Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-01
THE STATE CAPITAL,
WHAT THE NEBRASKA LEo,sLA.
TURE IS DOING.
b.ny Report Of tn. MEASURE. Introduced
n the Action Taken Thereon In Both
h Senate and the House Of Represent.
ativsA
DoInxa at LINCOLN,

Dolngs at Lincoln.
Representative LambOrne of Red Will
low County has introduced a bill in the
Legislature providing for the location of
the State Fair at the capital for q period of
five years, the same to be held within two
and one-half miles from the post Office.
Not long since the State Board of Agri-
culture decided to let Omaha have the
State Fair for a period of five years. Now,
after the Introduction of the bill by Rep
resentative Lamborne, Omaha has given
notice that one of its representatives will
e n in a bill providing for the removal
and relocation of the state capital. They
claim to have the signatures of forty six
members of the House who have promised
to vote for the passage of the bill. Thirty
eight new bills were introduced in the
House on the 10th. 1t increased the num-
Der to $50 measures. Three hundred bills
have been introduced in the Senate. OF
the entire number before the Legislature
only twenty have passed. A bill intro
duced by Mr.. Conway of York County
provides for the appropriation of $100,0O0
for the relief of people in the drouth strick-
en- district to aid i'll feeding and clothing
SAASSSp SOplO cLlu W lblONlUC u IlSlilOu lOl
distributing aid provided.
The death of the mother of one its menu
bers, Senator Crane of Douglas, prompted
the Senate to adjourn Immediately after
roll call on the 18th.
The House held a lively session on the
18th, and did considerable good work in
the way Of indefinitely postponing bills
that the members thought should never
have been introduced. Fifteen were so
disposed of and ten recommended for
passage were placed on the general file.
A number of petitions were received ask
ing that tho age of consent be raised to 10
years, and a petition, numerOusly signed,
prayed for an amendment to the cOnstitu-
ton giving women a whack at the ballot
on equal terms with mortal nan A petl-
ton from Boyd County requested an APP
preparation for prosecuting the murderers
of Barrett Scott. There were a number of
petitions asking for Interchangeable
legislation, and some from Douglas Coun-
ty protesting against such legislation.
They were referred to the Committee on
Agriculture. Citizens from Wayne Conn-
ty sent up a prayer for the adoption of
their college by Nebraska as q state nor
NAL school. S. w. Thornton, an X-mem
her, who has been acting as assistant GUS
Odian of the cloak room without first
having been appointed, was ''laid III the
table" by a vote on a resolution offered by
MT. Brady OF Buffalo, to place him OH the
roll and allow him pay from the beginning
of the session. The committee to ascer-
tain if MIR. Robinson of Holt wa amembcr
of the vigilantcs was agitated by a resolu-
tiOn offered by Mr.. Howard of Sarpy,
calling upon it to report. 1t had nothing
to report, and after a long debate the reso-
luton was tabled.
In the Senate OH the 10Th, Akers sub
mit.ed a resolution reciting certain rumOrs
that n of the bOndsmen OF Oil Inspector
Edminston, w. ii. Webb, had applied for
state relief supplies in Dawson County
and asked the appointment of a committee
to investigate the truth of the rumor. Sen
ator Campbell, Populist, offereda an amend
ment directing the same committee to
make some inquiries as to the suNiciency
of the bond of State Treasurer BARLEY.
Senator Akers surprised the Populists by
at once accepting the amendment and the
resolution was adopted without further in
cident. The chair appointed Senator
Akcrs, Steufer and Campbell. The bill
for establishing and governing irrigation
districts and bonding the same to secure
bitches was BASED by q unanimous vote.
Eleven new bills were introduced and
several indefinitely postponed, among the
number Senate file No. III, for the prOtec-
tiOn of employees. 1t provides that an en-
ploye of a railroad, telegraph, street rail-
way or stock yards company, or any OBJ
orator of a packing house, who is injured
in the discharge of his duty and while
exercising ordinary care, nay recover all
damages thus sustained. The Populists
voted against indefinite postponement, but
its report was agreed to by IL yea and nay
vote of "a to 8.
The House on the 10Th, put in the entire
day considering the anti-oleo bill and after
four hours of continuous debate, III which
1t was Douglas County against the state,
the bill was recommended for passage.
In the House ON the 10th a resolution
was adopted appointing a committee of
three to investigate the accounts of
Worlds Fair Commissions Garneau. The
House tabled a memorial to Congress 40
prohibit the making of distinction between
voters as to sex The bill establishing an
old ladies' home ut StrattOn, northeast of
Lincoln, once indefinitely postponed, has
been revived and will be considered.
The Senate devoted the morning session
on the 10th to quarreling, tempered. of
course, with senatorial dignity. When the
journal of the preceding day was read it
was discovered that it contained no refer
erence to the ruling of the Lieutenant Gov
ernOr, to the effect that the written OBJ
jections offered by Senators Specher and
Stewart to the University hal million levy
bill could not be entered on record. Sem
ator Dale asked that the Journal be cor
rected to show that the written statement
of objection by the two Senator's had been
ruled out and the request precipitated a
protracted discussion. Senator McKeeson
leading the opposition. After a spirited
discussion the matter was deferred until
the Lieutenant Governor shall be present.
A resolution was offered providing that
from this time on until the close of the ses-
sion the Senate shall meet daily at 8 a. m.
There was considerable contensi0n over this
measure also, until it was referred to the
Committee ON Rules. The Senate in the
afternoon passed three bills ofimportance:
Repeating the state depository law, max
ing 1t mandatory upon the State Auditor
to issue charters to foreign loan and insur-
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