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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1901
Page
2
Senate and House committees announced with long lists of chairmen and members for numerous departments. The adjournment triggered Republican caucus activity as members plan standing committee assignments and potential constitutional and federal iterations through the new session.
The 8th session lists standing committees with chairmen and members across sectors including Judiciary Finance Agriculture Internal Improvements and Public Lands and Buildings. Notable figures include McCarthy Crissey Lane Loomis and Wilkinson with selections spanning various counties and institutions.
The Nebraska House adjourned on the 11th after two hours of readings and passage of a $115,000 Fowler bill for legislative expenses. It introduced multiple bills including a constitutional convention in Lincoln June 1902 with 128 delegates, and measures on employment protection, pawnbroker interest caps, jury damages for death, employer liability, and bakery sanitary regulations.
After a lengthy debate the Nebraska House of Representatives voted to provide every member with a daily mimeographed copy of the official record of house proceedings. Duplicates cost up to 596 dollars and mirror the official document with the chief clerk’s signature. Bills introduced include changes to election ballots, worker safety in construction, notice to officers on ownership claims, and a five thousand dollar appropriation to buy medals of honor for Spanish War Nebraska volunteers.
The ninth legislature day largely focused on first and second readings. Fowler of Fillmore introduced two appropriation bills totaling 115000 for all expenses of the legislative session, and these were ordered advanced and engrossed for third reading.
Bills debated include a second reappointment measure favoring Douglas and Lancaster with shifts from Brown of Lincoln county. A joint resolution seeks a three member committee from both chambers to draft a new revenue bill. Other proposals cover county attorney duties, drainage and landowner rights, landfield liens, protections for spouses of insane owners, a hard fibre twine plant at the state penitentiary, and redistricting into senatorial and representative districts.
In morning and afternoon sessions sixty-eight measures were introduced. Evans lines reapportionment. Mockett seeks free high schools. Humphrey proposes a new ballot. Tefft tackles kidnapping penalties. Miskell aims to charge 25 percent interest on disputed insurer claims. Bills on teacher tenure, district attendance, and anti cigarette licensing drew attention. Fowler backs simple majority to pass constitutional amendments.
The senate on the eleventh conducted a businesslike session, reading and filing appropriation bills 11 and 13 and proceeding with second readings, referments, and committee actions. Measures include homestead law amendments, penalties for blackmail, a Nebraska military code, and revisions to bonds and sureties. The prior day’s senate report notes a committee on privileges and elections recommending seating.
A report from the Douglas fusion members notes a unanimous committee view. Senate files include bills to govern county court clerk appointments and compensation, incorporate first class cities with 40,000 to 100,000 residents, appoint a chaplain for Soldiers and Sailors homes, a joint resolution to convene a constitutional amendment to elect US senators by direct vote, and rules for grand and petit juries in counties with 60,000 or more population.
Senate session on the ninth opened with many bills read for the first time and ordered printed or referred to committees. New measures included Martin of Richardson proposing a railway commission board and city government reforms for mid sized Nebraska towns. Owens of Dawson noted daily journal printing costs, opting for secretary prepared fixed copies. A crime bill to deter extortion through false accusation was introduced, plus repeals of old railroad and transportation laws. A relief bill would empower a spouse to manage property of an insane partner through district court orders.
The senate worked through a full day on the Boer resolution by Trompen of Lancaster, praising the Boers and opposing English power. Amendments were adopted. Senate files introduced include acts on county attorneys, state veterinarians, fraternal beneficiary societies, and education requirements for county superintendents, among others.
In Steubenville Ohio an effort to revive funding for a monument to Lincoln's secretary Stanton continues after a few years of unsuccessful fundraising by the local association.
In a vigorous Senate debate Mr Bacon of Georgia attacked the arm y bill’s discretionary power for the president to increase army strength, while Mr Platt of Connecticut defended it. Amendments on officer advancement and Philippines force limits were considered, with votes on tabled amendments and volunteer officer eligibility. The session highlighted fears of one man power versus presidential flexibility.
Concord N H Jan 11 Judge Henry E Burnham of Manchester won the Republican legislative nomination for United States senator over William E Chandler and other candidates. Burnham received 198 votes on the first ballot Chandler 47 votes Sulloway 23 Quinby 22 and Bialr 1.
Washington January 12 170 private pension bills were passed at a single session the most since the fifty first congress. The highlight was a bill to raise General Americus V Rice’s pension from 386 to 100 dollars a month for Civil War wounds and a lost leg. Rice formerly served as Ohio congressman and wrote the arrearages of pension act.
A Jacksonville surgeon related a close call with a large shark off the East Coast. While wading in the surf the shark swam between his legs and forced him onto its back, carrying him offshore before he slid off in deeper water.
In Kioto Japan Episcopal Bishop Pastridge recalls arriving on a visit and being invited to a University club dinner. He was urged to speak to Yale, but the crowd shouted to speak in Chinese. He delivered a 25 minute talk in court Chinese, which the audience enjoyed.
A gang of six men disguised as mechanics robbed a Turkish bath house on Walnut Street in Philadelphia. They used chisels hammers and wrenches to prise the bronze ornaments and railing from the facade and then departed with the loot while hundreds headed to work.
In Ogden Utah a Salvation Army lieutenant Mabel Hunt praises Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney liver and blood disorders amid harsh weather. She claims the pills cleanse the blood regulate the system relieve pulmonary trouble rheumatism and kidney disorders more effectively than other medicines.
A historical saying notes that capable helpers may not manage well. It cites a sharp knife for slicing bread and cocoa nut oil affecting eyebrow appearance as examples of visible effects.
An advertisement claims Morrow's kidney cure is guaranteed under $50 by the proprietors to cure kidney disease and backache. It lists symptoms such as backache dizziness puffiness under the eyes rheumatic pains and general weakness often seen with kidney issues. The product named Kid-ne-oids is said to restore health.
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