Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-02-19
Consider His Objections Without a
Good Foundation.
lUHL PRIMARY BILL HELD UP
Number of Objections Made in the
House to Measure.
CHANCE FOR SUNDAY BASE BALL
senate Rcconsiders Vote kiIlinE mir
and After Amendments a II
Recommended for
Passage.
tFrom a sad correspondent.l

has stirred up hornets nest by his speech
of yesterday. He so vigorously denounced
the bill to permit the teachers OF the State
university TO participate In the Carnegie
pension fund that he has reused the ire OF
the democratic members of the senate who
voted for Il. and he has stirred up the
members of the house who favor the bill.
Inasmuch as the bill received twenty-five
votes in the senate the members of the ma
jority party In the upper branch OF the leg
islature believe they are In a position &c
insist that the house act favorably upon
the measure notwithstanding MIR. Bryan
| opposes IT,
Il was surprised at the vlgor displayed
| by Mr.. Bryan in his talk yesterday" said
one democratic member. "and l was dis
appointed that some OF that vigor was not
used in advocacy OF the bill providing for
county option. The illustration he used in
his attack on the Carnegie pension fund
was certainly far-fetched."
The fact that Mr.. Bryan himself secured
from Carnegie the funds for the erection of
the Lincoln city library fits IN so badly
with the talk against Carnegie yesterday
that many OF the members have discussed
his inconsistency since the speech.
Today some of the most prominent demo-
Gratis in the house predicted that the Car
| negie bill will receive a majority on third
reading.
What harm can come OF permitting the
teachers Of the State university from par
| ticipating in the Carnegie fund.-" said one
democrat. 'The teachers do not draw the
pension until they have retired from active
work! Before they can become eligible to
participate in the fund they must have
taught for twenty-five years or for fifteen
years. Besides Mr.. Carnegie has nothing
to do with the fund. 1t is in the hands OF
board of trustees which is self-perpetuat-
ing. Mr.. Bryans talk was certainly not
based on the real facts in the case"
The advocates of county option say Mr..
Bryan has chosen this day who he will
serve and will govern themselves accord
ingly.
Shoemaker scores I'm Long Flight.
Shoemaker of Douglas county, who for
more than twenty years has been trying TO
get the legislature to submit a constitu-
tional amendment on the qualification OF
electors, has at last got his measure recon-
mended for passage by the house His bin
provides for a constitutional amendment
that all foreign born male residents 81 years
old may vote after six months In the state,
city and ward or precinct. upon taking out
their first papers, but that at the end OF
five years they must become full fIedged
citizens or the right of franchise is taken
away from them. When the bill came up
In the committee of the whole Nettleton Of
Clay moved to strike out the word male"
which would have made a womens suf-
frage bill out of It. This created a lot of
laughter and lots of fun and It looked like
Shoemaker was again to be defeated In his
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bill with amendments and Nettleton with
drew the motion, saying he had offered it
in spirit Of fun Nettleton then endorsed
the bill and urged favorable action.
House FavOrs Capital Punishment.
The house went on record this morning AZ
favoring capital punishment when the
Raper bill to amend the present law so az
to provide life imprisonment instead OF
hanging was defeated Half dozen MEM
bers spoke for and against the bill, but the
sentiment was overwhelmingly for capital
punishment.
After Loose Leaf Records.
III. r. 2S2. by Pool of johnson, which
amends the present law giving the right
to the people to inspect public records,
to provide that the officials shall keep
the records In bound volumes Is said
to be a knock on the loose leaf records
now kept by great majority or the
counties in the state. Because OF that
the standing committee --- amended
the bill to provide for the use of loose
leaf records
sinks License BiII POpuIaR.
Sink of Hall county today received q
letter from Charles c. Ryan, writing as
secretary of the Grand Island Commercial
club, endorsing his bill TO compel ped
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The letter said the measure would be,
IL passed. OF great benefit not only TO
merchants, but to the people who buy
from peddlers we'll.
Primary BilI Held Up.
The house this afternoon showed A dis
position to go slow in chansins the
primary law by failing to take action on
! the Kuhl bill. This bill provides dele
gates to the state convention shall be
selected according TO the decision OF the
county committee and the representation
shall be based on the vote cast for presI-
dent IL also provides that the platform
! convention shall be held In July previous
TO the state primary. 1t repeals that sec
! tion which permits proposed constItu-
tional amendments to go on the party
ballots. This raised objection from Will
son of Polk, who believed in no other
way could the constitution be amended
Taylor of York opposed the manner In
which the bill proposed to select dele
gates TO the convention. Grelg OF Platte
wanted one delegate for each county and
no more Kelley favored the bill as IL
was introduced. The committee rose dur
ing the discussion Of the bill and saved
II from defeat.
Howell Works in House.
Senator Howell has been sending for
members OF our delegation and for other
members of the house and urging them TO
stand for an elective police Commission In
Omaha" said Representative Connolly. so
far he has been unable TO secure any Of
the house delegation who Is opposed TO
the elective commission. He Is telling some
Of the members unless We stand for his
Omaha charter providing eog u elsetive