Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-04
Fight Over Tax
Bill of Governor
Looms in House
Determined Attack to Be
Made OH Measure Changing
''Antiquated'' System
Censorship Bill Up.

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ate File o5, Governor Mckelvie's tax
bill, which went through the senate
after undergoing a weeks lombard
ment, is easily the headline feature OF
the present session. The governor is
attempting to make sweeping chang
es i'll the alleged antiquated taxation
system of Nebraska. which, he says,
i. years behind the times i'll taxa
ton reform, compared to certain sis
ter states. The bill has made the
governor the center of attack in the
bitterest fight OF his political career
| So lar, the administration has
stood like a stone wall. Whether it
can withstand an attack in the turbu-
lent lower house is problem. The
bill must be considered there soon.
The interests fighting it are on the
ground. A determined attack will be
launched on the bill when it comes
up for consideration
| Representative George Williams of
Fillmore will lead administration
forces in pushing the measure
through the house. Williams has
worked night and day at joint meet
ings of the taxation committee. He
is well informed and conversant with
taxation problems from all angles.
Whether he can separate the wheat
from the chaff so to speak, clearly
enough so the lower house members
can understand what the administra-
ton is driving at is a question.
Saved Insurance Bill.
Ii Williams puts the taxation bill
through, the administration will have
two big jobs carried out, thanks to
the Fillmore county man. The ad-
ministration hail insurance bill was
near death when the 100000 re-
volving fund was cut out of it. Viii
iialns, by a series of committee
amendments which did away with
Objectionable features i'll the state
hail insurance business put IN by
democrats two years ago, fixed the
bill so it received approval OF the
house and senate.
Motion picture censorship, legal
cigaret selling, libel, teaching Ger
man in school, horse racing, boxing,
soldier bonus, anneXing Sarpy coun-
ty to Douglas country, recreatlng
the supreme court commission, un-
ion picketiig and new occupation
tax for foreign and domestic cor
porations are . few other of the big
problems left for solution on the
closing days. The solons hope two
weeks will finish the job.
Censorship will be considered in
the senate, possibly this week. Sem
ator Beebe will lead the anti-cen-
sorship fight and will introduce the
high license" substitute.
The boxing bill has been in
committee since March 7. Ameri-
can Legion men are expected at the
state house this week to spur conf
mittee members to haste in getting
the bill on general file before it too
late
The old Noryal language bill,
passed when feeling was at its
height during the war, has been
strengthened. 1t comes up in the
lower house at 10, Tuesday morn
ing. The American Legion is be-
hind the bill. Other powerful polit-
| ical interests are opposed to it.
The anti-cigaret bill, which if pas
sed, will make hundreds of law
breakers and law dehers in Nebras-
ka, who as past experience has
proved, will continue to sell cigarets,
is cerain to come up in the lower
house soon.
Its passage means taking thou
sands of dollars away from Nebras-
ka interests and giving the money to
Iowa firms who will handle the Ne
braska business from across the Mis-
souri, river. Nor is the passage of
the bill expected to sit we'll on for
mer soldiers. The bill will be hotly
contested.
Annexation Bill Popular.
The Randall-Hascall anti-picket-
ing bill is due to go on third read
ing in the house this week. If it pas
ses the house, the measure will un-
dergo fire in the senate.
The Sarpy-Dougqlas county an
nexation bill is increasing in popular
ity by leaps and bounds since men,
bers discovered that they could save
the state 100000 by putting the bill
through and thus, if all annexation
election is carried, throw the cost OF
paving road to Fort Crook OH the
willing shoulders of Douglas county.
This bill, revive dfrom death in conf
mittee few days ago, probably will
be considered in the lower house this
week.
The bill by Senator Cooper OF
Omaha, giving races opportunity to
sue for libel, growing out OF the at
tack on the Jews by Henry Ford,
will be considered in the senate next
week.
The Reed Mears corporation oc-
cupation tax bill, delayed from con-
sideration Saturday, to give members
an opportunity to study it, will be
considered in the lower house this
week. Then there are others, in
cluding:
Clinical psychologist" bill.
Farm warehouse bill.
State serum plant bill.
Randall -Hascall Omaha municipal
court bill.
Non-partisan judiciary and pri-
mary reform" bills.
It's certain to be reat show!