The independent., 1907-01-24
HOUSE REJECTS REPORT OF JUDI
CIARY COMMITTEE.
SENATE ON THE LIQUOR LAW
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY FAEORS
TWO STRINGENT BILLS
Phillips Of Holt Presents Bill to
Require Railroads to Give
Publicity to All Pass
Holders.

MONDAY
The senate asked the railway commits
sion and state auditor to obtain from
railroads freight schedules in force Janu-
ary !, 1877 Phillips Of Holt introduced
bill changing the passenger fare on
railroads from three to two and one
quarter cents, and another bill requiring
railroads to file annually with the coun-
ty clerk list Of names of persons who
receive free passes for persons or prop
erty and the reason such passes are
issued. The attorney general was au-
thorlzed to sue the State Journal COM
pany for failure to print legislative bills
within the time required by contract.
Three bills were passed. one defining
adultery, another relating to peremptOry
challenges of the state in criminal cases
and third giving the governor power
to remove the superintendent and two
assistant physicians at the Lincoln hos
pital for the insane at his discretion.
Representative Redmond's bill appro-
priating 5000 for the orthopedic hospital
for crippled children in Lincoln to be
used for running expenses until the funds
for the coming biennium are available,
was ordered to a third reading in the
house.
On motion of Chairman e. p. Brown
OF the house judiciary committee the two
bills. II. r. Nos. AZ and As, providing
fhat reversal OF judgment in criminal
court shall not be made on mere tech
nicality when justice has been done, were
placec on general file over a recommen-
dation Of the remaining members Of the
committee that they be indefinitely post
pOned.
The house killed H. r. No. As, by Arm
stEong OF Nemaha, to repeal the statute
providing bounty on scalps of wild ami
mails
In discussion of the attitude of the
mouse committee on medical societies to
the bill relating to Christian scientists,
Wnlie no direct action was taken, it was
MADE PLAIN that standing committees are
70 give the fullest possible Nearing to
all persons interested in bills. What
was thought to have been a. refusal of
the committee to grant a hearing was
committee
Inc legislature convened yesterday
and both houses took up the work be-
fore them with considerable vim. The
house, always ready for scrap in
dulged in a little tilt with the LAWYERS
OF that body and the legal lights were
showed under, the house reversing the
Judiciary committee report in opposi-
ton to two bills by E. P. Brown of
Lancaster. The bills provide that a
reversal of judgment shall not be given
in criminal case on technical error
when it appears that substantial ius-
tice has been done in the court below.
The bills were placed on the general
| file by order of the house. Tonight the
| Joint tn 4
legislation and some progress toward
formulating Il bill TO confer power
upon the railroad commission may be
made.
Two and Fourth Cent Fare
Phillips of Holt, is willing to brave
the charge that he is splitting the Diff
ference with the railroads. lie has in
troduced S. +. No. III, making two
and one-fourth cents the legal price
for riding one mile on IA railS~,ad train
in Nebraska. The present rate Is three
cents and there are three bills before
committees that provide two cent
fare.
Senator Phillips has also introduced
an anti-free pass bill, or IL bill intended
TO give publicity TO the names and adj
dresses OF persons who receive free
transportation for persons or property.
His plan In 10 require the railroads 10
hle IN annual statement with the
county clerk containing the names 81
all persons within tine county who have
received FREQ passes for persons OF
property and the reasons such pasaes
were given. senator Phillips says his
bill stands sinEly and alone that Ii
viii be good II the anti-free pass bin
becomes Il law because that bill Is
likely TO contain a long list of persons
10 whom the roads may legally give
passes. He says his publicity bin win
also be good II no anti-pasa bin Is
adopted.
Constitutional Amendment.
Hanna OF Cherry introduced tho frst