Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
The Lancaster Members Vot-
ing Solidly Against Rail-
road Regulation,
But They Below Like Demons
For the Peoples Money to
Enrich Themselves.
The State Funds Loaned on Notes
to Galley, Stout and Others.
Miscellaneous Steals in the House
Explanations by Members.
THE SEN
Special Correspondence Of the Bee.
THE CAPITOL LOBBY,

THE CAPITOL LOBBY.
LINCOLN, February 2O.-The capt.
tol appropriation brings out the crowd
In Lincoln. Az evidence of this fact,
when 1t was understood that the
above.named bill was to be considered
in the senate at 1880 last evening, the
floors Of the senate chamber were
crowded as they have not been crowd.
ed before this session, and such a
rumpus has not been witnessed in this
body since Senator Van Wyck had a
fight over this anne bill two years ago
with Lieutenant Governor Carnes and
President pro TEN. Dlnamore, when
he drove them both from the roatrum.
The great effort Of the evening was to
have the bill passed to its third read
ing, thus jumping The general file and
the committee of the whole, but many
Of the friends of the bill were opposed
to this nova, and after pressing il fer
a long time it was finally withdrawn,
and after o long, hard fight 1t was
placed on general file, and will proba-
bly, SEQ hard times before 1t becomes q
law. Among the
sgNAr1Rs WHO FOUGHT TIE BILL
and will probably fight 1t ct every
turn of Che Wheel are Senators Kink-
ard, Reynolds, Dsch, Harris, Har-
rison, Brown, of Douglas, McShane,
Dye, Rich, Brown, Of Colfax, Tiiatch
and Sang. The senate has already
cut the appropriation down from one
mill to three quarters of a mill in the
committee ana there will be an effort
on the part of some of the friends Of
the bill TO cut the levy down to one.
hall mill. In the debate last night,
Brown, Of Lancaster, charged that
Brown of Douglas, was not acting In
good faith by asking that bills be con-
pelled to take their regular course and
calling for fair play, when he was con-
tinually voting TO have this bill indie.
finiteiy Postponed.
Blown, of Douglas said that his
county paid over $4,000 into the
state treasury and that the state at
large paid into the same treasury
nearly a million, and he hoped that
the senator's would stop and consider
how much their coanties paid of this
amount; and this was the reason he
was always ready to indefinitely post.
pone a capitol appropriation bill that
was 70 nee up $500, 900 of the
peoples money.
This bill Is likely to have some op-
position in an u~nlookedfor quarter.
Several Of the senators who are natu-
rally IN favor of a reasonable capitol
appropriation may fight the same on
the ground that the ak members of
the house from Lancaster county are
fighting aolidly for the railroads and
against the people.
TREASURY NOTES.
Senator Brown, of Douglas, intro
ducsd the following on yesterday:
WHEREAS, The late state treasurer,
In his last printed report, at page Is
gives notice that there are three prom
issory notes In his possession aud be.
longing to the 4" temporary university
fund, to.wit: Note of w. 81. B. Stout
for $1,119. 50, and two notes of g. G..
Morse, one for 1923. "a and the other
for 1925. 81, and also another note for
$4,000 given by S. B. Galley, who, as
the treasurer states, has been released
thereof by the secretary of the board
of regents, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the attorney gen
er~aliinform the senate as soon as DOS
sible what date each of said notes
bears, what rate Of interest each
draws, what amount of interest money
if any, has been paid ON each Of
said notes, what amount of interest
remains unpaid on each Of said notes
what security the state holds for thu
repayment of the money loaned, wha'
legal right or authority 8 secretary O.
the board of regents had to release
said Galley from his obligations to thu
state on said note, whether said re
lease Is not a pure legal fiction, ant
whether said notes or either Of then
is worthless; and be it further
REsoLvED, That the attorney gen
eral be, and is hereby instructed Il
commence without delay an action II
the courts against the bligers on sal
notes (~unless the same are absolutel
worthless and lost to the state), an
speedily collect the sums due thereo
and pay the same into the treasury.
The rules were suspended and tn
resolutions adopted.
Senator Thatch offered to bet $40
that this senate would psHs any kin
of a steal, but he could find no taker
THE RAILROAD CROSSING BILL,
which was passed the houae last nigh
came up on It's frat reading Ia ii
senate, and Was indefinitely postpone,
The fact that Judge Mason was ca
ploYed to help pass the bill did mol
to kill 1t than any other thing. So
ator Butler opposed 1t on the grour
ahat the same thing was embodied
the senate railroad bill, aud If h
house wanted this measure which pr
vides that railroads shall put In switc
es and build depots at all poiu
where two railroads cross each 9th
they can pass the senate railroad b
and they will have il. Butler Sc
tina the idea Of Mason being employ