Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
LEGISLATURE QUITS
Twenty-sizth Annual Session Finally SEES
Its Finish,
ADJoURNS AT SIX O'CLOCK P, NJ. SUNDAY
Continuous Session INDUCED In Since
Friday Morning,
MEMBERS WORN OUT WITH THE LONG HOURS
Last Fight Comes Over Paying The Claims of
Newspapers
DISTRICT COURT FEE BILL GOES THROUGH
Dignity of the senate Receives u
Rude shock During the Closing
Hours-Housc Adjourns
in Rush.
,IsTRlCT COURT FEE BILL GOES THROUGH

LINCOLN, April 2.-(Spocial Teegram.)-
The last legislative day of the twenty y-sixth
session, which has been continuous since
Friday morning, came to an end this even
ing at O'Clock. when the enrolling clerks
of the house finished up the bills and pre-
sented them to the officers of the house for
signatures.
AS soon as II. r. sol was signed by the
speaker of the house a committee consisting
of Hurris Sturgess and Blake was appointed
to wait on the senate and notify 1t that the
house was ready to adjourn. The coBlmittec
performed it's duty and was met with ap-
plause in the senate. A few minutes later
the house adjourned sine die without wait
ing for the appearance of senate commit
| tee.
The day had been one of very hard work
| for the clerks in the house enrolling room,
Some of them had worked all night and
| the Others had taken but a few hours rest.
The claims bills, district clerk fee BILL anti
! corruption election bill and the general ap-
preparation bill were the last to be finished,
the last mentioned not having been reached
| by the clerks until after 1 o'clock.
| When the house adjourned there were
probably twenty-five members and fifty en-
| ployes and visitors present to witness the
ceremony, which was devoid of speech
| making or other incident. The last bills to
| be signed were transmitted to the governors
office, and in the absence of the executive,
who went home late in the afternoon to get
| some rest they were taken in charge by
! Private Secretary Jewell.
Having been informed by the chairman
of the house engrossing and enrolling com
| mittee that the bills passed could not possi-
| bly, all be enrolled before noon today, the
members betook themselves to bed, after
| agreeing to return at IL o'clock this morn
| ing At that hour the enrolling clerks were
still hard at work on the bills and another
at ease" TIL o'clock was taken. The en-
| rolling OF bills was not completed until after
6 O'Clock. Upon being reported to the senate
/ President Gilbert concluded the last busi-
ness of the session by attaching his sigma
ture.
Senate Adjourns.
| At 612 the committee of the house re-
ported that the house had concluded
| its labors and was ready for final adjourn
| ment. A few minutes later the committee
on enrolled and engrossed bills reported that
| it had delivered the remaining bills to the
governor for his signature. Senators Tai
bot, Smith and Reynolds were appointed as
a committee to notify the house that the
! senate had completed its labors and was
ready to adjourn. After thanking the mem
bers for their courtesies and kind consIdera-
ton for the chair during the session. Presi-
| dent Gilbert declared the twenty-sixth ses-
sion of the senate of the Nebraska Iegisla-
! ture adjourned sine die. The gavel fell at
! 6:19.
| The dignity of the senate received a rude
| shaking up as the hours of night advanced
toward the morning light. The necessity
| or a conference committee upon each an
preparation bill to settle differences between
| the Two bodies gave the members some
thlng to look after while they were wait
| ing for the enrolling of the bills, SO that
| they might be signed in open session by
| the presiding officers. The time between re-
| ports of the conference committees was
| put in by rough and tumble exercises as
well as by singing patriotic and POPULAR
airs. The last conference committee was on
H. X. SOB. The senate had made some six
| teen amendments to the bill The prin-
| cipal fight over the amendments to that
| BILL was upon the allowance of the news
paper claims against the state. The sew
eral daily papers Of the state that had
! printed the amendments to the legislature
| proposed two years ago had been refused
| pay by the legislature because they were
republican papers and the disposition of the
senate was to strike out their claims as
allowed by the house. The first confer
en2e committee favored paying the repuh-
| lican papers reduced amounts and disallow-
! ing the others, but the house refused to con-
cur in the amendments and a new commit
| tee was named.
| Claims Allowed.
| 1t was finally agreed to pay The Bee
| 200 and the Journal 81 200 while the five
dailies of Beatrice, Pattsmouth Norfolk,
Nebraska City and Grand Island were al
! lowed $500 each. II almost 4 o'clock
! when the last conference report was sub
mitted to the senate, President Gilbert had
! gone home to rest and President Pro TEN
| Talbot occupied the chair Prout OF Gage
made a fight against the report OF the con-
| ference committee. He thought the Beat
rice paper ought to receive the full amount
! Of tho claim; that the claims were right
! or they were wrong, If the former, they
| should be paid in full II wrong they
should be entirely dsallowed. The mem
! bors were worn out however, and when
| the news came from the house that the con-
! ference report had been adopted the senate