Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-02
LAWMAKERS STILL HANG ON
Legislators Continue Their Session Into
Early Morning Hours,
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS BILL
Two Houses EndcnVoring TO Get To-
Eethcr on the Measurc-SaIary
Appropriation Bilt Is
Finally Passed.
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS BILL

LINCOLN, April Especial TelcgramO
After a two days struggle against the
juggling tactics that we're employed by the
Tremendous lobby II. r. 2jl the bill to reg
uiate the fees of district clerks came to the
surface in The senate a. o'clock this even
ing. The arrangement had been made to fur
ther delay the bill by neglecting to have the
amendments printed. and this trick was at
tempted by one Of the clerks in conjunction
with the printing office. But the conspirators
wcrc surprised % find printed amendments
on their desks when Senator Noyes sue
ceeded in resurrecting the bill on final
passage the bill resolved q votes, with none
against it, The senator who proposed the
amendments that delayed the bill this aft
ernoon sat in his seat and failed to vote on
the final passage. The senators who were
absent or not voting were: Allen, Grow,
Dunn, Farrell, Gifert. Hannibal, Holbrook,
Howard. Kuepper, O'Neill, Prout and Steele.
The bill was transmitted to the house and
Grosvenor moved that the house do not con-
cur In the senate amendments This was de-
feated and the amendments we're concurred
in by an overwhelming vote.
Session Opens at Vine.
The members Of the senate reported in the
legislative chamber at 9 o'clock this morn
ing after a much h-needed rest. Crow OF
Douglas moved that the senate 60 into
committee Of the whole on II. r. 6O3. He
withdrew his motion to allow bills on third
reading to come up
II r. 3i7, creating a state registry Of
brands and marks and state brand and
mark committee. was passed by a vote OF
25 to o.
H. r. 2lO providing for the organization
and control of building and loan assocIa-
tions. passed by the same vote, % to 0.
when H. r. 2j1. the bill fixing the salaries
of clerks OF the district court, came up on
third reading Prout Of Gage moved that the
bill be recommitted for a specific amend
ment raising the salary of the Gage county
clerk to $4,000 per year
Van Dusen Of Douglas offered an amend
ment to the amendment to adopt the com
mittee amendments raising the Douglas
county clerk to $1,000 and the Lancaster
clerk to SO. 500 Some objections were read
to the form OF the motion and a substitute
was dri wn up that was satisfactory. The
senate went into committee of the whole at
once to adopt the amendment which limits
the Douglas county district court clerk to
an annual salary of $1,000 Lancaster, $500,
Gage and Adams SO 900 and in all counties
of less than p 600 inhabitants, $1,000 The
committee arose upon adopting these
changes
feDOTt On fff.
The report of the conference committee
on II R. 444 was presented. The changes
agreed upon are as follows: Deputy secre-
tary ci state and deputy superintendent of
public instruction. from 81 800 to Sl,5O0; ad-
jutant general. salary 1900 to Sl,350; re-
place the steuoGraphers in the Labor Bureau
at $500 and add a stenographer in he in
eurance department at $500: salary of the
superintendent at the Beatrice institute,
from 81 coo to 81 900, and restoring teach
ers to $500 each per annum. The senate
adopted a motion ordering 1000 extra copies
of Adjutaut General Barry's report to be
printed.
The house reported that the senate amend
ment. raising the university salary appro-
priations from S21O.OOO to S242, 500, had not
been agreed upon and asked a further con-
ference The senate authorized the same
conference committee, Talbot, Currie and
Farrell, to confer again.
Other bills passed were H. r. 1873 and 65.
II r. 1S3 is the bill regulating licenses for
pawnbrokers. II. r. 60 relates to mechan-
les and labOrers liens. H. r. 31S compels
fire escapes TO be erected on all buildings
four stories or more in height. II. r. 40
appropriates S3.50O TO William c. Peterson.
H. R. 4lS. 254. 1874 and 30 were passed.
II. r. 4l3 reduces the number OF justices
OF the peace in Lincoln from three to two.
H r. 254 removes the statute of limitation
relating TO suits by municipal authorities
10 recover possession Of any public road.
street or alley H. r. ls4 is the Olmsted
corrupt practices bill. II. R. so changes the
time when city school boards take their
seats from the first Monday in July to the
first Monday in May.
The senate upon motion Of Talbot re-
seinded its action censuring Colonel Stotsen-
bprp and ordered the
journal Senator Miller alone voted no"
The conference committee reported the
joint conference committee had unani-
mously agreed not to recede on the uni
versity amendments
The clerk Of the house reported that the
house had discharged its committee and
named a new one.
The senate went into committee OF the
whole on H. r. 600 and 457.
Afternoon Session.
The senate. after noon breathing spell