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with the election commissioner Of the
county in which such metropolitan city
is located and the proclamation shall
fix the date for holding such special cleo
ton not less than thirty nor more than
sixty days after the filing OF such procla-
nation. and such election commissioner
shall have power and II shall be his duty
20 conduct and fully provide for the hold
ing OF such special election IN all such
adjoining cities and villages and in the
metropolitan city the cost Of holding
such election 10 be borne by the respect
I've cities or villages proportionately,. and
the. vote thetgat shall be canvassed by
such election cornnissioner and the result
thereof certified by him to the governor
Amend section 2 bv striking out lines
], and and all OF line up to and pre-
cedlng the words the city," and inserting
in lieu Of the matter stricken out in said
section the following IF at such an
election a majority Of the combined and
be In favor OF such consolidation then
such consolidation shall be deemed
adopted. and the governor shall issue a
proclamatio declaring and proclaiming
the consolidation OF such municipalities
70 take effect ten days after the filing
% such proclamation by the governor IN
poiitan city.
Members Change Their Votes.
The roll cali on the bill had not pro-
ceeded far before II was apparent that
the bill would pass and that n necessary
enough votes would be secured by
changes to insure its passage with the
emergency clause. The vote showed fifty
four for the bin in lie amended form and
forty-two against.
cronin of Holt started the changing
with a speech that indicated that others
would follow. He said that while opposed
TO the bill. still az II appeared that an
nexation would come anyway. he believed
that the only thing to do was 10 place
the emergency clause on and give tho
people Of the entire territory a chance to
participate in the election.
Changes came thick and fast and IN
short time enough shifts were reported
20 make the vote seventy-two for the bill
to twenty-five against. with three mem
bers missing.
Several explanations were made. one
by Hynek OF Saline bringing down the
house. IL was az follows;
Wishing to explain my vote, as senate
nle No: is vicious and unnercitul
p,eSe % tsn ~ lS sns sHS vo t s
know what that means. When the sultan
OF Turkey sees a nice woman he simply
annexes her into his family: That Is Just
and says, Come on, you nice little
things. ] want you. What do you little
things think about it7 / know you are
cratic and ssainst home 's rule" therefore,
/ vote no" sr
Mears OF Wayne said that he had al
ways been in favor OF forcibie hnnexa-
ton and as this amendment meant the
same thing he would vote yes"
Crentn on Marriages.
Cronln referred 10 th epassage OF the
bill as "a marriage that has been per-
formed without the brides consent" and
said that inasmuch as the ceremony had
been performed over his protest he would
help TO make the emergency clause 20
that the bride might have some voice in
the manasement Of the household.
Jerry Howard. who lives at South
Omaha. voted for the bill and said he did
30 FOR the benefit of IN compressed
iaborinE class IN South Omaha. who ars
treated like seffs." -
Mears. In casting hts vote for the bill.
said he did not pretend that he was
voting for homo rule. but he wanted
levefybody 70 know that ne Understood
he was voting for forclble annexation.
Woodhurst asserted that The was for a
Greater Omaha aud he wanted TO see the.
time "wisen Lincoln viii bo a suburb OF
Omaha" g.a s.fsf
Among the douglas county delegation
eleven OF the twelve members voted for
anpxation. and Barrett. mo only one
holding out against Il changed his vote
In order to add the emergency clause,
saying:
Believing that each city OF village
should by a majority vote OF such city
OF village affected determine such local
and domestic questions as this, and a.
this bill an amended does not contain
this provision, ] therefore, vote mo-
Gets Into Hand wasoa.
when the chanRes were made Barrett
sent up tn efolIowing;
inasmuch ~ this bill has received fifty-
| five votes and that consolidation must
take place. feel that II Il my duty 70
eive the people % the annexed territory
the riSni e PerticiPasS in the eSming
therefore change my vote from no 70 aye,
so that the bill may pass with the
! emergency clause.
Palmer OF Douglas county who opposed
the bill In committee OF the whole. said
he had had a hard time 10 decide what
he should DO Living IN Dundee. but
representing tho whole Douglas county
and believing that majority OF the
house was committed 70 annexation, ne
said he would make the best OF a bad
situation by voting aye"
The vote on s, r. was taken about