Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-02

| 4l4 having failed to come to an agreement
| the committee was discharged and new
one was appointed as follows: Mccarthy Of
/ Dixon. Taylor OF Custer and Nesbit OF Burt
After an hours absence this committee
returned with the report that an agreement
had been reached to allow the university
/ s23oooO for salaries. This report was
adopted by the house.
The report OF the committee appointed 10
/ investigate Prof Gillespies connection with
( the Deaf and Dumb institute at Omaha. ex-
/ oneratine Mr.. Gillespie was presented at
this time and caused a little futter and
some opposition. but was adopted by vote
| OF 81 to 2s
The question Of overtime for employees
| came up again and Pollard OF Cass moved
| that the matter be left to the judgment Of
/ the speaker OF the house and the time
/ keeper
/ Burman moved to amend that the speaker
/ be instructed to sign all claims for over
/ time.
! The speaker explained as he had once
before done that all meritorious claims for
overtime had been approved, but that there
| we're some OF the claims that ought not to
| be paid
! on roll call the motion BY Burman was
| defeated by a vote OF Il to 50 and the mo-
I tlO0 DN lOlldTu was dutpAths ne muse
members then went to supper
When the veto message came to the house
the bill was Immediately put on its pass
age. the veto OF the governor notwithstand-
ing Many of the members explained their
votes. The fusonists all sustained the gov
| ernor and the republicans. with the eXcep-
tion OF Beverly, voted to override the veto.
The vote was Yeas. 49, nays. 81. The alb
sentees we're: Bouler, Crockett, Conwell.
Detweiler. Eastman, Grafton, Grandstaff.
Haller Hardy, Harkson, Jones, Mann. Nor
rison. Peck. Smith of Butler, Taylor OF
Custer, Watson, Woodard Wright and
Young The bill failed to pass over the
veto.
The house did not concur in the amend
ments of the senate to H. R. sol and a
conference committee was appointed con-
sisting of Thompson OF Merrick Prince and
Wyman.
Up to midnight the house transacted no
business except to make the usual Internal
racket, the members making burlesoue
speeches, singing songs and throwing paper
balls at each ether In the meantime the
clerks in the enrolling room were working
hard to get the bills ready for the necessary
signatures. During the evening a resolu-
tion was sent in, signed by the employees
of the house, presenting Beverly with
gold headed cane and Burman with silver
water set. Both responded in appropriate
speeches.
H. r. 600 was passed. The conference
committee reported that it had reached an
agreement on several amendments The
amount for living expenses at the Norfolk
asylum was made $4,000 instead of s35.-
600. The amount for the hospital at Grand
! Island was made S12,5OO instead of $4,000
At the Kearney reform school 81, 900 cut off
by the senate committee was restored The
item for employees wages at the Grand
/ Island home was replaced at s12, 900 instead
OF $4,000. H. R. 600 was passed after mid
night.
The conference committee on H. R SOL
| the general appropriation bill reported that
/ an agreement had been reached shortly after
midnight. The amendments were reread
and the report of the committee was adopted
without division. A committee composed
of Pollard. Myers and Memminger was
named to wait on the governor and see IL
he had any further communications to make
At 12:3O the claims bill came over from
! the senate and the house refused to concur
/ in the amendments. A conference commit
tee consisting of Beverly, HARRISON and
Tanner was appointed
! At 2:15 the conference committee came
back to the house and the joint report on
H. P 6O3 was read. The report of the
committee was adopted, except the news
paper claims. upon which a new conference
committee was appointed consisting of
| Prince, Weaver and Evans. At this hour
the enrolling room still had on six or seven
! bills unfinished and the clerks were pretty
well tired out, so that there was little hope
| of final adjournment before 10 or II o'clock
| Sunday.