Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-03-29
Measures Must Be Sent Back to House
for Approval of Amendments.
DEADLOCK OVER TWO BILLS
Indications that Physical Valuation
Bill Will Be Killed.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Points I'm Tbis Measure Are in Dis-
pute and Il VIII Probably Fsn by
the WRysIde-Mr. Bryan's
Spite Bill.
lFrom staft corresrondentl

LINCOLN. March 2s.-(speciai.) )-Though
the legislature has set Thursday for tho
final adjournment date, It's most important
work is yet to be done, and the fights
pre- missed for this week will exceed in
bitterness the contests which have been
in evidence since the session began, be-
tween the house and the senate.
The legislature IL far from the enact
ment of a physical valuation law and the
passage OF the Initiative and referendum
bill. The large appropriation bills have yet
to pass the senate and the amendments
made thereto to be corcurred in by the
house.
Save the banking bill. the bill providing
for the election OF precinct assessors and
the political bills passed for the purpose
OF creating democratic political ma
cline, not many OF the measures acted
upon favorably will cause serious loss to
the state or affect the state at large 10
any great extent. The damage that Will
occur by the operation of the laws men,
TONED cannot be estimated and not for
two years at least can the n easures be re-
pealed.
The big fights yet to be finished within
the next four days are over the physical
valuation bill and the bill providing for
the initiative and referendum The housa
and senate are at loggerhesds over these
measures and no one can tell what the
outcome will be.
1t 10 probability that the physical valu-
alton bill will be killed So far no one
has offered any good reason for it's passage
! except that it will provide Jobs for some
democrats. The State Board OF Assess
! ment has figured out the physical value
of every railroad in Nebraska and this
value is separate from the Intangible or
| franchise value Just why this board has
not done it's work Just an we'll as any
other board will be able TO do II no one
has yet said. These figures are on ftle
with the secretary of the State Board OF
Assessment.
If the bill does pass IL Is pretty certain
to go through without the house amend
ments. which included the stock yards and
all other public service corporations And
that is what the democrats pledged the
people to include in the bill. but the pledge
of democracy amounts to little when that
pledge interferes with the plans Of tho
attorney for the stock yards. who happens
to be the boss of the senate and the over
lord OF the house also.
MIR. Bryan's spite Work.
One OF the features OF this legislature
which will go down in history Is the part
Mr.. Bryan has taken and the means he
has employed to punish those who did not
do his bidding.
For Instance, he threatened the regents
OF the State university that unless they
did as ne demanded In the matter of his
school OF politics. or citizenship, that he
would take the case up with his legislature
The regents declined TO make a political
institution out of the university. and Mr.
Bryan made good his threat. To show
the regents he Is the boss, he had his bill
| introduced, and further insulted the re-
gents by prefsclng the measure with
whereas. complimenting them for their
work in the direction he had indicated
He pushed the bill through the senate. and
yesterday the democrats OF the house were
afraid TO go on record against II. 60 II
is now up for third reading. The bill will
come to be known as ''Bryan's Personal
Spite Bill for the Destruction of the state
University"
Now this Peerless Boss Is demanding Of
the legislature that II pass the initiative
and referendum. When asked to sign a
petition asking for the submission OF a
prohibitory amendment he told Mrs Head
to wait for the initiative ana referendum.
II the bill passes IL will be Mr.. Bryan 5
sop TO the temperance people OF the state.
Just as the veto of the Fort Crook saloon
bin was the sop from Governor shallen-
berger. The governor vetoed the bill be-
cause. as he told a member OF the iegis-
lature, II am afraid OF the criticism of
the republican press" And this same leg
islator is authority for the statement that
the governor had promised to sign the bill
II It passed
Many Bills In Bad shape.
The banking bill which the legislature
has passed has been declared by the ablest
members OF the house and prominent law
yers, to be invalid. and prediction Is made
that IL win be knocked out in the courts
whenever II is attacked. Incidentally, the
legislature has as yet made no effort 20
pay Judge I. l.. Albert that $500 for start
ing the banking committee on the right
track and drawing the original bill for the
committee.
But the banking bill Is not the measure
which is In bad shape from constitutional
standpoint. Probably never before have 30
many bills reached the governor in such
bad shape. In fact. Il will take a Phil
adelphia lawyer to dig out the meaning
Of some OF the measures-especially is this
true OF the bills which are supposed 10
be Of importance. For instance, the Kuhl
bill amending the primary election Law
and returning to the county convention
system OF selecting delegates 10 the stats
convention. The measure goes into a whole
lot OF details about the duties OF the va
rious committees and conventions, but .
careful inspection OF the measure fails to
discover who is to call the county eonven.
tion. The bin provides the state COMMITTEES
shall designate In wtst manner the state
congressional. judicial ana legislative COM
I mittees shall be selected. and then pro-
J vides that the state convention shall
choose the state committee.
The reciprocal demurrags biil reads liks