Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-08
Anti-Pass begisIation.

The anti-pass bill will come before the
senate Friday morning and will probably
cause lively fight. An attempt will be
made to substitute the King bill for the
joint committee measure passed by the
house and some of the senators who have
kept in touch with the situation believe
this will be done. The King bill is not as
stringent as the joint committee measure
and is modelled after the national law.
The list of exceptions 1t contains is much
longer than the exceptions in the house bill.
The latter prohibits the giving of free
transportation except to bona fde officers or
employees of the railroad or their imme-
date families or children under years of
age; surgeons and lawyers employed by
the railroad annually at salary of not
less than $1,000 a year. persons given free
transportation because of injuries they re-
ceived while in the employ of the railroad
or members of the family of an employee
killed while in service; care takers of live
stock, poultry or vegetables; sleeping car,
baggage. express and other similar en-
ployes while on duty. 1t is modelled strictly
after the plank in the republican platform.
The King bill prohibits the issuance OF
free transportation except to the following:
Officers, agents, bona fide employees, sur
of such railroad company and their families;
ministers OF religion. travelling secretaries
Of railroad Young Mems Christian assoc
BILE and eleemosynary institutions, and per-
sons engaged exclusively In charitable and
eleemosynary work; INDECENT, destitute and
/ homeless persons. and to such persons
: when transported by charitable societies or
h6spitals. and the necessary agents EN-:
national or state homes for soldiers and
sailors, including those about to enter and
tutions; necessary caretakers of live stock,
poultry and fruit; employees on sleeping
| cars, express cars and baggage cars; rail-
toms and immigration inspectors: newsboys
on train, baggage agents; witnesses attend
ing any legal Investigation in which the
railroad. Is interested; and persons injured
IN wrecks and physicians and nurses at
tending them.
The provisions Of the act DO not prohibit
the interchange OF passes for the Officers,
agents and employees and their families of
other railroad companies; nor prohibit any
railroad company from carrying passen-
gers free with the object of providing re-
lief in cases OF general epidemic, pesti-
lence or calamitous visitation.
Another Hearing on Fisher Claim.
The claims committee OF the house will
hold another session of the Fisher-Goedde
claim Monday night. Cashier scoville OF
the First National bank of Chadron and
Attorney Lndale of West Point have been
subpoenaed to appear before the COMMITTEES
| to testify. Mr.. Scoville will be asked
whether or not the $3.50 which Fisher told
| the committee he had paid at the bank as
consideration for the deed from the Goedde
heirs has been sent to the heirs in Ger
many or not. Mr.. Lindale will be asked
about some OF the transactions In which
he represented Herman Raup. agent for the
Goedde heirs.
An open meeting of the senate municipal
affairs committee will be held Monday night
to consider Lees bill giving the city en-
gineer control Of public work in Omaha.
Several Omaha people are expected to ap-
4 near bafora the pomrnltfea