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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY SO, 1919. AUTHiEPOTISM BILL SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE Conditions in Small Counties of Nebraska Make Sweep ing Measure Too Drastic; Propose Some Changes. By a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 29. It was a democrat, Jacobson, of Dawson, a member of the committee on privi leges and elections, who made the motion to postpone indefinitely House Roll No. 17, Jerry Howard's nepotism bill. This fact was brought out today in a debate for the recommitment of the measure in the committee of the whole after an Omaha morning paper had made the declaration that the bill had been chloroformed in the lethal chamber by a committee wholly republican in its makeup. The bill finally was recommitted on motion of Howard. Dr. Jenison, chairman of the com mittee, explaining the action of the body, said it recommended indefi nite postponement of the bill because of protests from county officers in the western part of the state who said it was impossible to obtain assistants during the past year and they had to call in wives, daughters, sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts to help out during a press of work. Made by Jacobson. He also said there were certain state institutftms where wives of of ficers acted as matrons, and where it was necessary to employ relatives of officials to keep up the work and efficiency of the institutions. He explained, that the motion to postpone indefinitely the bill under consideration was made by Jacob son, a democratic member of the committee. Mr. Jacobson said not a member of the committee was in favor of nepotism, but there were certain conditions in the sparsely settiai counties of the west and in some of the state institutions which woulj make the working of the proposed 'aw a hardship. Boost tve Best Bill. He sa:d he took the position that when county officers or others would employ their whole families and abuse the powers conferred on them in appointing assistants the voters could be depended upon to act as a safety valve and rebuke this abuse of power, as well as revoke it by refusing to elect to office a can didate so offending the public sense of fairness. He said: "If I had a bill in the house, and there were two other bills on the same subject, and any one of the three were better and fairer than my bill, I would not kick if the committee were to kill my bill and adopt the better of the three bills submitted. It is the duty of a committee to kill the poorer bills on the same subject and raise the best." Foster of Douglas called the at tention of t'le house to the fact that he had, on the preceding day, intro duced a bill against nepotism, which was a fairer and better bill than the Howard bill. A voV was taken on the motion State House News From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln. Jan. t RprMntitlvn of SO or 30 amnU Nebraska telephone companies attended a hearing hofore tha Nebraska railway commission Wednesday, most of them In opposition to a plan of tha com mission to require a uniform bookkeeplnf snei S'VountltiK system prescribed By u. u. Powell, rate expert for tha commission. The Davenport and Ohlowa Telephone company of Davenport. Neb., has applied to. the Nebraska railway commission for an Increase In telephone ratea. Tha com pany submits a showlnc that tt made no profit either In 117 or 1911. Miss Katherlna R. H. Flood, secretary at national headquarters Grand Army of the Republic. Security National bulkllnf. left on an afternoon train for Boston to at tend the funeral of a brother. for recommitment after Howard had scored the house in bitter language and Howard's motion won by a vote of 35 opposed to 39 for. It is stated that two of the Dou Ias county members voted for How ard's motion, under the impression they were opposed to it. Nebraska Real Estate Dealers Form Association Lincoln, Jan. 29. (Special.) -The Nebraska Real Estate Dealers' as sociation was organized at a meet ing at the Lindelt hotel Tuesday night. These officers were elected: President, John J. Strunk, Indlanola; vice president, John Lonatn, Lincoln: secretary-treasurer. U. J. Mauel, Lincoln. A board of directors was chosen by congressional districts as fol lows: First district, J. H. Humps, Lincoln; second district. Ray Stephenson, Omaha; third district. J. H. Pleper, Albion; fourth district, K. P. Mumford, Beatrice; fifth district. D. M. Marti. Hastings: sixth dis trict. C. E. Lockwood, Kimball, and Arah L. Hungerford, Crawford. Sixty dealers from various por tions of the state were present. It is estimated there are 2,000 realty men in Nebraska. Dr. George E. Condra, of the uni versity, addressed the men. He said he was pleased to learn that the real estate dealers of Nebraska had firm ly arrayed themselves against mis representation in the handling of lands. Barrows Has Full Power of Governor for Week Lincoln, Jan. 29. (Special.) Lieut. Gov. 1. A. liarrows turned his- duties as presiding officer of the senate over to President Pro Tem B. K. Bushee, to assume for a week the duties and perogatives of gov ernor, in absence from the state of Gov. S. R. McKelvie, who left for Washington, D. C, on Tuesday. Acting Governor Harrow's first official act was signing notarial com missions for D. R. McCalium of Chase county and Fred E. Fcro of Omaha. The lieutenant governor now has the powers of governor and will preside at a number of state board meetings during the week. Jury in Kern Sedition Case Fails to Agree on Verdict Fremont. Neb., Jan. 29. Special to The liee) The jury in the case of Earnest Kern of North Bend, carged with sedition, disagreed af ter deliberating from 3:35 . p. m. Tuesday until 8:30 a. m. today. The case was tried in the district court at Fremont. Kern is alleged to have made dislayal remarks about the North Bend home guards and. offi cers of t'le organization. BERKA TO BAN BED FLAG BY LAW OF NEBRASKA Douglas Couty Member Would Make It Felony to Flaunt It as Sign of De- fiance of Order. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Jan. 29. Bolsheviki po tential or actual will be treated as felons in Nebraska if they fly the red flag of anarchy as the symbol of contempt or defiance to the laws of the land or its constituted authority, in the event that a bill introduced by Berka of Douglas, becomes a law. Only the Stars and Stripes can exemplify the ideals or spirit of the people of the state of Nebraska, where a banner is needed to convey such, an expression, and the red flag can only be used as a warning of danger jn the signal service of rail road companies in the future. ,The law is a drastic one and also includes the display of the black flag in its features of prohibition, and makes the fact of possession of cither one of the two, emblems prima facie evidence of intent to violate the law. The fine imposed is not more than $1,000 with an alternative penalty of not more than five years of imprisonment. f Goes After Lobbyists. Lobbyists seem to be in poor re pute, whether their motives be sin cerely altruistic or otherwise. Matthewson of Fillmore, would compel all persons interested in leg islation of any character, whether pa d agents or otherwise to register. After havintr been thoroughly threshed out in various meetings of the roads and bridge committees, a bill designed for construction and maintenance of a state system ot highways was introduced by the committee. The hearing's of the body were ex tensively attended and leading good roads men of the state appeared and rrave their views. The bill provides that the system of state highways shall be under the direction of a state board which shall have the power to enforce its regulations. Special Fees Provided. A second bill by the same commit tee provides ;or the levying ot a special license on m6tor vehicles and gives the power of registration and control of the same to the state board of highways and irrigation. Fees of S5 are provided tor all motorcycles and light trailer and $10 for all cars up to 2.000 pounds and 50 cents additional for each 200 pounds weight in excess, J. he funds thus realized will be paid into the state hiehwav fund and will be dis bursed so that 75 per cent will be distributed by the state highway commission and 25 perl cent by the district road authorities, in each county in proportion to the funds received in the county. . As a result Of the success ot state wide prohibition movement, Will iams of Fillmore, proposes a new holiday, the date to be designated by the state superintendent of schools and to be known as "Francis R. Willard Day. I his is in honor of the pioneer prohibitionist. Grand Island Folks Rise in Their Wrath i Over Capital Bill From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. A man without a home ! A man condemned to remain away from his own vine and fig tree is the dilemma that McLellan of Grand Island, arch plotter for capital removal, finds himself in as a result of the blowup of his scheme. An outraged constituency, dis appointed because he failed to bring home the bacon, delegated Mayor Clary, of the biggest little city on earth, to send Representa tive McLellan the following tele gram, after the result of the vote on the capital removal amendment had been announced to them: "Eighteen votes don't get youN anywhere. Either get the votes or don't come home. "Leo Clary, Mayor, and many others." "Mack" says he will retire to a "soddy" located near Alda, another big little city which boasts of a fine lumber yard, but no ambitions to become the state capital. LEGALIZE SALE OF CIGARETS BY M'LEOD BILL Colfax Member Says Return ing. Soldiers Should Not Be Denied Purchase in Legal Manner. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. Among the 23 new bills introduced in the iower house of the legislature today, was one by McLeod of Colfax, which regulates and licenses the sale of cigarets and cigaret mater ials to persons over 18 years of age, and which provides penalties for vio lations and for the misrepresenta tion of age by minors. The proposed law specifies that .t shall be unlawful for any person or firm to sell cigarets or cigaret material without first procuring a license, the term of which shall run for one year. In cities of the metro politan class, the license shall be $50, in cities of the second class, $25 and in villages $10. To Pay License Fees. License fees are to be paid into the school funds, as are also all fines for convxtion of the law. Penalties for the unlawful sale of c'garets to minors are revocation of the license and a fine ranging from $50 to' $100 for each offense, or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days or more than CO days. 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My bill provides strict penalties for vio lation of its provisions and I feei quite sure that the dealers, who se cure licenses, will sec to ft that the law is strictly obeyed. Necessary For Soldiers. "The war has demonstrated that cigarets are necessary for the hap piness and comfort of our soldiers, and the same have been freely dis tributed by our Red Cross, Young Men's Christian and Knights of Col umbus associations. "My bill does not repeal the exist ing laws as to the use of tobacco by minors and I feel that it will do much good to relieve the present situation in regard to the sale of cig arets in this state. "Our soldiers and sailors are re turning and we ought not to deny them the right to obtain cigarets in a lawful manner. We owe them much and they are entitled to our care and consideration. I do not believe than any fair-minded person would deny them the right to use cigarets. "If our fighting boys want to use cigarets I am glad to make it law ful for them to do so. We can thereby, in a measure, show them that we fully appreciate the great sacrifice they made for us and hu manity." Back from Overseas. Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) Capt. F. E. Crawford of old com pany K, Fifth Nebraska regiment, Wymore has arrived at Camp Mer ritt, Md., with a large number ot sick and wounded soldiers from overseas. He expects to return soon to Wymore. BARS FOREIGN LANGUAGE UNDER EIGIITHJBRADE Senate Redrafts Much Dis cussed Measure to Re strict Instruction in Foreign Speech. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Jan. 2. (Special.) With hardly a ripple the Nebraska senate today formulated its legisla tive program relative to foreign lan guage instruction in the public schools by amending the Siman bill, S. F. No. 24, so as practically to redraft the wording of the meas ure. It wlks ordered engrossed and advanced to the third reading. Under the provisions of the bill. which the senate finally approved, it is made unlawful for any person, in dividually or as a teacher in any private, denominational, church, parochial or public school to teach any subject to any child in other language than the English language until such child shall have attained and successfully passed the eighth grade. It is provided that evidence of such a qualification shall be a certificate of graduation from the county superintendent of the county in which the child resides. What Bill Does. It is further provided that no for eign language shall be taught as a language in private, church, denom inational, parochial school below the ninth grade nor above the eighth grade unless the teaching of such language is prescribed in the curric ulum designated by the state super intendent of public instruction. During the debate in the commit tee of the whole it developed that the bill would accomplish these ob jects: Place absolute ban on foreign language instruction in all schools below the eighth grade. Place superintendent of public in struction in charge of foreign lan guage instruction above the eighth grade. Replying to a question, Senator J. F. Cordcal, who drafted the amendments finally accepted by the senate committee of the whole as its foreign language measure, said that it was his understanding the University of Nebraska regents and the State Normal board would be directly under the superintendent of public instruction insofar as courses in foreign languages are given in these institutions. The amended bill makes it a mis demeanor to violate any of the pro visions and provides a fine of from $25 to $100 or-3 fldays in the county jail upon conviction. 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