Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-03-15
Orators Are Interrupted with Cstcalls.
Yells and Cheers.
OPPOSITION TO DoNoHoE BIZ
tFrom a statt correspondentl

LINCOLN. March H-tSpccal Should
the taxpayers of Nebraska take a day Off
and visit their democratic legislature, par
tcularly the house they would view with
alarm" the antics OF their representatives
even though they laughed and chcered and
applauded the exhibition. \ typical day
in the house is as entertaining as one "
the best comic operas on the road-were
hot the thought constantly present that en-
acting legislation is serious business
The house has no leader Those who
have the ability to lead and who were in
spired to work for the passage Of good
bills have become discouraged and seem
to have lost hope. W. J. Taylor. one OF
the ablest men on the floor. who started
out to work for wholesale legislation. now
wears the expression of a man who would
like to see the finish, and the quicker the
better.
But the house has developed into circus
and a whole string of side shows. Speaker
Pool has tried to make the members con
slider their business as serious, but ne might
! Just as well try to make water run up
! hill.
When Boelts of Merrick county practices
elocuton before the house a regiment Of
soldiers could not stop the Hear Hear
! and the constant applause and yells which
| perforate and punctuate every few words.
| The louder the cheers the more vigorous
goes the mind-mill gestures and the Boelts
| oratory.
stoecker's FRyOrItc Phrase.
Boelts speaks only, following Mr.. Stoecker
| of Douglas. stoecker is another statesman
! who never fails to impress his audience
with humorous sensations
Mr.. Speaker! AS personal favor.
say personal favor. Mr. Speaker, l ask
! that this bill be permitted TO go TO the
! general file" is one of Stoecker's favori'e
| appeals to the house, and when being inter
rupted with a few snorts and "Ha, Has
| he perslstentiy repeats "Mr Speaker,
ask this as a personal favor"
! Then the house sits down on Mr.. Stoecker
and he turns to Kraus of Douglas and
smiles, and Kraus moves silently over
toward Jerry Howard and hustles back
again when Jerry pokes out that under
! Jaw and makes a noise like snlrl.
Then Clark of Richardson county has 81
word to say.
"Yes, he's rich. He graduated at Hal-
ward" butts in Kelley of Furnas. which
makes Jerry Howard stop working on
amendments to the Tanner charter bill Ions
enough TO yeu out encouragement to Kei-
| ley. Nine times out Of ten whatever Clark
advocates then goes by the boards.
Then Schcelo of Seward gets into the
/ game:
Il am here TO build up every institution
in the state. ! was over in the old country
last summer and / saw the horrible condi-
tions there We want to encourage in
dustry. We must Kill this county option
bill
Then the eloquent gentleman from Sew
lutely sincere i'm what he advocates, is
stopped by the hurahs of the multitude
and sits down smiling and happy
or course, this haranguc, and cat calls
and yells and talking without recognition OF
permission from the speaker, is not per
mitted without a protest on the part Of
Mr.. Pool. lie keeps his gavel pounding all
the time and lie holows to the members 10
take their seats and on one accession even
the leather lunged" Cone gave up in de-
spair and stopped buh this adds to the
gaiety of the occasion and has little other
effect
All Against DOUglak County.
It is almost possible TO tell I'm advance
what is going to happen to a bill. If Doug
las county favOrs It it is ten to one the
bill is dead. No matter how hot the tenn
perature when Douglas county representa-
tves speak, the effect is like a cold blanket
on the whole room.
In the debate on the Carnegie foundation
fund, those who favored the bill were inter
rupted often that II was almost impos-
sible for them to speak at all During the
Clark speech, Kelley of Furnas interrupted
almost every sentence with a loud snort
of indignation. Wilson was interrupted the
same way and on all occasions he has 10
!
education. When Wilson had finished his
speech Leidigh OF Otoe county made "a
lunge for him, clasped his chin and jaw In
his strong hand, and Wilson and chair both
went over backward. Ledlgh then went to
the cloak room ana the incident was
marked only as a part OF the routine pro
ceedings by those around.
McCOl OF Gage snorts out his disapproval
of men and measures as often as II suits
him and the pounding of the gavcl falls a.
upon deaf ears. Holmes yells back al Nc
Coll and usually the man speaking takes
It for applause and talks louder.
In their seats sit the old-time members
haggard looking and worn-Snyder of IIar-
Ian. Taylor Of Hitchcock. Kuhl Schoettger,
Graft OF Cunning and Taylor Of Custer
They have written across their faces the
expression, I'VE deplorc' But they are
helpless.
As for Dan Nettleton, Dan Killen, Baker
OF York, Raper Of Pawnee and Noyes Of
Cass, republlcans-Well, their faces arc a
picture show during The performance They
have been backed off Tie boards long ago
Opposition 10 Donohoe Bill.
The ponohoe bill, providing for non
partisan Judiciary and nonpartssn board OF
regents OF the State university. has passed
the senate aud Is moving along easily with
no one paying particular attention 10 IT,
II Is considered by some to be q most
dangerous piece Of legislation. and atten-
tion will be called TO It when tbs Ia.AS1s-