Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-11
RAILROAD LOBBY Is BUSY
Presence Of ]. W. Blythe Starts tn, wheel,
to Moving at Lively Rate
HAND IN BINDER AND PRINTER FIGHT
Two Bills ON Railroad Passes, one
Prohibiting Them and Another
Making Their Issuance
Mandatory.
lFrom a star Correspondentl

DIES MONIES. Ia. Jan 1O.-(special Tele-
gram.)-The hand of the railroad lobby was
made clear today in the proceedings Of the
| legislature. ]. w. Blythe. general counsel
of the Burlington. arrived last night and
marshalled his forces. Well known rail-
road lobbyists of various lines were in
consultation with him and today 1t became
plain that in the plan to organize the thirty
first general assembly the first efforts were
to be made on the state printer and binder
/ fight Before the session was three days
old the harmony talk was killed off and
the fight was on. The plans of the railroad
men are primarily to kill of the primary
election law. The first thing to be done,
it is alleged, is to combine on the state
printer and binder.
A special committee in both the senate
and the house was appointed to which
| should be referred all matters pertaining
| to changes in the code necessitated by the
biennial elections amendment. In the sem
ate every member appointed on the commit
tee is a standpatter and alleged to be a
railroad member except COPYRIGHT and he
is tied up with that side from the fact
that one of the candidates is from his home
town. Doweu of Polk. a Cummins man.
was appointed on the committee. but after
sizing up it's complexion asked to be re-
lieved and Durham was named. 1t was
proposed to have this committee report a
bill extending the terms OF the present
members. This report will he made next
Wednesday just before the joint caucus
thus killing off English's and Chassell'
| scheme to be elected for a full term now.
1t is further alleged that plan to in.
crease the elections committee to which was
referred the primary election law. so thai
fha lori of he In
the law. was about to succeed until BLYTHE
arrived in town and the game is nov
blocked
Two Bills Passes.
In the senate today Hughes introduced
an anti-pass bill and in the house Hanni
introduced a pass hill. The Hughes bill
prohibits corporations from giving passe
;. or franks of any kind to public official
of any nature and prohibits alike askin
for passes. fixing the penalty at not les
d than one year nor more than five years
Imprisonment and a fine of not less tina
!. $500 nor more than 5000. The Hanna H
compells the railroads to give passes to al
state officials. members of the Legislature
} congressman and judges. The Hanna bi
is taken a joke in some quarters, bu
Representative Hanna processes that It
offered in good faith and claims it is legalil
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strong belief that an anti-pass bill c
some kind will be enacted at this sessio
and will not receive any opposition froi
T. the railroads. Some railroad members haN
expressed their determination to vote for /
Senator Dan Turner of Adams county
n working on a bill and will introduce it in
n few days.
Creates Insurance mmissiOn.
Senator Warren of Marion today intr,
duced bill creating commission of tw
senators and three representatives to me-
as soon after the adjournment of the legi
- lature as possible to investigate life insu
ance companies doing business in tn
state and TO report not later than Decemb
~ ~ l. 1906 TO the Legislative their recommend
- tons to needed legislation. The b
' provides for compensation at $40 df
;, and authority to employ clerks and a
= sistants and thus places in a bill VIII
- Molsberry put In resolution. N&y,
Adjourn to Visit Institutions.
o., In both houses today resolutions we
passed fixing adjournment from Frid,
=. noon till Tuesday noon to allow the a
preparations committee to visit the thr
educational institutions
An effort was nade in both houses
vi provide for additional employees and cler
of committees, but both resolutions we
eu over till tomorrow. Retrenchment stru
nc both branches and in the house a resoluti
'' was offered to refer to- the Appropriate
committee the matter of clerk hire, a
ne IN the senate the number Of copies of [
governors message to be printed was c
down tor5O00 from f50o0 and then REFER
r to a committee to Investigate