Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
Half Day Spent on Measure, Fight
Coming over Move to Increase
Petition Percentage.
,NLY TECHNICAL CHANGES MADE
Vital Matters Proposed Cause Pro
longed Discussion.
71NAL ACTION PUT OVER DAY
Same Bill Will Be Taken up Again
This Afternoon,
GONE BEFoRE COMMITTED
-Four winnrbSEoes BrouRht to LiR-
coIn 20 GIVE Tcstlmony Conccru'nE
Marriage Relattons--Govcrnor
siEus Bnls,
n,rom : slnff CorreEnondenI.

siRUs BilIs.
CFrom staff Correspundeutl
LINCOLN. Feb. W.-tSpcciall The first
debates over the initiative and referendum
law In the house brought out an amend
ment from Neir of Hamilton to raise the
percentage for Initiating law from 10 to
rs per cent aud tho debates upon thst aues-
ton took up the afternoon. The house adj
| iOurned 10 take up the discussion again
Tuesday afternoon.
The hnl was read as a special order aud
Hatfield Of Lancaster. the author dis
cussed its provisions one after another. cit
1 ing the experience ot other states and de-
clarng that Il is n conservative ard re-
sonable measure not radical enough 10
cause any great rush OF foolish legislation
and free enough I give tho people what
they want. on speech was mauc AGAINST
the bill as a whole. but amendments we're
taken up Immediately.
| Gerdes of Richardson offered the same
amendment that was made IN the senate,
TO make II impossible TO bring up measure
second time in three years even when
petitions might be circulated for It, and
| It was passed Tho same slight technical
amendments that were made in the senate
were also passed but no essential changes
we're suggested until Neir offered his Is
per cent change,
Argue Against HlEh Per cent.
The arguments for this raise in the per-
/ centage as a preventive OF evil measures
were answered by Hatfield who sa,a. "You
cannot make the percentage so high that
| special interests cannot override t. and
when you make Il so high you are putting
difficulties in the way OF the very people
for whom the bill is 20 be passed. the peo-
pie. They will only be put to greater ex-
pense and trouble by such an increase in
the percentage and no one will be bene.
| fitted"
An effort was made to get the senate file
substituted for the house measure which
/ was the original bill. but that was killed
as was also the effort made by Herzog OF
Washington to get the Warner amendment
killed in the senate Incorporated I'm this
bill, The Warner amendment made Il nee
essary when a measure was initiated by
the people ~ have Il go through the hat.s
.i-of the IeeiaiaturQ firstf ana II passed there
the people were not to be allowed to vote
upon IT,
objects 60 Amendments.
Prince Of Hail spoke at some length
against including amendments to the con-
stitution under the provisions OF the initla-
tive, as II gave too liberal chance for fun
damental changes in the laws without sur
fcient consideration. The house undertook
no other business during the afternoon,
stricter Indian Marriages..
-Four Winnebago Indians. John Baptiste.
Dan Rice, Peter Rave and oliver Isamere,
We're brought 10 Lincoln today by Super
intendent Kneale Of the winebago reserva-
tion to appear before the committee OF
the house that Is considering legislation
on the marriage relations Of the Indian
tribes The superintendent explained that
the redmen have decided that the stricter
marriage laws OF the white man are prob
ally better than their own looseF rules
and they will be quite willing to have their
marriage relations made more strict.
The bin to he considered egalzes Indian
marriages and was drawn by Assistant At
torney General Edgerton. formerly United
states attorney for the Indian reserva'
tons 1t was introduced in the house By
Representative Gallagher of Thurston
county.
W. !. Taylor ON Deck.
When the live stock and grazing com
mittee Of the house meets tonight at the
Lincoln hotel W. j Taylor OF Custer
county will be cne representative Of the
public 20 appear before Il, although It viii
he necessary for him TO come on crutches,
as he broke his leg less than three weeks
ago. Mr.. Taylor was several times mem
ber ~ the house and was a well-knoWn
figure fos his skill as debater and his
tenacity in a contest for parliamentary
tactics. He was strnogly IN favor Of the
physical valuation bill that was finally
killed by the last legislature ana wants
10 sec this years session do something
more severe.
one MiII Levy in senate
asHHla rsf q
dsy in passing bills Of which the most
important was the l-mill levy for state
university maintenance, IT, r. rb' The
nm received thirty ayes and no noes.
RESOLUTIONS we're received from the Ne
braska Retail Hardware Dealers associa'
ton. which met in Omaha, asking for good
roads legisiation universal hunting licenses
and improvements in fish hatcheries
The bill OF Senator Tibbets for eNpeditins
business before the state supreme court
f. as brought out some discussion. Tie
hill provides for printed abstracts OF testi-
mouv bv the lawyers for the use Of the
court Senator HoagIand moved 10 amend
this proyislon. because OF the expense to
, lIltigants. but hts motion was defeated The
bill was passed. Other bills passed in
cluded:
S. F. 81 by Tanner-To make wire tap
r Isl, by brown Making void mar
} riages between certain classes Of feeble
minded people.
III S6 by OIlls-AnOWine telephone
companies 10 sell IN whole or In purt
( franchise or other property.
| 3, i. l2O. BY Cox u kcarneF-lo coElpel
railroads 10 maintain automatic bell sgnols
az an crossings.
s T.. 225 by lioagland, defines liability
OF irrigation districts for damages.
! 81 n i83. 1870 1872 i9i. by lfoagland cor
! rectiVe amendments 10 irrigation laws.
| s. r. 22d. By Hoaglandr apportionment OF
/ irrigation water.
s. H. PEI by Hoagland requiring irriga-
tion superlntendents TO list the lands in
their districts.
! 81 r. 2h, by Talcott allowing adult
I pupils 10 enter normal school by eXamin-
! alton.
/ = r. @. by Hoagland amends present
1 law to allow citizens 20 petition the gov
| oInor while he Il considering parole or
pardon.
Senator Bsrtos was presented with fine
bouquet oy the senate employees az a teEt-