Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-10
HOUSE PARCELS
COMMITTEE Wor'':.
TO ITe .::s::,;s5rRS = RS
Asv'-
Douglas County Representa-
tives Get Four Chairman
ships in General Distri-
button of Honors.
RICHMOND LANDS AGAIN
Norton of Polk Heads Com
mittee on Judiciary, Regan
Railroads.
HOWARD GIVES INAUGURAL
Four Douglas Men
Are House Cha1rn1en
Richmond-Cities and Towns.
Shannon-Fees and Salaries.
Howard-Labor.
Lovely-Privileges and Elections
(From a staff CorrespondentD


Lincoln, Jan. 9.-(Special Under
the assignment OF standing commit
tees, as prepared by the committee OF
committees OF the house and agreed
to by the house this afternoon, Doug
las county gets four chairmanships,
the honors going to Richmond as
chairman of the committee on cities
and towns, Shannon as chairman of
the committee on fees and salaries,
Howard on labor and Lovely on priv
ilges and elections.
Other Douglas assignments are as
follows:
Nielsen is on the committee on
banks and claims:
Shannon-Cities and towns, fees
and salaries.
Keegan - Constitutional amend
mcnts, cities and towns.
Lovely-Privileges and elections
and judiciary.
Hopkins-lnsurance and corpora
tions.
Richmond-Cities and towns and
miscellaneous subjects.
Bulla-Railroads and live stock and
grazing.
Craddock-Finance and fees and
salaries.
Schneider-Fish and game and
manufactures and commerce.
Goodall-Medical societies and
labor.
| Howard-Labor.
Jelen-Privileges and elections and
revenue and taxation
List of Chairmen.
The chairmanships are allotted as
follows. -
Employees and expenditures, Hoff'
meister; agriculture, Meysenburg
banks and banking, Murtey; cities and
towns, Richmond; claims, Fries; con-
stitutional amendments, Thomas; cor.
porationa, Trumble; education, Oils
irrigation, McAllister; engrossed ant
enrolled bills, Naylor; fees and sal.
aries, Shannon; finance, ways anc
means, Rieschick; fish and culture
Gormley; insurance, Swanson; judic
iary Norton; labor, Howard; live
stock, Dau; manufactures and com
merce, Neff; medical societies, Hoff
meister; miscellaneous subjects, Da
foe; privileges and elections, Lovely
railroads, Regan; revenue and taxa
ton, Osterman; roads and bridges
Christ Anderson; rules, Jackson
school lands and funds, Labounty
state institutions, Fuller; special com
mittee OF prohibition legislation, Nor
ION
Weiss Assistant Clerk.
House democrats held a caucus a
80 this afternoon at the Lindell hote
and elected Walter Weiss of Hebron
first assistant clerk of the house tt
fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Lee Metcalfe to accept tn,
private secretaryship to the governor
The democrats hastened to the stat'
house and at once began business, frs
by adopting the report of the com
mitteee on committees, putting owe
one or two resolutions for day unde
the rules and then adjourning to NEE
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The vote on first assistant clerk il
the caucus was: Walter Weiss, 3
votes; E. E. E. Ridgway of Omaha
IA, and votes for w. o. Worrell o
Wahoo.
In the senate the precedent set b
Lieutenant Governor Pearson tw
years ago of delivering an inaugura
address was followed by Lieutenan
Governor Howard, who appeared i
his usual happy frame of mind and
Prince Albert coat.
Wouldn't Pass Hat.
Short speeches were made by Hele
Bourlnois in behalf of the French sol
diers and by Thomas Majors, wh
was invited to the chair by the lieu
tenant governor. Mrs. Bourlnois trie
to prevail upon Secretary Gene Wa
rath to pass the hat, but the secretar
told her it would do no good as non
of the senators had yet drawn an
salary so she departed, but may re
turn little later when the picking
better
Address by Howard.
The senate adjourned until /
O'Clock tomorrow, after listening t
the address of Lieutenant Governo
Howard, which was as follows
Senators OF Nebraska, | greet yo
in the bond of common service, i
the spirit Of pure friendship, in tn
desire and in the hope that our joir
labors may work the welfare of ou
; commonwealth and all Of our fello'
citizens therein.
Pleads for Friendship.
. while neither the law nor tn
precedents command me to offer t
you any manner of message or {
admonition, both the law of gentilit
and the precedents established b
many of the men of mark who hav
preceded me in this chair comman
and impel me to now plead for yo,
) respect and for your friendship, wit
the earnest hope that in the largcnes
of your erudition you may be good t
be my mentors when my paacity
knowledge shall appear, and in ii
wealth of your generosity be kind {
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