Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1895, Page 5

MAKE THEM ATTEND SCHOOL Button's Compuleory Education Bill Brings on a Lively Discussion, VALUED POLICY LAW STILL IN DANGER ©Covert Attompt to Securo Ita Nullification Peuding In Committee—Effort Made he Seed Grain Appro- printion BiIL LINCOLN, March 4.—(Speclal)—The pyro- technic debate of today's sesslon occurred over houso roll No. 188, introduced by Sut- ton of Douglas. The measure provides that all parents or guardians in the state of Ne- bragka shall compel children or wards un- der their control, between the ages of 8 and 16 years, to attend school, or schools where reading and writing are taught in the English language. Section 3 provides that the Board of Rducation shall designate some person 10 act as agent and ses (hat the pro of the law arc enforced. The bill was sup- ported by MeNitt and Sutton. The former said that ho had been approached on the floor of tho house by members of religlous or- ganizations and told that his political future depended upon his opposition to the measure, He had been told it was an A. P. A. measure, but ho could not regard it in that light. He should always claim the privilege of voting for what he considered right, regardless of his future. MeNitt's speech was greeted with applause, but the house immediately pro- eeeded to vote it down by a big majority. Tho committee on insurance did mot re- port on house roll No. 417 this morning 1t reported four other measures for indofinite postment, all relating to insurance, but 417 was not on the list. The bill is by Hair- grove, and should it become a law the valued policy law will be swept away as cleanly as though the bill for direct appeal, house roll No. 874, had been passed. The bill_provides that all fnsurance blanks in use in Nebraska shall_conform in type and style with the New York, or national standard fire insurance policy. In the event of a disagreement be- tween tho company and the insured two ap- pralsers are to boe selected who shall each make an estimate of the loss and submit their findings to an umpire, who shall decide tho amount of loss to be paid by the com- pany. This provision wipes out the valued policy law, but the bill goes further and literally drives the mutual companies out of tho state. The clause in the bill which effects this purpose reads as follows: On and after the first day of De- 1895, no fire Insurance company, tion, 'or assoclation, their officers or corpor: agents, shall make, use, or deliver for use any fire insurance’ policy on this state, other than such as sh in all particulars as to blank: property in 1l conform size of type, context, — provisions, agreements and conditions with the ‘printed form of con- tract, or p 8o filed in said auditor's office’ as hereinbefore provided for In sec: tion 1 of this act, nd no other or differ. ent provision, agreement, condition or clause shall in any manner be made a part of contract or policy, or be endors or delivered theréwith, except to-wit, etc. As it will be impossible for the mutual companies to comply with this section, it will be seen that this bill is far mor> danger- ous and viclous than No. 374, Harte's meas- ure for airect repeal, and that it is of the most monopolistic description. A consenzus of opinion of the members opposed to the repeal of the valued policy law is to the effect that house roll No. 374 was aever Intended to be passed, but was intro- duced as a kind of a tom-tom to be loudly beaten while house roll No. 417 was getting in its deadly work. The fact that the in- surance committee made no report upon the latter 1s significant. So far as Harte's bill for direct repeal is concerned, the friends of repeal have hunted ducks with a brass band. The entire house is on to the game, and it can hardly pass without considerable’ stultifi- cation of members who have executed a ghost dance on house roll 374 while fondly cherishing in their bosoms No. 417, a far more pernicious measure, MOVED TO PROFANITY. The house exhibited a touch of demoraliza- tion this morning. During the past two weeks there have been a number of flagrant violations of the provisions of the house Tules by Speaker Richards and temporary speakers. Today the disorder reached the acme Of profanity. When Cooley moved to expunge the record in which was incorporated the ruling of Burch last Saturday, that Thomas' old soldier resolution was a moton to suspend the rules, Speaker Richards in- vited McNitt to take the chair. The speaker is personally interested in this matter and exhibited a touch of refined delicacy in abandoning that colgn of vantage, the speak- er's chair, Directly a motion to suspend the rules was made, to which Howard ob- Jected. His objection was ignored and soon after a_motion was made to suspend the Tules. Division was called for, and McNitt declared the motion carried. Howard was on his legs in an instant and called attention to rule 53 of the house rules, which reads: No standing rule or order of the house shall be rescinded, changed or suspended except by a vote of at least a majority of the members elected; nor shall the order Of business, as established by the rule of the house, be postponed or changed except by a vote of at least a majority of the members elected. MeNitt had ruled that a majority of those voting was sufficient. { “I desire to call attention to rule 53 of the house rules,” said Howard. “‘The chair has ruled upon the point,” re- plied MeNitt. “Oh, d—n the chair; let's follow the Tules or throw them away,” replied Howard “Don't d—n the chair so loudly,” an- &wered McNitt, ‘“or the gentleman may form the acquaintance of the sergeant-at- arms.” 5 There is no disguising the fact that the Thouse is daily growing more disorderly and lax In discipline. So many have been the unjust rullngs and partisan decisions of the speaker and others called to his place, and chairmen of committees of the whole, that all respect of the members for these posi- tions has been lost. MAY REDUCE THE RELIEF AMOUNT. The new rellef bill, which practically failled to pass the house today with the emergency clause, and was recommitted to the committee for amendment, appropriates $200,000 for the purchasing of seed and feed for the destitute, glves to each county in the state having a population of 25,000 or more, according to the census of 1890, ana which shall organize a rellef committee under the act, at least $1,500 worth of grain, and places the relief commission under a bond of $40,000. It also provides a commission of 2 per cent for tho expenses of the commis- slon, or $4,000. It contains in addition a provision that no old soldier of the union army shall be discriminated against on ac- count of his drawing a pension of $12 or less per month, There (s a disposition to cut the amount down to $100,000, with which it would easily pass with the emergency clause. But there is a question whether this can be done, the bill having been recommitted for the specific purpose of reducing the amount 1o $190,000. Chapman's bill, house roll No. 169, recom- mended for passage today, provides that in the event of a contest for any of the oficers of county, township or precinct based upon the ground of error in court, and error alone, the certificate of election shall be withheld untll the recount demanded shall have been completed, when the certificate shall issue to the person shown to have the highest num- ber of votes, Provislon is made for a reg- ular summons, and the cause to stand trial at the expiration of thirty days from the time of service of the summons and com- plaint, if the court shall then be in session, otherwise the first day of the term there- after. The bill also provides for the ap- polntment of & board (o hear the testimony in the contest, and the board shall at once Proceed to a recount of fhe votes. ROUTINE OF THE HOUSE. Sparring on the resolution of Thomas to place J. E. Cook on the pay roll from Jaunary Y, as custodian, began early this morning. The resolution was declared lost by Speaker ro tem Burch last Saturday. Barry ob- jected to excusing ony one, but the speaker fuled him out of order. Several were excused, snd a motion was made to dispense with the reading of the journal. Barry objected and the house sustained hi “eslay moved that the portion of the record containing Purch’s ruling on the vote on Thomas' rosolution be expunged. Speaker Richards asked MoNitt of Webster to take the chalr. Cooley tried to withdraw his moticn, but objections were made. Thomas moved that further action be suspended for twenty-four hours, and ihe motion prevailed. On reports of standing committees four In- surance bills were put to sleep by Indefinite postponement. They were house roll No. 71, by Hairgrove, io regulate reserves of life insurance companies doing business on the level premium plan; house roll No. 253, by Brownell, providing for the issuance of policies on detached bufldings; house roll No. 467, by Durns of Lancaster, providing for an “Insurance Board of the State of Ne- braska,” The fourth one, house roll No. 874, by Harte, s the bill to repeal the valued policy law outright. The report of the committee was for Indefinite postponement. Harte amended to place it on general file, but was snowed under and the bill was recommended for indefinite postponement. Tho house then went into committee of the whole, with MeNitt in the chair, to consider bills on general file. House roll No. 169, by Chapman, providing for two certificates in the case of election contests, was recommended for _passage. Tho committee then house took a recess, Following the noon rose, reported and the recess the house went into commitiee of the whole to consider bills on general file, with MeNitt In the chair. The following bills were recommended for passage House roll No. 123, relating to the redemp- tion of lands old under tax titles, House roll No. 174, providing for the ap- portionment of fines, penalties and license moneys in cities and' villages having a part or all of two school districts within their limits, House roll No. 283, by MeNitt, to provide for free attendance at public high schools by pupils in another district or county than the one in which they reside. The committee of the whole then rose and reported and the report was adopted. VOTE ON THE RELIEF BILL. House roll No. with amendments, had been made a special order for 4 o'clock, and was now taken up. This Is Conaway’s relief bill, by request of the relief committee, ap- propriating, as amended, $200,000 for the pur- chase of seed and feed for the destitute. Chace of Stanton moved that the bill be re- committed to the committee of the whole for the purpose of cutting the amount down to $100,000. Upon this question the yeas and nays were demanded, with result of 62 nays and 23 yeas. The bill was then put upon its passage with the following. result: Myers, Munger, Halrgrove, Harkson, Harrls, Harrison, Burns (Dodge), Burns Kaup, homas, Lamborn, Van Housen, Delancy McFadden, Wart Dempse MeNitt, Zink (Sherman), ) Tritz, McVicker, r. Speake: Nays— Beck, Tatler, Sutton Bernird, Taviik, (Douglas), Brockman, Jenking, Sutton Brokaw, Langhorst, (Pawnee), Burch, Maitison, Timme, Burke, Merric Wait, Ghapman, e Weber, Codle: Re Wilder, Crow, Richardson, Zink Davie Roddy, (Gohnson)—2). Ely, Sisson, Absent or not voting: Benedict, Brady, Cramb, Hinds, Johnston (Douglas), Johnston (Nemaha), McBride, Miles, Orton, Pohlman, Shook, Moehrman—12. FIGHT FOR ITS PASSAGE. In order to pase the bill with the emergency clause a call of the house was demanded and had. The friends of the measure, who had tried to get the bill committed, now began skirmistes for votes. It was found that with the accession of three more votes with what changes had been made the bill could be passed with the emergency clause. The chair had not announced the vote, which, had he done so, would have showed the bill lost with the emergency clause, and it would have had to gone to the house for passage wighout it, which would have rendered it practically " useless. A few minutes before 6 o'clock a motion to raise the call of the house was carried. The bill was then recommitted to the com- mittee for the specific purpose of amendment by reducing it to $190,000. The house then adjourned. SENATE ATTENDS TO ROUTINE WORK. Reports from Committees Occuples Nearly tho Entire Timo of the Sesslon. LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special Telegram.) —The senate's session this afternoon was en- tirely uneventful. Reports were received from the standing committees on a large number of bills. The following were placed on general file: No. 325, by Pope, to regu- late the powers and duties of loan and trust companles; No, 97, by Stewart, to provide for the collection of subscription fees by news- papers; No. 65, by Black, providing for the sottlement of disputes over the ownership of islands in non-navigable streams; No. 164, by Watson, to amend the Australlan ballot law s0 that the elector can vote the straight ticket by making a single cross on the ballot; No. 166, by Crane, to allow attorneys' fees in foreclosure suits; No. 169, by Sprecher, to exempt laborers’ and clerks' wages from execution and garnishment be- low the sum of $50 per month. Several bills were indefinitely postponed, among them belng No. 16, by Crane, pre- venting constables from serving papers out- side of their own districts; No. 20, by Crane, making epecial tax recelpts presumptive evidence of payment of ' the same; No. 31, by Stewart, requiring legal notices to be published in the nearest newspapers; No. 91, by Steufer, to abolish the three daye of grace on promi sory notes; No. 183, by Stewart, making coun- ties the unit of taxation for school pur- poses, The senate then went into committeo of the whole, with Sprecher in the chair, to consider senate file No. 61, by Wright, to amend the state banking law. The bill takes the control of the banks from the supreme court and places it in the hands of the district court. After recommending the bill for passage the senate adjourned. North and south unite in approving the splendid qualities of Dr. Price's Cream Bak- ing Powder. The use of it Is national and not sectional, e ——— FATE OF TRE ANT(-OLEO MEASURE, 1t Must Bo Decldod by the Governor Before Ten O'clock this Morning. LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special Telegram.)— “What will Governor Holcomb do with the antl-oleomargarine bill?” is the question un- der discussion tonight in Lincoln. Though feeling far from well the governor was driven from his hotel to the capitol. Here he recolved a large delegation of Omaha business men, who were closeted with him for over two hours. After they had gone he gave an audience to John R. Rushton and one or two others who appeared in the in- terest of the Dairymen's association. It is well known that the bill Is far from satis- factory to the governor, but what to do Is a question to be declded between now and 10 a. m. tomorrow. At that hour the gov- ernor must sign it, veto it or permit it to becomo & law withiout his signature. Amoug those present at the Interview with the governor from Omaha were: Herman Kountze, J. N. Cornish, H. W. Yates, Joseph Barker, Alfred Millard, Oharles E. Bates, Euclid 'Martin, Charles Turner, Alvin Saun- ders, J. B. Kitchen, John M. McShane, John A. Creighton, Fred Metz and W. A. L. Gibbon. It is known that they presented some very forcible arguments in favor of a veto. There is much speculation in regard to tho ultimate fate of the bill should It be vetoed. By some it is claimed that a suf clent number have been counted in the sen- ate, once friendly to the bill, who will now voto to sustain a veto. Many changes are also prophesied in the house, but here the matter is not so definite and all suggestions are mero conjectures. e Don't forget to take a few bottles of Cook's Extra Dry Imperial Chiampagne with you on YOur summer outings. THE OMAHA DAILY BE 4 . SANDBAGGING THE CHARTER Bankers Oommittee Objeots to Many Feat- ures of Omaha's Proposed Constitution, DIRECTED MAINLY AGAINST TAXATION Market House Bonds and the Tax Comm! sloner Made the Subject of Several Radical Arguments~Reduction of City Council ln Numbers, LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special)—This aft- ernoon the senate committee on municipal affairs tendered its second reception to the representative citizens of Omaha who dropped in to express their sentiments in re- gard to the proposed amendments to the city charter. It was 5 o'clock when the spokesmen of the visiting delegation had completed their arguments. Upon arriving the visitors immediately went into caucus in parlor C at tho Hotel Lincoln and ar- ranged thelr program. They decided to make the market house project and the tax commissioner plan the features, Henry W. Yates, Dr. 8. D. Mercer and Frank Ransom were delegated to do the talking. When the meeting was called to order in the judiciary room the following well known citizens of the metropolls were present: Dr. S. D. Mercer, John A. Creighton, A. Millard, W. L. Gibbon, Joseph Barker, J. B. Kitchen, Alvin Saunders, Herman Kountze, Henry W. Yates, C. C. Turner. John A. McShane, J. M. Daugherty, Euclid Martin, C. A. Bates, J. H. Evans, Fred Metz, Charles Turner, W. J. Connell, John Grant, B. F. Thomas, J. H. Winspear, Frank Ransom, Ferdinand Streitz, Charles W. Hamilton, D. H. Wheeler, Charles Ogden, Fred Millard, Edward Howell, Churchill Parker, Thomas Lowry, Sol Prince, Frank Kaspar, Theodore Olsen, A. L. Reed, W. Farnam Smith. FOR A NEW CITY COUNCIL. Frank Ransom started the afternoon’s en- tertainment by offering the following substi- tute for section 4: At the general election to be held in the year 1896, and at the general election to be held every two years thercafter, there shall be elected one councilinan from each ward In such city by the qualified electors of the ward. The terms of office of the council- men shall commen on the first Tuesda after the first Monday in January suc i- ing their election, and they shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. * The councilmen shall mest &n such city on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January succeeding their election and organize the council, and upon the organization of the first council after this a takes effect the terms, power: authority and duties of all councilmen her tofore elected in such city shall cease. The effect of the substitute quoted will be to reduce the number of councilmen from eighteen to nine. No discussion took place over the proposition advanced by Ransom, who was present as the representative of a large number of “heavy taxpayers Ransom then attacked, on behalf of his clients, the provision giving the city council the power to levy an occupation tax. gdward Howell stated that the revision committee had put In three months of hard work on the amendments. If this work Is to be torn to pieces he would llke to have some one to explain why. Herman Kountze said that as a member of that committea he was willing that all of the proposed amendments should stand to- gether. It one or two were to be thrown out he wanted the whole charter thrown open for discussion. YATES ON TAXATION. Henry W. Yates sald: ‘“We are here this afternoon to say to you that we think the Deople of Omaha are taxed every dollar they can stand. We represent mnot only the large taxpayers, but those who are unable to be here this afternoon, who, perhaps, many of them, have not the money to pay their taxes, and some of them have had their property sold for taxes. I think this charter should contaln some provisions which will lighten taxation, but that it does con- taln provisions which increase taxation in which we ought to be heard in opposition. The question is, shall we tax every business man? Shall we have the power, or shall the city council, when it has exhausted itself in taxing the real estate, private property, franchises and every other private prop- erty, have the right to tax a man for the right to live? And that Is exactly what this proposition conveys. I do not say that the councll and mayor will carry the law to that extent, but here is a provision®which allows the city council to raise revenue by taxing any occupation or business within that city, wholesale grocers—" Here D. H. Wheeler broke in with “Not 1 don't understand,” continued Mr. Yates, ‘‘why that is not correct. 1 want to call your attention to another clause. We are opposed to this because we believe it increases taxation, and also because we know it Is in opposition to the plain letter of the constitution of this state, Article ix of the constitution defines, clearly and dis- tinetly, what occupations may be taxed, and while we know that the supreme court of this state, in an extreme case, passed upon that question and allowed the occupation tax, we do mot believe that the legislature of this state would be justificd In going aside from the plain wording of the consti- tution. Our main opposition to it is that it {s simply a scheme to increase the taxes that the taxpayers of Omaha may be called upon to pay.” Major Wheeler defended the occupation tax. He declared that it was not only clearly constitutional, but that it had been so de- clared by the supreme court. Every city in the state had been given the power to levy an occupation tax except Omaha. He further declared that nine out of every ten taxpayers in Omaha were insisting that the city have the power to levy such a tax. Frank Ransom denied that the taxpayers wanted the law. He said that if the propo- sition were to be submitted to a vote of the people of Omaha it would be rejected. DEBATING THE MARKET HOUSE. The market house project came up again for a warmed over discussion left from last Monday's session. Hefman Kountze opposed the proposition to exempt the market house bonds from the limitation of the city's in- debtedness, Ho said that the indebtedness of the city of Omaha was already greator than the people of that city could afford, A few months ago the city was compelled to borrow temporarily a large sum of money in order to protect the credit of the city. Last fall 31,000 parcels of property were advertised for sale because the owners were unable to pay the taxes. The people had arrived at the point where they could pay no more and they appealed to the legislature to relieve them from any possibility of further obligations. Joseph Barker said that Council Bluffs was rapidly becoming a dangerous rival of Omaha. He heard last night that one of the largest wholesale firms in Omaha has threatened to move across the river to Council Bluffs unless taxes and insurance rates could be reduced and the proposition to levy an occupation tax defeated. Ernest Stubt presented a petition from the South Side Improvement association, con prising oltizens of the First and Second wards, asking that instead of one market house the city be authorized to erect thre: markets, not to cost over $50,000 each, one to be located on the south side, one on the west and one on the north. Mr. Stubt could not name any city in the United States that was blessed with more than one market house, Sol Prince defended the market house pro- yision, claiming that it would not only insure fresh, wholesome food at cheaper prices, but also be a source of revenue to the city. Dr. Mercer was against the proposition to exempt the market house bonds. Ho sald that he had been a member of the com- mittee which had met at the Commercial club last winter. His committes, he sald, had succeeded in knocking out a great many objectionable features, but the charter re- vision committee had been composed of ex- perienced political manipulators, who had bypnotized him and his committee. He wanted it understood that he was not op- posing & market house, but he was opposing any increase of the bonded indebtedness be- yond the $2,260,000 lmit. OMAHA'S BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. Herman Kountze brought up another sub- Ject which turned the discussion over to the city's bonded indebtedness. He said: “We have already pmvld?%nlnr a bonded indebted- ness of $2,250,000. n we provide, in ad- dition to_that, $105868 for a jall ana work house. Now, it yoh Wil notice, there are & great number of {hings here that come in under the same business of not counting the debt that you owé, ‘Bh the theory that if you don't count It/yee.don't have it to pay; but that has never heen my good fortune. But you have here for the construction of bridges, for condults, water works, electric light plants and cofiébructing a canal, etc., there is a host of bther things that may be done without, and outside of thia $2,250,000. When the questidn was up 1 raised the question in the comfalftee, we are providing for a thing that may crush our people. For it we do all this work they may run in debt $12,000,000 or $15,000.000. Had we better not put into this chartéf’ fixing the maximum beyond which they for no purpose can g0 in debt, and the reply to that was, from some of the gentlemen there, ‘no, we must not do that, for we Tust not let the people know how much they may go In debt. They would not sanction it at all' We want to look at the facts as they are. Our debts now are all that the city of Omaha can afford to owe, and it is more than they ought to owe, and’ we do not want to add another dollar to It for any purpose.” Joseph Barker made even a more radical talk in this line. He said, among other things: “In the year 1880 Omaha was suy posed to have 14 I do not belleve that Omaha today has 100,- 000 inhabitants. In 1890 we were In the helght of a boom. We supposed that inside of five years we would have a city of 800,000 people. The politiclans and real estate men started to work to give us a government that would support Such a city. Instead of going on we are golng back. We are pow paying in salarles in the city of Omaha nearly $75,000 a month. We are a top heavy institution, and every politiclan wants to keep it s0.” The mext thing taken up was the proposi- tion to have all property in the city assessed by a tax commissioner to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city coun- cil. Ernest Stuht read another petition asking the legislaturo to knock out the tax commissioner altogether, Henry W. Yates then boldly attacked the common enemy through the breach created by Stuhit's petition. He denounced the propo- sition for a tax commissioner as a scheme to raise the assessed valuation of the property of the city of Omaba. He said he spoke for all the bankers, and none of them were ashamed of the present low assessment. They believed it was high enough. DR. MERCER ON ASSESSORS. It remained for Dr. Mercer to make the leading argument against the tax commis- sioner. He #aid: “This proposition will not bear the sun- shine of investigation. It bears with it strongly the tincture of fraud. It is dan- gerous We have an assessor appointed by the people in this state, authorized by the y, and elected. That assessor holds up s right hand and swears before Almighty 0 to assess this property at its true value, but the people who live in the city of Omaha come around and say to you: ‘Give us authority to elect another man, or appoint another man as assessor, who will hold up his hand and swear to assess it, not at its true valuation, but who shall put it five times higher." 1s there any honesty about that? Is there any intergity about that? What will the people of Nebraska say to us in Omaha when we come down here to set- tle our state taxes, when they say ‘in Omaha you assess for five times as much for local purpeses as you do for state purposes? Is that right? Is that fair? Is that honest?’ Gentlemen, I say ?oll\lunm the whole thing. It bears strongly the evidence of some kind of connivance that” énght not to exist be- tween intelligent and honest people. You may say we want, more revenue. I admit that that Is what the gentlemen want. They want more revenue and‘an easier way of get- ting it. But, take it upiand down, and cross- ways, and say that this new man will get in lots of property thaf the other assessors do not, and it will tTower the general average of taxes. It does not do that at all. It means more taxes, more burdens and more trouble. Let us decide for once, if possible, not to!’" have that kind of a spot on the records of the state of Nebraska. I am willing that this should bo done, if in the wisdom of the legislature it should feel that any'property In this state is not assessed at, whpt it ought to be. I the county assessor, should bo instructed to see to it that a fair valuation is given. It ought to be done, but.one municipality ought not to havo to appoint a special assessor in order to get tho taxes that ought to be paid for the state or to the city. There ought not to bo a dual assessment. Let us not have any such foolishness and nonsense. It seems to me idiocy in the extreme.” This closed the discussion and the matter was left with the committee, Just as the meeting was breaking up Dr. Mercer announced that he would like to have the committee knock out the provision which made the city engineer a member of the Board of Public Works. It was his idea, he said, that the city engineer is a professional man in his department, and should be and is the engineer of the Board of Public Works, and not the chairman. He thought it would be injurious to the service. It might be said, he admitted, that it would keep one more man in the service, but he believed it a good expenditure, e 2 A day after the fair are the unsuccessful rivals of Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. In their efforts to belittle the World's fair award to Dr. Price’s they excite amusement and do no harm. —_— JUDICIAL DISTRIC o TS ADDED. Houso Committee Will Recommend an In- croase In Number of Courts. LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special Telegram.)— The committee on apportionment tonight con- sidered a number of measures looking to a redistricting of “the state. The committee will report favorably on house roll No. 470, by Schickedantz, which relates to judicial districts, The measure provides that the state shall be divided into seventeen judiclal districts. There are now fifteen. The divi- slon recommended is as follows: Rirst District—Richardson, Nemaha, John- son and Pawnee, Second—Otoe and Cass. ‘Third—Lancaster, plourth—Douglas, Sarpy, Washington and urt, Fifth—Gage and Jefferson. Sixth—Hamilton, Seward and York. Seventh—Butler, Polk and Saunders, Eighth—Dodge, 'Colfax, Platte, Boone and Nance, Ninth—Saline, Fillmore, Thayer, Nuckolls and Clay. Penth—Cuming, Stanton, Dixon, Dakota, Cedar and Thurston, sleventh—Wayne, Madison, Antelope, Pierce and Knox, Pwelfth—Adams, Webster, Franklin, Harlan and Pheips. Thirteenth—Merrick, Hall, Wheeler, Gree- rfield, Loup, Valley ‘and Howard. urteenth—Buffalo, Dawson, — Custer, Sherman, Blaine, Thomas, Hooker and irant. Fifteenth—Lincoln, Logan, Keith, Chey- enne, Deuel, Scotts 'Blaff, Kimball, Banner, McPherson,” Arthur, and Perkins. Kearney, Sixteenth'-Gosper, Furnas, Frontier, Red Willow, Hayes, Hilehcock, Chase’ and Dund Seventeenth—Holt, Rock, ‘Brown, Keya Paha, Cherry, Sheridan, Diw Butte and unorganized ‘territor Seven judges arel provided for the Fourth Qistrict, ~ two for ghe, Bighth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Sevepteenth, four in the Third, and one in each' of the other districts. Sloux, Box Your address, and we'll mall cowplete book, Fastories, ROY, N.'Y, ,000 t0 150,000 inbabitants. { am willing, 1 say, that the state assessor, or | TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1895, DR, ABBOTT IS CONFIRMED Senate Endorses His Appointment to Suo- oced Dr, Hay at Lincoln, MATTER WAS ENERGETICALLY DISCUSSED Republicans Declde that Any Fight the Present Superintendent of the Asylam Wants to Make in Court Is Mis Own Affair. LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special Telegram.) ~The eenate by unanimous vote this after- noon decided to confirm the appointment of Dr. L. J. Abbott of Fremont to be superin- tendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln, vice J. R. Hay, removed. The confirmation was made in secret ses- sion, and not until after a lengthy debate, in which all the leading republican of the senate took part, which the appointment memb The committee to had referred been presented a report which had been drawn up | by Senator Sloan members of the and signed by committee. The all report the re- | cited the fact that the committee had in its nothing to | brief investigation discovered warrant it In saying that Dr. Abbott was not well qualified to fill the place, and rec- ommended his confirmation. The debate which followed was participated In by Sen- ators Sloan, Tefft, Pope, Caldwell, McKeeby, Akers, Hahn and Wright Sloan pointed out the fact that the statutes very evidently did not require the confirma- tion of the senate, the fact that Superintendent appointed on March 23, 1893, been confirmed by the senate. McKeeby was opposed to any action of the senate. If the laws did not require the con- firmation of the senate he could hot see what object would be gained by confirmation or rejection. WANTED TO VOTE FAIR. Haln ald he had attended the republican caucus last week when it was resolved not to interfere with any of the governor's ap- pointments. He was in favor of confirming the apponitment. If Superintendent Hay wanted to appeal to the courts that was his own affair, Caldwell urged prompt confirmation, was of the opinion that the governor should be treated fairly by the senate in the matter. McKesson asked Sloan why e committee had not reported upon the legal phase of the question. . loan replied by saying that the committee had not thought it necessary. Personally he was of the opinion that confirmation would not prejudice the case in the eyes of the supreme court, A vote on confirmation was finally taken and every senator voted favorably except Wright, who explained that he had been in- formed by the superintendent of one of the state Institutions that Abbott was not a fit man for the place. If any senator present would vouch for Abbott's qualifications Wright said he would cheerfully change his vote. Senator Steufer said that he had been per- sonally acquainted with Dr. Abbott for twenty years, and was fully eatisfied that he was a man of high personal integrity and was fully qualified for the position. Upon this statement Wright Immediately changed his vote, and thus it was that the appolnt- ment was unanimously confirmed. e s AR BOUNT Graham, 1 been had not Hay and 1Te BEET SU Friends of the Moeasure Hope to Seo it Through the House Today. LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special)—The friends of the beet sugar bounty bill in the house hope to have it placed on its final passage and sent to the senate tomorrow. Some little misapprehension exists in the senate as to the nature of one or two amend- ments to the bill which were rejected by the house. As the bill now st®ds it provides, in section 2, that *no moncy shall be paid upon sugar not containing at least 90 per cent of crystalized sugar, nor upon sugar produced from beets for which as much as $5 per ton shall not have been paid to the producer, nor upon sugar produced from beets raised by a manufacturer of sugar.” While the bill was under_consideration in committee of the whole Wait of Otoe cn- deavored to tack on an amendment fixing the price of beets at $5 per ton on board the cars at any raflway station in the state. This amendment was rejected by a decisive ma- Jority. The effect of this amendment would be to compel the sugar manufacturers to pay $5 per ton for the beets as well as the freight from the shipping point to the factor; The bill will pass the senate, and there seems to be no doubt of its receiving the ap- proval cf the governor. It fixes the minimum price of beets at $5 per ton at the factory. It pays a bounty of five-eighths of 1 cent per pound on all sugar manufactured at the factories already established, and it offers as an incentive to the future development of the industry, an additional three-eighths of 1 cent per pound upon all sugar manufactured at new factorics, to be erected by companies already operating factories, or by new companies or corporations. This, in effect, would give the Norfolk factory five- eighths of 1 cent bounty and the proposed factory at Chadron 1 cent bounty. If the Norfolk company should erect an_additional factory it would receive five-cighths of a cent upon every pound of sugar made at the old factory, and 1 cent per pound upon the product of the new factory, el rtain_advertisers use curious methods, A New York baking powder claims —an award when it did not exhibit or compete. Dr. Price's secured highest award. e — \ C mittee on s In Session, LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special Telegram.)— The committee on claims this evening lis- tened to arguments in favor of the claims of the impeached state officials, Allen, Humph- roy and Hastings, together with those of a number of attorneys engaged on the case at the time of the impeachment procecdings. Attorneys Hayward, Atkinson and Murfin spoke at length upon the merits of the claim, which amounts to a total of $9,200. The committee took no action on this matter, but will meet again tomorrow night for a definite decision. Several small claims for individual relief will be reported favorably, and a number for indefinite postponement. No action was taken on the claims for legislative supplies. 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Lincoln eb, 1, 1895.—It Is hereby certified that the Fideiity Mutual Life Assoclation Insurance company of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, has complied with the Insurance law of this state and ig author to transact the business of Life insurance in this state for the cur- rent year Witness my hand and the scal of the au- ditor of public accounts the day and year above written, BEUGIENE MOORE, Auditor Public Accounts, CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION. Office of Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Nebraska, Lincoln, Feb. 1, 1805.—It is hereby certified that th Hartford Life and Annulty In- suran COM mu{ of Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, complied 'with the In- 8 nee law of this state and is author- ized to transact the business of Life in- surance in this state for the current year. Witness my hand and the seal of the aus ditor of public accounts the day and year above written, BUG MOORE Auditor Public Accounts. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION, ot Auditor of Publi ounts, State of Nebraska, Lincoln, I%eb, 1, 18951t is hercby certified that the' Imploy Liability Assurance Corporation Insurance company of Lon- don, of England, has complied with the Instirance law of this state and is author- ized to transact the business of Accident insurance in this state for the current y Witness my hand and the seal of the au- ditor of public accounts the day and year above written, BUGENE MOORF Auditor Public Accounts CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION, Office of Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Nebraski. Lincoln, Feb. 1, 1895.—It is hereby certified that the' Equitible Life Insurance com- pany of Des Molnes, in the state of Iowa Bits” complica with the Insurance law’ of this state and I8 authorized to transact the business of Life insurance in this state for the current year. Witness my hand and the seal of the au- aitor of public accounts the day and year above written, BUGENIS MOORE, Auditor Public Accounts. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION, Office of Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Nebraska. Lincoln, Feb. 1, 18951t is hereby certified that the Aetna’ Life Insurance company of Hartford, in the state. of Connecticut, has complied with the Insurance law of this state and is authorized to transact | the business of Life and Accident insur- ance in this state for the current year. Witness my hand and the seal of the au- ditor of public accounts the day and year above written, BUGENE MOORE, Auditor Public Accounts, CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC Oftice of Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Nebraska, Lincoln, Feb, 1, t I8 hereby certified that the Bankers' Life Assoclation Insur- ance company of St. Paul, in the state of Minnesota, has complied with the In- Surance law of this state, und I8 author- jzed to transact the busihess of Life in- surance in this state for the current year, Witness my hand and tho seal of the au: aitor of public accounts the day and year above written, TION, RUGENE MOORE, Auditor Public Accounts. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION. Oftice of Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Nebrask Lincoln, chy certified that the Corenaut Mutual Benefit Asso- tlon Insurance company of Galesburg, in the state of Lilinols, has complied with the Insurance law of this state and {8 &u- thorized to trapsact the business of Life insurance in this state for the current year, Y Witness my hand and the seal of the au- aitor of public accounts the day and year above written, BUGENE MOORE Auditor Pubiic "Accounts. ). 1, 18951t 18 hej CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION, Office of Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Nebraska, Lincoln, Feb. 1, 1865, 1t is hereby certified that th Connecticut Mutual Life Insurs ance company of Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, has complied with the Insurance law ot this state and 1s qithor- lzed to transact the business of Life In- surance in this state for the Current year. Witness my hand and the seal of the au- ditor of public accounts the day and year above written, EUGENE MOORE, Auditor Public Accounts.