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BETTINSJN LINE fha Rallrtad llll Framad ta Hava m Lmi Holts EITHER PARTY LINE OR STATE WIDE Laadara in Bath Sldaa Anxlaus to Prasant BUI Itst Sultid Far All Partus From our staff corrwtpondont Qoo. W. Klino After a month of careful, deliberate and arduous labor the sub-committee appointed to outline a railway com mission bill has reported. The result Is a railway regulation measure In Ha nnMrntv. This must bo scruti nized by the Joint committee of the house and senate ana men reported ia the legislature. Within a week It Is nrnrWprl that the bill will bo rim- hlng tho .eglslatlvo gauntlet. In the bill the railway commission is given complete authority over the railroads. Vmm tho Ascsion of the commission ers there is no appeal except by filing a transcript of the proceedings De fore the railway commission. In this tho railroads will bo prevented from eluding the new schedules by Injunction suits. Included In the Jur isdiction of the commission are uie telephone, telegraph, express and railroad companies, Pullman concerns tntnritriinn nnil nil nubile service cor poratlons. Within thirty days after the passage of the bill schedules must bo made out. Tnese snail ue puu ltshed and within sixty days and In nnt. loss than thirty days those sched ules shall go Into effect. In absence of a protest from the companies con nnmnil tho rates shall be judged as reasonable, and no appeal can be taken. Complete reports must be filed and officers and employes may be fined for not giving the commissioners tho Information demanded. The bill provides that there shall be no secrets connected with railroad management and the reports submitted to the com mission shall be summarized at tho end of the blennium for the informa tton of the governor. Several red-hot debates have been held on the primary subject. Expert opinions and tho laws of other states have been analyzed. So far the pri mary reformers have been divided Into tho "state wide" and "party line' groups. The former. Including a number of party loaders, insist on tho nomination of, officials, state and local, at a primary which may Include all parties. Tho voter approaches the booth, gets a blanket ballot and votes his preference. Democrats, Populists and Republicans could voto at the polls regardless of party affiliations. The opposing group suggest that united States senators, representa tlves, members of the legislature Judges and county officers bo named by the primary system. The voters would also name tho delegates to tho state convention. Tho delegates would name tho state officers, according to pledges exacted by the voters, and outline a platform. Tho champions of the first plan Insist that a platform is not essential In a state campaign One of them, during a recent debate said: "I would rather have Georg Sheldon as governor without a plat form than somo men with a platform a mile long." Tho opponents of the "state wide" plan declare that parties will disappear should the bill preval and state politics would involve In trlcate mugwumpery with the Ne braskans disorganized and divergent when it came to national Issues. The question of official patronage, it is claimed, would become puzzling, for i . m m . mero wouia do no mctnoa 01 ais tlngulshing Democrat for Republican Interurban promoters met with a serious sot-back In tho senate. The bill introduced at tho suggestion of O. W. Wattles of Omaha was recom mitted to the Judiciary committee for a number of specific amendments re gardlng the amount of capital stock of now concerns, tho manner of bonding and methods of gaining publicity Senator Ashton of Hall and Senator Aldrlch of Butlor, opposed tho bill, al leglng that it would lead to the forma tlon of a holding company. Tho oper ations or Hill and Harrlman were al luded to and tho two senators de clared that tho interurban promoters meant to repeat the history of high 'finance In railroading in tho Jobbing or intorurnan stock. Senator Klnc, Senator Thomas and Senator Burns defended tho bill. All three pleaded lor tne liberty or investment and lm munlty from tho caustic criticism of the opponents of tho bill. However, It is nredlcted that some chances wll be made In tho bill before it is al lowed to pass. During the debato Senator Aldrlch declared that for thirteen years thero had been no rea competition botweon the railroads of Nebraska. Members of tho senate have a few pot names for their colleagues. Sen ator McKesson was dubbed "tho chaporone" early In the senate. Sen ator Thomson, a llnnulst and classica scholar as well as a lawyer, is tho grammarian of tho body. Senator Asnton or Hail is rogarded as the beauty of tho senate. Senator Burns of Lancaster has been hailed as tim sawed off Hercules" on account of Mb manifestations of enerev. Sena or Aldrlch Is regarded as tho olo fuent, silver tongued member. He Scatters rhetorical bonquets about, lonator Epyerson has won the title of senate humorist In tho houso tho dic tionary has not been compiled, al though a mirnbor aro vaguely de scribed as "windy," Christian P 'once and county option havo been d ated at length. Cham pions of the scientists wore heard by the medical committee, while tho county option reformers explained ho proposed bill to the mombcrs of tho house. It is prodlctcd that tho bill requiring tho scientists to take an examination beforo the state board of health will bo defeated, while county option may be approved. Tho county option advocates claim a large num ber of pledged votes. The child labor bill has passed. The bill prohibits the employment of chil dren for more than forty-eight hours a week and limits the hours of labor of children between the ages of 14 and 16 from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Under 14 years the employment of child labor is allowed in but few instances and these must be approved by tho proper authorities. The bill does not affect tho employment of children on farms, providing that they are not worked more than forty-eight hours a week. Governor Sheldon Is reported to bo in favor of a rigid anti-lobby law. He Is declared to be opposed to the pros ence of lobbyists, although ho Is In favor of giving corporations a full and fair hearing on any proposition in volvlng their Interests. Tho attorneys for the roads are bediming to rely on the "fair play" sentiment of the ad ministration, as they aro beginning to realize that the old system will not work with tho present members. The wolf bounty will be maintained. Senator Randall has a bill to forbid wolf bounties unless the counties pay a bounty. Should this bill pass no county could partloinnto in the state bounty without taxing tho citizens locally to exterminate the wolves. Charles Schavland of Madison county has been complimented by leg' Islators on his faultless penmanship. Senator Randall of Madison presented resolutions In memory of Judge Rob ertson of Norfolk. The tribute was so beautifully engrossed that the sena tors asked concerning the penman Senator Randall explained that tho youthful pen artist lived In Madison county. A stunt was on before tho houso committee whon house roll 103 and senate file 100, pertaining to tele phones, had a hearing. The feature of the hearing was the opposition of both the Boll and tho Independent companies to the physical connection feature of the bill, whereas two years ago the independent companies were insisting on the passage of the bill Each Insisted that tho measure, If passed now, would destroy competl tlon and would be likely to receive poor service from the company fur nishing It. Farmers and cnmnnnlns whlnh man llfactlire natnnt. mfrHrlnfi nrn nnnna Intr TT. R. 74. This hill fnrhlils tlin sale of nil patent medicines except tne sale or tno medicine through the recisterod nharmaolsts. Thn plmin. Tllons nf t.hf Itipnsiirn plnlm tlinf tlin bill Is In lino with federal legislation wnue tne opposition charges that tho druggists oi tne state aro vitally In' terested in "knocking out" the itiner ant peddler or household remedies. Senate file 140. Intrndnrnrt liv Alii rich of Buttler by request of Victor Rosowater of ' 10 Omaha Tino fnr Mm annolntment of a ennsMtntlnnai rn vision committee, has been Indefinitely postponed, tug reaso1 niieged for tho action of tho committor aro said tn hn that the Dronosed oxnenRn Is iiroIorb as tno members of tho committee or tho members of tho senate are fully competent to point out the defects In tho state constitution and to report proposed amendments to tha Indala ture for submission to a voto of the people. The bill of State Senator Joseph Burns of Lancaster to do away with the obnoxious word "incurable" from the official name of tho Insane asylum at Hastings snouid and no doubt wll be passed. If it does It means that the hospital for tho Insane -at Nor folk and Lincoln will each care for their own patients, and the odium now attached to the Hastings Instl tutlon on account of tho obnoxious an pelatlon of Incurable will be dono away with. Tho Plecher Christian Solonon Ml Was fullv discussed at. a mnnttnir nf the legislative committee . Judge wiinam uwing or unicago championed tho cause Tho purpose of the bill, drawn by Dr .Brash of tho state board of health and Introduced In thn hntinn by Dr. Fletcher and in tho senate by ur. wucox. is to comnei all nersons who heil disease without tho use of drugs to havo tho abilltv to dlaernose diseaso In order to bo ablo to report to tno neaith authorities. Tho scien tists objected to tho nrovlslons on tho ground that they would be hin dered In tho exercise of their religion, nnd the bill was favored by tho phy sicians on tho ground of safety to tho public health. Governor Sheldon received from the federal govornmont $790.37, and In a special message to tho legislature do fined Its disposition as belonging to tho counties of Blaine, Grant, Cherry, Thomas and McPhorson, being their portion, 10 per cent, of all money re celvod by tho govornmrJnt from tho forest reserves of tho United States. Thero aro three reserves in Nebraska, tho Dismal river. Niobrara and tho North Platte. CONTINUE BOUNTY Paymtnt tf Waif Soalp Bauntlis Will la Mada at Bafora QUAIL PROTECTED FOR TWO YEARS An intarastlng firitt in Grinding by tha Houta and Sinata A lusy Waak McKesson's wolf bouny bill, senate file 67, has been laid over, which prac tically kills It, and tho bounty will Btand. There are claims against the stato amounting to $22,000 for pay ment of wolf Bcalps and it is claimed that instances are known where ono scalp was presented tho second tlmo for payment. During tho past two years tho Fourteenth district has pre sented claims amounting to $4,279; Fifteenth district, $1,156; Twenty ninth district, $1,714, while tho Thir teenth district tops tho list for $4, 343. The other districts rangu from $500 down to $12, while tho Twenty- second has had no claims at all. House roll 220, Introduced by Knowles of Dodge, Is a bill that should bo made a law. It provides that rail road companies operating in the state shall issue nnd sell to persons desir ing to purchase tho snmo mileage books or tickets for 1,000 miles over their respective line of road, making tho samo good in tho hands of any holder thereof, fixing tho maximum charge therefor at $20. There will bo no open season for tho killing of quail for at least two years, a bill to that effect having been passed. All records being lost the order to prosecute tho State Journal for failure to deliver printed bills within three days after receipt has been withdrawn. A bill giving cities of tho second class and villages power to sell light, heat and power has passed. Root of Cass succeeded in having his bill to repeal tho law giving tho gov ornor power to pardon convicts on tho Fourth of July passed by tho senate Tho Burns senate bill providing that judges of the supremo court shall bo ineligible to any office except the ono they hold or any judicial office during their term, has been passed. Thomas of Douglas has Introduced senate file 221, a compulsory educa tional measure. Tho bill exempts blind, deaf and dumb children. Representative Howard of Adams has Introduced a bill which places all hotels and lodging houses throughout tho stato under a system of stato in spectlon of fire escapes and other details of hotel operation from the standpoint of public safety. Tho prevention of wrongs to chll dren and dumb animals Is tho object of a bill Introduced in tho houso of representatives by Harvey of Douglas county. It creates a stato board for tho purpose, and confers upon that body power to enforce all humane laws of Nebraska. A bill will bo passed making It a crlmo to bring stolen horses and cat tle Into tho stato and offering them for sale. Graff of Coming has houso roll 206, which empowers cities of less than 25.000, also Incorporated villages to raise and expend funds to repair and Improve public highways. House roll 210 compels owners of stock In stato corporations to list same with assessor. Bassett of Buffalo has introduced house roll 216, authorizing cities and villages to erect and maintain monu ments to departed soldlors and sailors of the civil war, levying a tax to pay for same. A. E. Brown of Sherman has a bll Introduced In tho houso which will pro rlblt tho collecting of money for sub Bcrlptions unlosB paper Is ordered. A bill by Klllen of Gago provides four years of free public high schoo education for all children of tho state whose parents or guardian live In pub He school districts malntalng loss than four-year high school course of study, Dodge of Douglas has houso roll 188 which provides an appropriation of $30,000 for a new gymnasium for the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Omaha Clark of Douglas, In houso roll 192 provides for the taxation of railroad union station, depot, car and freight lino companies by cities and villages and for collection of taxes. This bll by Mr. Clark is intended to correct cor tain defects found In the first measure of this sort that ho placed before tho legislature. He answers tho argu ment, that by taxing tho railroads local ly tho school fund of tho stato will suf fer tho loss of money the roads are now paying. This now bill provides for an added tax on railroad' property and is not an amendment to the pres ent revenue law, but is a measure com plete in itself, giving authority to the local assessor of every town In tho stato to tax for local purposes railroad property located within his Jurisdiction. Johnson's houso roll 169 reduces tho panel of jurors from 24 to 18 in a jus tice's court. Decoys In tho shooting of wild gamo or tho killing of game at night Is pro hibited in tho bill of Hart, houso roll 174. Root of Cass has a bill in tho sen ate which will placo thoso committed under tho dipsomaniac law in tho list of persons to whom saloonkeepers and drugglBts shall not soil liquor. Aldrlch of Butler memorializes con gress to submit a woman suffrage amendment to tho constitution darks' child labor bill has passed tho houso. Every member voted for t with tho excoptlon of tho following: Adams, Funk, Gliem, Hagomelster, Hill, Lahners, Mackey, Marlatt, Marsh, Master, Murphy, Pllgor, Richardson, Stolz, Volalensky, Nottloton. Tho vote stood 72 to 16. A contract was given C. L. Stono- cyper of Omaha for tho printing of tho senate journals dally at $2 per page. A combination bill in tho houso, 193, provides for sovon Junior normal schools; to shorten tho term to eight weeks. Sonato fllo 222, by Randall of Madi son, if It becomos a law will raise sal aries of deputy county officers In coun ties having moro than 15,000 and less than 25,0000 population. Tho bill for appolntmont of a con stitutional revision commission has been indefinitely postponed. E. P. Brown's bill, doing away with technicalities in granting new trials In criminal cases, was killod. 0 Sonato fllo 21, permitting road over- soors to build roads from twelve to sixteen foot wldo in Douglas county, has passed . Wiltso's sonato fllo, allowing wit nesses nt coroner inquests fees same as witnossos In district couro, has boon Introduced. Prohibiting the sale of wild gamo at any tlmo during tho season, houso roll 98, has passed. The bill of Wilcox, which provided that lawyers only should bo eligible to tho office of county judge, has been killed. STATE FARM EXPERTS. Specialists In Soils and Seeds to Ad dress Farmers. During February many towns will bo visited by lecturers from tho Uni versity Stato farm to talk farm to tho farmers of Nebraska. Places and dates where meetings aro scheduled aro as follows: February 1 and 2 Ansolmo and Humboldt. February 4 Atkinson. February 4 and 5 Harvard and Orchard. February R and 6 Sutton, Carroll and Battlo Cruok. February 6 and 7 Fairfield, Laurel and Wlsncr. February 7 and 8 Edgar, Allen and West Point. Feruary 8 and 9 Clay Center, Da kota City and Scrlbner. February 11 Crete. February 11 and 12 Papllllon. February 12 Beaver City. Februay 12 and 13 Valley. February 13 Davenport and Alma. February 13 and 14 Shlckloy and Arlington. Fobruary 14 Naponeo. February 14 and 15 Geneva, Frank lin and Blair. February 15 and 16 Exeter, Guide Rock and Lyons. February 18 Culbortson. February 18 and 19 Grand Island and Comstock. February 1 9and 20 Wood Rlvor, McCook and Loup City. February 20 and 21 St. Paul, Cam bridge and Gibbon. February 21 and 22 Konesaw, Ar- apahoo and Palmer. Fobruary 22 and 23 Winden, At lanta and Archer. f February 25 and 26 Marquette. February 26 and 27 Aurora. February 28 and 29 Auburn. February 29 and 30 Johnson. February 30 and 31 Tecumsoh. A JOLT ON THE GOVERNMENT. Full Tariff Demanded by Railroads for Transporting Soldiers. Two railroads havo refused to make any special rate's to tho govornmont for tho shipment of soldiers en route to tho Philippines to and from San Francisco, and tho quartermaster's de partment of tho department of Mis sour! is much disappointed, tho of ficers expressing themselves In force ful language over the action of tho railroads. nid worn openod In Omnha for tho transportation of 600 men, 500 horses nnd a lariro amount of equipment, from Forts Rohlnpon nnd Russell to San Francisco. Only two roads submitted bids and both woro for regular and full rates. Railroad officials say tho gov ernment will securo no moro cheap faros. It Is the opinion of many that congress will bo prompted In, passing a law compelling all railroads In tho United States to transport sollders and equipment of war without cost to the government GRAZING LANDS Tha lilt Intraduaad by UnlUd Stataa Sanatar lurkatt PRESIDENT FAVORS ITS PASSAGE Sattlara May Outlay Land In Craz ing Dlttrlata Undar Parmlta laauad ta Tbam The leading; feature of the bill intro duced by Senator Burkett at tne last Boston of tho congress, and recom mended for passago by tho president. at this session respecting; the control of grazing lands aro as follow: Section. 1. That the president of the United States, with, the conseat of tho governor of the state or ter ritory affocted, is hereby authorized to establish, by proclamation, graz- ng lands of the United States. There upon tho secretary of agriculture shall have charge of such grazing dis tricts, appoint all officers necessary for tholr administration and protec tion, and all local officers shall bo ap pointed from tho qualified electors of tho states or territories In which such districts are respectively situated. Sec. 2. That the lands bo classified as agricultural shall be occupied for grazing purposes under annual or season permits only and shall bo con tlnually subject to disposition under tho public land laws. Lands bo class ified as grazing shall bo occupied un-( dor pormlts for periods of not more than ten years and upon application agricultural settlement Bhall bo al lowed whenovr an Inspection by the sccrotary of agrlculturo of tho lands' applied for shall show such lands to bo agricultural In charactor, but no othor Bottlomont or ontry therein shall bo allowed excopt under tho mining or town alto laws. Sec. 3. That tho jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons within such grazing districts shall not be affected or changed by reason of tho existence thereof, oxcopt bo far as tho punishment of offenses against tho United Statos therein is concorned. Sec. 4. That settlors residing with in the oxterlor boundaries of such grazing districts or in tho vicinity thoreof may occupy, undor permit from tho secretary of agriculture, any part of the said grazing districts ne cessary for school housos, churches and stato or county buildings, and nfter such pormlt has been granted tho land shall bo listed In tho local land offico nnd Bhall not bo subject to appropriation under tho publio land laws during such uso. Sec. 5. That tho sccrotary of agrl culturo shall fix a dato, which shall not bo loss than ono year from tho establishment of each grazing dis trict, and after Buch dato it shall bo unlawful to pasturo any class of llvo stock thereon without a grazing per mit Sec. 6. That so much of tho special rqsorvo fund provided for In section five of tho act of Fobruary 1, 1905, as tho secretary of agrlculturo may from tlmo to tlmo allot, Is horoby appro priated, to be availablo until ox ponded for tho purpose of payment of classification and all othor oxponsos necessary to oxecuto tho provisions of this act. MANY SCORE8 WERE HIGH. Yearly Record Being Kept at the Ex periment Station. Results of. tho cow judging contest, conducted during tho meeting of tho Nebraska Dairymen's association, re cently hold at Lincoln, have been made known. Two Lincoln men made tho highest possible scores, 49 points. Many othor contestants show high scores. There wore seven cows in thlB con test, no ono of which had a record of milk and butter production; these cows had just boon recolvod at the experiment station for tho purposo of an oxporlmontal test for tho ensuing yenr. They will bo milked with a milking machine for the entire year and a record kept of the milk andj butter fat produced by each; theso, cows, with ono exception, a cow fur-j nlshed by the station, have been conj trlbuted for tho year by bIx different breeders of tho Btato. HOW THINGS GET MIXED. Curios for the Nebraska University From Japan Held in New York. Tho university has had no small amount of trouble In obtaining somo curios and books that have been sent) within tho last year. In Juno a pack-f ago of curios from Japan was billed for Nebraska and loaded on a steamer. It Is not known what the box con tains, but it is thought that there Is an old suit of armor among the other curiosities. Tho box arrived at Soat tie In due time, but was sent from thero by an accident around tho horn to Now York. The Now York authori ties notified the univeralty of tho ar rival but held tho box for duty, which was not in accordance with the law providing that all gifts to educational institutions Bhall como into this coun try froo of duty. The curios are atill hold in Now York. They will be for warded to Nebraska only when the institution gives a bond for twice the amount of tho duty demanded on thorn. This can not be done until after the spring meeting of the board of regents. It is hoped that tho boxes and their contents will bo recelred hero some time early In March.