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FOB SQUARE DEAL Govtrntr Shaldtn Intinds tt ht tht Ltadtr. BATTLE FIERCELY TO THE FINISH Eitoutivt Dtolarat Hi Wat Elttttd by all Partita and Pladgtt Ltyalty tt Thtm By our Staff Correspondent George W. Kline A party pledged to reform is mak- Ing a strugglo for square deal logis- lation in Nebraska. Gov. George L. Sheldon, the first native born execu- tive, is tho leader, in tne senato anu in the house he has conferred with men who aro eager for laws in favor of tho people. The legislature is or- Dame to annum, anemon is a non-paruban . . . , . .. governor, tor tne nrst ume in me history of tho state a governor in his message has thanked all political par- ties, Governor sneiupn mm especial stress on tne declaration tnat me in- dependent voters, democrats, popu- - I lists and republicans, had elected him to omco and ne oeterminea to mane his official actions pledges of his loy- alty to the common people. Governor Sheldon Is a Nebraska farmer. His father was a member of that band of gallant pioneers which reclaimed Nebraska from the desert waste and laid the foundation for a prosperous state. At the state unl verslty George L. Sheldon was edu cated. He lived all his life on his fathers homestead. In the Spanish American war he went to the defense of his country. In education, in ethl cal standards and in his private life he has reached the ideal of the Ne braska people. He has determined to fulfil the pledges made to the people on the stump, and while he may make ... , . . iuisiukuh iib 10 a rnun wuum wc jiuu- pie will trust implicitly and should he err they will overlook it because of the sterling qualities of the leader. Early in the week the two houses reaumeu concurrent sessions alter au- Journment over Sunday. So far sixty- two bills have been Introduced In the house and eighty-nine have been pre-1 uented in the senate. Tnese emiirace all subjects. "Party pledge" bills on all partisan questions will be outlined by the Joint committees of the house and senate and all other measures will DO Slain. There was never a session of the Nebraska legislature when the chronic mud slingers were absent. In the heat of the speakership fight a number of epithets wore bandied about. Adam McMullen, tho author of one of the first primary bills introduced in the last session of the legislature and a consistent reformer, was attacked by his political enemies and denounced il 11 -1 ft TT Tnwk I ii i i i I i it i. it A. I aiso attacKeu anu it was mouKui his vote could be secured by a certain candidate it the "scare was appneu. Byram refused to be stampeueu. Both men have settled down to do some naru worn anu tnus get even wun tuu . .fi n.. early critics. Partisan strife has so far not been displayed in the Nebraska legislature. 'Party lines may bo drawn later In the session. It has been decided that tho pledges contained in both tho ropubll- can and democratic platforms will bo carried out. Joint committees have been appointed In each house to look after reforms. The senate Is repre- sented by seven men on each commit- tee, tho house by a like number. There will be threo joint committees. An anti-pass bill will bo outlined. Tho measure, as sketched by the Joint committee members, will forbid all sorts ot political transportation. Rail- way officials and employes may be granted passes. Ministers of tho gos- pel and charitable workers will be allowed passes. In other instances It will bo a felony to asK or give a pass. The context of the railway regula- tion bill has boon outlined. The meas- uro to bo approved by the joint com- mltteo will contain provisions to al- low tho state railway commission to make all rates, hoar all disputes and adjust differences. The commission- ers must publish tariffs and rate Hheets and must grant the railroads a hearing whenever a protest is filed, The commissioners probably will re- m1t 2,500 per annum, and a secre- ttary will b provided at a salary of $1,800 a year. 'Two assistants will also bo provided for at an annual sal ary of $1,200 each. Thoro aro a num ber who wish the secretaryship of tho commission. However, thoro is a pro nounced sentiment for a man who knows railway rates, and tho place doubtless will bo given to a practical freight rato man. Any interest in a railway, telegraph, telephone or ex press company will disqualify any member or assistant from serving on the commission. Transportation must be paid in cash and tho commission ers and their assistants must not re ceive, either directly or Indirectly, any profits from tho earnings of a public service corporation. Confusion and divergence of opinion . . . nrlmary ,aw L,. atat..taa nf TnWO winrnnin and Mlnneaota aro bolng overhauled. To .. . RUrnrlBO the ieeiBiators have dis . th t dlBaati8ractlon exists in each of tnQ thpee 8tates named. Daily new8paper8 as a rule, favor liberal ' . nrntractGd debate. In a large stat0 It Ia Impoggiblo for a candidate tQ r(Jach all tho people except through tnQ dftUy pre88 Tnls means that a daUy paper and a syndicat0 of week af hft annrnH In order to con llUi 111 IIU W MV MW - , , winninc campaign. More de pends Qn the countvy pr08s, it is as t , th ver before as a candl dato can be made or unraado within fQW davs nrecedinc tho party bal lotine bv a well directed newspaper attaeki Partisans are also eager to th narty orKanizatlon. This ,g anotner problem which vexes the ropubllcana and dCmocrats alike. It , ro,i,tn,i thprn win bo more strife and turmoil over the primary bill than all the rest of the legist Ljon The half-trigger legislator Is ex tremely liable to meet with mishap In tho Nebraska legislature this ses slon. Senator Wllsoy of Frontier nas hln "tmokntre." Z rI n7 Inn nnlerlne L, . the summary arrest, Imprisonment and . ff a anaaAv M at the bar Qf the 8enatei Hg resolution was so drastic that any casual visitor at the capltol could be arrested and disgraced. Sentiment nronounced against such a meas- d It was withdrawn after the author boasted that no one dared vote , t lt It Is not denied that a u organlzed band of senators and t tl Uow reDort8 to ema nato tnat ..Member Such-and-Such" is rallroad man. In this way a weak kd mernber can be forced Into line for almogt any .bin. A lobby reso Iliitlnn xiraa Intrrwlnnnrl In thfi Hfinato to admit visitors at the request of the members, cards being Issued. A similar arrangement exists in the house. The anti-lobby crusade has had one result. Lawyers are making money. As soon as a piece of legis hation is introduced tho interest af fected must either hire a lawyer or arguo In person before a committee g0 the lawyers are picking up many $5o and $joO foes. ThQ status of the food commission . oniiRfl . . th . the . . . . u , tt b d . . f f , bl I v thQ nouso Representativo McMullen , Intrnrlnppd n bill tn rnnrcranlz the state food commission. Deputy Food Commissioner Redfern wants a salary 0f $1,800. He would like chemist and throe inspectors, one for foods onc for dairy products and one for dnrSi and Is tho author of tho Burns bjn. An unknown organiza ti0n of chemists aro championing the opposing bill which provides substan- tially the same reforms the rigid in sGOtion of impure foods, drugs and dajry products. The pure food reform jB suro to be adopted. It will bo merely a skirmish for the patronage. This cloud of cuttle fish mist may absorb columns of space, but tho chief issue from the start will be the man aftor the pay check. Redfern has tho advantage which is nine LointB of advantaco in a legislative scrap. Senator Phillips of Holt wants to start another junior normal school at O'Neill. Ho Is tho author of a meas uro to establish no less than threo nor no more than six normals. Ho designates tho places as Alliance, Mc Cook, O'Neill and Valentine, with the two other sites in doubt. Senator Root of Cass is after the wolf bounty law. He has Introduced a measure repealing tho whole act in toto. A big deficit has piled up and I the scalp claims are still coming In. GALL A CONGRESS Mtttlngs Will bt Htld In Dtnvor During January RRIGATION TO BE ITS PURPOSE All Stattt Wttt of tht Mltsturl Rivtr Will Stnd Larf a Dtltfatltnt For the first timo in tho history of America a general movement has been naugurated looking toward the rapid development and settlement of the dry land sections of Nebraska and tho west. Acting on tho suggestion of many western farmers and business men, Gov. Jesse F. McDonald of Colo rado has called tho "Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress" to moot in Denver on January 24 and 25. Tho call has been sent to every state west of the Missouri river and assurances have already been received that dele gates will come, with stato sanction, from practically all of tho sixteen commonwealths Included in tho call. Tho Importance of this movomont cannot bo overestimated. Nino acres of farm land out of every ton in tho whole country west of tho 98th morld- an can never bo Irrigated and bo- cause, of slight rainfall most of this great territory must look for its re demption entirely to some method of scientific agriculture Within tho last decade the spread of tho so-called Campbell system, more commonly known as "dry farming," has con vinced the thinking men of the coun try that in some such method as this lies tho agricultural salvation of the west, and lt Is now proposed to start broad, unprejudiced movement, In which every stato affected shall take part, to further develop these soil cul ture systems and bring them to the attention of tho world at large. It Is necessary also, so It Is said by those who are interested, that some steps be taken to educate tho farmers who are today coming into tho dry lands of the west. In Colorado, Ne braska and Kansas alone 150,000 new homescekers have settled themselves within a year. Twelve hundred home steads In Kit Carson county, Colorado, wore taken up in 100G, and this record was almost If not quite equalpd by other counties in other western states Of these great bodies of settlers tho larger proportion aro from eastern states and are entirely unfamiliar with western conditions. The purpose of tho congress which will meet In Denver is, first of all, to form a permanent, educational, inter stato organization somewhat on tho lino of tho National Irrigation Con gress, and second, to afford a full and free discussion of tho principles of scientific soil culture, and of their development in the west. Speakers will bo present from every stato west of tho Missouri river. The United States Department of Agriculture will be represented, it is hoped. FARMERS WILL FIGHT TRUST. Takes Possession of Omaha Plant and Offers Inducements to Independents. Tho Farmers' Co-operative Cream ery and Supply company, with tho avowed purpose of fighting tho cream ery "trust" by tnldng into member ship all the farmers in this part of the country, has been organized at Omaha. Tho concern proposes to unite 5,000 cream producers in tho manufacture and sale of buttor and tho purchase of all farm supplies. Tho company has already 3,000 patrons Tho members of tho association will sharo In tho profits of the entiro busi ness and will have their butter fat produced at actual cost. Members will bo furnished separators and like goods at factory cost. Non-members will bo charged a trifle more than mombors. Farmers will be encouraged to ship their milk direct to tho now factory Instead of selling at tho country sta tlons of tho other creameries. Charles Harding, formerly prosldopt of a creamery company bearing his name Is president and general man ager of tho now organization. Big Year for Auto Trade. An estimate made by tho dealers places tho number of automobiles sold In Omaha In 1900 at 250. More could have been disposed of had tho ma chines been obtainable. Already orders have been taken In advance for 190 7for forty or more cars, something never before known SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEE The Following Named Will Act as Chalrrr.cn. Accounts and Expenditures II. E. Sackott. Agriculture, W. E. Thorne. Apportionments, George W. Wiltso. Banks nnd Currency, A. L. Clarko. Claims, J. C. F. McKesson. Constitutional Amendments and federal Relations, C. II. Aid rich. County and County Boundaries, J. G. O'Connell. Doaf, Dumb and Blind Aoylums, S. I. Buck. Education, L. Goodrich. Enrolled and Engrossed Bills, W. D. lolbrook. Finance, Ways and Means, J. L. Root. Fish nnd- Game, George W. Wiltso. Highways, Brldgo sand Ferries, H. B. Glovor. Intornal Improvements, J. P.' Latta. Insano Hospitals, P. F. Dodson. Insurance, Joseph Burns. Irrigation, C. G. Slbloy. Judiciary, E. L. King. Labor, F. W. Ashton. Library4, W. R. Patrick. Llvo Stock and Grazing, D. Hanna. Manufacturing and Commerce, J. C. McKesson. Medical Societies, F. Wilcox. Military Affairs, L. C. Gibson. Miscellaneous Subjects, W. H. Wil son. Miscellaneous Corporations, E. D. Gould. Municipal Affairs, L. C. Gibson. Privileges and Elections, F. W. Phil ips. Public Charities, J. C. Byrnes. Public Lands and Buildings, Chas. A; Rand ell. Public Printing, W. II. Wilson. Railroads, A. Wllsoy. Reform Schools, Asylum for tho Feeble Mindod and Homo for tho Friondless, II. E. Snckett. Revonuo, B. F. Thomas. Rules, G. L. Saunders. School Lands and FyndB, C. II. Ep person. Soldiers' Homo, J. G. O'Connell. Stato Prison, C. A. Luce. University and Normal Schools, R. M. Thomson. f The House. Judiciary, E. P. Brown. Finance, Ways and Means.Kelfor. Agriculture, J. Walsh. Roads and Brides, Klllcn. Public Lands and Buildings, Marsh. Internal Improvements, Mlchaol Loo. Federal Relations, Rapor. Engrossed and Enrolled Bills Clark. Accounts and Expenditures, Davis. Constitutional Amendments, Tuckor. County Boundaries, Etc., Barrett. Railroads, Harrison. Privileges and Elections, Farloy. Stato Penitentiaries, McCulIougb. Insane HoBpltalst Anderson. Other Asylums, Best. Corporations, Baker. Library, A. A. Smith. , Cities and Towns, Knowles. Banks and Currency, Hart. Public Schools, Shubert. University and Normal Schools, Mc Mullen. Public Printing, Hill. Mines and Mineral, Van Housen. Immigration, Eller. Manufacture and Commerce, Noff. School Lands and Funds, Doran. Miscellaneous Subjects, Wilson. Cla.'ms, Armstrong. Live Stock nnd Grazing, Masters. Rovonuo and Taxation, Dodgo. Rules, Mr. Speaker. Labor, Leeder. Apportionments, Henry. Fish and Game, Green. Insurance, E. W. Brown. Telegraph, Telophono and Electric Companies, Jenlson. Medical Societies and Sunday Laws, Fletcher. Fees and Salaries, Noyos. Soldiers Homo, Blystono. Irrigation, Hamer. Deficiencies, Logsdon. MEETING OF AGRICULTURISTS. Farmers of the State Attend Meeting at Capitol City. Several hundred of Nebraska's most progressive farmers gathered In Lin coin to attend the sessions of tho various agricultural societies of tho stato which met at tho capital city, In addition to these meetings several commercial and professional societies hold meetings, and men prominent in thoso lines throughout the country addressed tho meetings. Tho attendance of the farmers at the former annual gatherings has been very large and satisfactory, but this year's crowd broke tho record. Most of the societies held their sessions at the state farm. FOR NEW GUARDS The War Dtpartmtnt Hat Anntwitd Itt Inttntltnt OOii'T WANT REPETITION OF 1898 Jtbratka May Havt tht Flattt Military Org anlzatltii In tkt tht Unltta Stattt Tho now regulations for tho moblll- nation of tho national guard, Just per footed by Assistant Secretary of War Oliver, will make lt possible for Ne braska to havo ono of the best or ganizations in tho United States. The now order will result in making im? possible any repetition of tho difficul ties of reorganization of tho militia forces in tho faco of war, as experi enced in tho early days of 1898, Is ex pected by tho war department. Those regulations, which havo Just been printed and promulgated aro drawn under tho terms of the consti tution and oxlstlng militia law and preceding Btatutos. They provide for tho minimum strength of tho organ- zatlons of tho militia In timo of peace and equipment by tho stato author- ties so that this forco will bo in stantly avallablo in timo of neeti. In tho first placo it Is oxpected that) tho stato authorities will take advan tage of tho generous appropriations mado by tho national govornmont an nunlly for the support of tho national guard, to keep their organizations at a certain fixed minimum strength. These men are to bo completely equipped and drilled. And, in addi tion, the stato must provide ample oquipmont, arms, clothing, quarter masters' storos, tenting, ovorythlng necessary for the militiamen who may bo called Into service under tho torms' of tho law. Tho exporionce of tho Spanish war rocrultment demonstrated that lt was an impossible task for the national government to equip recruits In twos and threes and half dozens In little' country hamlots and feed and convey them to central recruiting depots. STATE HISTORIANS WILL MEET. Researches Into Nebraska's History Will Be Made. Tho results of a year of research In tho early doings of Nobraska peo ple wero recounted at tho annual! meeting of tho state historical so-) ciety held at the stato university atj Lincoln, January 1G and 17. Historic and prohlBtoric times wore delved Intol and one of tho features of the session! was tho report on tho discoveries in) tho mounds near Omaha, which havei formed tho basis of somo learned ar ticles and comment in scientific pub lications all over tho world. Remi niscences of tho men who crossed tho plains in tho oarly days, of ad vontures with Indians and of tho de velopment of Indian happenings early and late, forme dother points which wero covered by tho peoplo on tho program. GAIN IN ATTENDANCE. Registration at Agricultural College Increases. Registration for all courses at the agricultural college of tho university has already exceeded last year's fig ures. Tho total will probably reach 445 for tho year, an Increase of over 20 por cent above last year's regis tration. Registration In tho three year course Is 22G, and In tho winter course 171, a total gain over last year ot' forty-four. Tho growth of, attend ance has been so rapid that students at tho farm aro finding considerable trouble in obtaining board. New Telephone Lines. Tho Independent Telophono conn pany has completed a copper toll lind to Lowell, which, as soon as the sec4 tlon at Konesaw is comploted, will give connections with Lincoln, Omaha Des Moines and Kansas City and in tervoning points. The company had expended $15,000 during tho past yea In extending Its linos. Tho state as soclatlon moots in Lincoln next weekj Adams County Doctors Mset At the annual meeting of the Adams County Medical association the fol lowing officers were elected: Dr. H. Lynn, of Hastings, president; DrJ F. L. Taylor, of Hastings, secraUrj and treasurer; Dr. B. O. ItooU, C Pauline, vis, iresldemt.