Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-02

nau dellDefately changed thClr NOtCS on
Saturday, and that said changes did not ap-
pear in EEe'4eeord
Then Hull said that inasmuch as John o.
Yeiser, John Ftzroberts G. VI. Baldwin snd
]. II. Taylor he been seated by the house
of repreSenStivts on saturday last. he
would 1Gete'Rhct the chief jus.l,e OF the
supreme court he invited to appcar in tie
hall of representatives. and swear IN the
new ncsrbefs
Jenkinsf nlnYcd the following amendment;
Whereaa abe majority report OF The
| committee ,ol privileges ana elections III
| regard TO Douglas county contests hereto
fore adopted by this house contained
| among things a finding of fact that said
contestants, john O. Yciser, John II Tay-
lof, John Fit2roberts and c. w. Baldwin,
were guilty of bribery at the election at
TGfiien TGfi they calm TO nave been chosen to
Influenced votes at said election, therefore,
Resolved, That the house of representa-
! tive5 of the state of Nebraska in Twenty
| fifth session assembled, hereby declares the
four seats heretofore contested for hy said
| ICiser, Taylor, Eitzroberts and Baldwin OF
| Douglas county vacant for the remaining
portion of the said Twenty-hfth session.
Grosvenor moved to lay the amendment on
the table. Before the majority element
| grasped the fact that motion to table car.
rled the motion of Hull along with it, several
of them voted aye Members of the populist
! steering committee soon set them right, and
the motion to table was lost by vote of
| GA to 49,
! SOME MORE EXPLANATIONS.
Winslow raised the point of order that
motion to reconsider was the only
one that could be entertained and that Jen-
klns' amendment was out of order. Speaker
| Gaifin sustained the point Of order.
Wheeler got the floor and said that he be-
| lieVed the contestants were guitless of any
| crime. Clark of Lancaster said that,
| Wheeler had on Saturday last voted agains.
| uDSratinp thp wa he
should now reverse himself as juror.
| Hull said he did not care to reopen the
! case But when he finished a short speech
Wooster did, practically, reopen the case for
| the purpose of explaining his position on
| Saturday last Wooster. however, was cut
off Immediately by a point of order that
the case had been finally disposed of.
| Speaker Gaiiin sustained this, and said the
| question was on HulIs motion to invite the
chief justice to swear in the new members.
This was carried by viva voce vote.
Speaker Gafin appointed as a committee
to wait on the chief justice Gerdes, Dobson
and Rouse.
Three of the new members, Geiser, Bald
win and Fitz Roberts, were brought before
the bar of the house and took the oath
swearing that they had not in any way in
fiuenced voters in aid of their election. j.
III. Taylor as was stated by the sergeant-at-
arms, was not present, being unavodably
detained away.
NHen lHlS ceremony was over JiarK OF
Richardson rose to a question of privilege.
He read from local morning paper an at
tack which he resented. The article charged
him with going into the caucus and speak
ing in favor of the contestees Burman Cox.
Grow and Butler, and then voting for the
majority report to oust them. Clark denied
that he had made any such speech in the
caucus. Clark sat down, but Immediately
was on his feet again to another question of
privilege. He said that the Omaha World
Herald, on Sunday morning last, had
quoted him as having said to Mr. Burman
ITO hell with the supreme court" This was
news to him as well as to Mr.. Burman. He
had never said any such thing.
TIME FOR THE WOMEN.
A number of bills were read for the second
time and referred to committees.
Stebbins moved that Mrs Clara Berwick
Colby, president of the Nebraska Woman's
Suffrage association be given twenty min.
utes tomorrow to address the house on the
memorial to congress in behalf of an amend |
ment to the federal constitution aboishng
as a qualification for the elective fran
chise. The motion prevailed.
Jones of Gage moved that 10000 copies of |
the evidence in the Douglas county contest !
cases be printed for free distribution. Hull |
objected to- this. He said he was not afraid |
to have the evidence go before the public, but |
he objected to the expense. Stebbins moved |
amendment that 10000 copies of the mi
nority report be printed. No one voted for
this. The question then recurred on the
original motion to print 10000 copies of the
evidence. Fernow moved to lay the motion !
on the table. Roll call had been demanded |
and Rouse raised the point of order that Fer
now's motion could not be entertained The
speaker held the point we'll taken and roll
call proceeded, with the following result:
Ayes, 20; nays, 60. The speaker declared the
motion lost.
In explaining his vote Jenkins said he was
Glad In ah1n tO vote with his friap1 |
Dobson. He was willing to go to any ex-
pense in exposing the villainy in unseating
four honest gentlemen in this house and
seating others He voted aye. Roddy of Otoe
voted the same way and for the same cause.
Sutton of Pawnee. in explaining his vote,
denounced the action Of the house in unseat-
ing the members unconstitutional and
revolutionary. He voted aye. Clark of Rich
ardscn voted no because he said he believed
this house was fully competent to seat its
own members without regard to the rest of
the state.
Permission was granted to the Lincoln
Fire department to hold its annual charity
ball in the hall on the evening of February IS.
The house then adjourned until a. m. to-
morrow
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
The following bills were read for the first
time:
BY Winslow, house roll No. $40, to amend
80 Of chapter lxxxyi OF Of the Complied
OF NeDTaSKt OF 1879, relating to ,
fees for conveying prisoners.
BY ID. N. Jones. house roll No. 347, for
the relief of Josephus w Brush,
TO the powers of cities and villages con-
amend section 61 of chapter xii-a; subdi-
vision xiii of section G1, of article l. of
chapter xiii-a: section Is of article XII of
chapter Niii-a; subdivision xiv of section 60
LSs 14O, l41 142, of article OF chapter XIV;
subdivision xvil Of section 80 of article ii
Of chapter xiv of the Compiled Statutes
FOR the year 1895, and to repeal said orig n
nal sections and subdivisions specified
By Wright, house roll No. 3i9, to amend &
section II of article vii of chapter lxXii of ,
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska 1895, and =
10 repeal said section, and to repeal Sec q
ion 20 of article viii of chapter lXXvi |
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska of 1896. c
By Grandstalf, house roll No $50, to re- G
zeal sections and ga of chapter xvii of c
Compiled Statutes Of Nebraska, entitled /
Fees" J
BY Morrison, house roll No. 35l, for the '
elief of Mrs. B. McKell. =
10Y is SHOT WITH HIS OWN GUN.
His Leg is'AmDutnted ana the Physi-
clans Fenr that Death May Result.
BEATRICE, Neb,, Feb 1.-(Special Tele-
ram,)-Willlam Girl the 15-year-old son
I Peter Girl, living at Hamilton, seven
nlles east of this city on the Rock Island,
net with frlghtful accident yesterday
ffAm