Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-29

uuires an athlete to place himself In q
darkeped room and hang by the lobe
Of his aur cular to the open transom
Of a door, beyond which important
political business Is being transacted.
TIE senate did not convene till
1890. The journal wasread and SEN
ator Brown, of Douglas, moved that
the statement of the president why
he ruled that the senate could not ad.
journ from day to day, until the eIec.
ton of a senator Of the United States
should be stricken from the journal,
He contended that It had no more
RICH. to be spread upon the pages of
the ~journsl than the speeches Of mem.
beers.
Senator Butler opposed the motion,
and thought he unders;o od the motive
at the bottom of the matter. He
road from tho manual, and thought
the opinion of the chair ought to ap.
pear, and gave expression to q general
feeling as to the value of the argu.
ment of the chair, In opposition to
the proposed adjournment. He
Thought il one of the most able de-
cision upon the question involved yet
given,
The motion was lost.
No other business was transacted
and the senate adjourned to meet In
the house In joint convention. AT
terwari adjourned till Monday 1l:45
q. m.
HOUSE
TIE house in the committee of the
whole yesterday afternoon considered
among other things, the militia bill
introduced by Mr., Armitage, House
Roll Nc. Al. This bill provides that
the officers and privates shall receive
the same pay when called out, and
that amount shall not excsd two dol.
lars a day. II also reduces the pay of
the adJutant general from $500 to
$500 a year. 1t also reduces the nay
of staff ~oticers of any kind. The
militia eff ,ers entered a protest against
this bill, but the committee of the
whole we're almost unanimous in re-
commencing 1t back to the house for
passage. The record of Camp Dump"
which is still fresh In The minds of the
people of Nebraska, with it's wine
suppers, and high priced eff oers and
poorly paid privates who did the work
had It's influence. The bill AS origin.
ally introduced provided for paying
the officers So, and the privates 81,
but it was amended by Gen. Holman
to make the pay of all alike.
The question of dividing the state
into iuaicial districts is one of import.
ance, and any division that can be
made Is bound to meet with consider
able opposition. The suggestion has
been made to bring all the lawyers in
both branches into a caucus aud decide
upon a redivis!on among themselves,
and then support the measure with a
will, Tnere is a bill in the senate but
none in the house. The general snp
position is, legislation will favor max.
ing nine or tea districts in the place Of
six which We now have All the law
yers favor making more districts, but
the farmers are generally opposed to It,
Hall and Wolpb, of Cass county, who
occupy chairs just to the right of the
speaker, are looked upon by all job
bers with anything but a friendly
look. Like Eimunds in the United
States senate, they are known as the
~watchdogs of the treasury, and few
meaeares with an appropriation con
Oected there with escapes their notice.
They are both farmers, and are among
the most useful on the floor. Mr..
Hall was in the last house and Mr..
Wolph Eerved Il term In the legiala.
tUre In territorial times.
House roll No. SO, a bill compelling
employers # female help to furnish
chairs or seats to such employees was
read a third time and pissed. House
roll No, 4, a bill for an act to amend
section 10 of an act entitled can act
to incorporate cities Of the first class,
and regulating their duties, powers
and government" introduced by
C)lpetzer, was rad a third time
and put upon its passage. 1t being a
bill pertaining only to the city OF
Omaha there as no opposition and it
passed. AS we understand it, it is a
re-eEactment Ct the law that ia now
in force, except section Al, which
reads as follows:
4lst. To regulate the crossing OF
railway tracks, to regulate the running
of railway engines, cara and tracks
within the limits of the city, and to
make other and further rules and re
strictians to prevent accident at cross
ing, Snd on the tracks OF rsilroads, snt
to prevent fires from engines; also b
aid in the construction of viaduots OIL
: bridges over, or tunnels under railrosG
, tracks AZ street CROSSINGS with necss
sary approaches, by causing to be Is
sued the bonds Of the city in al
amount not exceeding thirty
, five thousand dollars for such work and
|, not exceeding ope.halt' OF the cost
thereof, which bonds Chsll not draw
interest at q greater rsLe than six pc,
centum per annum, and payable no
more than twenty years from the dat,
thereof. Provided, IkGt no such
bonds shall he issued until an ordi
nance providing therefor sAall be ies
submitted to, and ratified by, Q major
ity Of the legd voters 81 such cit!
i. voting thereon at a general or specis
election.
There we're Chiy two votes agains
the bill, namely, McGavoek and Ssdi
lex.
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