The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-13
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Stops Cut
in Expenses
Legislature Deadlocked Three
Hours-GOvernOr Forces
Democrats to Oppose
Appropriation Bill.
Further Cut Promised
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.

Special Dispatch TO The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, April 12.-For three hours
today members of the lower house
result of protest of democratic mem.
bers over the blanket appropriations
bill. in which the republican majority
reduced appropriations more than a
quarter Of a million dollars.
There were sufficient democrats in
the house to block passage Of the
bill. on third reading and sufficient
republicans present to retain a call
of the house. which made II impossi-
BILE for members to leave the room
until the call was raised.
1t took so votes to pass the blanket
bill under a ruling by Speaker
Mathers. This wasn't because the
total of the bill was more than the
budget recommended by Governor
Bryan. In fact the total recon-
mended by the governor was more
than s250.000 more than the total
decided upon by the house re-
Lublicans.
Sixty Votes Needed
However. on certain specific items.
the republican majority had voted
10 appropriate more than the gov
ernor recommended. Therefore. un-
der a ruling by Speaker Mathers. II
took so votes to put the bill through
on third reading and send II TO the
senate.
Ill - cnantffn annrnnFll-
tions, democrats had joined repub-
leans in voting to put them through
on committee OF the whole. Since
that time. however. the governors
whip had been used to telling ad-
vantage. and his insistenee that ap-
propriatlons be increased caused the
revolt today.
Party lines remained intact.
O'Gara was the only democrat who
voted with the republicans and Pol
lnrd the only republican who voted
with the democrats. Those absent
and not voting were: Davis OF Fiji.
more, Gilmore. Orr. Osterman and
Smiley. The republicans mustered 81
votes
Bryan Us<s Whip.
An instance of how the governor
kept his lines intact was told by
Yochum of Otoe. a democrat. who
was for the lower appropriations. but
who voted with his party. Ever since
the session began, Yochum has had
one idea in mind. passage of a bill
turning Arbor Lodge at Nebraska
City over TO the state and giving
keepers of Arbor Lodge $4,000 per an
mum for maintenance.
This bill passed the house after a
hard fight several weeks ago. II
passed the senate yesterday
Boys. | am sorry" Yochum said,
but Z have been told that II | didn't
vote against the blanket appropria
tion bill. the governor would veto my
Arbor Lodge BILL
Many democratic members have
friends for whom they are seeking
appointments and this kept them in
line
All during the time the house was
in a deadlock. members had good
time entertaining the gallery. There
IN a piano I'm the house and music
was furnished. There We're a number
OF old members in the gallery to at
tend the annual banquet Of the Ne
braska legislative league tonight.
They were called upon for speeches.
Rewrite Old Bill.
Meantime, Grant Mears and Oswin
keifer. republican members of the
house finance committee. we're busy.
They took an old bill out OF the com
mittee. struck out the substance mat
ter~and rewrote in II the blanket APP
preparations bill. cutting out those spe.
oific Items which were In excess of
the governors budget.
When this task was done. the re-
publicans raised the call OF the house
and went into committee Of the whole.
They introduced the original bin OF
the appropriations committee. which
instead OF being more than a quarter
of a million below the governors
budget. Is more than half million
under II.
The 60 vote rule doesn't apply TO
this bill, ~ in not a single instance
does 1t exceed the governors budget,
the only changes being rccommeBda
tions below those made by the gov
crnor. Because of this fact. only a
majority OF votes, 81. are needed.
The decreases under the new bill
are: Yankton bridge, $4,000; state
fair, maintenance and storm sewers
100000; legislative reference bureau.
sci 200; state railway commission, ap.
proximately SEC. 900.