The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-02-22

W Iuc poOp1C ny Sh0 IOPoDihNdht SAp
cratic and populist state conventions,
will be introduced into the legislature
the first of this week. The bill has
been blocked out by the subcommittee
and sent to the joint committee. The
bill as prepared in the rough provides
that the general election officers shall
be the officers of the primary, the
same machinery being used at both
elections. 1t has been decided that in
stead of electing the precinct and
county committees that task will fall
to the lot Of the nominees, it having
been agreed that under the latter plan
people will be selected for those i'm
portant places who will have some in
terest in the election and who will not
leave all of the work to the chairman
and secretary.
Senator Gibson's employers la
bility bill and Senator Thomas bill al
lowing street railway companies to
own securities in and own, operate and
lease %interurban companies and inter
urban lines passed the senate without
debate. The Gibson bill did not re-
ceiye a negative vote. 1t relates only
to the more hazardous occupations on
railroads and provides negligence by
a fellow servant shall not be a bar to
recovery by an injured employee or by
relatives of an employee killed by &C
cident. Contributory 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
provides the acceptance of insurance
money or relief department policy
hereafter taken out shall not be a bar
to recovery from the company.
The child labor bill was reported
back favorably to the senate, but a
fight is scheduled in favor of the farm
ers. The bill was amended in the COM
mittee changing the hours during
which children will be permitted to
work, from Z o'clock in the morning
until z at night, to 6 o'clock in the
morning until 8 at night. This was
done to permit the milking of cows
and to do the chores On the farms.
Mr.. Fries of Howard, a member OF
the minority party, succeeded in get
ting recommended for passage his
bill providing a tax of So to be levied
against persons entitled to vote who
do not avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity. The bill was amended to eX
empt from the law those who are kept
away from the polls by unavoidable
circumstances, though a statement to
this effect must be filed with the
county treasurer or the tax will be
levied.
The senate on the 18th spent three
quarters of an hour listening to a spe-
cial program in cOmmemoration OF
Lincoln's birthday ana then adjourned
out of respect for the day. Rev. I. F.
Roach of Lincoln delivered the ad-
dress before the senate and e%loquently
eulogized the life and influence of the
martyred president. The Oberlin quar-
tet sang the Battle Hymn of the Re-
public" and responded to an encore
with America" The services were
impressive, though brief.
The joint committee appointed to
draft a statewide primary law has
concluded it's work and the bill will be
introduced the first of the week. Pat
rick, the fusion member of the COM
mittee, objected to the filing fee and
may make a fight to have it stricken
out by the legislature. The committee
generally is pleased with the measure.
It is a compilation Of the Brown
Dodge-McMullen bills.
Senator Kings free high school bill
was recommended for passage by the
senate. It allows any child living in a
district which does not provide a full
high school course to take the missing
grades at some high school in the
state. The tuition, which is fixed at
rs cents a week, is raised by taxation
in his district.
The senate displayed a disposition
to push the railway commission bill
through as rapidly as possible when it
voted to take the bill from the stand
ing committee on railroads, to which
it had been referred, and place it di-
rectly on general file. This will adj
vance it more rapidly than the regular
course.
8. F. 227, by Goodrich of Fillmore,
providing that persons convicted of
murder in the first degree shall be
placed in the penitentiary and not put
to death except by order of the gov
ernor, and in any event not less than
one year after date of conviction, was
Indefinitely postponed by the senate.
The three uniform divorce bills rec
commended last fall by a meeting of
divorce experts were introduced into
the senate. The main bill changes the
general divorce law, making it mor9
c~triOpaut