Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-19

representatives BY making the bill a spe-
cial order for Tuesday morning the senate
will get in one lap ahead Of the lower
house. which Is scheduled 10 consider the
measure tomorrow afternoon.
Sackett Of Gage. who introduced S. =
s. duplicate Of the bill afterward agreed
upon by the Joint committee. brought up
the matter in the senate this afternoon by
calling for a report on his bill and on s
F. by Latta Of Burt on the same sub
ject. Senator wilsey. chairman Of the
railroad committee. in reply said he was
ready to report on the bill. but some Of the
members Of the committee wanted to await
the action cf the house on the joint meas
ure
sackett Immediately moved that the bill
be taken from tho hands of the committee
and placed on general hle.
Aldrich himself a member of the rail
road committee. spoke in favcr Of the mo
ton, declaring the joint committee till he
had helped TO formulate had been butchered
in the house by overzealous friends and
he wanted the senate to be In a position
20 act Independently
Gibson. a member Of tho committee. said
the committee was ready to report in
four minutes. II the senate wanted re-
port and he thought Il would be n re-
Election on the committee to pass the mo-
ton
King Of Polk also took the same view He
said the action would cause a bad impress
sion to go cut over the state. The senate
knew why the committee had been holding
the bill and there was nothing In IT'S
course 10 reflect on the committee. 1t
would be unjust 10 the committee the SEN
ate and the whole legislature to pass the
motion.
McKesson put stop 10 the discussion
bv moving 10 table the motion, his motion
carrying by a vote Of 10 to IL.
Committee Makes Report.
The senate was at ease for few minutes
TO enable the railroad committee to formu-
late it's report which II did. recommending
that s. F. IS De placed on general file.
This was done, and later on motion Of Al
drlch It was made a special order for
tuesday morning. When the bill comes up
some excitement is expected to break loose,
rs some Of the senators are opposed to
passing a fiat 2-cent rate bill without Civ
ing the railroad commission power to regu-
late the rate in case the courts should de-
eide q 2-cent rate is noncompensatory.
Senator Aidrich has introduced a maxi
mum freight rate bill based on the present
law. In brief the measure provides it shall
be unlawful for any railroad company 20
charge more than 80 per cent Of their
freight schedules In effect January !.
Either the railroads or the shippers can
make complaint before the railroad COM
mission and the commission is empowered
to change the rate by raising 1t If II is
uoncompensatory to the railroads or lower
ing II still further II It can be shown it is
unjust to the shipper A fine of from
$4,000 to $4,000 is provided for violations
OF the act.
Underwriters Are Interested.
delegation Of undertakers of Omaha,
South Omaha and Lincoln waited upon
members Of the Legislature today and the
insurance department to discuss the prac-
ticabity Of the introduction of a bill put
ting burial companies under the jurisdic-
ton Of the insurance department. The COM
pany which caused the delegation to make
the visit has been incorporated in New
Jersey and efforts are now being made to
get il established In Nebraska. Its plan
is for an Individual to pay so much a month
and when the individual dies the company
pays the funeral and burial expenses The
undertakers are opposed to the company
operating here. The delegation consisted
Of Undertakors p. c. Heafey, Davis and
Swanson of Omaha. Brewer of South
Omaha and Heaton of Lincoln.
Jennison's Lobby Law.
Among the bills passed by the house this
afternoon was the anti-lobby bill by Jenni-
son Of Clay This bill makes 1t a mis-
demeanor for n paid lobbyist to attempt
to influence member OF the legislature
except through published briefs or by
speeches made to committees. The penalty
is fine of 500 to $500 and a jail sentence
of six months. The bill. however, only re-
coived flfty-nlne votes. and consequently
does not carry the emergency clause, so
VIII not apply at this session, even If It
goes through the senate.
Tho telephone committee has decided to
report back for passage the Jennison tele-
phone bin providing all telephone systems
mvst connect up with each other on the
application OF one system, which has to
pay the expense OF the connection.