Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-31
PERNlCIOUs PERQUlSITES
A Lively and Lengthy Passage
at Aims in the Nebraska
Senat9.
The Strongest Debate Of the
Session on Browns Free
Pass Bill.
The Unwashe1 Pawnee partic-
ularly V ndictivs Toward
HIS Old Friends.
The New Capitol Building
Proves a Poor Excuse for
FIRST Glass Work.
Manitoba zsphyrs Howl
Throu IN Countless Cracks
in the East Wing.
Tho Monups Believed to Have Eff
feotu Ally Bio, X ,ded Rail-
road Legi,lation
Tho Monups Believed to Have Eff
fectu ally Bio, Il ,ded Rail-
road Lesi,lation
THE SEN ATE.
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LINCOLN, January 29.-The senate
met this morning in time to ballot In
joint convention, and only proceeded
to business at 2 o'clock this afternoon
After the reading of the journal aev.
eral reports of an unimportant char.
acter were received and read. Among
these, one to encourage the search for
coal In the state, was recommended
for passage.
INVESTIGATION OF THB LUNATIC ASY.
LUM.
Under the head of resolutions Mr..
Conner introd uced the following:
WHEREAS, 1t is asserted by divers
and sandry persons that unlawful, se.
we're and brutal cruelty is exercised
by the officers and employees of the
insane asylum towards the patients
therein col fned, and that great and
unnecessary extravaganza exists In the
management Of said institution; and
WHEREAS, The Lawful, humane and
tuition is matter of great public con.
csrn; therefore be it
RESOLVED, Taat a committee of
three be appointed by the president Of
the senate, whose duly 1t ehall be to
investigate such charges and report
the same to the senate at a. early q
day as practicable, and for this pur
- m
send for persons and papers.
On motion the rules were suspended
and the resolution passed. The presi
dent announced that he would appoint
the committee at later hour.
READING OF BILLS.
The bill to legslize dissection OF the
human body was read second time.
1t requires that such operation "shall
not shock the sensibility of the com.
nunity" where such dissection Is car.
ried on. Referred to the committee
on education.
The bill to protect the employees of
railroads In the case of accident, &c.
was referred to the railroad COM
mittee.
An insurance bill was read second
time and referred to the committe on
corporations, the effect of which will
be to encourage crop Of swindling
insurance companies all over the state.
The committee on Give stock and
grazing" Is intrusted with bill tc
punish the giving OF false pedigraes.
A bill to define the duties OF the
board of county commissioners YVES
sent to the Judiciary committee.
Mr.. Harrison proposes by bill, al
amendment 70 the constitution 80 as
enlarge the number of state officers
provided for by the constitution, tt
any number that may be created by
law.
A resolution to allow the engineer
of the building SO per day extra dur'
ing the session of the legislature called
forth long discussion, and at the enc
the resolution was ruled out of order
The diurnal bill of Mr.. Butler was
indefinitely postponed.
THE FREE PASS BILL.
In committee of the whole bill 54
Brown of Lancaster's bill to preveu.
the giving and taking of passes, came
up for consideration.
1t occasioned q debate which, fol
the numbers taking part, the pro
nounced views expressed upon rail
road matters, and the eloquence ant
argument displayed, has had no equa
80 far, and will probably stand unsur
passed In these respects for the rest o
the session.
Mr.. Brown said he need not reminc
the senate of the wide spread com
PLANTS CT the corruption wrought b.
the pass system. II was regarded a
having debauched our politics and t.
have involved our highest off Jials, a
we'll ss all ranks below them, He ha
given his best efforts to framing tn
bill and had consulted others as to tn
efficiency of it's provisions, The bill
as it appeared, had met with the com
mendations OF men Of great legs
ability and no was anxious to zee
passed, as helping to some extent t
remedy the evil complained of.
any gentleman had a better bill, c
could propose any changes for tn
improvement OF this one, ne should b
glad to accept the one or the other.
Mr.. Sche aheit rose to object to Ii
manner IN which the bill was col
structed. He believed 1t would defe;
its own purpose, inasmuoh as it pul
ished both parties This was tt
great defect oi our election law r
spec.lug bribery. 1t proposed
punish both the giver and the taker
a b'ibe, consequently bribery W
never discovered. The man who toC
a bribe would never expose the tenn
ter because by so doing no brought
penalty upon himself, So in this b
there vas penalty for the taker of
pass as we'll as the glver, and tht
never could fad out transactions Of
guilty character, and the evil wou
go on as before, unchecked.
Brown, Ct Douglas, slid he was