The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-19

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1t is probable, however, an attempt
will be made to compel the state uni.
versity to provide its necessary new
buildings out of the 1 mill levy made
for that institution, and thus several
hundred thousand dollars will be saved
to the general fund. That the attempt
Will be made to confine university eX-
penditures solely to the mill levy has
been rumored for some time and sew
eral days ago the rumor received some
certihcation by the action OF the house
in killing a university measure. This
bill appropriated $1,000 for the distri.
button of serum for the cure or hog
cholera by the state farm, When OBJ
lection was made to taking the appro
priation out OF the / mill levy the
house promptly killed the bill. A
peculiar feature OF this action is that
a majority of the members in the
house are farmers.
Woman Suffrage Bills Killed.
Women will not be permitted to
vote either in city or state elections
by grace of the present legislature.
The two women suffrage bills in the
senate have already received the axe
and they are so dead they will not be
revived The Miller bill, which pro.
vided for a constitutional amendment
so the question could be put mp to the
people to decide was killed by vote
of II for it to lG against 1t requires
two-thirds vote to pass bill propos-
ing constitutional amendment. The
Randall bill, providing that women
could vote for all candidates for all
Offices save constitutional Offices, was
killed in the senate by vote Of Is
to Is The action of the senate fol-
lowed closely on the heels of a mon.
ster women suffrage meeting held in
Representative hall, at which many
prominent citizens Of Lincoln and
elsewhere spoke in favor of the meas.
ures.
Hah School Frats in Peril.
1t is beginning to look as though
the legislature will attempt to do what
no school president has ever been
able to accomplish so far as Nebraska
| knows-abolish fraternities in the
high schools aud in tie state univer-
! sity. Several bills have been intro
| duced to prevent pupils in the high
schools from belonging to frats, and
now a measure has been introduced to
prevent university students from be.
longing Statistics gathered some.
thing over a year ago insofar as schol
arship was concerned showed no diff
| ference between the members OF the
fraternities and those who do not be-
long. The frat members, the instruct
ors testified had the school spirit to a
| higher degree than those who did not
belong.
From this time OIL IL Is very proha.
Bile the majority party will try tC
agree to a program in secret caucus
One caucus has already been held
but it resulted in nothing accom-
plished, because Shoemaker of Doug
las county insisted on an expression
on the Sunday baseball question and
the caucus divided and ended in gen
eral confusion. Another caucus likely
will be held soon.
Fight over Revenue Law.
big fight is promised soon over
amendments to the revenue law. Two
bills have already been introduced pro
viding for the repeal Of the terminal
tax law and another measure is being
drawn for introduction which will take
from the local assessors any right to
assess any railroad property at all
This bill will give to the state board
the right to assess all railroad prop.
erty wherever located in the state
whether on the right of way or not
and including shops, Office buildings
and real estate. This bill contem.
plates a distribution of the aggregate
value of each railroad system on a
mileage basis, making each mile worth
as much as every other mile.
Republicans in the present legisla.
ture who were members of the 1907
session and helped to enact the ter
minal tax law will fight its repeal and
also the proposed measure for distri-
button OF railroad values upon the
unit system. This latter proposition
was voted down by the last legislature
| dlleT IL Hdu Deen introduced by VIII
son of Custer county.
Only five Democrats and Populists
voted for the terminal tax bill two
years ago and twenty-siX voted
against it, but whether that ratio holds
good in this session cannot be told in
advance of the vote on the bill. Some
Of the Democrats, however, who are
familiar with the working of the ter
minal tax law oppose its repeal.
The recommendations of State
Treasurer Brian that the common car
riers be taxed sufficiently to pay the
running expenses of the state, and
that property in counties be taxed
to pay the running expenses of the
counties and contribute nothing to
the general fund Of the state, is liable
to receive favorable action at the
hands of the present legislature. Sen
ators Oils and Miller have introduced
a measure in the senate in accordance
with Mr.. Brian's ideas. This plan of
taxation is followed in several states
and in Wisconsin is said to work well.
| IL wOuld do away with the inanualitv