Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-28

for Sundays and week days when the house
was not in session was so promptly voted
down early in the session it was the under
standing that the employees would there
after draw straight time" The chief
clerk, who has the timekeeper and voucher
clerk in his office, concluded that it would
be unreasonable to allow pay for Sundays,
and up to date has had the vouchers drawn
for six days in the week. Up to date there
has been no open protest although there is
a move on foot to put through a resolution
toward the end of the session allowing Sun
day pay to all the employees.
On Wednesday afternoon II. r. 191, the
bill to create an insurance commission un-
der control of the governor, will be the
special order, and some opposition to the
measure is expected, having cropped out
when the bill was before the insurance com
mittee. 1t is understood that when the bill
comes up one of the friends of the auditor
will move to amend that the insurance de-
partment be consolidated with the banking
department. This would have the effect of
leaving the department under control of the
auditor, who appoints the officers of the
banking board The present secretary of the
banking board is connected with the local or
state agency of one of the foreign insurance
companies, as was shown by one Of the Palm
letters introduced in evidence in the pend
ing investigation.
Supreme Court Commissioners.
Upon the suggestion by Van Dusen of
, Douglas that the present law providing for
| supreme court commissioners would soon
cease to operate because the time the COM
! missoners We're to serve was limited, and
that II. R. ia was before the, senate ex-
tending that time for another period of three
|
mittee of the whole to discuss it. Schaal
of Sarpy offered an amendment to place the
appointive power of the commissioners in
| the hands of the governor, instead of the
judges of the supreme court themselves, but
received no second. The BILL as passed by
the house. was agreed to. 1t wifi give the
supreme court the power to appoint three
commissioners for another period of three
years. 's t 1,.'
The curative" bills passed by the senate
are farng badly in the house. When one
is up for consideration there all that is
necessary is to mention the fact that it is
a curative bill. 1t is then killed without
a protest.
The committee on municipal affairs is con-
| sidering the measures now in the senate en-
| acting a law where city plats may be va
Gated and the land returned to the tiler of
the soil. All the larger cities in the state
are interested in these bills, as a large
| amount of suburban land was turned into
| city additions during boom times but is
| now worthless for city purposes. One of the
| bills favoring such a law will be recon-
| mended to pass.
s. f. 21O, the Van Dusen revenue bill
will be the topic for discussion at several
meetings of the revenue committee, begin
ming today. The bill has not been con-
sidered prior to the present time. At a re-
! cent meeting Of the county commissioners
Of the state Senator Van Dusen and Repre-
| sentative Pollard were both called before
them to explain their bills. They decided
| to support the Pollard bill.
Engrossed copies of the resolutions OF
sympathy adopted at recent meeting of the
joint assembly, for the Nebraska soldiers
killed and wounded at Manila, have been
mailed to the commander at Manila and the
| afflicted families