The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

because a speaker IN DEBATE should be
allotted no more than ten minutes.
Evans appealed from the decision OF
the chair and was beaten by 81 to 81.
Evans quit talking nj 2:l5. Immedi.
atcly the drys commenced to run q
series of motions to postpone and ad-
jOurn, At 3 o'clock they exhausted
these.
The vets, seeing themselves certain
ly In majority on account OF the all.
sence OF five dry members, stuck II out
and beat the bill
Drastic Provisions,
The antitreat bin was drastic in It's
provisions. II put the blame for treat.
ing on the saloonkeeper and made II
punishable by fine OF 500, revoking
the saloonkeeper's license and closing
the property for use for saloon pur-
poses for two years.
When the house reached this meas.
ure for third reading yesterday Evans
at once made motion to have II 90
over TO Tuesday, but was beaten by q
vote OF AZ 10 SO. The only hope OF
saving II then seemed 10 be To run q
filibuster that would wear the vets
out. Five dry members had gone home
and II would be impossible TO reach
them. The vets meantime mustered
their entire strength.
Shumaker OF Douglas moved that
the bill be placed on passage immedi.
ately and then Evans gained the floor.
Ban On Revoivers.
The house during the morning SEES
sion passed Shumaker's II. II. 1903,
making it felony to carry concealed
weapons.
It passed also S F. 307, authorizing
county boards to appoint county
judges in cases of vacancies.
The senate passed Lees bill, max
ing It a crime punishable by years
Imprisonment to sell liquor to an In
dian.
The senate also passed II. r. 215
prohibiting hypnotic exhibitions In
public
/ House Passes Many Bills.
The house spent the forenoon SEES
sion in third reading of bills.
1t passed II. r. 20, known as the
anti bridge bidders combine bill, de
| signed to knock out the trust system
Of Nebraska bridgemen, who have ap
| portioned the bridge work In the state
among them at practically their owl
prices by an understanding that Ger
| tain ones shall bid only in certain
counties. A stiff penalty is fixed TO
any bridge builder who can be showi
to have kept out of the competition
with any consideration in view.
The house passed also Quacken
bush's railroad bridge bill, II. r. PCS
providing that railroads shall obstruc
no more than one-fifth Of waterwa,
in building structure to cross il
Should the bill become law, it woul'
mean that many railroad bridges Il
Nebraska would have to be rebuilt b
July /, 1912, which is the date set 70
the new order to become effective.
The house also passed the follow
ing:
II. r. PSI, providing for three con
missioners to codify the statutes c
Nebraska; carrying an appropriate
OF $4,000.
! H. r. 1863, providing that polls a
general election shall close not earle
than p. m, in order that all tn
farmers shall have chance to vote.
II. r. 1853, extending the term {
county assessors one year, and provi'
ing that real estate assessments sha
be made on the fourth year OF tn
term.
Other bills passed were II. r. 800 b
Nein, which gives the governor autho
ity to fill vacancy in the legislator
by appointment within five days frol
the same political party as the d.
ceased or removed members. 1t too
n call Of the house to pass the bill,
: to 81. H. r. 273, by Kotouc, the bi
which requires Nebraska insuranc
companies maintaining a reserve fun
to deposit the reserve collateral an
securities with the auditor had sin
liar experience, it requiring a call ,
the house to pass the bill by vote ,
80 to 40.
The Next Issue.
The next tissue" rapidly coming
the front In the session Is the matte
OF apportionment of the state into lie
tslative, judicial and congressional di
tricts. A number Of bills dealing wit
this matter are before the legislatul
: and the democrats have held recent
4 several caucuses on the subject, 9
without definite result. The sena
: bill by Placek Of Saunders, while a
: parently satisfactory to nobody. h;
3 been taken as a working basis ar
. many loyal democrats are figuring In
!" the late hours Of the night with vie
t to amend the bill so as to give d
e home folks" the best Of It. NothiI
e definite has as yet grown out of {
\ this pencil sharpening, and some da,
r Of further incubation of the apportio
ment eggs will be necessary befo
n hatch Is sufficiently in sight to perm
: we'll founded guess as to wheth
e the chicks are to be wet" or dry
i whether the line Of contest will be
e partisan advantage or along the {
d vision Of liquor traffic regulation.
b SATURDAY SETTINGS.