Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-20

been no tOunQatlOn Tor any CndfBe VI hlblH-
uaton of immoral conduct on the part OF
No testimony has ben submitted to US,
nor have we been able to discover any tes-
timony which would show that the conduct
of Mr.. McMullen has been anything but
exemplary, or that his character has been
that the charges made In the letter are
utterly without any foundation and were
inspired solely by a desire to retaliate for
a fancied wrong.
(sgned.) f. w BROWN,
The rumors circulated seemed to have
originated from a statement of an employe
that he had seen a man and woman in a
compromising position in a committee
room. The employe made affidavit that
McMullen was not the man.
Prohibition Amendment to Front.
The house had another wrestle with the
prohibition question this afternoon and
went on record by a great big majority in
favor of putting the proposed prohibition
amendment on general file for discussion,
after the committee had recommended 1t
for indefinite postponement. As soon as
Chairman Tucker reported the action of
the committee, Whitman of Johnson sub
mitted a minority report that the bill be
placed on general Ale. and the motion car
ried by a vote Of 50 to IS. Many Of those
talking for placing the bill on general file
made It plain that their action today should
in no wise be construed to mean that they
favored prohibition, nor that they would
vote for the amendment were It proposed
at the next election, Among those who
talked for the bill to go general Ale
were Raper, Hagemeister Noyes, Henry,
Hart, Redmond, Hansen, Armstrong and
| whitman. Those who opposed It were:
| Theissen, Carlin, Walsh and Hin. Most of
these explained that If the legislature
| passed a constitutional convention call,
that convention could take care Of the
matter. All OF the Douglas delegation, ex-
| cept Clarke and Dodge voted against the
bill going on general file. Clarke did not
answer the roll and Dodge voted for the
| bill to go on the file. During the discus
sloE, a female lobbyist stood back of the
railing and checked off the names Of the
speakers and voters, marking them for
future reference.
The first rattle out OF the box this morn
| ing Hart OF York moved to hold night ses-
sions tonight, Wednesday and Thursday
nights and the motion carried with a
whoop Then Doran got reconsideration
OF the action on his stock yards bill, and
1t was agreed to discuss 1t together with
the Adams bill next Thursday morning.
... Appropriation Bill Up.
During the afternoon the house dis
cussed in the committee OF the whole the
general appropriation bill and got through
with about half Of II. The following
changes were made:
For furniture and office equipment in
governors office, increased from 1900 to
5000; additional appropriation Of 5000 was
made for furniture in governors mansion;
travelling expenses increased from 500 TO
81 800
For the state Banking board provision
for an additional examiner We S-ade, the
appropriation being increased from $500.
| to $780,
In the food commission department office
expenses were raised from 5000 to $3.50
and travelling expenses from $4,000 to 1890
Provision was made for g. 900 for the State
Board OF Health in the collection Of vital
statistics
Department OF adjutant general was de-