Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-18

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from the fact that the house sift-
ng committee at It's first meeting this
,fternooQ placed the Omahs charter bill
It the head Of the general. file. the South
omaha charter next and then third came
he Lincoln charter.
With the stock yards bill amended in a
way that II Is said to be not Objectionable
10 the Omaha senator and with his own
,harter to be considered the first thing
when the house goes into the commit
Zee of the whole Senator Ransom has
shown that he cannot only whip W. ].
Of Custer county, the entire senate,
but most all Of the other democrats in
The Legislature. Taylor has on several &C.
'asions held the Omaha charter bill as an
'N over the head Of Ransom. in order to
force a stock yards bill through the sem
ate, but unless Mr.. Taylor gets mighty
busy shortly on the Omaha charter Mr..
Ransom will be in the clear.
The Sitting committee also threw out a
option bill to be considered along
side of a bill providing for a state beer
Inspector. Stoecker's bill providing for a
constitutional amended that every city
the right to make It's own charter
was also IN the grist ground out.
Water Bin mended
The Boland Water board bill was
amended by the standing committee of the
house this afternoon and for
passage. Tho amendment provided that a
could be granted by the Water
board, provided the question received a
two-thlrds vote at a special election or a
majority of the votes at a general election.
r. b. Howell, member of the Water
board, presented a statement signed by all
members of the board except O'Brien, pro-
testing against being given the power to
grant an extension of franchise. He then
proposed the amendment. which. he said,
an amendment which Edward Rose
had put onto the original bill re-
the voting of bonds.
Judge Shields talked briefly following Mr..
Howell, but no one objected seriously to
the amendment,
BartOs Sued for Libel.
Senator F. w. Bartos, from Saline county,
has been sued for $4,000 by the Woodman
Accident ompan of Lincoln, for state
ments published in the lincoln Daily Star
and credited to him. The suit is based on
alleged statements by Bartos regarding the
loaning of money by the company and the
investment of its money.
Bartos is chairman of the insurance COM
mittee of the senate and has been partic-
ularly energetic in matters of legislation
relating to insurance. He and r. s. Allen,
for the insurance company, have
had one or two lively scraps since the leg
~islature convened.
Fails to Honor st. Patrick.
II rarnuIpaH for 4bf, NTaAravLats ftrgt
democratic legislature. to neglect and
ignore the fact that today, March II, is
st. Patrick's day. Since legislative time
began or whereabouts, IT. has been
customary for the legislature of the state
of Nebraska TO honor the memory of st,
Patrick, and at the same time pay tribute
to the thousands of the sons of the
Emerald Isle. who have helped to make
this country and %perpetuate its govern
ment. The day has been observed hereto
fore by speeches and decorations, all for
the glory of the Irish.
But today all this was lacking. There
was no speech made. There was nc
mention made of the day. True there
were a few members who wore upon theiI
cots splashes of green, but most os these
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by the governor some nights ago, rather
than a mark of respect to st. Patrick
When the governor entertained it was i'm,
possible for all to get into the dining room
at the same time, so when a delegation
had been fed. each was marked with the
green label, so the host would know it il
any was sighted. Since that time these
members have been a wearing of the
green.
Two years ago in the republican legis-
lature Dan Nettleton and others delivered
carefully prepared speeches and two years
before that Michael Lee of Omaha de-
livered the principal address and as Il
mark Of respect TO him and his country
men. his seat was literally covered with
green. Two years before that there was a
carefully arranged program and so on
back.
But this democratic legislature, house
and senate, passed up st. Patrick entirely
without a reference, and for months it had
been advertised that Jerry Howard would
deliver the address.
salary for Supreme Clerk.
The house recommended for passage H.
r. Sc, by Leidigh of Otoe, the bill providing
a salary for the clerk of the supreme court
and providing that all fees collected by the
clerk shall be paid into the treasury. The
salaries fixed are as follows; Clerk, $4,000;
deputy clerk, $500; reporter. $500; assist
ant reporter, 1900; second assistant re-
porter, $1,000; assistant deputy, $500; deputy
librarian, $1,000: stenographer, $40,
EnIarges Pass Field.
The house went on record today to en-
large the field of passes. Under a bill by
West of Hall. which was recommended for
passage in the committee of the whole. it
is provided that widows OF railroad en-
ployes and dependent children may secure
passes and also that bodies of employees
may be taken to he home OF the
decease without expense. Several repub-
licans opposed tinHering with the anti-pass
but they were oUtvoted.
Bryan Watches House,
Mr.. William Jennings Bryan gave an
example of a man nursing a house of repre-
this afternoon. when he hove in
sight behind the railing just as the mem
bers were discussing the bill by Miller pro-
viding for a constitutional amendment for
the Initiative and referendum. Mr.. Bryan
had the pleasure of being in the lobby