Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-26
REPUDIATES SITTING COMMITTEE
House Declines to Adopt It's Report
md Goes Ahcnh on Routine.

House Declines to Adopt It's Report
and Goes Ahead on Routine.
LINCOLN, March 25. - Especially - This
morning the sitting committee reported the
following bills with the recommendation that
they be ordered to third reading, in the or
der named: Senate files and 80, house
rolls 359, 625, senate files "A, 76, bouse rolls
80, 491, 273, sos, 277, 351, 81, 6O7, SIS and
$40.
Jenkins of Jefferson moved that house
rolls 491 and 273. the bills to place the
Home for the Friendless at Lincoln and the
Industrial Home at Milford under state con-
troll, be Indefinitely postponed. He explained
that this motion was made in order to open
debate on the bills. He thought the two
homes affected by the bills had been con-
Quoted in a proper manner, and ought not
to be interfered with. The bills were intro
duced to secure few more appointments
motion for the previous question cut
off further debate and Jenkins motion was
defeated by a party vote, Grell of Sarpy
being the only populist voting with the
minority.
On rising vote the recommendation of
the sitting committee was lost. the chair
having ruled that a two-thirds majority
would be required. Ffty-fve populsts voted
for the report. BY the refusal OF the house
to accept the report, the speaker declares
that the bills remain in the same position
as yesterday, and that it will take another
report to advance them The bills are, in
brief, follows
Senate file No. 6, by Murphy, amends the
Civil Code in regard to the manner of is
suing summons to jurymen and their at
tendance upon the court.
Senate file No. 49, by Watson, provides for
the commissioning of officers of Doane Col
lege cadets.
House roll No. $780, by Holland, for the
relief of William Bergn, James Bergin, G.
T. Taylor and Lewis M. Howard, carries an
appropriation of 1876.
House roll No. 625, by Alderman, to pre-
vent the spread of hog cholera and other
kindred diseases
Senate file No. "a, by Ransom, defining
cruelty to children and to provide guardians
| in certain cases.
Senate file No. 76, by Ransom for the pre-
vention of child labor.
House roll No. 80 to prevent the sale of
cigarettes or cigarette paper to minors.
House roll No, 491, by Gaffin, to place the
Home for the Friendless under state con-
troll,
House roll No. 27S, by Eager to place the
Milford Industrial home under state con-
troll
House roll No. sos, by Severe, to provide
that contracts between land owners and land
agents employed to sell the same shall be
in writing to be binding upon the parties.
House roll No. 277, by Hull setting forth
the duty of the labor commissioner.
House roll No. 351, by Morrison, for the
Iellel ol MIS- D. lchell, appfoprlatlng
S163S3.
House roll No 81, the committee game law.
House roll No. 607, by Smith of Douglas
10 allow counties to purchase and hold real
estate in certain cases.
House roll No. 57S by Roberts author
i2ing counties to take part in expositons
and to bond themselves for such purposes
House roll No. $40 for an act to provide
for testing gasoline and regulating the same.
SENT TO GENERAL FILE.
The standing committees en- agriculture re-
ported house roll No. 545 to be placed on
the general file. This is Marshall's bill Civ
ing the State Board of Horticulture s.. 900
Senate file No S52. Dundas' safety vault
bill, was reported to be placed on the general
file as amended by the committee.
Eastman of Custer offered a resolution
providing that the house meet at Q o'clock
in the morning hereafter. The motion was
lost.
On tho second reading of senate file No.
2S7 by motion of Sheldon of Dawes it was
ordered engrossed for third reading
House roll No 4O1, by Gafnn limiting the
tax levied by school districts, but providing
that the board may borrow money on bonds
which may be issued when authorized by
the electors OF said school district was placed
on third reading, and passed by a vote OF
SO to 6.
House roll No, 2O9, by Wimberley. to direct
the application and payment of certain
moneys received by the state treasurer an
nu9lly, and known ae the morrill, Fund"
in aid of the Industrial college of the Uni
versty of Nebraska, was read the third time
and passed With the emergency clause.
House roll No ~. by Clark of Lancaster
to amend the existing law relative to cleo
tions to correspond with bill already
passed providing for the selection of non
partisan election boards was passed by a
vote of 81 to s.
message was received from the governor
announcing that he had signed house roll
No 90! the TRANSMITS issippf Exposition hill.
house roll No. Is, for the relief of Boyd
county; and house roll No. 4, for the relief of
Rebecca Perkins
Senate file No SS2. the recount bill intro
duced at the suggestion OF the governor. was
put upon its passage, During roll call 1t
was discovered that several members would
have to be brought in before the bill could
pass, and a call of the house was demanded.
After a tiresome wait, Wooster OF Merrick
and Loomis of Butler were brought In and
the roll call was completed. The bill was
passed by strictly partisan vote. Most of
the republicans and few fusonists sent up
written explanations of their votes.
Shull OF Nemaha moved to advance the
bills reported by the Sitting committee to
third reading. The speaker declared the
motion out OF order, as similar one had
been voted down this morning.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The house went into committee OF the
whole to consider senate file No. los and
other bills general fle, with Sheldon Of
Dawes in the chair
On motion OF Shull of Nemaha the amend
ment to senate file No los, the deficiency
judgment bill exempting present contracts,
adopted yesterday, was stricken out An
attempt was made to recommend the bill for
passage. but 1t was defeated by tie vote
Pollard moved that when the committee