The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-12
Tuesday. February ..

Immediately after the preliminary
work this morning a committee waited
on Chief Justice Post and invited him
TO appear and swear in Representative
baldwin. The committee returned
and reported that court was in session
n that the chief justice could not,
therefore, appear, but suggested that
the member appear before the court,
which vas done.
Mrs. Clara Rewick Colby addressed
the house for twenty minutes in be-
half Of the memorial pending asking
congress to adopt the joint resolution
pending for an amendment to the con-
stitution preventing the disfranchise-
ment OF any person on accoun of sex.
How do you account for the fact
that h suffrage movement has made
greatest progress in the west" she was
asked.
II think it Is because the intelligent
and patriotic men of the east come
west" she replied.
The following bills were reported
back for passage: H. r. "a. to require
the exhibition Of neat hides; II. X. 90,
for q system Of public scales; II. r..
1913, defining cruelty to children; II. r.
lao, to provide for adoption Of children;
II. X. 1909, to reimburse u county for
care of insane patients from other
countless; H.. X. FOG, to make salary of
county commissioners So per day for
actual time, and mileage. except il
counties having over 10000 popula-
ton.
The following were recommended for
passage with amendments: ii. X. 1853,
for destruction of noxious weeds; II. X.
~. for nraSarvnftnn ~ ,-l G.l.
ii. II. l34, providing for the l~evying of
executions on the stock of corpora
tions, H.. X. l45, relating to services of
county attorney.
The following were ordered to the
general file without recommendation:
Ii. X. 1856, to legalize certain bounty
certificates issued by Buffalo county;
II. X. 1854, to prevent dissertation of the
American flag.
Joint resolution 2 was reported back
with the recommendation that it be
engrossed for third reading. This Is
the resolution adopted by the senate
dir ,cting Senator Thurston to work
for free coinage.
II. r. 1873, providing for n rainmak-
ing lest by Rainmaker Wright, was re.
ported back for passage with the re-
commentator that Wright be given
time at an evening session to explain
the workings of his test.
The committee on printing reported
bid for printing 5000 copies of the
governors message and zoo folders of
house committees North & Co., $50;
State Journal Co., SIT. rs; Woodruff
Dunlap Co., Sl69.
On the recommendation that the con-
tract be let to the latter, the report
was adopted and the house took a re-
cess.
After the noon recess the house re-
solved itself into committee of the
whole to consider bills on general file.
ii. X. No. 62, by Mr.. Rich, providing
a change in the Slocumb law had been
under consideration when the commit
tee had last been in session and il was
the first to be taken up and recon-
mitted for amendments.
ii. r. No. 5, the bill, was
next on general file.
MIR. Hull of Harlan moved that the
committee on enrolled and engrossed
bills be ordered to make the correction
OF The error in the bill which had been
found when the bill came up for third
reading. Mr.. Gafiin offered a substi-
tute for Mr.. Hull's motion, in which
provision was made for recommending
the bill for passage. The substitute
carried.
II. X. SO, relating to secret societies,
was next taken up and recommitted
for specific correction.
A substitute bill for II. r. 81 was
next considered. The bill provides that
irrigation companies shall construct
bridges over their bitches where the
same intersect highways and shall keep
the bridges in perpetual repair. The
Dill was recommended for passage.
The committee rose and reported
progress, the report being adopted by
the house.
Mr.. Rouse moved to adjourn. Lost.
! Mr.. Hull of Harlan moved that the
rules be suspended and that II. II. g.
the bill, be advanced and
taken up for third reading,
Mr. rlarly ~ -. .o...l A..