Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-23
Measure to Rc,listrict Nebraska is
Pushed Ahead.
OMAHA AID CLUB BILL GOES
Special Senate Committee Will Advise
Its Advancement.
Oils BILL SLATED FOR THE AXE
House Committee votes 60 Postpone
~ and FiRht over Report E1-
BeCted in Lower Body This
Morning.

LINCOLN. March % -tSpecialD-~The
Pacek reapportiopmcnt bill dividing the
state into new legislative districts vas
put ON third reading by the senate this
morning
The Plsccll plan has been much critI-
clscd by republicans. but the democratic
majority at caucus held several weeks
aEo, agreed to stand 10y H. The fact that
its provisions In several Instances arr
grossly in favor Of tho democratic dis
tricts Of the state has not prevented its
receiving support from members OF that
party. Douglas county Is generously pro-
vidcd for getting five senator's instead Of
three, and twelve representatives instead
OF nine. This viii give Douglas county
more than one-seNcnth Of the senate and
one-ninth Of the house. Lancaster county
gets six representatives instead Of four, bur
only two senators as It has now
When this bin makes it's appearance in
the house undoubtedly some changes will
he made in it, Gerrymendering features
are not so evident in the districting for
members OF the lower house as for sena-
tors
judicial RcnpportiOnment.
With the Tlacck bin. fne Albert judicial
respportionment bin was also put ahead for
final consideration. The Albert bill ar
ranges the seventeen districts. with coun-
ties grouped as follows.
First-Jeffersou. Gage. Johnson, Pawnee,
Nemaha and Richardson; two Judges
Second-Sarpy. Cass and Otoe; one Judge.
Third-Lancastcr: three Judges
Fourth-Douglas Washington and Burt;
one judge.
Fifth-Hamlton. Polk. York, Butler.
Seward and Saunders; two Judges.
sixth-Boone Nance Meriick, Platte,
Colfax and Dodge; two judges
Seventh-Clay Fillmore Saline, Thayer
and Nuckolls; seven Judges.
Eighth-Cuming, Wayne. Thurston, pa
kota. Dixon and Cedar; one Judge
| Ninth-Knox Antelope Pierce, Madison
and stanton; one judgde.
Tenth-Phelps. Kesrncy ADAMS. Web
ster. Harlan and Franklin ong Judge,
Eleventh-HalI. Howard. Graley VALLEY,
Wheeler. Garfield Lonp. Blhl6e, Thomas
| Hooker and Grant: two judges
| Twelfth-Custer. sherman, Dawson and
Buffalo; one judge.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Logan, Lincoln
and Keith; one judge.
/ Fourteenth-Chase. Hayes, Frontier, Cos.
per Furnas, Red Willow, Hitchcock Per-
| kins and Dundy.
Fifteenth-KeyaPaha Brown, Boyd, Holt
and Rock; one Judge
| sixteenth-Cherry sheridan Dawes Box
Butte and Sioux; one Judge.
! Seventeenth - Garden. Deuel., Morrill,,
Cheyenne. SCOTS Bluff, Banner and kim
ball; one judge.
Primary Bill Advanced.
| The senate advanced to a third reading
the only primary bill which Is up in that
branch Of the legislature. The bill by Cor
deal Of Red Willow is modelled to a GER
tain extent on the New York primary laws
and provides for nomination OF party can
didates by primaries through party coun-
ellis. Party committees are to be chosen
at regular. primaries The candidates are
to be regularly named by these commit
tees. The primary bills now pending in
the house are Of quite a different sort,
and the Cordial bill will probably be ma
lteriaIly changed when the house considers
lii or will be pushed aside for the house
bills.
NOnpartIsan Judiciary.
The nonpartisan judiciary bills were
taken up by the ihoHse this Afternoon, but
mot disposed Of The Lee bill from the
lsenate is now In the hands OF the house,
and It has the Qusokenbush bill. which
was supposed to originate from Mike Har-
lrington. This latter bill diYides the state
into seven judicial districts and provides
for seven supreme justices, elected on a BIZ
Ipartisan ticket and three appellate JUS
jtices The house democrats would like to
pass both bills, but have not quite enough
Votes to do It. The question will come up
Iagain tomorrow.
Final Adjournment Committee.
The senate this afternoon appointed 8
committee Of three, Volpp, Albert and Rey-
nolds, TO meet with a like committee to be
chosen in the house TO fix time at which
the session viii be finally adjourned. There
seems to be little hope now that it can be