Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-05
CONVENTION IS
CLEARING Way
FOR BUSINESS
Committee Are Being Formed
And Program Of the
Daily Work Is
Outlined.

Lincoln, Dec. 4.-(Special.)-Two
members of the 1875 constitutional
convention will be invited to ad-
dress the 1919 convention now in
session at some time in the near flu
ture, according to a motion passed
in the convention Thursday after
noon.
The motion was made by Nye of
Buffalo that Hon, John L. Webster
of Omaha, member of the conven-
ton which framed the present con-
stitution, be invited to address the
convention, and Matteson of Fill
more asked that the name of ]. E.
Hamilton of that county, also a sur
viving member OF the 1875 conven-
ton, be included.
Committees Forming.
The committee on committees re-
ported that they had made some
progress in their work and that
Jackson of Nuckolls, Rodnan of
Kimball and Keick of Sarpy had
been made a committee on en-
ployes. 1t is believed that there will
be no lack of applicants for the jobs.
The rules committee through its
chairman, Mr.. Meserve, reported the
rules prepared by the committee,
and the convention ordered the
same mimeographed and placed on
the desks of the delegates for con-
sideration in committee of the whole
Friday afternoon.
The rules provide some stringent
methods to hold the members from
getting off of the reservation. The
members may be reprimanded, GEN.
sored, or by a twothirds vote ex-
peeled for disorderly behavior, and
the president is given authority to
have the gallery cleared in case of
disturbances there.
Only the delegates, officers and
employees of the' convention, federal
and supreme judges, state executive
officers and duly assigned members
of the press are allowed upon the
floor unless upon the invitation of
some member of the convention.
Regular hours-for meeting shall be
at 10 o'clock in the morning and 2
o'clock in the afternoon, unless
otherwise ordered.
Convention Program.
The following will be the pro-
ceedure of the convention:
Introduction, read first time, or
dered printed and referred to a COM
mittee by the president, unless
otherwise ordered by a majority of
those present.
Reported by committee and placed
on file.
Considered in committee Of the
whole in the order placed on file.
Reported by committee Of the
whole and referred to the commit
tee OIL arrangement and phraseology.
Reported by the latter committee
and printed.
Read second time; vote taken on
passage; yeas and nays to be en-
tered on the journal; majority of
all elected members SD required
for favorable action.
Again referred to committee on
arrangements and phraseology.
Report by this committee on all
proposals as unit; whether they
constitute. a new constitution or a
series of amendments to the present
one.
Reference of the report so re-
received to the committee of the
whole, which shall pass upon it by
sections.
Report by committee Of the whole
and advanced to third reading.
Third reading and passage, first
by separate articles and then as a
whole. Yeas and nays to be taken
and recorded upon each article. but
need not be taken otherwise unless
demanded in accordance with rules
of the convention. On proposals to
be submitted separately, the yeas
and nays to be recorded similarly.
If general revision of the consti-
tuition is to be submitted, the vote
thereon shall be by yeas and nays.
duly recorded. No article, general
revision, or proposal for separate
submission to be declared passed
unless a majority Of all elected
members (51) cast their votes in
favor of it. No amendments to be
considered on third reading, unless
by unanimous consent.