Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-18


banks. It provides that banks must have q
capital according TO the population Of ITS
place OF business, and the bill embodies a
scale Of this kind. II provides for an annual
inspection under the direction of the state
treasurer and for quarterly reports, which
are to be published. 1t fixes severe penalties
for bank receiving deposits when insoivent
also for any statement or representation in
tended TO mislcad the inspector.
Senator Manderson will be here Tuesday,
and arrangements have been made for joint
session Of the two houses in the afternoon, at
which the senator VIII be expected to speak.
HOUSE.
This week has been almost frittered away
in the lower house, nothing of Importance
being accomplished The members are be-
set on every hand by lobbyists pushing this
and that claim, and they are so bra2en and
impudcnt in their demands as not only to re-
tard business, but almost to block the wheels
of legislation.
The process of separating the sheep from
the goats is now going on, ana fortunate m
deed will 1t be for the taxpayers If the more
honest members successfully resist the
pressure and maintain their present position
in favor of economical government to
the end. About forty of the forty
seven farmers can be relied on to
OF reckless and eStrayagant lcgis-
lation, but they may lose their
grip through some skillful combine
and not be able to protect the state treasury
who regard the public money chest as their
legitimate prey. The Capital city is fun of
solf-satisiying patriots bowling for an apprO-
priatiOn, and who interest themselves in the
meantime pushing special claims and lobby
ing for bills of doubtful merit The demoral-
ization produced by this class of vampires
is daily becoming more apparent, and unless
"A halt is soon called, it may degenerate into
regular stampede, and each man will mako
a grtb ut the public treasury and break for
home, leaving hundreds of excellent meas
urcs to die on the general file"
Rasoms valued policy insurance bill still
hangs fire. The insurance lobby is strong
and powerful, and are using every effort to
pigeon hole this measure. The house com
mittee reported this and other insurance bills
back, and they were placed on the calendar,
with something like a hundred bills ahead of
them. An effort to make u special order of
these bills failed but another effort will be
| made the coming week which will likely
prove successful. The insurance interests
have not taken kindly to the idea that they
should be compelled to pay the full face
of the policy in cases of total loss, and argue
that such law would greatly increase iii-
cendiary fires, and consequently the insur
ance risks, and have a strong tendency to
raise the rates, and are fighting Ransom's
bill with every means in their power. How
ever, they will hardly be able to strangle or
defeat the bill.
Gilberts usury bill. forfciting both princi-
pal and interest where illegal interest is
CdtuC up IOr ulSCuSSlDn TWO OF lllTet
times The author made u plucky fight for
the bill and 1t was finally ordered to Il third
reading by a vote of i3 to IS, but it may not
secure the necessary hfty-one votes on final
passage. a less stringent measure, as bill
reducing the legal rate of interest, would very
likely pass.
Halls bill fixing a maximum freight tariff
on all the railroads in the state was up for
consideration several times during the week.
On Thursday forenoon Judge Mason, by in
yitntipp addressed the hOnSp thn Suhipct
of railroad eXtorton in general. He did not
favor Halls bill, because the power to re-
duce rates was already lodged in the railroad
commisslon and thought that as about 80 per
cent of the business of Nebraska is through
business, the state is more concerned in a
cheap long haul. He admitted that local
rates on lumber, coal, stock, grain and hay
were at least 20 per cent too high, but feared
the railroad managers would retaliate by
raising the through rates if the commission
undertook to arbitrarily reduce the local
tariff. The bill will come up for consdera-
uon again in a few days.
The joint resolution instructing the COM
mission to reduce local freights, which was
killed in the senate a few days ago, was in
troduccd in the house on Friday by Mr..
Johnson and will pass that body with good
majority if it is ever reached.
The committee composed Of Hampton,
johnson, Farley, Hanna and Cushing, which
is charged with the duty of finding out just
how many employees are necessary to prop
erly conduct the business of the house, is
expected to report next Tuesday. One hun
dred and fifty employees are now on the pay
roll, and there is a well grounded suspicion
that the public interests do not demand so
large numoer.
The Scovile investigating committee ap-
pointed to sift the charges made by F. X.
Morrissey, of Omaha, that certain members
received bribes to influence their votes on
the question of submission, has been sitting
with closed doors for several days. So far
tho nv1a c nn1v hos h,,f
being made to secure some positive proof.
Mr. Mcbride introduced a resolution on
Wednesday,, instructing the judiciary COM
mttee to report bill providing for a court
of claims, to be composed of five of the dis
trict Judges who are to serve without extra
pay, to whom all claims against the state
should be referred. The legislature is
beset with claim seekers. the merits of
whose cases the members cannot take time
to investigate, that such bill appears to be
a move in the right direction.
Representatives Wilcox, of Red Willow,
and Cady, of Howard, have introduced bills
approprating S25, 900 TO be expended in pay
ing a royalty Of cents a pound on all sugar
made in this state from cane, beets or other
plants 1t is claimed that this royalty would
develop u wonderful sugar industry in the
western part of the state, and especially in
the Republican valley.
The house wrestled with the dog question
this week and finally decided in favor of
making dogs property" and throwing the
protection of the law around them and tax
ing tnem like all other property.
Mr.. Whitehead, of Custer, has introduced
a bill appropriatng the sum of S2,50J to be
expended in holding farmers institutes
throughout the state. The bill provides that
the president and secretary of the State Ag-
ricultural and horticultural societies, Dairy
mems associations Farmers alliance and
State university regents shall act as board
to carry on the work ana that no institute
shall cost over 800 and no local expenses
shall be paid by the state.
On Wednesday next the supreme court
will hear arguments on the constitutionality
of the double-headed submission bill. The
house instructed Attorney General Leese TO
prepare brief and argue in favor of the
constitutionality of the measure, and no
doubt the other side will be ably represented.
Dempster is still holding house roll No. |,
the original submission bill, on the files in
order to call it up if the decision on the
Lindsay bill should not be what he DESIRES
Idiencss Is a Dangerou sFauIt
In the kidneys. When inactive they speedily
fall into disrepalr Those obstinate and fatal