Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-16
THE STATE CAPITOL.
Passage Of the Railroad Com
"a mission Bill By the
Senate.
Only Three Members Suf-
hciently Sailed to Vote
Against 1t.
The Capitol Tax Supporters
United and Pinned
For the Fray.
While the Opponents Search
For Powder in the
New Wings.
The House Shelves n Score of Bills
and Pass a Few.
TIE SENATE.
Special Correspondence Of The BKR.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
LINCOLN, Neb., February l4.-The
judicial committee have had under
consideration the bill dividing the
state Of Nebraska into judicial dis
tricts increasing the number thereof,
and reported the same back with the
recommendation that 1t do pass 1t
Is questionable, however, whether
this recommendation will give 1t force
enough to make a law of 1t. The bill
as reported provides for ten districts,
four more than we now have.
SOME INQUIRIES.
Senator Dech this afternoon intro
duced ths following resolutions:
RESOLVED, That the auditor of
state be and la hereby dire cted to re-.
port to the senate the amount of fees
he has received during the years 1881
and 1882, from what source derived
and how much of the amount he has
turned into the state treasury"
Also:
RESOLVED, That the treasurer be
and he ia hereby requested to inform
the senate what Is the total amount of
money which has been paid out In his
Office for the erection and completion
of the two wings Of the capitol build
ing, this amount is to include every
Item of expense whether embraced In
the coat of the structure, the fixtures
included therein, as we'll Do all the
furniture therein placed, stating sep
arstely each particular item.
These figures called for In the frat
resolutions are wanted for ths purpose
of uss when the capitol appropriation
bill shall come up. From them 1t lie
expected that the opponents Of the
bill will be able to show that the new
capitol with all It's fixtures and furni-
ture will not cost less than one mil
lion dollars.
THE CAPITOL APPROPRIATION BILL
was reported from the house as passed
by that body and after it had been
read by the secretary, Senavor Nc.
Shane, of Douglas, moved that the
bill be indefinitely postponed.
Senator Butler thought that 1t wei
due the house that the bill be allowed
to take the regular course. He did
not think he should vote for the bill
but he did think that this was the
course to pursue. The house might
rstaliate by treating our bills In the
same manner.
Brown, of Lancaster, said that there
were several members absent Who de-
sired to vote upon this bill and he
moved a call of the house. A call was
had which resulted in showing allpres'
emit except Senators B~omgarduer,
Sewers and Walker who were absen,
on leave.
Brown, OF Lancaster, then moved az
an amendment to the motion of Ssna.
tor McShane that the further consid-
Grafton of the bill be postponed till to.
morrow at 3 p. m. The president de
cided thatthe motion was out of order.
Brown, of Clay, thought that the
bill should take the regular course.
If the question to indefinitely post
pone a bill was debstable, it seemed to
him that it was simply a question Of
slack jaw, and If he had to talk
against time, he thought he had
about as much bottom as any one. and
could do his share till the absent
members could be got here. He Wa,
opposed to the bill as it now stood; he
was not ia favor of appropriating one
mill tax, but would favor a half mill,
He should vote against the bill, if il
called for any more.
Senator Reynolds said that he hat
not seen the bill, and did not want to
He should vote against any capito
appro priation bill in auy form.
Senator Dech urged that the senate
were ready to sct aud ii 1t was as tn;
gentleman from Clay had said, simply
as q matter of "slsck jaw" he hoped
that they might ba allowed to hav'
all the jaw at this time. He moved
the previous question, and the ques
ton was submitted by the chair which
was not seconded by the body. TIL,
question then recurred upon the mo
ton of McShane, which was defeated
by a vote of 20 to 10. Those votinl
aye we're Brown of Douglas, Brow
Of Colfsx, Conner, Dech, Dye, Harri
son, Kipkaid, McShane, Reynolds
Sang-I0. Those voting no wer,
Barker, Brown Of Lancaster, Brow
of Clay, Butler, Garfield, Case Conk
ling, Dolan, Dunphy, Filley, Fisher
Harris, Hest, Howell, Norris, Pat
%terson, Rich, Rogers, Schoenheit
Thatch-20.
Absent and not voting were: BON
gardner, Sewers and walker.
THE FREE ASS BILL,
The bill prohibiting officers of an.
precinct, county or state, or any dele
gate to any political convention fror
receiving any railroad pass came u
on it's third reading and passed by
vote of IL to 8. Those voting In tn
affirmative were Brown, of Douglas
Brown, of Lancaster, Brown, of Clay
Brown, of Colfax, Butler, Common
Dolan, Dunphy, Dye, Harris, Har
rison, Howell, Kinkaid, McShane
Patterson, Reynolds, Rich, Schoer
heit, Is. Those voting In the mega