Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-11
SAYS ILLEGAL
LIQUOR SALE
CROWS IN STATE
Members of House Hold
Heated Discussion on Meth
DDS Employed to Fight Boot
Logging Over Nebraska.
az Sac correspondent.l


Lincoln, Feb. l0.-Bootlegging in
Nebraska is growing to an appalling
extent and in the eastern part of
the state, especially in Nemaha
county, il amounts to open violation
Of the law
This was the statement made on
the floor of the house by Represent
tatiYe Good of Nemaha, chairman of
the finance committee, in a debate
precipitated by Anderson of Hamil-
ton, who asked that Fl. r. No 205,
appropriating $4,000 for use of the
state booze agents as an emergency
fund, be reconsidered for a specific
amendment after it had been rec
commended for passage by the COM
mittee of the whole.
Anderson was asked to explain
his motion. He said that he had
been asleep at the switch when the
bill had been submitted to the COM
mittee of the whole and had Just
woke up. He wanted the bill
amended so as to make the appro-
priation $1,000 instead of $4,000
asked by the governor.
How Money Was Spent.
Snow, and Good insisted at this
moment that the rules of the house
be enforced and that the bill in
question be up for third reading and
that there could be no reconsidera-
ton except for specific correction.
Despite this, discussion of the
bill was continued and Jacobson said
he was opposed to it or the reason
that with the $1,000 left on hand,
unexpended by the Neville regime,
and with the $4,000 added there
would be available for the use of
the governor and his booze agents
$4,000 to be expended at the rate
of $4,000 per month, or $500 per
day for the period ending March
81 Of the present year.
jacobson also contended that Gus
Flyers, at the head of the prohibi-
tory enforcement machinery, was
not the proper man to eXpend the
money. ION January |, it was
shown, he was short $2,09l to Lam
caster county for the term in which
he served as sheriff.
Point of order! Point of orderP
yelled several members of the house
at once.
Jeary Has Answer.
"Let him 60" said Jeary of Ian
caster. Il want to answer him."
Part of this money is to be used |
for the paying of rewards by the |
state agents" continued Jacobson,
after the interruption. you all |
know what happened when the head !
of the penitentiary was murdered |
some years ago. Gus Hyers went |
out"
Point Of order" yelled Rodman
Of Kimball, and Jacobson was
choked off at this point.
Fults of Furnas county insisted |
that the rules permitted the bill to
be reeonsidered and he asked that |
Chairman Good of the finance COM
mittee explain the nature of the APP
preparation and the purposes for
which the money was to be used.
"On November /, 1918. there re- |
NAMED in the prohibitory enforce
ment fund $1,000. With this adj
ditional appropriation of $4,000,
which Governor McKelvie asks for
the purpose Of enforcing the pro-
hibitory law between now and
March 81, there will be about SAL
900 which he can expend in that
period. He wants to continue his
policy of running down the boot
leggers and putting them out of
business. Their business is increas-
ing day by day. In my county and
in the eastern part Of the state it
IS 20 per cent greater than it was