Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-30
ANNEXATION BILL
UP TO THE SENATE
House by Big Majority Refuses to
Reoede from Amendment Calling
for Special Election.
UPPER CHAMBER DELAYS ACTION
CFrom staff correspondent.)

tFrom a staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, March 29.-(Special
Telegram. Passage of the Greater
Omaha bill, S. F. 2, appears to be up
to the senate. Conference commit
tees today reported TO their respec-
tive houses that they we're in favor
OF agreeing to the Parriott amend
ment passed by the house and call
ing for a special election on anneXa-
tion. The house by large majority,
only seven voting against, took this
view while the senate on hearing of
the action, refused to take action and
Immediately adjourned.
Senator Howell says tonight that the
senate will concur in the Parrlott
amendment and pass the bill with the
election clause
Others say that unless the amendment
TO the Omaha charter is passed allowing
the election to be postponed until such
time as the annexed territory can par
ticipate the senate viii not concur.
Attitude of Republicans.
Republicans have caucused on the mat
ter and have agreed not TO vote for the
amended bill until the charter amend
nlent Is assured. There are fourteen re-
publicans and nineteen democrats. Lieu
tenant Governor Pearson has given out
that he will rule that a constitutional
majority OF twenty-five votes must be
had TO pass the bill. Unless he changes.
this allows a bare majority OF nineteen
to adopt the amendment, and still the
bill cannot go through.
where Hitch Comes.
II is said that some OF the legislative
candidates for commissioner OF Omaha
are anxious to have the election take
place without the annexed territory be-
cause they believe they will have bet
ter show OF election II they do not have
TO go up against annexed territory votes,
es 1ecially IL they have favored annexa-
tiCn.
Action In the House.
In the house early in the afternoon the
house conference committee reported
against receding from its referendum
amendment providing for special cleo
ton to vote upon the question of con-
solidating Omaha, South Omaha, Flor
ence and Dundee Messrs Parriott, Rich
mond and Stebbins. the house conferees.
filed a report recommending such action,
and II was unanimously adopted
The senate conferees had requested the
house committee to report back In favor
OF rcceding from the referendum amend
ment.
senate BaIks.
When the report was read 10 the senate
It refused TO accept the report and after
discussing the matter for an hour sent
word TO the house that the senate would
like a roll call from the house on the
matter of the house action on adopting
the report of it's committee.
The matter was brought up IN the house
or motion for a roll call, but the
speaker declared such a motion out OF
order
Norton insisted that the only Way 70
get at the matter was TO vote on a mo-
tion TO reconsider the house action in
adopting the conference committee report
No New Committee.
Some Of the members wanted a new
committee appointed, but the matter was
finally dropped as 1t stood, the under
standing being that the conference COM
mittee was still alive and had power to
go ahead. Later the vote was taken
Only seven house members voting no