Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

oy the ser ate thia morning.
TIRE HOUSE
LINCOLN, February ~. The house
convened a. $3.50 iris morning. After
the t~ransaotlcn Of aCme routine bust.
ness Onapir ctlered the I5llowipg res.
olusion:
Rasolyc1, Tat - 10 tho perse of
thls hpusa tina, no sdjnnrnmeu' shsoid
,. h.c U.tl some suitable action hes
boom taken on Inc subj cot of railroad
legts! s'ioa, and su:h Ills have re.
ceivcd tn signatore.o The governor.
o. motion, the rec. luton WAS laid
upon The table Ly = vote of 60 e. 2S
Quit 2 littls b.e,zj ia tired I'D
in the houee when MoAllister asked
30 ho allowed to eff : q resolution.
After considerable discu.sion the ayea
and AYE were taken, snG McA,lis.
teas hiution to hsye tho resolution
ycaa wAs adopted by L large majority.
Tbs resolution reads Is follows:
WHEREAS, Ia THE OMAHA DA1J "
BEE of February Is, 1888, =. "a
charged thai : member CT the oo,sn
OF Representatives. CT tho sta. ,of NJ
bgsska received the sum % s50o for
hla vote on the capitol q .,propria.io,
therefore, be il
Resolved, That committed n
three be appointed % inyestipsta .,;d
chatges aho rspo It t0tais house st che
earliest possib'. q time rs to the auth or
lastly Oh 80 III Charged, and tllst euc,,
committee. be empo wered TO sen.d 70,
persons and rspera.
A ysry lively DEBATE snsued, IN
Which q number of msnGbsrs took
psft.
JOHNSON consid.e red any chage
made in The BEE acomplims nt to the
m'enber He did noe bellows the
stats OF Nebraska ough. to 10 intimi.
dated by Ed~sra Roaevsler IN srcn q
rasnner. He was not In favor OF
gtvInghin an advertise msnsthae would
be worth hurid rode OF dollars ia him
and cost the STATE hundreds vi do'lsru.
! MoAllisttsr pointed ont t',ey the
charges as stated ia THE BH would
ba lent broadcast all over the state,
and II tha house refused to investt
gated 1t would hook as if they were
true
%he'ion deaied that any specific
charge against any member Of tna
house u been made IL THE BEE.
Jet.sen wanted to get at the bottom
faoss. 1t had been charged tina. MON,
eers had sold their votes on the CAPT.
to! appropriation. He had voted on
tho capitol appropriation bill and had
never received c cent, and ne wanted
.he matter investigated.
; Whedon insisted that there was no
specific charge nado against any mem.
. ber, He vsnted to EuoR when in The
history Of this state THE BEE had not
6 charged any and every man whoat
!, course the editor of that paper did not
|. Ike with corruption. You can take il
, as q general rule when this mar
abuses you, you are on the right aide
Rainey said he was not a lawyer and
could not say what constituted a spec.
ific charge. The BEE had charged
!, Palmer (of Saline) and himself with
allowing themselves to be corrupted by
the 3. & M, and when he spoke to
Mr.. Rosewater on the subject he aaid
he could prove these charges. HI
strongly urged investigating the
charges.
Palmer, of Saline, was in favor Of
the investigation. He had told Mr.,
Rosewater that as regards himself the
!. charges we're false.
Wolph said he had asked Mr.. Rose
water what about these charges you
make in your paper aud Mr.. Rosewatel
replied that he could prove every word
if they would only give him an oppor
tunity. He was satisfied that a great
many people away from Lincoln be.
6 lieve this charge and Ii the resolution
! was voted down they would the more
readily believe 1t.
Haven thought 1t would DO a great
disgrace If this house went away with.
out settling this question.
Savage thought as q satisfaction to
the people of the State this investiga-
ton should be made.
Neville looked upon 1t az q scheme
on Mr.. Rosswater's part TO get some
cheap advertising, nothing more no,
less.
!. The resolution was carried By a vote
of So to 81.
; The chair appointed Messrs. Who
. don, Nc Allister and Davenport as in.
vestigating committee.
. MIR. Whedon rose and asked to be
excused because he was opposed to the
resolution aud he thought there were
. plenty of other men In the house bet
ter fitted.
The chair then appointed Mr.. John
; son In the place Of Mr.. Whedon.
The house then went into committee
of the whole with Mr.. Grant In the
chair. The principal business done
I was the recommendation of the pas.
. saga of R1ssell's bill to amend thepub-
y lie instruction act. The bill was
amended pretty considerably. The
amendments affecting Omaha, more
particularly, sre making the school
! board consist of nine members instead
OF Blk as heretofore, and allowing the
i, funds to be invested In city bonds
instead of United States bonds as here.
tofore. The house took a recess until
! half past 2
The BEE correspondent is indebted
-, to the daily News of this city for nu
, merous press courtesies and hopes to
be able to reciprocate On some future
occasion.
: *Many ladies who had scarcely en-.