Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-04
GOES OVER TO THE HOUSE
Fight for the Right to Make Liquor in Iowa
Transferred.
BILL A SPECIAL ORDER FOR NEXT TUESDAY
Prohibitionists Surprised by the Adj
vocntes of the Manufactures BiIl
and C1evcrIy Bcntcn ON the
Call OF the Roll.

DIES MONIES, April s.-(special Tele-
gram)-The house was treated to a decided
sensation this afternoon, which resulted in
the scoring of an important point by the
friends of the McNulty manufactures bill,
and which may lead to the passage Of that
measure. After the defeat of the Ellis bill
authorizing the manufacture of intoxicating
liquors for legal purposes in the senate yes.
terday, the opponents Of the measure were
in high glee, and freely predicted that the
house bill on the came subject would never
be heard of. but tonight they see their mis-.
take. After a little quiet canvassing among
the members this afternoon, Mr.. Lauder of
Union county arose and moved that the Nc
Nulty bill be made a special order for next
Tuesday. II object" came from the pro-
hibitionists all over the house. A roll call
was demanded and resulted, ayes 40. NAYS
81. FUNK, Van Houten and Martin were on
their feet in an instant, insisting that the
motion required a two-thirds vote. The
point was overruled by the speaker. after an
exciting colloquy between these members
and the chair, in which Martin accused the
speaker of violating all the rules of the
mouse and reversing his own rulings on q
previous occasion. The motion was coupled
with a promise that there should be no de-
'oNN' "hi1h NV Spedhtn dlIGTWHTu EG1u
would not hold, and promised a final ruling
on the motion.
The house THE morning had under con-
sideration the Early bill, prohibiting the is
suance OF insurance by companies that have
not complied with the laws of this state. and
declaring all such policies null and void.
Mr.. Early made a lengthy speech in defense
of the bill, claiming that 1t was aimed at a
large number of so-called wildcat companies
and also at the New York Lloyds. He ex-
Diainp1 that tba hill Hid NOT affaot INV
mutual company doing business exclusively
in Iowa. He then proceeded to score q
lobbyist who, he alleged, was here in the in
terest of outside companies.
An amendment exempting all mutual COM
panies of every description from it's provis-
ions was fret adopted, then reconsidered and
defeated. 1t was developed during the de-
bate that the Lumberman's mutual, the Mil
lers' mutual and the Mutual Creamery COM
panies, all covering several states, would
be excluded from Iowa should the hill be-
come a law, provided the business is done
through agents. The bill was amended so
as to merely require the payment by out
side companies of the 2a per cent state tax
before an action can be brought in the
courts Of this state, put on its passage and
lost: Ayes. 81; nays, 80.
The Spaulding bill, making all threats or
intimidation designed to prevent laboring
men from taking the place of strikers, fell
lonies, was called up and defeated; ayes, Is;
nays, "a.
spaulding's bill providing for the taxation
of mortgages as a part of zeal estate was
defeated.
The house agreed to the senate resolution
for final adjournment on April II, but Funk
filed a motion to reconsider.
SENATE DECIDES ON ADJOURNMENT.
April II, at noon, is the hour for final adj
journment of the legislature that was fixed
by the senate today. The Waterman resolu-
ton providing for a recess on April 8 and
an adjourned session bppinniny the Seron6
Tuesday in January, 1897, was called up and
a substitute by Cheshire fixing the date
named for adjournment sine die was sub
stituted and passed by a vote of SO to IL.
This will necessitate the formal abandon
ment of all work on the code, one single Sec
tion of which, that relating to the military,
having passed both houses. With this ex- j
the code will come up as new bust
ness, If an extra session is held, though, an
effort will be made to preserve the work that
been done in the committees.
The senate took up bills on calendar and
passed the following:
By Hobart-To authorize commissioners Of
state institutions to lay out or vacate high
ways through state lands.
BY Mitchell-To reimburse the members
and heirs of members of the Second and
Iowa infantry for money expended in
gray uniforms at the beginning
Of the war of the rebellion.
BY Trewin-To pay the widow of Judge L.
Hatch of Clayton county 1850, balance
Of salary for uneXpired term.
BY MISUNDERSTANDING cities organized
lnder special charters to provide by ordi-
nance for the improvement of streets or
alleys by grading, paving, graveling or
matchmaking, including the intersections,
md assess the cost as a special tax against
.butting or fronting property.
The Byers resolution providing for the APP
of a sitting committee OF seven,
md that no bills be considered except such
IS may be reported by this committee, was
ayes, 3; nays, "a.
A long debate was occasioned by a bill
'equiring all applicants for admission to the
home at Marshalltown to our
ender their pensions to the state. 1t was
Inally decided to allow the soldier to retain
6 of the pension, the rest to go to the
tate. AS thus amended the bill passed.
RurrIars Rob Three HOusea.