Omaha daily bee., 1893-03-09
SENATE IN a SAVING MOOD.


SENATE IN a SAVING MOOD.
General Appropriations Not Being Greatly
| lncrcased-HOt Report Coming.
LINCOLN, Neb, March S.-[Special Tele
gram to THE BEE, The action of the senate
thus far in considering the general appro-
priaton bill in committee of the whole is
something of disappointment to those who
were counting on a wholesale increase of the
appropriations for the various departments
The increase up to the present time amounts
to very little with the exception of the pro-
vision for the supreme court commission,
which was not reality at the time that the
house had the bill under consideration. Cuts
nave been made in some places that nearly
onset the increases, and members of the
house are rejoicing in the hope that the
senate will say that the work of the lower
house was practically correct. Just what
the senate will do in the matter of appro-
priatiOnS for state institutions is still mat
ter of conjecture, as it is there that the
largest increases have been counted on.
Omahas Charter Bill.
The committee of the senate having in
charge the Omaha charter held Il meeting
this afternoon and decided not to allow any
more public discussion of the bill by out
siders. This will cut off both friends and
enemies of the charter from having any
further hearing on the subject. either before
the committee or on the floor of the senate,
and lobbyists, pro and con, may as well stay
at home, unless they are of the type that
can successfully work state house corridors
hotel rotundas and sheltered places along
| the curbstones. The committee expects to
submit its report about Friday and will prob
ably report favorably on the bill with the ex-
ception of the tax commissioner and the 62l6-
mill levy
Killed "A Junket.
The senatorial Worlds fair junket has
been declared off The unexpected publicity
given 1T and the great amount of adverse
comment that it excited, both from outsiders
and the members of the lower house who were
strcnuously opposed to having the senate get
| any farther behind the house on the legis-
| lative calendar than it now is, induced sew
! eral OF the twenty-one senators who had
| signed the agreement to vote on Friday for
| an adjournment until Tuesday to change
! their minds, and uncomfortable grief is
| once more the lot of the railroad contingent
| in the upper house.
Governor Crounse has appointed Dr. r. C.
| Manary of Carleton as assistant physician
| at the Lincoln Hospital for the Insane under
! DR. Hayes. 1t is stated that Albert Gilmore
| OF Nemaha county will receive the appoint
| ment as steward at the institution. 1t is
| further intimated that there will be no
| change in the head of the insane ASYLUM at
| Hastings, but that Dr. Johnson. who was
| appointed by Governor Boyd will be allowed
to retain the position of superintendent of
| the institution on the ground of his particu-
| lar fitness for the place.
May Pay the Boys Way.
The house committee on universities and
! normal schools held a meeting at the Lincoln
this evening to consider the request of the
battalion of cadets at the State university
for an appropriation of 81 900 to take them
to the Worlds fair and remain there a short
time during the great exposition. Several
OF the officers of the battalion appeared be-
fore the committee to present their case and
made very favorable impression. Some of
| the members go so far as to state that the
| Nebraska exhibit will not be any too ex-
| tensive, and as Nebraska produces bows that
| cannot be discounted by any state in the
| union it could not do better than to send n
| battalion OF them to the Columbian fair
Has n Roast in store.
The special house committee appointed to
| investigate the pcnitcntiary with reference
to the cell house constructed with the $40. 900
appropriation voted by The last legislature
has completed its work and will probably
submit its report tomorrow.
1t will severely score the Board of Public
Lands and Buildings, charging gross neglect
of duty and indifference to the interests of
the state, and that the action of the board
amounted to nothing less than throwing
| down the bars to inevitable waste and col
| lusion.
The committee jumps on Colonel Bill Dor
| gan with both feet giving hin character
for dishonesty rarely equaled in these days
| of whitewashing Investigations, II gives
| facts and figures in proof of its assertions
and shows conclusiyely that the manner in
which the appropriation was expended
| under the supervision and by the consent of
the board was a monumental steal from
| start to finish Never since the impeach-
ment of Dave Butler has state official re-
eeived such turning over by legislative
investigating committee as these officials
secretary of state, treasurer commissioner
and attorney general, are given by this COM
mittee. There is no mincing of words, and
the committee calls upon the authorities to
bring suit to compel the repayment of the
various sums that have been corruptly di-
verted from the proper channels
Ex-senator Starbuck of Thayer county
was n visitor in legislative halls TODAY,
watching the workings of the legislative
machinery and listening to the racket made
by the wheels in the occipital cavities of the
law makers