Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-02-04
As He is in Florida, Committees Look
to Other Sources.
ASK POWER TO HIRE LAWYER
Resolution to that Effect Passed in
Both the Houses.
MANY NAMES ARE SUGGESTED
Campaign Thunder Discovered Go BE
More Easily Manufactured Than
Legislation 10 Make Good
Pledges.
(Frorn g Staff Correspondents

PToln starr CorrespondentD
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. S.--(Special Tele>
sram.)-Willam J. Bryan, care DR.. Paine
Florida. Please come back and draft a
bill providing for the guaranty of bank
deposits according to your campaign speci.
f%cations. Signed.
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE.
The house committee on banking admitted
today it was unable to do the work
The senate committee admitted it was no1
competent to draft the bill.
The admissions were made publicly In
the senate Donahoe introduced a resolution
which was adopted, providing that tho
house and senate committees on banking
hold joint sessions on the question and be
empowered to employ competent legal
talent to draft the bill.
In the house the same resolution was in
troduced and adopted except that Wilson
cut from his carbon copy that portion
about the employment of lawyer to draft
the bill. Wilson, himself, has a bill which
he believes is equal to that designed by
any lawyer or any other person.
So tonight the banking committees of tn,
house and the senate met to talk over the
situation decide for certain whom to en-
ploy TO do the work and get their bearings
generally.
Several lawyers have been suggested for
the job, among them former Supreme Court
Commissioner Albert of Columbus, Mike
Harrington of ONell, Tom Allen Of Lin
coin and a half dozen others The action
tof the two committees calling for help
and admitting they were not competent
to draft a bill in line with the democratic
talk during the last campaign, while humil-
iating to the democratic majority in both
hnlIGaQ uyac nrt IL
have been following the committees.
Wilson Has Eye to Economy.
When the joint committee met tonight
the senate was represented by Donohoe and
| Volpp while there were nine members of
the house committee present.
\ Donohoe informed the. COMMITTEES thai
| the senate COMMITTEES had agreed upon the
Volpp bill but was not sure of its legal
| construction and therefore desired to en-
| ploy legal counsel to look over It before
! reporting back to the house, and incident
ally he wanted the endorsement of the
house committee for the measure.
Wilson for the house committee admitted
| that he had cut out the part of the reso-
| luton presented in the house referring to
the employment of legal counsel because
| he said: 1T might have caused a rum
pus'" The suggestion to cut 1t out he
said, was made by Speaker Pool, who said
the committee would have the authority to
| employ counsel, anyhow.
| Donohoe was not so sure of this and ex-
pressed himself as desiring the consent of
the house to the employment of a lawyer
so there would be no come back on his
pay.
well, it would cost us $1,000 to get a
| lawyer upon the authority of the house.
when individually we might get the same
work for $780," answered Wilson
Graft was elected chairman of the Joint
committee and both he and Donohoe fsv-
ored employing the lawyer after the bill
mad been drafted. merely to straighten out
the tangles and make It legal.
The committee decided tonight that the
| bill when II is framed should be known as
the Volpp- Wilson bill. A subcommittee was
named as follows to draft the bill: House.
Gran, Bowman, Kuhl; senate, Miller and
Donohoe.
| the committee was instructed to consult
with Governor Shallenberger regarding
what lawyer 1t should employ to pass on
the bill after 1t is framed 1t was reported
Inc governor had expressed himself in favor
or Judge Alberts Of Columbus. The COM
mittee after it decides upon a lawyer "a
to ascertain what he will charge and have
the legislature ratify the choice and an
propriate the necessary money TO nav the
bill.
Initiative and Referendum.
| Miller of Custer county introduced in the
house the much talked about bill for a
proposed constitutional amendment pro-
Viding for the Initiative and referendum.
The bill provides that upon a petition
signed by s per cent OF the voters OF the
state filed with the secretary of state. ask
ing for certain legislation, that officer
shall submit the question to the voters.
The petition must be filed four months be-
fore the general election and IL shall con-
tain full text of the proposed legisia-
tion.
For the referendum It is required that
petition signed by per cent OF the voters
of the state shall be filed with the secre-
tary OF state within ninety days after the
adjournment OF the legislature asking that
the law enacted be set aside.
Bills to be passed upon by the people shall
have for an enacting clause:
"Be It enacted by the people of the state
of Nebraska" The governor shall have no
power to veto any law enacted by the
people.
Opposes Change in Pure Food Law.
The Loose -Wiles Biscuit company OF
Omaha is opposed to any change in the
pure food law and 1t has mailed the follow
ing letter to members Of the Omaha dele
cation in the house:
We understand that a bill has been in
trOduced under No. 222 which will modify
the existing state food law I'm such a way
| that IL will give manufacturers outside of
| the state privileges not allowed those
located within the state.
We beg TO say that we are satisfied with
the pure food law now IN force and we will
appreciate Il II you will vote against the
bill above referred to-
We have a large investment I'm the state
and trust that you VIII encourage us by
allowing the pure food laws TO remain un-
disturbed.
Sunday Base Bali sim Dead.
scheee Of Seward again lost out TODAY in
an attempt I'm the house 10 get his Sunday
base ball bill recommended for passage.
seheele had denatured his measure to the
extent that II provided that games could be
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