Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-15
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Anti-Annexationists Are Making
Big Effort to Prevent Passage
Of the Bill.
MENTION OF MONEY IS HEARD

Not yet Is the happy end OF the annexa-
ton fight II the otficeholders and anti
leaders can keep up the fight until next
week. Even with the vote Of the Ne
braska house of representatives against
them the antis are still asserting that
they can beat the bill on third reading
Meetings have been held in South Omaha.
within the last forty-eight hours, II II
asserted. for the purpose OF raising more
money One offlceholder is quoted TO the
effect that tire bill could be beaten with
money.
City Attorney Henry c. Murphy. who
returned from Lincoln yesterday. is said
to have brought word that the bill would
be beaten next week.
However, some Of the officeholders adj
init that they are beaten and some OF them
went on record yesterday TO the effect
that they favored the bill with the
emergency clause attached
Mayor Hoctor Of whose loyalty TO the
anti cause his own camp has expressed
doubt issued q letter yesterday in which
he expressed himself as asainst the bill
now as ever
Members Find Sentiment strong.
I There Is TO doubt that the anti leaders
will try once more TO kill the bill. And
! IL is assorted that more money was sub
scribed at a secret meeting held In room
in South Omaha Friday night. just what
is to he done with the money cannot be
said but the ants were very busy yester-
day. some of them still asserting that
they could heat the measure. One OF the
deepest troubles of the antis Is that state
I legislators, who have come to South
| Omaha TO feel out the sentiment. have
gone back 20 Lincoln openly for the
merger bill as II stands
1 wiz Try to RecOmmIt.
! Representative Barrett will try to
smother the bill when Il comes UP this
week by moving to recommit It to the
committee in order to eliminate the tweu-
ty-dsy clause. Ostensibly this appears
to mean that Barrett wants the bill to
become a law before the twenty days
now required by the bill Really II
means to get the bill back Into commit
tee for tho purpose of smothermg II to
death.
| visit from certain influential persons
/ was scheduled for some time today, ac-
cording to the antis The meeting was
to oe held in South Omaha or Omaha.
according as things looked better How
ever Whlle the ants are trying TO beat
the bill, while combinations and deals
are being made to Kill II. while money is
being sought to kill the measure. certain
ants were busily engaged yesterday in
Omaha striving to get into the band
wagon of Greater Omaha And the
trouble is that some OF the ants are
aware chat others OF the antis are hit
ting the high places for the Greater
omaha bandwsFor and city commissioner
tickets
school Well Cared For,
! South Omaha's High school and It's four
years course was assured to the local
! taxpayers when the bill known as senate
/ file No. al passed the senate this week
The bill as passed contains all the pro-
visions demanded and requested by South
Omahans and removes one OF the argu-
ments Of the few opponents of consoldn-
! tion.
The South Omaha delegation that went
to Lincoln q week ago 70 secure the
amendments to the school district con.
solidation bill were delighted with tn,
result Of their visit. AS provided nov
South Omaha's High school with It's four
year course and its full faculty rs assured
by the bill.