The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-03
NEBRASKA ATE NEWS


SeD8o488 AeBbDtBtore.
wHKs the senate met on the 3sh commit.
sime. The proceedings we're OF little Interest
until the Newberry maximum rate bii Was
reached. When 70 came mp Tor passage Q
ubJor nghs lowed Frequent calls OF
the senate we're made and Q deadlock en-
sued. Frequent roll calls continued and at
O'Clock in the morning omeers were IN searen
OF Senator Taylor, who had "mysfer'ou.iy
disappeared" and could not be found The
house spent the morning session In commit
tee OF the whole. AZ the afternoon session
Mr.. shrad~r's bill appropriaiing an add
eioual 800. 30 for the relief OF western suffer
ers passed but the emergency clause failed
Bills were then considered in I'M
Gil adjournment.
AyTER being In session all night. or rather
after the senators slept all night in the sen
ate IN with . few member on guard.
the morning of the 2isf found the senate
nominal;y still IN session with the sergeant
at- arms looking for senator Taylor He was
reported to have taken refuge In Council
Bluffs, pending consideration Of the max
imum rate bill The sensfe remained In
session all day with q deadlock on ns HANDS
and Senator Taylor stiii s~bsent-across the
state line The house occupied the time
listening to reports OF various stand .ng COM
mittees. At the afternoon session the labor
committee reported the bill granting a
bounty Of one cent per pound on beet sugar.
which after considerable talk was placed on
the general file The irrigation bill was de-
feated. and pending a motion TO weed out
superfiuous clerks the house adjourned until
Monday.
broken at s 80 O'Clock on the afternoon OF
the z3i. although senator Taylor had not yet
been caught. and the Newberry maximum
freight rate bill was passed 10y Is yeas To .
~nays-there being 5 absentces The house
nj the morning session considered bills in
committee OF the whole. The same routine
characterized the afternoon session. A
lengthy discussion was had over the bill
providing for the payment OF fees n the con
tested election cases. but before reaching
any result the committee rose aud the house
adjourned.
IL the senate on the Path the bill providing
for the election of railroad commissioners
by the people was favorably reported Bills
passed defining the qualifications OF teach
ers; providing that reports of railroads lie
made Ia the auditor; relating to the listing
OF railroad property for taxation. and re
quiring registers and county clerks to Keep
Indebtedness records. At the afternoon ses-
sion the warehouse bill was passed BY a vote
of Il ycas to : nays. The bill also passed re-
Quiring banking firms TO make reports oil
liabIl ties and resources to the auditor ana
prohibiting tOfnincrCidl BANKS from uoihe
savings bank business. In the house bill-
passed forbidding legal proceedings on
chattel mortgages that contain usurious
rates of interest; providing for the choosing
Of presidential electors by congressional
districts and two by the state at large; d.
the state into six congressional dis
tricts. The house went into committee OF,
the whole to consider bills on the general file.
IN the senate on the 18th senators swift zler
Shumway, koontz and Mates were appoint
ed to attend the commercial congrcs at
Kansas City. In the afternoon Prof Denton,
OF the agricultural bureau, deiivere 1 IN adj
dress regarding the utilization Of artesian
wells for irrigation purposes. The remain
der of the session was spent In committee
Of the " hole. The house passed "A number
Of ~bills-nonc OF genera! importance, and in
OF the whole cut down the ap-
for the support al the militia
$40. 100 to $500. X J. Hinton. special
agent of the department of agriculture. adj
the house ON the artc-ian welt irri-
CATION subject. Ia the afternoon bills we're
con sidered In committee OF the whole.