The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-02-06

The legislative appropriation has
given out, and no salaries a be
drawn or even postage stamps until
the sundry expense bill is passed and
signed by the governor.
Mr.. TAYLOR OF johnson county has
introduced n bill which provides that
wholesale houses shall sell goods 10
farmers clubs or individuals who offer
TO pay cash. just as cheap as they sell
TO the retail trade.
DR.. Funk of Beatrice emphatically
denies that he has dropped his contest
against Senator Collins in considera-
ton OF fayors to a political friend in
Gage county. The case will be called
up at an early day.
The attempt t hold sessions on Sat
urday is not Il brilliant success. No
sooner is the journal read until IL de-
sire to be excused till Monday" is heard
all over the house, and nearly one
fourth of the seats are 20 empty.
There is a rumor ahoat that Gov
ernor Boyd has intimated that unless
he is formally recognized by the legis-
lature in the usual way he will not
sign any bills OR the concurrent reso-
luton providing for hearing the con-
test.
Chairman Stevens and other indie
pendent members of the senate COM
mittee on railroads are at wO.A pre-
pairing q bill e%mbodying q schedule of
maximum freight rates. 1t will pro-
pose q radical reduction from existing
rates. but Senator Stevens says it will
be reasonable.
The speech of Hon. Church Howe
on the constitutionality of making an
appropriation for the relief of suffering
settlers, as contemplated in house roll
No. 70, and in support Of issuing the
bonds OF the state was II OF the clear
est and most straightforward efforts OF
the session.
House roll, No. SIS, q resolution in
troduced by Moan OF Dakota county,
providing for the election Of railway
commissioners by the people, has been
| considered by the committee on rail
roads and it is reported on good au-
thority that the committee will recon-
mend it's passage.
A bill has been introduced providing
that a special committee, consisting OF
five from the house and three from the
senate, shall be appointed, who shall
proceed to make a recount of the votes,
beginning March l and closing by the
18th. This measure is in the interest
OF the prohibition party.
The senate is laboring under some
disadvantages, due, in part. to the in
experience OF employees. Complaint
has been made several times OF a fail
ure to supply senators with printed
bills. On the consideration of a bill
the other morning Senator Switzler
had to enter the same old complaint.
Speaker Elder made a ruling today
to the effect that the house having
once voted not to recognize Boyd as
governor and made it a matter Of rec
ord, no resolutions of this character
will hereafter be in order. II he adj
heres to this ruling the relief bills will
have to be pigeonholed until after the
contest cases are finally decided.
The delivery OF General Thayer'5
message to the Legislature is improoa-
Bile. He had prepared a c~ommunica-
ton and it was stretched to an unusual
length by the consideration OF the In
dian outbreak and the relief needed in
the droutn stricken district. 1t is est
mated the message contained from So
900 to So, 900 words.
Under existing laws a saloon license
may be issued in Il township contain
ing no incorporated town or village, on
q petition signed by thirty freehold
ers. Mr.. Faxon OF Gage has intro
duced q bill requiring u majority vote
in such townships, or petition hay
ing the signatures OF more than one
half of the legal voters.
Two years ago the senate had III en-
ployes on its pay roll, and the legisla-
ture passed a law limiting the number
in future to sixty-six. Already, if re-
ports are true, the senate has exceeded
the legal limit. Senator Dysart openly
charges that there are seventy-tive en-
| ployes and he has instituted an invest
igation.
\ petition from the anti-lottery
league of Louisiana, signed by ". e..
Vincent, president, and Frank McGloin,
chairman of the executive committee,
has been laid on the desk OF members,
asking the legislature to take action
in favor of submitting an amendment
by congress to the national constitution
forbidding the establishing or legaliz-
ing Of lotteries.
The bill introduced by Bredeson
(ind) Of Polk, limiting the amount OF
land that may be held by II wner to
$50 acres, never got beyond second
reading. Mr.. Gardner OF Douglas SAID
he did not believe in spending the
state money in printing such bills, and
the house taking the same view OF the
matter, the bill was hustled OF the
files.
House bill, No. 76, introduced by
Waldron OF Adams, provides for the
repeating of sections l to II inclusive
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