Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-15
AMENDMENT MAY MAKE IT MORE SPECIFIC
House Appoints a Sitting Committee to
Take Charge Of Bills.
KING ANTLPAss BILL PASSES SENATE
Child Labor Bill RecOmmitted for
Specific Amendment At Instance
of Members from Rural
Counties.
tFrom a stan correspondent.l

CFrom a Stan Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. March 1-(specisl Telegram.)
-Today's session Of the house was tame
as compared with that of yesterday, al-
most the entire time being spent in COM
mittee Of the whole, considering bills on
the file. While the terminal tax bill was
left as unfinished business. II was not
brought up again and will probably so
over for action until next Monday or Tues
day. So disappointed were the railroads
| in their failure TO XIII the measure yester-
day and so marked a reaction against
the coarse methods OF the railroad lobby
that they did not dare to toe the scratch
again, while the friends of the bill, seeing
the trend of Affairs crystallzing In their
favor agreed to take more time to unity
and marshal their forces. The railroad
lobby is still here in great numbers all
though slightly thinned out and is work.
! ing away for dear life Joe Burns has.
been pulling the strings on Blystone and
Rejcha of this county, although with what
success is not yet apparent, and Douglas
of Rock, who was a railroad favorite in
the last two legislatures. has been putting
In his time In the coat room cultlvating
membersyfrom the Northwestern's territory
with seductive conversations
Talk of Modifying Bill.
There is some talk about modifying the
bill little bit to make impossible any OBJ
lection to- 1t on the ground that It might
possibly lower the assessment of railroad
property for city purposes Of any of the
small villages below that now enjoyed. If
this is done 1t viii be by bringing the
Clarke bill more into harmony with the
first bill introduced and giving the state
Board Of Assessment greater powers In the
matter. 1t Is believed that with these slight
notifications practically the entire member
snip of the house, with the exception OF
the out and out railroad tools, will be
brought in line for It. The fusionists, in
Guiding even those who have been listen
ing to the railroad lobbyists. DO not relish
being used as catspaws to protect the rail-
roads IN their tax shirking and they realize
that IL they take the railroad end Of IL
under pretense OF playing politics the re-
action would come when they should be
held responsible for helping the railroads
to an undeserved victory. All of the fusion
leaders declared today that they would be
for the bill when the time came, notwith-
standing their disposition yesterday to Join
with those who were trying to postpone its
consideration.
Wilson on the warpath.
The only reflex of the terminal tax fight
} in the proceedings came in the form of an
} exhibition Of temper on the part OF will
} son Of Custer quite out of keeping with
} the usual dignity of the members the
gentleman of Custer even going so far in
speech as to defy Speaker Nettleton to
make him stop talking It was all the
| result OF the remark of Clarke OF Douglas
in response to the motion by Wilson to
strike out the enacting clause OF the
! terminal tax bill. "I expected just such
= a motion by the gentleman from Custer,
the friend Of Frank Young, the Burlington
lobbyist" After sleeping over the matter
J Wilson came to the conclusion that he
, had been insulted, and he did not Intend
to stand for It even If he had to insult the
, speaker to get even. He read the follow
3 ing after getting permission to speak upon
a question OF personal privilege;
Mr.. Speaker: i rise to question or per-
, sonal privilege l deem It duty as wen
D suit whenever given When I picked up
! the Lincoln Star last night I was as
. tonIshed at the words quoted as the OPEN
. las, Mr.. Clarke, his asserted expectation
to my motion TO erase the enacting clause
from Fl. r. 192. Unfortunately / did not
hear the intended insult or there would
have been a Roll and for his Oliver, suit
far fOrgets his dignity In debate as TO sink
his remarks to the language OF this char
aCter there must be some way to remind
the speaker that he need realize that no
man pats dog on the head when he bites.
So sure was ] that the gentleman from
his petulant words that had the temerity
to deny any such vent Of spleen ana only
1 believed my ears had not caught the ut
certainly honored by twenty years aq-
quaintance with Mr.. Young and It is perti-
g nent 10 say / regard the same far more
, creditable than such acquaintance with said
gentleman from Dougias M Clarke,
o with this political pimp OF omaha-thls
a | evident dirty rag on the end OF Omaha s
!, lobby stick OF monstrous greed.
As Wilson was about to conclude Speaker
r Nettleton interrupted him. ''The gentleman
: from Custer is out Of order" said the
= speaker.
9 7 will have my say" retorted Wilson.
J. "and you can't prevent me. This man
; has insulted me and 1 intend to answer
him"
''The gentleman is out Of order" again
spoke the speaker. you will confine your
self to the rules OF the house"
Il 81 don't care whether 1 am out OF order
or not" retorted Wilson, "you can't make
me quit talking. 1 intend to follow the
rules OF this house" And then. a calm
having settled over him, he skunk down in
y his seat and became quiet. Clarke. who
q came in during the outburst did not re.
: ply
l. Sitting Committee for House.
m Speaker Nettleton named the following
i members as a sitting committee. to take
Ie charge OF all bills on general file; Har
\ rlson Of Otoe. chairman; Keller OF Nuekolls
}, t. W. Brown OF Lancaster, Hart OF York
IN Walsh OF Douglas and Hin OF Chase. Th'
r committee viii get to work al once.
Amid the applause OF the house the 70
otiest OF the senate for the anti-lobby bill
Z which the upper body killed the other day
y was granted, Governor Sheldon having re
=, auested that the senate reconsider It's ac
ton The bill was turned over 10 the sen
ate before The clerk left the house.
Adams Of Dawes secured favorable actor
on his motion to make II. r.. 40 a specia
a order for 10 o'clock Friday morning. Thll
e. Is known as the stock yards bill and re
a,,oes the charges for sum sold N IN,