Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-17
Measure Said to Have Emanated from
Omaha Mayor.
JOLT FOR OMAHA FIRE WARDEN
ShOemaksr's Bill Doing Away with
Office is Recommended.
sCHEEIE CONTEST PUT OVER
Matter VIII Again Gene Up for FinsI
Determination Tuesday-HOuse
would Give Counties Chance
10 Abolish Assessors.
CFron. = staft Correspondent !

LINCOLN, Feb. 1e--(Special Telegram.)--
An amendment 20 the O'Clock closing Law
was introduced IN the senate this morning
BY Senator Reagan OF Douglas 70 give
cities the right to establish for themselves
later hour for closing saloons. The new
section I'm the law reads. after specifying
that It applies TO any city OF the metropol-
itan class or any city Of the first class with
more than $500 inhabitants "the local leg
isiative authorities thereof. may. upon the
presentation to them OF petitions asking
such action be taken signed by more than
50 per cent OF the legally qualified voters of
such municipality at the last preceding
general election change the hour Limitation
named from O'Clock D. m. to any hour
not later than u o'clock midnight" This
law would give Omaha. South Omaha and
number OF smaller cities the right to
establish for themselves later closing
hour for the selling Of intoxlcants
The bill introduced by Senator Reagan
is supposed to have emansted originally
from Mayor Dahlman Of Omaha, ana is
said to embody the changes in the law
which the Dahlman Democracy desires.
DoinE Away with Fire warden.
Shoemsker's bill to destroy the office OF
fire warden in Omaha was ordered en-
crossed for third reading after the commit
tee OF the whole had decided TO postpone
IL indefinitely. The bill was opposed In the
committee OF the whole and was voted
down, but when the committee rose 10 re-
port Shoemaker moved not TO concur He
had succeeded In getting some Of the Doug
las county delegation to stand with him,
and revulsion OF opinion resulted In a
vote fsvoring the bill OF ~ to q, and II
was ordered for passage OF the Douglas
county delegation Holmes. Bulls and Shoe
maker we're for repeating the law creating
the office and Liver. McArdle Moriarty
Grossnlan and Riha were against H. Bo-
land was absent
/ Leldighs bill making II compulsory for
counties 10 appropriate cents per inhabi-
tant for a county fair fund annually vas
killed The biz would give the County
frafS as.6ciAtton "a ans, county which coufI
raise $50 the right 70 demand Of the county
authorities this appropriation In Douglas
county the annual appropriation would
have been for county fairs $1,000 approx
mately II this law had passed
Contest Case Delayed.
II was announced that the soheele- Vert,
man contest care which had been set for
special order for tomorrow. was to be
postponed yet again to Tuesday morning.
| The members of the COMMITTEES. psrtlcu-
larly the minority members who intend re-
porting for the republican contestant say
positively that this will be the last post
ponement There will probably be three
reports. The wet majority will report for
scheele. the dry republicans for wertman
and Norton, the dry democrats will prob
ably offer compromise between the VITO
with a leaning 10 Wertmans side OF the
case. Norton has not yet decided exactly
report. A meeting viii be held by the
nine dry democratic members before the
time comes and he will abide by their de-
cision in the matter.
jolt for County Assessors.
The county assessors OF the state were
rather rudely treated by the committee on
/ revenue and taxation today when the bill
which the assessors had introduced was
completely emascuated and it's Intention
changed before the committee would
recommend Il for passage The assessors
in a convention agreed upon a bill which
would give them the right Of running for
a second term. privilege now denied. and
raise In pay. The committee took this
bin It was introduced by McKissick OF
Gage. chairman 81 the committee. and
amended Il TO strike out both the pro-
visions which the assessors were having
give the counties right 10 decide az the
next election whether or not the office OF
county assessor should be altogether
abolished.
Calls soions UnFuIy.
Considerable comment has resulted to-
night among the members OF the legisla-
ture over a sentence IN a speech which
lGovernor Aldrich made today at the con
vocation OF the students Of the University
OF Nebraska at Memorial hall.
The executive was speaking on What Is
Education and though his address was
entirely apart from politics. Ia an aside"
he uttered the following words: II have
been busy keeping my hands on the demo
cratic legislature and ! would rather try
TO control carload Of donkeys Of which
the party Is symholical. than 90 the work
that Il requires"
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