Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-05

10 vote at schooi elections and a bill to
establish woman's reformatory at
Waveriy.
Teter Of Marion introduced a bin in the
house prohibiting females from appearing
on the stage in tights unless covered by
skirt reaching at least four inches below
the knees
Anti-PasS Bill to Conferences.
Because Of the change In the day OF
adjournment the house today reconsidered
its vote concurring in the senate amend
ments to the anti-pass law. and voted not
to concur. The only reason why the house
concurred in the first instance was because
1t thought that II the legislature adjourned
Friday there was not time to send the bill
to conference committee The bill as It
passed the house prohibited nearly every
one from riding on a pass The senate
amended 1t so as to allow two doctors and
one lawyer in each county for each rail-
road to ride on passes. The house claims
that these are Just the people that 1t is
desired to prohibit from riding on passes
arguing that in too many instances the only
fee is the pass and that the bill in that
form would be in fact making legal pro-
vision for a political railroad ring in each
county. Because of the other people that
the bill prohibited from riding on passes
the house was willing to accept the amend
ments when 1t thought there was not time
to get a better bill. BY it's action today
the bill will go to a conference committee
and the house will endeavor to get the
senate amendments stricken out.
Goes After Harvester Company.
The house today, without discussion or
debate. adopted the resolution by Miller
OF Bremen directing the attorney general
to make an investigation of the Internal
tional Harvester company, and with the
further direction that II It was found that
evidence suficient existed to prove the
company trust he should begin proceed
ings to prevent the company from doing
business In Iowa,
Bills passed by the house today include
one by Meredith providing for a state
board of osteopathic examiners; a bill al
lowing judges of superior courts to practice
law; a bill prohibiting selling or giving
liquors to minors or drunkards; bill pro-
viding for legislative commission to visit
the three educational institutions just be-
fore the converting of the next session and
report on the. appropriation needs of each;
a bill directing boards of supervisors in
counties bordering on Missouri to confer
with Missouri supervisors on making OF
roads on the border line.
Inc mouse To-Day COnCurTed IN SENATE
amendments to the bill fixing the salary
of county attorneys, to the bill allowing
supervisors to let interurbans use the
public highway. the bill changing the de-
partment OF issuing notary commissions to
the governors office, the bill allowing a
right-of-way for an interurban across the
grounds at Mount Pleasant, the bill re-
lating to cattle guards, the bill to allow
lie he ri Of hHy fnf-
ficials in behalf of the people. BY the
action OF the house all these bills now
go to the governor for his signature.
House Members Incensed.
Members Of the house are incensed at
what they term the "highhanded methods
OF the senate committee on railroads in
taking secret ballots to XIII on the re-
ciprocal demurrage bill, the Doran speed
limit bill and the Holmes sleeping car
rate bill. They declare that such pro-
ceeding has been unheard Of and that the
legislature might just as well introduce
such methods into the house and senate
for voting on the bills and resolutions that
are offered. They talk about the methods
being similar to the court star chamber
methods Of the dark ages and the like
The reciprocal demurrage bill and the
Doran speed limit bill have been discussed
at every farmers institute in the state for
several years and it is claimed the farmers
are in deadly earnest over the adoption
OF the bills, and the idea of the senate COM
mittee killing them OF by a secret ballot
after the bills had passed the house by a
| big vote is something they say they will
not tolerate. Members of the senate COM
mittee claim that It was a house member
who brought the secret ballot to the senate
and that a secret ballot in the house this
year killed on the woman suffrage resolu-
/ ton.