Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-02-26
The Huge Levy. shorn OF It's
Most Lucrative Features,
Passed by the Senate.
The Regular Appropriations
Reported to the Senate
Somewhat Altered.
While the Pay OF Privatosrs 10
Promoted 70 the Rank Of
Brigsdters.

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LINCOLN, February 25 The agony
Of Lincoln Is over, and subscribers to
the emergency fund can rest assured
that no further levies will b, made.
The capitol appropriation bill passed
the senate last night, after long and
lively debate. The variouu changes
made in the bill were retained, the
most important being that reducing
the levy from one mill to one-half
mill. The bill now goes to the house.
The insane asylum investigating
committee reported recommending q
change In the management of the
asylum.
The committee on the whole recon-
mended the passage of the general
appropriation bill, amended by re-
ducing the university appropriation
from $50, 900 to $50, 900, increasing
the appropriation for the fab oom-
misAion from $1,000 to $1,000, and
adding $3.50 to the appropriation
for the deaf and dumb asylum.
A bill passed giving privates In the
militia two dollars day In active
service and reducing the pay of off,
GERS to the same a. that OF privates.
SENATORIAL OoURTEsIms.
Cores pom enoe Of Tnn BEE.
LINCOLN, February "a. - Several
days ago the senator from Red VIII
low introduced q resolution to the ef.
feot that the senate would not adjourn
till after some legislation had been
passed that would relieve the people
from railroad oppression. It was
we'll known at the time that this reso.
luton was all for bunoombe, and 1t
wss known also that said resolution
was written by senatorial brother.in-
law and intended to defeat the very
law or laws that II purported to favor ,.
and under these circumstances SEN
ator Dech, while he voted for the res
olution, send up an explanation Of his
vote, setting forth that no believed
that the resolution was al chat, but
that he was willing to stay till Gabrlel'sa
horn was sounded II necessary.
In answer to this the senator from
Red Willow undertook to say that the
senator from Saunders was not what
he should be; that he was not o gen.
tisnaan aad that bis explsnation Of bis
said vote was unbeooming q senator,
etc.
In answer to the charges made by
Senator Dolan, Senator Dech said:
Mr.. President-.I Iise to personal ex.
planation. The gentleman from Red
Willow, Senator D0lsn, last evening saw
| fit to misrepresent facts. First the expla-
nation OF my vote was ruled out of order
and therefore was not part OF the record
OF the senate; this should have satisfied
the gentleman. He further misrepresented
me in his statement as being opposed to
staying for the purpose of railroad legisla-
| tion.
/ do not charge the senator from Red
| Willow as intending his resolution for bum
comb, IL Is more than likely he did not; I
think he like numbers Of statesmen of the
past, has chance to learn, II he grows
older he will know more, he may even pos.
sibly learn what O gentleman Is. The d.
ference between he and is that he knows
what others affirm; know what affirm.
With the poet, must exclaim:-
"Oh, man; thou feeble tenant Of an hour;
Debased by slavery. corrupt by power;
Who knows thee we'll must quit thee in
disgust -
Degraded mass Of animated DUST"
The gentleman, himself, Ia the falsifier,
when he states thst my remarks are false.
! know what has been going on In the last
forty days. / keep my sslf posted. may
not be gentleman, but venture the
opinion that where Am best known my
character will compare favorably with
the banker from Red Willow, who op-
poses usury laws and then howls for the
dear people. The poet we'll says -
"When vice triumphant holds her sover.
eign sway;
Obeyed by all who nought beside obey;
When folly--frequent harbinger Of crime
Bedecks her csp with bells Of every cline;
When knaves and fools combined DER all
| prevail,
And weigh their Justice ina golden scale,
Then Ia the time when men who do wish
mankind well are bounded down; but let
me here inform the gentleman, and for
ever may 1t sink into his soul, that court
not his love, nor do fear his hate. This
question will be decided by jury Of the
public. and all the partisan bribery cannot
cnauge their verdict, and shall be satis-
fed with their decision.
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