Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-12
PRIMARY BILL 10 The FORE
Senator Crosby Announces that he Will
Push it to an Issue.
TO Be REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE SOON
Says that ~ Railroad. Block II He
VIII GO Before the People on the
Issue-Busy Week Ahead for
the Senators.
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent

DIES MONIES. Feb. 11.-(Special. )-Sena-
tor Crossley. the author of the primary
election bill now in the hands Of the cleo
tions committee of the senate, stated today
that unless the bill is passed at this session
he will introduce a resolution late in the ses-
sion asking that the matter be submitted TO
the people for constitutional amendment
I'VE do not propose that the railroads shall
forever block his measure" said Senator
Crossley today. 1T is too important a mat
ter. Their tactics may be tolerated for
time, but not for all time. Unless the bill
is passed at this session shall introduce
resolution late in the session submitting the
matter to the vote OF the people for con-
stitutional amendment. We will know then
where the people stand on the measure. The
bill will come from the committee some
time next week 1t was necessary for me
10 be away this week for time attending
court In my county or the bill would have
been out before There will be very few
changes reported by the committee. IL was
thought best to change the provisions as 10
registration somewhat l understand there
has been some objections to requiring a
candidate for a state Office to file petition
from voters in fifteen counties. These OBJ
jections do not come from members on the
committee. but outsiders 1t is absolutely
necessary 10 require buCh ptlillOlS NilVlO
a plurality vote is required or the ticket
would be so burdened with candidates that
no reasonable selection would ever be
made"
For the Rural Schools.
Senator Warren stated today that the pur-
pose of his school bill providing for only
state certificates for school teachers was to
aid the rural schools. in the cities there
is city superintendent who devotes his en-
tire attention to the running OF the
schools" said Senator Warren today, while
I'm the country there is no one TO look after
the country schools. The county superin-
tendent devotes about half of his time each
month to holding teachers examinations
and the rest is mostly given TO the routine
duties of his office, so that he has no time
to give attention to the rural schools. This
bill will relieve the county superintendent
of all that work and give him time to visit
the rural schools and look after their well
fare"
The bill has been put on the calendar for
special order for Thursday, following the
Lewis bill, for more specific quarterly
| statements from state and savings banks.
Busy Week in senate.
Four bills are on the calendar for special
order for next week. The pure food bill
,
to circulate petitions Of consent in cities
every three years, on Wednesday; the Lewis
! bank bill on Thursday. and the Warren
school bill on Thursday, following the Lewis
| bill This will be a full week of work for
the senate. The senate will meet Monday
! afternoon at O'Clock for routine business.
House Awaits senate,
The house will await the action OF the
| senate on the pure food bill. as well as on
| the other bills to come before the senate
| for passage next week. The house finished
| Friday with Representative Cummings on
, the floor speaking on the boiler insurance
bill. This will be the first thing UP Mon
day. The house has voted to visit the
Agricultural college at Ames Thursday, but
will likely recall II unless the senate recon-
siders its vote and decides to accept the
invitation and go TO Ames also
c. o. ID. Bill Killed.
| The house committee on judiciary has de-
cided that the bill drawn by A. J. Smith
Of Mount Ayr to put an occupation tax OF
5000 on solicitors for c. o. D. liquor is
unconstitutional and hence killed the bill.
Cummins' Announcement.
! 1t is unders cod that the formal announce
ment of GoN~rno Cummins' candidacy DIS
governor will probably be made Tuesday.
I Governor Cummins was first elected gov
| ernor in 1874, the election being for two
years. He was reelected in 1903, and by
the operation OF the biennial elections law
his term was extended one year, which has
given him five years His term will expire
January l. 1907. This is one year more al
ready than has been given any other gov
| ernor Of the state. If reelected for a third
term he will be continued in the Office for
| seven wears