Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-09

ihoubC ioll W.. % ltCtINtu % NOttS III
was declared passed.
House roll No. 1874 passed with the emer-
gency clause.
House roll No. It's was passed with the
emergency clause, Dundas alone voting in
the negative.
House roll No. 625 was passed with the
emergency clause.
House roll No. PAL was passed with the
emergency clause.
The senate receded from it's amendments
to house roll No. 342.
House roll No. 500 was passed with the
emergency clause.
At IL o'clock the senate adjourned to s
o'clock in the morning.
HOUSE CLEARING UP THE FILES.
Day Spent in Passing Bills Sent from
the Scnnte.
LINCOLN, April ESPECIAL .)-After the
opening exercises this morning a messenger
from the governor announced that the execu-
tive had signed senate files Nos. las, 157, 1877
and house rolls Nos. 1873 and 1856.
Wheeler Of Furnas gave notice that he
would ask for a reconsideration Of the vote
whereby senate file No. 2 was passed yester-
day. The bill is the Halter bill, to prevent
combines between insurance companies, and
Mr. Wheeler YVES recorded as voting for the
bill.
Yeiser asked unanimous consent to offer a
resolution. Objections were raised. Soon
after Yeiser arose to make a motion and
started to read his resolution. This was de-
clared out of order, in spite of the protests
of Yeiser.
Bills on third reading were taken up and
put upon their passage.
Senate file No. 144, by Talbot of Lancaster,
to authorize the county Judge in counties
having a population of over rs 600 inhab-
itants and who has been authorized to en-
plOv one mr. mira clnvks tn designate and nm
point one Of such clerks to be clerk of the
county court, was passed without a dissent
ing vote.
Senate file No. 1899, by Feltz of Keith, to
provide for the disposition of the property
of dismembered school districts, and the
closing up of the affairs of such districts,
was passed by a vote Of SO 70 /.
During the progress of the roll call on
senate file No. 1919, Yeiser sent in an ex-
PLANTATION of his vote, and 1t was apparent
that 1t was the same resolution he had been
trying to get before the house.
Jenkins rose to a point Of order, and tried
to explain his point at length, but was in
%terrupted continually by Robertson, Shull
and Winslow, and for a time pandemonium
reigned.
Sheldon, who was In the speakers chair,
tried to protect the gentleman from Jeffer-
son until he could finish his talk, but found
it impossible to quell the confusion. After
Mr.. Jenkins had closed 1t was decided that
the reading of the explanation was in order,
the house not being able to tell what was
contained In the explanation until after ii
was read.
YEIsER GETS IN.
Clark of Lancaster inquired If this was to
be the ruling of the chair In regard to all
explanations. He was informed that such
would be the rule.
Yeiser'a explanation was read, and was as
follows:
Mr.. Speaker: For the reason that a great
many members refused to give unanimous
consent to having read the following short
but important resolution, to-wit:
Whereas, One of the greatest objections
to Representatives government is bribery
and boodle; and,
Whereas, 1t is commonly believed by
American people that paid lobbyists and
b%oodlers attend all sessions of our legis-
Whereas, If this belief is we'll founded
such lobbyists would not attend our legis-
lative sessions If they were never success
full In influencing votes; and,
Whereas, II is commonly reported that
st every ery session sxcao1eS Of this ths le aTs ,I1e this SEES ne,
to be passed In good faith. but for the
purpose of holding up corporations; and,
zens of the state would Uphold an investi-
cation of the methods and effects of the
lobby. appreciate the benefits of such in
future legislation, and would give their
highest approval OF the prosecution and
conviction of any culprit found guilty of
bribery or attempted bribery; therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That the governor is requested
to appoint a committee of three persons,
who will investigate the lobby which hos
attended this session, and II any brides
offered directly or indirectly TO Influence
the vote of any member of this legislature.
said committee to present the evidence to
the proper authorities to conduct criminal
prosecutions.