Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-17
HOUSE REFUSES TO
MAKE STOCK DEAL
Report Killing Bill to Prohibit
Combinations Among Commits
sion Firms is Rejected.
BILL GOES TO GENERAL FILE
rrom a staff Correspondent

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LINCOLr7. Seb.. Feb. 1s-(speciai Tele-
gram. Tho house refused this morning
10 adopt the report OF the live stock
committee indefinitely postponing house
roll No. rs. the bill prohibiting combns-
tions In the buying OF stock on the South
Omaha Live Stock exchange. The house
did not take kindly to the agreement
made by the committee with the officers
Of the exchange. which specified that
there would be no rise In commissions
for the next two years and turned down
the report by a vote OF - to -. Howard.
Hunter. Miner and Negley Of the Douglas
county delegation voting yes, and Bur-
CESS, Chambers. Druesedow, Lundgren.
Palmer Richmond and Larson voting no,
with Barrett absent. The bill was placed
on the general file
Had Accepted Agreement.
The committee had accepted a written
guarantee from the South Omaha Live
Stock exchange that commission charges
would not be raised during the next two
years, as a satisfactory adjustment OF
the situation. II considered that this
would preserve existing conditions until
the next legislature meets and at that
time law could be passed n the need
for 81 was felt. Chairman Dau OF the
live stock and grazing committee had
written guarantee in his possession In the
form OF a letter from the secretary OF
the Live Stock exchange and a resolution
formally adopted by the board Of direc-
tors He proposed TO have thoseentered
in the house journal as a record which
would insure the carrying out of the
South Omaha organizations pledge.
Opposition Manifest.
This, however. was ont satisfactory to
the introducers OF the bill Mr.. Regain
moved not TO concur In the report and TO
place the bill on the general file. Mr..
Nichols. IN a speech TO the house. claimed
that the committee had not considered
the merits OF the bill at all. He declared
that ts Importance would warrant It's
being brought before the house for dis
cusEion.
Said Mr.. Nichols; An agreement was
made whereby the committee was to
smother this bill n the commission men
woulCwould not raise their rates for
two years"
There was no contract between the
committee and the live stock commission
men," responded Mr. Dau. They said
they would not raise their rates for two
years and sent a yetter 20 that effect
That's all there Is to IL, l want to
say that thesmail shippers are not for
this bill and they will not be benefited
by II. They need the protection which the
Live Stock exchange affords them"
How are the shippers protected. /
would like TO know" demanded Regan.
by bond Of $4,000 which every COM
mission dealer has to give" Dau an
swered.
II have talked with shippers zip In my
country" continued the latter, and all
OF them say TO me. For Cots sake.
don't pass that blll.'"
roll call was asked for and showed
fifty-four voting TO place the bill on
general file, while thirty -four voted 10
sustain the committed.
Vote on Measure.
The vote was as follows:
For the bills. Ainley. Barker. Blauser
brant. broome, Chambers of Thurston,
SlaybIrn, conley. Dafoe, Daily. Eber-
man, Fries. Fuller Harris, Northwestern,
liornby, Hostettler, Howard Howarth.
Hunter, Hynek, Ieary. Kline, Koch, Lag
gett. Lindsay Matteson. Mears, Meredith.
Myeenburg, Miner Mockett, Naylor. Neff.
Negley. Nichols. Merton. Orr, Patterson
Peterson, RaRen. Rueter, Reynolds OF
Red Willow, Reichick, Rudesill, Smith
snyder, stearns, Tibbets, TrumbeI. Wan
Dusen. Ward, Mr.. Speaker.-N
Against the bill; Bates Burgess Cham.
hers OF Douglas, Cox, Dau, Dreusedow
Elmelund. Evans Foster, Fox, FtIits
Goripley, Greenwalt, Hutton, Kaufman
Horff. LslBounty Larsen, Lundgren
Moseiey, Nelson. Palmer, Parkinson, Par.
riott. Roifenrath. Reisner, Reynolds OF
Lincoln. Richmond. Sass, Scudder, SEW
ers. Sorenson. 6tebbine. Stelnmeyer-54
Absent; Anderson. Andersen. Barrett
Scott, Slndelar Stevenson, Taylor. Wood.
hurst-i2. $500