Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-26

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law, when the new one goes into effect.
Many bankers are protesting against the
size of the guaranty fund and there is an
excellent prospect that the colnmlttee will
be forced to reduce this before the measure
Is finally reported back with its o. X.
More leeway is to be given savings banks
In making loans and the bill will be
amended so they may loan twice more of
their capital stock than was originally
specified.
There has been objection to the amount
of capital stock decreed in the organiza-
ton OF new banks, the bankers generally
demanding that the lowest amount be fixed
at $4,000 instead of $4,000 as in the bill.
There is dispute over the provisions govern
ing the manner In which new banks shall
be organized and allowed to come under the
provisions of the guaranty act.
s. F. 354. by Donahoe Of Holt county in
troduced today, is for the purpose of regu-
lating and controlling public service cor
poratlons furnishing gas, electricity. heat,
water or power for the public or private
use in the cities Of the state and places
definite powers over such corporations in
the hands of the railway commission and
authorizes municipalities to acquire and
operate such corporations. It is practically
the Wisconsin system of REGULATION with
features of the New York law added.
The bill lprovfdes that public service
corporations must furnish adequate service
and the charge therefore must be Just and
reasonable. These corporations must file
with the railway commission within a time
fixed by the members schedules of their
tolls. No change shall be made In a sched-
ule save will notice to the commission and
they shall comply with orders of the COM
mission with respect to charges.
Provisions are made against extending
rebates to any public officer or employee
or to any patron under penalty.
Regulating Home for FriendIess.
Senator Miller of Lancaster today intro
duced a bill to place the Homo for the
Friendless in Lincoln In charge Of a board
Of three persons appointed blythe governor,
and for a reorganization of the plans of the
homme. The purpose of the measure, Sen
ator Miller says, is to provide homes for
the children at the home and to retain
them as wards of the state as long as they
are not adopted into homes, but primarily
II is to see that they are given homes. The
bill establishes a school for dependent chill.
dren at the home. He says the bill Is in
accord with prominent charity workers In
Lincoln.
Secretary Piper of the State Board of
Charities and Corrections had not heard Of
the measure before II was introduced and
was surprised that there should be an ef-
fort to change the management. At pres
ent the State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings has control, and the superln-
tendent Is appointed by the governor. The
record OF the home for the last biennium
reveals an enrolment November 30, 1905,
OF sixty-two. with a total enrolment dur
ing the biennium of 235. and a present en-
rollment of seventy-four. Indicating that
the children are not retained there any
longer than 1t Is absolutely necessary, and
are furnished suitable homes when this is
possible. Six Of the present members are
aged women. who will remain in the home
all their days unless the present bill throws
them out.
The finance committee OF the house rec
commended for the erection OF a new admin
istration building at the Peru Normal school
$4O,O 600.
In the committee Of the whole the house
this afternoon chopped down the 10000 ap.
preparation for the Kearney Normal school
to $4,000, 1t also chopped out SIS. 600 from
the appropriation of $50. 600 tor a normal
school at Ainsworth and added a proviso
that the city should donate eighty acres OF
land Instead OF twenty. ss provided in the
bill.
Work for sitting COMMITTEES.
Although this Is the fortleth day OF the
session in the houss and the thirty-seyenth
In the senate there have been only two bills
signed by the governor, though a number
or house measures are ready for him.
While this may indicate a lack of business
ability on the part of the members. there
are some who attribute the slowness with
which affairs have been pushed along 70
the fine italian hands of a few Of the
legislative organizers who wish to place
the passage OF bills absolutely in the hands
OF q sitting committee. A sitting commit
tee Is appointed usually about a week after
the expiration of the forty-day limit for in
productions OF bills when there is no DOS
sioility OF additional measures beina
thrown into the hopper.
The judiciary committee has been ex.
tremely liberal in reporting bills back 10
the senate for consideration and while this
Is apparently in the interest of fair play II
All contributes to the loading down of the
general file and with the result the mem
Ders are Kept busy considering measure
AFTER measure in committee OF the whole
and few OF these measures are OF vital i'm.
port A little later the sitting COMMITTEES
VIII be appointed and no bill may be ad.
vaneed except through The siftera or by 8
vote OF the house.
properly TO regulate the advance Of bills
the sitting must be organized
and this is the big duty Of the organ.
iEers'' II they are as successful in In,
makeup OF this committee as they wer,
In the makeup OF the standing committee
OF the house, they Will have things pfeft,
much their own way. Few OF the bill
passed by the house have a place high nj
on the general file. Such as are ma place.
advantAseously now will doubtless have 4
run the gauntlet OF the sitting by9N vii
DO easily seen what a chechFjh he rsenat
may have, upon the o~bjeeticAable hous
bills and this Is one reason. aside from an
consideration OF primary filings. why IN
projectors Of the Omaha charter are max