The Red Cloud chief., 1901-02-15
A LIVELY SESSION
Nebraska House Aroused by Mr..
Sprecher's Speech.
III OBJt(TS TO NEWSPAPER CRlTl1sH


Lincoln, Feb, s.-The houss session
yesterday was lively from the outset.
As soon as the journal was read,
Sprccher OF ColfaN, ON a question Of
privilege, caused 10 be read an article
published In the Omaha Rec relating
to the position Of the minority party
On the house bill requiring the allied
printing trades label on all state prin.-
ing. The article in question charged
the minority members with being in
sincere in their friendship for union
labor. As Sprcchcr was one of the
leaders in opposition To the bin IN
purely constitutional grounds, he took
exceptions to- the article and scored
the paper in question for mis'reprc.
s%enting the position of the minority.
MIR. Sprcchcr said he vas n friend of
organized labor and that in these times
Of organized capital organized labor
was u necessity, but he said the bill
was not a good one for IL was monop-
olistic In it's tendency. lie said he OPP
posed the bill and that he would have
the nerve and back bone To stand up
and give his reasons for IL. He also
ia WV WV lNHuplltttbS
favored the measure.
Similar comments were passed by
other members and Taylor of Custer
was severe in his remarks again 81 the
paper in question. Sprecher moved to-
reconsider the vote postponing the bin
simply to have a roll call and plac e
every member on record. The vote on
this was lost because the necessary
two-thirds majority was not secured.
An incident of the day in the house
was the order to the sergeant-at-arms
To exclude the w gentlemen men
toned As lobbyists from the floor Of
the house or the lobby. They had been
seen about the hall and the speaker
mentioned the fact and gave the order
which the house agreed to ON motion
of Sprecher.
The house passed a number of bills,
among them being the series provid-
ing for the appointment Of commissions
to act with similar commissions from
Iowa, Missouri and South Dakota to
settle the boundary between these
states. Sprecher's bin To permit trans
fer of property where the person trans
ferring has an insane husband or wife,
passed. House roll No. 2, the bill be-
handed by Lancaster county, by rea.
son Of her reduced population, and
permitting county commissioners to
be elected at large in the county,
passed.
The fate of the normal school bill in
the senate remains unknown TO the
friends of the measure because IL is In
the hands of "a committee of which
Crounse of Washington is chairman.
As he is an avowed opponent Of new
normal schools there is much anxiety
expressed by those who wish to estab-
lish two new schools, In the Fifth
congressional district and another in
the Sixth district. IL Is rumored thu; 1
Arapahoe and Broken Bow are to Sc
cure the schools in case they are estab-
lished.
The senate passed four bills, two be-
ing unimportant measures intended to
cure defects in the statutes. The most
important bill passed was one author
izing the supreme court TO appoint a
commission of nine members, the APP
pointments to be made by unanim GUS
vote Of the court. 1t is reported that
the bill will he amended in the house
50 as to give the court power to call
on the district judges of the state to
perform the labors of the commission
in the event this a be done legally.
Owens, of Dawson, introduced u bin
to appropriate $50, 900 to pay the ex-
pense of boring four wells in the hope
of finding petroleum. n well to be
located at or near Lexington, one at
Chadron, one at Culbertson and one at
Omaha. Mr.. Owens has been urged by
Mr.. Warrington, of Lexington, to have
such a bill introduced. Mr.. Owens is
himself convinced that the bill has
much merit. In other states petrol
cum and gas have been discovered in
such quantities as to make the cost Of
fuel very small and he believes Ne
braska can afford TO spend something
to make similar discoveries. The wells
are to be 1000 feet deep.
The compulsory education bin intro
duced by Senator McCargar in the
senate and Mullen of the honse, applies
10 children not less than seven nor
more than fourteen years of age. They
shall attend the public day schools Tor
a period equal to t~wo-thirds the num- |
Der Of weeks the school district in
which sach person may live is required
by the laws OF the state To maintain "A
public school. In regard TO the part
requiring attendance at public day
schools a number OF, exceptions are
made.