Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-17
Delegation for Second Congressional
District Ignores Stoecker.
.A CHARTER HELD UP
Intimation Delay in Naming Sitting
Committee is the Cause.
NORMAL SCHOOLS IN POLITICS
Bill Recommended for Passage for the
Naming of a New board by the
GOvernor--Bank Bill on
senate File.
CFrom a staff Correspondent)

tFrom a staff Correspondentl
LINCOLN, March REORGANIZATION
a voice raised to help him, Speaker Pool,
from the chair today. whipped the faction
of the democratic party which at the be-
ginning of the session took the power from
him to name the standing committees. To
do the Job the speaker was compelled TO
force the majority party TO repudiate it's
caucus agreement. but he did It single
handed and alone insofar as oratorical help
was concerned.
The fight was over the selection OF a sift-
ing committee.
The speaker opposed the proposition and
upon an attempt being made to name the
committee, he was successful in defeating
the motion by an adjournment.
From the outset the speaker has opposed
the sitting committee and to get around
him tho house held a caucus and decided
that the mint should be composed OF
two members from each congressional dis
trict, the speaker and two republicans. This
was one night last week. Since that time
all of the districts save the "unorganized
territory of Douglas have selected their
members of the committee.
Bowman of Nuckolls county late this aft
ernoon moved that the speaker appoint the
sitting committee as recommended by the
various districts and that 1t take immediate
charge OF the general file. The motion ex-
cluded tho Second district and Mr.. Bow
man explained that unless that district
made its selection tonight he would move
that the house do 1t tomorrow. The COM
mittee he reported was as follows. First
district, Leidigh and Gerdes: Third dis.
trict, Kuhl AID Lawrence; Fourth district,
Greuber and Hospodsky; Fifth district,
Marlatt and Eastman; Sixth district. Taylor
of Custer and Brown of Sherman: Mr..
Speaker. and Baker of York and Griffin of
Burt. republicans.
Where Pool Gets In.
When Bowman moved the adoption of
his motion, Speaker Pool, without leaving
the chair, said:
"Mr. Bowman. why do you take the
work out of the hands of 100 men and place
1t in the hands OF eight menu
Unless We have a sitting committee we
will have many important bills lost. We
will be unable TO reach the Omaha charter,
the Lincoln charter and many other Inn
portant measures II we continue at work
steadily on the general file as we have
done" replied Bowman.
who agreed upon this sitting commit
teeT' retorted Speaker Pool, How did you
name the republicans. The house has no
official knowledge that these are the men
the republicans desire on the committee
Taylor Of Custer then got the floor: "Mr.
Speaker" he said, 'the majority party held
a caucus and agreed upon the sitting com
mtttee. We decided that we would allow the
minority party two representatives on that
committee. The proprety of the sitting
committee cannot be questioned. II will
prevent confusion such as we have just seen
here over members attempting to raise inn
portant measures"
II move hat the appointment OF the stiff
ing committee be left to the speaker" in
terrupted Skeen of Nemaha.
Before putting the question Speaker Pool
said:
Remember, the question IL whether one
man can name the republicans on that COM
mittee. When we were In caucus Mr., Tay-
Ior told us the republicans were holding a
caucus TO name their members of the stiff
ing committee"
"rhe republicans in caucus named two
members for places on the Sitting commit
tee said Nettleton OF Clay, republican.
1--WE are we'll satisfied. We gave the mi
nority one representative on a committee OF
seven. You give us two members OF a COM
mittee of fifteen and we have no kick
coming"
I'VE decided the speaker should name the
republicans" yelled Shoemaker, and he was
at once jumped at by Boelts, who denied
II, and Nettleton hustled up the aisle 10 ask
him, What do you want?'
In the excitement Clark OF Richardson
moved to adjourn and Taylor OF Custer
raised the point OF order that a motion to
adjourn while a motion was pending was
out of order. The speaker put the motion
and II carried by a rising vote-4S to 81.
Normal schools tn Politics.
The house added to the proposed gigantic
political machine of the democratic party
this afternoon when it recommended for
passage the bill by Case providing for the
appointment OF a State Normal board, to
take the place of the present State Board
of Education.
BY the same action the house has prsc-
tically decreed that O"NeiIl is to have the
new normal school should the legislature
pass the bill providing for the extra school.
This conclusion Is based on the fact that
the bill by Case is the work OF Arthur
Mullen, first aide TO Governor Shallen-
berger, and as he engineered the bill, drew
IL and watched over #, there is no doubt
he will have a hand In selecting the mem
beers Of the board, which are to be ap-
pointed by the governor. The board selects
the location OF the proposed normal school.
Whether the bill will be able TO muster
, nfty-one votes ON final passage Is a ques-
ton. because It Is now beginning 10 be gen
, orally understood that II It does, then IT is
goodbye to any normal school In western
[ Nebraska save at the home OF Arthur Null
len.
, The bill provides that the. governor shall
name five members OF the new board inn
} mediately- upon the approval Of the act,
and the other members are the state treas
; urer and the state superintendent The
; present board will go out Of existAncs upon
|. the signing Of the bill by the governor.
, Some OF the members OF this hoard have
a number Of years yet TO serve. but thia