Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-31
PASS LAW IS TROUBLESOME
owa Legislators Uncertain Just Where to
Draw the Line on rasteboaris
PLAN IS TO FOLLOW FEDERAL STATUTE
Lawyers, Doctors and other Employees
Whose Compensation is Nominal
One Feature over which
stick Comes.
tFrom a star Correspondent.

(From a stan Correspondent.
DIES MONIES. Jan. -(Speclal)-An
anti-pass law is in process of PREPARATION.
1t will be a repeal of the present Iowa
anti-pass law and the intention IS to make
the law in this state conform with the
| plan of the federal law so that there may
| be no conflict The form of the Iowa
law is simple and was easy to draw and
| that of the federal statute is difficult -
the Iowa legislators are having trouble
| in preparing the measure. The present
Iowa law prohibits passes being given TO
| or received by officials of the state legis-
! lature. delegates to political conventions
| or members of political committees The
| federal statute prohibits passes being
given to anyone and then makes excep-
| lions. but there are so many exceptions
that Is is diff1cult 20 know where to stop.
| The changes that are to be made In the
Iowa law are I'm conformity with the gov
ernors message recommendations In
drawing the bill members of the senate
| are having difficulty with two questions
| One is what to do with newspaper adver-
| Using exchanged for mileage. which the
Interstate Commerce commission held to
| be illegal under the federal statute. The
] other is what to do with politicians, and
! with the lawyers and doctors who are APP
| pointed railroad employees in every town
| and city of the state and whose only com
pensation is the railroad mileage. II Is
being suggested that such be prohibited
| from receiving passes unless they also
get money compensation of at least
| $500 a year, but constitutional lawyers
fear this would make the law unconstitu-
tional The new law will in all prob
ability have the provision that no state
Ioficial member of the Legislature, dele
gate to political convention or member, CT
political party committee shall ride on a
pass whether an employe of a railroad or
not The new bill will appear first in the
senate, according to present intention.
| Three Insurance BILLS.
Three bills will be reported for passage
by the insurance committee of the house
tomorrow morning. One is a bill pro-
viding a plan for assessment life insurance
companies to incorporate kinder the legal
reserve plan, another is a bill requiring
all insurance companies to preserve
vouchers for all expenditures of 800
or more and the third is a bill
allowing fraternal accident insurance
companies TO do business in the
state. The bill providing a minimum rate
for fraternal insurance companies was dis
cussed and It was decided to fix next
wednesday for hearing on the bill, at
which time representatives of fraternal
insurance companies will be heard.
Move to Change Commission.
A bill is in course of preparation and
; will be introduced in both houses within
a few days providing for changing the
! entire personnel of the Iowa railroad COM
2 mission by the addition of four new mem
5 bers to he appointed by the governor The
5 commission at. present is made up of three
members elected by the people for periods
; of three years each. strong lobby of
shippers, among whom were members OF
the Iowa State Association OF Manufac-
1 turers and other shippers. has gathered in
this city for the purpose OF pushing mat
tiers along lines suggested by the governor
in his message to the Legislature, in which
he stated that there had been no substan-
tial change in freight rates in this state
in the past eighteen years, and recon-
mended a commission appointed by the
legislature 10 make an investigation. This
lobby gathered in Des Moines in the hope
. of inducing the legislature to create such
{ commission. From the discussion among
the members of the lobby has grown
sentiment for quicker action. 1t is claimed
that a commission could not report or bring
about any results but publicity till the
I next legislature meets, two years from now,
and IT would then be up to the legislature
to work a change with considerable More
time to be consumed before a change in
=, rates could be brought about. 1t is there
fore being argued among the members OF
! the lobby that by the addition of four
members to the railroad commission, max
ing the membership seven, the four new
! members 10 be appointed by the governor
an investigation such as the governor
D wishes could be brought about and with
a it immediate changes in the freight rates.
| The lobby. therefore, has gone to work AT
r once to prepare the bill and 1t is promised
) to be introduced within a few days.
Bills Introduced.
The following bills were introduced:
: In the House-Hanson, requiring railroads
z to stop trains when signaled; Hanson,
amending the law as to compensation OF
! SUPERVISORS; Wolf, amending the law relal
n ing 10 filing abstracts in the supreme court
appeal in criminal cases; Wolt, relating %
. expense of security bonds Cf administrators
> I and executors; Wolf, relative TO appoint
= ment of nonresident executors; Reaney In,
u | creasing maximum state aid to district ano
J. county agricultural societies; Bomwell, re-
q curing Insanity commissioners to ascertain
n and report to county auditor names OF per
g sons responsible for support of insane per
n sons, Brandes, amending support fund fol
Is School for Deaf to allow INDECENT children
TO remain full twelve months; Brandes, ad-
4 hitting deaf and dumb children 10 school
e for deaf; Geneva, allowing towns to levy
Y special assessments Tor street improve
n ments; Harding, exempting one-half OF
d personal property from liability. of judg'
ment in divorce actions; Jewell, amending
!. the election laws; Kelly. protecting FISH
= and game Feeley apprC priating $500 fol
II the State Normal; Sullivan, appropriating
!. $3.50 to reimburse private citizens for land
: purchased for the state fair.
, In the Benate-Smith Of Mitchell, resolu
= ton memOrializing congress for constitu
q tional convention; Jackson, exempting hall
a or personal property from liability to judg
" ment in divorce cases; StoOkey, AMENDING
. insolvent bank laws; Young, relating to dis
= posing of dead bodies; Jackson, authorizing
delinquent tax collections.
=, The general district court iii intro,