Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-24
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HOWARD, CORNER
OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS.

end McKesson moved the call of the house
he raised, and this was done. The roll was
called with only Gould. who is out of the
city. absent. t-t f.
When his name was called Wilsey of
Frontier, who had beens In the chair ar
the meeting of the committee of the whole
asked permission to explain his vote He
was granted leave, but was called to order
by McKesson. who declared he.was arguing
apd not explaining his vote. The cifafrs Siiso
ruled later he was arguing and not explain
Ing his vote, and by vote he was granted
five minutes time. He declared al previous
sessions both bodies had been harassed nv
the lobbyists. sG.F tE1
And no one knows 1t hotter than Sem
ator Burns OF Lancaster" he said In con-
clusion. Burns objected to this rena RI,
and threatened to DRESS wilsey down -
but he was cut of by the continuation q,
the roll call. After the final defeat Of the
Dill the senate adjourned until 10 O'Clock.
Senate Cuts Out Postage.
the senate at the afternoon session re-
FUSED to concur with the house in an an
preparation for postage stamps to he fur
nished daily to members of the house mn
! bill appropriating money for the ernersas
= or the session was amended bv sfI,t,, .,
out the word "postage.p The vote was *
to 10 In favor of motion BY McKesson
to concur In report of the appropriation
| committee that the word postage be
stricken from the bill. H} v
The house early in the session, after
uhree attempts voted the members of the
body be allowed five 2-cent stannns 16Ii,,
In order to make the action efyact,to a.
was necessary to. appropriate money -
cover the expense This WINS Include, A.
the general appropriation bill PASSED hy
the house. long discussion was enyaood
IN over the question in the senate AZ ,ho
morning session. the result being n U,as
maze special order for 2:S0 In the after
I noon The action OF the senate will nra
vent the carrying out Of the resolution q,
the house and members win have IN huv
their own stamps
The senate at the afternoon fneetIro
passed through the committee Of the Who'll
a Dill by Root OF Cass removing the AZ mn
limit In suits for damages due to death ~
a relative by negligence. Another imnor-
tant bill by Root, which was passed by the
committee of the whole. was one providips
In civil cases the supreme court shall NOT
reverse case on error where the whole
record shows substantial Justice has been
done the litigants. There was no opposi-
/ - ~+N-'Nh
Greater Omaha Bill offered
Thomas Of Douglas today introduced into
the senate his bills providing for the con-
sohdation OF Omaha and South Omaha
The measures were drawn up by John p.
Brsen and are endorsed by several com
mercial bodies in Omaha. The delegation
has not decided yet on any measure which
will be supported by all OF the members
from Douglas county. Thomas bills are
Objectionable to several members because
they will shorten the terms OF the Omaha
and South Omaha officials. In order to Sc
cure united support it may be necessary
| TO amend the bill by providing the consol-
| idation shall take place January l. 1909
and making the first city election under the
! consolidation In April, 1909. This would
not disturb the terms OF the Omaha Of
fcials and would shorten the terms of the
South Omaha officials only few months
Two Reform Measures
Sackett of Gage has introduced the first
bill directed at the alleged bridge trust
Hts hill is to prohibit the pooling OF
| bridge contractors OF the division Of ter
ritory by them. II makes them liable to
a municipality or person for any damage
thar may be done by reason OF the pool and
provides for a fine OF not more than
1900 or imprisonment not more than STA
months. Provision is made that the books
OF the companies may be inspected In
court to determine whether or not a poo
| existed.
Senator Aldrich has two bills which wOplt
radically change the present county at
torney system. One bill provides for
prosecuting attorney for each judicial dis
trIct and makes IL his duty TO prescott.
oil criminal cases In district court for tn,
various counties. He must be % years oil
and is TO receive a salary Of tSOOo and il