The Red Cloud chief., 1901-02-15
AM THE BILL.
state senate Fires Up the ono Defining =
Legal Newspaper.

Legal Newspaper.
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. s.--The senate
spent most Of the day In committee Of
the whole and succeeded in disposing
OF several bills. The bill defining q
legal newspaper was amended against
the wishes of its friends aud was then
recommended for passage. Quite n
large number Of reports from com
mittees were received. All the bills
against kidnapping were postponed ex.
cept Senator Ransom'S measure. which
will he accepted by the senate for pass
age as representing the best ideas.
The repeal Of the law creating a bar
btrs examining board is said to be de.
termined ON. At any rate n bill to ac-
complish that end was reported back
AFTER having been committed for
amendment. The bill wa ordered en-.
crossed for q third reading, u position
II occupied once before. IL WAS mere
~ held back in order to give the bar
bers' a hearing. Arend's forestry bill
was likewise brought forth again with
amendments and ordered l~ugrosscd for
n third reading. As amended IL does
not fix the rate of taxation for forestry
tracts, but provides that the increase
in valuation caused by the planting Of
trees shall not be- taken into consider
alton FOR the purposes OF assessment.
Ransom's bill releasing the bondsmcn
OF l.. +. Hilton, former oil inspector,
from certain interest included in q
Judgment secured by the state, was in
definitely postponed ON recommends
ton on the committee on judiciary.
An undcrcurrent Of suppressed ex.
citcment was noticeable in the house
yesterday. IL was caused by the
knowledge that the committee APP
pointed to investigate the lobby was ut
work and WAS securing what IL WAS
after. The fact sent n SILVER through
some of the members and aroused q
feeling Of interest in Others as they are
anxious that the suspicion caused by
the investigation shall be- fully allayed.
h matter was brought out more
prominently by the consideration and
postponement Of a bin which was open
ly alleged on the floor of the house to
he of a hold-up character.
~ 'oiniuittte appointed yesterday
morning as the time Of meeting. but
all the members did not get together.
Another meeting has been appointed
for today. Chairman Fowler has been
quietly at work and he has gained
information of three other bills of a
hold-up character that ave been
brought to members with requests
that they be introduced, The commit
tee served notice in the house that all
persons with information on this mat
ter should make IL known to the CON-
mittee.
The committee is to carry on its in
vestigation In private, as many names
will be mentioned that il desires to
keep from the public. In the report
to be submitted, however, the fullest
publicity will be given to all matters
that the committee deems OF impor.
tence aud where evidence is conclu.
sive.
The Investigating committee has
been put in touch with documentary
evidence that would create q sensa-
tiop were it published.
W. pNoopchco vVSpCtuoy wac
n to cause manufacturers OF paints
to print the ingredients Of the paint
on all cans OF the same used. Whit
more OF Hamilton made the open state
ment that the measure was q hold-up
bill. 1t found many champions ON it's
merits among the fusionists, and for q
time il vas doubtful whether il would
be killed. The majority opposed how
ever.
Representative left, the in%troducer,
in explaining this measure said he was
wholly innocent Of any Interior motive
in introducing the bill. II had been
handed to him, and he put il in, think
ing IL was one OF the general class Of
bills for the prevention OF the manu-
facture and sale Of ~adulterated pro-
ducts.
The house yesterday postponed =
bill providing that the allied printing
trades label shall be on all state print
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