Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-04

vinegar The bill was reported for pas
| sage as amended.
House roll No 150. by Hull, Is a similar
measure. regulating the manufacture and
| sale OF cider and to prevent its adulteration.
The bill was reported for passage.
ON woMAN's SUFFRAGE.
| The hour having arrived for the special
| order the chief clerk read house roll No. SO.
1 by Soderman II provides for an act enabling
| women possessing the necessary qualifca-
| tions to vote for certain purposes, and re-
peals any law inconsistent herewith. It
provides that any woman OF the age OF 21
years and upwards is authorized to vote for
| all officers and questions submitted to vote
OF the people, except those voted for at a
general election. jenkins moved that the
| bill be recommended for passage Robertson
amended this to the effect that 1t be in
| definitely postponed The bill Se printed
authorized women to vote only for municipal
| officers. II was this narrow scope of the
measure that caused many to speak against
IL. jenkins announced himself a recent
convert to the cause of woman suffrage
He admitted that he had spoken in this
house in opposition to such measures. As
a first step in the reform he believed this
bill should be recommended to pass.
Soderman, author of the bill made an
| extended speech in favor OF his measure He
said that woman who could read, write
and pay taxes was far better qualified for
the elective franchise than the ignorant
foreigner.
"Crawishes." said Snyder of Sherman.
invariably go backward Not being a
crawfish | am in favor OF going forward.
II there Is man In this house who does
not admit that he owes the elements of his
manhood to his mother l am ready to kick
him down stairs And yet, am not spoil
Ing for fight AS Snyder IL the oldest
member OF the house. having passed his
seventy-ffth year, his remarks were greeted
Wheeler and Yelser gave the measure
hearty support.
WOOSTER SPEAKS AGAINST IT
wooster said Queen Victoria did not rule
England. That was left for the prime min
listers. When Gladstone had filled that office
ne ne ruled England Now It was Lord Sails
bury. How he said would woman
look presiding In Lincoln as police Judge,
and trying tough cases?' Then Wooster
quoted St Paul against the proposition to
permit women to vote. The bible through
out. he contended, was arrayed against the
enfranchisement of the weaker sex. He did
not desire to unsex woman. He was opposed
to making men out of women, or women
out of men. This bill, he contended, was
but an opening wedge. 1t was proposed by
this bill to grant women municipal suffrage
The next step would be to give them univer-
sal suffrage.
Sheldon OF Dawes made an eloquent reply
the bill
Robertson's motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost by vote of 5S to H. The bill was
then amended by attaching an emergency
clause. and providing that women could vote
for irrigation bonds. The committee then
recommended the bill for passage
House roll No. 1877, by Hull, provides that
every railroad company shall have power to
cross, intersect or unite with any other
.y ra,iway Gompanys lines at any point on ito
route. 1t amends section 562 of Cobbey's
consolidate Statutes for 1891. and repeats
the section The measure was recommended
for passage.
WooSTER'S COIN CONTRACT BILL.
Wooster's bill. house roll No. 1854 as
amended, reads:
Section l.. Gold coin and standard silver
dollars of the United States of standard
weight and fineness shall be tender in
vate. p'S anu pr
Wooster said that the object of his bill
WGs to prevent gold contracts being made.
ne admitted that the measure could not
afect contracts already made but would
apply to such contracts in the future. The
bill was recommended to pass
The committee then rose and reported.
, me report of the committee on house
roll NO. 81, the woman suffrage bill was
adopted by vote Of 66 to a.
sutton of Pawnee moved that the report
or the committee on Woosters legal tender
phi be nonconcurred in. and the measure
indefinitely postponed. This was defesteG
by vote of 60 to 27
Webb, chairman of the committee on print
ing, reported that OF the first 400 bills
printed but 300 copies were supplied by
Jacob North. instead OF. 500, as provided In
the contract. North had agreed to print $50
copies more Of the missing bills. The re-
port recommended that North be paid only
Tor the 300 copies furnished Jenkins moved
that the report Of committee be received and
that the committee be continued and author
motion prevailed.
The house then adjourned till 10 a. m. to-
morrow " w