Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-09

he would be guilty. OF the sEOhHpuCL- VI
which he has been accused. And Tor my
man frohnp Douglas OF anybody else to i'm
pugn my motives
- Hits Mt Blackburn.
MeAllister OF Deuel. added a word. say
ing: when / see a member obliged to
move to another part Of the house to keep
from listening to the dictates of lobby
lists, | think 1t is high time that l was
voting against the measure that he and
the lobbyists are for" This in reference
to Blackburn's solicitous impromptu act.
Things, were reaching a white heat when
Loomis OF Dodge ~eloquently brought about
the. climax. Hfi-'
:"This. debate has degenerated into a per-
sonal attack on our speaker" said the
venerable minority leader, who had only a
few moments before offered a resolution
and made a speech IN commentator of
Speaker Mockett. LET us vote down this
motion and show by our actions that we do
not tolerate any such unwarranted attacks
and stand by our speaker"
This brought forth a round of applause
and the Sweezy motion, which was at once
put. was defeated with but one vote, that
of Ten Eyck in the affirmative. Even
Sw6ezy himself did not raise his voice for
It, This killed the bill, which had been
recommended for indefinite postponement
by the conference committee.
When the house reconvened at $3.50 to-
night, after a recess from 6 o'clock, Ten
Eyck'asked the privilege, of the floor and
offered Apologies to the speaker and the
house. A few cordial remarks from the
speaker closed the incident.
Douglas county members, who, it will be
remembered. have recently tried their
hand at making city charters, had a lively
skirmish today, when they discovered that
s. F. 1870, by Hall OF Douglas, had been
indefinitely postponed by the house. This
is the bill that provides Omaha with a
police Judge, which functionary is omitted
in the new city charter act. "
The bin finally was dug out Of the
ruins by Kennedy and tonight passed, fail
ing, however. to get through With the
emergency clause. This means It will take
effect in three months. whereas the charter
act. carrying an emergency clause. is al
ready in operation.
Pass Exemption Bill.
8. F, 81. by Norris of Richardson, the ex-
emption lien bill. has passed both houses. 1t
has a hard time. Beseiged by interminable
onslaughts from organized labor, It took all
the power and skill its friends could COM
mand to force the measure through. The
efforts OF those against the bill were not
altogether barren of results. for its cham
pions admit the measure was seriously
emasculated.
The origin Of this bill is traced to the
retail merchants. It's enemies hold the
provisions to be unfair to the working
classes In Omaha, South Omaha, Lincoln
and the other moro populous centers OF the
state. Its friends urged that 1t will work
no hardship upon any honest wage worker,
but will AFFORD necessary protection to tho
retailer.
Representative Jones explains the bill as
follows
''The only change Their in the old law
made by this bin as passed by the senate
and house, is that the employee whose wages
exceed SSb per month may be compelled by
legal process to apply one-hfth Of his
monthly earnings to the discharge OF his
Indebtedness contracted for the necessarles
OF life. 1t does not appear that the Law
will materially affect the very poor or dc
injustice TO any class or condition OF me.
chanics, laborers or wage-earners, but will
AFFORD a measure Of protection to >the re.
taller who accommodates his customers b,
extending to them credit on monthly set
Elements"
~ the Dougles county men In the house
Nelson, Gilbert, Ten Eyek and Morsmar
voted against the bill aud Kennedy and