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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1901
Page
6
The house and senate debated committee reports on hold-up legislation, passed bills funding public libraries and battleship purchases, and recommended measures for duties on livestock, education, and road works. Debate stretched over amendments to the supreme court commissioner bill as well as debates on a normal school bill.
The House on general file advances multiple rolls including 413 amending banks, 255 fixing livestock transport rates, 122 creating a revenue commission with a March 1 1902 filing, 374 boosting the governor's private secretary salary, 378 regulating compensation of attorneys in legislative elections, 486 salaries appropriation, and 488 funding bounties for wolf and coyote scalps. Senate file 42 by Ransom protects feeble minded females with an emergency clause. A joint senator vote lists many senators with varied tallies. House committee of the whole favors McCarthy's bill for a supreme court commission with party line split on amendment. South Omaha charter passes with emergency clause, Mullen amendment ruled out of order, and reimbursements for smallpox care in Sherman County and a church building site approved. Whitmore moves to rename supreme court commissioner to supreme court referee.
In the house a conference committee to fix final adjournment time was defeated after debate. Committee recommended passage of House roll 266 exempting religious societies’ property with incorporation, and Senate file 116 to curb contagious diseases. Other rolls: House roll 216 reimbursing German Lutheran church 500 for site taxes. House roll 200 aiding Sherman county relief. House roll 247 indefinite postponement for the State Dairy association meeting. Senate file 171 identical to prior, recommended for passage.
Senate moves toward engrossment of the South Omaha charter with amendments and a likely Monday or Tuesday debate. Other measures advance include Van Boskirk’s reapportionment bill, Wentzel’s tax relief for Frederick Ulrich, and exclusion of school bond taxes from state totals. Senate files 76 202 149 and 198 progress with limited postponement and votes.
The senate adjourned after a noon joint session to honor Representative Brown and formed a three member committee of Arends Newell and Meredith to draft resolutions. Senate file 74 on city incorporation was read a third time and moves to the house, while railroad bills target ticket counterfeiting fraud and right of way procedures and set maximum rates. Other general file items include banking statute amendments and mutual insurance transfer rules, plus penalties for blackmail and extortion and insurance scope limits.
The senate debated creating two new normal schools with a 15 to 14 amendment vote favoring location in the Fifth and Sixth districts by the lands and buildings board. Proponents argued for the measure while opponents urged fiscal restraint, warning of a $115,000 deficit. no final decision was reached before adjournment.
The senate recommended passage of Van Boskirk’s bill creating a state veterinarian. Senate file 123 to raise sheriff fees was indefinitely postponed. The body debated house roll 37 on state normal schools, with continued discussion and amendments. Harlen opposed appropriations, Miller supported western districts, and Harlen’s district-based amendment was defeated. Tensions rose over a judiciary bill on clerk salaries and fee handling as Martin sought to test constitutional limits. The senate adjourned without action on the judiciary committee report.
The appropriation bill highlights a $589,000 grant for the State university, exceeding the two year prior total by almost $100,000 and setting a record for public funding levels. The note emphasizes the scale of the increase and its significance in comparison to past totals.
Omaha parents sign 8 402 ballots on a proposed permanent 1 mill tax levy for public schools. Of these, 7 438 support continuing under current law, 752 favor city council control, 212 unclear. Senate notes death of Rep David Brown Nebraska City.
A historical note cites Mr. G Styles reporting in the American Journal of Insanity on personal crisis reports and suicides. It compares 19th century data across Sweden Russia United States Saxony London St Petersburg and France with rising rates from 1841 to 1894 and growth percentages in Belgium Prussia Austria France Saxony Sweden Denmark.
Verdi, by exception, joined the Italian parliament to oblige a friend but found sessions dull. He passed time by setting the orators to music. A very religious man, he maintained a private chapel at home where Mass was said privately.
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