Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-12

PRINTING costs too much. according II
tt.n6le committee and reforms are Tec-
oumen3ed,
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LINCOLN. Neh.. March IL Special Tel-
eErEm G-Ami6 scenes uf intense excite
ment events rrEnEptret IL rht huuHe which
makes TINS 1hs mnE1 remarkable dsr thus
far IN Ihs session IL wa 9 disastrous
dBT fur The corporations. on every con
tssted isEus 1hey were dsfeHied- The re-
suits While nu5 tnEl serve 10 indicate
Ibe trend GEBinEt the rEil-uBd interests as
represented IN the revenue hin and TO
confirm The statement hat 1bsas powers
we're alarmed No uns could have wit
Bsssed these dsmunBtrHtiuns without he
ing furcibly impressed that The urEEnizB-
1ion with which the allied corporations
were credited in The house has begun TO
diEinteErHte
In the rriumphE q the dHy Kennedy OF
Douglas and LuuruiE uf Dodrs both mi
nur1ry msmbsrs figured muEt pruml-
Dsutly. ATRyed against them on
the mosi important iBEne. that q
taxing al puhltr utility corporations on
their tangible property and Eruss earn
inH franchise, were Epurlpck uf CRHE
swsszy Of Adams Wilson Of PEwDss- All
these made strung ant furrihls KrEumeDts
bul the house voted 10 sustain the fprmsr
side
The fiEhf came when Gilbert Of DuuElHs
offered an EmendmHut 10 subject street
railways. wHterworlzs EaE and electric
companies 10 tins method of tRxEtiun
En6sr which the rsvauDs hEl places tale-
phone telegraph and expreHs companies
UDdsy . decision uf 1bs supreme nDurz
interpreting fhe present Law. fbA public
service corporations are taxed ON an as
= u1rrn -
their property, tangible and intEnEihls. as
represented by the market price Of their
stocks and bonus secured by IL. The Gil
bgI1 amendment proposes 10 change this
basis by requiring The RsssHBurK 10 ASSUME
thai the intangible value q 3 franchise he
equal 10 1hE gross earnings fur une year.
i was during the discussion uf this amend
msnf int the exciting incidents uf the
/ day trEuEpired- Kennedy Of Douglas had
made strong plea against the Gilbert
/ proposition. He hRe referred in decisive
terms 70 corporations in their relation 10
( taxation
Debate Becomes Personal
] When Wilson q PBvDss got the hOor
he made The assertion thai sumo people
! could nut heKr 1be word corporation with
4 uut getting scared
! Kennedy resumed the hour after q very
eble speech by Juums and referred 10
Z Douglas Of Rock rs An HtturnFy for the
EIEhurn and Wilson Of PEWnse. bGth mem
f,ers Of the committees That framed the rev
! euut bill as 3 surgeon for the Burlington
Pc SAID that q day o. Two since DunE4HE
I had made z similar thrust and Il seemed
1 singular thHt he should have become the
object Of urtBuk uf TWO railroad employsE
DouElHF quickly ressulso ihs charge and
asked Kennedy II be knew thai 10 be
fact. Kennedy SAID he did nUt and with
I drew his statement although IL hho mi
/ been denied by DuuEiHE, who IN q private
/ conversation explained thai while he Was
nut OF lbs regular pay rDll Of Ihs HlEhuFD
road be did attend 10 al itf legal busi-
Il ness 81 his 1uWn BEsBsrt- be sHid thai
ms EssuciHtiun with the EIkhurn began
snns years EEo when be was retained in
I law suit by II End that be WIS EuuneRS-
ful be has been called m 10 nHr~ for Lhs
4 EIkhur1-s interests WhEDEVg- II hne any
occasion for legal assistance a. that place
Wilson did nul dsuy IhEt he WIS sur
rsun FOR the Burlington. but replied 10
Eennecy. Hu5 tht Two Representatives sX-
4 changed some very tETr expressions.
Immediately Oh The moving o. The amend
4 me1- ty Gilbert. who Is q pIit engineer
pF Lhe Omaha Street Railway COMPANY.
Kennedy o. Douglas Eu1 ne toUr and op
posed -be scheme as one designed IL Cd
able 1hs Street Railway company 10 svHos
uEymeuI q LLXes on Lhs SAME basis ~
u-bHr p-upar.y owners Hs produced
facts Hnd figures 70 show that LhHss
I uurpurU-1uuf ir OmEhB wound rahlizs eDSr-
nous reductions il -heir taxes a. ths prop
ueirion prevailed He rab5 from The Bee
an editurlsl showing thai tht Omaha Street
Railway company sluns would be able 10
save So Goo IN z single year under this
'.trEuchiss taxation" scheme.
Nelson o. DDuElHE briefly opposed the
Z Amendment EIB1.
Ten EvuE VIM N a speech ionk Issue
I win ths GiIher1 EmHDdmeUt olreciec some
crisp remarks e. Eeunscy, VIM, be SAID,
had cHsi EsperEiuns upon Gilbert fur pro
posing This Hmeutmsul-
sweeEy ser AmeHdmeHL
} swsszy q ADAMS. Who was on the JOINT
revenue committee chidet members q ne
4 D1uElEE dFiHEE-lun fuT personal crnsB-
I t,puurers re Defended Eht Gilbert Emsnc-
. men, As lEBinEi ne Original bis I.i'uriEiuI
Hnc lei ths car ON q 1te nag" ry telling
thH1 rsErtBs1- -EteveE q these Omaha cur
TsurEtiuus appeared bsfurs The COMMITTEES
, When Il was framing TINS bll and ETpebist
for -hs change sought IN tbs GIbCrt EmeDs-
men. arguing thHr g. WUulf not dsureEss
bur TEND 70 increase their lExeE- Ana fur
thermurF arguing rhHI they would be VIII
InF 10 pay tnif HdditinuEl TAX ir eLchEnEt
for RELIEF trum uriEHrun and poErieA
. which WEE iHpBsEi be under lhs praseu'
: lEW-
p SpurlucE o. CEHE lpuE up The defense O.
! ne GIberr Emsndmeus OF cuns-i1 an ionE
grounds he claimed thEI al public u1lifs
: corporation should be- clEsssd ana take,
rTFEe a. E~raaf rh1ar n suaE la-rauE ~