Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-14
Prince of Hall and Senator Tibbets
Are the Sponsors.
STAMP ACT REVIVED AND PASSED
House Members Allowed Fifteen
Cents Day for Postage,
BILL CUTS STOCK YARDS YARDAeE
Two House Members seiHe First
Opportunity 60 Renew battle
for Lower CharEes at
south Omaha.
tFrom a statt Correspondentl

(From staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan tS.-(Special Tele-
gramD-A resolution favoring San Fran
cisco as the logical point for the pro
posed Panama Canal exposition was intro
duced into the house this morning by W.
A. Prince Of Hail county and one In the
senate by Senator Tibbets. The resolu-
ton sets forth as four reasons for the
choice the benefit to the state from the
passing across It Of thousands Of people,
the opportunity to advertise it's resources.
the benefit from those who stop on their
way. and the benefit to- the transportation
companies Of this state. The resolution
was laid over under the rules TO be taken
up next week
The text OF the resolution follows:
Whereas. congress now has under con
sideration the selection OF location for
the Panama Pacific exposition to be held
In 1915 and win act in reference thereto
within a cry few days
And, whereas both the cities Of San
Francisco and New Orleans are desirous
of being selected az the place for holding
said exposition, and,
Whereas. our senators and representa-
tives IN congress no doubt desire to be adj
vtsed as TO the wishes OF the people OF
Nebraska; therefore, be II
Resolved, That this house expresses to
our senators and representatives in con-
gress its preference for san Francisco as
the location for said exposition. In eX-
pressing this choice, we take into considera-
tion the following very material facts
Il. That the holding OF the exposition In
san Francisco will bring into and across
the entire state thousands of people who
have never seen 1t nor had opportunity To
observe It's wonderful possibilities and ad-
vantages.
20. That It will afford the people of this
state splendid opportunity to advertise
It's resources
20, That it viii benefit the cities and
towns OF our state for the reason that
many visitors to the exposition will stop
a. least temporarily and thereby form
better and more intimate knowledge OF our
advantages and resources
- That It will greatly benefit the trans
portation companies Of this state.
For these reasons as well as others, we
express our preference for San Francisco.
The chief clerk of this house is directed TO
send a copy Of this resolution to each OF
our senators and representatives"
Stamp Act Revived ana 5'assed.
! Although the usual custom OF furnishing
stamps to members of the house aggregat-
ing an amount of $500 during the session has
been once definitely abandoned this year,
1t was taken up again this morning and
successfully carried through. The mem
bers have many inquiries for information
and copies Of bills and hesitate to expend
their own good pennies for postage, so
when Dostal of Butler moved to reconsider
the former action he was vigorously sup
ported Gerdes OF Richardson. who made
the fight against the resolution before, tried
to have the amount cut down from Is to 10
cents a day, but that failed also. Twenty
one republicans and thirteen democrats
voted against the measure and 1t was car
ried by an overwhelming vote.
Prince OF Hall, introduced a resolution TO
have a committee of five consult with the
state auditor and treasurer and devise a
system Of auditing for all state accounts.
The committee appointed was Gerdes, H. G..
Taylor, Harrington, Cotton and Mcclellan.
bill declaring stock yards to be public
markets and fixing the rates to be charged
for taking care OF stock was introduced in
the house by Representatives W.. u. Taylor
and Frank Dolezal as II. r. 80 The intro
duction of this bill recalls the long ana
bitter fight that was made In the thirty
first session Of the house by Taylor and
his friends TO get a similar measure
through The bill this year provides that
charges for loading and unloading, water
ing and Weighing. shall not exceed IS
load. Yarding loading and watering
charges are fixed at 20 cents per head,
calves cents, horses or mules Is cents
hogs cents and sheep 4 cents. Hay must
} not be charged for at a rate OF more than
35 cents per hundred pounds more than
the wholesale price in the same market
on the same day, or similarly IS cents over
the wholesale price per bushel OF corn
Stock yards companies must file with the
State Railway commission annually an
! itemlzed account Of transactions and gross
receipts and expenditures. The penalties
Irun from 500 fine to six months i'm
prisonment
There has always been considerable feel
ing among the shippers represented In the
legislature against the stock yards as they
are more or less hereditary enemies but
last session the skilfulu efforts OF a stock
yards attorney, who held a seat in the
senate we're too much for them and the
Legislation was defeated At one COMMITTEES
meeting in the senate this Omaha lawyer
appeared before his own colleagues as an
attorney for the stock yards and argued
, against the rates I'm the Taylor bin as too
low for business administration. The bill
was held up IN the senate after II had
, passed the house and was slaughtered
April J. when the Legislature took It's final
/, adjournment
ThiTtern Bills in the senate.
p In spite OF the ominouG fact that II was
Friday the thirteenth, thirteen bills we're
! introduced into the senate A few more
p were put on second reading and an sd-
} iournment was taken 10 3 o'clock Monday
I one hour later than the hour set by the
! house. Reagan Of Douglas INTRODUCED two
J bills. one makes II nalressance IN office
q for members OF the Omaha Park board 10
fan appropriate every year at least S8,OU
& ior music IN the parks
The other was directed against loan
e sharks and provided that no salary assign
; ment shall he enforceable IN the courts un-
less it shall have been signed by the wife