Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
THE HOUSE.
,ial Correspondence to Tas Ben.


EXPLAINING THEIR VOTES.
LINCOLN, February 19.-In The
house this. evening, pending the an
nouncement of the vote on the rail
rosd commission bill, the following
written explanations were read by the
secretary:
"Believirg this bill does not meet
the requirements such as the people
demand, and knowing that if 1t should
pasa this house II would never become
q law, therefore l most emphatiCally
vote No."-- ARMITAGE.
"While this bill is not just what I
would like, l believe 1t Is the beat that
can be got through this house, and
therefore I vote Yes."--[T. F. AsHBY.
believing that houae roll No. 262
is too expensive for the amount of
good to be derived therefrom and that
it does nos give that legislation that is
required by the people of this state, I
therefore vote No."--[J. s. COLLINS.
ST would like to see a bill pass that
would give general satisfaction to the
people, but this bill suits me too we'll. "
--EIHos JENSEN.
Believing this bill to be a farce on
the subject of railroad Liquidation and
believing further that it will be of no
earthly use I vote No."-y[A. s. PAL
MER
sin as much as I would favor q law
regulating railroads, 1 cannot see any
relief in,this bill, but only expense to
the state for collecting the statiatics to
railroads which can be obtained from
the secretary of state for nothing, l
vote No."--[T. j. SADILEK.
II believe from present indications
that this house will not pass any bill
for the regulation of passenger and
freight tariff, or any law for the cor
re ctlon of the abuses the people com.
plain of and that consequently the
commission which this bill creates
can do little or nothing for our relief,
and as I believe 1t will be a very ex.
pensive way of doing nothicg, l vote
No."-[A. STEADwELL.
"The senate has passed a much bat.
ter bill than this and I consider this
bill a useless expense to the state.
II therefore vote No."-[BENJAMIN
| YOUNG.
"As / fully believe that this bill 262
is drafted In behalf of railroad com.
panies, and whereas we have senate
flo No. 149 which Is the bill for the
people I vote No."-[H. BERKELEY.
"Ths matter of railroad legislation
liz one of vital Interest to the people.
Their demand was incorporated In
every political platform; grievances
were admitted from every political
standpoint, and redress has bsen
promised. 1 do not desire the down
fall Of any political party to advance
another, but I want the responsibility
to rest where it belongs. Neither DO
1 wish legislation that would be the
means of retarding railroad enter.
prices or any corporate or private In.
dustry, but 1 want a law enacted that
will remedy admitted evils. / vote
No."-[J. r. RATcLIFF.
BOGUS CLAIMS.
LINCOLN, February 20 the
house this morning a number of I'M
important bills were passed, and one
or 30 killed.
TAe bill to pay the miscellaneoui
Items of indebtedness was passed by
a vote of 80 to 30, The following Il
the vote:
AYEs--Babcock, Barton, Berkeley
Bierbower, Britton, Brown, Castle
Chaplin, Charleston, Colpetzsr, Cool
of Nuckolls, Cox, Davenport, Daw
son, Draperof Knox, Fablinger, Field
Franse, Gray, Grimstead, Circuit
Heinrich, Harrington, Holman, Ho
, mer, Jensen, johnson, Kuony, Laird
Lee, Luthy, Miller, Morrison, Neville
Payne, Radcliffe, Robberts, Roche
SRdilek, Savage, Schroeder, Sessions
1, Spanogle, Steadwell, Steever, Sussen
bach, Swearlngen, Tower, Walker
Watts, Westcott, .Whedon, Whitzsl
, Wissenberg, Worl and the speaker.
/ NoEs-Armitage, AAhby, Csrnaby
: Christopherson, CLARK of Douglas
!, Clark of Colfax, Collins, Cook OF Je.
ferson, Denman, Dodd, Draper {
= Caas, Frseburn, Gordon, Grove!
y Hatch, Haven, Howard, Jones, Ma
tin, McAlllster, North, Palmer
y Dixon, Palmer Of Saline, Rame.
Rsnuey, Russell, Thomas, Thompson
Town, Turner, Turtle, Werhau, Wolpl
~ Young.
II The following members
7s ? EXPLAINED THEIR VOTES:
ID Mr. Clark, Of Douglss- While sor