The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-03-05

Counter amendments prevailed. The reading
OF section l. naming $1,000 as the amount OF
the appropriation. brought twenty men to to
| their feet with amendments In their hands
| and shouting ..Mr. Chairman" Billings OF
Keya Paha was recognized. His amendmsnt
was TO make the appropriton nd sim1. t iiis Ihis
| out section entirely The section provides
| that the state directors shall act In conjunc-
tion with the board OF directors OF the expo
moved to strike out section entirely. but
| did not press his motion, and the section was
to- Section greeS secon TO w,'s Das
agreed to and the bill thus completed Hill
| OF Clary offered an entirely new section, pro-
state i may be sold by the commissioners of
public lands and buildings within sixty days
after the close of tho exposition. This sec
Ias daSW but Wooster arose s to- to final qaes
tion of privilege. He repeated his charge
made earlier in the day that one night he
son and that on that occasion the latter
stated that he QHorner) was opposed to the
exposition bill. Horner denounced the state
ment as an unqualified falsehoOd and turn
ing to Wooster he said with emphasis as he
shouted: rs that plain enough?' No
said Wooster; Well said Horner, You
Wooster asked the chairman If one member
could call another a liar. The chair asked
| the gentlemen to refrain from personalities.
Order was finally restored, and then. at 1873
| the committee rose with the recommenda-
| tion that the bill should be ordered engroSsed
for Il third reading. The report was adopted
without opposition. The house then ad-
| jOurned.
| HOUSE-Spealler Gaffin announced bills on
third reading i'm order immediately following
| the reading of the journal in the house on
| the 25th. Nesbits bill appropriating S1,392
| for the relief of Burt county for money eX-
pended in the trial OF the alleged murdererS
of George Phillips was passed. The follow
| ing bills also passed: House roll NO2l1. by Nc
| Gee. providing for the building of county poor
| house, prohibiting temporary relief for pau.
pers and authorizing the maintenance of
| those who have been charge upon any pre-
cnct in the county for more than thirty days
House roll No. u, by LemaI, providing for
the establishment of a state board of en-
balming House roll No IA. by Burkett.
making it unlawful to dig up or disinter
human bodies from any cemetery. When
| Sodermans scrip bli.' house roll No. III,
was reached. he demanded Il call of the house.
| The measure provides that the state treas
urer may issue nOn-intcrcst bearing small
| warrants for all amounts due from the state
| in sums of from 81 to so each. and that the
| same may be treated as cash and be part OF
a'bank's cash reserve. The measure passed,
| but without the emergency clause House
roll No. "a. the committees substitute for
Shedon's bill to protect stOck-growers
passed. 1t provides that they shall keep
| record of all animals slaughtered and for ten
days thereafter keep on exhibition the hides
of such animals as butchers may kill in order
House fa' snT roll No by Hull the age of Consent
measure, passed 1t amends section II OF
| chapter iv of the criminal code of the COM
piled statutes of the state of Nebraska OF 1853.
to read: If any person shall have carnal
knowledge of any other woman or female
| child than his daughter or sister as aforesaid.
forcibly and against her will; or If any
| male person of the age of Is years or upwards
shall carnally know or abuse any female
child or woman under the age OF Is years
Tending shall be deemed guilty of a rape and
shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not
| more than twenty nor less than i've years
Adjourned
HoUsE-The house is now rapidly turning
out bills. and on the 26th did a good days
work. Among measures passed were the
following: House roll No 102 by Felker,
providing for the incorporation of the Order
of the Eastern Star. House roll No: 81, by
SNYDER OF Sherman, man 1t amends section s3Sa asa
section and provides ways in criminal and
civil proceedings before justices of the peace;
chapter xxx, compiled statutes of 1895, re-
lating to school lands and funds. House roll
No. 81 is by Curtis. 1t provides for the organ
ization of new counties by a vote of ma
jority of the legal electors. When reports
from standing committees was announced
hot debate sprung up on house roll No 26S,
district the state of Nebraska into senatorial
and representative districts and for the ap-
portionment of senators and representa-
tives: to fix the number of the same
end to repeal sections /. and 3, chapter v,
compiled statutes of Nebraska 1885 A motion
to indefinitely postpone the bill prevailed. A
large number of bills were recommended for
passage. Waite moved Il resolution aimed at
the late executive order of President Cleve-
land vacating 21.COO.0aO acres of land in
Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. The
resolution asked the Nebraska delegation in
congress to work against the executive order.
Rich of Douglas said that the territory men,
toned in the order was inhabited by $4,000
people, who drew their supplies directly from
Omaha and Lincoln wholesalers: The resolu,,
a resolution in favor of paying Yeiser. Rob-
erts, Baldwin and Taylor: the four Douglas
county representatives who were given the
seats of the four republicans Ousted. full pay.
for the time since the opening of the session.
The matter went over one day and the house
took recess until 10 a. IN. Feb. q, this action
being to gain legislative day.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Neither branch of the Nebraska assembly
was in session on the 22d, it being Washing
tons birthday.
At this writing. five days remain of the
forty during which the house members may
introduce bills, and within that period the
general appropriation bills must be sub
mitted. Chairman Clark. of the committee
on finance. ways and means. says that they
have been introduced in the house. On the
same date two years ago the same number
were on the files.
count of the votes cast for the constitutional
amendments. was signed by Governor Hol-
comb Cn the 20th. 1t Is expected that he Will
at once announce to the house the names of
the six freehOlderS selected by him. under
the provisions of the measure to Superintend
the recount.
Sheridan of Dawes has introduced bill
house roll No. 52S. providing for the location
of the state fair permanently at Lincoln al
ter 1900 The measure repeats the following
portion of section .. chapter ii, compiled
statutes of Nebraska of 1895: ''The said
board shall also have power at the annual
meeting to locate the state fair for Il period
not exceeding. five years at any time or at
any one place.
The subcommittee of the committee on as
Sylums-Cerling. Woodward. Van Horn,
Casebecr and Jones of Gage-will, it is under
stood. go up to Omaha soon for the purpose of
investigating the charges made against Su-
perintendent Gillespie of the institute for the
deaf and dumb.
Yeiser of Douglas has an antitrust bill
which is quite extensive i'll it's scope. 1t de-
clares unlawful and void all arrangements,
contracts. agreements, trusts or cOmbIna-
tiOns made with view to lessen free compe-
titfon in the importation and sale of articles
imported in this state. The measure repealS
the whole of chapter Xci-a, of the compiled
statues Of 1895, against combinations, trusts
and pools and provides for an entirely new
law. 1t provides for forfeiture of charter i
and franchise of any corporation violating /;
the provisions of the act.
Duty on Oranges and Lemons.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The Republi- |!