Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1895, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895, APPROPRIATIONS REPORTED Hous) Committes on Ways and Meany Schedules Btate Expenditures. DISAPPOINTMENTS THERE FOR MANY Eatimatos of Managers Scaled, Employes Reduced in Namber and Salaries of Those Itetained Lowered—De- talls of General Bills. LINCOLN, Feb. 26.—(Speclal)—The long dclayea appropriation bills were thia after- moon reported to the house from the com- mittee on ways and means, The bills could mot have been withheld much longer, for If they had not been introduced before midn'ght the governor alone could have brought them before the legislature. The two bills appropriate a grand total of $2,040,752, as compared with $2,068,040 by the legislature two years ago. Of the total amount appropriated this year $762,880 fs sot aside for the payment of the salaries of state officers, judges of the supreme and dis- triet courts, and officers of state intstitutions, while $1,206,872 is for the payment of the expenses of ma'ntaining the state govern- ment and state institutions, The salary appropriations are divided among the several departments aa per the following tabulated statemient: Governor's office Adjutant general Becretary of s 1 Auditor of public aj 2 Treasurer . Buperintendent public instraction Attorney general ............... _Commissioner public Tands and buiid- ings District Bupreme State library Soldiers’ and Btate b .$13,000 2,000 400 100 1000 9,400 26,200 224,000 lors home . nking department Kearney Industrial school Home for the Friendless Institute for the Deaf . Fish commission . Institute for the Biind State Board of Transportation Peru Normal School ........... Hospital for the Insane at fincoln Asylum for the Insane at Hastings Asylum for the Insane at Norfolk Industrial school at Geneva Institute for Feeblo-minded Industrial home at Milford State university Total . CUTTING EMPLOY SALARIES. In fixing the above salary list the ways and means committee seems to bave paid but little heed to the requests of the several departments. Notable reductions have been made in many of the departments. The sal- ary of the stenographer of the governor was reduced from $1,200 to $1,000. The etenog- rapher in the secretary of state's office is also cut from $1,000 to $800. An assistant clerk in the Banking department was denied, while the salary cf the chief clerk was cut from $1,600 to $1,200 per annum. The deputy state librarian suffered a cut of $200 per annum. The superintendent of the Girls' In- dustrial school, at Geneva asked for a salary of $2,500 per annum, and the ways and means committee cut it to $1,800, and made a $200 per annum cut in the salary of the matron. The superintendent cf the Boys' In- dustrial school, at Kearney, fared no better than the Geneva man. The superintendent of the Industrial Home at Milford wants $2,000 per annum, but the committee says $1,200 is enough. One of the notable recommendations of the ways and means committee comes with refer- ence to the State Board of Transportation. Heretofore appropriations have been made for three secretaries, at $2,000 each per annum. The ways and means committee makes pro- vision for but one secretary. No appropriation whatever is made for sal- ary or maintenance of the office of deputy labor comm'ssioner. The State university asked for $196,205 for salaries and wages, and $49,850 for current expenses, or a total' of $246,145, The com- mittee cuts this to $190,000. The general appropriation bill foots up $1,296,872, and s divided among the several ate departments as follow: Governor's office Adjutant_general' Y suport for national guards. Secretary of state. Auditor of public accounts. State treasure Buperintendent of pubiic instruction Attorney general . Commissioner of pubiic lands and buildings . “Board of Pubiic Linds and Hiiid: \Boura_of Hducational Lands and Funds Board of Purchase and Suppiies. Supreme court ... Banking department State library . State Board of ‘Transportation Peru normal school. NESS 5 5 gdgess Home for the Friendles Hastings Asylum for the Norfolk Asylum for the Insane ‘Geneva Girls' Industrial School Omaha Institute for the Deaf. Kearney Boys' Industrial Scho Soldiers' and Sailors’ Home. -Instituta for the Blnd Institute for Feeble Minded ‘State fish commission State penitentiary Miscellaneous Total . o P | CHANGES FROM ESTIMATES. The above tabulated ||nl¥mtnl also con- 3 azans 2 tains many Interesting featyres. For the governor's office the commitbee recommends an appropriation of $1,600 for house rent. This item was vetoed by Governor Crounse two years ago, but was always cheerfully ac- cepted by Governor Thayer. Tho state in- stitutions haye received much less than their respective superintendents asked for. The Lincoln insano hospital asked for em- ployes' wages $37,000, and the committee gives it $35,000, It wanted $50,000 for board and clothing, and gets $40,000; for fuel and lights, $16,000, while the committee says $12,000 s suficient. The Hastings Asylum for the Incurable Insane suffers least at the hands of the com- mittee. It asked for $147,800 for mainten- ance, and the committee gave it $145,300, The Norfolk asylum fell short of its ex- pectation In one or two instances. It wantel $28,000 for employes' wages and $12,000 for fuel and lights. The committee cut the ,000 and $10,000, respectively. he Deoatrice Institute for ' the Feeble Minded fared very badly. Superintendent .Armstrong asked for $81,000 for maintenance and employes' wages. The ways and means committee cuts this amount in two, and after that lops off a few additional thousands for good luck, and recommends a total appro- priation of $35,000. The State Fish commission, Soldiers’ Home, State Library and other departments were all disappointed in many items asked for. Nouo of the siate institutions receive any encouragement for new buildings. The com- mittee refused to recommend a single build- ing, and if any are erected it will bo only after a fight. miscellaneous items call for an appro- jon of $404,901, or considerably mor the amount set aside for miscellaneous Atems two years ago, when the total was but $265,625. The items are tabulated as follows: MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS, Revenue books and blanks . $ 10,000 Abstracts of land trom Uni(ed Stités nd office, Including outstanding claims For prosecution of unauthorized insus ance companies or thelr agents . For advertising for proposals for state 2,000 500 5 and othér printing CONLFACE 1vveerivnresss State Board of Agri- of Horti- require For_ support of culture For support of State Hoard For repa; roneously s Jold on achoal land For refun ing state taxes ilick levied 3 4 . County t ure fe for collection of state taxes .. 4 Fugitives from justice and 'officers’ Outstandin For suppor tion .. Jox Btate Hisiorioal aociely | expenses of presidential électors staté sinking fund | claims for officers' fees. of State Poultry associa- For rosetting and at state capitol Total . The largest item In the above list is the one recommending that the sum of $180,100 be set apart from the general fund to reim- burse the sinking fund for the money lost to It by the collapse of the Capital National bank. The sinking fund will be required for the payment of the refunding bonds which brcome due April 1, 1897, The appropriation bills Introduced this afternoon will be read the second time to- morrow and then sent to the printer. It ir hardly lkely that they will be returned from the printer’s hands much before Friday, and, as they are somewhat lengthy, they may not be ready until Saturday. The house will undoubtedly take up these bills for considera- tlon by Monday at the very farthest, and make as rapid progress as possible, even to the exclusion of all other business. TO MAKE EX-TREASURERS DISGORGE. Senator Dale Proposes That the State Sue for Interest on Public Fands, LINCOLN, Feb. 26.—(Special)—Dale of- fered a resolution in the senate this morning that may lead to interesting results before the end of the matter is reached. Dale took the lead in the opposition to the repeal of the otate depository act, and made a telling speech against the proposition. His arguments were met by statements by Pope and others that the state was entitled to the Interest on state funds, and that if this interest has not been collected from treasurers in past years it was because no effort had been made to collect it. The Wisconsin case, in which the state re- covered large sums of money from its ex- treasurers, was cited by the semators wh favored the repeal of the law. In order to test the sincerity of these senators, Dale offered a resolution directing the attorney general to commence proceed- Ings against the state treasurer and ex- treasurers for the collection of interest. The full text of the resolution follows: Whereas, 1 find after a careful examina- tion of the reports made by our state treas- urers and ex-state treasurers to the gov- ernors during the last ten years that the following amounts have been on hand at the time of the blennial reports, as follows: Amount. Dalance on Balance on on on on hand N hand hand hand ember 30, 1856 ember ; L LISLO8 30, REREIR at if the umounts be a fair average dur- ing the past ten years, .we have held an average of 31,166,476, which, upon deposit at 4 per cent annually, the interest would net the state $16,209 per annum, or a total of $462,500; and Whereas, Last week a bill passed this body for a’complete repeal of what is known ns the state dépository law, an act of 18%9; and Whereas, One of the main reasons pre- sented for the report of said law was that various supreme courts have held that in- Lerest, upon public funds belongs {0 the peo- e solved, That we hereby call upon and ask that the attorney general of this st: immediately commence pro the state treasurer and e together with their bonds lection of all interest due the state of Ne- braska on the above named sums. BLOW AT THE STOCK YARDS. The long deiayed reports on the stock yards bills were presented early in the morn- ing hour by Crane, chairman of the commit- tee on miscellaneous corporations. There were three of these bills, one, senate file No. 12, introduced on January 8 by Sprecher, and the other two, Nos. 51 and 52, intro- duced on January 9 by Jeffries. Sprecher's bill Is the most conservative of the three, but Crane returned it from his committee with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. There was no minority report and the reference was plain that the commit- tee had agreed unanimously. The report brought out a very entertaining little contest. McKesson moved that the re- port of the committes be not concurred in. In support of his motion McKesson sald that a few days ago a bill had been reported for indefinite postponement, and the senate had refused to comcur. That bill, he sald, pro- vided that all convict-made goods should be branded as such. The stock yards bill, he sald, was one of vastly more importanca to every county in the state. McKesson pald his respects to Crane by saying that the Douglas county senator held his commission as a member of the senate by vir- tue of the power of the Omaba Union Stock Yards company. The Lancaster county senator wanted the bill to go on general file, where it could be discussed and some of the enormities of the abuses continually being practiced at South Omaha be corrected. Jeftries surprised his populist colleagues by supporting the committee's report. He said he was satisfied that the present session would pass no stock yards bill. He did not, therefore, believe it wise to take up the time of the senate in discussing the bill. He voted no on McKesson’s motlon to place the bill on general file. Noyes and Smith voted against McKesson's motion, both explaining their votes briefly. The motion was, however, agreed to by the following vote: Yeas— Akers, Black, Buuer, Crawford, Cross, Date. Granam, Nays— Tressler, Crane, McKeeby, Smath, Hahn, Noyes Watson—9. Crane, from the same committee, recom- mended the indefinite postponement of the other two Dbills and no opposition was of- fered. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, The proposed constitutional amendments came up at 11 o'clock as a special order, and the senate went Into committee of the whole, with Stewart of Dawes in the chair. The first amendment taken up was the one introduced early in the session by Stew- art, providing for the election of a rallroad commission. This amendment contalned some errors in phraseology, and the senate voted to substitute for it senate file No. 281, introduced by the committee on constitu- tional amendments. The amendment pro- vides for the election of three rallroad com- missioners, each to serve three years. The senate voted unanimously to recommend it for passage. Watson’s amendment providing for an in- crease in the number of judges of the su- preme court from three to five was indefi- nitely postponed at the request of its author, with the étatement that another amendment covering the same subject had been intro- duced by the committee on constitutional amendments. A prolonged discussion cnsued upon the reading of the amendment relating to the adoption of future amendments. In brief, the proposition includes the following: That either branch of the leglslature may propose amendments to the counstitution, and such amendments can only be submitted to the | people when two-thirds of all the members slected to bo‘h houses agree to the same. A majority of all the votes cast for the proposition shall be necessary to ratify the proposed amendment. The discussion of the proposition took a wide range, and nearly every senator had something to say upon the subject. Pope led the opposition to the amendment, and moved that the bill be not passed. He safd that the amendment, if ever adopted, would prove dangerous to the state and to the constitution. It would, be claimed, give a minority the opportunity of amending the constitution. Dale favored the proposition and pointed out the fact that many needed amendments had been lost because of the indifference of thousands of voters. The state would have been better off ycars ago if this proposition had been contained in the constitution. Wright thought the proposition a danger- oue one, and opposed it. Watson ook issue with the opponents of the proposition. He alludad to the vote on the adoption of the new constitution of New York in which more tham 200,000 voters failed to express an opinion, although the adoption of the constitution was the paramount lssue of the state campaign. He believed that it was practically {mpossible to adopt amend- ments under the present constitutional re- strictions. Graham supported the amendment. He sald that as long as it required a two-thirds vote of both branches of the legislature to submit an amendment there would be little danger that improper and unwise amend- ments would ever go to the people. Sloan spoke at length against the proposi- tian, as did also Teftt. The committee voted Lo indefinitely post- pone the blll and rose. Dale then endeav- ored In regular session to save the proposed Gray, Hitelicock, Holbrook, Lehr, Mitohell, McKeason, Saunders, Stoan, Sprecher, Stewart, Steufter, Temt, Wright—2). Jeftries, Pope, amendment, but falled, the yea and nay vote indefinitely postponing of 20 to 10, The senate o'clock. CONSOLIDATING CITY AND COUNTY. After recess the senate resumed consider- ation of constitutional amendments and re- mained in committee of the wholo until all were disposed of. When senate file No. 274 was reached, the amendment providing for the merging of the governments of cities of the metropolitan class with that of the county in which they are situated, the substitute presented last week by Smith was accepted This provides that a two-thirds majority of all the voters of the county should assent to the_consolidation. Noyes recalled the matter and succeeded in having the Smith substitute set aside an the orignal proposition accepted. The proposed amendment as it now stands provides that “the government of any city of the metro- politan class and the government of the county In which such eity is located may be merged, wholly cr in part, when a proposi tion %0 to do has been submitted by authority of law to the vot- ers of such city and county and received the assent of a majority of the votes cast in such city, and also a majority of all the votes cast in the county, exclusive of those cast in such cities, at such election.” The amendment proposing “that the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, but the legislature may provide that in eivil cases two-thirds of the jury may render a verdict,” was, after considerable discussion, amended o that five-sixths of the jury could render a verdict. The amendment presenting the new test of citizenship was agreed to, after a_motion by Akers to strike out the word ‘make’ had been voted down. There were ten votes In favor of the motion and fourteen against CITIES NOT SELF-GOVERNING The amendment, which proposed to give to cities of the metropolitan class the right to make their own charters was defeated, after an animated debate. Sprecher started the discussion by favoring the amendment, assert- ing that there were no objectionable features to a propositon which conferred upon the voters of a_great city the right to pass upon their own laws. Pope opposed the proposal, on the ground that it contemplated special legielation and might jecpardize the interests of the state. McKesson favored it, insisting that it contained no vicious prnciple. The amendment would tend to put a stop to the practice of ~rushing charter ameniments through the legislature drawn in the Interests of tricksters and political jcbbers. Tefft could see no virtue in the preposition, and assorted that it was altogether vicious. Its adoption would tend to keep the citizens of a metropol- itan city in a constant turmoil. People with more energy than prudence, he said, would al- ways be tempted to mount their hobby horses and ride rough shod through the charter every other year. Black could ses nothing dangerous inthe amendment, and was sur- prissd at the oppoeition. He believed it to be one of the most reasonable cf the amend- ments proposed. The amendment was finally rejected, and the committee arose. After making the irrigation and canal blls a special order for Thursday morning, the senate adjourned it by a vote then took a recess until 2 HOUSE DELUGED WITH BILLS, Last Call Drings in a Flood of Proposed Logislation, LINCOLN, Feb. 26.—(Special)—The last day for the Introduction of new bills closed with a record breaker, no less than seventy- four measures being read by the chief clerk. The general appropriation bills came in two sections from the committee on finance, ways and means, section 1 embracing the salary lists of state officers, and No. 2 office expenses and supplies. There is a general reduction all along the line in the salaries of clerks and stencgraphers, as well as in the numbef so employed. The anticipated struggle over the Barrett Scott change of venue bill did not material- ize today. When Barry reached the hall he expected to find the house at a - deadlock under the call. He was visibly surprised when he found that it was still doing busi- ness at the same old stand. When he sug- gested that nc call of the house could be had on Harrison's motion, for the reason that there was still a call of the house pending, the speaker blandly. informed him that such was not the case, as the adjournment of lust night had dissolved the call. ROUTINE OF THE HOUSE. Following roll call half an hour was de- voted to petitions and memorials. They em- braced a wide range, from a request that Wasbington’s birthday be made a legal holl- day to demands for immediate legislation against the Russian thistle. On the call for reports of standing com- mittees the following bills were recom- mended to be placed on general file: House rolls 431, 208, 449, 320, 416 and 355. The following were recommended for pas- sage: 105, 122, 422, 354, 222, 324, 358, 408, 214, 216, 446, 445, 447, 311, 295, 285, 215, 197 and 185, These. were postponed indefinitely: 413, 411, 317, 112, 160, 184, 421, 442, 350, 351, 377, 326, 298, 207, 277, 265, 406, 208, 257, 248, 247, 225, 206, 105, 192 and 165. House roll No. 396, reported by the com- mittee for indefinite postponement, was re- ferred to the committes on claims. House roll No. 397, appropriatmg $9,200 for the relief of tho impeached state officials, Humphrey, Allen, Hastings, and a number of attorneys, was recommitted to the com- mittee on claims. A resolution was reported back from the committes, and passed, condemning the al- leged defalcation of fees- of ex-Oil Inspector Hilton, in the sum of $5,000. Harrison moved that house roll No. 67 be made a special order for Thursday at 2 p. m. This is the measure to provide for the en- couragement of the manufacture of beet sugar, and paying a bounty of 1 cent a pound, provided at least $5 a ton for beets shall be paid to the producer. Before the announcement of the vote Harrison moved a call of the house. Barry moved the point of order that the house was then under call of the house. The speaker ruled him out of order with the statement that the adjourn- ment of last night had raised the call. While the call was in progress Harrison moved that further proceedings under the call be dis- pensed with. Barry objected, was seconded, but the speaker completely ignored him, and Barry waxed furious in his emphatic de- nunciation of the unfair and unparliamentary ruling of the speaker. He shouted defiance to the monotonous tapping of the gavel, and when he sat down the speaker announced that the motion to make house roll 67 a spe- clal order for Thursday was carried by a vote of G5 to 29. Introduction of bills was fol- lowed by the noon recess. TELEGRAPHERS' BILL KNOCKED OUT. Following the noon recess the general ap- propriation’ bills were introduced, in which wero found an average decrease in the total amount of office expenses, and quite a reduc- tion in some of the salary lists, The house then went into committee of the whole on bills on general file, and house roll No. 142, to protect the health of employes in factories, was considered. The bill contains provisions making it a misdemeanor, for manufacturers of clothing to fail to provide well lighted and properly ventilated workshops for their em- ployes. The bill was finally recommitited to the committee, and bouse roll No. 163, by Jenness, to protect employes from being blacklisted through the machinations of guarantee bond companies, was taken up. An extended debate occurred on the measuro. It was opposed by Munger on tbe ground that it was demanded by no class of laboring men savo the telegraphers. He also said that it would drive the guarantee companies out of the state. Barry vigorously defended it. The bill was indefinitely postponed House roll No. 60, Jenkins' anti-cigarette bill, was recommended for passage. Howard sent up an amendment stating that the bill was in line with prohibition, and he moved that when the committee rise they report the bill back for indefinite postponement, but it falled to prevail House rall No. 267, by Mlles, providing that judgment creditors in the county in which the debtor resides shall bave a first lien on lands and tenements, was recommended for indefinite postponement. The committee of the whole then arose. On motion of Miles, when the report of the committee was made, house roll No. 163 was recommitted to the committee for amend- ment. The house then adjourned. Ricketts Will Make » *liver Sprech, LINCOLN, Feb. #6—(Speial)—Dr. Rick- etts will present to the speaker and eich member of the lower house, on Monday, , @ copy of “Coin's i g Eiven by the Capital City Bimeta ¢ club of Lincoln. Frivids of silver are requested to be present and hear the pre- sentation speech, HEAVY FREIGHT FOR FILES Bl Members of Both Rauses Busy Futting Bills Boforo thediogislature, b OVER A THOUSANHARE NOW PENDING Yestorday's Output@willed the Total Hand- somely—~Objects of the Most Import- ant of they Tuost 1 ateh of Propisfl Laws, e, LINCOLN, Feb, 26 "(Special)—The senate bids fair to eclipsé 'Hil previous records for the introduction of bills, Already 346 have been introduced, and there are st'll more In sight. Ten were offered today, ssme of them of considerable tmportance, Senator Stewart introduced a bill which pro- poses to prohibit the further sale of echcol lands in this state, and also for the r appralsement and re-leasing of lands now held by private parties unde leass. The proposed measure provides that “all landa in the state of Nebraska known as educational lands shall hereafter be held for lease only.” It is also provided that when any of such lands shall remain unleased for one year or more, and it shall be made apparent to the county of the county in which the land is situ- ated, the board shall have power to reduce o appraisement on said land to the value at which it may think the land will lease, or it may advertiss in the county papers that bds wiil be recelved for the leasing of said lands, the lands to g5 %o the highest bidder. The bill further provides that if any lessee of school lands shall ba in default of the semi- annual rental for a period of six months, no- tice shall be eerved by the county treasurer, and if the amount is not paid in thirty days the lands shall be subject to lease by other applicants, at the same valuation Senatcr Bressler Introduced in the senate the house bill providing for a supervisor of public printing. Senator Akers Introduced a bill to define a “legal newspaper” in Nebraska. It provides that a “legal newspaper” must have a bona fde circulation of at least 200 coples weekly and must have been published in the county for at least fifty-two successive weeks. Al legal and other officfal notices shall be pub- lished in a legal newspaper. The law does not apply to counties in which but one paper is_published. Senator Sloan offered this morning a bill which provide hat the Board of Super- visors of Clay county, Nebraska, is author- ized and empowered (o compromise with the taxpayers the taxes assessed in the year 1874, whenever it is made to appear to said board that the payment of said taxes would be an injustice to the parties liable therefor.” SAVER FOR THE RAILROADER Senator McKesson of Lancaster county to- day introduced a bill which provides as fol- lows: Every railroad shall be liable for all upon the persons of p transported over its road, e: where the injury done aris ligence of the persons injurcd, or when the injury complained of hall be the violation of some express rule or resuiation of said road, actual brought to his or her notice. Andl where any ;persgon shall sustain p sonal injury or los: f while lawfully engaged or employedion or about the road, works, depot and .premises of a_railroad ny, or in or abbut any train or car therein or thereon, of which company such person is not an employe, the right of action for recovery In all such cases against the company shall be such only as would exist If such person were an employe; pro- vided, that this seotion shall not apply to passengers, SR The last paragraph,ls all that is new in the section, the first ohe already being on the statute books. Tbe bill: was drawn up by the general attorney of one of the leading railroad systems of the state and introduced by Mr. McKesson® by-request. Primarily, it is intended to ¥eliéve -railroad companies from liability to postal clerks, express mes- sengers and_employes, mail carriers who de- liver mail to postaf’ cars, and general em- ployes of companies intimately assoclated with but not belonging to railroad companies. The bill malkes these men fellow-employes under the law. But the bill will go still further. It would cperate against the privato citizen whose work might place him temporarily upon rail- road grounds or in close proximity to rail- road cars. For instance, a stock shipper at a small country station might be injured by the negligence of the railroad company while engaged In loading stock for shipment. Or any sbipper who may bo engaged in loading or unloading a car engaged from the com- pany might be Injured through no fault of his own. Under the present law he would be entitled to sue for damages in any amount commensurate with the injury. Under the bill proposed by the railroad company and introduced by courtesy of Senator McKes- son, such person could only sue under the rights accorded by law to a fellow employe. LAST CALL IN THE HOUSE. Today brought about the end of the intro- duetion of bills in the house under the gen- eral provisions of law, and the roll was swelled by seventy-four numbers. It now contains 637 bills. Many of the bills intro- duced today were of minor Importance, refer- ring to slight changes in the statutes as ex- isting. Others were of considerable impor- ance. Among_the bills introduced today 18 house roll No. 575, which provides for an appropri- ation of $35,000 to purchase the necessary equipments to operate the penitentiary and to repeal chapter Ixxxvi of the general laws of 1887, relating to the extension of Mosher’s penitentiary contract. It would seem from an examination of the simple provisions of this measure as though the repeal of chap- ter lxxxvi would lose to the state the $25,000 or more due in the construction of the eighty stone cells, which the transfer of Boss Stout’s contract to Mosher imposed upon the latter. Judd has a bill, which, by an amendment, will provide for saving this amount to the state. The penitentiary committee has in hand a complete inventory of all property of the Nebraska penitentiary turned over to Mosher in 1877, It includes inventories of the property in the armory, store room, Kitchen, cell room, lower guard room, chapel, upper guard room, dining hall, laundry and wash house. Of course much of this prop- erty has worn out, hut it is understood that company, as aforesaid, mages inflicted while being board | it must be replaced in as good condition as at the time Mosher was given the contract SOME OF THE NEW BILLS, Dee, of the committee on claims, had pre- pared a bill regulating the purchass of legls- lative supplles, but bsfore he eent it In Lamborn came fo the front with house roll No. 583, which provides for the pur- chase of all manner of supplies for the legislature, and to regulate the use and cars of the same. The bill was Introduced today Beo today Introduced another bill, house roll No. 668, which, it passed, will do away with the expensive junketing committees from either house to the state institutions It provides that only the chairman of the committee on public lands and buildings shall make the trip, and be allowed §5 a day for his_expenses Benedict sent up a new bill today provid- ing for a commissioner of immigration, to gether with a bureau, and to provide funds for the necessary expense, Brockman introduced a bill in the Interest of stock raisers. It provides that railroad companies shall furnish stock tickets or free transportation from initial station to destina tlons and return to persons who accomp live stock, to refund fares paid by persons | who journey after live stock, to accompany | its €hipment, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof. Rouse has a bill in the hands of the pfinter repealing the depository law and virtually | creating a now one. The bill makes it the duty of the depository board to fnvestigate standing of banks, the standing of bondsmen requires sureties to qualify and punish them for perjury; provides that county boards may require additional security; restricts de- posits in banks in some counties to 60 per cent of their capital and permits the lap- ping of the terms of depository banks dur ing the months of January and February, and glves the county boards the custody of vouchers, all of which provisions are absent from the law now in force. One of Interest on the prairies is house roll No. 576, by Mr. Rouse, looking to the en- couragement of timber culture. Mr. Orton's bill, house roll 607, proposes that the state shail purchase the toll bridge over the Platte at South Bend, between Cass and Sarpy coun- ties. House roll No. 633, Introduced by Sut- ton of Douglas, provides “for the purchase and display of the United States flags in con- nection with the public school buildings of the state” In all human probability the great majority of these bills will be in the hands of the committees when the legisla- ture finally adjourns. WEBSTER GETS HIS MONEY. The committee on claims, which has been working on the matter of the claims arising from the maximum rate case, has reached a decision and will make a report recommend ing that the clalm of John L. Webster for $10,000 attorney's fees be allowed, but re- jeofing the claim of $304 for expenses. On the other claims before the committee the following recommendations are made: E. S. Dundy, jr., clerk of the United States district court, $2,618.05 for eervices as master and examiner in chancery, not ailowed; Omaha Printing company, $2,561.10, cut to $2,100; L. Woodruft's printing bill, $300, cut to $261; ttorney General Hastings, $478.05; W. A. rth, $479.07; L. F. Wakefield, not allowed. An appropriation of $7 was recommended to be expended by the state auditor for witness fees, court costs, travel- enses of counsel and other Incidental relative to the maximum freight rate case. The claims commuttee also agreed upon an appropriation bill of $28,689. Of this sum $5,728 is for the bounty on wild animals, $5,432 is for sheriffs' fees in re- turning fugitives, $11,200 is for sheriffs’ fees for taking convicts to the penitentiary, $1,349 is for sheriffs’ fees in taking girls to the re- form school and $4,083 Is for sheriffs’ fees in taking boys to the reform school. The sum of $1,214 is also appropriated for county treasurers’ examiners. Should heuse roll No. 60, recommended for passage in the house this afternoon, pass the senate and become a law, the manufac- ture of cigarettes will cease in Nebraska. The measure prohibits the manufacture or sale of cigarettes and cigarette paper within the limits of the state, and prescribes a pen- alty in the shape of a $100 fine for violation ot the provisions of the bill. RELIEF COMMISSION LETS CONTRACTS. Will Purchase a rge Amount of Food Supplies at Once. LINCOLN, Feb, 26.—(Special)—The Relief commission today cpencd bids for meat and flour. 8. B. Thompson of the commission was authorized to purchase fifty tons of flour, twenty tons of corn meal, $1,000 worth of tea, $200 worth:of coffee, twenty-five barrels of rice, fity barrels of oat meal, 500 bushels of beans and fifty bushels of hominy. The following bidders were awarded contracts under these bids, and at prices annexed: Hargreaves Bros., beans, at $1.15 per bushel; Plummer, Perry & Co.. tea, at 6% cents a pound; Consolidated Coffee company, coffee, at 15 cents a pound; Allen Bros., rice, at 314 cents a pound; Allen Bros., hominy, at $2.65 per barrel. Bids were recelved and entertained on meats from the Cudahy Packing company, Lincoln, for bacon at $5.50; from Swift, for bacon, at $5, and froh the Lincoln Packing company at $5.75. _Contracts for flour were let to Weels & Neiman, Schuyler, at 90 cents; meal, $1.08; Lexington mills at $1.20 and $1.29; Cambridge Milling company at $1.20 and $1.20; O. A. Cocper, Humboldt, flour at 85 cents. For the Governor's House Kent. LINCOLN, Feb. 2.—(Special)—The ap- propriation bills introduced today in the house provide for $1,50 for house rent for the governor. The sum of $2,000 was voted to Governor Thayer and Governor Boyd. The same amount was voted Gover Crounse, but he promptly vetoed the jtem and refused to accept the money. Gov- ernor Holcomb was seen by a reporter for The Bee, and gald that no opinion could be expressed on the subject of any of the ap- propriations, as it could not bLe known at assume on final passage, —— Postal Can Use the RIght of Way. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—The United States circuit court of appeals today dis- missed the appeal of the Western Union l‘ur'n:r.u)h company, taken from the de- cision of Judge Ross, district judge fo e Southern distrlct of Callfotnia i u’v’.’.r”(‘.‘r the Postal Telegr: Under the decision of Judg th ostal Tele- graph company was given leave to build iis | lines on the right of way of the Atlantic & Pacific compiny 1 Culifor The West- ern Union clainied an exclusive right to malintain its lines on the right of way in question, but the dismissal of its appeal leaves Judge Ross' decision final, has ¢ neluded to fine high grade 1513 Douglas St. Organs, and many more at prices that will sell them guick. Cull early while the stcek is compleic. DOLLARS down payment and §5.00 minthly you can buy a KIMBALL organ 11 stops, feet 6 inches high, plate mirvors, cak or $76 OR A 11 M(lpn‘* fine walnut case, for- mer price $125.00, $6 a OR A tiow. Mason & Hamlin,;,’ OR A Kimball 2,50 e case, fino nd ac #45.00, now only.. worhig 44 ensh and $3.00 per mouth. | Four Dollar: buys o A | Taylor & Farley ) ioanat ut cu flue Dargain ut860.00, BOW GuLy.-rerer $3l the present’stage what shape they would | WITT. One of the Ablest Lawyers in the South Rdvocates Paine’s Celery Compound. Judge William Henry DeWitt is one of the most prominent lawyers and judges in east Tennessee. He is a leading member of the Southern Methodist church at Chattanooga. In legal, business and social circles he stands high, and his statements, says the Chatta- nooga Press, are regarded of special weight because of his venerable character, he being now 67 years old. He has held several prominent positions in a legislative and judicial capacity, having served as a member of the Southern Con- gress at Richmond during the war, and since that time as judge of the chancery court, one of the highest offices in judicial practice next to the supreme court. He was admitted to the bar In 1850. In 1855 he was elected to the state legislature, but declined a re-election. Atter his removal to east Tennessee he was appointed special chancelor by Governor Tay- lor, and filled the office for two years. He has successfully practiced bfore the supreme court of the United States for years. In recent years, owing to the heavy work he has performed, he has been subject to nervousness, and his attention has been called at various times, both by friends and physiclans, to the need of fortifying himself against physical collapse. His attention was called to Palne’s Celery compound as a vital- izing force, He sought and obtained this valuable aid, and to friends he recommended the use of the remedy for shattered nerves, Overhearing his conversation, a friend asked him to write down his experience for the use of others so afflicted. In response he wrote as follows: “Dear Sir—In obedienca to your request, T state some of my personal knowledge of the value of Paine’s celery compound as a medi- cal remedy for certain affiictions and dis- cases, as follows, namely: “Judging from my own experience, it is a first class remedy to restore the nervous sys- tem when broken down or impaired from overwork of mind or body, revivifying the energies. 1t strengthens the digestive pow- ers and cures costiveness; truly it is a_great nerve tonic, a -good alterative, a splendid diuretic. It is good for the kidneys and the blood, renews vitality and restores strength. It surpasses anything I have used as a health renewer, a strength giver, and system regulator. It quiets weak nerves, gives better rests, increases both appetite and digestion, and brings back lost power of balmy sleep, nature's eweet restorer. Yours truly, Willlam Henry DeWitt." the statement of Judge DeWitt— a die—clear—conclusive. Read ft There & straight again. “DIRT DEFIES THE KING.” THEN SAPOLIO IS GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITSELF. 1317-1319 ===DOUGLAS ST . The Western Clothing Co.’s Bankrupt Stock of CLOTHING Is being sold out by order of the court at Dollar 25 Cents on the O A good Bult, Western's price was $7.50, in sacks only fashionable cut— pick them out for. Regular $5.60 Suits— Sing or double breasted sre sucks— To Lring the people in you can have them for.. ” All the Western's $10 Suits— Nicely trimmel and well made, perfect goods in every way. All you have to do to get one is to pay the cashier. Men's Overcoats and Ulsters— the Wes Clothing Co. always got § for them, the best bargain you ever got... Men's Overcoats and Ulsters— such as the Western Clothing Co. s0ld for $0.50 and $7.50, your cholce as long as they last at