Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-07
TIE OMAHA CHARTER PASSED
It Goes Through the House With
But One Opposing Vote.
THE OUTLOOK IN THE SENATE.
A Good Sized Railroad job Comes to
Grier-Text o r the Pinkerton
Bili-Legislative
Gossip.


House.
LrScoLv Neb., March 6.-[Special to THE
Bee Bills on third reading were taken up.
House roll 65, the Omaha charter BILL was
put on its final passage and received nintv-
three votes. Hungate of Douglas cast the
only negative vote.
Mrs. Newman, president of the State
Charity association, appeared by invitation
and made plea in favor Of the appropriation
of So, 900 for the erection of a south wing to
the home for crring women at Milford.
MIR. Berlin offered a resolution, which was
adopted, instructing tho sergeant t-atarms 10
exclude ali persons not entitled to the priyl-
leges of the floor under the rules
The following were passed on third read
ing:
A bill authorizing any religious sect, fire
company, literary, scientific or benevolent
association to elect three trustees to transact
Its business.
Senate file Q, the Howe bill, prohibiting
non residents from exercising police powers.
House roll ll9, the bill requiring three
fifths vote to change the location OF county
seat, was discussed at length
Dempstcr moved that the enacting clause
be stricken out, which was supported by
Gilchrist and Whitehead. Towle opposed
the measure and it was lost by vote OF 30
TO A.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Consideration of the Fenton bill, requiring
q three ffths vote to divide county or re-
locate county seat, was resumed. Alter
some tilibustering the bill was put on final
passage The vote resulted, ayes 81, nays 81,
and the bill passed.
The Weber bill requiring the listing by
railroad companies of all their property for
taxation, was taken up aud passed-ayes 20,
nays 4.
A bill providing that the county board of
each county shall levy tax o not to exceed
three-tcnths of mill, for the relief and
burial expenses Of INDECENT soldiers and sail
Ors, also passed.
Scoviiie chairman of the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the charges of bribery
connected with the vote on submission, pre-
ferred by Morrissey, asked leave to report.
Hall asked il the report would open up de-
bate, and objected to the report being re-
ceived.
Mcbride moved to take up special orders
the insurance billls-but on motion of Cady
the bills on third reading were continued.
House roll 46, the Westover bill providing
for the reassessment of railroad land in Val
ley, Greeley, Howard, Franklin, Webster
and other counties, for the years 1873 to
1878, inclusive, was called up and passed by
Stout's claim for 1000 for extras in put
ting.up the capitol building was allowed by
q vote 20 3D.
Bakers registration bill requiring all
voters in towns and cities of 1000 inhabi-
tants and over to register previous to each
general election was pcssed.
The Scovillc committee filed their report
Senate file 1863, a bill removing all restric-
panies, and house bill of similar import,
were considered in committee of the whole
and recommended for passage.
Senate.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 6.-lSpecal to The
BEE.l-The senate's first business this morn
ing was the adoption Of the following, offered
by Senator Keckley:
Resolved BY the senate, the house of rep
resentatives concurring, that neither house
of this legislature has right to dispose by
vote of any article of furniture or other prop
erty which may have been provided for use
Of its officers or members, and the secretary
of state is hereby instructed to make an in
ventory of all such furniture and property
Immediately after adjournment and become
responsible for its safekeeping.
The senate then took a half hour recess to
hear Mrs. Angie Newman address the house
IN the interest of the home for fallen women
located at Milford.
Ou reassembling the senate passed nine of
the bills recommended for passage in com-
mittee of the whole yesterday aud day be-
FORE The most important was Jewett's bill
relative to the ownership of Nebraska lands
by nonresident aliens and foreign
corporations, the constitutional amend
and Lindsay's bill equalizing the apporton-
ment of the state taxes among the counties.
House roll 6l, familiarly known as the
South Omaha charter pill, was reached just
- before noon The secretary went through
two or three of the hundred written pages
and called il third reeding. Senator
Beardsley wanted the whole thing read
through, but after explanations We're made,
withdrew his objections.
The bill applies to cities of over eight
thousand and less than twenty-five thousand
population, and designates them as cities of
the first class. Section 2 provides that when
= ever city attains 5000, land such fact shall
have been ascertalhed and certified to the
governor by the mayor of SUCH city," then
the act shall apply to such city.
Senator Ransom objected that this gave to
the mayors of such cities the power to i'm
pose this charter upon their cities regardless
of the wishes OF the people. The bill con-
cerned Beatrice, Hastings, Nebraska City,
Plattsmouth, Grand Island and Fremont,
and he thought there ought to be an amend.
ment requiring the mayor to get an expires
sion from the people. The bill fixes larger
Salaries than some Of these cities want to
pay, and there will be strong pressure on
the mayor to act without consulting the
wishes of the people.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Two motions to recommit the South
Omaha charter bill were defeated and it was
put on it's passage. The president announced
"a ayes, but before giving the noes Senator
Taggart said he understood certain SEN
ators voting in the negative intended to ex-
plain their votes with the statement that the
bill had not been read through,
{, A short discussion followed as to what ef
feet such action would have on the validity
of the bill If questioned in the supreme court,
although the journal record showed that the
+ bill had been read third time.
Senator r'unck of Beatrice sent to the sec
retary's desk the threatened explanation o I
his vote, and Senator Church Howe moved
I. TO recoinmit the bill in order to leave no
question as to Its validity. The mo-
tion was adopted, and the senate immedi.
Z, ately went into committee OF the whole to
consider the bill.
Senator Ransom offered an amendment
2 providing that the act should not apply to a
city unless q majority of the electors at a
called election, of which ten days notice
shall have been given, vote to adopt it.
The amendment was adopted by vote of
II TO Q. The committee of the whole then
arose and the senate accepted its report.
An effort was made TO put the bill on its
passage but was voted out of order because
the amendment had not been printed.
Later in the afternoon, the South Omaha
charter, as amended by Ransom, passed
without opposition.
An hour was taken IN reading the Omaha
charter tho first time.
The committee of the whole approved
.l.l. Aim