Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-13
HOUSE HEARS FROM THE CONTEST.
Douglas County Republicans to he
Put on the Defensive.


Put on the Defensive.
LINCOLN, Jan. 2.-(Special.) )-The house
today reached bills on second reading. and
thirty-elght measures were ground through
the mill. Today 1t was demonstrated that
the house purposes to sit down heavily on
any attempt to allow bills to be introduced
out of their order and by unanimous con-
sent. Cronk's bill, house roll No. 50, in
corporates the movement to prohibit sound
money democrats from securing recognition
on election ballots. Soderman of Phelps is
on hand with a woman suffrage measure.
Its provisions do not include the privilege
to vote at general elections for the entire
ticket, but only for certain officials.
The Douglas county election contest was
sprung in the house by a communication from
Secretary OF State Piper. jenkins of Jeffer-
son will lead in the defense of the repub-
lican contestees.
Two bills were introduced by Edison Rich
House roll No. go authorizes the printing Of
applications for saloon licenses in any news
paper Of general circulation.
The provisions of the measure, is enacted
Into law, will do away with any RESPONSE
bility on the part of the Omaha Fire and
Police commission of passing upon the ques-
tion OF circulation which may be raised by
any paper in the city. House roll No. 63,
by Rich, relates to the construction of roads
Tomorrow the first session OF the commit
tee of the while will be held, and the earlier
bills, thirty eight of them, will come up for
debate
Chaplain Mailley this morning prayed that
the members of the house might demon
strate that they were neither anarchists
nor fools. A good portion of the journal
was read before Wooster Of Merrick shut
II off with a motion to dispense with It,.
Foulie of Gage, on behalf of humanity,
moved that Colonel Hoagland be given ten
minutes in which to address the house on
the merits of the curfew law. applied to
cities in Nebraska. Wooster and Pollard
opposed the motion on the ground that no
bill covering the curfew law was yet before
the house. When a vote was taken. how
ever, 1t was found that the house was largely
in favor of granting ten minutes time to
Colonel Hoagland.
The colonel spoke in glowing terms OF the
merits of the curfew law, and said a bill
had been prepared and would be submitted
to the legislature making the matter a state
affair, and amenable to state laws.
RULES COMMITTEE REPORTS.
jenkins, from the committee on rules, OF
which the speaker is chairman, reported that
the rules of 1895 had been adopted. with
several amendments and elminatons. The
house Immediately fell into a wrangle over
the change in rule 10. As IL stood it gave
the privilege to each member TO refrain from
voting AS changed II compebs each mem
Der to vote on all bills and questions.
Wooster and Loomis opposed the change, but
1t was the sense OF the house that there
should be no skulking. and the change went
through by a large majority on a viva yoce
vote.
In the midst OF the debate on house rules
changes, the secretary of the senate appeared
and informed the speaker that the senate
had appointed committee to act with a like
committee from the house to consider the
question of printing 1000, 1000 or 5000
copies Of the governors message.
ON FIRST READING.
The report of the committee on rules was
adopted and the speaker announced that the
Introduction of bills was in order. This
brought the following:
BY Smith of Douglas, house roll No. 49,
to regulate the practice of the art of mid
wlfery in the state of Nebraska.
BY Snyder, house roll No. 40, to prohibit
the issuance of free transportation to per-
sons by the railroads within the state of
Nebraska.
BY Snyder, house roll No Al, to provide
for the transportation of certain officers
over railroads In the state of Nebraska.
BY Cronk house roll No. AZ, to enable
irrigation districts having no outstanding
Indebtedness 10 discontinue their organiza-
tion.
BY shul, house roll No. 49, to amend sec
tion 23Ol chapter xviii entitled County and
County Omcers:" sections 2i0l. 2lll and
2lS9 chapter xix. entitled Courts"
BY Shull. house roll No. 49, to amend sec
tlons 1888, and 1876, chapter Nl entitled
INSANE" Compiled Statute of 1895. and to
repeal said original sections.
BY Shull, house roll No. 46 TO amend sec