Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-13
CALL ON CHURCHILL TO PROSECUTE.
Senate's Resolution Asks tho Attorney Cen
cral to Go to Holt County.

cral to GO to Holt County.
LINCOLN, March 12.-(Special.) .)-Several
matters of more or less moment to the state
occupied the attention of the senate this
forenoon. After receiving a number of re-
ports from standing committees the senate
took up several pieces of business unfinished
from yesterday. and completed them.
Pope called up his resolution offered yester-
day afternoon directing Attorney General
Churchill to take charge of the trial of the
men accused of being the ynchers of Bar
rett Scott The resolution was agreed to
without division.
Dale called up his resolution offered yester-
day directing the railroad committee to re-
port at once the anti-pass bill introduced by
him on January 8.
Chairman McKesson, from the railroad
committee, said in defense that the commit
tee was not trying to smother the bill. The
author had never asked the committee to
consider the bill The committee was ready
to meet Dale at any time.
Dale said that he hoped the senate would
| not consider that he had acted hastily in the
matter The bill had been lodged with the
railroad committee for two months. He
| claimed that he had repeatedly asked the
committee for hearing
| McKesson said that the committee would
| be glad to listen to Dale at noon, whereupon
| the resolution dropped.
| The governors message returning the
| change of venue bill without his approval
was read, and McKesson's motion to pass
| the bill, the governors veto notwithstanding,
was made a special order for II o'clock to-
morrow.
| McKeeby undertook to make the 100000
| relief bill a special order for this evening,
| but the senate in no mood for a night
| session, and SO changed the hour to o'clock.
HAS A NEW RELIEF BILL.
After recess the senate went into COM
mittee of the whole to consider the 100000
relief bill. The bill as it passed the house
| appropriated 5000 900 to be dsbursed for
| supplies, especially seed grain, by the State
| Relief commission.
Akers offered an amendment which he
! claimed would give TO the governor the right
| to appoint new commission, and in support
| of his amendment he related in detail many
| of the complaints that had come to him il
| the ncapacity of the present commission.
Tefft and Black defended the commission,
while Noyes said few words commendatory
| OF the chairman of that body. The argu-
| ment Of the friends of the commission was
| to the tenor that no organized body of men
| could do the work performed by the commits
sion without giving some dissatisfaction
| They claimed that upon the whole the COM
| mission had rendered good service to the
| state.
| Further discussion on Akers amendment
was shut off by McKeeby, who offered a sub
| stitute for the entire bill. The substitute ap-
propriates 100000 to be divided among the
counties of the drouth stricken district, nu
one county to receive more than S4 900. The
amount to be given to each county is to be
| determined by the State Relief commission
and disbursed by the state treasurer to the
| county boards. This bill was, after some
amendment, agreed to and ordered engrossed
| for third reading.
| The railroad committee reported Dale's
| anti-pass bill with the recommendation that
it be placed on general file. Dale moved that
the rules be suspended and the bill ordered
engrossei for third reading. The motion
was defeated by vote of 10 to 8, after which
| the senate adjourned.