Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
Only Thirteen More Days and Two
Hundred Bills on File.
OTHERS COMING FROM SENATE
Bill for Benefit Of Krug Park Put TO
Rest in Upper House
ANTI-TREAT BILL GETS oUIETUs
Vofe on Final Passage is Clu~e and
Effort May Re MADE 10 Recon-
slider when House AIsets
To-day.
Frum a staff CorrespOndent.) ,

'ffbLu n NltAIl AufTehpunueNiD
LINCOLN. March r. Special -
Though the house has only thirteen more
days and its general file contains about
200 bills. with more in The hands Of the
committee there Is doubt every bin
can be acted upon II the precedent ful-
lowed today becomes the established Gus
tom.
During the afternoon the house got tired
OF Reading bills clear through when they
came up for passage so the chief clerb
simply read the title and then an
nuunCed:
Anybody want this bin reRdg'
II silence was the answer the roll waA
called.
The constitution provides that ali bills
shall be read st large on three different
I GAYS. Some Of the measures passed to-
! DAY have been read through only once
/ in the committee OF the whole II fire.
/ uuently happens that hills are shot over
the head Of the committee Of the whole
/ If that was the case with any OF the
measures passed today II means they have
not been read at all 10 the house. As n
matter Of fact bills are usually read only
twice, once in the committee Of the whole
and once when they come UP for passage.
/ The first and second time the bills are
read by title only. But this Is the first
/ time so far as anyone could recall that
bills have been passed without being reRd
I al least Just before the roll called on the
measure.
/ In the committee Of the whole the house
| this afternoon passed the salary RT-
preparation bill. adding section which
1 provided that al offices shall he open rfom
8 O'Clock in the morning until O. clock In
the afternoon for the transaction Of husi-
ness This means that the offices viii have
a.. R.f.sfv
uf the offices are now ready for the trans
action OF business nj O'Clock in the morn
ing hut complaint has been made hy pea
sons out IN the stale thEt frequently thcy
come TO the state house ana find no one
on hand from Il O'Clock TO 2 who iE capable
10 attend 10 business. The amendment was
proposed by oPol OF Johnson county and 1t
was adopted with no protest. No penalty.
however WIS attached for failure on
the part Of 1be officers To comply
Little Time an salary BiII.
The committee OF the whole wsded
through the salary appropriation bill with
liftie trouble The salary Of the secretary
10 the State Board Of Charities ana Oorrec-
tions was cut from Sl2OO to s7Uo year.
Jerry Howard tried TO secure an amend
ment providing that clerk he supplied the
state labor bureau with a salary OF sl,ooO
instead Of 8 stenoErHpher al sS4o year.
But moi q single member Of this house.
which pledged 10 the cause Of tabor,
ar Jeremiah reminded them, stood FOR the
amendment or even offered a second 10 the
motion So the labor bureau viii proceed
10 Eet along with a deputy and Etenog-
rRpher.
The finance committee reported the sal
[ AIRY Of The stenOgrRpher 10 the state vet
erinarian al s42O year. but Brown Of
: Lancaster secured the adoption OF an
amendment providing the pay should be
sg4O, the same as other Etsnographers IN
the stale house.
KruE Park Bill Dead
? The senate indefinitely postponed SenB-
tor HOwell's hIu permitting the sale OF
3 liquor 81 Krug park Sundays and cleo
? tion days. Senator Raymond Of Scott 5
Bluff MADE the motion after brief dis
cussion in which Senator King declared
1 II wRs impossible so suspend the opera
b ton OF q criminal law IN certain localities
2 for special occasions. Senator Howell made
3 plea for the enactment Of the law on the
. theory that il was permitting the operation
4 of 3 poo- mans club across the street. from
= the rich mems club near Omaha Seventeen
e voted 20 postpune the bin and the nsgRtfvs
Q vote not taken.
was passed over. Senator DienE was absent
and ne Desired the opportunity 10 vDts on
the measure.
: ABts-Treaf BIN DEAD.
e The house gave another exhibition this
y y morning Of an intention 20 let the Sio-
cumb law alone when II killed the bill by
Groves amending ths present underwriting
law. The bill received forty-fiVs vUteE and
+ for1y-nfne were recoHded against II. bum
j. phrey OF Lancaster county changed his
7 vote from Yes 10 no thRt he can move
20 a reconsideration OF the action al the meet
ing tomorrow.
T'iliE bill made the bartender responsible
and II ne permitted treating IN ms saloon
and he was convicted Of the uffense thres
times the saloon keeper should lose his
license without further 400
- The roll cEn on the blu was as fOllowE
, Yfs-Alcn. Baker. Barclay. Barrel Z
, Bls ck, Blystone, Bowman, BrOdrack BrON-T
OF Sherman, Brown Of Lancaster. ByElHnd
Carr. Clse. Chase, EgOperider. Eastman
N Evans, Craft, GreiE, Griffen. Groves. Har-
- MHrlHtt Miller. More. NettlelDn- NOyefi
'e OCunnell, hhines, hOberys, sAberBur.
ls skeen- Smith. SNYDER, Taylor Of York
Js Taylor q Hitchcock, THylor Of York, Tsy
lor Of Custer. Meerns, wilson, Morthins
ton, YOung-sk.
Nu-Armstrung BATES BeBols. BolAnd
Bolts. Bushee. Butt Chah, Clark DOezHl
DostEl, Ellis Faunnn FDEHrtE, FrieE
CferEieE GrueDer. BefferuHu HDlmea Hoe
I p1dsky. howard, Humphrey. johnson a
Adams. Kelley. hAlien. kD-ouc, kraus
q Kuhl Lawrence. LeldiEh. Lux. Murphy
Z McCuu McVicksr Pickens F'ilEer Rhchis
scheele EchDertEer. Shoemaker. Sink
stedmHn StOscker Ewan, Talcolt- Thies
sen T'lnurBs. West M SpeHker-is
D. A. ir requires fifty-one votes 10 PASS
A. bul the speaker declared the hin lost
10 Connolly of Douglas did not vote Hno va
ro moi present. Eiz members were Hhsen
Il. with excuse.
n said 80 Ne Coed ghfnE.
rs The pEsEaEe uf the Kinen OIL hiu PRO
as ridinE q gravity uEt instead uf the fiaEb
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