Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-13

Ahtf-Pass and TwO-Ceut Fare Special
order for Thursday.


LINCOLN. Feb Ia Especially - The
house has made a special order OF the
joint committee anti-pass bill and the 2
cent rate bill for Thursday afternoon at
| O'Clock Cone of Saunders was the cause
of IT. The Saunders man the first thing at
the morning session offered a motion to
make all passenger rate bills a special or
der for Wednesday afternoon This raised
serious objection. though Hamer's motion
to table was lost on a roll call by vote
of 81 to IL. Then Elmer Brown moved
the date be fixed for Thursday and his
motion was substituted for the Cone mo-
ton and carried. In support of his motion
Gone said he intended to offer amend
ments to both bills to attach the emer-
gency clause. Walsh accused Cone. OF
bad faith in 1.-THE motion he offered be-
cause he said there we're several other
rate bills in the hands of the committee,
and to discuss them now with the joint
committee bill would merely be to confu sc
and cut up any measure that may be
passed. He was in favor Of dis Jussing at
this time only the joint COMMITTEES meas
ures
The house passed the following bills:
II. r. l16-By Quackenbush of Nemaha.
Providing extra fees for court reporters.
II. r. 11S-By Cone. Memoralizing con-
gross to pass the Macomber act providing
for a system OF weighing grain.
II. r. 61-By Killen of Gage. Anti-pool-
ing on bridge bills.
II. r. 1913, by Snyder of Harlan, Joint
resolution to congress to remove tariff IN
building materials, was killed.
In the committee Of the whole, with
Lahners of Thayer in the chair, the fol-
lowing bills were passed upon:
H. r. LOBBY the committee on game and
se foT violation o the law so@peGs
hunters or fishers to show their license
indefinitely postponed.
IL X. lobby the committee on fish ana
game. Providing jail sentence for I'M
lawful fishing; indefinitely postponed.
Fl. 4. 1O2-By nsh and game committee;
Providing a closed season for deer, elk and
antelope; recommended for passage.
II. r. is by Fries of Howard. providing
voters shall be assessed 50 each and II they
vote the money is to be returned to the
voter, was too much for the committee,
and after discussing II for an hour or more,
no action was taken. Fries, Dodge, Clarke,
Harrison and Quackenbush spoke for the
bill and Marsh, Best, Hamer. Green, Lee
and others against 1t, with Cone on the
fence. Most of the members took them
selves seriously, while some had fun out of
the discussion. The vote to indefinitely
postpone the bill was "A to a and Chair
man Lahners voted in the negative. The
vote to recommend 1t for passage was 46
to a against. The committee then decided
to let It go over until some other time.
The house voted down a motion to ad-
journ in honor of the anniversary of Lin
coins birth. and kept grinding until 4:SO
The following bills we're introduced:
H. r. 3l5-By Best of Douglas. Provid-
ing investigation Ia rape and providing
II. r. SI7-By Whitney of sarpy Grand
and petit jurors shall receive IS day,
II. r. 3lS-By Whitman of Johnson No.
school district, city or county bonds shall
draw to s, exceed 9 per cent interest,
To empower Ruth oberg to maintain an
action in the district court of Douglas
county Nebraska. against school district
claimed to have, been sustained through
default and negligence Of the oficefs,
to authorize said district to levy taxes to
satisfy any Judgment, compromise or set
Element, II any, IN said action.
II. X. 35O-By Masters of Furnas, by re-
quest. To establish a uniform course OF
study in the first eight grades in the COM
mon schools OF the state of Nebraska.
vide for the operation of vesectomy as a
punishment for the crime of rape and for
ts appointment and oomPensation OF
expense incurred In caring for the persons
operated upon.
II. oSS-by masters OF FurnaS. Pro-
viding for a state inspector of bees at a
salary of 81 200 a year
II. r. S9s-By Heffernan Of Dakota. Pre-
venting the use OF slot machines or billiard
tables for gaming purposes.
II. r. 3A-By Clarke of Douglas, by re-
quest. Allowing Omaha to issue district
street Improvement bonds
H. r. 925-By Clarke of Douglas by re-
quest The city treasurer of Omaha to
advertise from banks and deposit money
with the one paying best rate of interest,
provided bank comes up to the require
ments Of the act -.
II. r. 32B-By Clarke of Douglas by re-
quest. state city or county may cancel
any tax certificate of sale after two years
when no assignment has been made Nlnd
resell the property.
II: r. Sz7-By Quackenbush OF Nemaha
Defining the crime of attempting to pro-
cure the commission of perjury and pro-
Ytdlng penalty therefor.
III. X. &S-By Harrison of Otoe, by re-
guest. An act to repeal statute making
salary OF deputy OF secretary Of state
81. 500 year.
II. r. s29-By Thiessen Of Jefferson, by
request. To provide for thu proper heating,
lighting and Yentilating Of public school
houses in school districts other than CITY
and metropolitan city school districts
III. X. 330-By Tucker Of Douglas. Joint
resolution to amend sections two Cd four
90, Ave o. six 90 and thirteen. d3) OF
article six Co OF the constitution, and pro-
vide for seven supreme judges; twelve
years each; salary not less than IS. coo each,
II. R. ssi-By Tucker of Douglas. Makes
Harry Reed. county assessor of DouTlss
county. ataV his off3ca ~ Y,S-n,stdt.--So.y.