Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-27

their own. Bills are on 6le extending tho
limit TO 500, and authorizing these companies
to insure churches and school houses, and 10
pay their solicitors g. per day for time
actually employed in performing services for
the company.
MIR. Hill Of Gage, has introduced a still
more important measure in the interest Of
the Farmers Mutuals. IL proyidcs that
these companies may be Incorporated and OK
tend their business over other counties also,
that they may appoint agents and solicit
tors, ana pay them u liberal compensation.
AS Mr.. Rayncr, chairman OF the comm ittcc
on insurance, has been almost constantly en-.
gagged as a member Of the committee on
privileges and elections IN hearing the con
test cases from Douglas county, he has not
yet had time to fully consider these bills.
The house spent much of the time of the
past week in committee of the whole, dis
GUESSING bills on the general file, The bills
were mostly oil minor importance. Among
the bills worthy OF mention that were under
consideration are the following
n bill to repeal the sections of the statute
that provides for the suspension Of the herd
law in certain cases. No conclusion was
reached in regard to this measure and it
went over to a future date.
McBride's bill making September | a lega
holiday, 'to be treated as sunday was de-
batcd at length in committee of the whole,
The latter clause was stricken out, and even
then such vigorous opposition was mani
tested, especially by the farmers, that the
bill failed to receive the endorsement of the
house, The question will come up again. as
the senate has passed a bill of the same
tenor, and 1t is now on the house calendar.
In all probabilities the measure will be de-
featcd.
The submission question has been the topic
of general conversation among the Legislators
during the week. ON Wednesday a majority
OF the committee on constitutional amend.
ments filed a report in the nature OF "A request,
asking permission to postpone the submission
bill for ten days, and in tho
meantime that a special commit
tee of five be appointed by the speaker
to visit Des Noines aud other points IN Iowa
and investigate the workings of the prohibit
tory law in that state. The subwissionists
opposed this to a man, ard adopted Il resolu-
ton instructing the committee to report back
the Dempster submission bill on the follow
ing morning. This was done, and the bill
placed on the general file without opposition,
where it will be reached in "A few days,
House roll 1871, a bill providing for the sub
mission of a hugh license amendment, was
recommended to pass by a majority of the
same committee, and also placed on file.
Both of these measures will likely be cons =
cred together.
GiLchrist's bill, to prohibit lotteries and
games of chance was favorably reported by
the committee of the whole.
Very few important bills were passed this
week. Among those of general interest to
the people was a bill by Cady to provide for
a uniform system of keeping accounts in the
oiHce vi county tfeaSufSfS, ana IOr an Onlcial
examination of the same at least once a year
by an expert accountant under direction of
the auditor of public accounts.
The coming week promises to be one of
great and absorbing interest in legislative
The Douglas county contest cases
will be disposed of and a final vote reached
on the question of submission. These are
the leading questions that will absorb the at
tention of the solons in the house, though
important bills may come to the sur
face during the week.