Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-24
Nebraska
JOINT COMMITTEE
ON DRY LAW IN ROW
First Session to Consider Bills
to Enforce Amendment Far
from Harmonious.
DRUGGISTS FOR BONE DRY


Lincoln, Jan. 23.-(Special. 1.-The
Joint committee of the two houses Of
the Nebraska legislature is finding
hard shedding SO far in an effort to
agree on what kind of prohibition leg
islation shall be enacted. The five
members from the house. Norton Of
Polk, Thomas OF Box Butte, Hostel
tier OF Buffalo and Flansburg and
Waite OF Lancaster, all from dry ter
ritory, ii the vote on the prohibition
amendment Isl to be considered. Polk
county gave 80S majority for the dry
cause; Box Butte. 555; Buffalo, S6S,
and Lancaster, SOP, so that the vets
have no representation on the house
committee whatever. The senate COM
mittee is composed of Beal of Gus
ter, Chappell of kearney, Sawyer Of
Lancaster, Sandal of York, Neal Of
Nemaha. Albert of Platte, Moriarty Of
Douglas, Howell of Douglas, Mates
OF Otoe and Kohl of Wayne Custer
gave 1914 majority for prohibitions
York, 1877; Nemaha, 502; Lancaster,
2,2O2; Platte, 800 against; Douglas,
l0,5Ol against; Otoe, II against, and
Wayne Is for, SO that the senate COM
nittce has four members who came
from wet territory against six who
represent counties which gave dry
majorities, although the senator from
Wayne, which gave small dry ma
jority, is considered wet.
Druggists for Dry State.
At the meeting last night Morarty
of Douglas charge the druggists with
some things which n. P. Hansen, a
druggist who was present, did not
like. He stood up for Douglas coun-
ty" by resenting what he termed SIAN
ders on the metropolis OF the state
and made his remarks so emphatic
that at times it appeared that the
meeting might adjourn la Kilkenny
cat.
Charles Sherman OF Omaha said the
druggists did not want to take over
the saloon business, but desired that
the state be made as bone dry" as
possible. He was backed up by two
other druggists, Pease of Fairbury
and Hansen of Lincoln.
Representative Olson said that he
wanted the state just as bone dry as
it was possible to make it. He had
been over into Iowa and discovered
more drunkenness there under prohi-
btion than he had ever seen in Nc
braska, and all because liquor was al
lowed to be shipped in.
Senator Moriarty wanted to know
it Olson would prevent him from
coming home from Chicago with a
bottle of whisky for his own use. o.
son replied that he merely wanted to
prevent bootlegging.
Wants a Dry State.
Captain Dolan, former merchant
OF Western, said that the dry people
had made promises before election
that the personal consumption Of
booze would not be lnterfered with
and it was upon this proposition that
the state went dry. He wanted pro-
hibtion that would really prohibit or
none at all.
Representative West OF York
county told OF York county's long
dry period and OF his own long rec
ord of sobriety and pleaded with the
committee to make the whole state
Just as dry as York.
Senator Moriarty objected to slurs
cast at the metropolitan city of the
state and told West to cut out the
sob stuff He asked the druggists
who they were representing and in
turn was asked by West who he was
and who he represented
u am lawyer and | am not work
ing for any soulless corporation,
either" quickly answered the senator
from Douglas.
Representative Jim Auten of Boone
cut in with the remark that the courts
had decided that about one-half of
the lawyers were wrong, and he would
place the suggestion before the COM
mttec without further comment.
Senator Mc.Allister of Antelope
thought the committee would not get
very far by attacking the personal
record of any member of the COM
mlttce, and the meeting adjourned
with ruffled feelings somewhat
quoted.
The committee will try again next
"Wednesday night, but referees will be
appointed to have charge of the pro
cccdings and the sheep will be sep
araled from the goats