Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-11
Final Day Continues -Four Days with
Stopped Clock
NO ACTION YET ON BIG BILLS
Governor Has Host of Measures to De-
eide Upon.
PHONE BILL CLOSELY SCANNED
Nothing to Indicate that u Contain,
Ncw Nnttcr-Omaha People Tre-
sent objections tn MCdi-
Cnt Measure,

LINCOLN, April Special p-.rhc Thir-
ty-seoond legislature Of Nebraska came to
It's formal close at S:i2 O'Clock this after
noon when q motion to adjourn sine die
was made On the house by Quavkcuhu-h
and m the senate 10y Skilcs At a matter
Of fact Quackcr bush was not even i'm the
state house whom his motion was read but
he had been given the honor and his
written motion had been in the clerks
hands all day.
This mornins it was agreed that the for
NAL hour for adjournment should be 1859
O'Clock Thursday April &, The Sliles mo-
tion reads as follows:
The hour OF 1850 having now arrived
and the senate and house having hereto
fore agreed upon final adjournment at
this hour, to-wit, Aprll 6. 1911 at II 30 y.
m. / now move that We adjourn sine die"
The clock stood al 1915 as It has stood
since The recess was taken Thursday night
aud the records and journals show only
one long day from that time TO today.
Those In al the Death.
In the house the audience entertaining
the final motion and watching tho last bills
signed consisted Of Members sink, Liver
Eggenberger, Harrington, W. u. Taylor
Mockett, Mckissick, Crossman and the
speaker.
In the senate President Morehead was IN
the chair and Senator'S Talcott McGrcw,
smith Of Fillmore, Selleck, Skles and jan
sen were I'm their seats. The hearty and
voclferous ayes which were shouted when
the motion to adjourn was put came from
a weary group Of stenographer clerks.
employees and newspaper men who hung
around watching the final obseauies, with
morbid interest Two resolutions were
passed by the senate this afternoon
Last Actual Work.
The last actual work was done yesterday
when the conference committees on the
general maintenance bill and the McArdle
motor vehicle bill reported their agree
ment. The offices Of the clerk OF tho
house and the secretary OF the senate viii
be busy for several weeks yet untn the
preliminary work of printing the journals
is finished.
OtOe Wants Forester school.
Senator Bartling during the last hours
introduced a resolution, which passed. call
ing attention TO the failure In congress Of
the Burkett measure 10 appropriate $3.50 600
for a forester school at Nebraska city
and asking the state delegation in Wash
ington to continue efforts to honor the
memory Of J. Sterling Morton by securing
lue esldplSullenl OF SuCn SCHOOL
The senate also passed resolutions Of
thanks to Secretary Smith and his staff
big bills In Balance.
The governor was notified this morning
by a committee Of Representatives Gross
man, Mockett and Gerdes and Senators
Reynolds, Selleck and Tanner, that the
| session was about to close In the last few
days the governor has been signing bills
at the rate of two or three an hour and his
office force Is exhausted with the strenuous
pace at which he is working them in try
ing to dispose of the mass of legislation
which he must finish within a few DAYS.
The bills signed we're minor for the most
part and he has failed as yet to dispose
Of any OF the measures which he may
possibly veto. The telephone bill the
Omaha appropriation bill, and the other
measures In doubt are stll hanging in
the balance.
Hearing on Medical BiI.
Another delegation of Omaha citizens was
heard this afternoon in final considcra-
ton Of the Omaha medical school appro-
| priation. Among them were business and
| professional men who came to protest
against the expenditure of 10000 for the
establishment OF medical department OF
the state university in Omaha. The dangers
| OF one part Of the university removed
from the general campus and the real lack
Of hospital facilities which are not already
controlled by Creighton university we're
presented as arguments.
! The delegation Included Harry Burnley,
T. J. Mahoney, DR.. Crowley, Ed simeraI
Or. Langdon, Dr. Nipple, John Power, Dave
shanshan, Judge Bartlett. Paul Martin and