The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-03-26
THE COUNT TO GO On.
LEGISLATURE TO TAKE HOLD
OF THE MATTER.
A New Bill to be Drawn Up and Acted
Upon That Will Suit the Case--Com-
mittees From Both Houses APP
pointed to Arrange Details
Miscellaneous Notes.
The Nebraska Assembly.

The Nebraska Assembly.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 18th the
| usual batch OF petitions, asking for the pas
| sage of various bills under consideration,
| were received and read. There were several
| petitions in favor of the soldiers home at
Milford, and q number demanding the pas
sage OF the house bill which prohibits the
atricai performances and all kinds of athletic
games on Sunday. The senate then went in
| committee OF the whole to consider the bill
repealing the deficiency Judgment law. Mr..
| Caldwell taking the chair When the clerk
had finished the reading OF the bill, Mr.. Beal
| offered an amendment which threw wide the
+, door for an animated debate. The amend
ment was rejected by q vote OF to 15.
hr. Murphy then offered an amendment
providing that the act should not be appli-
cable to and existing contracts or obliga-
| tions or any suit now pending, or any decree
or judgment already rendered thereon.
Mr.. Beai. author of the bill. made lengthy
argument In favor OF the measure lie was
followed by Mr.. Muffiy Of Madison, who also
| argued for the bill Mr.. Murphy of Gage
closed the debate on his amendment He
| declared that for the first time in its history
| Nebraska pOpulism stood before the people
stripped of its hypocrisy. After Mr.. Murphy
| had concluded, his amendment was rejected.
The committee then, by vote o. IL to IL,
rose and recommended the bill to pass The
| report was adopted by a vote of II to 13.
| large number OF committee reports were re-
| ceived. Bills on third reading were taken up
| and the following was recommended TO pass:
Senate file No. 210. relating to school districts
| in villages. After recess the senate passed
! No 104. relating to the protection OF fish.
| The anti-cOrpOration bills pending in the
/ senate committee on miscellaneous corpora
| tions were reported and placed on the gen
| eral file
SENATE.-The senate has now commenced
| the closing rush of business. and on the 18th
got through good deal of business. For
| almost the first time in the legislative history
| Of Nebraska the senate has delegated to a
| sitting committee the authority to order bills
| engrOssed for third reading Usually the
| practice is for the sitting committee to
| merely recommend bills for either indefinite
| postponement or passage. The bills recon-
| mended for passage are then placed at the
| head of the general file and taken up i'll COM
mittce of the whole in the order in which
| they are reported by the sitting committee.
| This session, however, the sitting committee
| goes further and selects the bills it favOrS
and recommends that they be engrossed for
| third reading. Fifteen bills were recon-
mended for indefinite postponemcnt and
twenty with the recommendation that
they be engrossed for third reading Amend
| ing sections IS and SO of the compiled statutes
| of 1895, fixing the penalties for indecent con-
duct and the use of indecent language in
public. The proposed amendment is intended
| to extend the Jurisdiction of justices of the
peace to cover such offenses Repeating Sec !,
statues of 1895, which fix the fees of regis
| tiers and masters-in-chancery. Providing
that cadet graduates from Doane col
lege at Crete may be commissioned by
| all railroads in Nebraska to NOV the
| weeds from their right of way each year.
Giving judges discretionary power to sen
! tence persons under Is years of age to either
| the penitentiary or to the reform School:
Relating to the marking and branding of
live stock, Appropriating sl2l to reimburse
| Rebccca Perkins for an excess payment on
school lands. To prohibit persons or corpo-
p, ratiOns from furnishing to city officers or
members of city councils gas electric light.
water service. telephone service or transpor-
I, tation on street cars for less than the regular
i price for such service. To make grave-rob,
bing a felony. Senate file No a. by Alr. Beal
invest not to exceed 10 per cent Of the sink
| ing fund in registered county warrants To
limit the school district tax levy in cities
having over @5,cCO inhabitants, exclusive of
school bond taxes. TO reduce the number of
, councilmen in cities having less than $500
| population. To prohibit city or county Off
GERS from buying the warrants ut OF Their thp
| law providing fora uniform system of yOuch-
| ers for the disburSing officers of state funds.
Reducing the fees which may be charged for
| legal advertising ana for the publication of
! delinquent tax lists.
! SEEATE.-The antitrust bill and the tribU-
lations of the recount commission occupied
| most of the time of the senate on the 18th.
Incidentally the senate agreed to pass Hal
ler's anti-compact insurance bill, having for
| its object the prevention OF the practice OF
| insurance companies agreeing to MAINTAIN
| rates. The senate refused to advance to
| third reading without reference to Il commit
| tee or consideration i'll committee or the
| whole the house bill apprODratlnT S.o.000 fol
the purpose of rebuilding the dornlitory at
| the Peru normal school. When the antitrust
| bill came up Mr.. Murphy Of Gage
| was called TO the chair. The bill
was introduced on February q by Mr.
| Gondring of Platte. The bill defines trusts
| and conspiracies against trade. declares them
| to be unlawful. provides means for their sup
preston and provides punishment for the
| violation of the proposed law. The frs: sec
tion provides that IA trust is a combination
| of capital. skill or acts by any person or per-
| sons to fix the price of any article or com
| modify of trade. use or merchandise. with
the intent 10 prevent others from conducting
| or Carrying on the same business or sell
ing the same article. or a combination OF
capital, skill or acts by two or more
persons, for any or all of IA num-
her of purposes that are enumerated
| Two amendments were introduced, discus
| sion being had on them for some time
| Finally the con mittce ut II :45 rose to listen
| to q special message from the governor. The
message was read and listened to with the
! closest attention. Mr.. Talbot of Lancaster
| offered a motion for appointment of a COM
| mittec to investigate facts set forth in the
message Mr. Ransom moved rs an amend
| ment to the foregoing that the message DC
| referred to the conference committee OF the
Senators Beal, MUTT and Feltz. The special
committee appointed the previous day tC
confer with a similar committee with
reference to the recount of the amend
| Mr. McGann of Boone moved that the rules
| be suspended and that the report be acted
| upon at once. The motion was agreed to by
"a strictly party vote. Mr.. Beal of Custer
then moved that the report of the committee
he adopted. The motion provoked q discus
sion which continued during the greater
part of the day. Finally the report was
adopted A motion by Talbot instructlne
the committee to return the ballots TO the
custody of the recount commission was
tabled. The senate then listened TO q briel
message from the governor, recommending
an amendment to the Omaha charter. The
senate went into the committee of the whole
and adopted Murphys amendment to the
antitrust bill and recommended it for pass
age. The senate then adjourned.
SENATE.-The forenoon of the senate on th'
18th was given up entirely to routine work
Mr.. Ransom opened the days work by NOV
ing that the general appropriation bill b'
| made a special order for this afternoon at
o'clock. The melton did not prevail. Mr.
Fritz of ThurSton then moved that Senate
| file No. 239 be made a special order for mex
| Tuesday afternoon ut O'Clock. The motion
was agreed to- This bill is one likely t.
| meet with n lively discussion as II extends TIN
term of several county officers for two wears
Mr.. Halter of Washington called up his anti,
compact insurance law and moved. that it
| consideration be made Il special order fo
next Monday at . o'clock. The motion wa
| agreed to. A large number of bills were re-
| ported by chairmcn of various Standin!
| committees. The first bill read was the ONT
introduced by MIR. Dundas. providing that al
moneys belonging to the state shall b
kept in Il burglar-proof vault and b.
under the constant supervision of the boart
| of public lands and buildings. The bill also re
| peas the state depository law The bill passed