Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-31

above suspicion. That court had
,tely turned some very sharp cor
ners in ORDER to make it's decisions
favorable to railroads, and had even
been guilty Of some contradictory
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
patent for land along the side
the road, the same court decided
that the b & M land grant had lat.
eral bounds, and that this mau had no
right to a patent, being within twenty
miles of the road. He made no i'm
putation upon any off Ger, and had the
b g,est regard for the judiciary OF
this state. He hoped hi, bill would
not be stiflsd in committee of the
whole, but be dealt with fairly and 30
that they could all 60 On record upon
it.
Mr.. Sewers then said II it was pro.
posed to make a record of this bill he
was ready. and would favor the re.
s~toration of section l and a 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 tinally resolved to recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
When the committee s and made
its report, on motion the considera.
ton Of the report was postponed IN.
til tomorrow.
A HUGE FRAUD.
LINCOLN, January 80 1T Is GOLD In
the senate chamber this morning. 1t
alwaps is when a 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. T@ 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 castings have
shrunk from windows and floors, and
although, the other day, the spacso
between the window castings 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 = pintul rri action
that 80 much money has been spent to
produce % building, better only in ap-
pearance than the c%rumbling wr,c ok it
has displaced.
The business of the morning COM
menced by 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 70.
male employees vas read. II compelt
employers to furnish seats for female
employees, and to permit them to si'
down, when not required to wait upor
customers.
A bill was read q second time, will
the emergency clause attached, t.
abolish the practice railroads have o
charging an extra rate when q passen
ger fails to secure a 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 a larger number If execu
tive eff ,ers than now provided, re
ported fsvorsbly.
FREE PASSES AGAIN.
Under the head of unfinished bust
ness the report of the committee O
the whole on bill No. 81, to proven
the giving or taking Of passes, came
up for consideration. Il 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 shout
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.. Shmaheit resented the insinus
ton, but did not explain.
Mr.. Brown, of Douglas, did not be
lieve in masking this bill 80 that rail
roads could not Issue passes to indivi
duals. 1t was to do away with tn
corrupt use Of passes that the biI
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 Ar as 1t were possible to go
| the present time 1t was all the pee
) pie asked, and he gave the opponen'
of the bill notice that If they intende
, to kill the bill by the amendment, /
: 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 ohjectt
as not being germane.
The point of order was not su
: tanned,
i, Brown, of Douglas, thought the la