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THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
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of the flourishing businesses of the
state during the next few years.
Projects range from setting up
hundreds of miles power lines ra
diating from the Sutherland and
Columbus plants to small county
jobs.
Just recently a loan was author
ized for $275,000 to the Burt county
rural power , district; $101,000
grant to the McCook public power
district; bids have been called for
.154 miles of transmission lines to
lie constructed by the Lancaster
county rurul public power district
in the western half of the county;
the Easteern Nebraska public pow
er district will advertise soon for
bids on construction of 300 miles
of lines in Saunders, Otoe and Cass
counties, this being the second of
eight projects contemplated by the
district. Already in Nemaha, John
son, Richardson and Otoe counties
a $375,000 job is underway and 375
miles of transmission lines are to
be set up.
Out west in the Gering va^ey a
rural electrification project is near
ing completion and will be one of
the first in the state to start op
eration. It is the smallest of three
in the North Platte valley, com
prising only 37 miles of line. The
Mitchell valley project, first to be
approved in Nebraska, has 163
miles of line, and the Chimney
Rock project has more miles of
lines to be built than the other two
combined.
By this time next year it is an
ticipated that thousands of Ne
braska farmers, representing every
section of the state, will be light
ing their houses and barns with
electricity, cooking, ironing, wash
ing and churning with electricity;
pumping water and grinding feed
with electricity; and hooking up
radios and electric fans to wall
sockets.
The customary post mortem of
the election reveals that 15 Nebras
ka counties gave Governor Laiulon
a majority as against only 2 for
Hoover four years ago. The re
publican counties are Antelope,
Arthur, Brown, Franklin, Furnas,
Garfield, Hamilton, Hooker, Keya
I'alia, Loup, McPherson, Otoe,
Rock, Valley and York.
Eight years ago when A1 Smith
and Hoover were the presidential
candidates only eight counties
were democratic—Sherman, How
ard, Platte, Colfax, Butler, Saline,
Stanton, Cuming, Thurston, Da
kota and Cedar. Incidentally, Lan
caster was one of the two coun
ties to give Hoover a majority in
1932, went democratic this year for
the first time since 1916.
Senator Norris turned out to be
the featured performer of the 1936
“show.” When he won re-election
it was the first time in Nebraska’s
history that a petition candidate
ever was victorious in a state-wide
contest.
Governor Cochran did a little
history making too, receiving 80,
000 more votes than Griswold,
thereby getting the largest major
ity ever given a Nebraska govern
or. On the other hand, Griswold
received the largest vote ever given
a defeated candidate for governor.
When the official count is in, it
is estimated that the total vote will
be over 600,000 another record for
Nebraska. The candidate to re
ceive the largest majority was Sec
retary of State Harry Swanson who
■ was re-elected with 106,000 votes
over his adversary. Roosevelt had
a majority of about 100,000.
i In educational circles over the
state considerable disappointment
was manifested in the defeat of
Mrs. Arthur L. Smith, running for
regent of the university. Mrs.
Smith was so well qualified for this
non-salaried job that it was be
lieved she would make the grade,
despite the fact no woman has
ever been able to land the position
in this state.
The Lowell Service was 66 and
two-thirds per cent correct in its
predictions on the election. Out of
15 candidates picked to win, 10
came thru.
All was not rejoicing in the
Cochran camp after the governor
was re-elected. His small son, Rob
Roy, was a bit downcast, his com
plaint being that “a kid can’t have
any fun when his dad is governor.”
Leo Swanson, commissioner of
public lands and buildings, whose
pleasure at being the only repub
lican elected to a state house offhe
was alloyed by having the people
vote at the same time to abolish
his office, isn’t going to give up
without a fight. Incidentally, this
was the first time that Nebraska
has ever voted to abolish a consti
tutional office, and some reliable
legal sources give the opinion that
Swanson still may hold the office
for the two-year term to which he
was just elected.
Attorney General Wright says
that Swanson now has no office or
salary, as statutory provisions for
the land commissioner’s office were
based directly upon the constitu
, tional provision and were repealed
! automatically when the amendment
was approved. However, it is gen
erally conceded around the state
house that Swanson can at least
finish his present term.
The amendment does- not say
when it goes into efFect, nor does
the constitution say when such
amendments become effective. A
law suit probably will be necessary
to settle the matter.
Talk is heard around the capitol
that the governor will declare the
land commissioner’s office abolished
effective immediately after the
election board sends in the official
canvass of votes and a 10-day grace
period thereafter has elapsed. The
board will refuse to issue a certific
ate of election to Swanson it is said.
Another rumor has it that State
Treasurer Hal], who retires from
that office at the end of this term,
like Dicken’s Mr. Barkus “is will
in, ” to move across the hall and
take over the appointive job of land
commissioner if Governor Cochran
likewise is “Willin’.’’
There is one advantage in being
a defeated candidate. You don’t
have to try to make good on your
pre-election promises. But, come
to think of it, some of the success
ful ones don’t either.
It was said in the old days that
the sins of the parent were visited
on the children. But they now pile
their debts on the youngsters as
well as their other trespasses.
FEED THE BIRDS CAMPAIGN
The State Department of Game
and Forestation is sponsoring a
campaign to solicit funds from
sportsmen and those interested in
the preservation of wild life in the
state. Last winter a great many
pheasants and other game birds
perished due to lack of sufficiient
food owing to the severity of the
winter and heavy snowfall. Badges
are being sold for twenty-five cents
each and the proceeds used for the
purchase and distribution of feed
for these game birds during the
coming winter. This is a worthy
cause and should receive the sup
port of this community. Those
desiring to help may purchase the
badges from the following business
firms: O’Neill Food Center, Golden
Hotel, Gamble Store, Putnam’s Im
plement store, Holt County Inde
pendent.
THE PAY-ROLL TAX AND
OLI) AGE INSURANCE
Many of the great issues of 1036
were basically unaffected by the
outcome of the election, and will be
among the great issues of 1937 and
succeeding years. One of those
issues is provided by the social
security bill passed by the last
congress. That bill came in for a
great deal of discussion in the clos
ing week of the late campaign, with
Republican spokesmen denouncing
it in almost every particular, and
the Democrats defending it.
It is very possible that no piece
of major legislation enacted by the
last Congress is more widely mis
understood than this bill. It is
certain that proposals to amend the
bill will appear in the next Con
gress and will have the support of
many members of both parties. A
number of unprejudiced observers,
tho they may endorse the principle
of the bill and its general purposes,
feel that it was hastily drawn, is
unworkable in some phases, con
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