Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-24
Nebraska
HOWARD DEFENDS
OFFICERS RIGHT
Lieutenant Governor Refuses
to Let Senate Say Who
Shall Take Gavel.
LANCASTER HAS A SPLIT

Lincoln, Feb 2j.-(Special.)-ls
Lieutenant Governor Howard trying
to emulate the example Of once
noted speaker OF the national con-
gress and put himself in the same
class with Joe Cannon, Tom Reed
and other so-called czars Of the ma
tional house, is a matter which re-
ceived some attention this morning
when after Senator Morisrty OF
Douglas had sent up motion that
the senate resolve itself into COM
mittee OF the whole with Spirk OF
Saline in the chair" Lieutenant Gov
ernor Howard promptly declared the
last part OF the motion out OF order,
unconstitutional, and taking from the
chair an authority given him and that
part relating to the senator from Sa-
line must not stand.
Moriarty promptly appealed from
the decision of the chair, but the ap-
peal lacked one vote OF going far
enough and the wisdom Of the pre-
siding officer was acknowledged by
a vote OF IS to II. Mr.. Howard
then promptly called Senator Spirk
TO the chair. Among those who voted
against the chairs ruling were the
senate leaders, Mates, Kohl and
Henry,
Lancaster Splits.
The Lancaster county delegation in
the state senate was split up fright
fully over bill calling for a repeal
Of the law protecting squirrels, though
neither OF the two senator's would
admit that they thought themselves
in danger.
Senator Oberlies wanted the law
repealed. while Senator Sawyer did
not want it repealed. 1t was sort
of Gaston-Alfonse sort Of row and
finally ended by Oberlies saying that
rather than offend his colleague he
would vote against his own BILL
though il was introduced at the re-
quest OF lovers OF birds. The bill
was then indefinitely postponed.
Ask New State House.
The senate refused to go on rec
ord favoring a new state house, al
though Senator Spirk, introducer OF
the resolution. made a valiant fight
for such action. However, the matter
was laid over until Tuesday. Z
Senator Mates said that I'VE all
realize the need Of new building
but he thought it unwisc for the sen
ate to 80 on record before the house
took action,
A committee of three, consisting
OF Chappell, Moriarty and McMullcn
were appointed to act with like COM
mite from the house to provide for
the celebration OF the semi-centen-
NAL Of the admission of Nebraska
into the union, March /.
A resolution from the Omaha Conn.,
,mercial club calling upon congress to
make an appropriation for the deep
.ning OF the Missouri river from Kan
;as City to Yankton, was unanimously
adopted.
The senate committee OF the whole
recommends for passage Friday morn
ing Senate File No. las, by Henry
VI NolIaN, ueslEneu as an amendment
TO the present warehouse law to en-
large the scope of the law and to
permit recovery on the warehouse
mans bond for failure to deliver grain
shipments on call.
Amend Elevator Law.
The original law applying to "ele-
vators and warehouses" Is amended
TO include any merchant or grain
dealer who accepts grain for storage
or allows grain TO be stored in his
place OF business.
Terminal warehouses, exempted
from the operation of the law under
Henry's bill. were included in an
an amendment offered In committee
OF the whole by Senator Beal OF Gus
ter. The bill allows the railway COM
mission to call on county attorneys
to help prosecute.
The bill by Lahners, Senate File
No. loo, to allow guardsmen on duty
TO vote, would have had an easy
passage to third reading, had il not |
been held ever to let the author speei. |
fly the penalty for the felony" which |
under the bill would be constituted by
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