Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-10

iournment, and the twenty eighth session
of the legislature passed into history, so
far as the house was concerned.
Young of johnson made the final motion
in the senate and President Pro Tenn Har-
rison put It, and when carried repeated the
fateful words, "a few minutes after they
had passed from the lips of the speaker,
and the session was adjourned sine die.
An air Of pathos, such as is felt when
bodies Of this characters ARE dissolved after
having labored constantly together for sew
eral months, ,peryaded each chamber as the
members reluctantly turned to walk from
the halls. AT the OPPOSITE ends of the
long, deep corridor the little fragment OF
lawmakers simultaneously struck up the
national air and walking to the middle
Of the corridor the SINGERS met and lifted
their voices in one, loud, and harmonious
acclaim until. the patriotic strains Of
America" rang throughout the old state
house. The turbulence and din OF forensic
strife and bolsterous glee that. prevailed
the night before and the night before that,
when the session was Just entering its
dying agonies,'' was not heard; the loud
hurrahs OF distracted spectators, the. beat
ing and pounding on desks by imprudent
legislators and the in~dlscrlminate tossing
and hinging Of books. papers and other OBJ
jects Of the sort-all this gay but foolish
pandemonium that SO commonly relgns on
such occasions was delightfully."- conspicuous
for its total absence.
Total of Appropriations.
The total appropriations made by this
legislature, as set forth in the following
summary; submitted by Senator Anderson.
chairman of the senate finance committee,
amount to $780, 900. This is approxi4
mately 100000 greater than those made
by the last legislature. It is due, howa
ever, to the increasing needs of the state,
which have multiplied rapidly within the
last btennium. Many Of 'the appropriations
were a on the assumption that the
new revenue, law would bring the aggre-
gate assessment Ndp tosdouble or more than
the present figure, $3.50, 000, 300. From the
statement below 1t will be seen that a
certain item Of .3S5. o0e iE, contingent upon
the grand assessment reaching S35A000. 900.
Governor Mickey estimates that. the total
will exceed this and probably go as high
as $500. O0Q. 900, while State Auditor Weston
places the estimate at $1,000 0 900.
The total appropriations. when they left
the house. amounted to over 50, 500. 900 and
were materially sredteedrsby the senate
But in napx eeases the house refused tc
CONCUR IN the beudIob dmenQmeDLS, ne0Ce
the comparatively small reduction that has
been made simply represents a compro-
niise-the best terms the senate could Sc
cure from the house.
@What action Governor Mickey will take
on these huge measures Is problematical
The governor has placed himself on record
as opposed to e1orbitant f~outlays of state
money and he is known 10 have prompted
feductions by the senate, He has the bills
N his possession and may not act finally
on them for a day or two. A few vetoei
al 10 certain items will not be surprising
The legislature having adjourned, whatevei
action the governor takes will be final.
This is Senator Anderson's statement:
from general fund:itr
Norfolk hospital $4,000
Shspei al Peru Normal. $50 $50
New buildings and steel cells at peni-
A tssn5iaTy; fp S~Ifo,EEdd I'd -rtnanen Inn; iiO'OO
,tprovements at Grand Island home,
Lincoln and Hastings asylums and
other state Institutions .......,...... 1000
Total ...-.-..~.t,............Al s.5O
Permanent improvements from which ap
nropriations are made from the temporary
College building atcstate farm. 80. 10000
New office and administration build
New physics building at university. 800
Purchase OF real estate .s...,~..... 500
Total s21s,OO
fAdd to this a conditional appropriation
given the university for the purchase Q
the Board Of Regents the sum OF S5, 0O0
this being Appropriated II the grand assess
rent rollA for 1904 reach the sum of $3.50
Receipts and Expenditures.
Estimate OF receipts for the general fun
for the biennium ending March 81. 1906, a
made by Auditor Weston, as follows;
Total estimate made W his annual %
report Of receipts for this bien- %
Receipts for additional 2-min levy
on assessment. 1893 estimate....... 5000
Receipts for the levy on increased
assessment for 1904. estimating this
total at S.500.0O. sSasss....A....- $500
Total Increase OF estimate on insur-
ance tax under new revenue law ta0
Total receipts ~fore4iie biennium
estimated for the general fund s., 3l9ol
general and University t9A9 fSpS s N. .sa.@OOc
(Owing TO the,conference COMMITTEES
reports and amendments made at
the very last on the appropriation ~
bills this amount may vary from 80
the above II tef sum of %9'oOo@
Total Shconditiona appropriations =
made for theTt41versitY, which -
comes out of theig own funds;a-r. $40
rot sH S:s.l ! saI a .sS Il sssv..:... 8 IS
Deduetins total general FUND appro-
priAlions. as shown above .....-- 2,S26.O
Leaves a balance over the re-
eeipts for the biennium dts $3.50