Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-26
ANNEXATION BILL
TO CONFERENCE
Senate Refuses to Accept House
Amendment and Tells Committee
to Try to Eliminate It.
PEARsoN's RULING RESPONSIBLE
CFrom a staff correpsOndentD


LINCOLN, March 25.-(Special
Telegram. "A ruling of Lieutenant
Governor Pearson that concurrence
in the house amendment to the
Omaha annexation bill would require
constitutional majority instead Of
a bare majority caused a call of the
senate this morning.
The motion to concur in the house
amendments failed to carry, because but
twenty-one votes could be secured.
twenty-five being necessary under the
ruling. Three republican members,
Kiechel, Lahners and Ftuden, voted no
and much time was spent in an endeavor
by their colleagues to make them change.
Wilson OF Frontier was absent. Besides
the three republicans. Beal. Buhrman,
Gates. Grace, Henry, Robertson. Weesner
and Wink voted no.
Republicans Caucus.
Finally republicans caucused in one
end of the chamber and the democrats
in the other end, and agreement was
reached to vote down concurrence, with
| the idea of a conference committee. to be
appointed later. Should the conference
committee not agree on cutting out the
amendment, another attempt will be
made to pass the bill with the amend
ment. On the second roll call twenty
two members voted not to concur.
Quinby Saunders and Howell will COM
pose the senate conference committee.
The charge is made that the repub-
licans were playing politics in the stand
taken by them in the matter. But If so
they were simply playing out a post
poned game started by Chairman w. II.
Thompson of the democratic state COM
mittee and his right-hand man, Charles
Bryan. whom it has been charged on
the floor of the senate were taking
the end in view of tieing it up so tight
that it would be defeated.
The Pearson Railing.
The announcement Of Lieutenant Gov
eTnor Pearson that ne would rule that
1t would require a constitutional ma
jority I'm the senate Df twenty-five votes
to adopt the amendment to the bill as
passed by the house STAYED off its pas
sage, but II has not killed the bill en-
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caucuses in the senate chamber during
the call OF the house and the sudden
raising Of the call and voting down OF
the amendment to the bil means that II
the conference committee from both
houses cannot get the amendment
stricken out in the house the bill Will
pass on its second voyage through the
senate
Just where Lieutenant WOvefuor Pear
s0n gets his authority lor the Idea that
it requires constitutional majority 90
adopt the hous~ amendment a. difficult
90 understand. iic -ays he received n
from the "thrce attorneys general hut
Very feW senators concur In the opinion
of The three isEai representative of the
state. for the adoption of an amsndHsut
was never before knoWu.t8 require any
thinx more than r. majority vote. and
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