Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-09
Senate Puts in All Of Session on it Without
Reaching Conclusion
HOUSE PASSES THE EXEMPTION BILL
Measure a. Il Vow stands Leaves OnIy
Forty Dollars Per Month eft
wages of FAMILY Exempt
from Execution.



strong stands on the bill. the senstor from :
Mills Offering a resolution to strike out see
tion T. which permits employees, even
though state officials legislators or other
officials, TO ride on free transportation on
the road for which they are employed
Senator Hughes opened the discussion Of
the bill, making brief speech ana Offering .
an amendment providing that no employe ,
or agent of road shall be exempt from
testifying under the law, but eXempting /
them from prosecution II they do testify. |
The amendment was adopted. Senator GIL /
Inland then moved to strike out section 4 /
and the entire morning was spent i'm dis |
cussion OF the amendment Turner OF Ad- 1
ans offered a substitute providing that |
county, district and state officers and dele
gates 20 political conventions should not !
be exempt from the anti-pass law. and Gil /
Hand accepted It. though later on the floor .
stated that he was not sure but that he /
should not have accepted the substitute. ,
The argument on the amendment was I
waged by Gillilland, Dowell. Garst and |
Turner on one side and Saunders and jam |
ison on the other. The contention OF one /
side was that a citizen should choose be-
tween holding a public office and being the |
employee OF a railroad, and on he other |
railroad had right to accept transpor-
tstion in payment OF salary II he chose, |
and that a railroad employe ought to have
the same rights as banker any other |
profession or employment to hold a city or
public once.
House Passes Greene Bill.
The house today spent all forenoon con- !
sidcring and passing the Greene wage ex-
emptlon bill This IL bill TO make q rad |
ical change in the laws OF Iowa as related .
to the exemption Of wages OF laboring men !
from attachment for debt. II makes an ex- |
emption of only S40 a month and all above |
that sum, whether earned by the head Of |
the family or by those NJ other members of
the family. is subject to attachment The |
bill Is one which has Ions been urged by
the merchants OF the state and the state
Retail Grocers' association has been carry
ing on systematic campaign for the bill
q number of years. Mr.. Greene has been
state organizer for the association. There
was objection found to the present bill be-
cause it makes also a radical change In
the exemption as to homesteads, limiting
them to $500 in value. Efforts were made
to have the bill amended. especially in the
matter of what should be considered earn
ings as against income In fact. but all ef-
troduced, 80 to 81.
Educational Bill Deferred.
The house had special order for the
morning. that of the state certificate bill,
which was passed by the senate, but from
the fact that members had not until today
had opportunity TO examine the bill in it's
present form this was Put on until next
Thursday.
The house in The afternoon took up the
senate bill changing the time for beginning
the school year to July l and made II
special order for tomorrow morning.
The senate amendments to the bill re-
pairing the Polk county primary law we're
accepted These make il possible for
woman to be a candidate on the ticket also
for one not resident OF the county, II =
candidate for state ONCE, to be on the
ticket
The Chasseu bill TO require life preservers
on steamboats, in Iowa was passed,
Former Speaker d. II. Bowen OF ALA
malIee county was present at the session
and on invitation addressed the house
briefly.
JeGeraOnian banquet.
Details of the Jeffersonian banquet to be
given in this city April 2 have been per-
fected The banquet will be a 81 a plate
affair at the Slavery and the speakers will
be Governor Folk OF Missouri. r. c. Clary,
representative from Chickasaw county; M.
F. Healy OF Fort Dodge. Henry Vollmer Of
Davenport General ]. B. Weaver of Col
fax, j. Il. Craig of Keokuk, Judge ]. AZ.
Parsons Of Rock Rapids and John Read of
Des Moines The arrangements for re-
serving plates at the banquet is In the
hands OF Harry Evans Of this city, rhe
banquet is an annual affair given by the
democrats Of the entire state of Iowa and
there is no Limitation to the attendance,
except that Mr. Evans must be commune
Gated with for seats.
stole for XVife's Dresses.
In police court today Mrs Ed Epler,
whose husband liz window trimmer at a
department store and was arrested for
stealing silks, took all the blame upon her
self She asserts that she complained about
not having pretty clothes till her husband
was forced TO steal He was caught with
a bolt OF silk in his pants leg,
Extensive InterurbAn scheme.
An extensive interurban scheme has been
outlined to the business men OF Iowa at a
conference at the Slavery by r. J. Wilcox
OF Chicago. IL is proposed to unite the in
terurban interests OF the state and secure
large additional capital and TO then extend
/ the lines I'm every direction about the larger
} cities OF the state. Dies Moines, Clinton
/ Davenport Burlington and Cedar Rapids
/ business men are giving consideration TO
! the project.
Pure Food Hill signed.
| Governor Cummins today signed the pure
! food bill, which is the most important leg
/ isatiOn thus far this session TO receive his
signature. IL viii go into effect July T.
Director Roberts Here.
/ Director OF the MINIS George e. Roberts
arrived in the city this morning and this
| evening addressed the bankers OF Dies
Moines on the gold supply Of the world in
relation to the money market. He ex-
pressed no fear that there would Ne large
supply OF gold and asserted that the need
Of money in many new lines would soon
use up the seeming surplus.
BIuHs Case Reversed.
The supreme court today reversed the
case Of Augusta Keeline, appellant, against
A. A. Clark, from Pottawattamie county,
an action to quiet title to property in coun-
ell Bluffs.
lows ForEeF Sentenced.