Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-16
Independent Action Causes Differences tina,
Defeat Farty Pledges,
Two-cENT FARE MIDDLE A SAMPLE
Effort at Amendment Looked Upon a.
Dangerous to Other Bills
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS TO VOTE
Tie on Woman Suffrage Question
Broken in Favor OF Affirmative
After a Roll Call in
Senate.
DION stan correspondent.l

OFrom STAFF Correspondent
LINCOLN, Feb. 15.-(Special. THE re-
publican members of the house will hold
a caucus Monday night at the Llnden ho-
tel to discuss platform pledges and agree
upon mode of procedure. Having no floor
leader and being managed by no man or
set of men and having no program mapped
out, the republicans became badly mixed
up yesterday afternoon over an amendment
TO the 2-cent rate BILL and Il is to avoid
a break in the ranks Of the majority that
the caucus was decided upon. Mike Lee
of Douglas county originated the idea and
early i'm the afternoon secured more than
fifty signers to the call. The majority will
get together on every pledge In the plat
form. and from Monday night on II is ex-
pected the party promises will be carried
out rapidly, and in the future the fusionists
win not be permitted to break into tho
game with their own pledges to the delay
and detriment Of the promises OF the re-
publicans.
TvO-Cent Fare Middle.
The house has made the 2-cent rate bill
and the anti-pass bill a special orde- for
Tuesday afternoon, and the action OF the
republicans on this measure will be fully
determined Monday night. That the re-
publicans have got themselves into an EN-
bill no one denies Each member OF the
joint committee which drafted the bill
agreed to support It and to fight any and
all amendments to IL. When the amend
ment to permit the railroads 70 go before
the railroad commission on the matter
was offered. few Of the majority knew II
was coming and hence It was lost. Now
some of the republicans believe TO carry
the amendment will be TO place in jeopardy
all the other joint committee bills, for the
reason II one committee bill is amended
opponents of the platform measures will
have excuse to attempt to amend the
other committee bills. A big fight will be
the result and 1t might result in the state
wide primary bill being seriously damaged
and It might hurt the terminal taxation
bill. But some Of the republicans argue
II the 2-cent fare bill is passed through
the house without amendment the Advo-
Gates of the measure could not consistently
try to amend any of the other committee
bills. A number OF the republicans are in
favor CT holding back the 2-cent rate bill
until all the republican party pledges have
gone through the house All Of these
things. however will be discussed and set
tied at the Monday night caucus,
Incidentally while the republicans have
been acting Independently Of each other
them. the fusionists have held caucus
almost every night and the PROCEEDINGS
for the following day carefully mapped
out.
RiIiS Aimed Mt Ltduor Trn No.
In the committee 81 the whole the house
recommended for passage the two measures
nv. Senator Root OF Csss county affecting
the liquor business. s. F. providing pack
ages containing lquo- shall be so stamped
when shipped In the state and s. r. Z
providing the place Of delivery Of liauor
shall be the place Of sale. Hamer of Buffalo
esked that action on these measures be
deferred and Harvey Of Douglas made
several speeches In opposition 20 s. p. 6.
Harvey said he would favor the bill did he
! believe Il would accomplish what its author
thought II would. The bill. he said. would
not bar the shipment OF unlabeled liquor
packages into towns from outside states.
but would operate only against the Me-
/ braska wholesale liquor dealers. II would
not even prevent the Omaha dealers from
establishing a branch house In Council
Bluffs and sending in liquor. Speaker
Nettleton, Hart of York and others were
for the bill and it carried.
Employers Liability BIn.
Senator Gibson's employers liability hin
and Senator Thomas bill allowing street
railway companies to own securities IN ana
| own. operate and lease interurban COM
panies and intefurban lines passed the
senate this morning without debate The
Gibson bin did not receive a negative vote.
Notwithstanding the railroads have been
! lobbying against Il for a month 1t relates
! only to the more hazardous occupations on
! railroads and provides negligence by a fell
4 low servant shall not be a bar to recovery
/ by an injured employee or by relatives OF
an employee killed by accident contribu-
/ tory negligence on the part OF the injured
| is left TO the jury. which is allowed TO scale
the damages in the verdict according TO
/ the proportion of negligence. 1t also pro-
vides the acceptance OF Insurance money
: or relief department policy hereafter taken
out shall not be a bar TO recovery from the
! company.
I Senator Thomas bill met with more on
position when the roll was called All OF
the fusion members OF the senate voted
against it and with them Dodson. Glover
and Thorne. making eight ballots against
II The bill Is backed by the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Railway company
and Is ostensively to permit that company
J to develop interurban lines out OF Omaha.
Those who opposed It did so on the ground
II would enable competing interurban lines
/ 10 be held by the same company. The vote
on the bill was as follows;