Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-17
SEN. HITCHCOCK
ASKED TO VOTE
FOR SUFFRAGE
Receives Support Of Both
Parties Of Lower House;
Measure Expected to Pass
on Third Reading.
Special to The Bee.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. l6.-Senate
File No. 4, memoralizing the con-
gress of the United States to pass a
woman suffrage bill and instructing
Senator Hitchcock to support such
a measure, was passed on second
reading and ordered placed on the
general file by the lower house of
the legislature today. The vote was
unanimous, every democrat and
nonpartisan supporting the measure,
It is expected that the measure will
pass on third reading tomorrow.
In the afternoon session it SEEM
ed as though every member of the
house wanted his name on the reso-
luton memoralizing congress to
submit a bill for national woman's
suffrage and instructing Senator
Hitchcock TO vote for the same.
Foster Objects.
Foster of Douglas objected to the
house amendment placing the names
of Hostetler, Barton Green, Miller,
Mears, Jacobs, Jacobson, Axtel,
Christensen, Tracewell, Hunt, Lam
pert and Fries to the bill as it EN-
numbered the measure.
Purcell thought it was insthe ma
ture of free advertising.
Mcclellan said if there was any
man on the fist who was ashamed
to have his name on the measure he
could erase it and substitute McLel-
lan's name and he would be proud
of the honor.
Hostetler said he did not know
there was any discrimination in
asking for the names of those
sponsoring the bill; that the woman
who had worked for the measure
on the floor of the house had named
man fr m each congressional dis
triet in the state, and tried to give
the honor to the old members who
had worked for woman's suffrage in
the past.
Davis asked: "Who was the wom-
an who worked for the measure on
the floor of the house? There is no
lobbyist Of record in the Office of the
secretary of state as provided by
law. Who is shee What is her
manner?
Mrs. Barkley Interested.
The lady engineer Of the bill, Mrs.
Barley of Lincoln, was on the floor
OF the house, very much interested
in the fate Of the bill, but the men,
bers who knew of her identity very
gallantly kept her secret.
Foster then moved that the names
Of all Of the members of the house
be appended to the measure as in
PRODUCERS.
Good objected, saying: "You are
making the thing ridiculous"
Just what ! wanted to do" said
Foster. Il want to discourage this
practice Of so many members APP
pending their names to bills just to
get the credit and little free adj
vertising."
When the motion for The adop-
ton Of the house amendment, adj
ding the names of the house men,
bers to the resolution as introdu
GERS was put to vote it was lost.
Recommended for Passage.
The committee Of the whole then
recommended it for passage and it
will be put on third reading and
passage, with concurrent action in
+ the senate Friday.
There was a decided slump in the
introduction of bills in both house
and senate, the new house bills in
lroduced numbering 10 Thursday.
One of the most important Of
these bills is that of jenkins, which
appropriates $4,000 for the creation
Of sub fish hatchery and game
preserve for the breeding Of insec-
tivorous game birds in Dundy
county.
Porter Of Douglas introduced
bill permitting the use of school
houses as community centers and
for public meetings.