Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-07
RAILROADS AGREE TO BILL
withdraw 0bisOtioa 70 Ksasurs Limiting
Hours II Labor u sixtesn.
satEEENT ON ina PsIHAS uGS
Provta-s err Na@faarfsa ~ PiaraH-
ity vss-. sst Ds~- Vet ABBty -
the Smaller Ctr-s -
the state.



DIES MONIES. Feh ESPECIAL TeieErarn.D
Al the hearing before the labor COMMITTEES
OF the house this afternoon the railrusd
reuresenrars~es announced that trey would
not oppose the Mars1un BIN limiting ne
hours Of employment Of railroad employees
to sixteen hours FOR tire hours. however.
they argued that the form OF the bill should
be changed and friends OF the measure reAT
thar the changes would make q worthless
Az me bearing Of the insurance. COMMITTEES
OF the house tina minimum frzuzrnal rare
BIZ and ths uniform IRE INSURANCE policy
OH we're cunsidersd. but no azreement was
reached
Agreement On Primary.
Substantial agreement has been reached
BY the subcommittee Of the house and sen
ate eiectiuns committees on some OF the
main provisions of the primary election biiL
The cuulmft-ea has been IN session num-
Der OF times since being appointed and
viii have the measure ready u be reported
out m a few days A. agreed upon by the
subcommittee vii be plurality hiiL
providing that q plurality Of the votes
snail nominate The date OF holding the
primary IL agreed up0n as some time in
June and mat the measure shall not apply
10 municipalities. except u the large cit.es-
other provisions OF the measure hava not
az yet been agreed upon. but the ease with
which the COMMITTEES has reached agree
uenr On thee main provisions signifies
that agreement viii be reached the
Others speedily and that the measure VIII
then be rsp0rtsd back to the full 3UinI
e0mmitfse-
Tive ware RaIIrsad Measures.
Representative Clarke Of Jefferson intro
dnced a bill to-day that provides that Iowa
shall have as cheap freight rates any
state in the union The bill provides that
when the attention OF the railroad commits
sian Is called 70 a lower freight rate in
any territory adjacent % Iowa OF which
/ includes a part or all Of this state. ne
commission shall az once st a date for
a hearing. and unless Il is proven that
such rafe Is not IN Fact in effect the com
mission shall Al once put such rate In
force and effect IN TINS state
Newspaper saB-erfg4Isa..
A. Webster OF M1scaune introduces a biil
today thar provides that No resident Of
this state shall be held Liable 10 pay for
any publication that may BE- sent him with
cut his solicitation request OF order, nor
snail 4 be necessary for him 70 return IL
OF order IL discontinued
Would Hedisrrfcr the state.
Rumorz are that a scheme TO re-distr1ct
ne state congressi0naly is ab0ur 70 be
brought forward by certain political in
-sr-sts fron the southern part al the state
| Whether this be tine ar not IL Is known
that the northern political interests ara
anxious 70 have a re-districffuE The
rGmors OF the southern MEASURE ara that
Il would change the present districts 80 thar
I
Fifth isnstsad Of tne Second district. and
Cousins in the Second instead OF the Fifth.
and, Judge C0nR1r Of the Tenth and Judge
I smith az the Ninth would both be residents
Of the Ni1th district The plan would also
pur AonOnH county down into the Ninth
1 district and would put Mills and Mont
gOmery into the Eighth. with Hepburn. As
70 the popnlaf50n Of the districts. the
l Tenth with a population ~ Z9a would
! be the largest and the smallest would be
the second. with 17ga The First would
have a populations Of I9aas and all tn.
others would have 70. go OF over
Ff4Ie 90 Terminal aaestfaned-
Action has been started in federal court
I BY the MilWaukze ana wabash railroads
20 prove that the Des M0irles Union rail
way n not In fact owned by Fred "A
HubbeIL- but merely held by him in trust
1 fnr the roads named They claim that
n0oao spent BY Hubben in improvements
is without authority and they demand an
/ accounting and settlement
Des Asia=s CsueEs ImoroxemensE-
Al a meeting OF trustees OF the Des
Moines college. a Baptist institution. plans
for z9sfss building were adopted The
plans Contemplate rsmodelins the present
main building and Burlington hail con-
meeting them by a wing, and then the cree.
ton OF n similar wing 70 the south Of
the main building