Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-28
TRsT PROVIDES PARTY COUNCILS
Modelled Upon New York System for
Nominations.
WILL PERMIT FUSION
Closed Primary, but Changed TO
Allow This Practice.
WAR ON MEDICAL APPROPRIATION
Lincoln Physicians DoinE Utmost 70
Prevent Establishment Of Med
teal Department in
Omaha.
From a staft ccrrespondentl }

From a staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. March 2e-Cspecial) Both
the senate and house put approval upon
new primary law today The senate
passed the Cordeal bill and the house put
on third reading the Gustafson- Evans
] closed primary act The Cordeal bill pro-
vides for a system OF nominations by
/ party councils The councils are TO be
made up from regulars Of each party
named in primaries The bill Is to a GER
tain extent modelled on the New York
primary system.
! In the house there was a fight made for
opening the primaries and Quackenbush
argued for some time for an amendment
to the Gustafson- Evans bill which would
completely change its character and allow
a voter a vote in any primary without de-
claring his party offiliRtion. When the
amendment was put TO a vote. however,
Il met with no support and only two or
three viva voce votes were cast for It.
House Permits Fusion.
An amendment permitting fusion, was
passed by a very slight margin with the
republicans against and the democrats in
favor. Evans although republican had
consented to introduce the matter TO amend
50 that any candidate might have his name
on the ballot any number Of times II proper
filings had been made. The vote was 70
to 81 and only three democrats, MsKissick,
MGtrau and Lindsey, were counted against
it on the standing vote. There was another
debate started upon the question after II
was settled, but no motion TO reconsider
Gcrdes amended the bill to insert the
was made.
registration laws, as they now are, and the
amendment went through. The law allows
an unregistered voter to swear out an af-
fidavit with the city clerk and be given
a certificate permitting him to vote
After the Quackenbush amendment maxi
ing the primaries open had been defeated,
the house agreed to recommend the bill
for third reading. unanimously
Night Sessions HeEiu.
Regular sessions were hegur hy the house
tonight and viii probably betheld during
the rest OF the week. The house has not
yet agreed upon date for final adjourn
ment and Is trying to get as much done as
possible before II must come to the reali-
zaton that the time is up Wednesday will
be the sixtieth day, when pay will stop.
Fight Medical Appropriation.
A desperate effort is being made by Lin
coin doctors Lincoln newspapers and Lin
coin business men to bring about a recon-
sideration for the appropriation for 500. 900.
for the university medical department at
Omaha Lincoln newspapers are printing
letters against the proposition from local
physicians and the natural rivalry between
allopathic practitioners and homeopathic
is being stirred up because the Omaha In
stitution Is allopathlc
The adverse feeling of Creighton univer-
sty interests is also being played upon
As yet no effort has been made, but at
the session tonight there was last chance
: for reconsideration,
No Raise for Deputies.
The governors veto today prevented the
, bill raising the pay for deputy county at
: torneys in Omaha from becoming a law
and the house has made no effort to pass
1t over his disapproval. The bnl. H. r.
No. II. was introduced by Moriarty, rails
ing the pay of four deputies to a minimum
- Of 5000 and a maximum of 1880. At pres
. ent they receive but 81. 800 as a maximum
The governor in his veto states the raise
e would call for unnecessary expenditures
! and that taxes in Douglas county are al
ready very high The message was as
. follows:
y 81 withhold my official signature from
- H. r. No. Il, because IL provides for an
e unnecessary expenditure in the county at
e torneys office in Douglas county. The
first deputy should get. in my opinion, two
e thousand fiva-hundred Cs2.5OOO0 dollars.
= as he puts In his entire time. And II this
$ measure made a provision for the raise
e in his salary alone, I would gladly approve
S the bill. But in the case OF the three
d other deputies who have private offices
t and their official positions not interfering
with their private practice. IL occurs to