Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-26

has been claiming that the railroads had
succeeded IN getting the senate committee
/ on railroads IN shape to kin the ant-pass
/ BILL the reciprocal demurrage bill and the
/ Doran speed limit bill. This claim Of
Davis has set the members Of the house
| wild. for the three bills are among the most
| important railroad measures offered this
session. AS result there has been con-
| ference Of house members. and resolutions
were drafted. These resolutions relate espe-
cially TO the Doran speed limit bill and
state that as the bill means from S to 5000
| on every car Of live stock shipped by Iowa
cattlemen and that as the senate railroads
committee has had the bill for more than
forty days without action the attention Of
the senate Is called to this bill and action
urged Il is understood to be the intention
Of following this resolution with others re-
specting the other bills, n that on the speed
limit bill is successful.
Only two weeks remain Of the session and
the members OF the house are desperate
There has been a demand for a speed limit
bill and a reciprocal demurrage bill every
| session for many years. These bills pissed
the house with big majorities and there is
considerable fear that they are to meet
defeat in the senate. II is understood that
Allen of Pocahontas proposes to bring the
reciprocal demurrage bill to a fight on the
floor of the senate and Turner of Adams is
proposing to do the same with the stock
train minimum speed limit bill, but the
railroads have succeeded in delaying mat
ters now to such an extent that the bills
are really in great danger of being killed
of. Iowa has an anti-pass law that was
enacted last year applying to public officials,
delegates to political conventions and MEM
proposed to pass another modelled after the
national law.
Primary to Conference.
At the forenoon session of the senate
steps were taken to secure a conference
on the primary election bill, as between the
two houses on small matters Of difference
and it is expected that in this conference
all the details will be perfected. This
conference was made necessary because of
some apparent conflicts OF dates in the bill
as 1t has finally passed the house.
Senate Business.
The senate passed a bill making an in
crease in the appropriation for the Ma
tional guard as recommended by the ad-
jutant general, and increase in the pay
Of the adjutant general; also some changes
in regard to the manner Of payment to the
men,
The following are other bills passed by
the senate today:
Writings bill placing the burden Of proof
on the railroad company In matter of non
furnishing OF freight cars
s De VOLTS bill to give the railroad COM
mission authority to regulate the stringing
of wires over railroads.
MERGERS bill exempting real estate ac-
quired by educational institutions as part
of an endowment fund from taxation.
Flugum's bill requiring railroad COM
panies to kill noxious weeds along the
right-of-way.
Hume's bill requiring railroads to report
serious accidents causing personal injury
or loss of life.
Turner's bin to forbid any saloon or drug
store selling whisky within one mile Of
Fort Des Moines.
Newberry's bill amending the law as to
labels on foOdstuffs and fixing a standard
for fiavoring extracts.
Turner's joint resolution to purchase
chairs and gavels for the president of the
senate and speaker of the house.
Saunders bill to extend to interurbans
and public service corporations the rights
enjoyed by the railroads in the matter Of
contracts for equipment etc
Mates bill to place express companies I'M
der control and regulation of the railroad
commissioners.
De VOLTS bill to authorize school refund
ing bonds.
Giiiiliand's bill t. tax persons maintain