Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06
OMAHA MEN KNIFE
MEDICAL MEASURE
Bill Providing for University
Hospital Recommitted After
+ Once Being Agreed To.
WILL COME UP ONCE MORE
tFrom a staff Correspondent.

maintenance it may be laid tola per
ton of the Douglas county delegation
\ who voted against the house concur
ring in the action of the committe
of the whbles-Mhfch had reported il
favor Of $l20,000 appropriation 70
the erection of new laboratory 10
the medical college and 100000 NOR
for furnishing and maintaining til
new hospital of the medical college
The trouble started when thre
democrats, Trumble, Leidigh and Da
foe, began a fight upon the genera
maintenance bill for the NUniversit,
of Nebraska and iA branches. The,
declared that the Omaha medical col
lege buildings should be taken car
OF out of the university building fund
This was fercely debated for hal
an hour, when Trumble moved tina
the committee of the whole repor
progress op the bill and ask leave It
sit again. The motion prevailed, ant
then Trumble, after the committe'
had risen, moved to not cohcur ii
the action taken on the three bill
involving the Omaha end of the ap
preparations.
/ Douglas Men Gig Back.
Here Shannon, Hopkins and Lovel,
of the Douglas delegation got busy
In d standing vote these three, mel
voted to not concur in the actor
taken. The vote stood 26 against th'
Omaha appropriations and '2l for
Had these three Douglas county mem
bers voted for the appropriation th'
appropriations wouh have gone t,
third reading. s-.e
| Lack of leadership was responsible
| for the achon on these bills, but Rich
mond who was absent when the ,<vot
was taken, expects at the first oppor
-f,nity to, call the matter up for con
sideration again, as the vote showec
less than quorum voting.
Plan to Reconsider.
The debate at times was very warn
and indicated that much feeling ex
listed, which is likely to becoml
warmer should Mr.. Richmond sue
coed in getting the bill under recon
sideration.
Messrsl Leidigh and Trumble hat
interposed no objection to the medica
college bills going. through the com
hlittee of the whole, but later insiste,
that the university ought to main
tain the Omaha institution. and d'
,nvhatever building work necessar.
there out of its regular funds,
z Geological Survey Cut.
On the motion Of Chairman RE
schick Of the finance committee, \th
appropriation for the. State geolog
ical survey, in charge Of Professo
Barbour, was cut to $4,000. Ip til
original bill it was $4,000 but tn
committee had reduced this ito $40,
900. Messrs. Peterson and Thoma
tried in vain to hold it at tbe fatte
figure. Mr.. Riescliick, charged >tha
the geological survey four years ag'
paid $3.50 for an atstomobile out o
its appropriation, and during the las
bienniunf it spent $24O for repair
on this machine. He did not consid
er these proper items to be charge
\ up/to the state. -
Mr., La Bounty tried to head OF
a reduction from $4,000 to S65,O0
in the maintenance and improve
ments Appropriation at Curtis, bu
was unsuccessful. % " I ~,
An appropriation Of, $346 for til
1 relief of heirs Of R. W.. Scott, an il
innate of the soldiers home at Nil
ford who died several yearszag an
left that sum of money, which wa
used for running expenses at tn
home was approved and sent to thir'
reading. =
- Favor Building Levy. y
The threefoutths mill levy for ne,
buildings, and university campus ex
tension was ordered to third reading
when the house met after the luncl
. hour. T
However, it is said that this actiol
is only the calm before the storm AM
when the matter o. the consideration
or reconsideration of the Omaha ap
preparation bills,/ which were TEN
porarily squelched in the morning
come up, much will be doing.
Representative James Auten o
Boone triedfo amend bill providing
for ap appropriation OF, $4,000 TO
activities i'll the industrial line at til
penitentiary or outside. Mr.. Autel
did not like the very innocent wcsds
''or outside" He said that they wer
put in just for the purpose of buyinl
an old worn-out brickyard at Tabl
Rock, which he said bank whicl
held paper against the yard wante,
to unload on the state. u,
Not This Brick Yard.
Chairman iReischick, who has .
usually calm and unruffled disposi
ton, at once became peeved over~th
remarks Of fhe gentleman fror
Boone, and shouted back that til
bill did not call for the purchase 0
the yard at Table, Rock There ar
other brick yards inAthe state, an
the board Of control is given the au
thority to use its judgment,es sal
Reischick. IF you haven't confdenc
in the board abolish it."
An amendment to establish broor
factory at the "pen" was voted dowr
The bill to establish stock var
changes went to its doom after ith
committee had reported it for indei
mite postponement. Anderson d
Boyd, its introducer, tried to have
resurrected, but it was voted down.