Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-22
hil to Reduce Membership from Five to
Three is Presented.
mTLPAss MEASURE is PRESENTED
AL Free Transportation F1cspt for spsci-
hed IurpOses is Forbidden.
sIssoSs BILL on BREWERS AND SALOONS
Senate sends Measure Back 60 Com-
mittee to BE Redrawn I'm order to
Remove UnconstitutionaI
Features.
CFrom Stan Correspondents

From a Stan Correspondent
LINCOLN, Feb. 2l.-CSpeciaL The Joint
committee 2-cent passenger rate bill passed
the house this afternoon with ninety votes
In the Affirmative and not a single vote
against 1t. Ten members were absent and
therefore did not get to vote-ArmstronE,
Z. W. Brown, Dodge. Harvey Howe.
Maekay. Richardson. Smith. Snyder and
Tucker. Armstrong and Snyder had gone
out In the state on business connected
( with the legislature. Though a call OF tina
house was held for thirty minutes the alb
sentees could not be located. hence their
names failed 10 get on the roll OF honor
! The sackett 2-cent rate bill passed by
the senate Is in the hands OF the railroad
committee. and it is very probable strong
| efforts will be made 10 get the senate to
adopt the joint committee measure as
| passed by the house. which. OF course. viii
then kill the sackett bill The bfi came
| up Immediately after the noon adjourn
| ment on a motion by Hart OF York that
It be placed third reading as soon az
reported from the engrossing COMMITTEES.
/ This motion carried; the bill was imme-
diately reported and then passed. with
Bob McGinniss listening to the rumblings
away back in the corridor.
Reform in TaHinE Board.
Hart OF York introduced most impor-
/ tant measure in the house this morning.
| The bill provides for the reorganization
OF the State Board Of Assessment ana
! Equalization by cutting out the land COM
missioner and the state auditor, leaving
l the governor the secretary OF state and
/ the state treasurer TO constitute the board.
/ Until the new revenue law was enacted the
board consisted Of three members. but at
| that time the railroads. who were in the
saddle in those days. increased the board
\ to FIVE members. That the bill will go
4 through both houses there seems little
I doubt as Mr.. Hart was warmly eongratu-
/ lated by a half dozen members as soon
I as the title OF the bill read. Should
/ any fight be made to Kill the bill. the rec
I ords OF the board meetings for the last
/ two years as published in the newspapers
will be drawn upon by Mr. Hart and those
! favorlns a.. bill and y n thought this
I will be suficient to show a reason for its
/ passage.
I Land Commissioner Eaton was asked
| what he had 20 say about the bill end
replied Whatever the dear legislature
! does will suit me. 1 should think. though.
/ the land commissioner should be a MEM
her Of the board because he is familiar
4 with land values throughout the state L
/ do not understand why the auditor should
be left on the board and the secretary OF
{ state placed on IL. when under the old
law providing for three members the audi
tor was one Of them. Personally. do not
care and would like to be on OF all the
boards"
Relocating n Hospital.
! Another hill Of Importance. among the
large number introduced in the house, was
that by Dodge. providing the orthopedie
hospitaI shall be located in Omaha. for
which is appropriated $4,000. This change
is advocated by a number of men. who
I believe the hospital will be Of more beneht
/ 10 the people generally II located there.
inasmuch as there is in Omaha number
of physicians who are skilled in the treat
nent Of diseases and deformities OF chill
dren, which practice is a speciality. In faet'
the board had 20 go to Omaha 10 secure
a superintendent inasmuch as there was
I no local physician who was 80 skilled In
mi. particular branch DIR. Lord is super
iptsndent OF the hospital now. and he
| makes weekly trips TO Lincoln 10 perform
I oDerat,ons Just how much support the
hin will get from out in the state. Of course
ts nroblenatical while II is a safe bet
lancaster will not let loose Of any OF It's
{ state institutions without vigorous hght
Amonz the bills placed on general hle IN
tho house was the Jennisou telephone niiL
nrovtding for the compulsory connection
Of competing telephone lines. This oiu -
/ ..,,t,,,iariv obnoxious TO Best OF Douglas.
and he tried TO get II reoommit'eo 10 ths
/ tstenbone and express COMMITTEES, but was
,,Dsnccessful iuasmueh Jennison ex-
DIsinsd that II had been discussed publicly
for some time.
wilson's Resolution Thursday.
I r., ho,se made the Wilson resolution
80 oonDeI the State Board Of Assessment
- ssssss railroads on the unit system and
5t,ide the total assessment by the mileage
o. dtstrfbution. regardless Of main line
~ branches. a special order for next Thurs
Az, Morning Clarke OF Douglas county
r,aae a talk on the resolution, saying. while
he did not object to the spirit OF the mo-
,ion II could not legally be done beesnss
49,. huntington railroad system includes
efteen or sixteen separate corporations and
,he sistrfbution Is made according 70 the
corporation. He incidentally showed In his
talk. without specifically pointing II out
that the value Of railroad terminals are
distributed only on the suo-eorporation
line upon which they are located Cone
~ Saunders considered the resolution OF
800 importance and he asked that IT be
made a special order. and this was done.
no one objscting
Anti-Pass Bill.
Tha subcommIttee Of the railroad com
uittee Of the house met this morning and
drafted an anu-pass bill ~ conformity with
the views expressed b. ths house several
days ago when the laint committee bin
was under discussion This afternoon the
hi was adopted By the house railroad
committee and viii be reported 10 the
house probably tomorrow. The bin was
drafted BY JennisOn. Knowles, Quackenbush
and Marsh. II 4 as follows:
bil for an act % prohibit discrimina-
tfon in passenger rates and % regulate and
limit The issuance or giving Of free tickets.
free passes or free transportation In any
form for transports tlou of passengers over
anv OF the lines Of railroads within the
tate Of Nebraska. 70 provide for q record
~ free passes or free transports ton fur
Sisbed 81 railroad corporations and 10
rrovide penalties for the violation thereof
Section lit shall be unlawful for any
person. hrm or corporation owning or op-