Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-31

above suspicion. That court had
l,tely turned some very sharp cor
ners in ORDER to make it's decisions
favorable to railroads, and had even
been guilty Of some coutrsd lctory
rulings. He cited the case of the b.
& M In which the supreme court
had decided that the land grant to
that company had no lateral bounds
aud gave them the right to select
100000 acres of land elsewhere than
along the line Of the road, and yet
in the case of eettler who Gained a
pstent for land along the side
the road, the same court decided
that the b & M land grant had lat.
eral bounds, and that this man had no
right to patent, being within twenty
miles of the road. He made no i'm
putation upon any thcer, and had the
b G ,est regard for the judiciary OF
this state. He hoped hi, bill would
not be stifsd in committee of the
whole, but be dealt with fairly and 30
that they could all g On record upon
it.
Mr.. Sewers then said II it was pro.
posed to make record of this bill he
was ready. and would favor the re.
storation of section l and report on
the whole bill, which would bring 1t
before them for q vote, aye or nay.
Messrs. Reynolds and Dsch were ab-
sent during most of the discussion, bs.
ing occupied with business as men,
bers of the committee on railroads.
1t was fnally resolved to recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
When the committee rose and made
its report, on motion the considera.
ton of the report was postponed un.
til tomorrow.
A HUGE FRAUD.
LINCOLN, January 80 1T Is oold In
the senate chamber this morning. 1t
alwaps is when stiff breeze ia blow.
ing outside. Clerks are wearing their
overcosts, members are clustering
around the steam heaters, and cough
ing and snsezing are the prevailing
sounds. Tffe fact appears to be that
the work done on the wing, at least, of
the capitol is badly done. The win.
dow sash do no. fit. The casings have
shrunk from windows and floors, and
although, the other day, the spac 20
between the window oseinss and the
stone work on the inside, were
chucked,,''with oakum, like the gaping
seams of an old storm battered and
weather. worn hulk, the cold air yet
moves through the chamber with per-
ceptible velocity aud most uncomf nrt-
able effect. 1t is y apintul II fl action
that 80 much money has been spent to
produce % building, better only in ap-
pearance than the crumbling wr, ok it
has displaced.
The business of the morning COM
menced bv a resolution to ask the
commissioner on public lands and
buildings what salary the engineer of
the capitol building receives, and what
recommendation he has to make an
increase of the engineers salary during
the session. Agreed to-
GENERAL BUSINESS.
Another resolution to procure 1CC
additional copies of the Legislative
manual for distribution was voteG
down.
House bill for the protection of fs.
male employees was read. II compelt
employers to furnish seats for femal.
employees, and to permit them to al
down, when not required to wait upor
customers.
A bill was read second time, will
the emergency clause attached, t.
abolish the practice railroads have o
charging an extra rate when passen
ger fails to secure ticket and offar
his fare upon the cars. 1t was re
ferred to the committee on railroads
The committee to whom was re
ferred the bill to provide for al
amendment to the constitution Sd a
to permit larger number If execu
tive otfi ,ers than now provided, re
ported fsvorsbly.
FREE PASSES AGAIN.
| Under the head of unfinished busi
ness the report of the committee O
the whole on bill No. 81, to prevep
the giving or taking of passes, came
up for consideration. l. was sough
to amend the bill 80 as to prohibi
any citizen receiving 3 pass.
Brown, of Clay, said there was nc
object In such an amendment excep
to kill the bill. The people did no
want officers to have passes, but the
did not want them to hinder railroad
giving passes where they pleased il
order to forward their business. The,
had no right to say railroads shoul
not give passes to shippers of stock, o
sick or INDECENT persons, and he re
peated his suspicion that 1t was sough
to defeat the bill by overlooking it.
| Mr.. Shoe aheit resented the insinus
ton, but did not explain.
Mr.. Brown, of Douglas, did not be
lieve in masking this bill 30 that rail
roads could not Issue passes to indiv
duals. 1t was to do away with tn
corrupt use Of passes that the bil
was framed. That was what the
ought to have in view.
Mr.. Butler he'd no doubt that til
total abolition Of the pass system wa
, the correct one, but while We had tn
best people and the best laws yet "
were not perfect. He thought the bi
, went as far as 1t were possible to 60 {
the present time 1t was all the pee
pie asked, and he gave the opponent
of the bill notice that III they intende
, to kill the bill by the amendment, h
did not intend to vote with them. q
|, should vote against ths amendmer
. and for the bill.
The amendment was not agreed t
Mr.. Dolan offered another amen'
: ment including several addition
classes, to which Mr.. Connor Obi jectt
, as not being germane.
The point of order was not su
: tanned,
Brown, of Douglas, thought the la