied by a high wind. The
snow , beliirf wet , Is not drifting much ,
FAIINAM. 1 Neb. , March 23. ( Special. ) The
snow which began falling hero Saturday
night ccassd on Sunday afternoon and slnco
then It liaj been freezing hard. Tim enow Ice
about five Inches deep and , although It has
drifted ! a little , the ground Is pretty gen
erally cove-red. Farmers have been very
busy for a week sowing spring wheat and
exultant at the thought that their labor *
meet a merited reward. The ground ,
already In flno condition for crops , la con
siderably Improved by this fall of snow. The out
of wirier wheat la larger than.usual In
vicinity and considerable territory will
devoted to spring wheat , oats , barley and
ryo.NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA C1TV. March 23. ( Special , )
Snow fell uninterruptedly all last night and
grcaler part of today , reaching u depth
nearly six Inches on the level , the heaviest
of this season. Railroad and street car
traffic U seriously Impeded. The storm wa
accompanied by llltlu wind and a mild tem
perature.
DUADSIIAW , Neb. , March 23. ( Special. ) fall
During tlio past tbirty-tlx hours at leaal
inches of wet enow has fallen here.
frost la all out of the ground , which (
thoroughly wet by previous rains and
enowB. The roads have be'en In woree con
dition for the past month than during th $
same period for many yenrs. Tills has
greatly Interfered with hauling corn to mnr-
DUNCAN. Neb. , March 23. ( Special. ) The
snow has meled ! Into the ground. Kali grain
looks fine and the ground Is In the finest
shape possible for spring work. All land Is
engaged for crops this season and n great
many will farm short on account of being
unAbl to get sufllcicnt land.
STELLA. Neb. , March 23. ( Special. ) A
violent storm Is raging this morning nnd the
snow has drifted live feet donp In places , the
highest for jMAUl jeam. U Is not freezing
hnrdocaF \ \ f
kot. TherMcWow In cribs here 130.000
bushels. jH Wgc acreage of winter whc.it
Is roportf KjK in good condition and the
present aRS"1 makes the outlook for a
crop _ - - _
March 23. ( Special. ) A
enow , with occasional rain ,
Sunday morning Just bo-
The storm continued until
when It began clearing ,
. strong northeast wind during
a of the storm. The weather
This will prevent any spring
. . _ - _ _ _ . done on the farms during March ,
but theTifouml wns never In liner condition
for a crop.
LOUISVILLU , Neb. , March 23. ( Special. )
Snow has been falling almost constantly
slnco yesterday forenoon. At first It melted ,
but now It U < colder nnd the ground Is cov
ered. There Is a brisk north wind this mornIng -
Ing and the snow Is drifting a little.
1JENNET. Neb. , March 23. ( Special. )
Snow has been falling In squalls since Sat
urday night. H has melted as fast as It
has fallen. As soon ns the ground Is In
shape the farmers will begin to sow grain.
A few have already begun to sow wheat.
WAUNKTA , Neb. , March 23. ( Special. )
The worst snow storm that has visited this
sccllon for four years commenced last Sal-
unlay evening. Snow fell lo a depth ot
twelve to eighteen Inches on the level. It
Is very wet and not badly drifted. This
moisture Is considered by the farmers ns
very encouraging for crops , aa It will put
the ground In excellent shape for uprlng
planting. The weather Is turning warm and
no damaijo will result lo slock.
TECUMSEH , Neh. . March 23. ( Special. )
Kully five Inchon of snow fell here during
last night. A hard wind blew most of the
night and the mow was considerably drifted.
Being rather heavy a vast amount of mols-
turo was afforded by thy snow and will be
beneficial to wheat. Mcst of the snow wns
melted by the bun today.
BLUE SPRINGS , March 23. ( Special. )
The heaviest snow of the winter fell hero
last night nnd this moinlng the ground was
covered to a depth of five or fix Inches' .
Today It Is clear and sunny nnd the snow Is
melting rapidly.
STERLING , Neb. , March 23. ( Special. )
A heavy damp snow commenced falling last
night at 7 o'clock and continued until 9
o'clock this morning. A strong northwest
wind Is blowing and tha snow U drifting
badly , with prospects of continuing. Wheat
has been doing finely the past week.
PAWNI3E CITY , Nob. , March 23. ( Spe
cial. ) A heavy snow storm visited Ibis
vicinity last night , being the heaviest of the
winter. It Is estimated that from eight to ten
inches fell. This will make fcprlng work
late.
late.HILDRETII. . Neb. , March 23. ( Special. )
A heavy , wet snow has been falling hcreffor
seventy-two hours. There has been very 111-
ll'j drifting. Fall wheat la In excellent condi
tion and the fields are beginning to show
greon. Some spring wheat was sown last
week.
UNIVERSITY PLACK , Neb. , 'March 23.
( Special. ) A severe snow storm Is prevail
ing tWs morning. The ground was covered
early Ihls morning and more Is falling.
WOMA.V imo'u'.vsTx riiH ma sioux.
ItlstiiK' IVutorn Siirronnil llr Home
nnil Sin * Kn IU In
SIOUX CITY , la. , March 23. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The water lu the Missouri river at
this point fell two feet today , but It fs bc-
llovea that a part of this fall is duo to large
gorge ? , which have formed above Sioux City.
Reports from up the Big Sioux river Indi
cate that another rise In that river may bo
expected. Today a Mrs. Maxsey , who lived
a short distance above Sioux City , attempted
to leivo hoi house , which was surrounded
by the water In the Sioux , and was drowned.
CEDAR RAPIDS , Ja. , .March 23. ( Special
Telegram. ) Not since 1S81 has the Cedar
rlv-r been as high here as it readied today.
At 10 o'clock this morning the iaugc ; ; riiow-'J
thu water had reached a mark twelve feet
above low water mark. It remained tfierc
until this evening , when it commenced to
slowly recede and It Is believed tli.it the
worst is over. A large portion of Went Cedar
Rapids Us under water , In come plucca being
from three to five feet deep. Many familliij
have been compelled to move out of their
homes and not less than 2uO houses are en
tirely surrounded by water. Sldc\\iks : ! are
floating everywhere and boats are being used
to travel around. The dam across the river
at this point Is In tome danger , altlioiii { ; ! it
1.3 believed It will stand. Severn ! warehouses
have been flooded and cor.xldcmble lews hca
resulted. The mills have been compelled to of
close down and the big engines at t e Sin
clair packing house have been kept going
since early morning to prevent Hooding of
their cellars. A blinding : > now storm lias
prevailed hero all day. Reports rhow dial
it Is general all over curtcrn Iowa , although of
lu northern and northwestern Iowa there lane
no snow or rain. Prom four to eight inches a
have fallen all over tliiis part of the state
CHEROKEE , la. , March 2 ; ! . ( Special Tele of
gram. ) The Llttlo Shux river Is not quite
within Its banks , but It hn.s iccctlod suffi
ciently to reveal the fact that an enormous
amount of damage has been done to wagon
and railroad bridges In tlm county ;
alio ; to grades. Nearly all small hrldgcH
on small streams which lead lethe
the river are gone , and approaches to
several Iron bridges have boon swept sway.
The damage to the Illinois Central road
on the- north and couth branches cannot of
bo estimated , ag the water Is still high.
Down near Onawa Superintendent CV K. a
Dlxon and his corps of assistants
nro out with special trains follow t
ing up the flood , repairing bridges on
the Onawa branch , and another construction
train Is busy on the Sioux Falls division. It
thought the danger Is past here unless
tlio weather should turn warm and mull
tlio snow which Is plentiful north of licie.
The water works was fired up again today
and families are returning to vacated IIOIIKCU.
The loss lo stock In the country cannot be
estimated. to
YANKTON. S. D. . March 23. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) At 2 o'clock thin afternoon the Ice
the Missouri gave way and has been mov
ing steadily out slnco , and tonight ona of the
channels opposite this city la practically of
clear. The gorge below has steadily weak- of
eneJ , as the water here has fallen twelve
Inclies since movingNo danger IH now
apprehended from the MUtourl. The Jim the
river Is still bank full. A flood Is sure
this stream aa soon as the weather warms
north. Nearly all the farmers In the
Jim river valley are well prepared for high an
water.
VERMILLION , S. I ) . , March 23. ( Special
Telegram. ) The MUiourl has fallen two foci
today. No gorges exist near here , and the
Is flowing freely. la.v
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , March 23. ( Sperlal
Telegram. ) The Bis Sioux at fi o'clock tlilu
evening was sixteen Inches lowc-r limn the the
tame hour yebierday. which was high water
mark since 18S1 , but naven fet below the
mark of that year. Milwaukee railroad offi
cials arrived at noon , with dynamite In blow
the big gorge which holds fast uboro the
town. Two men started In a boat acroii the
bottomo to fix a ( elephant ) wire. An Ice floe
crushed tbe boat like an eggshell and tlir
men drifted COO feet. Tti y fastened them
selves to a telephone polo with climbers and
were nacui'il two hours later nearly frozon.
Water on the bottoms la fifteen feet drrp In ing
plj.vB. Much unthreslied grain on the bet
toms Is ruined , the
Mori ! lloiicfnl at MiitiiilN ) ,
MEMPHIS. Twin. , March 23-Anothbr
ot one-lcutli of a foot In the river ut vtite
Memphis Is announced tonight. ThlE very
light drop In the high water hero IE nut
conilderod by the tveather bureau oftlclalR well
( Continued ou Fifth J'agc.j !
BRINGS A BILL BACK
Senate Tnkca Occasion to Undo Bonn
Hasty Legislative Work.
RECALLS PERU DORMITORY APPROPRIATION
Measure Knllroaded Through Last Week
Must Take Its Chances.
IRREGULARITIES BRING THEIR REWARD
Effort to Secure Surreptitious Legislation
Defeats Its Object
SENATE REFUSES TO LET MATTER DROP
Unlinks of Iho I.lciiloiiiiiit r.ovornor
Volcil Dim-it , ItulcM SuNiL'tiiU-iI | nud
the Hill Klnullj l.iuuU-a ou
Ci- lie ml Kile.
LINCOLN , March 23. ( Special. ) The acn-
nlc this morning became Involved In a par-
llfttncntary tangle over the bill providing for
a nw dormitory for the Peru Normal school.
Tlio Improper and Irtcgular methods em
ployed by the officers of the scnato In passing
the bill last KrlJay afternoon brought tholr
own reward. The president and secretaries
of tlic senate , the clmlrmcu ot the commlt-
tcra ou university and nonr.nl schools and on
otiKrotBcd and enrolled bills were all parties
to the mctliod by which the dormitory bill
was railroaded through the senate and It Is
not to their credit that they worked under
llio guidance of the hlckory-shlrtd states *
man of Peru , who himself appeared on the
floor of the senate and look personal dlrco-
lion of the campaign against one corner ot
llio mate treasury.
Last Thursday ths senate by a decisive
vote refused to allow the dormitory bill to
bo ordered to third reading. It waa Instead
referred lo the committee on university and
normal schools , of which .Mr. Graham ot
Frontier Is chairman. Friday Mr. Grnlmm
Kent to t'lio secretary's desk Just before tha
noon recess a report on the bill. It lay on
th ? desk until after dinner. Immediately
after calling tha senate to crdcr aflcr recssa
Ihe llculcnant governor announced that Rev-
oral committee rcporta would bo read. No
body listened to the reading of the report
nnd there wag nolhlng In the reading to In
dicate what the bill wns. U wan read whlla-
many of the nenalors were Just coming Into.
Iho room , while the members of the sifting ;
commlttco , savcn In number , were away. An
hour or so aflcrward , while Ihe senate wr.a
on the order of bills on third reading , the bill
was placed on Its final patsngo abend of at
cast twenty bills which hod the right of
wny. The bill was passed and within a mo-
nent or two the secretary nf the senate wan.
on his way to announce Uie fact lo the liouac.
.atcn In the nfternoon the manner In which
the bill was railroaded through the senate. .
nnd back to the house was oxpoeed and th
vote by which the bill was passed was , on
motion of Mr. Iletpy , reconsidered and the-
secretary of the (32it.te ( Instructed to recall -
thi bill from the house , , The bill waa not ,
lowovar , returned until yesterday . evening ; „ ,
list before the senate adjourned.
UNDOES ALL THIS WORK.
This morning ns soon as the preliminary
excrclEcs of the senate were over Mr. Mutz
of Kcya Pnha , oneof tlio supporler of tho-
lormltory bill , sent to the secretary's desk
ind had read the following :
Mr. President : I rl'o to a n > olnt of order
vlth reference to ttousii roll No. I'.Ki , which
s as follows. That the motion to recon
sider was oul of order ami could not bo
i.'irllamentarlly entertained at Hint time ,
or the reason that the report of the pas-
ago of Ihu bill nml the bin itself had been
elivored to the bouse by the secretary of
be senate when tlio motion to reconsider
MIH made , and no motion nr .proceeding1
vns In onlor at that time , except a motion
o recall Uie bill from Iho house , an pro-
Ideil by rtilo No. Ifl , which reads as fol-
ow.s "When a finest Ion IIIIH been made-
nd can led In Ihe nlllnnallvo or negative ,
shall be In order for at-y member of tho-
najoi'lly to move for Iho reconsideration ,
ln'i-pof , but no motion for tlio rcconBltlera-
lon or any vote Bball be in order after a
III , rcKoliilinn , message or report , aineml-
a-iit or motion upon which the vote wan
iken shall have gone out of the IIOSSCH-
on " of the senate announcing tliclr dccl-
ion.
The lieutenant governor held that the point
order was well taken and that under Iho
rules It w.-n too late to reconsider the vote
by which the bill was parsed. If the senalu-
had not been In carnrflt about the matter this
ruling would have ended the whole thing.
Hut the Fonato was In earnest. On motion
Mr. Gondrlng the rule upon which tlio
ruling was based. No. 19 , wan suspended by
decisive volo. Then Iho vote by which the
bill was passed waa reconsidered by a vote
17 to M. The lieutenant governor then
held that the bill was Just where It hud bet-u
placed last Krlday when the report of the
committee recommending It for third reading-
was agreed to by common consent. Mr.
Ransom Ihcn moved that the report of the
committee bo not concurred In. TlilH also
wns agreed to. Mr. McGnnn of Iloono ended
the long forenoon's disturbance by moving
tlmt Ihc bill be sent to general file , which
w.iii agreed to. Tlic bill 13 now In the hands
the sifting committee. If the miineroim
votes taken this forenoon are to bo used as
Mifo guide , the vote In the sifting com-
mlttio agalreit reporting the bill will stand
to 3.
IN COMMITTBB OK TUB WHOLE.
The senate took up regular routine work
Ihls jftorroon. AB KOOII as II had been
called to order llio senate wont Into com-
mltlco of the whole , wllh Mr. ( Jondrlng of
Plattu In the chair , to take up the coiiHldcra-
llon of senate ( Ilo No. - ' ! ! ) , which had been
madv a special order for this afternoon. Mr.
Fritz of TliU fit cm , aulhor of the bill , tried
hn.'o the name of Mr. Kcltz of Keith suh-
Btltut''il for that of Mr. Gondrlng , but the
motlo.i failed lo cany , nnd Mr. Gondrlng.
look Ihe cl.alr.
Scnnlij file No , 23f > provides that the tcrmti
all county olllter * ; shall bu fen the period
four yearo , nnd that all county olllccra
aovf in o III co ehall lu.ld said olllccs without
further election until lb'J9. in other words ,
proposed law extends for two years the
term or olllco of all county ofllcer.H.
The committee made short work of the
hill. After It had been read Mr. KrHn offered
amendment which limited thu tenure ot
olllco to a single term. H was agreed to
without dlKicnl. Then Mr. Mulz offered an
other amendment providing that the firttt
election of county otllccru under the proposed
. should bo held in IS'JT. ' This waa also
agreed tu by a vote of U to 7. Mr. Heal
moved that the committee rise and report
bill ha do to tM Ecnalo wllh the rccom-
HHiiitlaUun that the bill ho Indefinitely post
poned , To thU Mr. McOann offurt-d an
amendment that the bll | bo recommended for
fcfcigo. Mr. McUanii's amcnJnu'iil WUH re
jected ami the bill would undoubtedly hnv
been Indefinitely postponed had net Its au
thor , Mr. Fritz , askrd that It bn recom
mitted to Uio committee an Judiciary , The.
ecnalo agreed and the hill goes back to the
Judiciary committee. U IH generally con
cede. ) that It hits no poculblo chance of paus
the senate thlfi year.
The committee of the whola then rose an4
senate took up blllK on third reading.
Senate file No , 2 , the null-compact Insur
ance bill , Introduced by Mr. Haller , wu
placed on Us final reading and pained by A
of 28 lo 1 , Mr. Talbot of Lanrantor fur
nlohlng the ncgathe vole. The bill was lh
subject of a llvly dduto all yesterday after *
noon. It applies to Omaha and Lincoln , a
as to all other cltlt-n In lh utato.
Senate , ( lie N" . M , placing all express ,
ifciaili ; * n'l telephone comrablca uu.de *