Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-21

clarke said Omaha had seVenty-f1Ve miles
Of side and switch tracks Of which one
tenth Is distributed. All such tracks in
villages and towns he said should pay
taxes the same as any other local property
/ Hamer again got the floor and said while
! he was against the bill he wanted II 20 he
| amended so It would do the least possible
| harm n there was any possible chance
| Of q getting through. Then after Clarke
| had quoted statistics to show how much
/ trackaEe would be taken out of the smaller
towns by this Hamer scheme and how little
would be returned by the distribution Of the
Omaha trackage Killen got in the game.
| Killen was astonished that Clarke should
think Of the smaller towns and he assured
the house that he wanted to vote for the
bill II II were amended right. Notwith-
| standing the accusation made against him,
he said his home newspapers had endorsed
the stand he had taken and he proposed to
| fight the bill until It was in the shape he
thought II should be In.
! Quackenbush spoke against the Hamer
! and for the committee amendment.
The Hamer amendment was lost by a
vote Of Al to 81 and the Clarke amendment
! carried.
The remainder Of the bill went through
| without a jolt until Clarke moved that Il
be recommended for passage. Lee, who
had been smarting under the bad things
said about Omaha. spoke to the motion,
| and he told the house Omaha was not a
| city where every one is rich. but that
three-fourths OF it's people are poor work.
ing people He described the little one-room
cottage and the taxes and compared the
small home to the tax sinking railroad, all
OF which gave Cone Of Saunders chance
to say something, and like a little man he
! went to the front for the railroads in regu-
lation style and asked that the committee
report progress and make the bill a special
order for 10 O'Clock on the morning Of
March e.
Final Test of Strength.
Speaker Nettleton spoke against this and
| said the best way was the good old way
that is to recommend the bill for passage,
have the amendments printed, and then
! when the time to vote came each member
| would have had time to study the amend
ments. Hill of Chase came up with the
statement that he wanted to be controlled
by the majority, but that he wanted more
time in which to study the amendments.
! The majority voted against the Cone mo-
ton.
Then Culdice moved that the bill be in
definitely postponed. This was lost by a
rising vote of 43 to 50. The Clarke motion
/ tiltn carried ana Ine report was duOpleu ny
the house without further ado.
Following are some Of the messages re-
ceived by Barrett of Buffalo county,
Hamers colleague:
| KEARNEY, Neb., March 19.-TIon George
Barrett Lincoln, Neb: Dear Frend-I am
| more than pleased to see you stand pat on
the platform pledges. Go ahead; old ma man.
SHELTON. Neb.. March 19.-Hon. q. w.
Barrett Lincoln: Sentiment here favors
terminal taxation. Stand pat n,,,,
GIBBON, Neb, March ig-George w.
Barrett, Care House Of Representatives,
! lincoln, Neb.: Good republicans all COM
mend you for the stand you have taken
! so far in behalf of the people against
the railroads and with one accord hope
| you VIII stand for every one Of the party
| pledges to the end. Railroad cappers have
been here and at shelton and friends from
| home Will no doubt endeavor to influence
| you against terminal taxation bill. Stand
" 20 = BECK & NOBLE.
Office of County Clerk. Buffalo County.
Kearney. Neb, March 4-Hon. George
| Barrett Lincoln, Neb.: Dear Sir-We your
| friends in the court house in Buffalo county,
for terminal taxation and urge you to do
! So Very respectfully, (signed) NJ. N.
Troupe, county treasurer ]. w Shahan,
deputy county treasurer; s. b. Funk SUI
I pervisor; A. II. Morris, county assessor;
| T.. A. Miller, county clerk; ]. II. Dean,
deputy county clerk; j. Sitz, county super
visor; Joseph owen, county supervisor; r.
II. Bearss, county supervisor: G. A. Nixon,
clerk district court; S. A. Reasoner. county
superin tendent; s. p. Smith, deputy register
deeds; V. b. Wheeock register deeds; F..
Bowker, assistant deputy treasurer; H p.
Smith, supervisor; Phil Bessor, supervisor;
Arthur Francis, deputy sheriff.
Some Outside Influences.
An interested worker for the railroads
during the debate was Ralph Brown OF
I Crete, side partner OF Burlington Attor-
ney Foss. This man Brown lined up be-
side the Saline county members and poured
railroad oil into their ears until he had
done the business and they saw no other
side and went against the bill. Back of the
railing was, as usual, Northwestern Lobby
list Bob McGnnis, George Holcomb of the
| Union Pacific and c. c. McNish for the
allied railroads, while up in the gallery
were Tax Commissioner Pollard and former
Secretary of State Galusha watching things
and taking notes to see II their men de-
livered the goods.
Commission and Food Bills Pass.
The senate this morning passed the rail
way commission bill and the pure food bill
No votes were cast against the commission
bill, but Latta of Burt voted against the
pure food measure. This afternoon the
Gibson bill prohibiting brewers from owning
an interest in a saloon license or saloon
business and preventing them from leasing
| buildings or rooms for saloon purposes
passed the senate Ashton. Clarke. Saund-
ers and Thomas voted against the bill, the
| former explaining he did so because he
believed the provision prohibiting the leas-
ing of saloon buildings by brewers to be
| unconstitutional.
! The roast on the railroads which has
been almost a daily feature since the be-
ginning of the session came today in the
senate on Sacketts reciprocal demurraRe
bill. The measure requires railroads to
furnish cars within a reasonable time after
| application is made for them or pay a
penalty of 50 a day per car. A half a
dozen OF the senators in support of the
| bill cited instances in which line elevator
companies were furnished with cars
promptly while Independent companies
could not get the accommodations. sackett,
in his discussion Of the bill, declared such
law was in force in Kansas and was
| working well. Latta Of Burt started a fight
on the bill. but the opinion OF the senate
was so nearly unanimous he withdrew his
motion to indefinitely postpone and the bill
was recommended for passage.
The. senate has decided to accept a chal-
lenge from the house TO play a game OF
base ball at the close OF the session. When
the challenge was read Wilcox moved II
| 10 rafarraa 20 Senator ATdrfpb with an