Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-20
SENATE PASSES PRIMARY
Only Two Votes Against The Measure on
Final Passage.
NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN
Fight IL Coming Up over the Creation
of an Insurance Department In
dependent of the state
Auditor.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

(From a Stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Ia. March 19.-(special)-
The primary election bill was passed by the
senate today, 46 to ?. after an all day dis
cussion. The house had laid It over for
day to wait on the action Of the senate,
which considered It from 9 o'clock until
finished. The changes made in the bill
were largely to make It conform to the
changes previously made. The only votes
in the negative were by De Armand aud
Nichols Senator Grossly was not able to
be present.
When the bill was taken up, Senator De-
Wolf offered the democratic proposition to
eliminate the party afiliation proposition
by striking out the first reference to that
matter. He spoke for this measure at
some length and was opposed by Warren
and Peterson. The amendment was de-
feated, all the democrats but Senator Frud-
den voting for IT,
Senator Jones offered an amendment to
change slightly the manner of giving party
affiliation the first time, requiring the voter
to reclare what party he had AFFILIATED with
before. He insisted that in its present form
the bill let's down the bars to all kinds of
fraud. Senator Peterson called attention
to the fact that in his amendment, Jones
had not provided for first voters or indie
pendent voters. The amendment got eight
votes-Jones, Gale, Bleal5ley. Nichols,
Jamison, McKlveen, Jackson and Elerick.
An amendment by Jones to change the
time when a notice of change Of party af-
flliation can be filed from ten days to ninety
days, was defeated without division.
Senator Moon offered the amendment to
make 1t apply to cities of the first class,
and this was adopted.
Senator Saunders secured the adoption OF
an amendment to authorize the county COM
mittees to remove committeeman for neg
lect Of duty or failure to support their party
ticket
Various and sundry small amendments
were made so the bill would conform to the
plan Of having it a 80 per cent proposition
and not to apply to judicial nominations
thus enlarging the powers Of the conven-
lions in making nominations
Senator Stookey offered an amendment
to have the state pay all the costs of the
election; defeated.
Many Bills Pass House.
The house today passed the senate bill
providing that after November /, 1907, street
cars must have their front platforms en-
tirely enclosed; the senate bill providing
for giving minority stockholders of insur-
ance companies representation on the
boards of directors the house bill limiting
the salaries Of officers of mutual insurance
companies; the house bill permitting cities
and towns to make appropriations to pay
membership fees and dues to the League of
Iowa municipalities; the house bill pro-
viding for valuation OF life insurance pol
icies; the house bill permitting roads under
certain circumstances to be but thirty feet
wide; the senate bill relating to sewer out
lets and purifying plants.
Fight for Insurance Department.
Signs of determined fight for the Gre
alton of an insurance department were
shown today when an attempt was made
by Jones of Montgomery in the house to
get consideration of the bills switching
the banking department from the auditor s
Office to the state treasurer's ONCE and
changing some Of the other departments.
Mr.. Jones stated that the vote on the bill
would be a decision on the insurance de-
| partment. II a department of insurance
] is created separate from the state auditor S
| Office there will be no need of changing
the banking department and municipal &C
| counts department from the auditors Of
fee. Friends Of the proposition to create
separate department of insurance were
strong enough to force delay considering
the matter by ordering the bills engrossed,
which will take two or three days.
judiciary Bills Out.
| The judiciary committee OF the house
acted upon every important measure in its
hands, with the exception of the employers
| liability BILL and reported to the house
| today. Bills reported for passage are the
| bill providing that articles of incorporation
must be approved by the attorney general
before being filed with the secretary OF
state and the Bruce pedders' license bill
The committee reported for indefinite post
ponement the bill providing for a COM
mission to devise a system of uniform &C
counts for counties, the warehouse bill
and a number Of other minor measures.
| Bulk Sales Bill in Trouble.
The bill which passed the senate and
which prohibits a retailer selling his stock
in bulk without the consent of the whole,
saler when the stock is not all paid for
is having trouble in the house A minority
of the judiciary committee has reported
against the bill. 1t is charged by the
jobbers and wholesalers who have beer
pushing the bill through that the politicians
are trying to hold them up and force then
to support the primary elections bill.
Compromise on swine Pavilion,
A compromise has been reached and thu
state fair is to get a $4,000 swine pavilion
but no $4,000 steel amphitheater The com
mittee on appropriations today reporte'
for passage the swine pavilion bill