Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-18
senate Elect Omaha Man TO
Hold Office.
ELEVEN VOTES CAST FOR BURKETT
Ten Ballots in Lower House and One
in Upper Body.
JOINT SESSION COMES TODAY
Senator Elect on Ground and Will
Make Address.
NEW ORLEANS WINS IN HOUSE
Friends of san Francisco Make No
FIGHT for Expedition Endorse
ment aud Southern city
Leads.
1Ew ORLEANS WIS IN HOUSE
CFrom a staff Correspondent

llNOOl4N, Jan. lts--lSpeClal.l- NO TepuD-
lican opposition to the election Of Gilbert
NJ. Hitchcock as United states senator
materialized in either house Of the Ne
braska state Legislature this morning and
the democratic candidate was chosen by
vote OF s. 10 10 In the house and 30 to ! in
the senate.
Therepublicans followed the plan agreed
upon last night when those who we're not
bound by any statement under the oregon
plan and those who did not feel under
other obligations decided to vote for SEN
ator Burkett
The ten votes cast for Burkett in the
house we're: Baker. Barclay, Finley. Halter,
Herzog, Housh, Kirk Meyer Mcclellan
and smith Three republican members
were absent, Johnso.s Nutzmain and Nc
Kelvie
r. r. Smith handed in written expla-
nation saying that whenever Hitchcock
submits to one of his own investigating
committees he would vote for him; other
wise he was for Burkett
In the senate only one vote went against
Hitchcock and that was cast by Peter
Jansen Of Gage. complimentary to Daniel
Wooford Cook. banker OF Beatrice. SEN
ator Hoagland cast his vote for Hitchcock
with the explanation that he had no de-
sire as a republican 10 add anything to
the prestige Of Mr.. Hitchcock by making
the decision unanimous, but merely wanted
TO follow the wishes Of the people in MAX
ing choice.
Joint session To-day,
Tomorrow at noon tn ehouses will meet
in joint session. The two journals will be
canvassed and when It Is found that the
democratic candidate had a majority he
viii be declared elected. Mr.. Hitchcock
will make an address to the assembled leg
islators,
New Orleans was chosen as the prefer
ed y Of the house for the site OF the Pan
anna exposition and contrary to eNpecta-
tions the vote aroused no discussion and no
oratory The resolution of Representative
johnson for New Orleans. which was Of
fered a sa substitute TO the San Francisco
resolution OF W. A. Prince. was voted
upon and passed by vote of 81 TO 81.
The Douglas county delegation with the
exception of Shoemaker stood pat against
the southern location and when Sink Of
Hall was called upon for his vote h,
bawIed out NO. with such disguised
vehemence that the galleries were moved
TO smile.
senate May Follow suit.
II seems probable that the choice Of IN,
senate will agree on New Orleans also, al
though the matter is for tn epresent II
the hands OF a committee composed o
Banning, Albert, Jansen Reagan, Smith o
Fillmore Lee and HoRgland.
The attention of the house was calle
to the contest over the seat of Scheee o
Seward by letter from the secretary o
state Secretary Wait reminded tn
speaker that the papers in the contest ha
been submitted to him and should be give
over to the consideration OF the house i'm
medately. The republicans. in the hop
of making the contest amount to some
thing as an effort to unseat Scheele. trie
TO get II referred to a special commtte,
The motion was made by Evans of Adam
but the speaker. resting upon his prerogs
tive in the treatment of a minority poir
of order, overruled the motion and referre
the matter to the committee on privilege
and elections. This committee was FINAL
made up OF seven democrats and four r,
publicans One of the democrats is DR.,
making the dry and wet vote which wi
probably decide the committee report, 81
20 five for the vets.
Representative Gustafson withdrew hous
roll 1902. the primary measure which he il
troduced yesterday, because Il does ava
WIN primaries tOIlRltitiN anu ne lnltnut
TO introduce very different sort Of
measure, He asked the legislative refe
ence department to draw a bill for hi
which would repeal the orea primary la
and re-estshlish the old closed primar
- The clerks in the legislative reference d
partment were under the impression that
the present law was repealed the old la
would come into force again, which is
course not true. and the passage Of Il
bin which actually was presented wou
have brought back the convention systeI
new measure re-cstsblishing the clos,
primary will be introduced by GustafsC
in place OF the one withdrawn
In the house, Speaker Kuhl announce
that house roll eighty-two, which he Ia
previously referred 10 the committee
judiciary would be referred Instead, TO a
committee on live stock and grazing Tn
Is the measure pertaining to the REGULATE,
OF stock yards as public markets.
Quackenbush of Nemaha reported for ii
committee on rooms. II was found impo
sible to obtain any place al the capital
Il Was necessary to provide for rentil
rooms at the Linden, the Royal ard I
Lincoln hotels at the rate OF so per mon
in each case which expense would inclu
day and night service together with he
ana lights Inc report OF the commit
was adopted.
Kirk OF Knox then called up his reso
ton OF Monday providing for selecting
committee from two Of the house comm
tees to Investigate the building situati
az the university and 70 suggest possi
legislation for the present crowded con
ton. A motion by Mockett OF Lancas
that the two house committees OF finar
ways and means and university and morn
schools be selected In fun to Investigate q
report was declared by the speaker 10
cut OF order. Basset OF Buffalo offel
an amendment calling for the selection
two members from each OF these comm
tsa1. which was lost. At the wish OF GER