Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-02

court cases only in original causes. was
passed by a vote of Sc TO l..
House roll ia. by Wilcox. amending the
act relating to the appointment OF supreme
court commissioners, was read. The bill was
as follows:
Section THAT section 3 OF an act en-
titled AN act authorizing the appointment
OF supreme court commissioners and defn-
ing their duties" approved March 3. 1898.
as said section was amended by an act en-
titled An act to amend section 8 OF an act
entitled An act authorizing the appoint
ment OF supreme court commissioners and
defining their duties approved March ?,
1898. and to repeal said original section"
approved March IL. 1896. be and the same
Is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
tSSection 3-The said Commissioners shall
hold office for the period OF three years from
and after their appointment, during which
time they shall not engage in the practice
OF law. They shall each receive a salary
equal to the salary Of a judge of the SUI
preme court payable at the same time and
in the same manner as salaries OF the
judges OF the supreme court are paid. Be
fore entering upon the discharge OF their
duties they shall each take oath provided
FIR in section I of article xiv Of the con-
stltution Of the state. Ali vacancies In this
commissicn shall be filled I'm like manner as
the original appointment. Provided. That
upon the expiration CT the terms Of said
commissioners as hereinbefore provided and
at the end OF each period of three years
thereafter the said supreme court shall ap-
point three persons having the same quail
f~cations as required Of thosu first appointed
as commissioners of the supreme court for
the ensuing period of three years, whose
duties and salaries shall be the same as
those OF the commissioners originally ap-
pointed"
When the roll was called on the bill 1t
was found that sixty-hve had voted for 1t
ana twenty-four against. The bill having
an emergency clause. requiring sixty-seven
votes to pass. q call Of the house was had
In order to bring in the absentees. The
call lasted for nearly an hour. when Lemar
OF Saunders came in. The call was raised
and Boulier Of Saunders and SchaSble OF
Richardson changed their votes. thus pass
ing the bill with the emergency clause.
Pollard of Cass moved that H. r. 1877,
the revenue bill. be made a special order for
next Monday afternoon. Mr.. Pollard ex-
planned that the bill had been recon-
mended for passage and was ready to be
disposed OF.
Wheeler OF Furnas moved that all other
revenue bills ne taken up at the same
time.
Sturgess Of Douglas said the revenue bill
had been printed out Of order and the house
been delayed several days while the printers
got through with the printing Of 1877. There
were other important bills worthy Of con-
sideration In their turn.
Burns Of Lancaster supported the motion
made by Wheeler. He did not want other
bEls sidetracked to make room for the Pol
lard bill.
Grosvenor OF Hamilton thought the re-
quest for the special order was reasonable
and that it would be impossible to handle
several bills at once. Weaver OF Richard
son spoke along the same line.
Easteriing OF Buffalo said the old revenue
law was we'll established and he was not In
favor OF any change except on mature de-
liberation.
Detweiler OF Douglas told of the laborious
work performed by the revenue committee
and said the members were unanimous in
the opinion that the bill ought to be taken
up as suggested by the motion made by Mr..
Pollard. There was no good reason for the
objections that were being raised.
Swan of Nemaha spoke for the original
motion and said the bill was the most i'm
portant one before the house and to take It
up Monday afternoon would be giving the
members ample time to examine the bill.
This view was also taken by Halter of
Washington. who said the consideration Of
all the bills at once would effectually pre-
vent any revenue legislation during the SEES
zion, q" new bilk Gould be crowded In to
Interfere with thH main bill. ..
Burns Of Lancaster moved that the spe-
cial order for 1877 be made for one week
from Monday. This amendment was adopted
by q vote Of SO to 20. ..
Swan OF Nemaha offered a resolution in
structing Nebraska representatives in con-
gress to vote against any future appropria-
tons tor the Omaha exposition. A motion
to table the motion was lost by a vote OF
% to IS and a motion by Olmsted to make a
special order for tomorrow morning was
carried by a vote Of 40 to 80.
A resolution declaring F. Skipton OF Fill
more county to be in contempt and ordering
his arrest was adopted.
A resolution inviting w. ]. Bryan to ad-
dress the house on the subject Of the cleo
tion of senators by a direct vote of the peo-
pie was tabled by a vote OF 43 to Al.