Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-08


measure under the nfth rib with a long
dirk. In the committee the senator was
outvoted because Of the absence of some
Of his followers. but Il Is a safe bet that
IN thu ssnsta he will put the iron into
the measurs where Il will bied. This will
tend to induce q feeling of brotherly love
between the house members who voted for
II md the senate md possibly II will not.
Sentiment on oregon Plan.
As an Indication OF what the snate really
thinks Of Mr. Bryaffs plan to adopt the
Oregon plan OF selecting United states
senator, Il is said the. committee on privi-
Ieges ana elections win put on general file
with the cherished bill of the Nebraska
leader senator Raymond's bill. 8. f. 100,
for a modification OF the oregon plan.
The SCOTS Bluff member would give a
candidate for. the legislature the right to
declare his preference for United States
senator or not and his bill provides four
choices or statements. He may take the
party choice, the candidate receiving the
plurality vote and he may refuse entirely
to make a choice. As Senator Raymond Is
a republican. the democrats are probably
not supporting his bill. but there is as yet
no indication the oregon plan as expressed
in the Humphrey bill h to be received with
open arms in the upper house. o.
Suffrage a. Good as Dead.
Senator Miiler's woman suffrage bill is
being held off In the senate, though on
general file. pending a hearing Of the ques-
ton before the house committee, which has
been arranged for at an early date. The
action OF the committee on constitutional
Amendments Of the senate In getting the
bill on general file before there was time
Tor a hearing forestalled a long session, so
immediately after the advocates of the bill
hurried to the house and saw to 1t that
the privilege OF making an appeal was
granted there. After that takes place the
senate will be free to act. The bill requires
a three~fifths vote and there Il no posi-
biiity OF It's passing in the upper house.
Delay in discussion in the senate Is occa-
stoned probably BY the desire to give the
women a chance to talk and not TO kill
{ before their public hearing, thus throwing
.old water on their aspirations.
Donohoe the Grand TaIker.
In the debate on Senator ain bill to
permit the governor to. determine the date
Of execution OF . criminal condemned to
die, which would result practically in the
abolition OF capital punishment. several Of
the senator's for the first time had the
opportunity to display their oratoricai abil-
ity. Senator Brown OF Lancaster, who is
a speaker of great ability and who Is also
opposed to capital punishment, was in the
chair and could not talk, but in hts place
Senator Donohoe OF Holt county made an
extended address in which he revealed
great ability as a pleader. He opposed
capital punishment az q retreat to the ways
OF barbarism and said by countenancing It
society, holds the unfortunate and often
times mentally irresponsible one, so made
through no fault OF his own, equally respon-
sibie with the person able to control him
self. The manner OF his address marked
the senator from Holt as one of the orators
Of the upper house, though his argument
did not suit Senator Tibbets OF Adams at
all. who opposed the bill. On the vote ten
senators only were for aboIishing the pres
emit system.
Markin9 Oregon Trail.
Daughters OF the American revolution are
making an effort TO secure an aporopria-
ton to mark the old oregon trail through
Nebraska. A committee of three members
of the local chapter Of the order. headed
by Mrs. c. b. Letton Of Lincoln. have regis
tered as lobbyists for the purpose. of push
ms this bill, which has already been intro
duced in the house. A partly national
movement is In progress to establish land
marks necessary to mark the trail. Colo
ado solons have a bill before them similar
to the one introduced here to mark the old
Santa Fe trail, following the legislature OF
Kansas. which has appropriated money for
the purpose In that state.
The Oregon trail enters Nebraska at the
extreme southwestern end OF Gage county.
follows The Little Blue river to the north
west and strikes the Platte river east Of
Kearney. The stream is Followed into
wyoming. over this route from Fort
Leavenworth TO Oregon the pioneers trav-
eled and along Il are many spots Of his
torie interest.
II Is proposed to use the money for the
purpose OF erecting at intervals Of six miles
granite stones appropriately engraved. As
far so practicable the places marked will
be ones where there was a massacre or
other Incident worthy of commemoration.
These will cost about SIC each.
In Kansas the work OF setting them up was
paid for by the county boards of the
counties In which they were set up.
The bill in the Nebraska legislature 10
II. n. 240 and appropriates $4,000, The route
lies Ia Gage, jefferson. Thayer. Nuckolls,
Clay, Adams. Kearney. Phelps, Gosper,
Dawson. Lincoln. Keith Deuel. Morrill, and
scott's Bluff counties.