Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-17
Fiftsn Per Cent Petition to Initiate
Amendments.
TEN PER CENT FOR REFERENDUM
No Party Circle Shall Be Allowed in
Submitting Question.
PASS AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL BILL
senate vote, fer 100000 APProPv's-
tion BY 2S to s-sua-uaty Law
Defenders Draw Money
for Thetr I.ahorp.
rFrom /. SAT- Ccrrs.nond.n, ,


LINCOLN. March is.-fSpecisi Tels-
vrsmb An initiative and referendum bill
embodying all the more conservative sle-
ments Of the two bnls that have been
Considered was agreed upon BY the confer
enoe committee this afternoon. The house
has passed its own biu the senate passed
both the house bill and its own and the
amendments viii be made to the senate or
skiles bin and both houses viii be expected
10 agree 20 them.
The bill as Il will stand unless either
house refuses 20 ratify the action Of the
committee provides as follows:
statutory laws may be initiated by a
petition Of 10 per cent Of the voters OF the
state properly distributed TO ee representa-
tive
Constitutional amendments require q Is
per cent petition TO be initiative.
The call for a referendum on any iaw
must be made in a 10 per cent petition
When an initiated proposition Is sub
mitted 60 the people al a regular election
IN emajority which votes to pass any bFl.
either statutory or constitutional amend
ment must be eQusi 20 AZ least IS per cent
Of the votes cast upon all propositions In
I the election.
No ParC c'~'s- & -'. ~ allowed when a
question 10 --- 1l, a ballot 20 that
votes upon ..--s~. sra referendum meas
ures shall te as nonpsrtissn as possible.
Brown for Reciprocity.
The decision Of the committee enbosi..
most Of the conditions made by the bo,,..
70 the senate bill The original bill. which
was considered By ths direct Ieris,.tt,,
enthusiasts as hopelessly conservative
Z 1naN
referendum and 70 per cent for Initiating
any sort Of a measure. and there wer. no
restrictions on the number Of voters which
might be called a majority in favor ~ q
oil. This latter amendment vas made To
the senate ban by skiles.
/ The COMMITTEES. which conterrrs TO- a..
second time this afternoon. found i,s.,s
Vel agreed and there were 60 disssntInE
! votes.
I since II represented to a great srtept ,ba
more conservative denochtic ane repub-
iican element It was expected that an
agreement would be easy. The COMMITTEES
VAS composed OF Senators Selieek. skHez.
AcGreW. Lee and Placek. and Representa-
tiFes Clarke, McRissick. Bailey. Bushes
and Gerdes
EAstmAa BIN Paz.e..
The Eastman bill for an asricoItpyal
school In southwestern Nebraska vas
passed BY the senate By a vote of 8 10 &
This bill Carrying an appropriation OF rlan
oeo. was bitterly fought through the ho,,-s
and the governor-ha psblioly voiced hi,
oisspprOval OF f. The senate sought yes
lterday 20 amend the ball 70 allow ths
Board Of Regents OF the university 70 IN
the location OF the school instead OF tn,
Board Of Public Lands and Buildings Thi,
was lost. however, and as the bin uss
passed by the senate the location Will b
chosen By the Board Of Lands Il IL no,
considered probable now that the Eoverno,
will veto the bill, although he said at n.
banquet Of the Young Mems Republican
club; The state needs another agrieul
tural school ss much as a COW needs tvs
tails Tue roll call on the measure wal
as follows