Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-11

be amended To- provide for a slxty-five car
train and giving authority to the state rail-
way commission ortncrease this number.
Taylor OF Custer moved that the amend
ment be not concurred In, but instead that
tho bill be recommended for passage with
out thet FailWay cornmiasion tail to it. In
the course OF his, remarks Taylor said the
democratic party had been opposed to the
railroads and had accused the republicans
of being in league with the corporations
and referring to Clark he said the gentle
man from Richardson had forgotten his
campaign pledges and showed an undue
friendship for the railroads.
'The man who says / have violated any
Of my campaign pledges" interrupted
Clark, rising to speak ito a q%eustion OF
personal privilege, '1s a d. liar"
Taylor then informed the house that II
he had been wrong In his conclusions about
Clark he offered him q thousand pardons,
that he had based his conclusions on the
action Of the Richardson county member
on the committee.
Then started q grand fountain of choice
fireworks. with every member who could
talk contributing 10 the illumination.
Kelley OF Furnas grew eloquent in his
dennnciation OF the railroads and the
amenOHlGnt pIODObeu anu Dekbtu lut nOu6c
to sspeciflcallyf limit the number of cars on
the trains.
In his talks Taylor Of Custer insisted
that the members were there to look after
the people and he denounced the action of
the railroads in having a well-paid lobby
on HAND throughout the session to see that
no legislation was enacted which did not
suit the railroads.
Clark, who favored the amendment, in
sisted that the railroads had perfected
their roadbeds In order to haul more cars
and he contTasted the railroads of this
country and England, because some one
had mentioned the roads Of the two coun-
tries. And he insisted that in this coun-
try the railroads had, with few exceptions,
only single tracks and therefore there was
less danger In the long trains than the
short ones. In England, he said. the rail-
roads had double tracks, had short hauls
and denseiy populated communities, and
could use smaller trains. e said the bill
had originally been introduced for the ben
eft or the railroad employees, but II did
not have the endorsement of the head Of
ficefsA or the employees. but he had In his
possession the hill these people desired
Chase of Frontier insisted that the bill had
been changed from an employees measure
TO a bill for the relief Of the shippers
alf OF the afternoon was over before the
death blow was given to the amendment
by a vote OF 40 to So.
Irvine Bill for Passage.
England Of Boone Is the proud introduces
of a bill, which carries an appropriation OF
10000. which was recommended for pas
sage by tho house this afternoon. The
$4,000 is fer the purpose of installing &
binding wine plant at state penitcntiary
The bill occupied a good portion OF a day
In a recent session and the same men tool
sides on the question today, but the bill
went through and with it carried the bis
appropriation
LindsaS keeps the Fees.
The Mariett bill placing the clerk of the
supreme court on a salary OF 5000 a yeai
was indefinitely postponed by the STANDING
committee OF the house this afternoon. Thu
is the first, Of a large number of bills
which have been introduced to cut Harry
Lindsay out OF the fees in his office.
Tainted Money Talk.
TAINTED money created a storm for 4
short time in the senate this afternoon