Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-21
HOUSE RAISES THE SALARIES
Large Part of the a is Put In Con-
siderinE the A~pprOpria-
ton Bill. go ~
tFrom a Starr cortespondenel :

LINCOLN, March 20.-(Speciaft2The
house in committee Of the whole resumed
consideration Of H. R.. 374. the salaries app
preparation bill. 1t adopted an amends
ment reducing the salary OF the .superin-
tendent Of the Girls" Industrial home Of
Geneva from $1,000 to 1900.
The committed on public lands and build
ings recommended a matron for this In
stitution at 5000 a year. This committee
argued the necessity Of this functionary,
but the finance, ways and means committee
and others denied 1t and held that the
superintendent needed NJ such assistant.
1t was claimed that the reduction Of the
superintendent's salary and the effort to
appoint, a matron was spiteworkt against
the superintendent. The amendment was
lost. During the proceedings Nelson of
Pierce remarked that this was the most
expensive institution in the state, the cost
Of maintenance a year being 1888 per
capita. An amendment was adopted re
ducing the salaries OF the two family man
ayers from $500 to $500. SIS
The salary of the engineer at the In
dustrial HON at Milford was raised from
$500 to $500 on an amendment by Gilbert
of Douglas. The committee had recon-
mended a cut to 5000. ~-f =
The farm manager at the Grand. Island
SOlultTb nOmC was pldCGu IL StoO lnoledu
Of $500. An amendment by the public lands
and buildings committee was adopted pro-
viding for the Norfolk hospital, that was
buried, as follows: Superintendent, $4,000;
assistant physician, 1880; Psychologist.
81 200; second physician, $1,000; bookkeeper.
5000; steward, $4,000. This amendment does
not tske effect until the hospital Is in
operation,
Sweezy OF Adams proposed an amendment
to abolish the department OF labor, repre-
senting aggregate annual salaries OF 50, $40.
The amendment was voted down, SweeLy
himself not voting for 1t.
An amendment by Jouvenats of Boone
raised the salaries of two accountants for
examination OF county ~treaFGrers from
81, 200 to $500. ~
sweezy proposed an amendment to re-
duce the number OF supreme court COM
missioners from nine 70 six, basing his
action on the message OF Governor Mickey.
Sweezy said certain members sought TO de-
ride the opinions and views Of Governor
Savage on the labor bureau proposition and
then read from Governor Mickey's message
t~avoring six supreme court commissioners
Sears Of Burt argued the retention OF
nine commissioners and said a
ton would be presented to this end. He
thought the demands on the commission
did not warrant a reduction in the number.
Wilson, chairman OF the finance, ways and
means committee, wanted the commission
left as it is, with nine members. Grega
Of Wayne supported SweeEy's amendment
LOOMS of Dodge took Sweezy to task fol
accusing the lawyers on the floor of petit,
Jogging" and 'bulldozing' in their adyo-
cacy Of the retention Of the mine commits
sioners. He Was In favor OF keeping tbs
commission, saying the court wsI
'swamped" with business. He thought th'
court could be depended on to reduce thu
number OF commissioners when It wal
warranted Kennedy Of Douglas and Cas-
sell OF Otoe then added their protest Z
the amendment. The amendment was lost
The terms OF deputy hsh commissioner
were fxed at eight Instead Of four months
The bill as amended Was then recon-
mended for passage.
AT 2 o'clock Gregg Of Wayae moved tina
the house after this meet at 9 Instead o
10 o'clock each morning, and at nigh
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Fri
days. His object was to have the hous
and not the sitting Committee dispose o
the bulk Of bills on general hle. Loomi
Of Dodge called for a division on the ques
tion. saying he thought the house ough
70 reserve thes right TO hx it's program
as the days came. The house voted unani
mously to meet at Q O'Clock mornings.
Wilson OF Pawnee favored the hous
hxing its daily programs. Sears OF Bur
Good of Nemahs.r Nelson OF Douglas an
Jones Of otoe spoke IN favor Of the me
ion, which wa lost 20 70 ~ nfty-on