Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
General Reorganization of Banking
Law Most Opposed.
BIG STICK THE FINAL RESORT
Committees Are at Work Compiling
New Road Laws.
ONE OF THE PLATFORM PLEDGES
Appropriations Committee Basy ana
Has Completed Task So Far AZ
PrOvtdins for state Omcers
and Boards.
tFrpm a staff correspondentl


democrats of the legislature who not in
favor OF the enactment OF a radical bank
guaranty law are,o OF sufficient number 10
make it uncomfortAble for the others who
desire to push Que through. and Il has besa
hinted that a few OF these in tho senate
would like republican aid in their attempt to
block the democratic deal on this PROPOSE
tion. experience so far this session has in.
dicated the democrats have so many ironf
in the fire it will be difficult to divide
them. and the party dictum. or rather the
command OF Governor ShalIenberger TO
find places for his hungry constituents.
will be effective.
Nebraska's bank laws have n reputation
throughout the country as being safe and
the banking Institutions have thrived as a
result The determination on the part OF
the banking committees TO overhaul the
law and make numerous amendments is
therefore not welcomed by a number Of the
majority party. This and the demand OF
Governor Shallenberger that the State
Banking board be altered and the power
given him to name all the officers OF ,As
board. while prompted from the constant
pounding he is receiving from piebIterz
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conservatives Some have threatened to in
troduce merely the briefest form OF a guar
anty law as an addition to the present
banking system. and it would not be sur
prising If such measure were put into the
hopper.
Steam Roller at Work.
Because OF this protest Judge l. L. Albert.
the attorney hired by the legislature to
steer them clear OF legal reefs. was today
busily engaged redrafting a few sections
OF the bill in the hope OF securing sonre-
thing upon which all factions might units.
The contention arises over Governor shal-
lenberger's determination to have the ap-
pointing power and the fun control a. the
banking act without regard to-eouting.
encies that might arise in future sdminis-
! trations Governor Shallenberger prefers
the section of the Wilson bill which makes
the governor the superintendent OF hanks
and gives him power to appoint sllsfhe
officers and clerks OF the board. including
] banking commissioners. should such be
! deemed necessary.
He is strongly opposed 10 permitting any
OF the state officers being on the board
with him. as the subcommittee bill pro-
vides. AS TO providing that the board shall
consist Of two state officers and himself,
giving all an equal share in voting. he
declares this is out OF the question
Some OF the house members argue the
bank bill will affect the entire state and
should be non-paTtisan. but TO this the
governor will not lend car. 1t is likely the
governors desire will prevail and the new
act will be as the executive and the bosses
have decreed. Any effort to sdetrack the
steam roller viii probably prove ineffec-
tive.
County Option scareerow.
The democrats, while at sea over the
banking bin. also have the question of on
ton hanging over them. Any conservative
democrat In either house or senate who u
inclined to balk on the bank bill win have
the possibility of a county option law held
over his head a club. And the passage
OF an option bill would mean that Governor
Shallenberger might have to go on record
on this measure. One democratic optionist
in the senate Is quoted as saying II would
| be a calamity to the party 20 force Gov
ernor ShalieRberger to act on this measure,
and he indicated he would vote against thu
bill rather than have this happen.
| In the senate Senators B&rt0s and volpp
and the three Douglas county senators. ana
/ possibly Senator Tibbets OF Adams. are moi
inclined 10 be radical on bank guaranty.
but they all arc bitter opponents OF oounty
/ option IL is easy to forecast what will
/ happen u II comes 10 a question whether
there shall be a n-shallenberger bank
| guaranty or county option bill Senator
| Bsrtos has already prepared a simple bank
guaranty bill which ne al one time thought
he would introduce. He has not yet done so.
The legislature will soon fined time %
give consideration TO road legislation, the
democratic platform calling for something
l In - HIr.-
been proposed and members OF the senate
have had little trouble in getting together
on plan, but the members of the house
have found this difficult
/ The plan which meets favorable consider
alton Is 10 make the state irrigation board
the state board OF highway commissioners.
and TO make the secretary OF the board the
state engineer The board shall have gen
erai supervision over road Improvement and
funds for this shall be met partly out OF
state tax Of One-fourth of a min and
partly by the county where the work Is
done and semall portion Of the owners
or sbutting property. Senator Laverty OF
| Saunders has two bills in the upper house
TO this effect. being S F. % and 81 s. p .
provides for the Improvement OF the public
highways BY defining the duties OF the
state board Of highway commissioners and
the state engineer. s. F. 81 makes provis-
| ION for the payment OF road Improvement
| jointly under certain conditions by the
state. county and by special assessment
on fronting real estate. The county at jarxe
shall pay . per cent OF the cost OF the
road Improvement and the property abut-
ting shall be charged with Is per cent OF
| the cost.
Carrying The work on down TO the coun-
ties themselves the senate COMMITTEES on
highways has introduced a committee bill
governing roads The measure provides the
county commissioners shall appoint the
county surveyor or some other competent
person as county engineer Who shall re-
oeive az compensation for his services 81
q day for time actually served Each road
overseer shall b. a deputy and shall receive
g a day for time actually pat in There