Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-20
H0WLIAC H00DLUMS.
The DiSgraCeful Scenes Enacted
in the Lower House Of
the Legislature,
Books, Paper Wads and Other
Missiles Flying in Every
Direction.
While the Speaker Laughingly
Looks on and Joins in
the Sport.
The Liucoln Lobby Packs and
Over whelms the Sem
ave After Dark.
Several Members Threatened
With Political Death For
Several Members Thresteued
With Political Death For
Opposing the Bill.
Details OF tho Pass age OF the Grcut
Railroad Bill.
Special Dispatch to THR BEE.

Special Dispatch to TIE BEE
LINCOLN, February 19.--The legis.
lature is completely demorslized. The
scenes enacted IL the capitol tonight
are simply indescribsble. The disor.
der in the house during the night ses-
sion would disgrace the lowest dive In
Omaha. For swo long hours perfect
Babel reigned. Members and lobby
lists were pelting each other wallpaper
wads, hurting all sorts of miasiles
through the house, while bills were
being read and voted on, and the eli.
max was capped about II p. m, when
Mr.. Howard, of Clay, moved an ad-
journment, and perfect shower of
paper wads and books was hurled at
him, and finally some hoodlum clappsd
a paper basket over Howard's head
and
,sMoTHERED HIS VOICE.
Such sn exhibition of indecency was
was never before perpetrated in any
Nebraska legislature. 1t is burning
disgrace that reflects, to use a mild
phrase, the utmost discredit On
Speaker Humphrey, who is In honor
and duty bound TO maintain order and
enfogce decorum while the house is
In session. This conduct was just
what might be expected from q body
that has given oyer to jobhery and
reckless raids on the state treasury.
The questionable means By which the
capitol bill was to be lobbied through
the house bears It's Sodom apple fruit
In a long list of bogus elaine and er-
travsgantn appropriations. Every
scheme for plumber and every extrav-
agant appropriation has been
TIED UP THE CAPITOL BILL
becomes part of the general grHb
Pearman's bogus S3, 600 claim for pre-.
tended services rendered in defending
the territory against Indian raids
twenty years ago, passed the houee
this afternoon. That was followed by
the passage of bill appropriating
$500 for the new building and fE-
lures ct the Kearney reform school.
1t Is currently given out that this Sc.
cures Senator Conuor's vote for the
capitol bill. It is incredible that Gan
Connor could conpromiss himself by
such trade. The senate galleries
were densely crowded with spectatou
and the senate floor
PACKED wITK LOBBYISTS
to-righ5 during the debate on the cap.
ital appropriation bill. The majority
report, signed by Senator Howell, of
York, recommended the bill with
amendments that reduced the special
levy from one mill to thres,quarters of
one mill. Senator Reynolds presented a
minority report, giving reasons why
the bill should not pass. He cited
the feet that the state Ia aoverburdened d
with tax; that the constitutional limit
of debt is. already overresched
by more than $250,O00; that
sAe state stil owes $4,000
for the wiogs to the capital on which
1t pays interest and lastly he protested
against the bill OF the ground Of the
bargains that had been made in re
ceiving its passage In the house and
that a. least one msr,bsr is believed to
have been bribed.
A VERY ANGRY DISCUSSION
arose over these reports, Reynolds at
one time charged that an attempt to
intimidate member of the senate by
threats was made by prominent Lin
coin merchsnt. Brown, OF Lancaster,
demanded the name of the senator and
the language of the merchaIt. Rey-
nolds said, "A leading merchant Of
your city, whose name / can give at
any time, threatened that should be
sAVAooeoo AoA hoOiCCtiOh II Il udEcu u
vote for this appropriation" Mr..
Garfield interposed and said: II have
been notified
NEVER SHOULD BE REELECTED
if I dared to vote against it, but an
bound to come back, all the same.
The debate continued mora than ar
hour. Messrs. Dsch, Brown, O
Douglas, McShane and Rsynold op
posing while Brown, of Lancaster
chief spokesman was seconded b,
Butler and Brown, of Clay. Hal
a dozen votes were taken on th,
motion to indefinitely postpone, I,
adopt the minc rlty report and adjourn
Finally Howell's majority report will
amendments was adopted and the bill
referred to the general file, where 1
will come up again for debate to.mor
row.
THE MOST EXCITING SCENE
look place on the final passage Of tn,