Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-10-18
RINGER HITS At
CIVIL SERVICE
LAW IN HOUSE
Jenison Called His Cat'spaw-
Omaha Policeman Protests
Amendment to Pc.
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for rape by violence. was defeated
on the close decision of 81 to 49.
It was the most warmly contested
oratorical effort of the legislative
assemblies.
Every member of the Douglas
county de egation supported the res
olution with the exception Of Porter,
who was absent.
crozier Makes Rabid Talk.
Representative Crozier contributed
the most radical speech Of the morn
ing: =,
rs cases Of rape have occurred in
Omaha during the past four
months" he said, "and the unof-
fetal reports show As Of them. If
necessary I'll get the physicians
certificates to show this. Woman
hood has not been protected and
therefore the people Of Omaha re-
sorted to mob violence. Today a
girl in Omaha is lying in a hospital
with hei breasts cut off by 4 negro
brute, and is dying of cancer. A
l0-year odd girl was terribly MANNED
as result of negro's attack. A
woman, who became a victim of an
assailant in her own home while her
husband was away, is now a raving
maniac.
Threatens Court House.
"Wc are going to do everything
IN our power to protect womanhood
in Nebraska. II those young boys at
Omaha are sentenced to the peniten-
tiary. we'll tear the rest of the court
house down"
Other members applauded a. Gro
zier sat down.
Representative Snow and other
speakers opposing the resolution de-
clared that failure to enforce the
present law against rape was re-
sponsible for the mob attack instead
Of putting additional measures on
the statute books.
Wants Death Penalty.
Representative Fults said that leg
islation to punish mob violence was
of more importance than the meas
ure proposed in the Reynolds reso-
luton. Mr.. W,ndham said in ex-
IRENE cases he would be willing to
impose the death penalty for rape,
but he did not believe a special ses-
sion WAS necessary.
Representatives Dyball of Oma-
ha replied.
"The honor OF our women is
worth more than the $4,000 to
$4,000 which a special session
would cost" said Representative
Dyball. II have heard from many
of the best women in Omaha and
their husbands, who came to me
and asked ME to take the matter up
with the governor, which / did,
The opposition to an additional
session triumphed on the roll call.
Hold Amendment Valid.
Satisfying themselves that Attor-
ney General Clarence A. Davis
erred in his legal opinion holding
against the Jenison house amend
ment to the Omaha police bill, H.
R. No. !, on the ground that the
governor in his call for the special
session did not authorize this par
ticular section of the statutes to be
amended. members Of the senate ju-
dietary committee proceeded Fri
dav yooro;po "a daefar. th> ,V,,eod
ment valid.
After amending the amendment,
the committee adjourned until 5 p.
m. to amend it some more.
Power Of Removal.
The amendment in question in ef-
feet took the police department of
Omaha out from under civil service
and placed power OF removal of any
officers and men in the hands OF the
police commissioner. The commit
tie lifted the power over into the
hands OF the city council.
The committee rejected the "sav-
ing clause" suggested by the attor-
ney general to preserve the rest Of
t..e act if the particular amendment
was passed over his opinion, by
stipulating that if any section of the
act was found invalid, it would not
invalidate the whole act, with the
same acumen as it dealt with the
body Of the opinion.
Declare Commission "Fizzle."
This act raises the pay Of the
Omaha police department; lets the
whole act fall, including the salaries,
if the department or individuals care
to attack it." said Senator Peterson.
Cooper of Douglas was the only
opponent to the reversion of the at
torney generals opinion. and Chap
pell of Buffalo raised a lone voice
against placing the removal power
in the hands Of the city council in
stead Of the police commissioner.
Peterson and Hoagland criticised
the commission form OF government.
ITS fzzle in Omaha and it's
fzzle in Lincoln, because there is no
cooperative administration" said
Senator Peterson, who is city attor-
ney Of Lincoln.
It Is expected the senate will ac-
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