Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-02-19
The Job Of the Militia Briga-
dierS to Draw Big Pay
for No Work.
Mrs. Colby Occupies the Senate
Floor for an Hour in Favor
of Browns Resolution.
And the Senate Heartlessly
Kills the Resolution by In
definitely Postponing.
Lancaster Statesmen Put in Their
Claims FOR the Fat Ohoes.

Correspondence Of THs Bsn
LINCOLN, February 1S The rec
ords show that Douglas county has
three senators, although one of them
4, sometimes called the gentleman from
Sarpy county, and Lancaster has two
senators according to the Same record.
II Is generally conceded, however, that
Senator Garfield Is FIRST class Lincoln
representative and Is under the special
care of Brown, of Lancaster county.
The bill providing for county attor.
neys instead of district attorneys,
passed the senate with but one dissent-
Ing vote.
The bill known MS tho occupying
claimants law, which provides that
the person who may pay the taxes on
any real estate, supposing that the
property belonged to him or her, shall
have Hen opon said real estate for
all taxes and interest paid there
on. This Is intended to cover
the claim of large number Of people
who have been occupying and paying
taxes on land that has recently been
decreed to belong to the st. Joe &
Denver railroad company or their as
signs. This bill met with very little
opposition, only two votes being
recorded against 1t.
The general appropriation bill, hav-
ing parsed tho house, was brought into
, the senate yesterday for considera-
tion.
The senate held an evening session,
last night, to consider the joint reso-
, lotioh of Brown, of Douglas, in rela-
, tion to the amendment of the consti-
tuition allowing women to vote on ex.
tending suffrage to women.
!, On motion of Senator Butler, Mrs.
Colby was invited to address the SEN
Q ate, and che spoke for nearly an hour.
Her arguments, though very good,
failed to convert any Ct the senators,
/, who in q heartless manner proceeded
! to kill the resolution by indefinitely
, postponing the same by a vote Of 18
1 TOT.
Those voting for an indefinite post.
9 ponement were: Brown, of CLAY,
!. Brown, OF Colfsx, Butler, Garfield,
IS Conkling, Dolan, Dunphy, Harrison,
o ueist, MoShane, Norris, Patterson,
7 Rogers. Sang, Sche aheit, Sewers,
Tbatch, Walker--18.
- Those voting against pos.ponement
(. were: Bomgardner, Brown, of Doug
ri las, Conner. Dye, Fillsy, Howell,
r Rsynolds-7.
20 Absent or not voting. Barker.
!, Brown, of Lancaster, Case, Dsch,
Fisher, Harris, Kipcaid, Rich-8.
After the voting and before the
10 amendment of the same, Senator
.. Butler changed his vote from "no" to
y "ayo, and gave notice that he should
move reconsideration.
. A communication was received from
:, :, the state auditor In answer to q resolu-
:. tion OF the senate, setting forth
# that no had received $l4,178 90 100
fees, all of which he had turned over
,s into the treasury. The attorney ger-
l. eral sent two communications to the
n senate. One was favoring tho appro-
7 priation of over $l3, 900 for the relief
of the Nebraska City national bank
q and the other was explaining and fa-
70 voring the appropriation of $1,000 to
If settle tax claims upon lots In Lincoln,
known as the Gillespie property.
70 The Armitage militia bill was In.
,, definately postponed In the senate last
. q night, Senator Norris, chairman of
- the military committee, made q report
against the bill, and before 1t was
known what bill 1t was his report to
indefinitely postpone was adopted.
This Is job put up by the many
brigadiers of this state who desire to
II have all the pay and make the pri.
q Yates work for nothing. Under the
% Armitsge bill the private's pay
l. was raised from forty.three
y cents Ra day to two dollars,
and tho pay of the brigadier was re.
q duced from $l5 day to the same as
y the private. Senators may be able
n to explain their peculiar actions In re.
II gard to this bill, and tell the rank and
q file of the Nebraska militia why they
|, think there is 30 much difference In
n men. This bill was postponed that
y big brigadier steal might be forced
!, through the legislature at the last mo-
ment. On motion Of Senator Brown
J. of Douglas, this bill was reconsidered
,, this morning and after lively fight 1t
/. was placed upon the general file and
o the prospect is that 1t will pass.
: The senate was In committee of the
whole most Of the forenoon, consider
ing bills on senate file.
Brown, OF Lancaster has fled his
application for the Office now held by
+ Judge Crounse, and Peter Walker,
one of the senators from Lancaster,
has laid In claim for the marshslship
of this district of Nebraska. II both
q of these gentlemen get the office they
ID are after, this county will be we'll pro-
r. vided for. 1t Is also stated all the
;, boys In the country have filed appli-
:, cations for the seoretaryships that are
III to be created by the passage of the
As railroad bill.