Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-14
Nebraska
TRUMBLE ACCUSED
BY DOUGLAS MAN
Sherman County Member Said
by Shannon to Have
Manipulated Bill.
PASS ANNEXATION BILL

(From a Staff Correspondent
Lincoln, Feb. l3.-(Special)- JAS
the outcome of the alteration which
took place in the lobby of the Lincoln
hotel last night between Nielsen of
Douglas and Trumble of Sherman in
which the latter slapped the Omaha
man on the eye, Shannon Of Douglas
and Trumble staged another turn this
afternoon on the floor of the house in
which the former made charges re-
hecting upon Trumble as chairman of
the corporations committee and the
latter retorted by using the small and
ugly word.
It developed in the colloquy be-
tween Shannon and Trumble that the
bill, H. r. l28 requiring enclosure OF
entrances and exists of street cars,
was voted upon by the committee last
Thursday and instructions given the
chairman to report it out for the gen.
cral file, with an amendment allow
ing the companies until January !,
1918 to make the required change in
their cars. Chairman Trumble, how
ever, did not report the bill, but held
it because the amendment had not
been drafted.
Bill is Postponed.
In the committee session Monday,
Mr.. Dafoe moved to reconsider, and
a motion was then adopted to recon-
mend it for indefinite postponemcnt,
the vote being to ).
Mr.. Shannon moved in the house
this afternoon that the bill be placed
on the general file, notwithstanding
this reconsideration and reversal, He
charged Trumble with bad faith and
playing into the hands of the corpor-
atoms, in not reporting the bill after
last weeks meeting He claimed to
have had several talks with Trumble,
and each time, he declared, the latter
told him the bill would be reported
out, when the amendment was ready.
Il took him at his word as gentle
man" said Shannon. and trusted him
to do as he said he would. was
amazed when | heard OF what hap
pened yesterday. Is that q fair deal.
Is that the kind of men we have for
chairmen of our committee, and are
we going to let them throttle bills by
carrying them around in their
pockets?
All sorts of charges we're banded
about, including one that the bill was
not introduced in good faith.
Instructions to Committee.
The whole controversy was ended
when the house adopted motion by
Peterson to refer the bill back TO the
corporations committee Chairman
Trumble then announced special
meeting, Immediately after adjourn
ment, for the purpose of considering
it again.
To guard against such, occurrences
hereafter, a motion was made by Mr..
Richmond, and adopted by the house,
requairing the chairman to take rec
ord of the roll call whenever vote is
had in a committee on indefinite post
ponement of bill.
School of Irrigation.
For once the protest of Chairman
Reischick of the finance committee
availed little, for the house in COM
mittee of the whole advanced to third
reading the Stearns bill, establishing
a school of irrigation at Scottsbluff,
and another, the La Bounty bill, ap-
propriating $1,000 for a district fair
at haywood. Mr. Reischick and 9th
ers were afraid that it was setting
bad example and that other parts of
the state would want appropriations
for fairs, but by tight margin the
latter went through by vote Of 40
to "A.
Mr.. Good discovered that the Bates
bill, legalizing boxing, still occupied
the head of the general file and want
cd to know why this was thus. That
bill was sent back for redrafting," said
he. "and has no place where it is
Bates promptly announced that he
was willing the bill should go to the
loot of the last, and to the foot it
will 60 q.
Bills to Third Reading.
H. r. $50, Dorsey and Others-Memorializ
ing congress to legislate for relief Of car
II. II. 1855, Schneider: H. R. s41. sass-New
steel fish car for state hatcheries, $4,000
appropriated: and repairs at South Bend
H. R. 167 Cronin-Surety companies for
hidden TO cancel policies without authority
from state insurance department, after no.
tice and hearing.
Bills Passed.
IT. r. Ash, Rickard-Fixing oil inspection
fees at cents per barrel in large lots.
II. r. so, Misunderstanding undertakers
preferred lien for SIS on estates for funeral
services,
H. RI 1877. Stearns-Authorizing irrigation
districts to issue warrants when there is no
cash on hand.
H. r. ca emergency clause)-Omaha an
ncXaton bill, taking in Benson and Flor
rnce.
Laundry at Creighton Burned.