Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-03

brown Kohl. smith.
Buhrman. Lee tBoone,
Cox. IKear- Moorhead. Tsicott
ney),, MGGrew. Tibbetts.
Cox tham- Oils. Warner.
Htonl. Dickens tWiicox)-25.
Horton. Reagan. Tsnner-2
Those absent were Bartos. Placek and
Smith Of Fillmore. Cordeal and Volpp were
paired
The passage Of the bill is a signal vic
tory for Senator Oils and the lack Of op-
position on the final vote was a surprise
At least, one senator who changed front
at the last minute did 30 because he re-
ceived some very urgent advice from per
sonal delegate sent BY his constituents
and others swung round 70 get night on
the records although they have been
against the bill all through the fight only
Douglas county stood pat and refused to
change their convictions
Explanation OF Votes.
The senators explained their votes as
follows:
Bir. President; I vote aye not because
ys G esiSre bst ssrsgss ef,s Z, unseii,sd t & sgPEo
be agreed upon oy a majority. ALBERT
Mr.. President because OF the fact that
precluded from voting on senate file No.
lla. Were II not for my agreement with
Senator Voipp l should vote aye.
Mr.. President: Believing that this bin II
enacted into a law viii result IN injury
1 10 great industry Of this state vote
against II in the committee OF the whole
know OF no reason TO change my opinion
and therefore vote no HORTON.
Mr.. President: 1 am opposed to senate
NE 40. lb for the reason that IL is
lustifiRble assault on one OF the great in
dustries OF this state and viii work a great
hardship on both stock yards and shippers
4 r sill aaaf
or cripple any industry I'm our state. 1
therefore vote NO" REAGAN
Mr.. President: i vote ''No" or senate
hle No. lis for the reason that the prime
object Of the bin and direct effect is 10
add TO the expenses OF the live stock ship
pers which they do not now pay and ought
NOT pay ana which this bill VIII compel
them 10 pay. TANNER
Bill 10 Protect WOrkmen Passed.
Senator Reagan's bill. s. F. ls. for the
protection OF workmen on buildings. was
passed this morning. The bill has been
amended by the committee and the senate
at large. but it stands Il serves the
purpose Of the author in giving men who
must spend their working hours climbing
around upon scaffolding and iron beams a
fair chance to escape injury.
The tax ferret bill in the house introduced
by Quackenbush. which was indefinitely
postponed once before. was killed again this
morning after & fight II had been recon
sidered and came up in committee Of the
whole for a second consideration. II was
disputed when It was first called as TO
the propriety Of discussing Il In committee
Of the whole after q reconsideration unIess
Il had gone through the formal piacing
upon the Iloor Il second time. but the
speaker when called 70 the chair decided
that it was properly up for debate
McArdle's bin in the house 10 make per
msnent the office Of state reference H.
brarian was finally placed upon third read
ing after long fight. The office is now
held by A. f. sheldon who directs a corps
Of assistants In preparing bills for legisla-
tors and helping them IN Accomplishing
their desires In making and remaking laws
Sheldon and other members Of the State
Historical society under whose general con
trol he has been working have not been
in accord and when several amendments
10 the bin were offered By Moriarty Of
Douglas TO put the office under the con-
trOi OF the regents % the univsTslty. Quack-
enbush declared that Il was a move to
oust sheldon. Moriarty declared that his
amendments were from the board Of re-
gents themselves and introduced al their
request, but IL was asserted In a counter
argument that they came only from Re-
gent Haller as an individual. The house
refused TO pass any OF them excepting .he
one which gives the regents the right of
appointment Of the librarian and one which
makes II necessary for the librarian 10 ask
permission Of the regents II he uses
students as assistants.
Hope for Agricultural Hill.
The bill introduced By Fiiley o. Gaze
appropriaung S30000 for supplementary
agricultural education in high schools uas
once slated for indefinite postponement.
but was rescued by the author and put on
third reading. In the committee OF the
whole the bill met with much opposition
since Filley, like McKelvie whose sgrl-
cultural education bin was killed yes
terday. opposed the Eastman bin and 80
could not expect much support from q
certain faction lined Up behind that ap-
preparation lie moved not 20 concur after
the committee reported. however and b. a
vote Of A 20 % the bin went 20 third read
ing
The senate received petition this morn
ing from the Hastings Commercial club