Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
Measure Well on Its Way, Although IA
Provisions Are Uncertain.
MAXIMUM RATE BILL PASSES HoUsI
Aldrch Sees His Hsrisontal Cut Go 4
Governor for Action.
SENATE PASSES NEW ANTLlOBBY Bill
JenisOn Measure Amended and sent
Through After Senators Are
Rounded Up and Made
90 Vote.
tFrom a Stan correspondent

LINCOLN. March s0-Cspecial. )-Savs
one, every pledge in the republican state
platform has been kept by the republican
legislature. That one is the pure food bill,
which has been recommended for passage
in the house as amended by the COMMITTEES
OF the whole. and It has already passed the
senate 1t is likely a big fight will come
when the bill gets back to the senate, for
the senators are opposed to the amend
ments tackled on by the house. Unless the
house recedes the senate may kill the bill.
The governor got the primary election bill
this evening. He had already signed the
Snti-pass bill and the house has concurred
In the senate amendments to the anti-lobby
bill In fact, Saturday evening when the
legislature adjourned II had everything well
in hand, and were It not for the appro-
priation bills which the senate is now work.
ing on there would be little to do of state
interest, though measures Of local impor-
tance to many communities are still pend
ing. Both house and senate are talking
of adjourning the middle OF the week.
The house today passed the Aldrich
maximum freight rate bill, which reduces
freight charges 10 per cent on certain COM
modities and passed the Harrison BILL re-
ducing Pullman car rates 90 per cent. This
bill received only 81 votes, due to the un-
firing energy OF Tom Benton, the Pullman
lobbyist. For awhile the bill was defeated,
1t requiring several calls of the house be-
fore It finally received the sanction of a
bare majority.
Interurban Bill Causes Debate.
The real fight today in the house came
over the bill by Thomas. S. F. 25 provid-
ing that street railway companies may
own stock in interurban companies and
that the latter may own the stock OF street
raj mi ftu of
the Douglas and Lancaster delegations were
for the bill. the members from out in the
state were decidedly opposed to II because
they argued II would give TO the Omaha
g. Council Bluffs Street Railway company
a monopoly on the interurban business, and
further, II dld not require physical oonnec-
tion between competing lines which may
want to get into the same town or city.
AS a result no action was taken on the
measure, but when II again comes UP IN
the committee Of the whole, amendments
covering these points and requiring the
company to get permission OF the State
Railway commission TO issue bonds win be
offered by Cone Of Saunders.
Noyes of Cass voiced the first objections
to the bill. Marsh of Seward and Cone
followed him. Lee, Best and Walsh stood
UP for the measure as It Is now, as did
p. w. Brown OF Lancaster But as II was
very evident that the bill would have been
killed II allowed TO go TO vote the house
adopted a motion by Clarke OF Douglas TO
report progress and ask leave to sit again.
The house kept up a steady grind nearly
all day on bills on third reading. II re-
quired a call Of the house on several meas
ures to get suficient votes to pass the bills
This frightened some of the members so
motion was adopted that II any member
went home before the session adjourned
! he should be sent for and brought back by
the sergeant-at.arms unless he had been
excused by the house.
Anti-LObby Bill Passes senate.
The senate substitute for the Jenison
anti-lobby bill was passed this morning by
the senate after the emergency clause had
been stricken out. che bill requires all
paid lobbyists TO register with the secretary
OF state and places rather stringent re-
strictions on the method by which they
may work The bill. H, r, 1S was re-
called by the senate at the request OF
Governor Sheldon after It had been In
definitely postponed, ana was amended by
the judiciary committee by the substitu-
ton of practically a new bill. When the
first vote was taken on the measure there
was marked absence OF senators from
their seats They were brought In under
a call OF the house, the senate waiting
several minutes for the sergeant-at-arms
to fnd Senator Thomas. who was the last
one TO show up. The hrst vote was taken
on the bill with the emergency clause and
was as follows: