Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-21
Those Net on Joint Con mittee to He Urged
TO Press Individual Bills.
WILL WORK ON AUTHORS OF MEASURES
Attempt TO Be Made to Create Prejudice
Against Platform Bills
FIGHT ON TERMINAL TAX LAW
Railroad Agents Are Actively Oppose
inE IL, Although They Say II
VIII Not Increase Their
Taxes.
(From a Stan Correspondent


LINCOLN. Jan. eo,-(speciaL)-The Ne
braska legislature has reached the critical
period in its existence and, according to
those who are in close touch with what IL
going on, It will require whole lot of
good common sense on the part of the
members during the coming few days, to
get over the stumbling blocks to be thrown
in the road by the professional lobbyists.
| The time when the INSTRUCTORS hope TO do
business and to force the majority to re-
pudate the pledges made to the people
during the campaign. is now, while the
joint committees are working on the spe-
cial platform measures Their plan OF
operation is as plain as though posted on
1 billboards. The lobbyists expect to work
on the vanity and the prejudices Of the in
dividual members who are not on the Joint
committees and who have individual bills
| pending.
Naturally. while the joint railroad COM
mittee is considering measure to give
authority to the State Railway commits
sion to regulate freight rates Individual
| bills which have been introduced covering
this subject, will be held in abeyance. II
Is on the authors OF these bills that the
| lobbyists will work. Unless all signs fail,
| men will be imported during the week to
! prejudice the members against the joint
| committees and at the same time urge
| the individual member to boost for his
| own bill in preference to the committee
measure. There is no doubt the railroads
! would like to be powerful enough to in
! fuence Adam McMullen of Gage county
| to lead a band OF insurgents to make their
I fight Naturally, II these influences could
make McMullen see things as the railroads
! do. a majority OF the flsionists would fol-
! low his lead in order to have something
/ to talk about during the next campaign.
But so far there is no indications that the
/ Gage county member can be induced TO
! listen to the siren voices urging him to
go back on his platform pledges
Fight on TERMINAL Tax Bill.
| Every day makes II more certain the
railroads have united to make their big
! stand against the taxation of terminals
for city purposes. Their only hope To kill
the bill is by creating dissension over Il.
Incidentally. II has not yet been explained
J by the railroad lobbyists why they are so
anxious to kill this bill when they at the
same time insist that 1t does not increase
their taxes. but takes from the school
! funds OF the state.
The joint railroad committee will hold it's
next meeting Tuesday night and II is the
hope and belief of some of the members
| OF this committee that measure giving
authority to the commission to regulate
rates will be ready for introduction some
| time during the week. After a few meet
! ings, at which ideas will be exchanged. II
is thought It will not require much time TO
incorporate the ideas in bill.
The state wide primary bill is also going
to be received in a very hostile manner
by the railroads and so Is the anti-pass
bill, but every effort viii be made by the
pledge keeping republicans to get them
1 aa nd nut of q
way before the appropriation bills are on
the boards
Opposition to Child Labor Bill.
Talk in the hotel lobbies today indicates
the child labor bill which has the backing
OF the women's clubs the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union and those who
stood sponsor for the Juvenile court bill.
must Jump several hurdles before Il reaches
the governor for his approval. Numerous
members today indicated they would op-
pose the bill In it's present form and would
oppose It hard. unless amended so it's
stringent features are not left to the dis
cretion OF a Judge, but are eliminated In
sofar as the bill refers to other than the
large cities. All OF them. however. favor
the spirit of the measure as introduced
The talk I'm the hotel Hobbies today turned
70 the large number of wrecks on rail-
and there is some probability OF the in-
PRODUCTION OF a bill to make 1t felony
for any employe of a railroad to disobey
an order which results in a wreck.
II. r. 3s by Il. p Brown OF Lancaster
which provides for a bureau Of inspection
and supervision Of public offices in coun-
ties, cities and towns and TO establish a
uniform system of public accounting and
for the appointment Of a state inspector
by the governor has the endorsement OF
City Clerk Pratt OF Lincoln. The bill pro-
vldes that the state Inspector appointed
by the governor shall receive $500 a year
and he shall appoint two deputies at s., 800
year each year, and a clerk at 200 a
year. The inspector and deputies to have
their expenses paid when away from home
on duties connected with their positions
The passage OF the bill would abolish the
present Office Of county treasurer ex-
aminers which are filled by appointment
by the state auditor. who have been doing
part Of this work at the expense of only
two salaries.