Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-17

democratic Legislature has It 10 mind to
l~eglslate them out Of office in order to
give O'Neill the normal school and to give
the governor another cog in his political
machine.
NettIeton' OF Clay secured an amendment
TO the bill to provide that normal training
IN high schools be omitted from the meas
ure. No ,one objected when hte measure
was recommended fpf passage. Mr.. Null
len was Oh they floor. and watched the ac-
ton of the'liouse with interest.
Chsrter Failed to Come.
MIR. Connolly OF Douglas county this aft
ernoon called for his Omaha charter to its
place at the bead of the general file and for
the house &c. resolve itself into committee
of the whole TO consider. it.. But the charter
did not. hear. $500
Mr.. Taylor of Custer county made a few
remarks to Mr.. Connolly very quietly and
Mr., Connolly withdrew bis motion. Then
Mr.. Bowman Mr.. Bowman made a few re-
marks to the Omaha member. They re-
marked that when Douglas county selected
its members OF the sitting committee the
charter would be sifted. So the charter
Will go to the sitting committee. Mr..
Holmes and Mr.. Butt and Mr.. Howard
smiled broadly at the maneuvers of their
colleague. - 4a
Anti-Jap 'BfII for Passage.
The house recommended for passage the
Howard. -9ptirJapanese bill this afternoon.
Later Nettletan of, Clay moved for a re-
consideration of the action, but he failed to
receive the necessary 81 votes and the bill
is now up, for third reading.
BanKfnsTB Bill Pot ON File.
rrl,. Ia "a, E.u,,.aoak,a. Htt n n N -
placed ON gcireralsfiIe by the senate stand
ins committee this'afternoon. The bill has
alresdysaeem advanced by the sitting COM
mittee and %Ti!sbe considered Today in
committee Of the whole. There Is no doubt
butfae tetficientl number D democrats in
the senate to defeat the bill dislike it
enough to vote %fgainst II were it not a
PLATFORM Fpledge o3y the democratic party.
Theirs ais no certainty but a desettion from
the ranks WIN yet take place. though II
there Isl any efficacy In the party whip It
will be 9wielyded7 on the banking bill.
Insurance Bill Boosted.
Selling the advantage Of the publicity
given s, f: 900, the insurance bill providing
that reserves must be. mslntined by old line
accident. companies on risks in force, sene-
tor Bartos today succeeded In lifting the
bin off general file and over the head of
the sitting committsc. and securing its
r~eoQmmendation, for passage by the senate.
lie vas resisted, by the sifters, but the
senate asyeed 10 the bill on the strength Of
a lettre written by the state Insurance ex-
aminer, II. S. Virgins, to the auditor, in
which the theory, was. declared to be proper
and for the benefit q accident insurance
companies. This is the bill about which the
president. and secretary Of the only COM
pany in the state directly affected made
arfidavits that they had been approached
by two members OF the third house who
represented they We're able to control a
number of senatTial votes for or against It.
The ,sepate' took no cognizance Of the affi-
daNits' and no steptwas made to order an
investigation, but the bill mentioned was
given a whirl for its money and will now
he passed by the upper house at least, so
the .agitaitno of the life insurance men has
had one effect at least. and the senator's
so far rest urmoved at the declaration that
several OF their number have been negotia-
ting with the lobby
Powers OF Street Railways.
Under S. F. $50. by Miller OF Lancaster,
recommended for passage In the senate to-
day street railway companies when. they
arc. Obliged to reach out beyond the city
limits are granted this privilege. The bill
was at first viewed by some persons with
the belief that interurban companies and
street railway companies rights would con-
fliot II Il we're passed. Senator Miller de-
claivd he had Iooked1the matter up thor
oughIy, nds 1T was merely intended to per-
nit efvy lines 40 reach suburban places
where@itsNas absolutely necessary to ex-
tend beyond the city limits. Senator Bartos
urged the bill would place lines outside the