Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-16
MEASURE UPON GENERAL FILE
Committee Report Reversed by Vote
of 66 TO 80.
EASTMAN BILL PUsHE DTO FRONT
Agricultural School Bill to Third
Reading in Senate,
KUHL NAMES sIFTERs OF HOUSE
Speaker Does Not Conform Exactly
to slate Prepared for This BODY
-GOvcrnOr Loscs Board
Appropriation.

CFrom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, March l5.-tSpeclal Telegram)
The appropriation OF 100000 Tor the
Omaha branch Of the state medical school,
to be expended in new laboratory buildings,
was saved from indefinite postponement
this morning by Grossman Of Douglas
Monday night the committee on finance
voted 10y viva voce vote TO postpone this
bin and reported It In that way TO the
house.
When the committee vote was taken two
members were absent on the understanding
that the bill would not come up and It
was believed that the postponement did
not fairly represent the committees
opinion. Grossman moved not 10 concur
in the report and read a statement signed
by seven members OF the committee OF
eleven, stating that the decision had been
made without the fun knowledge of the
whole committee These men we're Law
renee. Bushee, Kotouc, Barclay. Swan,
Harrington and Fuller, and, supported by
this evidence, Grossman got the committee
report reversed by vote OF &C to 80. The
bill went upon general file for considera-
ton by the committee of tne whole.
House sitting Committee.
The slate of the extreme vets failed to
land all tahe places on the house Sitting
toNlulllltt WHICH lncN ndN DlJhullth W XVI
The speaker announced the committee
as follows. by congressional districts;
First-Gerdes and Potts
Second-Lveu and McArdle.
Third-Regan and Lawrence.
Fourth--lEggenberger and Murphy
Fifth-W. n Taylor and Sink
Sxth-Fres and Bailey,
The republicans are two vets, Eager OF
lancaster and Haller Of Washington, and
one dry, Baker OF Yoaw.
This sitting committee will take charge
Of the general file ma few days and will
proceed to slft out the bills that seem
most worthy of consideration and bring
them up for consideration.
Change sin Maiatcnance BiII.
An effort to reduce the appropriation for
physical valuation work OF the railway
commission from SO 500 led by Prince was
defeated. 10 tile ass&tior made, by Col
| ton and others that % pass such change
would be favoring the railroads. Prince re-
piled that on the contrary the commits
sion would never finish the work until the
funds were cut short
Some of the changes made in the main
tenance bill before 1t was engrossed for
third reading were as follows:
The wages for the Hastngs asylum were
raised from $4,000 to SiO4,OOb
The secretary OF the state printing board
| now hairy lnolldHt Mdb ItAhlANh " aRtAAN
all his time at the state house In direct
supervision fthe work, to receive the
! compensation of $1,000
The wages fund Of the Beatrice home for
the feeble minded was raised from $4,000
to $35,OOO The general repair fund for this
school was reduced $1,000 in the morning
session. but Filley OF Gage succeeded in
getting it reconsdered.
The Grand Island soldiers home was
given an additional $4,000 for a hospital
and the Milford home received s. 600 for a
new dining room
A provisional appropriation of 81 600 was
ordered for the Lincoln asylum. This
amount is to be expended in new boilers
for the new buildings which are provided
for in a bill not yet passed
Advance Eastman Bill.
The Eastman bill for an agricultural
school I'm southwest Nebraska was for
warded to third reading by the senate this
afternoon after a discussion OF tho pro-
visions of the bill in regard to the location
of the school. skiles moved to amend to
give the Board Of Regents of the State
university the choice OF location. This
was objected to upon the ground that
amending the bin would probably kill II
through the difficulties in getting the
amendment accepted by the house. HoaE-
land said there was an understanding that
the Board of Public lands should locate
the school at Holdrege. The west would
not be served by school situated there
said the senator from Lincoln county, and
the location ought to be chosen by the
Board Of Regents. skiles insisted that
such an understanding had been reached
and that unless the amendment is made
the school will go TO Holdrege
Hoagland statement in regard to a letter
which he wrote TO citizens in Holdrege
; Tanner said that the school would be At
North Platte II the regents had the choice
and that for this reason HoaKland wanted
the amendment 10 stand. Hoagland denied
that the regents had made such a promise
and said that he had not made any effort
to get one The Skies amendment was
lost, by a standing vote
Hoagland then moved TO locate the school
in the western part Of the state without
regard TO north or south. but was voted
down. BY acclamation the bill was put
on third reading.
Governors Board BIN Killed.
The appropriation OF 81 500 for the board
OF the governors private family and serv-
ants was killed In the house this afternoon
after a fight. The granting OF this money
10 the governor was declared an unprece-
dented action and taken 20 give the chief
executive compensation greater than ls
allowed him under the constitution The
motion to amend the general maintenance
bill and cut out the provision was signed
by Skeen, Gerdes and Scheele and carried
by vote OF 10 40. A call OF the house
was necessary before II could be settled.
Five republicans voted for the Gerdes mo-
tion-Mockett Neir, Eager, Haller and
Hardin. The Lancaster man explained his
vote by saying that he believed the APP
prODriation was unconstitutional and Neir
Of Hamilton took the same sthand. Hardin
OF Harlin believed, he said, that 10 vote
the governor board for himself and family
would be establishing bad precedent.
Candidates have their eyes open when