The independent., 1907-02-14

it is really intended to prohibit sa-
looms and that they prefer to meet
straight-out prohibition. So if the
issue becomes prohibition or nothing,
such persons will be better pleased
than if the issue is county option.
Senator Patrick of Sarpy, during
discussion of county option, digressed
to launch few bolts at the manner
in which the senate had, in his esti-
nation, injured the rights of married
women by passing S. f. 73 in it's pres
ent form.
At the conclusion of his speech.
Wiisey of Frontier arose and said:
"The senator makes a great plea for
the married women. There may be
many here who do not know that he
is bachelor"
Senator Aldrich of Butler, who gen.
orally goes after measures and men in
vigorous and direct manner and who
usually gains by this method, is GET
ting admiration even from the minor
ity side. Il admire the senator from
Butler for his vigorous methods" said
Patrick of Sarpy in defense of one Of
his bills. He is a man who likes to
go in and break things to pieces and
lllcH SiildSll tic pleCGS. admire MIN
for his franlness."
There are some points in the pro-
posed railway commission bill which
are causing disputes in the joint COM
mittee, but it is believed that when
they are settled, early this week, the
bill will be speedily ground through
the legislative hopper. Those who be-
lieve the legislature is not acting
orb, xxyi1
the bill is found to meet the wishes
of those concerned, it will be given the
right of way. 1t will probably be in
troduced Monday afternoon. While
the bill has been agreed to by ma
jority, an effort is being made to make
further changes. Wherever apparent
errors have been made they will be
corrected, but the committee will not
alter the bill in any way to weaken its
force
Representative e. w. Brown of Lam
caster made an effective speech during
the debate upon the Raper bill abolish
ing the death penalty, which was fin
ally indefinitely postponed. The house
had been proceeding upon the theory
that in Nebraska the death penalty
for murder in the first degree is in
flexible, but Mr.. Brown made it clear
that the jury may recommend Wheth
er capital punishment or life impris-
onment shall be inflicted peculiar
ity of the long discussions into which
legislative bodies sometimes wander
is the lack of definite knowledge and
the members who are able to clear up
the naZes, no matter what the ques-
tions, help wonderfully in expediting
business.
Every citizen of Nabraska has
right to be heard upon any bill in
which he is interested before a legis-
lative committee, but sometimes the
committees steal march upon the
unsuspecting public. Not long 30
some members of the senate railroad
committee were struggling to complete
their bill when an advertised meeting
of another committee was to occur in
room next to the one where the rail-
road committee was at work. The
persons interested We're on hand and
most of the committeeman were in the
next room with the railroad commit
tee. Senator Epperson, who is mem
Der of the railroad committee, went
out in the halls and hustled in num-
ber of members not on the committee
and filled the chairs and let the hear
ing proceed. "The railroad committee
had to get through" the senator said.
as he told Of the incident.
Representative Lahners of Thayer
was strongly in favor of the bill regu-
lating the spectacle men, and he told