Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-02-09
Committee Then Decides to Remodel
the Draft by Albert.
GOES BACK TO LAWYERS AGAIN
Considerable Feeling Engendered to
It's Name.
FIGHT OVER INSURANCE BILL
FraternsIs Are Interested and Omcers
of These Societies Particularly
So In some Features of
the Measure,
(From a staff Correspondent }

| LINCOLN, Feb. &-(Special Telegram y
The Hall-Albert-M Mullen banking bill was
| presented to the subcommittee OF tho
| house and senate this afternoon. This sub
committee was selected to draft the bill,
and then secured Judge Albert to assist II.
Judge Albert and Arthur Mullen super
vised by DIR. Hall, spent Saturday night
and Sunday working over the measure, and
had 1t ready for the committee Immediately
after adjournment. Tonight the committee
again went into executive session, with q
stenographer, to go over the bill again
and whip 1t into shape for the legislature.
The Albert bill will be changed, probably
in some minor particulars, and his work
will be done over again so that the COM
mittee can make good on its claim that il
is really drafting the measure.
Raising Limit of borrowers.
Taylor of Custer county gave an idea
of how much faith he has in the ability of
this legislature to enact a banking bill,
which will be constitutional For the
benefit of those small banks in the west
! tern end of the state, whose stock holders
are mostly farmers. Mr.. Taylor has pre-
pared for Introduction a bill, which pro-
vides that stockholders of a bank may
borrow so per cent of the deposits of the
stockholders. He has also prepared
another bill to go along with this one.
which provides that persons owning stock
in bank must also have other property
of equal amount
Some time ago Mr.. Taylor had 1t in mino
TO propose his bill as an amendment to the
banking bill to be drafted by the joint COM
mittee, but since the big fight has come in.
the banking committee he has changed
his mind and will go II alone with his
| bills.
Another big fight is to come in the legis-
lature when the bill is finally to be named.
At this time the bill comes the tltlte, ''the
Volpp-Wilson BILL But II anyone thinks for
a minute Wilson will stand for that very
long he has another guess coming, That
name will be changed TO the Wilson-voipp
bill or Wilson will know the reason why.
And while these two ara figuring how TO
euchre each other out OF that little honor
the subcommittee may decide to get in the
game. So the bill may finally carry the
hoe bill" Then II these cannot agree II
may be called the Albert bill. or the Hall
bill, for as a matter OF fact the bill that
finally goes through the legislature will
be drafted by Judge Albert, under the dI-
rection of DR.. p. L. Hail and with the as
sistance of Arthur Mullen.
Neither Wilson nor Volpp, who have
spent so many weary days and nights
working on the bill, will have one single
thing to do with the bill which is finally
passed. Their bills have been turned
down cold and 1t is now doubtful even IL
they get the honor OF having their names
printed on the measure-and II looks now
like that is the most important question
in the bill
Cut I'm Monument Appropriation.
BY refusing to permit the senate 10 in
crease its appropriation for Lincoln
monument from $4,000 to $4,000 the lower
body this afternoon indicated that II would
attend to the matter Of appropriations
without any interference from the upper
house.
Henry of Holt. the introducer Of the bill.
Brown of Lancaster and Baker of York, all
made speeches for the senate amendment to
the BILL while Clarke of Richardson, Taylor
| of Custer, Boelts of Merrick, Kelley OF
Furnas and Connolly of Douglas and others
talked against the amendment Taylor and
Clark both pointed out that the state had
a fixed amount of revenue 10 spend and
that she needs OF the state institutions
were imperative. so. therefore, 5000 should
be sufficient for the erection OF a nAonu-
ment to Lincoln when the $4,000 to be
raised by popular subscription should be
raised.
When the amendment was finally voted
down, Baker OF York asked for the ap-
polntment OF conference commityee, but
this motion was promptly tabled on motion
of Clark and then the chief clerk was noti-
fled to tell the senate what had happened
and to ask that honorable body what It
is going to do about II.
Constituents Are ReatIve.
Constituents Of the democratic members
of the legislature have commenced TO ask
questions. They have begun to contrast
the Ransom brand OF democrats with the
w. j. Taylor brand. Secretary Smith OF
the senate. who went home over Sunday,
had TO answer several questions along these
lines.
what kind of a man is Senator RAM
som?" Smith was asked.
He is a very brilliant member" replied
Smith. He is an able lawyer"
what kind OF member is this fellow
Taylor from Custer county?"
"well, he is somewhat OF an insurgent,"
said Smith. HE votes a good deal with
the republicans and stirs up a lot Of
trouble"
"Well. according 10 the papers" said the
inquirer, Taylor OF Custer county has got
the best OF Ransom on one or two ocea-
sions. and he seems to be doing things"
"Oh, yes" said Smith when he saw who
has the sympathy OF the people. Taylor
is all right. lie knows things and speaks
out what he wants to say"
Copies of Oregon Resolutions.
Secretary OF state Junkln has transmitted
to the chief clerk of the house copies of
the joint resolution OF the oregon legisla-
ture providing for the election OF United
States senators by direct vote Of the peo-
pie and for the construction of a public
highway. This latter resolution asks that
the national congress propose amend
ment to the constitution SO that the govern
ment may help the states build highways
or that the treasurer Of the United statAS