Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24
The Opposition Pounce on the
Bill and Fire it Out
of the Senate.
Banners Little Sugar Plum
Robbed of It's Sweetness
in the House.
Important Changes Made in
in the Registration knd
Justice Laws.
Adjournment Fixed forN Monday
Night

Special Dispatch to TIE BKE.
LINCOLN, February 23.-Tte urex.
peoted always happens. Thd legisla-
ture prolonged Its session with its ra-
tions cut of. The. capitol arpropria.
tlon1still hangs fire, and the deadlock
onIthe railroad bills continues. 'Onlya
few bills we're passed to-day, among
these the two bills of Senator Brown,
reducing the number of Justices of
the peace In cities Of the first and seo-
ond class and regulating registration
of votes. The latter applies to Omaha
expressly, and transfers the appoint
ment Of registrars from the governor
to the mayor and city council. The
house amendments to the judicial bill
were unanimously ooncurred In by the
senate aud Gov. Dawes Is already be-
sieged with applications for judicial
appointments. Quite Q number Of
bills were defeated, among these the
bill
ALLOWING COMPENSATION
to county clerks for making no the
tax lists. This bill had passed the
senate and only lacked FIVE votes In
the house to mako 1t law. The do
feat deprives the clerk of Douglas
county Of sugar plum estimated at
from tour tofive thousand year. Af-
ter several vain efforts to reach
THE AMENDED RAILROAD BILL,
the anti.monopoly element of the
house, on motion of Mr.. Wolph, of
Cass, suddenly adjourned the house at
8 p. m. to 9 tomorrow morning. This
took everybody by surprise and cre-
ated great condemnation among the
lobby, who have pet schemes and
claims pending.
The senate devoted nearly al day 10
reading bills In committee Of the
whole. They cut the general appro-
priations down many thousand dollars.
BY 9p. m. the senate reached the
house bills on third reading, and after
passing two or three
THE AMENDED CAPITOL BILL
came up. After the clerk had read
this bill Brown, Of Douglas, called at
tsntion to the fact that the engrossed
bill does not contain all the amend
meuts.
Brown, of Lancaster, in great
furry, insisted that the bill was all
right.
The chair (Connor) ordered the clerk
to read the amendments from the
record.
McShane moved to recommit the
bill to the enrolling committee on the
ground that the bill did not cor.
respond with the record of the amend
ments which were read.
Brown of Clay supported the motion
and pointed out the fact that the bill
! In one place read three.fourths of q
. mill tax" while the amendment VA
, half mill, and other errors occurred
Brown of Lancaster and Butler
tried to explain, but only
4 MADE THE MUDDLE WORSE.
8 1t was shown that the friends of the
bill had prepared o printed bill will
the amendments they supposed woult
= be agreed to Copies of this bill wer
| on the senators desks, and the amend
n ments made to correspond with tn
bogus bill, instead of the genuine bill
o passed by the house.
= After half an hours wrangling tn
: bill was ordered recommitted. Whel
o returned 1t will 60 to the foot of tn
q general file and unless the rules ar
suspended, which takes two.thirdl
1t may not be reached before the finl
adjournment, which the conferenC
committees of both houses have agree
on for Monday night.
b THE CAPITOL PEOPLE ARE DIsGUsTEI
y - and exasperated over the bunglir
- manner In which the bill has bee
~ ~ handled At IL p. m. the senate q
= journed 10 q. m. tomorrow.