The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-19
SOLONS ADJOURN
UNTIL MONDAY.
Legislators Take Part in Lincoln
Memorial Exercises.
SUFFRAGE BILLS ARE KILLED,
Neither Miller nor Randall Measure
Gets Required Number OF Votes in
Senate--Carney,e Pension Bill Is
Passed-Unanimous for Fairgrounds

Lincoln, Feb. l2.--Both houses OF
the legislature have taken three
days nonGay and will not convene un
til MONDAY noon. Most of the legls
lators TOOK part in the Lincoln me
moral exercises today and many OF
them viii leave Tor their homes this
evening
The senate committee on insurance
Will nave It's first meeting MUnuay
forenoon, when "a number OF bllls in.
trodLced during the present session
will come before the committee for
hearing. Two bills which are expected
to receive attention are those when
provide for the transfer OF assets OF
mutual Insurance companies to stock
companies or to a committee of five
named lor that purpose. Inere Is
said to be much significance to the two
bills.
Woman Suffrage Seaten in Senate.
TWO woman Suffrage bilis were vUt.
ed down by the senate. Senator Nil
lers bill providing Tor an amendment
TO the constitution to allow women 10
vote failed to receive the necessary
three-nIths vote, the vote being II IN
favor OF 1t. Senator Randall bill al.
lowing women to vote III cities and
towns wnen they are owners OF real
or personal property, failed to pass
by vote of 10 to Is.
The Joint resolution giving the re
gents OF the state university authority
to accept the Carnegie foundation TO-
state university professors VINO have
been teaching Tor twenty years, or
who have at the age OF siXty-fiVe been
teaching for fifteen years, was passed
by the senate. The vote on the meas.
ure was the same as in committee OF
the whole-25 to s.
The Omaha charter bill was passee
on third reading by a vote of 30 to l
Senator Randall alone voting no.
Senator Ransom's bin providing that
cities or towns may purchase ard
equip public Fairgrounds went through
by vote Vi SO to U.
A bill was introduced in the house
by Snyder of Harlan to repeal the
law for the local assessment of rail.
road terminals for municipal purposes.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
marking the oregon trail N Nebraska
was killed.
Fight Over Soldiers Homes,
Scheele OF Seward in the house in.
troduced a report OF the condition of
the soldiers homes at Milford and
Grand Island, to which are affixed the
names OF Raper, Bales, Blystone, Shoe
maker, Sink and Scheele. 1he report
says the home at Grand Island was in
bad shape and that the larm and
buildings were run down. 1t recon-
mended that the land be rented and
the administration building be finished
and used as a wOmen's ward and the
commandant live where he is. 1t also
recommended the setting apart of land
for cemetery.
Ncttleton objected to the report and
insisted that 1t was not the report of
the committee. However, the house
voted to accept it. Later in the ses.
sion Sink, Bales, Raper and Blystone
asked that their names be stricken
from the report and action was taken
Withdrawing the report from the rec.
ords and referring it back to the Uwc
committees.
The physical condition of the prop
erty of the industrial school for boys
at Kearney was reported in bad condi,
ton