Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-16

Ssug.
The bill to orgsnizIV RI,
was passed by the senate .aIHhl b en-
position. This bill having passed ,n>
boz will become q law as soon as IL
receives the signature OF the governor.
CONVICT LABOR.
LINCOLN, February 15.-At the
close of the session last night Senator
McShane offered the following resolu.
ton:
RESOLVED, That the special COM
mittee to investigate the penitentiary
be instructed to inquire rs to whether
the contractor for the convict labor
has complied with the provisions of
his contract and the extension thereof.
The rules we're suspended and the
resolution was passed, This resolution
Is Intended for the purpose of inquir-
ing into thu cell building at the peui.
teutiary. Under the contract of W..
II. b Stout he was to build q large
number of stone cells, and he Is now
seeking q second extension Of time
and many of the senator's imagine
that If this extension Is given that the
celia will mover be built.
BROWNS RULE.
The first business this morning WAS
the consideration OF o motion Intro
duced by the senator from Douglas,
Mr.. Brown, which reads as follows:
"moved that from and after the
adoption of this motion senate files
shall be considered In the committee
of the whole, and in open session In
the order In which they were sent the
printer, and that house rolls In the or
der In which they have been reported
from the committees to which they
were referred, or In case thessme have
not been referred In the order In
which they were received from the
house, and that the clerk of the com.
mittee of the whole be and he Is hero
by instructed to at once make out q
list of senate files and house rolls In
accordance with the above for a guide
to the senate In conformity to the
above regulation"
This motion was fought by the
friends of the capitol appropriation
and defeated by a vote of Is to Is
Severa, members not voting.
The following report was submitted
and upon motion of Brovn, of Doug
las, was laid upon the table for future
consideration.
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee
to whom was referred the matter of
final sdjournment of the legislature
would respectfully report that they
have conferred with like committee
appointed by the house and that said
committee recommend that final ad.
iournment of both houses be made on
Thursday, February 22nd, 1883, at IL
o'clock p. m.
MCSHANE, Chairman.
The capitol appropriation bill waa
read a second time In the senate this
morning, aud referred to committee Of
public lands and buildings, and five
hundred copies Of the same ordered
printed fop the use of the senate.
THE RAILROAD BILL
fixing freight and passenger rates on
all railroads In Nebraska, andappoint.
ing a railroad commissioner came ur
on it's third reading, and was passed
by a vote of ~ for, to 3 against. A
number of the senators desired to be
allowed to explain their votes anG
have the same made q matter of record,
Senator Shoanheit explained hi
vote as follows II vote for the bill
for the same reason that Christ wal
cruciGed. The rabble cried ~',rucify
him. and they crucidsd him. Tn,
people howl for railroad Legislation
and 1 am in favor of giving 1t t.
them"
This vote on the bill stood as fol
lows:
Those voting in the afirmstivo werS
Barker, Brown, Of Douglas, Brown
of Lancaster, Brown, of Clay, Brown
Of Colfax, Case, Conkli g, Conner.
Dech, DolGn, Dunphy, Dye, Filley
Fisher, Hsrsis, Harrison, Heist, How
ell, Kioksid, MeShane, Norris, Rsy
nolds, Rich, Shoenheit, Sewers, Walk
ker 81.
Those voting In the negative were
Garfield, Rogers and Sang.
Absent and not voting ware : Bonn,
gardner, Patterson and rhatch.
The senate then adjourned till 1:3(
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