Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-01-26

day ~ session Nebraska would
be sure q, railroad legi.lation
This plan " sala rather strsining
upon the cons. u. Vt the AVERAGE
politician and miA considered n
scheme In the inter, the hash
house keepers { the CAP Il.
GoBBJED THE JOB
1t is understood aud generally con-
ceded that The State Journal CON-
psny has just swallowed up the new
printing company known as The Trih'
une Printing Company of Lincoln.
By this move, il it is 30, they have
again secured the printing for the
State OF Nebraska.
THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG.
The other day 1 informed you of a
case of privilege TO which Batter, of
Pawnee, has risen and il which he
stated that tho reference TO his stric
lures upon the manner in which the
printing Was dono no had been
advised by Hathsway (of the
JcurnaD to be patient, tinco ii
the present contractors failed to
90 their duty, he did not know of any
printing establishment in the city that
could do 1t. The Journal could not.
Butler added tfat till then he did not
know that the Journal company was
doing the printiug as in the past. Yea
terGay the following appeared In the
D4ly News f this city. II shows the
methods adopted by some parties here,
when their objects cannoi be fairly SO.
cured.
LINCOLN. Neb,, Jan. %, 1888.
EDITOR Nnws:-Last week Butler, sof
fPawpee, introduced bill of inquiry for
the purpose IT ascertaining whether the
| Tribune Printing company were able to
fu fill their contract as state printers. A
committee report d favorsbly. On Mon
day, the 22d, Butler stated that he was not
aware that the s S.ite Journsl company
Hadn't the contract for the work until Mr..
Hathaway (of the Journal Go told him,
as he says, that they could not do 1t. Now
the facts are that the Trioune comp my
have sold their entire establishment
to the Journal company, and portion
of the machinery and material have
| already been moved up here, the
balance is to be moved within few weeks,
probably when the egisl .ture closes. The
cont. ct was nsummated and trade
closed few days before The Tribune
Company qualified and prepared to go on
with the contract for the state work in &C
cordance with the accepted bid The
Journal Company have FIR several days
supplied help at The Tribune establish
ment to complete jobs in arrears, for the
state, and carried the employees on their
own pay rol. The expert committee who
Investigated were not q success, as it they
had loosed into the mares nest they would
have discovered "two foal" sus pic on that
The journal Company were fulfilling the
con,rac5 which Tha Tribune Company
had shou dered. Mr.. Hathaway, as
Butler reports, says they, mean
ing The State Journal Company prob.
ably, could not do the work. Or cours
that is very natural. n t at the bid which
secured the Job to This Tribune Con my,
but IL The T. G. should fail in its contract
The Journal could possibly take the work
| liz urgetl ON basis of their original bid
And as Omaha, the only place in the state
outside of Lincoln, where the work could
be acceptably done, IL too far away.
practically. for the purpose, The Journal
has the opportunity TO step in and cut the
cheese. SAsACUs.
The News don't know the writer ''Sssa.
Gus" nor any of hi. relations. but from the
printed letter head upon which the above
communication ia written and the sem
tence "moved up here" The News Is in.
clined to think that some one of The j our.
nal restitution has let cat out Of the bag
little before the time for the circus tc
commerce.
THE MAYOR CRIPPLED.
In the senatorial run to-day the
democrats stood as they have done
during the past two days, but 1t is ru'
mored by some of the members OF
that party that this is Boyd's last day,
not that the popular mayor of Omahs
is to shufH off this mortal coil at sun.
down tonight, but that when the rol
call Is sound d OH the 26th he will
fall .r short Of his original 81, anc
that tomorrow will be his last day a.
q senatorial candidate.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The opinion of the Supreme cour
was submitted to the house and reac
by tho clerk, and upon motion five
hundred copies were ordered printed
for the use of the members.
House Roll No. IL came up or
its final passage. The bill hal
considerable merit and had 4
been introduced by any othei
member in the house i
would have passed without opposi
tion, but anything bearing the name
OF Sessions has TO come under tn,
closest scrutiny. The bill was defeated
by large majority-Mr. Session.
voting against the bill Tor the purpos,
of having It reconsidered. Subse
quenay the vote was recoasidered ant
the bill recommitted to the committe
on jud ciara.
House Roll No. 2, bill for al
act to amend Chapter 67, compile,
statutes entitled "Paupers, was pu
upon It's fual passage and by vote &
. 81 to % was passed. The bill provides
that every poor person who shall b
liable to earn livelihood in con
ssquence tf any iuformiry, idiocy o
lunacy shall be supported by tn
! father, grandf .ther, mother, grand
mother, children, grandchildren
brothers or sistsrs.
III. r. No 3, was passed withou
opposition, this Is act to transfe
l6O acres of land to the common
school fund of this state.
/ Several bills were introduced THU
| morning, among them, b. r 225
; providing punishment for printing
t election tickets that are not exactl,
what theyrepresent themselves to be
t No. 2l6. by Mr.. Whedon, extendIn,
the time of W. II. b Stout, for build
Ing cells in tho penitentiary, to 1885
No. 2l7; to protect sheep raising, pro