Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-16
TEMPLE AMENDMENT WINS
Berry Substitute is Defeated by a Heavy
Vote in the House.
PRESENT LAW MAY Be ALLOWED TO STAND
senate II Not Likely to Recedc from
the Position 1T Has taken and
n compromise Seems
Impossible.

DIES MONIES, April 15.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-In the house this afternoon the Tenn
pie amendment carried the day with a large
majority. The Berry substitute for that
amendment came back from the senate and
on the question OF concurring in 1t the house
voted in the negative-69 to 10. This is
equivalent to a vote OF 60 to 10 for the Tenn
pie amendment. The matter was voted on
after speeches by Finck, Frink, Byington,
Early and Temple. The chief address was
by Temple, author of the amendment. He
talked for tbree-quarters of an hour and
made the speech of the session, urging the
duty of the legislature to see that the rail-
roads shall not be allowed by a neatly ar
ranged scheme to avoid the liability to which
they are subject under the plain law Of the
state. The Temple amendment will be in
sisted on by the house, and the result in the
senate is hard to forecast. 1t is likely the
end will be no change In the present law.
The senate passed the penitentiaries bill
and also the oil inspection bill. In the lat
ter measure one important change is made
from the present law. 1t is in aboliehing
the offic e of oil Inspector and providing that
the duties shall be looked after by the sec
rotary of the State Board Of Health, whose
salary is raised from 81, 200 to 81 500 per
year.
The senate considered the banking bill at
length and a number of important amend
mCnts were offered, which went over till to-
morrow. One provides for the state super
vision of private banks, and was offered by
Garst. 1t Is expected to take a full day In
discussion. Another provides that loan and
trust companies shall be subject to all bank
ing laws of the state and shall make state
ments and otherwise comply, This is aimed
at loan and trust concerns that in several
Iowa cities are doing a large banking bust
ness without any responsibility whatever to
the state. ...,
CORPORATIONS ARE HEARD.
In tho house the report Of the Funk in
vestigating committee was adopted, but no
action was taken. The representatives OF
the Western Union Telegraph company,
United States Express company and Pullman
Palace Car company had q long hearing be-
fore the senate ways ard means committee
and explained their opposition to the
Cheshire amendment, which proposes to adopt
tho Indiana law for taxation of these COM
panies. 1t was urged that the law is in
equitable and cannot stand the final test
Of the courts. No action. was taken on 1t by
the committee. 1t has already carried the
house, but has once been defeated in the SEN
ate, and the chances are 1t will be defeated
again. ff
The senate committee unanimously refused
to concur in the house amendment, reducing
from 80 to % per cent the basis OF Valua-
ton Of property for taxation.
LIQUOR BILL IN DANGER.
The manufacturing bill is in danger in the
house. 1t passed before with the votes of
twenty of the twenty-one democrats there,
but they say they are not satisfied with the
bill as it came back from the senate. 1--WE
will insist that the liquor bill, when it comes
up in the house, be sent to a conference COM
mittee, senate amendments to the manufac-
turing amendment and all, in order that it
may be civilized. If it is not put in some
respectable form by the conference commit
tee, the bill need not expect the support of
the hou5e democrats. There is no reason
why we should be used as a cat's-paw to pull
republican chestnuts out Of the political fire.
1t is only a short time till a new Legislature
will be elected and it may as well take up
manufacturing IL the present one cannot pass
a bill that will appeal to fair-minded men,"
Thus spoke eX-Congressman Hayes, demo-
cratic leader in the house, this evening. He
represented the views of a caucus of the house
democrats, held earlier in the evening. They
want several changes; they insist that the
right should be given the retail liquor dealer
who had complied with the law to collect his
bill. The senate bill gives it only to whole
salers. They insist that the petition Of con
sent for manufacturing shall be so arranged
that once secured there shall be no danger
of its withdrawal after a large investment
has been made. They want the Druet amend
ment modified, so that towns of $500 to 5000
may have saloons, on petition of from 80
to 60 per cent of their people. The Druet
amendment places 1t at so per cent. The
bill has been made a special order for next
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