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J5 WANT GOOD LAW Frlindi if Primary Rafarm Takt Na Chanoas NO PARTIALITY OR UNFAIRNESS Candldatas fram Waitarn Cauntlas Must Hava Equal Shaw With Eatttrn Attirantt From our staff correspondent Goo. W. Kline Fa-lends of primary reform, both re publicans and democrats, have become nlftrmnd. A well defined scbeme was detected to assassinate the primary legislation anil substitute a mcicss tvmnnr in Its nlace. There was a "roar' of liberal dimensions. The Joint committee, having in charge tho pri ninrv hill, was assailed by numerous questions. Chairman Farley said that no meeting had been held but tnat the committeo meant to proparc a strong primary measure. Ho promised to call a meeting at once. A scheme was suspected whereby a measure would bo adopted which would give certain sections of tho tvtato a de rided advantage over the sparsely set tled communities. It is probable that tho bin will be no modeled that tne fimrmniirn to choose candidates will be an extended one. This will reduce the influenco of tho metropolitan dallies nntl irlva the country editors a chance to extend their influence by the able nvnnnitlnn of rjolltical vlows in their communities. A number of primary devotees wcro a triile angry over the fnlhiro of the first scheme and tried to divert attention by a false cry of "railroad inlluence." Doubtless tho railroad workers would bo glad to de feat a primary mcasuro but have ap narently recognized that such an at tempt will be useless. The members of the ICKislaturc are determined to give tho voters of the state a good primary law and nothing can defeat It. There will be no partiality or unfairness. The candidate from the western counties must have an equal chance with the nsnlrant from the nonulous regions of the eastern section. In the stand for the country editors there has been innch mlsannro.henslon. Some of thu state dailies have been charged with being a trifle unfair and are suspected of an attempt to proJlt at the expense or editors or tne weeiciy papers. Representative Adam McMullen has been made chairman of the direct prl mary committeo to outline the meas ure and will have charge of the lm nortant Diece of legislation. As indi cated several weeks ago in this letter there has been much scrapping for this position. McMulln was recognized as a dangerous competitor of the other rivals' and there was some exciting but nulet work for the honor. At tho finish the Gage county man won tho chairmanship. It Is expected that a primary bill will bo outlined within a week or two. Anti-pass legislation will bo through and effective. Rairoad employes and caretakers of stock will bo permitted to ride free but the general public must pay fare. As to tho railway com mission plan It has been determined to give the commission exclusive juris diction over tho public service cor poratlons. Those will Include tele phono, telegraph, express and railway companies. Interurban projects prob ably will be asked to submit tho ques tlons connected with their manage ment to tho commisron. Representative Ned Brown has won a victory in the house over tho law yers. His bills to prevent new trials when the trial judges make minor mis takes, have been approved for pas sage. In tho senate Senator Patrick won out in his contention for a five year limit to judgments which lapso at the expiration of that date unless the man who owns tho judgment se cures an execution. Senator Burns was victorious in a clapji with the attor neys over a measure demanding that the judges of tho district and county courts keep out'of politics except ns candidates for re-election to be a can didate for an office outside of tho ju dlciary they must resign tholr places Anti-lobby agitation1 culminated in one of tho hottest fights so far pulled off In the legislature. Senrilor- Pat rick's lobby bill, providing for tho ai res t and imprisonment of lobbyists come up for discussion and was de fented by a vote of 18 to 14 In tb committeo of 'the whole and 17 to in on a, roll call when tho committee ro ported. Senator Patrick argued that a newspaper article, a srrlof or an ad dress before a committeo comprised tho throe methods of tnlluenelnir nub He. opinion open tq paid lobbylstsHc declared that the bill would not pro vent tho honest constituent from vole Ing his sentlme'nts , In tho leglslatlv halls. Senator .Burns insisted that legislators Bhould be strong enough to res!? all sorts of tomptntlon. Senator Wilson maintained that the pebple wanted tho "substance of reform, not tho more shadow." He declared that spreading 'such measures as the antl lobby law upon the statute books would give the people no relief. He declared that the best way to outwit Idbbylsts waa to carry out tho pledges of tho party piatrorm witn viguruuo, wholesale measures, During tho de bato the rcpartco between Senator Burns and Soriator Patrick and later hntwonn Senator Burns and Senator Wllsoy became red hot, The roll catl follows, those voting in tho anirma- tlvo favoring the bill: Avnsi. Aldrlch. Ashton. Buck. Byrnes, Dodson, Epperson, Holbrook, Latta, Patrick, Phillips, Root, aacKou, yiubr, Wilsoy, Wilcox 15. Nays: Burns, Clarke, Gibson, Glover, Goodrich, Hanna, King, Luce, McKos- sbn, O'Connell, Randall, saunuors, Slboly, Thomas, Thompson, Thorno, Wilson 17. Gould being absent. House roll 133 by Quackenbuah pro vides for the levy of a apeclal road dis trict tax upon petition to county uoaru nf nlontlnn of roads districts. Tho same gentloman has house roll 141 which is nnmnninir in itn offnet nntl relates to and the recelvlnc. transportation and discharge and delivery of freight by railroad companies and all carriers by railroad within this fitate to regu late tho application for and the fur- nishlnc of cars, the keeping of tno records thereof, the receiving and transportation of frcignt in carload loto and other quantities, the loadfng and unloading of such frolghta; to nrohlbit discriminations between ship pers in tho furnishing of cars, to pro vide for notice to consignee nnu others to bo notified of the arrival of freights, and to provide for tho domur- raee. forfeiture and penalties and dam ages arising from tho violation of the provisions of this act; to regulate tho receipt and handling of tho loaded and onmtv cars of connecting linos of rail- rood and to prohibit discriminations therein, and to provide for free tlmo in which to load and' unload freights in this state. The open violation and disregard of promises to be good as agreed to by officers In Omaha respecting gambling and closing of saloons on Sunday prompted the introduction of a bill by Sachett of Gage, which will place tho responsibility of enforcing nil laws dl rectly upon the governor. That offl cer will no longor bo able to do as Governor Mickey did when asked to enforce laws. The act makes It tho duty of the attorney general of the state, when directed by the governor to oust from office any officer, includ ing mayors, who wilfully neglects to enforce a law and It makes such neg lect punishable by ouster from office. A resolution has" been offered by Root of Cas9 asking the state railway commissioners and' state auditor to se cure from nil the railways doing busi ness in Nebraska a statement of tho clartsiflcatlon of freight rates In force January 1, 1907, and that the informa tion bo tabulated so as to conform as near as may be to the classification in tho maximum freight rate law of 1893 and that said information be furnished with all convenient speed. Representative McMulIon has intro duced a bill to provide for an open session and a public record of tho moetlngs of the board of regents of tho stato university. Personal mat ters and trifles concerning instruc tors will not bo made nubile, but then must be a record and a public session when questions of policy are decided. 'the regents will nqt oppose the bill and are in favor of tho new method. Senator Thomson, of Buffalo, Is working in the interests of tho dairy men of the state. He has Introduced a bill to provide for the appointment of a dairy inspector to have chnrcro of all tho matters relating to tho dairy products and interests of Nobraska. Senator Latta, of Burt, is worklnc- fn a bill to compel railroad companies to so make up trains that passenger coaches shall not bo ahead of tho baggago coach or express car. T,he party pledge bills will bo pre pared with all possible haste. These rover all the subjects embraced In tho party platforms. Public meetings of the joint committees are scheduled and the bills debated by those Interested. Root of Cass, was favored by the passage of two of his bills, senate Men No. 1(2 and 28. Tho former makes a lighter penalty for adultery and de fiens tho crlmo to consist of a single offense Instead of a continuous offense. No. 28 gives tthe governor power to re move the superintendent and two 'as sistant physicians at tho Lincoln hos pital for the Insane at the discretion. Governor Sheldon has followed up his declaration of non partisanship with the appointment of a populist to office. His first selection was Edward G." Maggl, of Lincoln, for chief clerk In tho executive office. Mr. Maggl Is an attorney and was at one time an as pirant for Congress Is tho Third dis trict. He took the stump for Sheldon during the last campaign. Tho memorial resolution to,Congres3 by Thlessen of Jefferson, opposing sub sidy to tho merchant marine, drew partly lines very close and after heat ed discussion Jtho measure was post poned by a vote of 50 to 35; two Re publicans voting with the minority. There will be a general fight over tl)o Epperson telophono bill which, if passed, places telephone companlos undor the control of the state railway commission and requires suoh com panies to connect for the transmission of messages. REFUSED REQUEST Mada by tht Nebraska State laard f Agriculture ' FOR A ONE-EIGHTH MILL LEVY Many Important Miasurat Intra- duoad and Ditpasad at in Haul a and Sanata The one-eighth mill levy askod for by the stato board of agriculture and endorsed by. practically every conven tion hold In Lincoln two weeks ago, received a black eyo by tho resolution of Tucker, which practically cuts out mill lovies for pormanent Improve ments at stato institutions. Tho resolu tion, which was adopted, readu as fol lows: "All appropriations not already provided for by mill levy for tho sup port and maintenance of any charlt abo corroctionablo or educational Insti tution or for the erection or equipment of any new buildings for any purposo by the stato of Nebraska, bo mado in dcflnlto and specific sums of dollars and cents and so expressed In tho bill making the appropriations and not In mills levy on the assessed valuation of the property, listed for taxation by the state of Nebraska." A tour of Inspection to the Norfolk hospital was made by a committee' composed of members of both houso and senate. This institution has askod for an appropriation of $85,000 for the erection of new buildings, $60,00 of which will be spent in a now hospital for acute female cases; $20,000 for a building for male inmatos and $7,500 for a dairy barn. As a rule tho physician and heads of departments of stato hospitals are In favor of a bill which will provide that each insane hospital In the state care for its dwn acute cases. This would change the Hajvtlngs asylum from one for tho incurable to one like that at Lincoln and Norfolk. a 4 The annexation of t Omaha and South Omaha Is a forecast which presents a rather cloudy aspect. An attempt, no doubt, will be made on the part of tho Omaha cnthusla3tics to havo the two cities "joined" by legislative enact ment. South Omaha will fight this proposition. The Stato Journal waa up for a re primand In the sonato for not living up to its contract in tho nrlntlnc of legislative bills. The attorney general was directed to bring action against the company for damages, which if pressed will amount to $25 for each and every bill delayed. A stato ownership bill, house roll No. 134, has been introduced by Re presentative Cone of Saundors. It pro- vlds for stato ownership, control, con atruction and repair of all bridges of five hundred feet or mor ein length within the stnto and located on or as a part of public roads. Gives control to board of public lands and build ings. Quackenbush of Nemaha, lias Intro duced a bill In the house which amends Cobbeys annotated statutes for 1903 and 1905. House role No. 135 per mits working half road tax and paying half in' money at the discretion of tax payer. E. W. Brown's houso bill No. 137 pormlts Insurance by mutual companies of property outside tho state when a reserve fund of $100,000 has beon ob tained. Rcnklo of Webster has an eye to the comfort and convenience of ntoek men nnd has Introduced a bill In the house which If passed every stock train In the state will be supplied with vestlbulcd coaches and unholstered seats. He would also have those stock trains travel at least sixteen miles nn hour, with penalty of from $300 to $500 lor less speed. House role No. 45, a bill Intended lo kill the wolf 'bounty' now given by tho state was shelved, and the bill stands aa It was. A similar bill Is to bo disposed of In tho senate. If It passes, it will bo advanced to- the houso for approval or rejection. Thomas' senate flle No. 175 will. If passed, Increase the salary of. county- commissioners In counties having over 60,000 Inhabitants from $1,800 to $2,500 a year and chango tho maximum sal aries In smaller counties. A bill In the senate Is calculated to compel railroads to make public the names and addresses and for what purpose issued of all free transporta tion of persons or property furnished within tho stato of Nebraska. The bill appropriating $80,000 to run oxpensos of tho present legislature has baon passed. A right by cities owning water and light plants to engage in commercial lighting and healing has been granted by the passage of a bill by Rafor of Pawnee. The compensation of the aewly olected railroad commissioners will be $3,000 per year. TIiIb salary Is greater by $500 than Is received by the gover nor. Committees fiom both huuse and sonato will draft bills rcgulutlng ims Ltmger rates; a two cent faro will bo the result, a joint coinuiittuo voting to that end. Tenants on Carina aro prohibited from disposing of crops without the consont of thu owner Is terms of a bill in1 tho sonato by Brynos of Platte. Senato illo 172 by Root of Cass is go ing to give voters of the state the right of expivuslon on Bale of into.xi-. cants in cities and towns ovory live years, and provides that boards may issue licenses undor county option. The open scaion for killing squir rels received a sot back by postpon- ment of thu bill introduced by Root of Cass. A Junctlng trip to Omaha wus in dulged, in by members of both house unci senate, tho occasion being tho Mo- Kluley club banquet. Omaha paid tho frolght. Owing lo the fact of fraternal so cieties winning a victory in tho su premo courts permitting them to do dtiut outstanding policies from thu mortuary fund for purposes of taxa tion, there will be little If any legisla tion directed toward them during the prosont session. It is charged that railroad passes to a limited extent have made their ap pearance at the stato house. Representative Saunders of Knox has a bill which, if passed, will recom pense tho homesteaders in tho Boyd county land caso3 for taxes paid un der protest. Tho bill carries an ap propriation otf about $4,000. Tho child labor law will bo passed. This will mako it compulsory for chil dren of school ago to get busy with their books. Attorney Edward T. Maggl of Lin coln has beon selected as Governor Sheldon's chief clerk. Mr. Moggl was formorly a democrat and worked hard for tho nomination of Gcorgo Burge for governor. Senato fllo, 178 permits school dis dricts having 150 school children to Ilhuo bonds and reducing tho rate of interest on such from 7 to 6 per cent. Senato Fllo No. 20, introduced by Thomas, has been passed. This bill gives tho state sixteen peremptory challenges in criminal cases where the penalty is death, eight challenges when the penalty Is over eight months in the ponitentlary and six challenges in all other cases. Aldrlch of Butler has sonato flle 181 which provides for the election of county nttoronys by county boards, tho first election to bo hold Jan. 1909. Mr. Aldrlch has also Introduced a bill, 190 providing for the election of prose cuting attornoy to each Judicial dis trict at tho general election in 1908 with ago limit of thirty or or over. Sackett's sonato flle 191 prohibits the pooling of bridge contractors and compels them to submit books and documents us evidence If callod upon. The house has approved the child labor bill, introduced by Clarko, of Douglas. Tho bill forbids tho em ployment of children in a cruel and inhumano manner. Tbire is nothing in tho bill to prevent tho employment of children in the necessary tasks about the farms. WILL FIGHT RAILROADS. Discrimination Is Shown Against In dependent Dealers of State. Tho members of tho Co-operative Grain association of Nebraska havo do termlned to wage a war against the discrimination which they claim the railroads havo shown toward tho lndo pondont dealers of tho state. Tho association took stops Intended to place before tho Interstate com' merce commission tho matter of dls crlminntlon against tho Nobraska grain markets, favoring the larger markets in other parts of tho country It was stated at tho meeting that grnfn shipped to tho other markets was graded higher than that which went to the Nebraska elovntortf, thus enticing the trade away from this slate. The legislative committeo, appointed to for mulate measures for presentation to the legislature; will also havo charge of the matter of bringing these stno ments before tho inter-stato commerce, commission. Telophono Man Meet, More than two hundred delegates from all over the stato attended the annunl convention of tho Nebraska In dependent Telophono association, held In Lincoln. It was one of the largest meetings ever held by tho association In the state, and besides tho regular rop resentatlves from tho sevoral districts many visiting men Interested In tele phone developments, and representa tlves from telephone and electrical manufacturing concerns were In atten dance. HOODOO H00 HOOS Runt Up Agatnat tht Watafc itg I tha Stata THE FINEST MEETING EVER NELI Many llaak Cats Snbpaanatd it Appaar latara Juaga Nit af tha suprama uaurt Tho state meeting of the Lumber Dealors association waa one of the lamest attended In the history of that organization. Tho Hoo-Hoos were finoly entertained and had a good time whllo In tho Capital city. A general surnrlso was mot with however when Judgo Sinclair, of Kearney, and thu state's attorney caused over sevonty-flvo subpoenas to bo lfmed from tho su- nrnmn nniirf and HOfVCd Ot mOmborS of tho association. Tho subpoena called for tho production of all rocordu, papors and corro&pondonca in tho pos session of the -dealers named which would throw light on the doings of tho organization, and thoy also directed tho dealers to appear personally ror verbal testimony at the February hear ing in Lincoln before Referee A. m. Post In the stato's suit tp dissolve the association as a trust. Tho nauers were served at the audi torium, whoro tho lumbermen were meeting, and at the hotels whoro they warn ntavine although tho officer naa a hard tlmo Identifying his men Judge Sinclair, who has. been associated witn tho nttoronv Konerara office in con ducting tho ant-trust proceedings at tended tho lumbermen's sessions in- order to find out who wore in nUend finnn. Tho nhuv of serving subpoenas by wholosalo at thifi tlmo was adopted to save tho expense of sending officers all over tho Hate In quest of tho men whoso testimony is wanted. Those who are yummoned will be roqulrod to ap nea r In Lincoln and testify. It Was originally purposed to havo hoarlngsi at different points in tho Htato, but this may not now bo done. It is not anticipated that all thei dealers who cat subpoenas will be willing wlnosscs on tho stand, but the! stato nevertheless hopes to bring out evidence through them which will help to establish Its case. Juden Pont, of the suDromo court. has ruled in favor of the iitate of Ne-' braska on an objection raised by lum-j ber dealers that tho courts of the United States aro given exclusive Jur isdiction of prosecutions sucn as tne tiuit ot tho state of Nebraska against tho Nobraska lumber dealors associa tion under tho anti-trust laws of Ne braska.- Tho lumber dealors raised the objection that transactions of this na ture Involve lntonrtato of the Sherman anl-trust law. The objoctlon in the opinion of the referee involves the validity of tho Nebraska antl-trubt' laws. He is of tho opinion that con- gross has not by means of the Sher man act shorn tho stato of the power, to prohibit comblnatlon in restraint of trade insofar as such prohibition may operate upon Inter-state com merce. FENCE8 WILL COME DOWN. Government Issues Orders That En closure Must Be Removed. Armed with axes, stump-pullers, and other such Implements of warfare, a federal army of havoc will on April 1 swoop down on fences erected by cat tlemen on tho public domain In Ne braska, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, and other grazing states for the pur--pose of destroying the barriers utterly. It will bo no April fool Joke, either, for President Roosevelt's recent order to! tho secretary of tho interior directs) that every fence not removed by the cattlemen before that date must be) wrecked completely. It la not believed that the cattlomen, most of whom are allons, will mnko any serious attempt to remove tho fences. In this event Uncle Sam will have to foot an enormous bill for hav Ing them destroyed, They are made of barbed wlro, fastened to cedar poatsj and there aro thousands of mllcr. of I them In tho states named. It Is esti mated that It would require tho ser vices of 10,000 workmen to complete) tho work of destruction in a year. Con gress may be asked for an emergency appropriation to carry on the work. IS HE PESEMISTIC. Professor of Amorican History Fears a Clash, In nn address on "The Japanese Question" beforo the studonta of the. state university Prof. Guornsey Jones, of tho department of Amorican history, declared his belief that Japan does want tho Philippine islands and that in case of a war with the Unltod States sho could selzo them and establish her self boforo tho United States could In terfere, thus making us flght nt greater disadvantage than did Russia at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war. Ho believes that the Unltod States would win in tho end, but that at the boglnnlng we would suffer humiliating defeats and reverses. Miss Holland, who was stenographer'. to Governor Mickey, has been replace by Miss Winifred Kaup, of Western,' who will act In this capacity for Qev-I ernor Sheldon. 1