Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 10, 1893, Page 2

WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE Benate Btill Bnaggod on tho Douglat County | Election Oontest, | COMMENCED COUNTING OVER THE VOTES | Discusslon Tn- | Appoint- Passed i | Toated Personal House Over the ment of n Special Committe the General Appropriation TaxcoLy, Ni ob. Bee,]—The senate met g than usual this morning dence in'the earlier part of the struggle of & desire to work, but before the session | closed the same old wrangle over the method of procedure in the Douglas county contests commenced and noon came with the momen {tous question still undecided Y10 the regular order of business reports (were received fi standing committees. "and tho followir and read for the first time By Young—To amend the consolidated statutes relating to public finance. By Scott—To make the possession of a United States internal revenue license for the sale of liquors by any person charged with the violation of the state laws pre sumptive evidence of such violation By Scott 1 the liquor law By Hahn —Two bills to amend the code of eivil procedure. A number of bills were time and referred After the regular ord pleted up to the point where bills are passed the second rending W, E. Andrews, private secretary to Governor Crounse, appeared at the bar of the senate and announced a com- munication from the executive President Pro Tempore Correll called Senator Teflt up to the desk for a whispered consultation, ond a moment later demanded a call of the senate. The roll call revealed the absence of Senators Clarke, Graham, Mooreand Eggleston. ator Clarke was excused, and the sergeant-at-arms was dis- patched for the absentees. They were soon brought in, further procecdings under the call were dispensed with, and then on motion | of Senator Tefft the scu vent into execu tive session [Special to T fow minutes carlier | m bills introduced read the second ¢ had been com- After the lobby and the galleries had been cleared, the veporters carefully excluded and the doors locked, the licutenant gov- ernor, who had resumed the chair. directed the secretary to read the communication from the governor, which was as follow ECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, LINCOLN, Neb, ble the Senit I hereby nominate N f Cuming county to be warden of the braska state penitenthury Loreszo Crousse, Governor. The letter was written in the governor's | own familiar handwriting, and showed by extornal evidence that it had not been copied. | Senator Tefft immediately moved that the | nomination of Mr. Beemer be confirmed, Scnator North stated that he certainly had no objection to the confirmation of the nomination sent tothe senate by the gov- ernor; that as far as he was aware the gen- tleman was in every way qualified for the lace to which he had been appointed; but n view of the fact that an investigation of the managoment of the penitentiary was in progress, hie believed that it weuld be proper to defer confirmation until iMfter such inves- ator Bverett could se sity for delay in the confirmation. He had been acquainted with the nominee for a great | many years and knew him to be in every way qualified for the pluce. Senator Dysart _agreed with the remarks made by Senator Nortk. He was in favor in all circumstances of confirming all appoint- ments made by the governor, where the nominees were of good character and were qualified for the position to which they were ppointed; but ho believed that no harm would be done if the matter went over for o day under rule 31. He made a motion to that effec Senator Tefft had no objection to the m ter going over, and so after withdrawing hi: motion to confirm, he moved that the further consideration of the matter go over for one day, and that it be made a special order for tomorrow at 10 o'clock. Senator Dysart withdrew his motion for the reason that it did not cover the entire round and the motion made by Senator Teflt was agreed to. The doors were unlocked and the regular order of business resumed. Disoussing the Contest. ~ The hour of 11 o’clock having arrived, the senate took up the deration of the Douglas county conte: ection cases, which nad been made a special order for | that time, but the senate was not yet pre- ared to plunge into the subject without first fortifying itself with another discussion over the precise method which should be fol- lowed. Yesterday the senators decided that the proper thing to do was to listen to the evidence, and the clerk wore out his voice on the big bundle of typewritten manu- seriptuntil the senatorial dignity wilted. ‘Today the senate came to the conclusion that the right thing to do was to count the ballots first. Senator Gray started the moving that the evidence be recommitted to the committee on privileges and elections < for consideration and that committee report .its recommendations to the senate. This suggestion was vigorously combatted by Senators Babcock, Graham aud Tefft iraham was opposed to referring the matter back to a partisan committes and characte izea the motion as an unfair proceeding. Senator Darner was sorry that his sugges- tion made the other day, to the effect that the committee on privileges and elections bo enlarged and the whole matter placed in its hands, had not been adopted, but his expres- sions 'of regret made no visible impression upon the senatorial minds and the discussion | continued until Senator McDonald nter- | Jected o motion to indefinitely postpone the Whole contest. The senate not yet ready | to giveup the contest and the motion was not agreed 1o, ' “Sehator North insisted that should go on to_the bitter end the opinion that the ballots il two good working days. The fair nume of Douglas county had been assailed on the ook of- the senate. at county had been enounced as the cesspool of iniquity, and further than that it 1 been specitically characterized as the cesspool of democratic | iniquity.. He demanded in vigorous Platte |county eloquence that the purity of Douglas county politics be vindicated and the rights of Douglas county’s eitizens be protected. That settled it, and the senate decided to g0 ahead, A recess was taken until 2 o'clock. Commenced to Count. Immediately after the noon recess the sen- ate took up the contest in earnest. A final effort was made to throw the contest out en- tirely on Senator Everett's motion to d miss the cases on the ground that the depositions contained in the evidence had not been signed. The motion was not agreed to, and the count of the ballots in Florence (precinct was commenced. Senators Young, Thomsen and Lowley were appointed tellers, tally sheets distributed and the con- test was on, ‘The examination and count of the votes roceeded monotonously until a questionable liot was reached. On this ballot three names we voted for and a fourth name marked and blotted out. After the ballot had been passed around for inspection the senute voted to count the votes distinetly marked and to throw out the othe The second questionable ballot showed that four candidates had been voted for more than the legal number. It was by | wvote of the senate thrown out. The third questionable ballot was marked for four candidates, one of them being for Senator Babcock. The senate voted that all of the votes should be counted except the ono vounted for Babcock, despite the protests of that senator. The fourth ballot contained four votes and was thrown out. There was a question in regard to a Nfth baliot, but it was counted for Lobeck on a seratch, The sixth ballot ‘was marked “vold,” and was contained in o separate package marked “spoiled.” Its ex- amination wus postponed. When the can- « vaas of the Florence precinct voles had been discussion by the contest He was of ould be counted | hind it, | be acandidate | had | when a | pendents had comploted it was discoverad ahat Babeock had lost one vote, Clarke had gained three King lost one, Lobock gained one, Rynear, son gained one, Three ballots were thrown out_altogether. The semate then adjourned until tomorrow morning IN THE HOUSE, Very Porsonal Proceodings Mark the Day A pproprintion BUT Lixcors, Neb., Feb, 9. al Telogram to Tur Ber.]—The house indulged in a red hotrow of an hour anda half's duration this morning, when the speaker named the committeo pravided for by McKesson's reso. lution of yesterday, calling for an investiga tion of the charges of attempted bribery in senatorial fight. The speaker named shens, Schappel and Casper. ted. stating that it was un parliamentary not to put the mover of the resolution on the committee Schappel wanted to resign in favor of Me Kesson Casper shied his tileand said he knew that the resolution was not introduced in good faith. There was malice aforethought be- and he said he would not serve if McKesson was placed on the committee Howe took Casper to task, and was sorry to see such feeling prevailiig. He censured the chair and added very materially to the bad blood that was dy stirred up Davies took a whirl at Casper and said that the gent nan, who was understood to for congress, had gold watches aitd gold headed eanes in his head too much to treat the other members of the house with proper courtesy and respect, and he for one was getting tired of it A motion to change the committee was amended to sustain the chair, but theamend o | ment was defeated on roll call by a vote of 45 1o 42, Watson then moved the acceptance of Schappel’s resignation and the appointment of Mckesson in his place, and that the latter be the chairman of the committee. Casper snorted again, and inveighed against the motives of the other side, He took a little side whirl to touch up the lobby and oil rooms and told how he had frequently been approached Cornish didn’t think it at all to the credit of the gentleman from Butler that he was so much sought after by the men who were supposed to be in search of purchasable votes. The republicans were taking Casper down the streteh at a lively rate, when he finally bolted and said he had not said what was | attributed to him Trying to Get Straight. This paralyzed the opposition, and before it could recover from its amazement Porter the floor. He said that so much bad blood had been engendered that it would im- pair the usefulness of the committee, and he moved as a substitute that a new committee be appointed to consist of two from each po- litical party Howe raised the point of order that before this could be done the action of yesterday muking it a committee of three would have t_be reconsidered. The point was sus. tained. Keckley moved that two more independ- ents be added to the committeo so that the could shoulder the responsibility. He cited the occurrences of Tuesday evening, publican was hustled from the hall by independents at a public meeting be- cause he called upon the speaker to name the man who had been offered moncy. Porter defended the action of the inde- pendents on that occason, while Keckley gain scored: them, stating that when the republican was put out *that brazen faced blower” (Trevallick) had said “Let him stay. If there is a rat here let me scorch him,” and the sentiment was applauded to the echo by the crowd of independents p ent. It wis of that evidence that the inde- encouraged the idea of tho aker of that evening that Keckley com- plained, Keckley's motion was ruled out of order. The speaker explained that he arranged the committee as he did after consulting with a number of members. He left McKes- son off the committee because he had stated that he knew something about the matter His idea was to appoint a disinterested com- mittee and allow McKesson to go before it as a witness, if ho desired. McKesson denied that he had made any such statement as that imputed to him, and challenged the speaker to prove his asser- tion. “arpenter asked why Casper was not left off the committee if the speaker really in- tended to name a disinterested committee. He said that Casver had stated that he knew of oil rooms, yet the chair had not left him off the committee to act as a witness. Casper denied that he had made any such statenent. Carpenter sent a newspaper to the clerk’s desk and tha ofticial read a paragraph from the report of the proceedings of the ratific tion meeting, quoting Casper as making the statement that he had just denied. “Then Casper dodged the question again by stating that he did know of the existence of a lobby. He said “Boyd and Morton and their gang of strikers were here for weeks trying to influence votes on the senatorial question. If that ain't a lobby what in the devil is it2” He declared that it made no d fference whether they peddled cigars 1o influence votes or sought to buy them outright. Watson's motion prevailed by a vote of 48 to 43, and the speaker's appoiniment was knocked out after he had declined to accept Schaffel's resignation. Supplanted by Koutlne. The wrangle was still going on when Rhodes headed it off with a report of the commiittec on enrolled bill The following new bills were introduced : By Davies—To exempt from taxation the property of old soldiers to the amount of $1,000. By Davies—Appropriating money for the sinking fund of experimental artesian wells in counties of the state. By Olson—To amend the statutes relating to road By Casper—To amend the statutes relat- ing o tax sales By Scott—Providing for the investing of sinking funds in county warcant By Watson —Amending the statutes relat- ing to corporations. Rhodes submitted the report of the com- mittee, of which he was the sole member, to investigate the labor troubles touched upon in Cooley's resolution. The report was an arraignment of capital and_existing soci conditions, coupled with a mild roast of the | iutroducer of the resolution. The house received and adopted the report of the committee of the whole on several bills, and adjourned until 3 o'clock At the afternoon session the following bills were introduced : By Davies—To amend the statutes purts. By Davies—Repealing certain sections of w regarding building and loan associa- ating Relating to pl Relating to apy - Relating to transcripts of By Davies By Davies judgments. By Davie public. By Lingenfelter—To redistrict the state into senatorial and representative districts !li.\ Dobson--Relating to cities of the first class. By Cornish. class. By Lockner—To regulate the manner of voting for electors at corporate elections. By Smith—Appropriating $15,000 for the national guard. y Burns—To incorporate acc ompanies on the uss By McKesson—T0o regulate land leases, By Withuell—To regulate the practice of medicine and surgery. r—Limiting the salary of clerks of district court in counties containing met- ropolitan cities to &,000 and those contain ing cities of the first class o $2,600, with necessary clerks to be provided by tho county commissioners at not to exceed $: per month cach. By McCutchen—Amending the criminat code as to assaults. By Sutton—Amending the statutes relat ing to exemptions. Passed the Appropriation BlL The house then took up bills on third reading und passed the genoral appropriu- tion bill. Nearly all shose who voted aguinst it changed their votes when they saw that it was passed without their help. They stated that they would depend on the senate to do the proper thing by it and raise the amounts to what they should be. . The house also passed No. 81, by Crane, nmrud\u% the code of civil procedure. (oss of Douglas called up the resolution oftered by him yesterday demanding that the Defining the powers of notaries Regulating cities of the first lent insur- ment plan. sorgeant-at-arms appoar before the bar of the house and explain his statemont that he had_an opportunity to handle senatorial boodle monoy. Inwsmuch as the sorgoant AL-ArIS Was out of the cjty, the matter was allowed to go over for another day Will Dischargo the Clorks, Howe introduced o resolution ealling for the discharge of committee clerks in view of the fact that nearly all bills had beon ro ported on and there was little left for them to do. Sheridan, Porter and tered a violent protest, Suter endorsed the r ove ningly Watson introduced a resolution reconsid- ering the snap judgment of the demecrats nd_independents taken Tuesday morning while the republicans were absent fn confer- protesting nst the repeal of Sherman act. The independ- ents objected and Watson and Rhodes indulged in another tilt. Rhodes raised a point of order that Watson declared was like several others that had come from the same source in that there was no point that could be detected, even with the aid of a micro- sCope. Woods said the two gentlemen would never understand each other in this world The speaker expressed the hope they would in the next world. Watson's resolu tion was finally made a_special order a week from Monday, and the house adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Elder at once en but Sherman and olution and 1t passed HELD A STORMY SESSION, Legislators of South Dakot ¥ Iy Pass o Fair Bl Pierie, S. D., Feb. 9.—[Special to Tne Bee The house held somewhat stormy session this the World's fair bill Mrs. Haynie ad- dressed the members and the house unani mously voted to give the woman's depart ment £10,000. Eforts were made to put the appropriation at 870,000, but it was voted down step by step until it ched £50,000, when it pas: i f by a vote of being disgusted and refusing to_vot y declared the action disgraceful. The will pass and g0 to conference Evidence developed this morning that the farmers combine had been reconstructed. T'he prime motive appears to be to fight the governor. The investigation into the Brookings scan- dal was continued this morning. A. 0. Hitcheock, who was dismissed from the board of trustees by the regents, declared t the time McLouth was making dam- ng charges against the trustees, alleging gross misapplication of funds. M- Louth wrote admitting that _only $500 had been misapplied. Fea ing that because of lack of facilitic some of the Morrill fund would be returned to Washington, McLouth urged that the balance be transferred to the salary fund and that the salary fund . be diverted to other purposes. Whe: ton was ward _ dealer and was elected professor by the trustees at the re- quest of Freuaenfeld. Wheaton erected a dairy building and fixed his bill so high that the trustees cut it soveral hundred dollars. The trustees obtats estimates from cream- ery coutractors at £2i5 less thun this bill, At the time Prof. Updyke was dismissed, Governor Mellette went to Brookings and very strongly remonstrated, stating that the board of nts and trustees had been ap- pointed by him and that they certainly should save his friends. Updyke was re- move for insurrectionary actions, and at that time several regents and professors, after consulting with the governor, stated that they feared was reversed Mellette would us ence with the legislature 1 prevent propriation for the college. fused to yield. e USDER OUR GLORIOUS FLAG [CONTINUED FROM PIRST PAGE.] ogram long and morning on an ‘The trustees re- under the protection of the United States, was taken without instructions from the De: partment of State. Tn fact the movement ad not been expected and had not been an- ticipated. Mr. Stevens had, therefore, been compelled to act independently and upon his best judgment as the emergencies had arisen. The first instruction given by the depart- ment was the teleeram of the 28th instt, already published, approving M. Stevens recognition of the provisional government, an act on his part which had been followed by all the other foreign representatives in Honolulu, He had been further instructed to protect American citizens and property Theve was no conference today between the secretary of state and the Hawaiian commissioners, as Thursday 1s ‘‘diplomatic day™ at the department, and the sccreta was fully occupied with the calls of foreign ministers. It is understood tonight that the F commissioners ure to see Secretary tomorrow. Statement from Mr, Thursto 'his evening Mr. L. A. Thurston. with the consent and approval of his a: missioners, gave out a statement in reply to the letter from J. F. Colburn, ex-minister of the interior of the Hawaliian cabinet, pub- lished in the papers today. Mr. Thurston’s statement denies tha revolutionary movement was a_preconc conspirac of annexation planned, fostered and carried out by the Americans, No action, says the statement, was taken until January 14, after the queen had at- tempted with force to promulgate the new constitution. The cabnet itself issued a call to the citizens toresist witharms the queen’s demands, which the queen proposed to en- force with the entire military and police forces of the kingdom, and after she had threatened the lives of & number of the cabi- net themselves, the cabinet was the first to request the people to take up arms against the queen. In the meantime all the armed forces of the government, together with 540 extra men, were entrenched in the barracks, the palace and the police stavion, and besides their rifles possessed a battery of four breech loading cannon and three ga guns, There vas every indic of a fight and a bloody one, which might be precipitated at any minute, in which many lives and much property would have been inevitably destroyed, Then, and not until then, was the provisional gov- ernment established, Continuing, the statement rehears well known facts attending the est ment of the provisional government and in conclusion urges annexation to the United States, or at least an American protectorate. waiian Foster s the blish- It Was Bound to Come, INpIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 9.—Mr. Henry Dryden of Martinsville, Ind., who spent two years teaching in the schools of Hawaii, gives the following statement of the con- dition of affairs there and the causes leading to the present revolt 1 am not in the least surprised at the con- dition of affairs now prevailing in the Hawaiian islands. Trouble has been brew- ing for the past few years and what has now happened was almost daily expected. The surprise is that it did nothappen sooner. For s long time one could see that the vace question was being closely drawn in church, state and home, and the manner in which many natives made use of the expression, ‘kela haole,’ (the foreigner), was anything but com- plimentary. OMcial Changes, HoxowuLy, Feb. L—William George Ash- loy resigued January 24 from the advisory council and was appointed marshal of the islands. Cecil Brown was clected a memiber of the advisory council, vice Ashley. e Western Pensions, The following pensions granted are re- ported Nebraska: Original—Henry Clarkson Vore, Elijah B. Egan, John W Detweiler, Oneen Chaddock, James W, New- bold, Thomas H. Beach, Andrew McBeth Additional — Zalmon E. Peck, James H. Dutton, Jefflerson Andre. Surviyor Indian wars—Robert Wa - lowa: Original—Nathan Metzger, Charles Brewer, Augustus P. Lord, Beujamin P, Butler, Anson Baughman, Lawson 'S, Allea, John H. Nieter, George A. Crandal, Charles F. Winsmere, Moses Carew, Uriah H Welch. — Additional — William' F'.. Curtis, Dantol E. Curtia, Josoph, Butterfield, Josepli C. James. Original widows, -etc.—Eve B. Carson. Survivor Indian wirs—John Pal- mer. South Dakota: _Original—Michael Zim- merman, Edmond Craak. H. Benson, the whole | that unless the dismissal | all his influ- | ap- | was over nothing was heard of the EBRUARY . 10, SILVER DAY IN THE HOUSE Friends of the Whits Metal Scoro a De- cistver Viotory. SMALL CHANCE FUR'SILVER LEGISLATION Cloture on the Bil} ip Repes Stiver ¥ Act esting Disewklohs on the Ques- tlon — 14" the Se sy Wasnixarox, D, ¢ day in the house, and were victorious in the fieht by a majority of nine. They sustained the demand for the previous question on the resolutions setting apart today and tomorrow for the conside tion of the bill re 1 the Sherman act Had not the previous question been ordered, a cloture amendment would have been sprung upon the house, and the struggle would then have been continued, but when it was ordered the advocates of repeal gra fully passed under the yoke and allowed th resolution to be submitted without making uny strong objection. This action, in the opinion of members, sounds the death knell of uny silver legislition in_ the present con- fress, Mr. Catchings called from the committoe on this legislative day, and, if necessary, the next legislative day, for the consideration of the bill repealing the Sherman act. Mr. Mr. Bacon, chairman of the ccmmittee on suid the main pur- of the bill was that the purchase of sil ver bullion and the storing of it in the vaults of the treasury as o commodity in metallic form, and without coinage, should stop. The rule as reported by the committee on rules was in the form which the committee of con gress had invariably used for the purpose of bringing important messures before the house. ~The losson w the house had carned on the pankry bill ought not, then, to be forgot There was no phase of the silver question that needed discussion There was no phase that. had not_been ex- ploited. The discussion of the bill Il have no useful purpose, unless the house finally came to a vote, He would, if the pre vious' question was voted down. offer an amendment providing for cloture at 2 o'clock on the second legislative day. [As the clerk read the pro- posed amendment 1t was greeted with loud applause]. A vote for the previous uestion, he said, was a vote for the deatn of the bill. A vo! nst the previous question would meet with the approval of the committee on rules, “How do you know that?" shouted one of the most intense silver men. Mr. Bacon repliced that it was correct. The committee on rules was not secking to pre vent the previous question being vote down and the rejection of the previous ques. tion would be no affront to the members of that committee. Bland Talks Plain to the Demo. Mr. Bland, the genpopal of the silver forces, said that it would bea curious thing for the country to observe the,vote upon the cloture resolution in order t scertain how many menon the democmtic side of the house who, when the frea, coinage bill was up, planted themselves 4on the high horse of democratic principles and announced that the propesition was undemo- cratic would then come down from their horses and , would vote in the interest of Wall str to demonetize silver. All the people would watch how many would raise themselves above demos and vote in the inter The proposed bill was a monstrosity, g to the na- tional bank further privileges and defeating the monetization of silyer in behalf of gam- blers. When the dgmoeratic party went be fore the people it said th silver ques- tion was nothing in comparison with the tariff question. The latter, was the over- shadowing, amount ue which the peo- ple had to face, but as soon s the election commit- tee on ways and means, it _having absolutely subsided.” [Laughter.] The tariff question had been relegated to the rear; the demo- ic party had betrayed their promise made to the American people on the tariff and silver, and up to this moment the people had been deceived in the last election. [Laughter and applause. | It had promised a reduction of the riff and had sent the silver question to the rear, he added. Let the silver question go until the ff was revised. There was not in the house a force strong enough to compel the repeal of this law, the so-called silver law, unless some other measure w; tuted more satisfactory or better to take its place. And gave notice that the democ party might be disrupted and all reforms might be defeated, but no proposiion solely in favor of Wall street should pass a demo- atic house. [Appla No thought would deter friends of silver from the pe formance of their duty on this question. He defied the house to demonetize silver and go back to the infamous legislation of 1873, Other Speakers, The discussion was continued by Messrs. Burtine, Watson, Bryan, Walker, Cox, Springer and Reed. Mr. Catchings closed the debate with a statement that the committee on rules would not be affected by any action which the house might take on its report. Tho roll call was taken on ordering the previous question. The interest wus in- tense and many members followed the call with tally sheets of theirown. When it was generally known that the silver men had carried the day and ordered the previ- ous question Mr. Williums demanded a re- the friends of silver resolution fules, sotting apart up the on Makes a Stu pos: capitulation of the vote, and, approaching | the clerk’ “go sloy asked him in a low tone to Hopkins of [llinois heard th nd protested against the advice given. sbemently declared that no clerk should be dictated to. “You want_arow,” said Mr. Tracy, good aturedly, taking Mr. Hopkins by the’ arm. “Yes,"” replied Mr. Hopkins, with face re- laxing into a swile, “T want a row. But there was no row, and the speaker, amid applause, declared that the previous stion had been ordered by a vote of yeas, nays, 143. Detail of the Vote. The detalled vote is as follows: Yeas— Messrs. Abbott, Anderson, Allen, Anthony, Arnold, Bubbitt, Bailey, Baker, Bankhead, Bartine, Beeman, 'Belknap, Beltzhoover, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Boatner, Bower, Breckinridge (Arky)s, Bretz, Broderick, Brooks, Brown (Ipd,], Bryan, Buchanan (Va.), Bullock, Binf, Burrows, Butler, Bynum, Clark (Ala.), Clover] €obb (Ala.), Compton, Coover, Cowles, C0x (Tenn.), Crain, Craw" ford, Culberson, Davis; DeArmond, Dockery, Dolliver, Dugan, kdmunds, Ellis, Enloe, Epes, Everrett, Fligk, Funston. Fyan, Gantz, Grady, Halyorson, Hatch, Haugen, Heard, Henderson (N. C.), Hermann, Hil- bern, Holman, Hooker (Miss.), Hooker (N Y.), Hopkins (Penw.)y Hopkins ' (Iil.), Houk (Teun.), Hull, Johnsow (N. D.), Johnson (S. C.), Jolley, Jones, Kgm, Kendall, Krebbs, Byle Lane, Lanhim, Tawson (Va.), Lawson Ja.), Lester (Va.), Lester (Ga.), Lewis, Lind, Livingston, 1 Khlnud,Mnllury,Muu- sur, Martin, ity MoiCeighan, MeMillan, McRae, Montgomery', Moore, Moses, Norton, Oates, O'Donnell, O'lerrall, Otis, Owens, Parrett, Puttersom<{Fenn.),’ Pattin, Pain- ter, Parson, Peel, Porkins, Pickler, Pierce, Post, Price, Quackeabush, Richards, Robert- son, Sayres, Shell, Shively, Simpson, Smith, Snodgrass, Stephenson, ~ Steward | (Tex.), Stockdale, Stone (Ky.), Sweet, Tarsney, Taylor (IlL.), Taylor (Tenn.), W. A, Taylor, Terry, Tillman, Townsend, Tucker, Turner, Turpin, Watson, Weaver, Wheeler, White, Williams (N. C.), Willisms (TIL), Wilson (Ky.), Wilson (Mo.), Winn, Wise—152 Nays—Messrs. Amerman, Andrew, Bacon, Barwlg, Bentley, Bergen, Bingham, Boutelle, Bowman, Brawley, Breckinridge (Ky.), Brickner, Brosius, Brown (Md.), Brunner, Buchanan (N. J.), Bunting, Bussoy, Bush- nell, Cadmus, Caldwell, Campbell, Caruth, Castle, Catchings, Cate. Chipman,' Clanc Cobb (Mo.), Coburn, Cookran, L‘og'gnw Cooliage, Coombs, Covert, Cox (N. Y. Crosby, Cummings, Curtis, ‘Cutting, Dalzell, Danlel, De Forest, Dickerson, Dingley, Doane, Dunphey, Durborow, Elliott, English; Snoch, Fellows, Fiteh,” Fowler, Geary, (ioissenhainer, Gorman, Greenleaf, Grout Hall, Halloway, Hamilton, armer, Hurris, Harter, Hayes, Haynes, Hemphill s desk, A R | Snow, S | Henderson (1il.) ; 1t was silver | | public building should be ‘aminetti, Capehart, Clark (Wyo.), | 189, Hoervert, Hite, Hoar, Houk Johnson (Ind, ), Johnsos (0.), Ketcham, (0., Wil joro, h\glu. Lapham, Layton, Little, Lodge, | Linch, Magner, McAleer, MeKaig +« Mitehell, Mors nss.), O'Neill (Pa,) Pendleton, Powers, McClellan, Moyor M Miller, Newberry. O'Neil Outhwaite, Payne Rafnes, Randall, Iay ner, Reed, Reyburn, Robinson (Pa.), ' Rock , Rusk, Russell, Scott, Scull, Seerley , Springer, Stahlnecke Stev stewart (1), C. W. Stone, W. A, Stone, Storer, Stout, Stump, J. D. Taylor, Tracy, Van Horn, Walker, ' Warner, Washington, Waugh, Woadock, Wheeler (Mich.), Wike (ML), Wileox, Williams (Mass.), Wilson (Wash.), Wilson (W. Va.), Wolverton and Youmans—143, Y followig pairs were inounced dnight and Sanford ; Forney and Branch and Rife; Bowden and O'Neill (M0.); Lockwood and Hender son (La.) ; Riley and Whiting: Pattison (0.) nd Wadsworth; Alexander and Page; For man and Fithian; McLaurin - and ' Rife; Dixon and Wright Analysis of the Vote, An analysis of the vote shows that the mo. tion was supported by 107 democrats, # ro publicans and 10 populists or independent members. The opposition, or cloture and silver repeal party, consisted of 104 demo. erats and publicans. The strong democratic showing favor of cloture on repeal of the silver bill was a surprise and all that prevented its adoption was the division on othoer than sil verolines, of the republicans, many prom inent ones, including Messrs. Burrows, Dol liver, Hopkins and Lind, believing that it wis good party policy to leave the silvor question for the incoming administration to deal with Mr. Cox then moved to recomr lution to the committee on rules, standing vote this was agreed tos The yeas and nays McKinn, ade in it the reso. and on a to by 150 coutd not be ordered owing to a lack of strength by its opponents The ymmittal of the report is regarded ns an end of the silver question for this con he house then went into cor whole for the further consid legislative appropriation bill. Amendments were adopted providing that hereafter uo draped in mourn ruments be closed out of respect to deceased ofticials, and pro hibiting the use of public funds for funcral of government ofticials or em mittee of tion of the i that executive de ployes. The committee then rose and reported the bill to the house. Mr. De Armond moved to recommit the bill with instructions to report it back with an amendment striking out appropriations for the civil service commission. Lost by a vote of 24 to 213, Adjourned. Discussion of Railways and the Principal Features, Wasiizarox, D. C., Feb, §.—The whole of the day's session of the senate, after the morning hour, was devoted to the discussion of the railway automatic car coupler bill In the course of the day Mr. Woleott had u small interchange of words with Mr. Cullom and alluded to Mr. Peffer as one of the peo ple who make up to the labor movement to reach public offices. Mr. Frye, in reporting back adversely cor. tain amendments, referred to the committee on commerce (proposing viver and harbor appropriutions), said that the sundry civil appropriation bill already contained river and harbor appropriations to the amount of about £16,000,000 (under the continuing con. tract clause) and that the committee on commerce would not recommend any further river and harbor appropriations. At noon the senate went into executive session on motion of Mr. Morgan, who said that he merely wanted to geta paper and have it printed. The doors, however, re wained closed for more than 'half an hour When they were reopened a motion was made by Mr. Wolcott to have the hour of meetin, gzed to noon, The vote resulted—yeas, 30; n nd ther vice president, in announcing it, said: he scnate being equally divided, the chair, [a pause] votes aye. [Laughter and applause The cred M. White, senator-elect were pre: sented. Car Couplers ntials of Stephen from California Car Coupler Bill. The unfinished the automatic car coupler bill—was taken up, the question being on the amendment offered by Mr Dolph to that offered by Mr. Morgan, Mr. Morgan’s amendment requives the at- torney general to bring suit for the condem- nation of any coupling patent that may be selected, and Mr. Dolph's is that no railway company shall be required to use such patent until such condemnation has taken place. The amendments and the bill were de- bated at much length, and finally Mr. Cul- lom moved to lay the motion and amend ments on the table. Carried—yeas, 35 nays, Mr. Brice offered an amendment prohibit ing, after January 1, 1558, the use of any car equipped with couplers that required the person using or operating it to go between the cars, and Mr. McPherson expressed the opinion that the adoption of the amendment would meet the whole dificulty Mr. White suggested that Mr. Brice's amendment. would permit the use of ordi- nary link and pin, Mr. Brice withdrew favor of one suggested by Mr. Palmer to strike out all of section 2, except the first sentence, which is to the effect that railways must not us: not equipped with uni- form couplers, coupling automatically by compact. busine his amendment in Amendments Agreed So. Mr. Palmer’s amendment, was agreed to. Mr. Butler offered two amendments, which were agreed to, changing the date’in tho first section (when power driving wheel brakes must be used), January 1, 1805, to January 1, 1808, and the date in the fourth section (grab irons or handholds in the ends and sides of cars must be provided) from July 1, 1893, to July 17180 Mr. 'Wolcott resented, with bity of manner, a eritici made of some things which he, Mr. Wolcott, had said the previous day. He utterly re ated the idea of hostility to the farming and to the laboring classes. *The people to whom I referred,” he said, “were the fraud and scum of the labor movement; men who are sometimes walking delegates, mien who are socialists and anarchist agi tators and men who, on the strength of the labor movement, sometimes temporarily find ublic office.” [Sensation and laughter. | Without concluding the consideration of the bill the senate adjourned. PLOTTING FOR POWER. much ascer- Scheming to Get Control of Omuha's Police Department, To the public everything in Omaha police circles may appear lovely and serene, but knowing ones assert that a lively dissension s simmering in that organization and is lia- ble to boil over. It is alleged that the American Protective association has a deep laid scheme to gain control of the police de- partment, and the plot goes so far as to aim at the deposition of the chief. Chief y complamned to the Board of Fire and Police commissioners that the s cret politico-religious organization was try ing to dictate the man agement of his sub- ordinates. The board held an executive session behind closed doors to consider the matter, and within an _hour of adjournment their discussion, supposedly secret, was known to patrolmen on their beats. The particular case which the chief called to the attention of the board was the demand that had been made upon him for the re- moval of Officer Sullivan from his beat in the Third ward aund in the vicinity of the *'bui district.” some time and had proved himself very ef- ficient in the management of the class of people who demand police attention in that quarter of the city. But the reason for his l't‘mzuuh‘li removal was easily found. A few nights beforo the complaint was made he had arrested a young fellow named Thomp. son in one of the houses of ill-repute and had charged him with carrying concealed weapons. Thompson was & brother of an American Protective association leader and was at the time doing some detective work on the Mayar Miller case. He was released on bail and appeared the next day with a certificate from Sheriff Bennett, who had appointed him as a deputy sheriff and had thus given him authority 10 carry con cealed weapons. Then the American Pro- tective association members of the force and their friends went after Sullivan's scalp, but they haven't secured it yet ri.m are ninety men on the police force | membors | the disch; | b | stopping at the Millard, said Jast evening | instead of going on to California as we in | of Oda 1 which Mr, Peffer | nt | ullivan had been on the force for | asido from the chief and hostler, Of those at loast forty-four are mombers of the Amer. fean Protective associntion, and soveral othors are sympathizers, Those who are not of the others allege that the Amerioans” have boen laying deop schemes for tho entire canization of the fo and of the Irfshmen on the force, orat least theit reduction to places in the ranks. They allege that the American Pro tective assoclation membors of the forco hav been industriously booming rge Do Giraves, a present sergeant police, for Chief Seavey's place. | The plan has been to have De Graves made a captain instead of Cormack or Mostyn and ' boost him into the hief's chair when the time was ripe. These same men alle that De Graves' record has not been such as would warrant his promotion on account of efMeient work. He has been on the for for fu\AII" 'Il|’a and has fewer arrests of crooks ang Md men to his eredit than any man on the force of his time. > ML, iy y over th SUGAR BEETS. Injustice of Giving Farmers a Bouy Not Munufacturers, There s a feeling among those financially interested in the beet sugar factories of the state, and those who were instrumental uring for Nebraska the locs lants that the bill before givea bounty to farmers sugar is not altogeth (uitablo, The bill | fast vur provided for a bounty to be given farmors. In but it expressly prohibits a bounty th owners | Storm, of factories who raise beets, This of the repeal of the bounty for manufacturers, the latter say is a speci ley designed to get other very hard s y and in fon of these the legislature to raising beets for in view iely given | ured S of factorics, | and ignoring an_obligation of honor to those already In bill M. JG secrotary and treasurer of | the Beet who is | i slation storm has ading the here cor Hamilton Norfolk speaking of the Mountain ot Sugar company, “We do not object to the bill exactly It is the provision barring the manufacturers from any bounty benefit that we object to, velieving 1t o bit of law-making too partial. As for the bounty to the farmer by “all means give it to him. It will encourage him and attract people to the state. But, in my opinion, it would have been more just and equitable to have divided the bounty, giving, say, one-halfa cent to the farmer and one-half a cent to the manufac turer. At the time we came here the stat was giving a bounty for the manufacture of beet sugar. We put several hundred thous- and dollars into our plants, and when we got fairly in operation the legislature whisked off the bounty “The beet sugar industry is a much larger affair_than the majority,of people are aware of. The profitable resulis of beet raising are but bginning to be recognized and appre ciated by the farmers, who now see that a higher grade of farming makes their land yield from &0 to $100 an acre and hence such land is far more valuable than that produc ing but 38 to #10 per acre. Eventually 1 believe Omaha will have an_immense finery, such as is located near Pavis and into which is ‘piped’ all the fluid for refining. But raising bects has grown to be an ag cultural science and we have expended | thousands of dollars in sending men over the state teaching the farmers gratuitously how > beets. The industry is yet in its infancy. We—that is myself and ihe gentlemen associated with me—have placed our capital under false pretences in Ne b ka, for it as due in g t measure to the bounty offered that we located here Tonight terrible Ouray intly and Itogether which they teamsters all of w destroyed | the season Th flying snow the lost tw on live st | Siovx sov doned tended,” | Speaking generally of the sugar interests | of the country, Mr. Hamilton referred to the | Sandwich islands “It would be a_grave mistake, d, “for the United States td nds. I believed at the first and still bes lieve the entire revolution was the work of | the sugar trust. It looks not only possible, | but extremely probable. Claus Spreckles | has vast interests at stake. Annexatuon to | i the United States means §10,000,000 annually | to the sugar trust. The reason for this is appsrent. If congress puts back the tax on ar, which, in the light of present events | J. T. 'ms altogether likely, it can be readily | city en_where the benefit'of annexation comes | in. Should the bounty remain, another in- ! jne Omaha centive for aunexation is nt. To my mind, as 1 have said, the whole thing move on the part of the sugar trust,” thit is open Movem At T believe,” imnex the At Scilly for London. At New York is in the civy Miss Dot “At the Me Two minor permit 4 50, were issued by the inspector of buildings yester- day The Railway Employes' Fraternal Bene- felal association of the Unin Pacific shops 1 have a musical and dance tnis evening at Grand Army of the Republic hall on North Fifteenth stree A social dance and_entertainment will be given Saturday evening at Washington hall by Wasa lodge No. 183, Independent Order Fellows. The proceeds will go to assist a brother member of the lodge, Fire was discovered in the grocery store at the northwest corner of Eleventh and Capi- | | tol avenue shortly after 1 o'clock this mor, Tur Bee. | ing and an alarm'was turned in from box 5 L1 The store was occupied by B. Rabinoweitz, | tholome who carried $1.000 worth of insurance. Dur: ing the fire one of the hook and ladder men discovered a bundle of burning under a counter and cu vied it out. The ags smelled strongly of kerosene and caused Chief Galligan to thiuk that the fire was incendi- ary. An investigation will be made today Loss on stock and building about $500. Chicago; H A. Harman, J. K. Moore, Davenport, W. Nier, St. cock, Tn.; G Peter Island; C. Long } Hern, Chi cific—J. H. and Mrs, A Nebraska ; € L. J. Dr s, Omaha, Dexven, Colo west Denver Port Colver, aged 43 | piece of falling cornice and danger At Ouray, Colo., an unusually Silye munication the slides are numeron much damage h intel avalanc killed months before their bodies as several s ich Worst Snow Storm of th CoLERIDGE, wram to Tue Beg, ] wind is blowing a p northwest and the k and it is will result in much loss. Towa rry, gram to e Bee.|—A ral years, set in hore afternoon and tonizht and west_ar The Sioux City & Pacific city to Omaha \ts of O IFastnet York for Liverpool Bremerhaven I, Bell of York, Rev. Dr. S, Leftwich of St E. C. Easton, Newa Hugh N. Johnsou, Knight, Denison, Grady, Chavter Oak, Ta.; R. Young, jr Downey, Bened H. Smith, New Yok, Feb, 9 « Flint, St. Denis. v, Broadway Central. Cicaco, 111 Tue Bee.|--Ne Stephenson, Omaha. ¢ ke, COLORADO'S GREAT BLIZZARD Mountain Trails and Railroads Renderod Almost Impassable, { DEATH IN FAST MOVING AVALANCHES Travel on the Mountain Ronds Fxc Dangerous ¥ Buried © Men Beneath Tons of Snow and Fob, 9.~The wind storm 1 here early this morning extends and southwest part of the state, and the mountain roads are having o orm; the South Park branch of the Union Pacific is having the worst snow storm it has had for a number of years, and it is doubtful if will resch Denver before tomorrow. All Union Pacific trains south of slowly, and with is blowing sand on the tracks so as to make the trains from Leadyillo wnd Denver & Rio Grande blo are being moved'ver b diffeulty, as the wind ng very dangerous during this morning's wind was struck by a usly heavy prevailed for two da on railroad the be Snow block and cutting d of Red towns with nd Ironton, teails to the mines, Snow and fatal to life, and been done to property sence was received e that oceurred botween Porter's. Four men were in and it will probably be an be recovered now slides followed the one in were buried. The were id were in charge of four teams, were buvied in the snow and of a ‘I'he names of the unfortunates are TOHN SWAN MARTIN WHITE HANK METCALF AN UNKNOWN MAN NEBRASKA'S BLIZZARD, Season Provailing eridge Feb, 9 at « Neb., Special Tele The worst blizzard of raging in this locality foct gale from the atmosphere is filled with The intense cold weather of ks has boen a severc trinl aved that this storos s now we ins Blockaded. la., Feb, 9.—[Special blizzard, the at 8§ roads cast Wi o'clock this all blockaded north and trains aban from this only line in the city is the > n Stewmers, Febr Bovium, from ry 0. New >assed —Nessmore, from Boston Arrived—Aller, from i, ERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Neb., n town, V. Lecch is in the city Paul. Neb., is in the H. Stillwell of Des Moines, Ia., is visit C. S. Fletcher, a resident of Atluntic, Ta., Dunn of North Bend, Neb., is stopping in the gity. J. G. Miils, New York; vk, N. J.; A. Desjardins, Pettibone, Minneapolis; W. M. Robinson, Portland ; t Lake; A. B. Hoyle, Ogden Fort Washakie: H. P. Johnson, i J. H. Coloney, Denver; J. H. C. Ruaschand G. R . Romans and William J. Martin, Han wife, Des Moines ; Geneva, Neb,: James A Neb.; A, E. Pike, Grand Beat C. R. Glov Hostette entral City; L D. Louis . 3 H. S| e special Telegram to Swobe, St. Denis; Lincoln: F. A. Bar- dmaha : Fob. 9.—[Special Tc raska arei J. J. Johnson t Northern Bilger, Omaha; V. C. I Jones, Lincoln. Victorn Joseph Garneau, jr., L. Hug Auditorium—C, I. Jones, Lin- Knapp, coln; Mrs. J. L. Kimball, Omaha. We say as we mean. We do as we say. " Boys’ Flannel Waists For a week we will sell any Flannel Shirt Waist in the house at half price. $2.00 waists go at $1.00 ““ (! 1,75 1.50 1.25 1.00 [T [T 87Y,c 750 62Y5c 50¢ We have reduced the price on these shirt waists as we are bound to close them out---it will pay you to take advan- tage of this sale. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO.