Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-19
The Job Of the Militia Briga-
dierS to Draw Big Pay
for No Work.
Mrs. DOLBY Occupies the Senate
Floor for an Hour in Favor
of Browns Resolution.
And the Senate Heartlessly
Kills the Resolution by In
definitely Postponing.
Lanoa ster Statesmen Put in Their
Claims FOR the Fat Omoes.

Correspondence Of Tus Bm
LINCOLN, February Is. - The rec
ords show that Douglas county has
three senators, although one CT them
4, sometimes called the gentleman from
Sarpy county, and Lancaster has two
senator's according to the Same record.
II Is generally conceded, however, that
Senator Garfield Is o FIRST class Lincoln
representative and is under the special
care of Brown, Of Lancaster county.
The bill providing for county attor.
neys instead of district attorneys,
passed the senate with but one diseent-
Ing vote.
The bill known MS tho occupying
claimants law, which provides that
the person who may pay the taxes on
any real estate, s~upposing that the
property belonged to him or her, shall
have q lien upon said real estate for
all taxes and interest paid there
on. This Is intended to cover
the claim of q large number Of people
who have been occupying and paying
taxes on land that has recently been
decreed to belong to the st. Joe &
Denver railroad company or their as
signs. This bill met with very little
opposition, only two votes being
recorded against 1t.
The general appropriation bill, hav-
Ing passed tho house, was brought into
the senate yesterday for considera-
ton.
The senate held an evening session,
last night, to consider the joint reso-
|, Luton of Brown, of Douglas, in rela-
!, ton to the amendment of the consti-
tuition allowing women to vote on OK.
3 tending suffrage to women.
On motion of Senator Butler, Mrs.
i Colby was invited to address the SEN
. ate, and che spoke for nearly an hour.
! Her arguments, though very good,
4 failed to convert any Ct the senators,
: , who in q heartless ann proceeded
! to kill the resolution by indefinitely
postponing the same by a vote Of 18
1 to 2.
o Those voting for an indefinite post
= ponement were: Brown, of Clay,
Brown, OF Colfsx, Butler, Garfield,
IS ConklinQ, Dolan, Dunphy, Harrison,
o ueist, MoShane, Norris, Patterson,
Rogers. Sang, Sche aheit, Sewers,
: Tbatch, Walker--18.
q Those voting against p~os.ponement
were: Bomgardner, Brown, of Doug
las, Conner. Dye, Fillsy, Howell,
Reynolds y.
70 Absent or not voting. Barker.
Brown, of Lancaster, Case, Dsch,
Fisher, Harris, Kipcaid, Rich-8.
After the voting and before the
amendment of the same, Senator
Butler changed his vote from ''no" to
y "ayo," and gave notice that he should
move a reconsideration.
A communication was received from
~ the state auditor In answer to q resolu-
ton of the senate, setting forth
that no had received $14, 178 90 100
fees, all of which he had turned wei
into the treasury. The attorney ger
l. eral sent two communications to the
n senate. One was favoring tho appro-
p%riation of over $13, 900 for the relief
of the Nebraska City national bank
a and the other was explaining and ia
voring the appropriation of s 5000 to
settle tax claims upon lots In Lincoln,
known as the Gillespie property.
The Armitage militia bill was In.
definately postponed In the senate last
= q night, Senator Norris, chairman of
the military committee, made q report
against the bill, and before II WA
known what bill 1t was his report to
indefinitely postpone was adopted.
This Is a job put up by the many
brigadiers of this state who desire to
have all the pay and make the pri.
q Yates work for nothing. Under the
=. Armitage bill the private's pay
was raised from forty.three
cents ia day to two dollars,
and tho pay of the brigadier was re.
q duced from $15 a day to the same as
y the private. Senators may be able
n to explain their peculiar actions In re.
gard to this bill, and tell the rank and
q file of the Nebraska militia why they
think there is 30 much difference In
n men. This bill was postponed that q
big brigadier steal might be forced
through the legislature ct the last mo-
ment. On motion Of Senator Brown
of Douglas, this bill was reconsidered
this morning and after o lively fight 1t
was placed upon the general file and
@ the prospect is that 1t will pass.
: The senate was In committee of the
whole most Of the forenoon, consider
ing bills on senate file.
Brown, OF Lancaster has filed his
application for the Office now held by
Judge Crounse, and Peter Walker,
one of the senators from Lancaster,
, has laid In a claim for the m~arshslship
of this district of Nebraska. II both
q of these gentlemen get the office they
d are after, this county will be we'll pro-
vided for. It Is also stated all the
boys In the country have filed appli-
!, cations for the seoretaryships that are
ii to be created by the passage of the
railroad bill.
L.