Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-13
VALUED pot,cy LAW STILL SAFE.
House indefinitely Postpones Riii Intended
Ito Repcai IL.

Ito Repeal Ii.
LINCOLN. March 12.-(Special 1.-The
house made good progress today with the
general appropriation bills. The ways and
means committee had made a report con-
siderably reducing salaries, and in some
cases cutting out departments and clerk
ships altogether, When the committee of
the whole got fairly to work 1t proceeded to
restore these, in most cases. back to the
original figures Of 1898. Onslaughts were
made by economically inclined members on
the bill in the way of reductions, but in
almost every case they were repulsed. When
the Industrial home at Milford was reached
a motion was made to increase the salary
of the superintendent from $1,000, as recon-
mended by the report of the committee, to
Sl,5OO Kaup said 1t was time to call halt
on raising salaries. This brought Conaway
to his feet. He said that IL halt was de-
manded 1t should have been called long ago
Kaup thought so too. but evidently thought
| 1t was better late than never. The total net
| increase over the committees bill in the
matter of salaries is $26275 for the bienniuin.
The changes made in the general appro.
| priation bills were nearly all in the line of
increasing the amounts recommended by the
committee on finance, ways and means. The
| first move made was to restore pecuniary life
| 10 the Bureau of Industrial Statistics, the
| deputy labor commissioner and his assistant.
SIX thousand dollars was appropriated for
|
commissioner, 81, 600 for clerk and $500
| for expenses per annum. An assignment
| clerk was then added to the list reported for
| the commissioner of public lands and build
ings at salary of 81 900 per annum Then
| the salary OF the stenographer of the
| preme court was raised from 5000 to 5000
| and the two bailiffs from $500 to 81 900 each.
An assistant clerk was given to the clerk of
the Banking Board. Dick Townley, at a
salary of $1,000 per annum.
nal nj &c
bill, house roll No Ali, to repeal the valued
policy law, SO to g. proves how hopeless are
any further attempts this winter to assault
| so popular measure as the present law has
become. The bill had been kept back as
long as possible, in the vain hope that some
| thing might eventuate in the way of over
| turning present opinions 1t Is quite evident
now that the voice Of home constituencies
has been heard with tremendous effect. Even
Hairgrove. the introducer by request, of the
bill, found himself at the parting of the
ways, and voted for indefinite postponement
Of the, apparently, very obnoxious measure.
In explaining his vote he said
I did not believe that the house would
consent to a fun and fair discussion of a
bill which certainly has some merits. Those
merits could be preserved and the defects
modified, or completely done away with in
committee of the whole by amendment. But
observe ser, n in ta the house to give
| shall vote for its indefinite postponement.
The bill to reimburse the impeached state
officials, Allen, Humphrey and Hastings and
for the relief of their attorneys was swept
out of sight for this session by indefinite
! postponement
SENT TO THE GENERAL FILE.
Preceding the special order of the day at
80 a. M, consideration of the appropriation
bills in committee of the whole, the house, on
recommendation Of standing committees, or
! dered the following bills to the general file:
) Senate file No. ~, by Watson, to provide
for the admission to practice of attorneys and
counsellors at law.
! Senate file No. IA, by Watson, making ii
compulsory for railroads to use automatic
couplers. ~
House roll No. 622, by Conaway to provide
| against the aduteTation of food.
: House roll NotsSC0, by Rhodes, providing
for the punishment Of married men represent
= ing themselves to be unmarried and making
D proposals Of marriage to unmarried females o
/ | good character.
{ House roll No. 674 by Brady making
I veteran volunteer firemen exempt from grand
i and petit jury service.
q House roll No. 557, by Becher, making the
first Tuesday in April in each year an elec
e tion day in cities and villages.
House roll No. GIG, by Davies, providing fol
the printing and form of election ballots.
a House roll No. 5S1, by Dempsey to permit
: the residents Of any precinct to adopt fret
I rangs for four months
House roll No. 56S, by Bee, to create join
o | commission to investigate public buildings OF
i the state and to regulate pay and mileage.
d House roll No. SIS, by Miles. to provide fol
o the incorporation of accident insurance com
$ panies.
$ House roll No 5S7, by Thomas providing
n for the cancellation of insurance policies.
n House rolls Nos. 500 5i3, 306 and AIT were
n indefinitely postponed The insurance com
mittee brought in two reports, majority and
! minority, on house roll No. All, Hairgrove':
q bill, to repeal the valued policy law The
g minority report, by Schickedantz recon-
(: mended indefinite postponement. There was
e some show of fight on behalf Of Hargrove
r Ricketts, and Jenness, but the vote finally
:. Johnston Of Douglas, Kaup, Ricketts, ant
n Mr. Speaker alone voting against indefinite
|, postponement. Hairgrove voted with the ma
# jority.
9 TOOK UP THE SALARY LIST.
: The hour having arrived for the specia
a order of the day. consideration of the genera
a appropriation bills the house went into com
y y mittee of the whole, with Speaker Richards
/ in the chair, as chairman, the motion having
S been made by Munger to that effect.
# One of the bills, house roll No. 631 tht
S salary list. was then taken up and consld
: cred. The salary list of the governors offic
y WIS recommended without change. On reach
# ing the adjutant generals Office Howard
e moved to strike the office out of existence
and voted for 1t alone.
e Jenness moved to restore the office o
y deputy labor commissioner, which had beer
= dropped by the committee on ways ant
a | means, together Win the salaries, 81 800 pc
Q annum for the deputy and 81 900 for
4 clerk McNitt and Harrison supported Jen
! ness in this movement Harrison said tina
y so long as the Office was provided for b,
IS law he should support it. Ricketts, spoke ear
i nestly for the amendment, and Cole op
d posed 1t by asking TO be shown in wha
! manner it benefited the cause of labor
u Barry contributed some information in thi
q respect. He pointed to the statistical worl
e of the bureau during the past two years.
IS Burns of Lancaster was loud in his de
: mands for the rftertion of this office, an
= made a ringing campaign speech from a re
y publican standpoint. lie declared the repub
,r leans were the BETTER friends of labor an
= Casper took ISSUE with him. The latter sal,
5. that campaign buncombe made him tired
II that one party was as much labors friend a
,e the other.
!, Crow said that. as alluson had been mad
,e to Governor Crounse's message recommend
II ing an appropriation sufficient to increas
$, the efficiency of the bureau, he desired t
/ say that Governor Crounse had also sal
=, that unless the appropriation was made tn
~ bureau had better be abolished Barr
:" showed that Governor Crounse had urged
large appropriation. The amendment of Jen
Is ness was carried. the, appropriation of So 90
l. for the bienniuni was made and the abo
N bureau restored To Its position on the salar
II | list. ID
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