Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-19
Members Hold They May Review
General Conditions.
nay RECOMMEND NEW LAWS
In Case Of Minority Report Split Nay
Not Follow Party.
BOOKS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS
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LINCOLN. Yen. iS.-fspeciai TelcErorn l--
Only a few nesnhers of the senate and
house committees that were investigating
election conditions IN Omaha have returned
and none of them viii under4aiye to fore
cast what the findings are guinE 20 be
The senate COMMITTEES has not yet looked
over the FIRST evidence that was taken b.
the house. When they Eo over that they
WI make an effort 20 agree upun a report
Of some kind. AMI win avoid having q
minorftv nndinE 10 possible. Tt o. very
probable that t1Iev Will suggest some ieEis-
iarion to remsdy what difficulties they
have found. 81 they decide that there in
anything wrong with the way the demo
cratic administration conducted the last
eieefiort
The senator's are not al OF the opinion
that the eonnmittss should be considered
a loEal tribunal and oDen to conviction
only 6v legal evidence. Senator Kemp one
Of the committee said saulrdas The
senate commiffes should not cunfins itself
70 finding what was true onlv upon the
strfctest legal evidence but should make
its report upon the general conditions which
were found 70 exist
Il is not At all certain that II there Is
minority report IN either house the split
VIII be along party lines. as members Of
both parties are to be found both for and
against the belief that things were more
or less shady
state InstifutIen hooks.
A conferences vas held Saturday morning
in the office OF the governor bv those in
ueVssted IN providing books for state lnsti-
tutious plan has bern suggested 10 ap-
nrupriafe the sum of s7sB for the purpose
70 be expended IN getting books Tor each
state Institution which a particularly needs.
Governor Aldrich is very much in favor
of the bin Senator Kemp and Representa-
tives Geraes. BaSsett and johnson. Mrs.
" D. WheeieT and Mrs. o n. stomebraker
Of the Lincoln woman club. and Miss
Charlotte Tempieton. secretary OF the state
Library commission. were present.
Thirteen state institutions viii snare in
the appruprAsiou for me bienninm Of S7-so.
Comm,at1~r 20 Reservation.
rhc house fudicialz. e0mrsistes mas rap-
pointed as special lnvesiigatorz 10 visit
the Ninnebage indian reservation: GROSS
man of Douglas. Kotouc Of Richardson
and Hardin Of Harlan Bills have been
introduced affeeuug the marriage relations
of Indians and the committee Thought Il
better to take no action upon them until
the conditions there were better understood
than they are now. Cne- OF the bills Is to
require Indians 70 choose only one wife
to Keep property inheritance more clearly
defined.
Medical sehosI Ttenn Cat.
The nnnnce committee has been meeting
iu executive session and has docided 10
cut nom the maintenance bin now being
prepared the appropriation Of ea0o8 for
the campus Of Omaha Medical college, the
upper branches Of the medical department
of the state university. Two years ago
y2ene vas given for a site and IL was
supposed % be promise from Omaha
friends OF ne Institution that money would
BE- furnished for new buildings. This money
has not hesn raised and the COMMITTEES
dots NOT desire TO see money gwen Cor the
purchase Of more ground The general
appIupr. ations bin VIII probably make its
appearance in the house some time during
the week.