Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-01

tendent Of our insane asylum had his
remedy, and II he did not like this bill
he could resign. He vas In favor Of
II, and the statement of the gentle.
man that this was q scurrilous article
was begging the question. He hoped
the bill wSuld pass.
Mr.. HOLMAN also favored the bill,
and said that o committee had this
day been appointed In the senate to
investigate the charges against the In.
sane asylum. He said that every pos.
sible safeguard should be thrown
around such institutions.
Mr.. Nettleton also favored the bill,
and thought that the superintendent
should not be allowed Q voice In the
matter. He, however, opposed the
delivery OF letters to the patients, but
Was In favor Of their being allowed to
write and send letters unmolested.
THERE is A FEELINa OF RELIEF
all tho city, extending oven to those
who did not get their first choice for
United States senator. Everybody 10
pleased that the fourteen days fight 10
at an end, and that so good q man as
General Henderson has secured the
prize. The general WAS warmly con.
graduated last evening and this morn.
Ing by all classes and shades Of poll
tioians who are always anxious to be
ct the death. Even The State Jour
nal expresses a. satisfied, when 1t Is
we'll known that paper, In company
with all Its strikers, feel like death,
and would rather have had any n
else, and The Omaha Republican Is
expected to come out with the most
fulsome fattery, the same ~ when
Senator Van Wyck was elected. Gen.
eral Henderson can rest assared that
for . time at least, the hair will all be
rubbed all the right way.
The bill repeating the joint resolu-
tion, allowing the governor to appoint
an agent to collect money from the
United States, under which Tom P.
Kennard was to receive fifty per cent
Of all collections a. per q contract
with Ext Governor Frunss, came upon
Its reading and passed without oppo.
sition.
THE COST OF THE INQUIRY.
The chairman Of the special railroad
committee this morning made q report
to the house In answer to the resolu.
ton Of MI. Franse, introduced yester.
day, calling tor a statement of the ex.
pense already incurred In producing
testimony. The report shows that
only $532 80 has as yet been expended
instead of nearly $4,000, rs charged
by Mr.. Franse, and the amount re-
ported includes everything that could
possibly be charged up to the som.
mittes, including the payment of
clerk, reporter, &c.
MI. Franse moved that the report
be received and the committee dis
charged and he made a speech In
which he had much to say about
Rosewater's fight with the Union Pa
cifc railroad. He said that he did
not think that the house had any bus.
mess to interfere with the politics of
railroads.
The motion to discharge the COM
mittee was agreed to with but one
faint dissenting voics and no was q
railroad representative. The anti
monopoly part of the house has been
convinced that the house part of that
committee had az we'll never been ap.
pointed for they never cared as
though they were anxious to
get information. The anti
mopops were therefore per-
fectly willing that they should
be discharged. However, Mr.. Franse
need not expect that the examination
will be suspended; the senate can pro.
coed alone, and will probably do so.
The crowd to-day at the capitol was
equal to, or greater, than the crowd
witnessed on the first day of the sena.
torial fight, q large number of the
spectators being ladies who came out
%just.to be able to say that they were
present when Senator Manderson was
elected.
A resolution was to-day edopted by
both branches, adjourning the legisla'
ture till 2 p. m. February 6, and mos
of the members went home to theil
families on the noon trains.