Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-07
QUAoKENBUsH LOSES HIS CHOICE
Dry Leader Put Aside for Grossman
for Judiciary Head.
Oils PROFITS BY EXPERIENCE
- Q So CorrespondenLl

wCtS and six drys. with the speaker as
the wet man with the balance Of power.
spent an the morning and most o. the
afternoon In the effort 10 set together on
few OF the important committee chain-
men and since Kuhl held the whip hand
over the drg-s most Of the State on cCm-
mittees will SO through without a hitcA
The committee refuses 60 go on record
with It's appointments however. until Mon
day.
Tnc most disappointed man in Lincoln
and the one man who did not SO homs.
although be lives within range and has not
committee work 10 keep him. was j. ~.
McNissick Of Gage. McKissick has beon
unceremcniously showed from the place he
thought he had on three committees Ia
succession and now he r. not certain
whether he win land at all. McKissick
came TO Pete Boland Of Douglas several
DAYS aEo and tried TO get the Omaha man
20 give up his claim TO the Chairmansihp
OF the committee on cities and towns.
This Boland refused 10 do. because the po-
sition has always gone 10 Douglas
county member. Boland was persuaded by
the other members Of the Douglas deloga-
tion 10 give 81 up q MoriHrity because
that member is a lawyer. end is was d.
cded that the omaha and Lincoln CHAR
ters would be taken care Of by a legally
trained member Poland surrendered Will
ingiy TO his colleagues but McKissick was
left out IN the cold.
Bob Holme ain Line.
McKissck came back to Roland with the
proposition that II he could set support
for himself as chairman OF the committee
on public lands and buildings he would
back Douglas county FOR anything, But
Bob Holmes Of Douglas was slated by the
controlling vote far this lob and Hoe
] podsky OF Saline. who was on this COM
mittee in the last session. wants 20 rot u
away from Holmes and has Some chsnea.
Here again NICK ssiek was pushed ASIDE
Then ne thought he had landed as chair
man OF the committee on insurance but
when the matter came up in committee
/ Speaker Kuhi czar of all the nppoint-
ments. thundered NO. McISissick o. an
! insurance man and surely no Insurance.
man should be allowed on that committee.
Gallagher Of Cunning the speakers
choice and Gallagher Il must be McEris-
sick was said 20 be dangerous TO frater-
nal insurance Interests because he is agent
for old line companies and 20 his doom
was sealed. He went TO Gallagher, tried
10 get the ear OF different members OF the
committee on committees. smiled and
looked persuasive but there is no hope on
the horizon for him. Just why he should
deserve such fate. no one seems 20
know, but a. any rate he Is not getting
anything from the thirteen.
( ouaekenbuEh Left.
/ Quaekenbush leader or the 6sznncratic
drys IN the house. wanted 10 be chairman
Of the judiciary committee. but Grossrnsa a
OF Omaha Is slated for the job and win
probably get II. QuAckenbush's failure is
a good instance OF the fact that seven
votes best six. All the drys IN the com
mittee are for him. but the man who beat
him out for speaker viii not give him the
sob ne wants.
The apportionment committee. is also &
tough puzzle. and as yet no one has been
landed al the head OF H. Apportionrnent
is going 10 be a hard fight in this session
and the committee viii ponder leng be-
fore anybody gets the place
slate en- Chairmnnships
Some Of the other slate preferences
that viii probably be confirmed are:
Roads and BridEes-Fries Of Howard
Live Stock and Grazing Bulla OF Douglas.
Finance-Gerdes OF Richardson.
Railroads-Sink OF Hall
Banks and Banking-SREel Of Saline
Claims-Grueber Of Thayer.
Corporations-Leidigh of Otoe
Since he threw Doe Tanner OF south
Omaha out Of the committee on commit
tees 80 uncsremoniously the other day Sen.
ator Oils. as chairman, has held the upper
, hand IN the senate choice OF chairman.
The wet faction headed by Volpp OF
. washington promised Tor a time 10 max,
! trouble. but its efforts 10 set help from ths
; wet republicans failed absolutely. 50 rhey
came into line without another word
! Volpp himself IL said 20 prefer the iusur-
- ancs committee and will undoubtedly Ee
that or the railroads lie wanted most o.
20 all 20 head the finance. ways and mean,
committee. but Oils has picked that oul
for himself
Tanner gets his job az chslrTusn of ms
csllaneous corporations back again. ana
the bills against the stock yards will EJ
through his hands. Reagan was slated bi
the oDuglRs county delegation 10 be chair
man Of municipal affairs but Horton hai
3 been chosen instead. and Reagan Is uuAs
q signed. nbbets will get the judiciary
b sxles constitutional amendments. Aber
2 appOru0nment. Lee. a dry democrat" tn
privileges and elections COMMITTEES. whioi
e viii handle county option bills: Placed
e highways and bridges and Talc0ti the On
a crossing committee. The final announces
Z ment Of the senate committees is also ns
y served uuul the members come back '
Lincoln again and probably will be mad
z Monday night
= The Nebraska state house presents al
p most as inactive an appearance today 4
d Il aid b week ago IN spite Of the fact tha
I the legislature is nov in session. Ever
member who aid not come from the "a
D corners Of the state is some home except I
: few who remained 10 fight ont the question
d Of representation on the committeez TIA
e clerks and secretaries Of the new regina
, are busy, however. In getting IN Their SUI
j. ITS and In fixing up the offices for 4
real WOrk that begins when the sessiol
begins tEaln Tuesday morning The com