Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-08
Ten Per Cent Petition to Exercise
Initiative.
ALBERT FIGHTS AGAINST ACTION
Members Protest Against Further
Delay on Bill,
CAPITAL REMOVAL UP TODAY
Lincoln Man suggests Maxine mn
special order soon mud Hall
County Member Advances
Time,

LINCOLN. Jan. Especial TeleEreml-
by a practically unanimous vote the senate
late this afternoon recommended tho inita-
tive and referendum bin for parsage. IN
amendment by Skues was adopted and
provision that made It possible to vote twice
on the same measure With pthreo years
II 20 per cent petition was circulated for
the privilege was stricken out.
The bilI as II stands enbodies all tho
provisions that were wanted by the most
radical OF it's supporters. with y per cent
petition for the referendum and 10 per cent
for the initiative
When the question OF recommending 1t for
passage was put to a vote a roll call was
impossible, as tho action was taken IN COM
mittee of the whole and no division was
necessary, senator Placek voted against
IL, and possibly one or two others.
The senate also resolved 20 recommend
to tho Nebraska delegation in congress sup
port Of the pending veterans pension MEAS
ure The debate on initiative aud refercn-
dun lasted until after 6 O'clock
The house will take up capital removal to-
morrow as a special order Of business. The
senate will take bills on third reading which
will probably bring to a vote county op-
ton and Sunday base ball
| Debate In senate.
Initiative and referendum had been made
a special order for this afternoon and was
taken up in committee OF the whole with
| Senator Smith of Fillmore in the chair.
Senator Skilcs author Of the senate bill
brought It before the committee, and an
effort was begun Immediately by Senator
Albert and others to get II referred to a
standing COMMITTEES 80 that amendments
the floor Thls brought an angry protest
| from senatorh who wanted the privilege of
discussing amendments on the floor, and
motion to suspend the rules and send the
bill back to the committee on constitutional
amendments. which has already reported
on II once, was defeated.
The amendment of Warner of johnson
county, which has been called a republi-
can measure ADD which would make it
necessary for all measures to be res,sel
by the legislature before they can be sub
mitted directly 70 the people was pro
posed. The bill, as drawn. Is regular
direct legislation measure. providing that
the people may with a 10 per cent petition
start any measure which plcases them and
bring II up at an election TO a vote. The
Warner amendment made It necessary for
every measure proposed by petition to go
first to the legislature, and II that BODY
refuses to pass It then II must be sub
mitted at a popular election.
Warner Amendment Lost.
Warner declared that the republican
party was not responsible for his amend
ment and this statement was supported
by Brown and other republicans Tibbets
declared il to be a subterfuge by which
1t was hoped to defeat altogether the OBJ
sect of the bill. The Warner amendment
was voted down by 2l TO z
The amendment by skiles providing that
only 80 per cent or more OF all the votes
cast at an election could be considered a
majority for the bill voted upon under the
initiative was passed
Amendments to raise the percentage for
initiating from 10 TO 10 and l2 were lost,
and an amendment by Pacek to make
the provision In skiles' amendment 10 in
stead of 50 was defeated.