Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-04
Votes to Reconsider When They Are
Entirely Shut Out,
SPECIAL ORDER NEXT WEDNESDAY
Senate Decides to Name Committee al
that Time.
RAISE FOR OMAHA OFFICIALS
Anti-Trust BilI Advanced 60 Third
Reading by House - Brewers'
Occupation Tax Meets
with Disfnvor.
drom a STAFF correspondents

LINCOLN March 3--tSpCCial)--A merry
fight was begun i'm the senate this morn
ing Just In time 20 prevent the appoint
ment Of Sitting committee, which would
have given the balance OF power In dis
posing OF the remainder OF the bills to be
considered into the hands OF dry demo
crat and would have cut Douglas county
out Of this important committee altogether.
II is about the time for the senate TO ap-
point such a committee and begin to sft
through the mass OF accumulated bills and
throw most Of them into the discard, but
no one was expecting il would be done
this morning
Senator sldles moved that the COMMITTEES
consist Of Albert Banning, Tacott and
Oils democrats, and Jansen, Kemp and
Smith of Fillmore, republicans, This inn
mediately precipitated sharp discussion.
In the first place it was entirely unsatis-
factory to the Douglas county delegation,
which usually expects to be represented
on this important committee. As another
objection some members saw in the
makeup OF the committee a chance for
Oils of Valley to exercise a balance OF
power. Oils is a dry democrat Albert,
Banning and Talcott have stood together
with some regularity in the previous opera
tions OF the majority party and the division
would place three democrats pitted against
three republicans, with Oils as dry
democrat between them and we'll in control
Reagan Counters.
Senator Reagan moved that the commit.
tee be composed of one man from each
congressional district. with one member
from the state-at-large. The motion OF
Reagan was defeated by a vote of l2 to
10 The Douglas county men We're not
willing TO be railrcaded however and SEN
ator Barring, to support them, moved to
reconsider after the motion OF Senator
skiles appointing the committee had been
passed. This motion carried and the ap-
pointment OF the committee was made a
special order for Wednesday afternoon al
o'clock. Senator Tanner failed to get
through motion to have each party hold
caucus and nominate its members for
the committee.
The probable solution Of the trouble will
be the naming Of a Douglas county man.
probably Horton, in place Of one Of the
other democrats and the committee will
stand about as II is. This Sun leaves
Oils with the upper hand but he seems
to have the votes back of him to settle
the matter, as he wants it and he and his
faction viii, probably hold the control when
the committee is confirmed
Raise for Omaha Officials.
Tie bill boosting the salaries Of four
city officials in Omaha, introduced by
Shoemaker of Douglas, was today recon-
mended for passage by the house commit
teo of the whole. The bill provides the
mayor with a stipend of 5000 instead OF
$1,000; the chief Of police, $1,000 instead OF
$500; the health commissioner. $500 in
stead OF 5000, and the electrician, S2,50l
instead of 1880
The Holmes bill to change the organiza-
tion of the Omaha school board was also
favorably recommended. The bill provides
that the city be divided into six districts,
each one 70 have the rights and privileges
Of a municipal corporation. The school
board is to be made up of twelve members,
two 10 come from each district.
Brewers Occupation Tax.
Gait OF Clay tried In the house today to
get his own bill for an occupation tax of
$4,000 upon breweries before the house
without running the risk OF losing It in the
committee. but failed. He introduced
motion to have it referred to the commit
tee of the whole. The motion was OBJ.
jected to as unfair even by some OF the dry
members and the speaker ruled It out Of
order. The Gait bill would put a sereve
burden upon the breweries and for that
reason is seriously opposed by the wet
members, and the author was afraid OF
having It shelved in the committe without
ever getting debate up on It.
A bin introduced by Evans TO prevent
saloon keepers from signing each others
bonds was killed by a vote Of 80 to &c.
The senate received a letter from secre-
tary Of the Interior Ballinger statelng that
the resolution relating to the Kinkaid bill
extending the time Of payment on reclama-
tion projects had been received and taken
into consideration
AntI-Trent Biu Advanced.
The Evans antitrust bill, which makes
a saloon keeper liable for violation OF
the existing state law which prohibits
treating at a bar was recommended Tor
third reading IN the house this morning
and will be put to a vote Evans intro
duced two such bills and one OF them found
to be defective and indefinitely postponed
several days ago. The bill puts heavy
responsibility upon saloon keeper or his
employees to prevent any sort of treating
The McKelvie bill for an appropriation
Of $1,000 for a state publicity bureau was
also considered ana was placed on the gen
eral file. The house spent most OF the
morning In a discussion of the two pure
seed bills which are up for consideration.
One by Hardin and Sanborn is said 70 dis
crminate in favor Of the seed house as
competitors of the farmers who want TO
sell seeds and Il was opposed on that
ground, but Il was finally recommended
for third reading.
The senate passed Horizons bill against
wire tapping this morning, making It a
felony 10 make Illegal connections with a
telegraph wlge for Information or for
stealing power. Tanners bin 10 rearrangs
the terms OF the members Of the south
Omaha school board also went through
ANTI-TREAT LAW RECOMMENDED