Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

other measures as might be called up. Rey-
nolds Of Dawes was called to the chair.
5. +. 120 is a bill to provide for securing
and holding city parks by cities Of the sec
ond class also to improve and control parks.
Van Dusen OF Douglas moved that the
bill be indefinitely postponed. He said the
bill repealed a part OF the 1896 act. which
gave cities Of from 5000 to $4,000 inhab-
itants the power TO have parks, which act
had already been taken advantage OF by
South Omaha and other cities. He did not
want the legality OF park improvements and
boards now in existence placed in jeopardy.
Senator Fowler spoke In favor cf the bill,
saying II made slight amendments to the
1895 law.
Senator Van Dusen thought the bill could
be amended to give cities of the second class
park privileges and still preserve the law
OF 1895 concerning cities Of from 5000 to
25,OOO people. He withdrew his motion to
postpone and offered another motion that
when the committee arose it report progress
and ask leave to sit again, which carried.
s. Fs. 81 and SO we're recommended for
passage They are curative acts.
S. + 81 amends the laws concerning the
formation of mutual insurance companies TO
insure against hail. 1t strikes out the word
growing" and allows insurance upon all
crops whether growing or in the shock. An
! other change allows the election of officers
for one, two or three years according to
their local bylaws, instead of only one year.
The bill was recommended for passage, after
which the committee arose.
; The noon hour having arrived, Van Dusen
of Douglas moved that the senate adjourn
till Monday at IL O'Clock
Talbot of Lancaster said he knew debate
was not allowable on a motion to adjourn,
but asked unanimous consent to say few
words. He believed that under the law
enacted by congress governing the election
of a senator the senate ought to proceed to
the other house for the usual joint assem-
bly, and take ballot on senator.
In reply Senator Van Dusen said that the
Legislature was not in session. but only the
senate-one branch of the legislature-and
ballot on senator could only be taken
when both branches were in session. By
way of illustration he said If the senate
went over to the house and the presi-
dent called the joint assembly together there
might be found over there a number of
members of the house favorable to a certain
candidate for senator, and they would in
sist upon their right to cast a vote at the
joint session, even though the speaker had
not called a session of the house together
on this date. He thought ii would com
plicate matters less to stay out of joint
assembly today than to hold one.
The chair announced that no affirmative
action was needed to call joint assembly
together The law provided that joint as
sembly should be held every day at noon
till a senator was elected, and the fact that
the senate marched ever in body was mere
form and not essential. He intimated that
when the noon hour arrived he was author
lied to proceed to the house and rap a joint
assembly to order and if quorum of bott
branches was present no matter how they
got there, they could elect a senator
Senator Talbot said with that explana-
tion from the chair he would withdraw his
objections to the motion to adjourn. Tht
motion prevailed, and the senate adjourned