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LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE COM.
MITTEE FINISHES ITS WORK.
ADVISE NUMEROUS REFORMS
PreJImlnary Draft of Report of Senate
and House Committee on Leglo-
latlve Procedure and
Budget.
Following; Is the report of the Joint sen
to and house commlttco oil reform In
leglslatlvo' procedure and budget which
tuut been at work slnco the adjournment
of the. last session of the Nebraska legis
lature. The Investigation was conducted
by correspondence for a period of nine
months with persons familiar with legis
lative practice In tho various states of the
union and other countries. Several hun
dred letters wero written nnd answers se
cured Great Interest was manifested In the In
Testlgutlon by governors, legislators and
students of political science In other
otatcs. In addition to tho correspondence
member of tho committee visited in per
son the provinces of Manitoba. Saskatche
wan, Alberta and British Columbia. In
western Canada and made a Hrst-hand
study of the methods of government In
use In those provinces.
To Honorable John If. Morehead and
Members of tho Thlrty-fourth Session of
tho Nebraska Legislature:
. The Joint committee of the senate and
the house, appointed under a resolution of
tho thirty-third session of the Nebraska
legislature to make a careful study of
methods of legislative procedure In other
fltates and countries. Including tho prep
aration of tho budget and appropriation of
money for public expenses, and to formu
late a report and recommendations upon
these subjocts, herewith submits its find
ings. We recommend tho following schedule:
A. Bllla.
1. Size, style, type, margin, etc.
Paper Same quality as that used for
thirty-third session Nebraska legislature.
Size 7xll inches, the same as used
In Wisconsin.
Type 10 point, with nonpareil (C-poInt)
slugs between lines.
' Size of type pages 5x8 inches.
Display headings not more than 1
Inches at top of bill, using tho samp
words for heading as In the thirty-third
session 'Nebraska legislature.
2. Amendatory bills.
Use the same form as that used In
Wisconsin, viz.: Now matter In italics.
Old matter to be omitted with horizontal
black line across faco (canceled letters).
3. Enrolling and engrossing bills.
Use Wisconsin plan, viz.: Engrossed
Mils typewritten, enrolled bill printed
with different headings, with different
typo and upon different sized paper from
that used in printing for regular bill flies.
Sufficient copies of enrolled bills shall bo
printed to supply members and furnish
secretary of state's office for use In mak
ing certified copies of laws.
4. Bill drafting.
The establishment of a bill drafting
division of tho legislative reference
bureau on lines similar to the one now in
ervlce in Wisconsin. Service by thl
division shall be rendered to members of
the legislature upon signed requisition
from members and without charge.
5. Bill flics.
For the use of tho senate during tho
bcssIoii House bill files shall be made up
so as to- Include only those hills which
have already passed the house, thereby
avoiding the great bulk of unused bills
upon the desks of members. A similar
plan' shall .be used In the house for sen
ate bills.
C. Number of bills. '
In order to check the Introduction of
unnecessary bills, and at the same time
afford the peoplo a fulr hearing In tho
legislative halls for their demands, a rule
hall be adopted In both houses providing
that members shall Introduce such bills
only as they are willing to give their per
gonal e idorsement und defend before the
committees and upon the floor.
B. Legislative Publications,
1. Journals.
A printed dally Journal of the day's pro
ceedings shall be placed upon tho desk of
each member upon the next following
legislative day. The presiding officer at
the proper time each day shall call for
corrections of the printed Journal. When
all corrections aro agreed to tho corrected
record shall at onco he transmitted by the
chief clerk or secretary to the official
printer, who shall proceed to print from
the corrected typo forms tho full number
of Impressions required for the bound vol
umes of the house and senate Journals.
This process shall bo repeated from day to
day so that ut the close of the session the
full edition of both Journals shall be
printed and require only Indexing and
binding to be ready for public distribu
tion. 2. Other publications.
That printed calendars of commlttco
meetings, subject Indoxen of bills. Intro
duced and their order of hearing before
Main Causes of Dependency.
Enumerating the causes of depend
ency or homelesancBS, MIbs Etta Ca
ton, state agent for dependent chil
dren, declared In a paper read before
tho second annual conference of state
and local health officers at Lincoln
that drunkenness and Immorality or
the social evil are the main causes.
She gave figures based on a hundred
cases takon In hand by the homo for
dependent children. In forty-nine of
these cases drink was one of the
causes of trouble and In alxty-slx
cuses the social evil played a part.
KEDI
COMMITTEE
REPORT
committees and In each house be pre
pared and printed dally during tho ses
sion In such form and manner ns will
secure tho most adequate knowledge by
the public Interested In the progress of
legislation,
C. Legislative Printing.
1. Letting of contracts.
For the legislative printing of tho H Ui
session of tho Nebraska legislature, tho
stato commissioner of printing Is re
quested to proparo specifications, Invite
bids and let contracts In nceordanco with
tho foregoing recommendations und pur
suant to the resolution of the senate and
houne of the thirty-third session of the
Nobraska legislature. To tliut end ho Is
requested to confer nnd co-operate with
the chairman and secretary of the Joint
commlttco presenting this repot t.
D, Committees,
1. Names and membership. The rutcs
shall provide for the following commit
tees with mumbetshlp annoxed:
Senate 3 3 m
3.5" as-
C. 3
Accounts nnd expenditures, b C
Agriculture 5 7
Banks and currency C 7
Constitutional amendments und
federal relations 6 7
Drainage, Irrigation nnd water
power (combined) 5 10
Education (Including university
and normal schools and library). S 10
Enrolled and engrossed bills... 3 7
Finance, ways and means 7 9
Claims and deficiencies S 5
Fish and game :i 5
Highways, bridges and feirles 7 D
Insurance... G 1
Judiciary 7 9
Labor 3 5
Live stock and grazing 5 &
Manufactures, retail and commerce
1 (combined) 6 10
Medical societies C G
Miscellaneous coiporatlons G 7
Miscellaneous subjects 6 G
Miscellaneous affairs G G
Municipal nff atis G G
Privileges and elections G 7
Public Institutions (including n
sano hospitals, reform bchools,
and other asylums, soldiers'
homes, state penitentiary, deaf,
dumb and blind Institutes, pub
lic lands und buildings) , 7 24
Railroads 6 S
Revenue and taxation 7 7
School lands and funds 3 G
Rules und resolutions (combined). G 3
Standing committees 7 7
Note: In the above list of senate com
mittees are 27 committees with a total
membership of 139, compared with 42
committees with 235 members at the
thirty-third session. In addition to tho
committees consolidated with other com
mittees tho following hitherto existing
senate committees aro omitted, their
work, where any existed, devolving upon
other committees:
Apportionment G
Employes 7
Internal Improvements '. G
Public charities G
Military affairs G
Public printing 6
Counties and county boundaries 6
8 3 S3
3 c?
House 3 jjj wi?
re S-ro 2L
c-j 2.1s
2
P- 3
Accounts and expenditures 6 11
Agriculture 11 1G
Banks and blinking . 0 1G
Cities and towns 11 1G
Claims and deficiencies (combined) 11 22
Constitutional amendments 7 11
Corporations 9 9
Education (Includes university and
normal schools, public schools
and libraries) 11 33
Irrigation, drainage and water
uowcr (first two combined, last
one added) 11 . 20
Engrossed and enrolled bills 3 9
Fees and salaries 7 9
Finance, ways and means 11 1G
Fish culture and game.r 7 9
Insurance 9 1G
Judiciary 11 16
Labor '. 7 14
Llvo stock and grazing 7 S
Manufactures, retail and commerce
(combined) E 14
Medical societies 6 11
Miscellaneous subjects 11 11
Privileges and elections 7 11
Railroads 9 1G
Revenuo and tnxatlon 11 11
Roads and bildges 11 16
Rules and resolutions (resolutions
added) G 7
School lands and funds.'. 7 11
Stato institutions (Includes In
sane hospitals, other asylums,
public lands and buildings, sol
diers' homes, state penitentiary) 11 49
Telegraph, telephone and electric
companies 9 16
Noto: In the above list of house com
mittees are 2S committees with a total
membership of 23S. comp.iicd with '47
committees with 490 members at tho
thirty-third session. In addition to the
committees consolidated with other com
mittees, the fpllowlng hitherto existing
house committees are omitted, their
work, where any existed, devolving upon
other committees:
Apportionment 9
Benevolent institutions 7
County boundaries, county seats and
township organization 9
Employes 7
Federal relations 7
Immigration 9
Internal improvements 7
Militia 9
Mines and minerals 7
Public printing 9
2. Meetings.
The rules shull provide that regular
meetings' of committees shall be held
from 9 until 12 o'clock a. in. dally, after
the session bus advanced to tho stage of
committee work upon bills; that a sched
ule exhibiting tho time and place for
meetings of each committee each week
during the period of aetlvit committee
work shall be prepared und printed; that
the schedulo shall be so arranged for
different days und hours as to secure full
Reliable reports from all parts of
the stato that people are shooting
ducks leads many lovers of hunting to
tho conclusion that the federal gnmo
regulations aro a farce so far as en
forcement In Nobraska Is concerned.
State Game Warden Rutenbeck Is
ready and willing to co-oporato with
tho fcdoral authorities, but he has
been unable to get any definite In
formation as to what Is desired of him.
As a result ho is making but little ef
fort to enforce the fodoral regulations
against spring shooting of duks and
geo3e.
membership of each committee at meeV
Inge without interfering with meetings ol
othor committees. Tho rules shall provldo
for Joint meeting of tho senate, and
house committees on llnunce, ways nnd
moans, claims and such others ns may
seem advisable.
3. Committee work a"ud roll calls.
Tho rules shall provldo that Una! uctlon
In reporting bills from committees shall
be taken only In tho regular daylight hours
of commlttco meetings and that a bill
shall bo reported for tho general HIo of
tho house of senate only when a majority
of nil tho mombeis of tho committee do
claro thcmsolves In favor of the bill and
Willing to defend and promoto It upon the
floor In committee of tho whole.
The rules shall. provide that ii record of
tho vote In standing committees. ,whero
n division occurs in the committee, shall
be kept. Accessible to the public during
tho session nnd shall be Med with tho
secretary of stato ut tho session's close.
E. Employes.
1. List of employes.
Tho rules shall provldo for the follow
ing schedule of regular employes for, tho
house and senate, and no more. Tho
stututo shall bo amended, whero neces
sary to conform to the rules:
V.
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Officers nnd Employes
of tho Semite
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Secretary 1
Assistant secretaries 1
Chaplain 1
Sergeant-at-arms 1
Assistant sergeaiit-ut-anns 1
Clerk of enrolling and eiigroeslu
room 1
Pages -
fc'tenogiaphers
Engrossing room ' 2
Cleik's ollloo ",
Subject to call 2 C
Messenger (Jointly with house).... ',&
Bookkeeper 1
Custodians 1
Mall carrier (Jointly with house).. ,i'
Postmaster 1
Janitor (to caie for all rooms) 1
Proof readers and copy holders.... 1
Clerks '
BUI loom -
Finance committee (Jointly
with houe) 4
Claims commute (Jointly
with houfle) '. 16
Subject to call 1 4
Mimeograph or amendment clerk.. 1
Doorkeeper
Watchman
Note: Etra holp In thirty
third session was rendered by six
different persons, aggregate of
101 days, equal to two regular
employes
26
2 3-
Officers and Employes
of the House
Chief clerk J 1 1
First assistant 1 1
Second assistant, third und fourth
assistants 1 3
Chaplain 1 1
Postmaster 1 1
Serge.int-ut-arms 1 1
Assistant sergeant-ut-jims 1 1
Clerks
Enrolling and engrossing room 1
Bill room' 4
Judiciary committee ...- I
Finance committee and claims
committee 1
Mlmeogr.ipher 1,
Subject to call 2'10 i3
Stenographers
For clerk's odlco 2
For enrolling and engrossing
room 2
Subject to call 4 8 9
Timekeeper and lK)okkeepcr 1 3
Mall carrier (Jointly with senate). '.4 1
Custodians 2 IS
Messenger (Jointly with senate).. Vj 1
Pages 2 G
Proof readers 3
Poiter 1
Day and night watch 2
Notary ." , 1
Door und gate keepers 3
Noto: Extra help In thirty-third H
session was rendered by 14 dlf-
ferent persons, nggtegute of
233'4 days, equal to 3 icgulut
employes 3
31 71
2. Employes' wages.
A comparison of thu cost of tho neces
sary help to run the legislature with the
cost of leglslatlvo help In the thlrt -third
session bus been mado upon the basis of
full tlmo for 90 days for each regular em
ploye, as follows:
Cost of employes as per this commit
tee repoit:
Estimated Actual Cost
Cost of 33d Sessmn
Houso lA S.400 J30.35S
Senate C,7.0 21.G03
$13,210 JM.SG3
Estimated saving to the state by adop
tion of the committee's report of (60,053.
3. Overtime.
In order to abolish tho ubuso of oer
tlme nnd tho absence of t-mployes from
their duties during the' leglslatlvo session,
a rule shall bo m.u'c lequlrlug all em
ployes to check their time In and their
tlmo out each day of so: vice during the
session.
4. Selection of employes.
A rule shall be adopted providing for
tho election by ballot of the mombuts of
the following olllcers In each housu;
Senate Secretary, chaplain, scrgeant-ut-arms,
postmaster.
Housu Chief cleik, first assistant
clerk, second nssUtant clerk, chaplain,
sorBeant-at-arms, assistant HcrgtHiut-.it
arms, postmaster.
Other employes of tho senate shall bo
chosen 'by the president pro teinport- and
secretnr ; In tho huuhe by the upeiki-r
and chief clerk. Any appointed i uipluyo
shall be subject to lemoval liv the ap
pointing power or by a twn-thllds totu
of tho house which he serves
Farmers In eastern England fre
quently have to contend with the
drouth the sumo as the Nebraska
farmer. This was emphasized recent
ly when the owner of a largo e.stnto
near Norfolk. England, asked the
agricultural engineer at Iho Nebraska
university farm for Infotmatlon i-
gardlng silos. Hoot crops, upon which
tho winter herds dopotul for feed, aro
frequently a complete failure on ac
count of tho summer drouth. Silos
nro wanted In thut section to mal;o
possible the supply of succulent uud
more economical feed.
Smart Motor and Sports Hats
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NEW kind of hut. which might be
called an aristocrat In millinery If
thero wore no other way of describ
ing It, has been brought out In this
country. It has already won tho dis
tinction of being Imported by tho
French and English from America.
This reverses the usual order of things
and may mark the breaking of the first
wavo in a turning tide.
Three examples of . hats mado in
thlg new way and designed for motor
ing and for outdoor sports are pic
tured here. The bodies of theso hats
are made of ailk fibre or specially pre
pared millinery braids or chenille or
yarns. There Is no supporting frame
of -wire or buckram. Tho materials
used nro manufactured with a tiny
wiro core and tho hat woven of them
needs no other support. It is as pli
able as a flno Panama and can be ad
justed in any way tho wearer likes.
It is possiblo to turn tho brims up
from tho faco or down over tho eyes
and tho hat rarely needs a pin to fas
ton it.
The auto hat shown is made of yarn
in a light leather brown. It Is trimmed
with a tubing crocheted of a heavier
yarn to match and provided with a
handsomo chiffon motor veil in tho
same color. TIiIb veil is cleverly ad
justed over the hat, passing through
short slits at each side, which aro
mado in tho brim at tho buso of tho
crown. Tho veil may bo pulled down
over tho face when wanted.
Three New Pieces
F ANY ono thing demonstrates how
forceful tho appeal of tho purely
decorative in apparel is, as compared
to the simply useful, It is tho Increas
ing demand for lingcrio ribbons. Rib
bon ornaments for decorating under
muslins, and garments made wholly
or In part of ribbon, havo ceased to
bo called novelties, they aro regular
stock in trade.
Tho designer of lingerie must give
fully as much time to lis decorative
features as to cut and materials, and
alto has taken unto herself ribbons
that they may help out In tho play
of Imagination which la expressed In
decoration rather than in design.
Theso Idoaa havo captivated women-
they allow them to Indulgo tho feml
nlno lovo of luxury at small cost.
Threo of tho nowest ribbon plocos
aro pictured here. Thero Is an ad
justable ornamont mado of satin rib
bon an inch and a half wide. It con
sists of a Bir.all bov. with fhreo hang
ing ends and one short ond spring
ing from four short loops. Small
daisies made of baby ribbon, and mil
linery stamens, aro set in tho loop
and on two of tho ends.
Omamonts of this kind nro provided
with llttlo safety pins so that they
can bo transferred from ono garment
to anothor, and they aro mudo up In
any light color tho wearer may fancy,
with yellow almost as popular as blun
and pink.
An undor bodico (or corset cover)
Is mado of very wldo mossallne rib
bon trimmed with laco. It Is plaited
into a tapo at tho bottom and fastens
ovor tho shoulders with ribbon tiea
At the right of tho plcturo tho
Btnartest of "sports" hatB is mnllo with
a bright green crown and a black and
white brim. A gay Roman Bash In
strong brilliant colors Is laid about tho
hat and held in place by straps mado
of material like that In the crown.
For golfing, motoring, or any othor
out-of-doors pastime, it la a mnrvol of
beauty and convenience.
At the top there Is a hat made of a
strong blue silk fiber braid for tho
street or general outdoor wear. At
tho right aldo a spray of grayish green
grass springs from tho brim edge, to
which It is bound with a nnrrow velvet
ribbon in dark blue with a pln-stripo
in white at tho edge.
One must Imagino tho color schemes
in theso hatB to apprcclato how good
looking they are. Thero is no way of
describing tho texturo unless ono com
pares it to a close-mndo Irish laco
crochet. Like tho best hats for mon
it 1b named for its inventor and called
tho Klnnard hat after tho American
lady who created It. It is essentially
an elegant hat and cannot bo mado
cheaply, which Is a point greatly in
its favor in the estimation of tho smart
sot. But Its strong appeal, next to
good looks, Is from a sanitary stand
point and in tho matter of conve
nience. It allows a free circulation ot
air through tho interstices in tho
shape, and is pllablo enough to bo
bent in any shapo desired.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
in Lingerie Ribbons
finished In a flat "cravat" bow. At
tho front thero is a full bow with
hanging ends, of baby ribbon termi
nating tho length that Ib threaded
through tho lace. This serves tho
purpose of drawing tho bodico at tho
top to adjust It to tho figure.
With tho thin blouses and gowns
for summer, which aro moro diapha
nous than ovor, tho ribbon undor
bodico Is a necessity, or ono similar
to It of Bilk or a combination of nar
row ribbon and laco insertion.
A pretty rosotto bow with two hang
ing ends, contorod with a smaller
rosotto of baby ribbon, Is shown at
tho right. It serves tho samo pur
poses us tho bow already described,
and Is to bo transferred from ono
garment to anothor. Ribbons from
ono nnd a half to two Inches In width,
soft and highly lustrous, nro to bo
chosen for theso boB.
Considering their small cost they
aro tho most effectlvo and. satisfactory
of dress accessories. Thoy mako tho
most elegant and welcome of gifts to
women friends and they last, oven
with frequent wear, a long tlmo.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
To Cleanse Veils.
An excellent way to wash chiffon
veils, says tho Now Haven Journal
Courier, la to put them In a largo pro
servo Jar with a lid. Hot soap suds
mado by dissolving a good soap In
boiling wator should cover tho veil In
tho Jar by several Inches. Adjust tho
lid and shako until all tho dirt Is re
moved from tho chiffon, thcu rinse It
, thoroughly.
ANCIENT VALLEY OF CAROL
Inhabitants on Steep Slopes In the Py
renees Orientates Have Pe
culiar Customs.
London. Tho Valley of Carol, In tnr
Pyrenees Orlontales, whoro Bnowod-up
peoplo recently had to escapo from
their dwollings by tho chimneys, takcB
Its namo, tho Inhabitants boast, from
Charlomagno. It always has been ono
of tho main portals between Franco
nnd Spain, nnd, though It has not at
tained tho soparato status and inde
pendence of tho neighboring llttlo re
public of Andora, it has enjoyed for
centuries a considerable degreo of In
dependence. In 1399 King Martin of Aragon, by
special grant, frood tho Inhabitants of
this vnlloy from arrest for debt, re
garding it as vital that thoy should ba
In tho Valley of Carol.
nt liberty to dofend tho Spanish bor
der castles, which, by tho way, waB a
shrewd movo on tho part of that mon
arch, who ceaselessly was in feud not
only with tho barons of tho mountain
ous north, but with his Gallic neigh
bors, tho rulors of Franco, as well.
Tho customs and habits of tho peo
plo of tho district aro quaint, but no
doubt necessitated by topographic con
ditions. Tho steep mountain sides aro
Bhoorly Inaccessible. Thoro is neith
er church nor priest among thorn and.
their dead aro burled in coffins which,
by means of long, stout ropes aro lob
down tho steep rocks into tho small
valley hundreds of feet bolow, and
thoro taken chargo of by tho church,
and intorred. Under similar condi
tions theso primitive hard-living peo
plo go to church. This occurs but
onco a year, when In baskets tho most
fearless among them aro lowered
down Into tho ennyon bolow.
TWO SQUIRRELS WERE DRUNK
Chocolate Cocktails the Little Animals
Found Sent Them Homo
Staggering.
Tarrytown, N. Y. -When Dud Weeks
goes flBhlng ho alwayB comes back
with a good catch or a good story. Re
cently ho brought back both.
"Ab I was going ovor on tho lake
road," ho Bald, "I saw two gray squlr
hels eating out of a small pasteboard
box. When I approached thoy stag
gered away llko drunken men. I
looked at the box and saw tho reason
why. It had probably fallen from an
nutomobllo. I watched thoso squlrrelB
as thoy tried to climb tho tree and got
In tholr holo. Thoy wero JuBt llko a
drunken jnnn trying to put a key in tho
koyholo and had about as much buc
cosb. I wont on fishing, and as I waa
coming homo at night what do you
supposo I saw?"
"Saw them signing tho pledge," sug
gested Jim Graveson, president of tho
Roslyn Whool club.
"No," said Wcoks, "they wero both.
Bitting at tho sldo of tho lako holding
a cako of ico on their heads. Thoy;
woro a sick looking pair, I toll you."
COFFIN CONCEALED A MURDER
Sixteen Bullet Holes Were Found in
Head of Dead Man When
Casket Was Opened.
Olean, N. Y. When Coronor Caesar
Smith opened tho coffin containing tho
body of William Lobarger of Bolivar,
N. Y., who died at Mannlngsport, La.,
it was found that tho dead man had 1G
bullet holes in his head. Nothing
was known hero by the authorities or
relatives of tbo manner in which ho
met death. Tho bullet holea appear to
havo been mado by a 32-callber re
volver fired at short range. Tho po
llco started an inquiry.
Bean Shooter for Squirrels.
Evunaton, 111. Georgo Wnterous
waB advised by tho police to try a
bean shooter to drlvo a nest of squir
rels from tho attic of his home. Wa
ferous had asked permission to use a
.-lllo on tho pests, saying that thoy
wero too wary to bo caught by traps
or poison.
Green Hair Causes Riot.
Now York. Tho first appearance of
green hair in public In this city nearly
caused a riot at tho Globo theater.
Several men refused to return to their
seata tutor leaving tho playhouse,