LOPS THEM OFF
Ftnanee Committal Slashts Many
Appropriation Bills
STATE UNIVERSITY LOST $180,000
Ttrminal Taxation Bill and Rail
way Commissioners Bill art
Signed by Governor
Armed with a pruning knife oC lib
oral dimensions, the senate committee
on ihmnco. ways and means unniovoi
fully lopped the state appropriations a
million and a quarter dollars. The
house passed bills that reached the
enormous total of more than lour anu
one-fourth millions. This was reduced
to Blightly more than three millions
by the committee. The state univor
alty lost $180,000. All the building ap
propriations wore cut off. In addition
the buildings at the state farm will bo
erected out of the 1 mill levy. The
engineering building to be paid for out
of the 1 mill levy was lopped off. The
senate directed the following building
operations and the 1 mill levy must
furnish the funds: To finish woman's
building, $20,000; heating and power
plant, $35,000; veterinary clinic and
stock judging pavilion, $30,000; cattle
feeding building, $15,000. All these
improvements are for the state farm.
Senators Burns and McKesson fought
the university onslaught in Vain.
The roll was called on the motion of
Senator Ashton not to concur and the
state university was abandoned by all
but six members. The vote follows:
Ayes Ashton, Burns, Byrnes, Good
rich, O'Connell and McKesson.
Nuys Aldrich, Burk, Clarke, Dod
son, Epperson, Gibson, Glover, Gould,
Hanna, Holbrook, King, Latta, Luce,
Patrick, Phillips, Root, Sackett, Saun
ders, Sibley, Thomas, Thomson,
Thorno, Wilcox, Wiltse 25.
Randall and Wilson did not vote.
The appropriation of $2,000 for the
fish hatchery was indefinitely post-
poned.
Tho Kearney industrial school was i
doprived of $25,000 for additional land, i
rlM 1 a tuna fnl-.n j-tif ei I.J T? . A QA
II. R. 343 was doctored. The sum
for studying animal disease was cut
from $2,500 to $1,500, the cornstalk
disease item was clipped out and sev
eral other minor Items deducted.
The Norfolk asylum claim for $100,
000 was reduced to $01,000 and It is
stated that It will be placed at the
former figure as soon as the "univer
sity howl" has died out.
Thn nntt.nnM hin i,n imon !lcCo,i
by both houses and the amendments 1 lumber and live stock in shipment and
have been concurred in by both houses. that welghmastcrs shall be furnished
During tho voting Cone sent an ex- ' th ?ttlt, Ilt junction points. Tho
planatlon of his vote to the desk of b111 originally applied to these various
Chief Clerk Barnard as follows: "II Masses ol Ireght, but the committee
believe the house should have stood tf,,ut ,ut everything save coal, and when
for 11. R. 473 as an effective anti-pass ith house considered It In committee
law. I have explained my position on ,( the whole all commodities were
this bill I vote 'no' on S F " The l'lneed back In the bill and the pro
member's absent and not voting on tho 'V,,B rr a weighmaster was included,
bill were Duncan. Fletcher. Howe, j Thiessen did not like this change in
Saunders, Richardson, Marlatt, Whith- v lew of the liiiormat ion concerning
am. Walsh. Steinnuor, Shubert and i5llts 1,1 transit furnished nt the meet
Quackenbush. Im ol tno railroad committee, and
"Grandna" Ramos of Omaha voted
for the bill, and a general laugh arose,
in which the patriarch joined. Mr.
Barnes is reported to have a North
western pass and is said to have as
serted that he did not care who knew
it.
The anti-pass bill as it goes back
to the t nnte carries many amend-
ments. It does not, however, prevent
lawyers and doctors in the employ of
the roads from having the prized paste-
boards. On this ground, more than of stato officers and deputies. A few
anything else, .Cone and others have, of tho oflicials listed claims on this
declared the bill a nonentity. The bill account under their own names, but
provides a penalty for receiving as well most of the Items aro put in under
as giving a pass. It does not have t ho , disguises by agents of bonding con-anti-discrimination
clause. This will corns, so it cannot be told for what
permit the railroads to sell passes to departments they aro intended. In tho
any one they please for a nominal sum, i case of Deputy State Superintendent
it is asserted. Bishop there aro two separate claims,
one for the ensuing blennlum and an-
Governor Sheldon has signed the ' other apparently for a year or two
terminal taxation bill and the railway back. Governor Sheldon Is tho only
commission bill. Tho commission has1r,tate officer who did not ask to be re
organized and is now ready to begin , imbursed for tho premium on his bond,
the task of adjusting rates and listen-1 Tho county treasury examiners wanted
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straightening details of schedules.
S. F. 326, requiring railroads to
maintain hinged gates at farm cross
ings, has become a law.
An effort Is being mado by the leg
islature to make tho present toll
bridge over tho Missouri river at
Sioux City a free highway under tho
control of tho United States govern
ment. Tho people of tho northwestern part
of tho state havo taken considerable
interest In tho matter.
H. R. No. 9, the child labor law by
Clarko of Douglas, was passed by a
vote of 24 to 9.
S. P. No. 234, introduced by Burns, sengor schedules, classifications, rates,
has passed the sennte. It requires tariffs and charges used by said coin
foreign corporations to keep an agent mon carriers and in effect on January
in the stato upon whom service can bo'1. 197; both stato. Interstate and pro
bad, portlonal charges."
Tho bill then provides that tho corn-
Senator Burn's bill to eliminate tho mission shall file as soon as practlc
word "incurable" from tho namo of tho a,)lo thereafter a complete, schedule
Hastings asylum for the insano has and classification. This will give tho
passed tho senate.
S. F. No. 445, introduced by tho gov
ernor, to legalize tho Issuance of bonds
Issued heretofore for municipal heat
ing and lighting bonds in cities of tho 1 The Baptist people at Peru are mak
Aecond class and villages, has been Ing a canvass for the purpose of se
passed by tho senate. curing funds to build a now church.
THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS.
Amounts Asked Exceed Those ef Two
Years Ago.
Tho Important question of appropri
ations for tho blennlum Is now occu
pying tho attention of the legislature.
Tho nmounts asked exceed the appro
priation of two years ago. Whilo re
quests for larger expenditures should
bo scrutinized closely, it does not fol
low that tho allowance of larger sums
is extravagance In every case. Ne
braska has grown rapidly In tho past
five years and tho demands of state In
stitutions havo legitimately increased.
Tho stato owes a duty to properly caro
lor its institutions, and It Is financially
able to dlschargo that duty. It Is true
that there is an existing statute that
limits tho levy for tho state general
fund, nnd tho argument is used that
tho appropriations must not exceed
this limit. Tho legislature ercted this
barrier and tho legislature can reiuovo
it. If the limit Imposed by statuto Is
Inadequate to moot existing demnnds
tho statuto can bo amended. Tho cs
tlmato of expenditures of a former
logislnturo is not necessarily n true
guldo. It may bo too high; It may bo
too low. Appropriations should bo con
sldored on tho merits. Whatever Is
needed for adequate support should bo
clven no more nnd no less. Because
tho state has prospered and Is flnan
dally able to dlschargo its obligations
is not a reason for expending money
uselessly. It is a reason for supplying
legitimato demands.
DID NOT GET FLAG.
Many Legislators Try to Secure Na
tlonal Emblem.
Some legislative practices of past
years do not "go" at the present sos
slon of tho legislature, and among them
Is the old custom of giving away stato
property to officers and members of
the lawmaking bodies. Tho houso of
representatives tabled a resolution of
fored by Lnhners of Thayer to donate
one of tho largo Hags over tho speak
er's chair to Thayer county for Its new
courthouse. This was done on motion
by Baker of York.
A substitute motion was sent to tho
desk by Quackonbush proposing that
the word "Thnyor" be stricken out and
"Nemaha" Inserted instead. B. A.
Brown wanted his county, Sherman, to
be tho favored one, while Carlln of
Rock, a staunch fusionlst, suggested In
an "amendment to the amendment to
the amendment" that the house confer
tho flag on "tho banner republican
county in tho state" his own.
OPPOSES OWN BILL.
Thiessen Against His Bill When Time
Came for Passage.
Thiessen of Jefferson opposed his
own bill when it came up for final pas
sage. It was II. R. No. 238, providing
that railroads shall furnish track
weights of carload lots of grain, coal,
I wnun l" 0111 cumn up ior unru reau
ing he voted against it, preferring to
wait for S. F. No. 207, which ho says
is a better bill.
MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS BILL.
Governor Only One Who Did Not Ask
. for Refund.
In tho miscellaneous claims bill as
passed by tho house aro a lot of items
for payment of premiums on tho bonds
(somo reason they were ruled out by
I tho houso claims committee, although
one or two clerks got their names on
tho list of approved Items. Presum
ably, tho heads of stato Institutions
will bo requesting tho samo treatment
at the hands of tho next legislature.
COMMISSION BILL SIGNED.
Measure Goes Through Carrying Emer
gency Clause.
The governor has signed II. R. No.
305, tho railway commission bill, car
rying tho omorgoncy clause. The bill
provides that "it shall ho tho duty of
all common carriers within tho stato
to file with tho stato railway commis
sion within thirty dnys after this act
shall take effect all freight and pns-
rauroaus uuny nays oeiore me nut
may bo offoctlvq In so far as alteration
of rates by tho commission Is con-corned.
THEY ENDORSE IT
Stato Wide Closed Primary
Bill
Endorsed by Senate
AN IMPORTANT PLEDGE REDEEMED
Five Fuslonists Join Republicans
in Placing this Measure on
the Statute Books
Endorsement of the stato wido
closed primary, a. primary at which
electors can participate only In their
own party alfalrs, was endorsed by
tho senate, thus finishing one of thu
last and most Important of tho party
platform pledges made to tho people.
Tho closed primary was injected into
tho bill, II. R. No. -105, a measure
drawn by a joint conunitteo, tho house
having llrst acted upon it and changed
tho plan to tho open primary.
Tho live members of the fusion party
joined with tho republicans In endors
lng tho bill, but Insisted upon ollm
inntlng a standing committee amend
ment that prevented fusion, or mado
It unlawful for a candidate to bo des
ignated upon tho primary ticket as the
candidate of more than one political
party. This provision was stricken
out.
THE MAXIMUM RATE BILL.
It Is Wondered How the Roads Will
Accept It.
Whether the railroads will accopt
tho maximum rato bill which has
passed tho scnato with as good grace
as they accepted tho 2-cent passenger
rato remains to bo seen, but tho rail
road commission does not anticipate
any dissent. At the request of tho
commissioners the railroads have filed
with tho commission a schedule show
ing what the new freight rates will bo
on llvo stock In this state after the 15
per cent cut has been made. Tho
schedule also sets out tho old rato
and tho rates on tho same freight un
der the" new Iowa distance tariff,
which will become eftoctlvo In thirty
days.
Under this schedule as filed by a
representative of tho railroads the
now freight rates of Nebraska under
the maximum frolght bill, if It be
comes a law, will bo higher than those
of Iowa for the shipment of cattle, but
lower for sheep. The railroads did
not file any statement on tho cost of
shipment of grain. The charges on
grain are far In advanco of those In
tho sister stato.
WANT BOOKS AT COST.
Student Sentiment in Favor of Ancient
Law.
State university students havo a now
fad. They threaten to turn lobbyists.
Student sentiment Is in favor of tho
enforcement of section 15, which pro
vides that the university shall furnish
text-books at cost. The act was passed
in 1SG9, but no action has thus far
been taken by tho board of regents
toward Its enforcement until the pres
ent session.
Representative Cone of Saunders
county recently proposed nn amend
ment to tho genernl appropriation bill
for tho university, providing for $5,000
to be placed In a fund for books. Tho
regents approve of this plan and aro to
como before the legislature to express
their views on tho subject.
Students are Indignant because of
alleged statements made by certain
legislators to tho effect that they aro
not particularly interested in tho mat
ter. Students claim they have been
repeatedly quoted as saying that It
matters not whether tho books are to
bo bought at cost or not. Because of
those alleged statements a movement
Is on foot at the unlvorslty to send
representatives boforo the legislature
with Instructions to uso their influence
with tho lawmakers toward having
somo action takon on tho enforcement
of tho provision.
THE NURSES GOOD LOBBYISTS.
Effort to Arouse Generosity by Daintily
Prepared Lunches.
If tho new appropriation bill recently
passed by tho Nebraska houso ol rep
resontatlves making the orthopedic
hospital a soparato and distinct Instl
tutlon with a modem, llrst-class homo
of Its own does not become a law It
will not bo tho fault of tho corps of
nurses who aro interested in it. With
tho excoprton of the Douglas county
delegation every Nebraska senator has
been entertained at tho orthopedic
hospital In tho last four days.
Firm in tho conviction that tho
shortest route to man's heart am;
sympathy Is through tho stomach, tho
discreet young women of tho hosplta
paid close attontlon to tho concoction
of tempting viands, nad by the tlmo
tho senators had arisen from tho caro
fully prepared feast all were in a gen
orous mood. Then thoy were shown
the various wards of tho hospital, and
tho guides carefully explained whero
tho cramped and unsanitary places
wore.
Tho Douglas county dolegation
which wants tho orthopedic hosplta
removed to Omaha, wan tho only one
to hold out against tho nurses' impor
tunities to accept their hospitality,
They woro not open to conviction and
they didn't want to bo shown how
tilings woro conducted at tho. Lincoln
institution.
It is generally thought tho appro
prlation bill will pass tho senate with
llttlo trouble.
REPORT ON STOCK FOODS.
Many Leading Brands of Stock Food
Analyzed.
Tho report of Stato Chomlst Red-
fern on tho various stock foods on tho
mnrkot was submitted to tho scnato
and 1,000 copies wore ordered printed
for distribution. Mr. Redforn said
that It was impossible to analyzo oven
a small per cent of tho foods on tho
market In the short tlmo at hand, so
he outlined tho rosult of similar work
conducted by tho Iowa experimental
station, with comments from tho Unit
ed States department of agriculture
Each of tho stock foods is takon up
In turn, and Its contonts described.
Alfalmo is admitted to hnvo much real
merit, but not so much as is claimed.
Experiment showod it wns equal to
avorago wheat, bran nud shorts. Calf
moal, it is assorted, on a basis of pro
toln coutont, costs nearly two and n
half times as much as oil meal. It do
ponds upon llnsood meal and blood
moal for its high protein content and
is adulterated with corn hulls.
Of Alfalmo dairy feed it is Btntod
that its basis is ground alfalfa, tho ro
maindor scorns to bo nindo up of odds
and onds, mill sweepings and coroal
hulls. Approximate composition, por
ton, ground alfalfa and molasses, 088
pounds; shrunken whent grnins, 373
pounds; lino portion and sweepings,
302 pounds; crushed corn nnd com
bran, 192 pounds; and oat nnd barley
hulls, 145 pounds. "Tho prosenco of
oat, corn and barley hulls Is not ex
plainable an accidental. Their pros
onco In such large quantities Is gross
adulteration. Champion slock food 1b
diagnosed as containing nearly 22 per
cent molasses, in addition to as high
as 15 per cent water; the remaining
nor cent Is composed largoiy oi inni
ng offals with a liberal amount oi oni
ns or hulls and somo corn nuns, us
average protein content Is 11.21 por
cent. Its chief claim to any special
feeding valuo Is dependent on Its con
taining bran.
As to Fowlers farm loon it is
averred to bo cheaper for tho feeder
in mako tho mixtures of blood meal
and tnnkngo which It seems to bo.
nintchford's calf meal is slated as a
mlxturo of Unseed and cotton seed
meals. Cotton seed meal alono, says
tho report, with nearly twlco tho pro
toln, costs less than half as much por
ton.
TWINE BILL KILLED.
Effort to Compete with Twine Trust Is
Balked.
Tho Nebraska stato penitentiary
will not. havo a binding twine lactory
Tho bill appropriating $200,000 for this
enterprise was killed in tho houbo
after a stubborn struggle, in wnicn
mnst. nf tho democrats and a row ro
publicans lined up for tho bill. Tho
oto that put. tho llnisning loucnos 10
tho bill was 32 to 43. This voto was
tnlrnn when Quackonbush moved that
tho house do not concur In tho roport.
of tho committee of tho whole, which
ronnrted tho bill for lndollnito post-
nonoment.
Thn hill nronoscd tno osianiiHiuiieui.
.1 - M.
of the twlno factory at a cost of $50,
nno nnd L'ave an additional appropri
ation of $150,000 as a working capital
to do business with. It was recom
mended by a committee appointed by
Speaker Nettleton.
STATE HISTORICAL BUILDING.
Liberal Appropriation for Its Construc
tion.
With but two dlSRontlng votes tho
houso passed the bill which provides
for an appropriation of $25,000 for tho
construction of a basoment to a ilro
nroof building for tho uso of tho Stato
Historical Society on the Ilaymarkot
square. Tho bill sots out tho fact that
tho square was given to me ouy pro
visionally, but that tho sentiment in
tho city Is favorable to tho receding
of tho block to the stato if a building
will bo built on It. Tho bill is the
snnclnl not of A. E. Sholdon of the
lecislatlvo library. Ho has boon at
work on the proposition for sovoral
voars and now sees victory in sight.
" . - a a a a 1
Tho block is admiraniy locaicu ior
a building for tho historical socloty,
being close to the state university.
Thn historical society has been located
In tho basement of the library building
at tho stato university slnco its hlrtn.
It has accumulated a large number of
oxhlbits of interest in tho history of
Nebraska, and tho legislators believe
that It Is worthy of a permanent duiiu-
ing.
Killed Hospital Bill.
TT. R. 403. by Blystono, to appropri
ate $50,000 for a building at tho Lin
coln hospital for the Insane, was Killed.
Tho senate committee reported ad
versely and the bill was indefinitely
postponed, no voice Doing niteu in us
defense.
GvmnaBium for the Blind.
Ronresentatlvo Dodge's bill, author
izing the expenditure of $30,000 for a
nvmnas urn at the Nobraska stato nos-
nltal for tho deaf, located near umaiia,
was considered In tho houso commit-
too of tho whole and recommended
for nassnuo. It Is tho lust of tho ap
propriation bills for stato Institutions.
Somo opposition to tho oxpondlturo of
this monoy developed. Grelg of Platte
antagonized It, saying that the "kids"
In tno country get along with such
irvmnastlo apparatus as thoy thorn-
solves aro able to rig up, and ho
thought tho deaf children could do like
wise.
Killed Veterinarian Bill.
Tho houso killed H. R. No. 298, by
Haffernan, allowing horse doctors who
have practiced for fifteen years to ad
verliso under a professional title,
though holding no license. Tho voto
was 34 In its favor to 44 against. This
Is- tho second bill of tho kind' Intro-
duced by Haffernan to go the sama
way.
ST01E THE PLANS
Details of the lattleshlp Nebraska
Reported Missing
BIG SHIP IS NEARLY COMPLETED
Report Causes Muoh Suppressed
Excitement About the lit
Ship Yards
Ib has been learned that tho plans
of tho battleship Nebraska which show
tho distribution of armor nud batteries
havo boon stolen from tho oftlco of tho
Duporlntondcnt of construction at tho
Mornu Bros, yards at Seattle, wash.,
whoro tho Nobrnska is under construc
tion. Tho ship is practically complotod
and rendy to bo turned ovor to tho
govorninont. About 500 men aro now
at work giving tho finishing touches to
tho ship. The Nobrnska was started
boforo tho Japanose-Russian war and
numorous dolays havo boon experi
enced duo to changes which woro
thought necessary. A notlco was dis
played In thu ship yards and about
tho city stating that i. tho plans woro
not returned at onco stops would bo
taken for thdlr Immediate recovery.
Tno fact that tho plans aro missing
and tho poromptory languago of tho
notlco caused considerable suppressed
oxcltemunt among the workmen.
AMEND PURE FOOD BILL.
Provisions for Inspection of Dairy
Products Wero Amended.
Tho houso mado short work of tho
pure food bill amending tho principal
provisions to conform with tho fodoral
law. Tho provisions for inspection of
dairy products wero amended in ac
cordance with the doslro of thoso In
terested in this work. Cono of Saun
ders sought to socuro tho Incorpora
tion into thu bill ns amended by tho
standing commlttco of tho provision
for "not" wolghts and measures1
stamped on tho outside of packages.
rhls. howovor, failed, as it wns de
clared to bo an Injustico on packages'
linblo to shrinkage.
The provisions with respect to dairy)
products aro that thoro shall ho a food)
and dairy commissioner at $1,800 a
year to take tho placo of tho prosont
food commissioner. Thoro shall bo bo
sldos two food and drug Inspectors at
$3 a day and necessary travollng ex
penses and four dnlry Inspectors at
the samo wago por day. There shall
ho in addition a chomlst nt $1,500 a
year and a stenographer at $840 a
year. Tho commissioner is empow
ered to dotormlno tho best mothod of
testing cream and ovory man ongagea
in toBiing cream lor commorcmi pur-
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noses inrougiioiit uio hwuo ib com
polled to tnko an oxnmlnation and
qualify for tho work from one of tho
dairy Inspectors. This Is Intended to
iucludo mon nt all cream and milk
stations. Provision Is mado bosldo
for Inspection of all dairy products.
Tho sonato provided for a dairy com
missioner at $1,200 a year and for
other help that would havo moant
practically two ofllco mon. Tho houso
provides for one onico man anu mat
tho others shall be on tho road. Tho
bill provides foes that will bring lnl
from $1,500 to $2,000 a year.
THE NEW GAME LAWS.
Frequent Violation May Result Over
Ignorance of Law.
Nebraska's now game law probably
will bo frequently violated through
tho Ignoranco of offenders, so It will
bo as well for ovorv porson, whothor
hunter or not, to rlmombor tho fol
lowing warning, which has been sent
by tho stato gamo warden to his nop-
utios ovor tho stato: "You aro horo-
by advised that tho legislature now
in session hns passed a law which pro
hibits the buying, soiling or bartor of
all wild gamo In tho stato. This law
oxcludos all hotels and restaurants
from serving gamo nt any season of
tho year. Tho law also includes fish,
but only applies to fish taken from tho
public, waters ot this stato, and does
not excludo fish which have been'
shipped In.
Bills Reducing Charges.
The houso recommended for pass-
ago tho two bills of the house, one cut
ting sleoplng car charges and tho other
express rates. Thoro was llttlo or no
discussion. Tho sonato has killed tho
sleeping car bill, but the houso mom
hers who favor tho bill are planning
to put the matter up to tho sonato
again.
Passed Demurrage Bill.
Tho sonato has passed Sackott's re
ciprocal demurrage bill. Tho moasuro
requires railroads to furnish cars wuen
ordered or a penalty of $3 a day will
bo assessed. Tho shipper must load
promptly and unload within 48 hours
or pay demurrage.
WILL REMOVE THE SNAGS.
Work Will Be Started Soon to Clean
Missouri River.
Within tho noxt few weeks tho work
of removing snags from tho Missouri
rlvor and making navigation possihlo
and safo will bo commenced in accord
ance with tho directions of Congress,
which appropriated $400,000 for tho
work. Three Btiag boats will do the
work. When thoy have finished tho
Missouri between Omaha and Kansas
City will bo available for uhg by pro
posed freight lino the greater part of
tho year. Two Beacons will bo re
quired for tho romoval of obstructions.
