The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-04-07
THE FINAL STRUGGLE
NEBRASKA soLoNs ENGAGED IN A
TUG OF WAR.
Good Prospects For Long Deadlock In
the neutrality-suspicious. Articles POST
poned Because the Senate Could Not
Attend the Joint Convention.

WEDNESDAY, March 29.-The house de
voted the morning to bills on third
reading, and passed half a dozen meas
ures, among them the claims appropria-
ton bill.
Besides other bills Packwood's switch
bill was passed. A bill by Lynch
amending the state depository act of
| two years ago was also passed.
The senate occupied itself with rou-
tine work and nothing of unusual inter
est came up. A large number of bills
were reported from standing commit
tees and placed on the general file. The
minority report of the penitentiary in
vestigating committee, which exonor-
ated ex-Warden Mallon and every one
connected with the management of the
state penitentiary from any response
biI1ty for the death OF Convict Powell,
was adopted without discussion by a
narrow majority,
At 11:30 the senate took up bills on
third reading, and the house roll POT,
the general appropriation bill, was
| placed on it's final passage. The sena To
| took recess until , o'clock before the
reading of the bill was completed.
After recess the bill was passed with
out the emergency clause.
A deadlock was brought on by mo-
ton to adjourn which, if carried, would
have given the opponents of the rate
bill a chance TO delay action on the
measure for several days, but a COM
| promise was effected by which the bill
will hold its place.
THURSDAY, March 3O.-Committee of
lawyers to whom the house referred
the matter of impeachment of state
officers has reported unanimously in
favor of impeachment
The only point on which the lawyers
differed was with reference to the con-
| dition of affairs at the Lincoln insane
asylum. Judge Pound held that there
was nothing to show that in that case
the board had received any notice of the
crookedness that was going on and
could not be presumed to be guilty in
the absence of such evidence. The
other members of the commission held,
however, that the board could not have
been ignorant, and if not IN collusio n
had been grossly negligent and derelict
in their duty and were therefore culpa-
BILE. So far as the cell house evidence
was concerned the three were unit in
declaring for impeachment.
The committees resolution, accom-
panying the report, was as follows:
Resolved, That articles of impeachment
be prepared and presented to the supreme
court of this state for malfeasance in Office
against the following persons, towit: John
C.Allen, secretary of state; George H. Hast
ings, attorney general; A r. Humphrey,
cCmmissionertof public lands and build
ings, and j. E. Hill, ex-state treasurer.
The house was called to order at 9
o'clock. Barry of Greeley called up his
motion to Immediately consider the ;.om-
mittee's resolution to prepare articles of
Impeachment.
1,io foo 1,Sa tod
to offer a substitute but after general
/ wrangle the house took a recess until
30 o'clock.
The regular order after recess was the
general appropriation bill, but it was
laid aside and the impeachment proceed
ings taken up again. A resolution was
adopted, instructing the committee to
continue the taking of evidence against
other officials and ex-ofhcials whose
names do not appear in the recommen-
dalton of impeachment. A message was
sent the senate, informing that body
that Impeachment proceedings were
pending in the house, and requesting
the members to name time for a joint
session to consider the matter. The
| senate sent an answer saying it would
meet the lower house in joint convention
| at 4 o'clock Accordingly at that hour
the senate marched in but nothing fur
ther was done than to agree upon an
other meeting and the joint session then
adjourned. Public opinion is nearly
unanimous in the belief that the senate
will concur in the house resolutions that
| impeachment proceedings be instituted
FRIDAY, March 3l.-The two houses of
the legislature met in joint session at
4 o'clock Friday and, without prelimi-
nary debate, the resolution pending from
Thursday, providing for the drawing up
of articles of impeachment against the
board of public lands and buildings, was
taken up and passed, with but four dis
senting votes. A committee of five,
comprising Senators North and Lowley
and Representatives Van Housen Barry
and Cotton. was appointed to prosecute
the board before the supreme court.
The general impression seems to be, now
that articles of Impeachment have been
prepared, that it will necessitate the ap-
| pointment of three new officers.
Section IA of article 5, of the constitu-
ton reads in part as follows: ''No Of
! icar shall exercise his official duties af-
ter he shall have been impeached and
notified thereof until he shall have been
acquitted.
! Inis evidently bears out the construc-
1 ton that the officers are impeached as
soon as the articles are drawn up and
they are given notice thereof. The
court under the provisions of the same
section is required to meet within 10
days after the adoption of the resolution
in the joint convention and the
service of notice of impeach-
ment by the secretary of the senate.
The senate devoted the entire forenoon
to rec eiving reports from standing com
mittees. Among the bills indefinitely
postponed was the bill which gave the
city of Lincoln permission TO issue bonds
for buying a system of public parks.
Most of the bills reported were placed
on general file.
House roll 233, which has occupied a
considerable portion of the legislative
time for several weeks, was advanced to
third reading by vote of % to 9.
The committee appointed some weeks
ago to investigate the condition and
management of the Kearney Industrial
| school submitted its report shortly be
fore noon. The report was extremely
favorable to the management of the in
stitution.
Consideration OF the senate amend
ments to the general appropriation bill
4 took up the time OF the house during the
morning session. The various items OF
increase were knocked out with monot-
| onous regularity. the big fight OF the
morning being over the So, QUO amend
ment for the completion of the new
library building at the State university
which was lost. When the house had