Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-28
MEMBERS REBEL
AGAINST SLASH
Signs in Legislature Indicate that
NOrtOn's Policy is Not Meet
ing with Favor,
SENATE TO REPLACE CUTS
lrrom a staff cotregpondent.l

(F,rom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Neb., March T.-(special. D.
Charges have been made during the SEES
sion, Indirectly, that the program carried
out so far by J. N Norton. economy
evangel in the house. has been In the IN
terest Of politics, and one democratic pa
per especially interested in appropriations
for the University Of Nebraska made the
charge last week that Norton really dld
not desire to zee the appropriations as
cut by the house endorsed by the senate
1t was said that Norton. understanding
the senate finance committee had given
out that Il expected TO make furthcr
cut. had become so aroused ts',t he had
gone over to the senate and had re-
Inonstrated against further reduction.
Getting TO he Serious.
Il is pretty we'll understood that at
meeting Of the finance committee Of the
senate fast week. one democratic member
advocated action Of that kind by the COM
mIttee. believing that II the house COM
mittee was playing politics. the senate
committee should play the game out and
put the Norton triumverate on record.
However. other members Of the committee
admonished him that II was too serious a
matter and that If the senate was to be
the life saver OF the state its committee
should rise TO the occasion, cut out poll
tics and legislate along business lines
Norton Now for Increase.
Norton has asked to appear before tho
senate committee and be given chance
to explain cuts in appropriations, and
one member Of the committee said this
morning he knew that Norton had ad-
rpitted that some OF them at least should
be raised.
Members have been heard to say re
Leatedly on the floor of the house in de-
bate. Let II go. the senate will put II
back"
This proposition started at the very be-
ginning OF the session when the economy
program was first started, resulting in Ia
fight between the two bodies on the
amount to be appropriated for employees.
Speaker Breaks Away.
The first break In the house on the
economy plan came yesterday on thu
appropriation for swine barn at the
state fair grounds. Generally SPEAKER
Jackson and Norton have worked to-
gother In harmony, but yesterday broke
on the $4,000 appropriation for the hog
barn and although the speaker. who
probably stands better with the entire
house than any other member. made a
strong plea for the appropriation, ne was
unable 20 win against Norton, Taylor and
a few others who opposed him. Just
what this may mean in the future Is not
known. Speaker jackson is pretty broad
minded and II has been pretty hard work
for his friends TO believe that he has been
in sympathy with the wholesale outing
Of appropriations. although ut times ap-
pearing 20 be backing Norton in the plan
Coming Week WIN Tell.
The appropriations will run the gaunt-
let Of the senate probably the coming
week. That the house committee has
taken tumble that tho plan IL not go-
ing 20 work out. was evidenced yesterday
when cronin OF Holt, republican mem
Der. bearded the lion In his den aud
demanded that the state aid bridge ap-
preparation be put back to its original
amount. the committee having cut Il
from nS.00o OF an even 10000. Cronin,
who Is some fighter on the floor, dared
them to report out the cut, telling them
that unless It was put back TO the origi-
nal amount, they would have the biggest
fight on the floor that had been up this
session, and the cut was cut out.