Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-09
Platte County Man Will Head the r..
Distrioting Committee.
oUACKENBUsH YET OUT IN COLD
Refuses Corporations and it Appears
Will Get Left in Shuttle.
OPTION BILL TO GO TO LAWRENCE
Lcidigh slated 60 lie Chairman OF
House Committee ON Railroads.
MOriRrity Keeps Head OF cities
and Towns.
nFrom staff Corresnondentl

LINCOLN Jan. S--(Special Telegram
Late tonight the slate OF the house COM
mlttee on committees was almost entirely
made up and nothing remained to be done
but to consult with the republicans and
then to force the dictum Of the committee
down the throats Of the revolving disap-
poined ones.
The republican slated to present the
choice Of the minority for those who shall
go on the committee is Bassctt and he
will consult with the rest OF the minority
and be ready by Monday night to come
to an agreement.
The further disposition Of the chairman
ships has resulted in the important appor-
tlonment chairmanship going to Rcgan OF
Platte and banks and banking to sagl
Federal relations, which was the crump
Offered Quackenbush by the majority in
the committee will go to Doleaal Quack-
enbush has refused it and has also refused
corporations, so the majority cannot decide
where to put him
Kotouc, who is one of the most seriously
disgruntled vets because he could not get
finance will be offered miscellaneous sub
iects.
Lawrence Handles Options
Privileges and elections. the committee
which wi consider county option. has
been defiui.sly assigned to Lawrence.
Holmes OF Douglas has been crowded out
OF public lands and buildings and 1t win
go TO Eastman
HospodsSy who wanted the place will
get public printing
Harrington is enraged because he was
taken off railroads as chairman and re-
duced to a subordinate position on that
committee lie will be chairman of school
lands and buildings
Two of the committees as the democrats
have fixed up their own share of the posi-
| tions are as follows:
Cities and Towns -Moriarlty Bulla.
Boland and Holmes OF Douglas, Hatfield.
Mckissick, Weesner, Bailey, Grueber and
Eastman The republicans viii got five
members on this committee.
Embellishments, Lcidish, Matrau,
Candy, Grueber, Boland, Bulla. Gallagher.
Quackenbush, Lindsey and Sink, and the
republicans will have six.
senate selections.
| The senate committee on committees will
probaly have no trouble In getting its
selections accepted without a fight and
most Of them are made up.
The most important ones as they will
finally stand are:
Municipal Affalrs-Horton sklles and
Tanner, democrats, and seeckC repub-
ican.
Miscellaneous Corporations Tanner. OIL
lis Bartos Buhrman and Horton, demo-
Gratis and A. a. Smith and McGraw, re-
publicans.
Finance-Olis, Vlopp. Kohl Tibbetts.
Banning, Morehead, democrats; and Brown
A. A. Smith and Reynolds. republicans
Every lawyer in the senate except Ned
Brown. who has quit praotcing. win be
on the judiciary committee with Tibbetts,
chairman.
Privileges and elections will be made up
with Lee, Talcott. Albert Bodinson and
Reagan, democrats; and Brown and j.
M. Cox, republicans.
| As this committee will probably have the
county option bill in the senate also, the
fact that there are only two republicans
on it may affect that issue
IuII before storm.
The quiet around legislative headauar-
ters today is the lull that precedes the
storm. No committees or medicine mixers
are working, but most of them are doing
some heavy thinking that is expected to
bear fruit either IN the proposed demo-
cratic house caucus, scheduled for tomor-
row night, or on the floor OF the house.
Both the house and senate committees on
committees are now about ready TO re-
port and tomorrow they will publicly an
nounce the decisions which have been the
occasion Of so much guesswork for sew
eral DAYS. Speaker Kuhl, chairman of
the house committee, expects to finish par
ceiling out the various positions very
shortly after the other members Of the
committee get back, Senator Oils chair
man of the upper house committee. says
that the choices which he has made can
be ratified I'm an hours time unless there
is revolt among the senators, as there is
sure to be among the representatives,
Kotouc. McKissiok, saH and. others
among the wet democrats, Quackenbush
and his band Of nine dry democrats are
making coy advances toward getting to-
gether because Speaker Kuhl and Douglas
county have crowded them out OF the lime
light. They refuse to take what one Of the
other faction sarcasticany termed mice,
easy jobs, where there n nothing TO do
They thirst for labor and want TO take the
responsibilities Of rbnning the state onto
their own shoulders, Failing to get a chan e
TO labor they thirst for blood. That Is why
Speaker Kuhl has a worried look and hides
his secret dread OF what is going 10 breaI,
over him when he tries to get the dispen-
sation OF his committee ratified IN caucus.
OnIy One Issue.
The actions OF this committee have 80
riyen open the harmony Of the democrat q
majority that such small matters as
county option are being completely for
gotten. Vets and drys In the common
disappointment OF being turned down IN
their chalrmanship aspirations are max
ing a common cause and the liquor issue
is rapidly being pushed into the back
ground as a basis Of oblivion.
Most Of the legislators who are out Of
town will return tomorrow and get ready
TO begin actual work Tuesday morning
ONLY MINISTER WHO is MEMBER