Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-03
Asks Speakership and Control Of
Committees from Vets.
VETS MAKE LIBERAL OFFER BACK
COncede Leading Committee, Leader
ship and Hand in Organization.
FIGHT MAY GO UPON HOUSE FLOOR
Thirty-second session COnvenes nt
Noon To-day, with Disorgnnizn-
tiOn AppRrent-Republica
stand Firm.
Qgrom a staff Correspondent


LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. Especial Tele.
gram) )-Neither party nor faction yet has
a reliable organization for the convenint
of the Thirty y-second Nebraska Legislature
at noon tomorrow
E. b. Quackenbush dry democrat q.
Nemaha county claims to have enough
votes pledged TO elect him speaker, ant
John Kuhl, wet democrat, OF Cedar county
makes a similar claim. fractional caucuse,
today failed of results and wet and drS
committees of six members each are nov
wrestling for compromise.
Quackenbush came TO the vets today
demanding the speakership, chief clerk
ship, chairman of the judiciary committee
and a majority of the committee on COM
mittees.
He was offered in return the chairman
ship OF the committee on judiciary; that
Taylor OF Custer should head the commit
tee on enrolled and engrossed bills. the
drys to have the Craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on live stock and grazing covering
stock yards legislation; the penitentiary
committee and the privilege of naming the
third assistant clerk, providing he should
not be Trenmore Cone. The vets agreed
Quackenbush should be floor leader, pro-
viding he be not made speaker, and he
might name six members of the committee
on committees, to be selected from what
ever district he desired.
Conference Committees.
The conference committees were:
Wets-Gerdes, Lawrence, Skeen, Kotouc.
Leidigh and Swan.
Drys-Taylor, Bailey, Norton. Harrington.
Hatfield and Lindsey All save one of the
uaf or IA
district.
Representative Skeen is quoted as saying
that he told Quackenbush II the latter
would take the speakership fight to the
floor of the house he would follow him and
and be with him.
This shows how firm each side Is IN. IT'S
faith and how far from harmony they are
During all this time there was talk Of a
dark horse democrat for speaker in the
person OF w. q Taylor OF Hitchcock
county
where Coalition Falls.
The republicans caucused in the after
noon at the Lndell. The majority declare
that with their forty-sx members IN the
house, plus the nine recalcitrant dry demo-
Gratis they could yet wrest control from
the democrats and organize the house, but
four of these forty-slX republicans are
vets, Eager Of Lancaster, Prince of Han,
Hauer of Washington and Neir OF Hami.
ton, and they declare that any man they
support for speaker must be a republican;
that never will they vote for Quackenbush
or any other democrat.
There is a move toward a coalition OF dry
forces The republicans believe they could
secure the support OF the nine dry demo-
Gratis opposed to Kuhl for a man like
Anness of Otoe a dry member, and that
he ought to be entirely satisfactory, as lie
proabbIy would be. to the four vets.
The 'speakership boomlet of Gerdes of
Richardson. a wet democrat, has been re-
vived as a further complication and some.
what embarrasses Kuhl There is little
doubt in the minds Of old political medi.
cine mixers who are looking on of the
ability Of some wise dark horse to win
but wisdom is not as apparent here as dis
organization.
! Republicans in conference had Evans OF
| Adams for chairman and McKelvie of Ian.
caster for secretary and former Speaker
Mockett was made chairman of the com
mittee on organization. Prince OF Hal
was put on the committee as a concession
to the vets.
President of Senate.
John II. Moorehead of Richardson anc
|. W. Tlbbets OF Adams are rival demo
cratic candidates for president protein oi
the senate.
Chief Clerk Smith OF the 1909 senate. :
Seward county man, Is believed to be sur'
OF the place again n. J. Ludi OF Saun
ders is backed by Senator Placek OF saun
ders for the office and is Smiths chief op
ponent T.. A. Warath Of Polk. third as
sistant secretary in 1903, secretary OF ia,
pOpulist state committee, is carefully
watching for an opening.
Victor Wilson. rampant dry leader in IN
1909 house Is here as part OF the Quack
enbush machine and would like 70 be chic
clerk of the house. RiohmOnds friends
however, contend that they can save hin
that plum, no matter who Is electe,
speaker.