Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-31
GREATER OMAHA
BILL is PASSED;
UP TO GOVERNOR
Senate Concurs in Amendment Pro-
viding for Vote by ALI the
People Directly Af-
fected
OPPOSITION IS CARRIED AWAY
Governor Morehead Quoted as Say
ing He Will Affix His Sigma
ture to Measure Today.
MAY NOT CHANGE ELECTION
CFrom a staff correspondent.l

(From a staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, March 30.-(Special.,
lit will soon be Greater Omaha, F"
unless the governor OF the state re-
fuses to affix the official sanction,
which is not probable, or the people
OF the territory comprising the fu-
ture greater city vote not to, concur
In the action of the legislature. the
senate today, after much maneuver-
ing, finally passing the measure by
an almost unanimous vote.
The first move today to insure
concurrence in the Parriott amend
mmt tackled on by the house after
the bill had passed the senate was
a motion by Quinby that an addition
to the rules of the senate be made
SO that a majority vote would be
sufficient to adopt a concurrent
amendment.
Penrson's Wings Clipped.
This was done to clip the authority OF
the lieutenant governor, who had given
oct that he should require a constitu-
tional majority of twenty-five votes to
concur. After this rule was adopted it
was g foregone conclusion that the bill
would go through and the senators who
had been against the bill let up in their
fight
Just before adjournment for the noon
recess a motion was made that the SEN
ate concur in the house amendment and
it went through with only one vote,
Grace, against II.
what Bill Provides.
After the noon lunch Grace got busy
and sent up a motion to reconsider the
vote. but he was ruled out of order and
the bill now provides:
Not less than thirty days from the day
when the bill becomes a law and not
more than sixty days therefrom the gov
ernor shall cali special election TO be
participated in by Omaha, South Omaha,
Dundee and Florence for the purpose OF
allowing the people to. decide by vote
whether the three latter cities shall be-
come a part OF Omaha.
Should the strip of land about four
blocks wide lying between Omaha and
Eenscn be made a part OF the city OF
Omaha by ordinance before the election,
Benson shall be Included in the election
and in the territory to be attached. The
total. vote OF all the cities combined is to
settle the matter for or against consolida-
tion.
Governor AIorehead is quoted as saying
he a'ill sign the bin tomorrow.
A. to POatpOning Election.
1t Is evident that the Douglas county
delegation Is not going to be unit on the
passage of the Omaha charter bill amend
ment postponing the city election 80 that
Greater Omaha may participate therein.
Quinby said tonight that Dodge and
Saunders would insist on the amendment
and would fight for 1t, believing that II
the territory which was covered In senate
file were annexed, tn epeople had right
70 have say as to who the officers of the
new city should be.
I 1t Is understood that Howell and Bed
ford are against the amendments.
Richmoad Thanks Members.
Representative Henry Richmond is feel
ing good over the success OF Douglas
county bills so far in the session and to-
day said;
II think Omaha owes a vote of thanks
TO the upstate members for saving the
bills which they so badly wanted and
which would certainly have been defeated
but for the loyal support Of many Of the
leading members from these districts
1T was manifestly hard thing for ths
country members to decide. whether an
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