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the ensuing session and, because of the widespread interest

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in this vote in Nebraska, they asked the speaker of the

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old bicameral legislature to appear here before the

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assembly of the states and explain and discuss what had

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gone on; and I never forgot the little incident.

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The man's name was O'Hara. He was opposed to

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the shift, but when the votes had been counted and the

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results had been determined, he went to Senator Norris

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and he said, Senator, you know, I was opposed to this, but

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the people have spoken and that's it. Now, what must we

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do? And Senator Norris said to him, well, my good man,

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you don't have to do anything. Up to now, we've had a

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bicameral system. On January 1st, 1937, we will have a

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unicameral system.

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I say, how anybody could be so naive, I don't

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know. The record shows, of course, that the legislature

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of the State of Nebraska spent two years of continuous

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and very, very hard work revising and rewriting the

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statutes of the State of Nebraska. A lot of it was very

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simple, editorial work, changing references from two

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houses to one house; but a lot of substantial revision