Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12
NTRoDUCERs GROWING UNEASY
First Date of Meeting Called Late
During Month,
TOO LATE THEN FOR NEW Bill
Senate Bill by Oils Has Most Rigorv-
Provisions
LIQUOR BILLS YET TO COME
several Measures Nrt pCudinG ~
Hoth branches "T LcUtsioturc
Most Drastic IN Their
Intention.
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LINCOLN. Feb. lspeulalJ-Th2 stock
yards bill in the house. which Nas intro
duced by TAYLOR of Hitchcock and Dole al
OF Saunders, slimIar to the one which was
defeated in tine senate last session, has
been n the committee fog several weeks
and its author is throatounp to take the
same draeuc action ne touk last session 10
bring IL out before the house. Tile egsla-
tiun against the stock yards arouses more
interest than any other regulatory eSisla-
ton and always develops strong contro-
rerscs. Last session Taylor's bill was kept
ia the committee ON live stock and grazing
until he demanded upon the floor in
scathng speech that 1t be brought out IL
was passed then, but defeated In the
senate, largely through the efforts of A
democratic senator who took the floor be
fore his committee as an attorney for the
corporation.
Committee Not ia Liking.
This year the bin was planned by Taylor
from the start He was a member Of the
house committee on committees and he
thought that he was careful TO get men
upon it who would favor his bill, but now
he says that the committee has changed
it's color and viii probably stand against
him. Taylor has openly stated that James
In. Bulla, South Omaha representative
stated in the committee of committees that
he wanted to be chairman Of the live stock
and grazing committee that he could
defeat the stock yards bill and Taylor told
him that he would beat him out Of his
chance. Bulla is a member OF the com
mittee however, and seems to have brought
several other members to hts way of think
ing. Two members Of this years commits
tee Harrington and Moore. are on the
committee again this year but they voted
for the bill in 1909 and may possibly be
expected to support Il again. The other
members are skeen, chairman; Lindsey.
Metzger, Bulla Brecht Anderson and Nutz-
! man.
! Meeting Time Delayed,
! Taylors present complaint is over the
! fact that this committee 'vll not meet un-
! I'll February 90 and IL It defeats the bill
then there will probably be no chance to
| introduce a new bill The principal reason
given for the delay over bill which has
| been before the committee since January
! l6 is that Harrington is chairman Of the
Omaha investigating committee and so has
been absent much Of the time
! The senate committee on live stock and
grazing has q still more severe measure to
consider offered by Senator oils OF Vel
! ley s. r. 1l5 provides a penalty OF from
one to ten years imprisonment in the peni-
| tentary for any stock yards keeper who
fails to carry out the provisions Of the
act and offers no alternative fine The
bill specifies for a physical valuation Of the
stock yards property and the basing OF
rates upon that instead of upon inflated
values. The regulations Of the yards
specify even that no stock shall be un-
loaded from more than an hour and a half
and such details are all taken care OF with
the penitentiary penalty to enforce them
The senate committee consisting of Oils.
chairman; Tanner Buhrman Cox Of Ham
ilton, and Cox of Kearney. will hold n
public meeting Tuesday and discuss with
those interested the provisions of the bill
| II is related that Senator Garmill. who
represented Frontier county last session.
was defeated in the primaries this time be-
cause he voted to postpone indefinitely the
stock yards regulation.
status of LIauOr Bills.
The defeat Of county option in the senate
has not by any means ended the liquor
legislation that is to come before this ses-
sion OF the legislature. The house has It's
county option bill introduced by Norton
Identical In terms with the bill which was
defeated in the senate. Il will be pushed
through 20 q vote TO get every membsl
upon record as to his stand as wet or dry
There are other bills now up before Che
house, however, which are considered much
more drastic measures than the county
option bill and much more directly re-
strictive Of the liquor traffic, The most
important are the amendments 20 the
"antl-treat" law, H. r. 149, and II. r. 29s
both introduced by Evans OF Adams. These
bills amend the ant-treat law now on The
books to make the saloon keeper or his
barkeeper responsible for liable to tho pen.
atty OF 800 fine when he gives away LIQUOR
or treats his customers. It is 20 be con
strued to mean that II one man treats an
other in a saloon the barkeeper is liable
for the offense az much as the contracting
parties and the second conviction means a
revokng Of hislicense.
Many members Of the house consider this
p anu-treating law a more restrictive meas.
ure and more OF blow against the liquor
traffic than any county option bill how.
ever drastic It could be,
Notice Considered Sale.
Another bill calculated to facilitate IN,
enforcement OF all liquor regulation is "A
r. l5s By IT. G. Taylor Of Merrick and
Cotton Of York. This bill makes the hold
ing OF a government license, or a notice ot
I any kind advertising the sale OF ilquor
E prima facie evidence Of the sale OF liquor
{ The keeping OF liquor IN any room or build
ing 10 TO he considered prima facie tyidenc,
J that IT is kept for sale The law is di
: rected at those who keep a governman
license, but ovade the local regulations,
limitation upon the number OF saloon,
which any city shall have is set by N. n
, lsi. which has been offered by Hatfield o.
Lancaster. IT provides that no villas,
under 100 shall have more than one -
loon and that In larger places they shat
De limited 10 ons saloon for every %
. Inhabitants. This would cut the number o
saloons In Omaha about IN half and o.
number ~ othe- cities would lose q lair,
share of their licences