Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15
TERMINAL TAX Is DEBATED
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ne Favor.b bIy Reported.


LINCOLN. Fsh. i4-,speciAl TslsEra- -
The cpe1 meeting 20 ois-1ss the terminal
TAX p-uposit5oa tonight 6eveloped h-1sk
debate between tr5saas and orpcnsnts q
ths measure The MEETING was hsit In the
senate chazhsr. Senator Tbonss % Doug
lss presi3sd ard TIE advocacy of the 1sss-
ure vas undertakes n a 6slsEat5u1 q
business and professional rnen who came
down from Omaha This dsleEation il
cluded 7. J. Nahu1er. W. q. Cre. H n
BsldrzEe ?. =. wssd c ?. Har-ssoa. W s
RcpElstol- Victcr RossEstsr. J. A c Ken
neiy and members q TIE legislative dele
EzHon frun Douglas county. TIE raElrusd
interests we're locked after " TIE whole
array o. paid lobbyists and tax agents iu-
cluding Bdson R5ch. 2 J Clancy and
A ". Sc-hns- fer The CuIo1 Pszi6r. jim
kerry, r D Pollard ". A Dluo-tA.
Prank Tou1E. fer TIE BurIington- and Tu-
Benton fer TIE Pullman company.
Afrer Re--ess1ra-tre Clarke haS -sas rs
bin 7 ). Mahu1sy started ths hau wtrh
a lucid sxp3s1stiu- q the extent 70 uhsch
Ire railroads are noE eradtnE lhs PAL
Dent q civ taxes IN Nebraska and bow
TIE proposed terminal TAX hm would re-n-
edT this sTl without 6eprfv5nE the rural
districts q any q tire taxes row pasd
70 them O. raflroAd property. NJ Ma
ho2sF was % have been followed oy Bob
ClAncF. but before that part q The pro
gran vas reached Representative Wilson
Ct Custer county. schooled hr BurlinEz11
Lobbyist Frank Young. almost recite,a- n
der prs1enss Of asking q1es13Ons- the p-tn-
clSal nsr1 q the SCI speech later asiir-
cred hy ClADcy- Czncy was folowe6 hy
W @. Urs and Crs hy r D Pollard.
followed IN turn By vscto- Rnsswzt.r. jim
KsIhy. Il Il Bald-sdEs- A ". Sc1bosr
and Il G. Clarke. Jr- alternating s5oes-
RAuroaaers Driven Inss Corner.
The rsElroad lobbyists an tried to harp
OF the Assertion that terminal tAEataon
would take away sssessrnsnz vslDes from
The smaller cftsss ard Villages and would
destroy the sacred unit system q railroad
ASSESSMENT Wien driven fzt0 a eorns-
they were compelled 10 admit that ter
uzinal tAxax1oa would make the railroads
pay great deal r0o-s taxes thaa they
% Dow and uhzt their charge that the
whole scheme was o1e for the personal
pro6t % Omaha wac fuzzy net BY thslr
confessaon that they were working % per
perna1s for their employers the privilege
of TAX sinking 30 long enjoyed
Senator Patrick broke IN two OF three
tires With so-e apt Illustrations on rail-
rr,zd tAxzrion in the village - PzpEll7a-
which was referred 20 hy several speaker
II dsrslop-d that the solsc41ude q TIE
railroad spoksEsn. unless FsFdIl5SB bs 6e-
pr4~sd q psr1 q is reverse froz the
rafroaos rested On The payment oS q VII
lAEs TAX arnVuntsng % ths nnAgziace-f Eun
q Eaa -.PEplTboz has not Eut -nch 70
lose - & lost Il an tntsr5eczes the SarpT
county senator. Mr MAb0nsy struck an
tense Of eist-s5uf50n 10 the feas q the
Aez-s Ezp-ess Company tnrcs~ee n q 81
prs-ns oour1 6eciECa whereby that CON
pany rrisd 70 Ep-sad It's mileage over 2e9a
niles q ocean where Il could not be taxed
n All NJ Bzldr1Es laid special stress On
ire terminal TAX issue made n the re-
publican platform. While Victor RossEEtsr
and Counry Counnissdo-e- Cre dEslt oa
fhe figures and the prohahie result % be
expected from q ts--ilsl raxzfioa law
child Labor BEn ReeonmsnSed-
H r 3. ClErks's child labor hil VII be
renorumsoaed for passage fornoTr0E by the
sB6icazrT c1rn1asftss q the senate ia
rorzhle repo-z vas voted ~ 3 meeting q
the committee late Shts asteToocn- one
Ensn6nDszt vas made 10 TIE I'm changing
ths hours during which chiidre1 may not
b employed al an frum : ? n 20 u n.
and making Il from ? n 70 s u N
Several Other snsadnszrA were offered.
tE1f they we're All voted down he bll has
already passed the ho1se-
I4s meeting Of the soiut primary commit
tee % pass on the hdu prepArsd ky TIE
saboaznirtee was MT he8d t0ulght as
scheanled for the reason the bM as changed
has not been fypsEr1rfen ana because
several members q the e5nzirtee -zuoes
70 attend the reruinAl taxEtson neerinE-