Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-03
Nebraska Senate is Pound to Have One
This Time.
BILL RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE
Committees Measure Goes Through with
Slight Amendments,
DISCUSSION TAKES A WIDE RANGE
Whole Gamut Of Economics is Travelled
During the Day.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE A TIE
Last Vote on the Amendment to Rcc-
Ommcnd Indefinite Postpone
ment Lost by u Tech
nicnlity.

%nicnIity.
LINCOLN, March 2.-(Speclal.)-The sem
ate wrestled with the stock yards bill today
and after a consideration In OF
the whole which consumed practically the
entire day a bill to regulate stock yards
was for passage. The course
of the bill was INSTRUCTED step by step by
Ransom, and he was seconded by Talbot,
Howell, Farrell of Merrick and Johnson OF
Clay. On the other band, the bill was
pushed to favorable recommendation by
Gondring of Platte, MUTT of Keya Paha
and Murphy of Gage. Early in the session
the bill was introduces by Senator Grothan
of Howard county. 1t was referred to the
committee on agriculture. The committee
on agriculture threw away Grothan's bill
and reported a substitute bill, which was
considered today. Four members of the COM
mittee brought in a minority substitute bill,
but this bill, while referred to the COM
mittee of the whole, failed to receive any
consideration. The bill, as finally agreed
upon by the committee of the whole, makes
the following general provisions:
1. All stock yards doing business in the
state, and which have an average daily
receipt of not less than 100 head of cattle
or 500 head of hogs, or 800 head of sheep,
are declared to be public markets.
2. 1t Is made unlawful for the owner,
manager or proprietors of any such stock
yards to charge for loading, unloading.
than the following: For cattle, 20 cents
per head; for calves, $ cents; for hogs, q
cents; for sheep, 4 cents. There is to be
only one yardage charged, and 1t is made
unlawful Tor any stock yards to make any
other or further charge or rates to the
owner or shipper of live stock than in
this section specified.
8. The price of hay is fixed at so cents
per 100 above the market price and of
corn 90 cents per Dushel ABOVE the market
price.
A. owners of stock yards are required to
make an annual itemized and sworn state
ment to the secretary or state, showing
the number of head of cattle, calves, hogs,
: sheep, horses and mules received, together
with a statement of the gross receipts and
[ expenses. 3D.,
5. The penalty for violating the provisions
r Of the law is fixed at a fine of s1oO for the
first offense. 500 for the second and $500
county Jail not exceeding six months for
each, offense, or by both such fine and
S imprisonment.
e RANSOM IN A ROW.
o Just before the committee rose Howell's
amendment was put 10 a vote and the cor
~rectness of the clerks count was challenged
. by both friends and opponents of the bill.
s Three Standing votes were taken and still
+ both sides refused 10 be satisfied. Then a
roll call was ordered in committee of the
whole. The first roll call YVES challenged
and Ransom charged that the clerk had pur-
posely juggled the vote, A scene followed
a in which the lie was all but passed between
senator and clerk. The affair received it's
TX finishing touch tonight at the Lincoln hotel
N shortly before . o'clock, when a personal
encounter occurred in the hotel lobby be-
=, tween Senator Ransom ana w. M. Clary,
clerk Of the committee of the whole. RAN
sem stood In front of the clerks counter
In talking with Casper e. Vest of Omaha in
le regard to the vote in the senate, when Clary
a came up and with some excitement in his
le manner began to rehearse the events OF the
Mt afternoon in the senate. Ransom twice warned
ne Clary to stay away, as he wanted no trouble
at but at the same time he repeated his state
RS ment that Clary had Intentionally perverted
as the roll call. Hot words followed, and then
is Clary called the Douglas county senator a
ly liar. No sooner did Clary apply the epithet
IL than Ransom slapped him in the face Will
s. his open hand. The two men clinched anc
tie a number of hard blows passed between them
We before they were separated by Louis j
Id Patti of Omaha, who threw himself between
OF them at the first blow. Ransom is a mucl
larger and heavier man than Clary and came
OF out Of the conflict unmarked, but Clary wal
a considerably cut up and his face bled pro
IL, fusely from the blows he had received.
~ The hotel ro;unda was crowded at tn,
e. time. and the encounter took place in tn,
d presence of the judges of the supreme court
the mayor and chief of police of Lincoln an
a large number Of prominent citizens iron
other parts of the state.
The senate galleries and Hobbies wer
W IV SNAiNAN
packed by a large audience all afternoon an
many Of the speakers were roundly al
ng plaudei. 7
ed, HNN'oM "E"
been called to order this morning by Senate
III Watson, Ransom made an emphatic prote!
zen against considering the stock yards bill. II
TVS asserted that the journal had been made u
wrong and that instead of being made
tic. special order for 10 o'clock, the hour real
an - -. H. .orotn a. D niplnnls thi2 afta
is noon. The original journal entry made La
Of Saturday evening was produced and 1t va
gen clearly shown that the hour fixed was
Tue o'clock.
re- some little time WAS consumed by Il
us clerk in reading the bills. The origin
bill introduced by Senator Grothan was huI
plemented by a bill prepared by a majori
ns' of the committee on agriculture and al
by one offered by a minority OF that cor
IN mittee. As soon as the reading Of the oil
had been completed Mr.. Graham, populist
ted Frontier, sent to the clerks desk and hi
ore read an amendment which was really a su
on stitute for all bills already under consider
so ton. Thus the committee had four sepaFa
cir stock yards bills before It,
'H AS soon as the reading of Graham's su
stitute had been completed, dondriAg
arc Platte moved that when the committee n
il recommend the bin prepared by The m
Su iorlty of the agricultural committee
passed. thus ignoring Graham's amendine
entirely, Points of order we're raised
Ransom, Grotlan. Johnson and others.
of which confused the situation a.
threatened for a time to entangle the sona
nat in one of those mazes in which II has f.
"uantIy lost itself since the present sessi
and began.
the FRS TO Il STRAIGHT.
zen Howell suggested that Graham's suhsutu
be withdrawn and the original bill taken
section by section and then GrahanIs anne
ments offered Geclion by section, Here Ia
the som who had taken a desk at the head
yaal the center aisle, began a discussion OF I
was whole stock yards QUESTION, explaining
NON eflects Of each section OF the Substitute
~ ~ some little time when he was interrupted
MT Dundas, who rose to TIE point OF ore
iia n that Inc senator from Douglas was not spec
n ing TO any question before the committee
save TINS point .uieM -" n,on sorators "a,
on their feet with explanations quesl1S