Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-05
EXPOSITION BILL PASSES
Sent Over to the Senate with Good Big
Majority.
NEBRASKA HOUSE VOTES FAV0RABLY
Amended Measure Carrying 100000
Goes Through After n Fight by
a Vote of Seventy
to Twenty.

LINCOLN, March 4.-The Transmles!s-
slppl Exposition bill passed the house today,
without the emergency clause, by vote Of
20 TO 20 The committee on corporations,
having in charge Straub's bill to tax and
regulate telegraph, telephone and express
companies, reported all of them for indefinite
postponement but the house would not con-
cur in this, and the bills were ordered to the
general file for consideration and debate in
committee of the whole. Sheldon's BILL house
roll No. 447, to prohibit games, theatrical
and circus entertainments on Sunday, was
tho topic of lively debate During the
course of the argument Snyder of Sherman,
a preacher took strong stand against the
measure, to the surprise of every member
Of the house. The bill was indefinitely post
poned.
Proceeding with the regular order, the
speaker announced bills on third reading, and
requested the members of the house to de-
sist from loud talking.
House roll No. 435, by Kapp. is joint
resolution authorizing the commissioner OF
public lands and buildings to select and ac-
cept for the state OF Nebraska certain tracts
| OF land in Fort Randall military reservation
| as school land. The bill passed by vote OF
| 80 to 0.
| House roll No. 259, by Welch, was next
| in order. The measure amends section 5S,
\ chapter xiii entitled Insurance Com
| panies," of the Compiled Statutes of Ne
braska 1895, and repeals said section 1t
! authorizes the forming of companies to con-
| duct a line Of general insurance, on detached
| farm buildings, country school houses ana
| churches also upon cattle, mules, sheep ana
| hogs against damage by fire, lightning or
tornadoes. provided such property be not in
surei for more than two-thrds of its actual
| value BY a vote of SS to 1 the measure
| passed.
! REACHES THE EXPOSITION BILL.
House roll No. 93 Gafiins substitute for
the Transmississippi Exposition bill, was then
| reached and put upon its passage. AS
| amended the substitute provided for an ap-
preparation of 500, 900, instead of 100000
| as was incorporated in Gaffin's amendment
| to the original bill appropriating S35OOO0
| Before the vote was taken Wooster SAID tha'
| charges had been made that the bill had been
| tampered with, and that committee mac
| been named to investigate these charges He
| wanted time as one of the committee, to
make such report. Speaker Gafin replied
| that ample time had been given the com
mittee. and that the bill had now come W
! in its regular order and could be acted on
| jenkins of Jefferson said he would protes,
| against such a ruling and wanted his pro
| test to go on record. Severe, chairman o
the committee on engrossed and enrolled
bills said that SO far as his committee was
concerned, the bill had been correctly en-
| crossed. He said that Wooster had beer
before the committee a few minutes, ant
had then gone away after making few
comparisons.
Wooster made violent speech, in which
he alluded to embarrassing" by the com
mittee to inquire into the condition of thu
bill. of which he was chairman. He wanted
more time to examine the bill, and salt
that changes had been made by the chic
clerk. He wanted to summon witnesses
and put them on their oath.
Fouka another Of the committee, repelle
the insinuations of Wooster. The point o
order was raised that all this talk was ou
of order, and the speaker held the poin
well taken. Eager Of Seward moved TO re
commit the bill for specific correction, bu
was ruled out of order he had not specific
what correction he desired to make. Eage
then said he had reference to the word "se
sociation" which had been interlined sui
sequent to its having been erased from tn
original bill.
Eager then moved to recommit the b!!
and named the specific correction he wante
made. Clark of Lancaster made the point {
order that the chairman of the coinmitte
, on engroased and enrolled bills had made tn
t report that the bill was correctly engrcsse'
] and that nothing else was upon the hors
HOW 1T WAS ADOPTED.
; The bill was then placed upon it's passae
, and passed by the following vote in detail