Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-05
Full Committee Endorses the Work Of the
Subcommittee.
OTHER REFORM MEASURES WELL ALONG
Joint Committee Will Wake Report Of the
Railroad Commission Bill.
TERMINAL TAXATION GETS CONSIDERATION
Arguments Against the Proposed Law
Are Met by Representative Clarke,
who EnliRhtens Members Com
cerniRE Its Application.
Rrom a stan correspondent.l

LINCOLN, Feb 4-tspectal. .)-The sub
committee OF the joint railroad COMMITTEES
of the house and senate appointed 10
draft a 3-cent passenger rate bill has
completed it's work and reported to the full
committee, which approved the bill and II
win be introduced in the house tomorrow.
probably. This committee Is composed OF
Senators wntse Of Cedar. Hanna OF Brown
and Representatives Keller Of NuckoIs and
Marsh Of Seward. The bill is the same as
the present law except that the maximum
rate is cents instead of cents.
The bill in full is as follows
A bill for an act to amend Sections lO06s
! and 10059 OF Cobbey's Annotated Statutes
for the year 1893. 20 fix maximum passen-
! Be enacted by the legislature OF the
state OF Nebraska Section l. That sec
Statutes for the year 1908 be and the same
are hereby amended TO read as follows:
Section l0o6S. Ii shall be unlawful for
which shall hereafter operate. a railroad
| In this state 70 charge, collect demand or
receive for the transportation OF any pas
senger over II years OF age. with baggage,
not exceeding 100 pounds In weight, on
any train over fits line OF roads IN the
state Of Nebraska. sum exceeding cents
s'section IoO5e. Said railroad corporation
shall not charge, collect demand or re-
celve within the limits above specified for
/ the transportation of any child under II
years old in the care or control OF any
passenger on any train sum not ex-
In section 1005s of this act"
Section 2 Sections 1Oo5s and 1oO6e OF
| 1903 az the same now exist be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Committees work well Advanced.
| While some of the members are becoming
! impatient because the railroad bills and
the bill for a direct primary have not yet
been introduced. II is very evident all
OF the measures win be almost through
both houses before the forty-day limit In
which bills can be introduced Is up. There
Is no doubt the railroad commission bill
will be introduced either wednesday or
Thursday. II not before. The 2-cent pas
senger rate bin will reach the legislature
about the same time This leaves the pri-
mary bill and the anti-pass hin yet 70 ha
4 reported back by the snbcommittees. but
there Is little uneasiness about leither The
revenue bill which was prepared by a joint
committee % the house and senate during
the Legislature OF 1908 was introduced in
the house February "A. so the Joint COM
mittees still have some time 10 spare to
keep Up with the record made by that
Joint committee.
Among the members OF the subcommittee
on the anti-pass' bill there is a considerable
difference OF opinion. Unless the full COM
mittee makes Il apply only TO state,
county. city and district oficers and dele
gates TO political conventions and newspa-
pers. then some members OF the COMMITTEES
want to draft a bill which prohibits the
giving OF free transportation TO anyone. In
cluding employees Of railroads.
The subcommittee appointed TO draft the
anti-pass bill. consisting of Senators Gould
and Marsh. was not ready TO report, but
agreed to be ready by tomorrow afternoon,
when another meeting viii be held This
comnittee is divided and the indications
are two bills viii be offered to the Joint
committee. Knowles and Marsh have pre-
pared a bill which exempts from the opera
tions of the anti-pass law all bona fide
employees of railroads and their immediate
families A fine and jail sentence is fixed
as penalty for violations TO be imposed
on the giver of the pass and the re-
cipient.
Gould prepared a bill providing only Of
fee holders should be exempt from receiv-
ings passes. Knowles and Marsh both
objected strenuously TO this and Gibson
thought II was not sweeping enough.
Should the subcommittee refuse to accept
GOulds bill he viii report 20 the Joint
committee bill providing no one shall re-
ceive pass, not even bona hde employees
OF railroad. Gibson probably will be
with him on this bill though the other
two never will, hence two bills are liable
TO go TO the joint COMMITTEES. The Joint
committee will finish the railway commits
sion bin before Wednesday morning ana
II may be introduced that day. All OF the
joint committee measures win be intro
duced In the hnuaH ma A.
Object TO Cost of Primary.
The committee read section by section
about One-third Of the railway commission
bill. but did mol conclude this as the
house members had 10 listen TO a discus
sion Of other bills BY railroad agents The
joint committee changed the salary OF
1850 10 be paid the secretary ana 81 800 to
be paid each OF two clerks to round sum
OF $500 for salaries for these parties. TO be
apportioned by the commissioners.
In the section providing the commia-
sioners shall inspect bridges. the committee
changed shall" 10 may" No other change
was made In the sections read and No
change is likely 10 be made In any other
part Of the bill
While there Is little doubt al; Of thu
measures prepared by Joint committees vii
be passed as they come from the Commit.
tees. there is some sentiment for chsnRins
one section In the commission bill Thi,
is the section which provides the stats
: railway commission shan inspect rallroao
bridges II has been suggested, should
this section be left in the bill. In case ol
accidents at bridges the state would be NJ,
sponsible providing the commission falls1
to report the bridge in bad condition.
Clarke Answers Railroads.
The Omaha Examiner was laid on thl
desks Of the members OF the legislarJHt
today and In Il was an article contalni -
The railroad argument against the taxAtisu
Of railroad terminals for city purposes
under the disguise cf an I'd tOrial. Tue
article contained the same matter which
the railroads have caused TO be circulated
over the state for the last few years 4
has been answered and proven falss on
numerous occasions and ju6t recently n