Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-14

cred the previous day, for which reason the
bill ought to be again considered.
Rouse Of Hall then delivered a curtain
lecture on attending TO business. He said
that while a member had a right to sit in
his seat asleep during the session. he ought
not to ask for a reconsideration Of those
matters he missed while thus INDUCING.
He opposed reconsideration, not. he ex-
planned, that he was for this bill, for, as
he admitted. he did not fully understand
the scope and effect of the measure.
This afforded Wilson a good opening,
which was readily taken advantage of IN
the retort. that, although the gentleman
from Hall was a wide-awake member. he
himself admitted he did not fully underr
stand the bill - and therefore was offering
good argument for reconsideration.
Morsman and sweezy argued for recon
sideration and Tooley, the introducer Of the
bill, spoke against it. The roll call showed
80 for and as against the motion, which
required two-thirds for passage, was lost.
In the course of his remarks sweezy. who
is a member Of the joint revenue commit
tee, served notice on the house that he
would withdraw from this committee IL the
house did not quit considering and acting
on important matters while he was out at
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Bill is Practically Killed.
The other wrangle was over the action
on II. r. "a, by Ten Eyck of Douglas, pro-
viding that instruments affecting real es-
tate are of no force until delivered to the
register Of deeds for record.
Douglas of Rock made the motion TO re-
consider the action of the house in &C.
cepting the vote Of the committee OF the
whole by which the bill was recommended
for passage. He thought as there we're
other bills OF like import this one, which
had been referred to the committee on
miscellaneous subjects, ought really to go
to the judiciary committed. This motion
was carried.
Rouse Of Hall offered a motion that the
report OF the committee DO not concurred
in and that the bill be recommended for
indefinite postponement.
Ten Eyck, as introducer Of the bill,
moved as a substitute motion, that H. r.
"a be referred to the judiciary committee.
The speaker ruled this motion out of order
on parliamentary grounds. r
Douglas then moved.<to amend Rouse
motion by having the bill referred to the
judiciary committee, thus repeating the
Ten Eyck motion. by seeking to evade the
parliamentary obstacle. This motion, too,
was ruled out of order and the vote was
taken on the motion of Rouse. 1t carried
to indefinitely postpone the hill by As to
A.
During the entire course of both debates
Rouse proved himself more than a match
in parliamentary law for his lawyer col
leagues.
On converting in the afternoon Kennedy
of Douglas moved the suspension or the
rules, that the house go into the commit
tee Of the whole, placing Spurlock of Cass
in the chair. The motion was carried.
There was method in the motion. Spur
lock, who is one Of the most forcible and
effective speakers on the floor OF the
house, was In favor of two certain bills
which the Douglas delegation desired to
kill and his splendid arguments of the pre-
vious day made 1t plain to his opponents
that his removal from the floor would be a
wise expedient.
Nearly the entire" afternoon was con-
sumed In the discussion of H. r.. 112, by
Dernier of Cass, authorizing county COM
missioners to make annual contracts for
bridge building, buy material and employ
help for the construction of these bridges.
1t was his championship of this measure
and one other that 'imp4lled the Douglas
men to have spuriock placed in the chair,
where he could not debate on the bill. 90
After dishguring the bill with half q
dozen amendments the committee of the
whole recommended H. r, 112 for passage.
A vain attempt was made to secure an
adjournment until Monday. Then a mum
Der of members, by request, were excused
from Saturdays session. Rouse asked to
go on record as opposed to excusing mem
bers. maintaining that It was not honorable
for members to absent themselves from
their places while the house was in SEES
sion.
without reaching, bills on FIRST reading
in the order Of business, the house at An
adjourned, 80 -.- Hra.e