Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-23
HOUSE VEXED WITH SENATE
Insists on Upper Body Doing Large Share
Of Legislative Work.
KENDALL ADVISES IGNORING MESSAGES
Sentiment IL Openly A~ppIauded. and
Motion f. Carried Ordering with
drawaI or Senate Message
Previously sent In.
fFrom a stan corresnondent.l

DIES MONIES, March 22.-(Special.)-The
house showed a spirit OF Impotence today
and insisted on the senate's doing more
work. The house resolved not to pass any
more senate bills until the senate pays
more attention to house bills. Protest was
made that a bill had been sent over to the
senate several weeks ago, having passed
the house, but the senate had paid mo at
tention to the house message, but had
passed Its own bill and messaged It over to
the house. Kendall suggested that under
the circumstances II would be we'll for the
house to ignore the senate message in all
cases and not to give heed to what the SEN
ate is doing until 1t has passed some Of
the house bills. The sentiment was openly
applauded in the house and Stratton safd 1t
met with his approval. Later a motion was
carried ordering the withdrawal from the
senate Of a message announcing the pas
sage Of a concurrent resolution relative TO
adjournment April 8. When this reached
the senate the latter body Immediately
granted the request, SO there is now before
the legislature nothing in regard to final
adjournment. The house is much farther
ahead with its work than the senate and
there Is quite a feeling in the house that
the business OF the session is being need
lessly delayed in the other body.
Invite Board of Control.
The house passed a concurrent resolution
inviting the Board of Control members TO
appear before a Joint session OF the two
bodies next Friday evening at 1880 o'clock,
for the purpose of explaining the omnibus
appropriation bill and answering questions
relative to the various state institutions
and their needs.
The bill to create a state insurance de-
| DaTtmqmt was mada n qnaNiaI 0rdar PAr naxt
Tuesday morning. The house concurred in
the senate amendments to the bill on
sherins' salaries. There is no change in the
salaries. Bills were passed legalizing acts
Of the town of ivan and action Of Spirit
Lake in a sewer contract. A bill to make
1t a misdemeanor to desecrate library prop
erty was passed. The bill to authorize
a hshway at Bonaparte dam was passed
by the house. One Of the municipal code
commission bills providing that bonds may
be issued for water works extensions was
passed.
Mr.. Hasselquist introduced the represent
stve district bill, which has been changed
making the ratio $4,000. The tic as fixed
before would allow two representative in
Des Moines county and this was not de-
sired.
Quiet Day in Senate.
The senate had barely a quorum at the
outset, but finally did SOM business. The
bill to provide for building Iowa monu-
ments at Vicksburg park was made a spe-
cial order for next Tuesday afternoon a
2 o'clock, and the bill to provide for monu-
ments at Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge to Immediately follow.
The bill proposed by Governor Cummins
to grant authority to the general govern
ment to control all grounds which have
been or may be secured for federal pur-
poses was passed.
A bill to legalize the acts Of the water
works trustees who had been acting pre-
vious to the supreme court decision under
appointments of the district court, was
passed. This affects only Sioux CITY and
Dubuque, where such trustees were. A bill
to provide'for drawing the jury lists in 1905
In case the biennial elections amendment Is
carried, was passed. A bill to authorize
the city OF Clinton to borrow money and
buy the bridge across the Mississippi river
was passed in both houses. Two bills re-
lating to inspection Of gasoline and fix
lures for Illuminating purposes were passed.
Two legalizing acts were passed, one re-
lating to the town of Rudd, the other TO
school district of Stanwood.
A bill was introduced to grant additional
powers to the county superintendent in GER
tain cases and provide for bis visiting rural
schools and taking charge OF tie work
where county superintendent are delin-
quent. A bill to pay the expenses Of the
Rruce-Emmert contest case was introduced,
carrying an appropriation OF 81. 1875.
Railway Hearings short.
1t is believed the ways and means com.
mittee of the house will cut short the hear
ings on the railway assessment bill and
report it back next Tuesday with some
recommendation. The ground has all been
gone over before and the members are
somewhat familiar with 1t. There is no
desire to have the hearings in committee
long continued. as It is expected there will
be considerable of a debate in the house
on the subject.
superintendents' Conventions.
In accordance with the code, which pro-
vides that the superintendent OF public
Instruction may meet the county superin-
t~endents at such points in the state as
may be most suitable. Superintendent Bar
rett has called conventions as follows:
Washington. April s and 4; Spencer, April
10 and IL; Waterloo. April IS and 16; Coun-
Gil BLUFFS. April II and Is; Des Moines,
April % and 2S. Meetings in each case
will begin at 1 O'Clock p. m. on the first
date given.
/ DamaSe suits Follow a Fire.
AS the result Of the fremont house FIRE
in Marshalltown a few weeks ago two suits
I for damages have been commenced in court
against persons who are part owners in
the property. Mabel Myers, an employe OF
the hotel. was compelled to jump from a
third story window to the ground and she
sustained injuries to her back, spine and
; body which will remain with her through
1 life. She asks for 81. 900 damages. Birdie
Hart. another OF the employees, asks the
same sum because she was compelled to
jump from "a third-story window to the
ground and broke a leg in so doing. The
basis OF the claim for liability is that the
' owners Of the hotel had refused to comply
with the ordinances Of the city in the mat
ter Of suitable IRE escapes.
Coal In County.
There is great excitement IN Chiekasaw
county. near the town of Republic. over a
u discovery OF coal. 1t is claimed that a
vein Of good coal has been found at a,depth
OF ITO feet and the vein is from nve to
seven feet thick. This Is in a part Of the
> state where no coal mines have ever been
operated and Il was not known any coal
y exfated there. The farmers are refusing