Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-18

occasion with the GOVERNOR" asked Mel
son.
81 don't know that l made any argu-
ment at ALL" said the witness. v
Pressed for some statement as to what
passed between him and Savage at this
time, Summers, after a pause that was
quite noticeable, remarked, manifestly
weighing each word;
II think the substance of my remarks
to the governor were that he had paroled
BARLEY and by so doing pleased the lat
ter's friends and provoked his enemies;
then the state convention had directed hin
to return BARLEY to the penitentiary; that
1t had been stated BARLEY had been pa
rolled under certain conditions and as gov
ernor he should have given BARLEY The
time promised in which to make restitu-
ton to the state, since any agreement made
by the governor was binding on the state"
Summers concluded by saying, in an
swer to questions that he did not prepare
the paper now known as the BARLEY par
don, that he was not claiming any priv
ileges before this committee as the at
torney for BARLEY and that BARLEY was not
his client.
Kennedy then observed that in a former
hearing Tom Dennison had said that at
the conference at Flynn & Stafford's sa-
loon at Thirteenth and Douglas streets in
Omaha in which Dennison, Summers and
BARLEY engaged, a fourth person appeared
on the scene, but soon vanished. He
wanted to know who this fourth person
was and Summers said 1t was R. w. John
son Of the Dellone hotel, who came over
merely because he had been sent for by
BARLEY who wanted to secure lodging for
the night at that hosiery. He said the
party broke up after taking lunch at the
Henshaw and reiterated that not a word
as to those state funds passed between him
and BARLEY or between any Of the others
and BARLEY to his knowledge.
House Passes Elevator Bill.
The house spent most of the morning on
H. r.. 20, by Ramsey of Gage. a bill to, give
to the farmers the right to erect and oper-
ate grain elevators on railroad rights OF
way. The measure originally provided that
aside from giving the rights of way and
sidetrackage facilities the railroads should
place their full terminal and transfer ia
~cilities at the disposal of these elevator
companies. In his respect It went fur
Their than the Brady bill in the senate,
which merely provided that the railroads
build a sidetrack after the farmers had
erected their elevator at a cost Of $4,000.
Friends OF the Brady bill urged this meas
ure in preference to the Ramsey bill, fear
ing that as the latter repealed part Of the
present law and demanded full terminal IA
%cilities, together with drastic concessions
in the matter of condemnation proceedings,
It would not stand a test OF the constitu-
ton.
The house railroad committee tried to
amend the Ramsey bill so as to cut out
the provision relating to the terminals and
transfers and require that no elevator be
erected at less cost than $1,000, but this
was defeated and an amendment by Rob-
bins OF Gage adopted, merely changing the
bill in one respect. that the elevator cost
not less than $4,000.
The bill In this form was recommended
for passage. The Brady, bill is now await
ing the Ramsey measure in the senate,
where 1t is the plan to take up and act
on both measures together. The chances
seem to be in favor of the passage Of one
Of the bills In some form.
Telephone Report Ready.
The committee appointed by the senate
to investigate the rates of telephone COM
panies and to discover reasons for different
rates in different towns will report to the
senate tomorrow.
The committee, after taking the testi-
mony Of many witnesses, decided, so q
member said. that It %as Vut Of its scope
to recommend a rate TO be charged by 6
company. From the testimony this mem
Der said, the committee decided It could MOI
suggest a fiat rate.
The committee will recommend thai
cities grant franchises to only one com.
pany, but with the granting, of the fran.
chise it recommends that the city council
reserve the right to regulate the rates to b.
charged by the company.
At some length the report goes into the
testimony taken during the Investigation.