Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-15
SENATE SEATS ]. E, BRUCE
Member from Eighteenth District Sworn In
and Emmert Retired.
LARWABEE WOULD REMOVE UNIVERSITY
Resolution ON AntI-InJunctIOn Law
Prcuty Supporters Plan
Dead at Age Of
1O3.
(From a stan Correspondent.l

(fTOm n Stan correspondent
DIES MONIES. March 14.-(Special.)-The
senate this morning seated James e. Bruce
as senator from the Eighteenth district,
comprising the counties Of Cass and Shelby,
and retired DIR. Emmert, who was declared
elected by a majority of one. The senate
had listened to arguments Of senator's on
the question until IL o'clock, when a motion
was made to adopt the minority report of
the democrats In favor Of permitting EN-
inert to retain his seat. This was lost and
the majority report was adopted by a
strict party vote of "a to 8.
Mr.. Bruce was sworn in and took his
seat He briefly thanked the members of
the senate for their uniform courtesy to
him and especially the members Of the con-
test committee. He asked leave to have a
statement inserted In the journal which was
to the effect that II he had been present
and had had his seat at the time Of the
election Of the United States senators In
January he would have voted for Allison
and Dolliver.
Hayward Bill Defeated.
The only bill considered in the afternoon
by the sena was the Hayward bill to re-
quire that all cost Of maintaining the Or
phans' Home at Davenport shall be borne
by the state, and this was defeated.
The Powers bill to give state aid to rural
schools was defeated.
University Removal ak
Representative Larrabee introduced in the
house this morning a concurrent resolution
providing for submission to the people OF
al amendment to the constitution removing
the ironclad requirement that the State uni
versity be located at Iowa City. This is a
naEf ~ ahn MAJ - 1,,-A A.
trustees to secure more room for the uni
versity II 1t is to remain at Iowa City. The
lack Of sufficient ground on which to build
is regarded as a great drawback.
Bills passed: Barkley's bill to provide
for keeping library reports; Hurn's bill pro-
viding for account books of a certain kind
by clerks in cities and towns; Crawford's
bill to bring the special charter cities un-
der the waterworks law. A bill to pay
James A Ward of Mills county $3.50 for
horses killed fifteen years ago by mistake
was defeated. A to %.
Railroads Win Again.
The house adopted the report to indeh-
nitely postpone what is known as the Hogue
bill, which was a bill to prevent discrimi-
nation in furnishing cars, the report beine
adopted by a vote OF Sc to 20. There was a
NNboNO VII Nv QuGollOh VI duOD-
tion. The 2-cent far fare bill was simllari,
disposed of, SO to 81.
Authorization Law.
The conferees Of the two houses on tn,
resolution to endorse the Horr and eros.
venor bill In congress to prevent incarcera.
ton for violation Of strike injunctions, hav,
agreed on a compromise resolution. TIL,
senate passed a resolution strongly endors
ing the bill and the house rejected It, blu
passed a resolution merely expressing con
idence in the Iowa delegation. Conferee
were appointed and they have agreed on tn
following resolution: =,
Whereas, There is now pending in con
gress a bill introduced into the senate b
Senator AIoar of Massachusetts and IA
Evorably reported by the judiciary commit
house Of representatives by General Gros
venor Of Ohio. said bill being know
as 8. Ills and II. r. 1000, and,
Whereas, The said bill concerns the we
fare OF a large number of the wage carr
ers OF the United States; therefore, be
Twenty-ninth general assembly of n
state or Iowa that the said bill is a ju,
measure and should become a law; 1t
Resolved. That the general assembly {
Iowa having. the utmost confidence in IN
! senator's and representatives in' congres
from Lowe and expecting them to exc
else their individual judgments upon q
matters, It submits this resolution for the
( consideration. ~
City Water Case.
, Suit was begun this evening in distri,
court to enjoin the city from paying to Ii
, City Water company the money in a SD,
cial fund created for the purpose of built
\ ing a municipal waterworks. The counc
mas entered into a contract to lend tn
fund to the water company at a nomin,
rate OF interest to build a water main GU
side Of the city to the proposed army DOS
and a bill was got through the leRislatu