Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-26

day session Nebraska would
be sure railroad legi.lation
This plan " sA,a rather strsining
upon the cons. Se,. Vt the AVERAGE
politician and miA Z considered n
scheme In the inter, the hash
house keepers 4 the CAP Il.
II JOB
1t is understood aud generally con-
coded that The State journal conn.,
psny has Just swallowed up the new
printing company known as The Trib'
une Printing Company Ct Lincoln.
By this move, il it is 30, they have
again secured the printing for the
S.ate Of Nebraska.
THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG.
The other day 1 informed you of a
case of privilege TO which Batter, of
Pawnee, has risen and il which he
stated that tho reference to his stric
lures upon the manner in which the
printing was dpno no had been
advised by Hathsway (of the
JcurnaD to be patient, tinco ii
the present contractors failed to
DO their duty, he did not know of any
| pfintir g establishment in the city that
could do 1t. The Journal could not.
Butler added tfat till then he did not
know that the Journal company was
doing the printing as 10 the past, Yea
terGay the FLOWING appeared In the
DAly NewS # this city. II shows the
methods adopted by some parties here,
when their objects cannoi be fairly SO.
cured.
LINCOLN. Neb,, Jan. %, 1883.
EDITOR NEws:-Last week Butler, ,of
kPawpee, introduced a bill of inquiry for
the purpose IT ascertaining whether the
Tribune Printing company were able to
fulfill their contract as state printers. A
committee report d favorsbly. On Mon
day, the 22d, Butler stated hat he was not
aware that the Safe Journal company
Hadn't the contract for the work until Mr..
Hathaway (of the Journal Co } told him,
as he says, that they could not do 1t. Now
the facts are that the TriOune comp my
have sold their entire Establishment
to the Journal company, and o portion
Of the machinery and material have
already been moved up here, the
balance is to be moved within q few weeks,
probably when the legisl .ture closes. The
contr, ct was C, nsummated and trade
closed q few days before The Tribune
Company qualified and prepared to go on
with the contract for the state work in &C
cordauce with the accepted bid The
Journal Company have several days
supplied help at The Tribune establish
ment to complete jobs in arrears, for the
state, and carried the employees on their
own pay rol. The expert committee who
Investigated were not q success, as it they
had loosed into the mares nest they would
have discovered q 'two foal" sus oicion that
The journal Company were fulfilling the
CONTRACT which Tha Tribune Company
had ~shou'dered. Mr.. Hathaway, as
Butler reports, says they, mean
ing The State Journal Company prob.
ably, could not do the work. Or cours,
that is very natural. n t at the bid which
secured the Job to This Tribune Con p my,
but IL The T. G. should fail in its contract
The Journal could possibly take the work
liz urged IN a basis of their original bid
And as Omaha, the only place in the state
out side of Lincoln, where the work could
be acceptably done, IL too far away.
practically. for the purpose, The journal
has the opportunity TO step in and cut the
cheese. SAsACUs.
The News don't know the writer ''Sssa.
Gus" nor any of hi. relations. but from the
printed letter head upon which the above
communication ia written and the sem
tence ~moved up here" The News Is in.
clined to think that some one of The j our.
nal institution has let q cat out Of the bag
Q little before the time for the circus tc
commerce.
THE MAYOR CRIPPLED.
In the senatorial run to-day the
democrats stood as they have done
during the past two days, but 1t is ru'
mored by some of the members OF
that party that this is Boyd's last day
not that the popular mayor of Omahs
is to shufl i, off this mortal coil at sun.
down tonight, but that when the roll
call Is sound, d OH the 26th he will
fall .r short Of his original 81, anc
that tomorrow will be his last day a.
q senatorial candidate.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The opinion Ct the Supreme courr
was submitted to the house and reac
by tho clerk, and upon motion fv,
hundred copies we're ordered printed
for the use of the members.
House Roll No. IL came up or
it's final passage. The bill hal
considerable merit and had 1
been introduced by any othel
member in the house i
would have passed without opposi
ton, but anything bearing the name
OF Sessions has TO come under tn,
closest scrutiny. The bill was defeated
by a large majority-Mr. Session
voting al ainst the bill Tor the purpos,
of having 1t reconsidered. Subse
quentiy the vote was re~coasidered ant
the bill recommitted to the committe,
on judiciare.
House Roll No. 2, a bill for al
act to amend Chapter 67, compiled
statutes entitled "Paupers,' was pu
upon its fiual passage and by a vote &
81 to % was passed. The bill provides
that every poor person who shall b
liable to earn Il livelihood in con
sequence cf any iuformtry, idiocy o
lunacy shall be supported by tn
father, grandf .ther, mother, grand
mother, children, grandchildren
/ brothers or sisters.
III. r. No 3, was passed withou
opposition, this Is a act to transfe
l6O acres of land to the common
school fund of this state.
l Several bills were introduced THU
| morning, among them, b. r 225
providing punishment for println,
election tickets that are not exactl,
what they represent themselves to be
t No. 2l6. by Mr.. Whedon, extendIn,
the time of W. H.. b Stout, for build
Ing cells in tho pe~nitentiary, to 1885
No. 2l7; to protect sheep raising, pro