Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-07
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Omaha Medical BuI Passes.
The appropriation OF $4,000 for the medl-
cal department of the state university
located at Omaha was approved by the
senate this afternoon in committee Of the
whole and passed tonight by vote Of
21 to g.
Senator ToIcott who is a practicing
physician, stated that Omaha should be
made medical center and that establish
ing the university school there, would raise
the standard there Of medical practice.
Creighton University he said would be
aided, rather than injured
McGrew Of Franklin, brought in an
amendment extending instruction in the
school to include homeopath and the eclec-
trio system. Talcott argued that such
amendments would IL tackled on at such
a late hour, kill the appropriation, He
read petition from ninety-five Of the lO5
medical students now in the school strongly
favoring the appropriation and the definite
location of the school in Omaha.
To the arguments Of Senator Nanuer In
support of the McGrew amendment DR..
Talcott quoted the statutes 10 prove that
eclectics and homeopths could be included
whenever the regents might be convinced
of the need for such action. The McGrcw
amendment was voted down and the com
mittee reported the bill for third reading
with not more than two or three dissent
ing voices, t...
McDrien Wins in House.
T resolution against Joseph l.. MeBrien,
head OF the university extension depart
ment, similar to the resolution adopted
yesterday in the senate was defeated In
the house. The vote, % to 81, showed that
the house members were not so much in
terested in the political activities of Mr..
McBrien as the senators. Hatfield pro-
tested against the precedent Of interfering
in the affairs OF the university which
could better be left to the regents. Nor
iarty who introduced the resolution, sup
ported Il, but many members would not
vote favorably because they had not op-
portunity 10 investigate.
Commission Bill Passes.
The commission form OF government bin
recommended for passage Thursday was
passed by the house this morning. rs 10 O.
There was no further opposition to the bill
but John Moriarty OF Douglas spoke TO eN-
plain the attitude OF some members OF
the Douglas county delegation, which has
been accused OF working against the bill
The Tanner bill, giving South Omaha a
commission government all it's own, was
also passed without dissent The judicial
reapportionment bill by Albert dividing
the state into seventeen new districts for
judicial purposes was passed, 70 to :.
Joker in Tanner Water BnI.
The discovery yesterday evening and an
nouncement in The Bee this morning of the
Grossman joker amendment TO the Tanner
Water board bill has aroused the friends Of
South Omaha and probably viii result in a
reconsideration Of the bill r B.. Howell.
the member of the Water board who has
been doing the lobbying for the board on
the commission form OF government bill
and recently on this bin Is declared 10
have admitted to South Omaha men that
II was the intention OF the board to charge
South Omaha and Dundee twice as much
for water as is paid by Omaha. The bill
read when II left the senate to restriOt
the Water board TO the same rate as ap-
plies to Omaha"
The Grossman amendment made yester-
day provides that the rate for outlying