Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE.
Busy Day is Put in Clearing Up the
Calendar.

Calendar.
LINCOLN, March 9.-(Special.) when
the house met this morning the question of
adjournment at once came up. Yesterday
afternoon the members had decided against
concurrence with the senate in the matter
of taking a vacation, but during the night
some of the members had changed their
minds and concluded they would like to go
home few days. Besides, it had become
apparent that the final settlement of the
senatorial struggle had so unsettled the ses-
sion on legislative matters that few days
rest was imperative. In the attempt to re-
consider the action Of yesterday, however,
the house got into a parliamentary tangle
that lasted over an hour,
The point Of order was raised that under
the rules a two-thirds majority was re-
quired to reconsider an action already taken
and the requisite number of votes was not
forthcoming. One of the members moved
that this rule be suspended and it was
found that this could be done by ma
jority of the members elected. Numerous
protests here came in that the two rules
were inconsistent. The chair held that they
should be enforced as long as they were in
the rule book, and on the vote declared that
the first rule had been suspended. At first
there was a move to appeal from the de-
cision of the chair, but this was withdrawn.
The house then voted to take an adjourn
ment this evening over, to Tuesday fore
noon, after voting down motion to hold a
session tomorrow.
Standing committees reported to the gen
eral file H. r. 1885, 374, 40, 5S3, 543, 516, 557
577, 5S1, $50, 592, 594, 59S, 6O4, COS, 61O, 613
4O6, 1876, 5S7, 4S3, SGT, 597, $40, Sal, 349, 553
STA, 54S, 434, AIT. SCI, $780, and s. F. 10, 800
1873. 1856, 81, 20, 100 and 1872. S. F. 1O3 was
ordered engroesed for third reading.
The following bills were indefinitely post
poned: H. R. 547 512, 555, 1916, $40, 20S SIG
226, 44O, 451, 463, 427, 476, 500, 529, $40, 5S4
25S, 4l6, 2O9, 562, 379, 514, 521, $50, and S. F.
So and 101.
These reports added forty-three additional
bills to the general file, running the full
number up to 25l that must be considered
or otherwise disposed of.
On motion of Rouse of Hall the secretary
of state was directed to print in some handy
form list of all the appropriations for
the various state departments and institu-
lions made by the last four sessions.
Mccarthy of Dixon offered resolution
recitng the fact that the chief OF the Gu
rolling and engrossing room was holding
down two positions at once and only re-
ceiving Fay at the rate of SO per day, while
the officer performing the same duties in
the senate received 81 per day; it was there
fore resolved that the house clerk be al
lowed 81 per day, to date from the begin
ming Of the session.
This was a resolution almost exactly the
same as one voted down a few days ago
and 1t stirred up debate at once. Among
those who opposed the resolution was Chair
man Milbourn of the committee on engrossed
lnI hi
the clerks were doing double work. The
resolution was defeated on roll call by a
vote of So to 36.
After recess the house took up bills on
third reading and passed the following:
II. r. 20, the bill by Mann of Saline, re-
quiring mortgage companies to maintain
agencies within the state to whom payments
might be made; II. r. 264, the bill appro-
priating $35 900 for an addition to the State
Normal school at Peru.
III. r. 191, the Weaver bill creating an in
surance commission and regulating insur-
ance companies, was passed by a vote OF
Sc to 2. The members voting against the
bill were Chttenden and Hardy.
During the reading of Fl. r. 191 an in
cident occurred which caused some uneasi-
ness among the friends of the bill. Clark
left the chair temporarily, calling upon Zell-
ers to preside in his absence. A moment
later Detweiler noticed that the time had
arrived for a special order on one OF the
bills in which he was particularly inter
ested, and interrupted the reading to call
attention to the fact and to suggest that
the special order be taken up. Weaver
moved that the special order be deferred un-
til Tuesday, and this carried without oppo-
sition. The clerk then resumed the reading
of the insurance bill.
When Weaver realized that record show
ing intervening business during the reading
of bill would cause its defeat he called the
attention OF the chair to the matter, and
was informed that the record would show
that the motion about the special order
came In before the reading was commenced
s, F. 1903, by Steele of Jefferson an act to
amend section l6 and section 10 of chapter
vii of the Compiled Statutes OF 1897 was
passed by vote of rs to /. The bill re-
quires county attorneys to follow the case
where change of venue Is taken and provides
for payment of expenses.
IL. r, 27O, by Wilcox OF Lincoln. bill to
permit cities TO appeal from judgment with
out giving bond, was passed by vote OF 75
to /.
II. r. 16S, by Fisher of Dawes, an act to
require public officers having charge OF
public funds to publish an annual financial
statement, was defeated by a vote OF 25 to
so.
II. Il. 240, by Detweiler OF Douglas, an act
to amend section 21 OF subdivision II. chap
ter xxx, OF the Compiled Statutes of 1897
relating to schools, was passed by a vote OF