Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25


the committee could never agree, the fif-
tenth man. Gates. being absent in the
hospital.
The motion was not put, and finally,
Holmes said:
Il move that we kill, the bill. What's the
use OF fooling around about Il? II we can't
agree. then let's kill 1t and be done
with It,"
One Of the outside members then sug-
gested that the bill be thrown into the
house on the general file. with no recon-
mendatlons. and this carried. Connolly of
the Douglas delegation voting no.
Oregon Plan Bin Advanced.
with Nebraska's Peerless Leader in the
capitol building to force them on, the sem
ate gave W.. j. Bryan another push toward
the United States senatorship today when
1t recommended for passage in committee
of the whole the Oregon plan of selecting a
United States senator. as embodied In II.
r. /, by Humphrey of Lancaster. BY a
strict party vote the bill was ordered ad-
vanced to third reading over the protests
of republican Members, who declared the
majority would regret the act. The ma
jority members smilingiy allowed the re-
publieans to protest and pushed the bill
hAoh9h hlAOh = WIN VI oAbChoHAOHs
In protest there were speeches by SEN
ators Raymond Of scott's Bluff, Gammill
OF Frontier. Wiltse of Cedar and Cain Of
Richardson. -
You poke this down our Alesmbfg
you may poke this thing down our
threats now" exclaimed Senator wiltse,
but the time will come when you will re-
greet what you have DONE
You democrats are In the majority now
and can do whatever you wish. 1t seems TO
me that you are pulling to the front a DO
litical issue every fifteen minutes. am
finding no fault. but the time will come
when we may be able to return the com
pliment."
Were used to that shouted Senator
Howell.
ut seems to me that the title of this bill
Is defective. II should read A bill for an
act to elect the Peerless One United States
senator
you might as well send a number OF
effigies down here to Lincoln as to enact
such a law as this. The members of the
legislature will be mere figureheads. Sc
far as ] am concerned, l shall not give my
consent to the passage of a law that will
take away from the representative of the
people all discretion. Let the people select
members in whom they have confidence
Don't send a lot of flgureheads down her,
whom the people will mark Bryan"
The Oregon plan of electing a Unitet
States senator as embodied in the Hum
phrey bill necessitates every candidate fol
the legislature promising or not promisin,
TO vote Tor the candidate receiving the plu
rality Of votes whether Of his politica
faith or not. II not pledging the Statement
Is made on the ballot that he refuses, a
is the statement he Will vote for the ''choic,
of the people for United States senator.
He must choose one course or the other.
Raymond Has Nodded Eli.
s. +. l60. by Raymond OF SCOTS Bluff,
modification OF the oregon plan, gave
candidate for the legislature the right I
declare in advance OF election and hsv
the declaration on the ballot whether h
: will vote for the candidate OF the part,
with the higest vote, whether he win re
gard the outcome Of the election as
recommendation merely and not binding, o
giving him permission to make no state
ment and to let his name so on the ballo
without a statement affixed. The bill wa
indefinitely postponed.
When the committee OF the whole re
ported. the vote was strictly on party linel
The republicans took further opportunity I
50 on record against the Oregon plan O
election. Senators Gammill and Cain mad
speeches, Senator Cain declaring that
was a plan to make a member of the legis
lature vote In a way distssteful TO him,
Senator Howell declared the republican
had been busy making apologies for tn
republican party in Oregon all the after
noon. They would take the government
away from the people
II have no apology to make" declare
Senator Wiltse. You must give the RI
publicans credit for standing by theI
pledges when they made them. Nebrask
is = republican state and the fact that theT
Is a majority % democrats In the legizls
ture shows that some have been elected b
republican votes. Some boast OF being 81
lected from . district that never befoI
elected q democrat. All at the time d,
clared tina they were nonpartisan. No,
they respond 20 every call and demand {
party.
But that Is all right You are gettln
rope enough and are putting the noo'