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Legislature
Nepotism will be a thing of the past
in Nebraska officialdom , shomi the bill
introduced In the senate Wednesday
afternoon by Fuller become a law. This
bill makes it an offense for any official
of the state , county , district , city or
other state , county , district , city or oth
er muncipal division to appoint or vote
for the appointment of any person re
lated to him by affinity or consanguin
ity with the third degree to ar.y clerk
ship , office or position in any depart
ment of the government of which such
executive , legislative , ministerial or
judicial officer may be a member.
Such officer is also forbidden to em
ploy any such relative or any other
officer in consideration of the second
officer giving employment to a rela
tive of the first. Violation of the law
is to be punished by a fine of from $100
to < 1,000 and removal from office.
The following bills were read the
third time and passed in the house
Wednesday :
By Young of Madison Providing
that in cities and towns violations of
the truancy law may be taken into
justice and police courts instead of
in county courts as now provided.
Vote : Yes , S3 : no , 4.
By Humphrey of Lancaster Provid
ing the Oregan plan of popular elec
tion of United States senator by pledg
ing legislative candidates to vote for
the man having flic highest popular
vote for senator. Vote : Yes , CS ; no ,
29.
The following bills were introduced
in the house Wednesday :
By Raper Authorizing county su
pervisors and commissioners to pro
cure metal markers for soldiers'
graves.
By Humphrey To prevent the
manufacture or sale of improperly la
beled or misbranded paint , white lead ,
turpentine and linseed oil.
By Lawrence ( by request ) Provid
ing for vesting the title to a home
stead in minor children during their
minority.
: * *
Notice was sent up to the house and
senate AVednesday of the signing of
appropriation bills Nos. 41 and 4:1
-which allow the wages of members and
employes of the session. The an
nouncement of this fact brought forth
a short burst of applause from those
"who have been waiting all this time
for some return on their labor.
* *
Scheele withdrew his bill that pro
vided for the repeal of the direct pri
mary law. He made little explanation
of this action other than that he did
not want to repeal the law without
placing something in its place. This
is the only house bill that has sought
to repeal the direct primary bodily al
though there is considerable sentiment
In that direction manifest among the
members.
* * *
Bygland's bill to change the eection
of county commissioners from the
whole county to the districts from
which they are nominated was con
sidered and recommended by a heavy
vote.
* * *
The senate made no objection to fhe
report of a committee on a bill to re
peal the Saekett law. The bill was
placed on the general file. The Saek
ett law subjects the county , city and
other officers to removal from office
for wilful neglect to enforce laws
Tvhich it is their duty to enforce.
In the house Holmes , of Douglas , introduced -
" troduced a bill making it a felony for
telephone or telegraph companies to
furnish reports to bucket shops.
Representative Armstrong is the au
thor of a bill declaring the South Oma
ha stock yards a public feeding station
and giving the railway commission au
thority to fix rates.
The daylight closing bill champion
ed by Senator King was slaughtered
by the senate committee. The meas
ure provided for the closing of saloons
except between the hours of 3 a. m.
and 7 p. m.
A bill by Senator Ransom to estab
lish a state college of osteopathy was
tavorably reported.
* * *
Klein , of Gage , offered a resolution
fixing the pay of the postmaster of the
sei-ate at 55. Ollis , of Valley , objected
to giving the postmaster more than
any other employe , and as much as
members of the legislature and moved
to amend by making the pay $4 a day
As amended the motion was adopted.
Friends of other employes may take
similar steps to get salaries adjusted
before the committee on employes or
the committee on accounts and ex
penditures get busy.
* * *
Wednesday afternoon was spent by
the senate in committee of the whole
wrestling with King's game law. When
it emerged from the struggle the bill
was shorn of some of its provisions.
That portion preventing the shooting
of ducks from artificial blinds built in
the bed of streams by hunters or by
wading In the bed of streams was re
jected by the committee on fish and
game and by the committee of the
whole. The game committee's report
was accepted with little change. Ran
som , of Douglas , led the attack on thai
part of the bill to prevent the use of
blinds built in river beds when Kin ?
tried to get it restored in the bill. The
committee of the whole agreed that i *
should not go in the bill. Myers made
an effort to kill the entire bill on the
groun'l that there is no demand for r.
change in the game laws. The bill n
amended was ordered engrossed for
third reading. It closes the season or
chickens and quail for thro vo -
mn.kes the open season for ducks a-n- '
geese from September 1.1 to April "
closes the snipe season May ] ; tae !
wild pigeons out of the protected list ,
and protects doves the entire year :
make an open season for squirrel"
from October 1 to November 30 ; black
bass , from June 1 to November 15 :
prohibits the taking or pursuing of
game later than half an hour after ]
sunset and before daylight ; permits the j '
taking of fish in any manner except .
/by seine from the Platte river or any
stream where the water recedes or
stands in pools. The latter provisior
will permit thc.'jsc of pitchforks or '
scoop shovels , but not seines.
Swan and white crane arc protected
the year round under the bill.
In the house Mor fay afternoon an
attempt to repeal the Saekett law
failed. Thi ? measure was passed two
years ago and permits the governor
j to remove ; :11 officers who fall to do
j their duty. The bill to repeal this law
1 was indellnlU-ly postponed.
'
Sentaor Miller Monday Introduced
the county option bill in the senate
which will be championed by the tem
perance forces.
In the house Stoecker introduced a
bill to make the state railway com
mission merely a bureau of corpora
tions.
Suit was started Monday In the su
preme court to settle the judgeship
muddle. The action , a quo warranto
case , is to decide the eligibility of
Judges OUlham and Sullivan , who are
the appointees of Gov. Shallenberger ,
over Rose and Dean , selections made
by Sheldon. The suit is brought in
the name of W. D. Oldham.
House turned down committee re
port and decided to investigate prop
osition for bii'ding twice factory at
penitentiary.
Banking committee of house has
waded through the Wilson bill and has
begun to consider amendments.
A bill is introduced to divide the
patronage of the railway commission
in employes and to give the democratic
members some actual power on rule !
and plums.
* *
After an exciting session the house
of representatives Wednesday passed
Sink's bill compelling hotel managers
to furnish nine-foot sheets. The Ne
braska traveling men urged the pass
age of the measure , while the hotel
men fought it. A bitter contest is ex
pected in the senate.
The house saved a day's pay by ad
journing Wednesday morning after the
passage of the Sink bill and then im
mediately reconvened.
Senator Miller's bill abolishing fra
ternities in high schools was favora
bly reported , and it is expected that
the bill will pass both houses.
The senate recommended that the
bill allowing Carnegie pensions for the
stale university be passed.
Senator Ransom believes that the
husband who does not support his
family should strike many an obstacle
here below. Accordingly he introduced
a bill making it a felony for any man
to be discharged , refuse employment
or quit working without the consent
of his wife.
In the house Humphrey introduced a
bill making Saturday afternoon a half
holiday.
Guy Green has prepared a monster
p < tition and will seek to convince the
legislature that Sunday ball is de
manded in Nebraska. He has had
thousands of signers.
The temperance enthusiasts Tuesda >
hauled their petition to the state house
in a dray wagon. It consists of 125
books and includes GO.000 names.
Senator King's bill to prohibit
sportsmen from shooting game from
behind blinds was killed in the senate.
Barrett introduced a bill to classify
ill patent medicines containing 1 per
cent of alcohol as intoxicating liquors.
The senate passed the Tanner bill
allowing the governor to designate
ilie paper in each county in which con
stitutional amendments are printed.
\t present the secretary of state does
this. The latter official is a repub-
Mcan. The effect of the bill is to give
the democratic editors all the political
patronage for the next two years. The
bill will pass the house by a strict par
ty vote.
The house passed the Gates bil.
Thursday morning , which wil permit
the establishment of a saloon in the
village of Fort Crook. The bill re
ceived 52 votes , after two or three
calls of the house , and 31 voted against
it.
Fries , of Howard county , is after tne
man with money who fails to report
the same for assessment and taxation.
In a bill he introduced in the house
Thursday he provides that the assess
or shall have the power to examine the
deposit record of every bank in his
county and the books keep by the
secretaries of all building and loan
associations. The bill provides the ex
amination shall be for taxation purpose
and shall not be made public or made
known in any way.
A delegation of citizens of Grand
Island interested in the manufacture
of brooms were in Lincoln to boost
for the appropriation providing for the
establishment of a binding twine plant
'it the state penitentiary.
The house members Thursday inde-
.Initely postponed the Noyes bill ,
. \hich requires a license of $5,000 for
aloons in small towns. The house
.vas emphatic in its attitude and it is
safe to predict that there wil be no
uiti-liquor legislation at the present
: rsion of the legislature.
In the senate the Ellis bill allowing
HOO lor each county to be spent in
making tests to secure good seed corn
was recommended for passage.
Hansom's bill , taking from the su
preme court the right to set aside
Jeath penalties , was passed by the
senate.
Howell's bill , memorializing con
gress to expend $500.000,000 on river
and harbor improvements , was passed
by a vote of 28 to 5.
Among the new bills introduced in
the senate Thursday was one by
tiowell of Douglas which amends the
iquor law to permit the Sunday sale
if liquor containing not more thane
\e per cent of alcohol , within three
miles of a metropolitan city in
iinusement parks where there is an
appraised value in halls , grounds and
equipment of at least $100,000. he
) ill is intended to permit the use of
: vrug park at Omaha for Sunday
musement purposes , as well as on
week days.
Senator Donohoe Introduced a state
wide initiative and referendum law
. 'inch requires a petition of not IBS
than ten per cent of the voters fc a
-ubmision of any question to the vo rs
that has been passed upon by the legis
lature , and also provides for the initia
tive in a similar manner.
The drainage bill introduced by the
jommfttee on drainage in the sen _ te
is intended to cover defects in present
'aws that have been found to exist in
different sections of the state where an
ffort has ben made to form drainugo
uistiict ? .
The senate decided to participate
\\iih the house in the Lincoln day , .b-
- 'rvavsce of the Granu Army of he
Republic , to be held in St. Pa's \
"l"irch on the afternoon of Febn. ry
12th.
GIAZIEU IS FOI7ITD GWLTT.
Former Trsivarer of Hiclii iri Lia.bl
to 14 Ye ITS' Iraj..ri3onm2nt.
Prank P. 'Ji.-tzier < > : i liei.-en. former
Michigan Si ale Trca.-urer. was found
guilty in Lansing of converting State
funds to the use of the Chelsea Savings
Bank , of which he was president and
the largest stockholder , making him
liable to fourtouu years * imprisonment.
When the bank failed it had on deposit
SGS.j.000 of Staty funds.
The jurors deliberated four hours
and twenty minutes. They reached a
verdict after taking three ballots. On
( he first they stood 1) ) to 3 for convic
tion. As soon as the verdict was an
nounced Judye Wiest gave the defend
ant's counsel until March S to file a
motion for a new trial and a bill of
exceptions , so that the case may be
reviewed by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Glazier , until his failure in De
cember , 11)07 , was regarded as a man
of large wealth. He was connected with
a number of enterprises in Chelsea and
elsewhere \Vashtenaw County , and
was serving his second term as State
Treasurer. Hanking Commissioner Zim
merman immediately closed the Chelsea
Savings Bank , and it was made public
that the institution had heavily over-
loaned to Mr. filaxier and to enter
prises of which he was the head. An
Investigation of his action in depositing
State funds in the bank of which he
was Hie head and which has suspended
through excessive loans to himself re
sulted in indictments being found
against Glazier by the grand jury in
Lansing , charging misappropriation of
State funds.
INDIANA COUNTIES GO "DRY. "
Four Practically Swept by Militant
Anti-Liquor Forces.
Complete returns from four Indiana
counties holding local option elections
Tuesday show that four have been
added to three that entered the dry
column some three weeks ago. In every
county the victory was more 'decisive
than the advocates of option had ex
pected and rout of the liquor forces
comes with crushing force because
overwhelming results were not antici
pated. In Decatur County the majori
ty is close to l.fiOO , with only 1 per
cent wet : in Putnam , 1,784. with only
two precincts out of thirty four wet ;
in Tiptou , 1,527 , with all twenty-four
precincts dry , and in Ilamilton the ma
jority will reach 2,000 , with possibly
only one or two precincts wet. Elec
tions in all the counties were quiet
and orderly. The anti-saloon elements
were busy all day. Women in cities
and towns took leading parts in get
ting voters to the .noils. In some cities
church bells were rung at regular in
tervals. In others , teachers marched
at the heads of their classes to the
polls , wearing badges. In country dis
tricts and in cities and towns schools
were given a holiday and the children
went out with the teachers election
eering.
WARNS OF U. S. WHEAT PEHIL.
Government Expert Report * * Indus
try ut Home May Be Outdone.
If the United States is to hold its own
ws a wheat-raising and wheat-prodnct
manufacturing nation , every available in
fluence must be invoked , according to a
report made to the Department of Com
merce and Labor in Washington by one
of its special agents , who has been study
ing conditions in relation to flour and
grain shipments in Europe. The agent
declares that unless Americans make
what development they can in this matter
within the next ten years they will find
themselves behind in the race. The
American milling industry , he adds , needs
legislation to help in extending market
possibilities. It also needs wisely di
rected care in the production of its raw
material.
14,235,451 CATHOLICS HT U. S.
Island Possessions Make the Total
Under the FlaR22,474,440. .
There are 14,23.j,451 Roman Catholics
in the United States , according to the
advance sheets of the 1000 Wiltzius Official - |
cial Catholic Directory , published in Mil- !
waukee. The statistics are furnished by
the archbishops and bishops of the Uni
ted States after the taking of a census
in all dioceses. Adding the nuinher of
Roman Catholics in the Philippines , Porto
to Rico and Hawaiian Islands brings the
total of Catholics under the United States
flag to 22,474,4-10. as compared with
12.0r o,000 Catholic subjects under the
British flag.
Promoter Kieran Surrenders.
P. .T. Kieran , the much-wanted head ol
the Fidelity Funding Company , who haa
been sought all over the world for two
months past on account of the big dis
crepancy between the company's assets
and liabilities , has voluntarily surrendered
to the authorities at Pittsburg and given
bonds for his appearance in court at New
York , asserting that he was prepared to
make good every obligation of his com
pany. Many Catholic institutions were
believed to be involved in Kieran's af
fairs.
A Decision Favoring ; Labor.
In the Maryland Court of Appeals tht
United Garment Workers of America
have won a notable victory in the affirm
ing of the illegality of blacklisting by em
ployers. The case arose from the act of
a Baltimore employer who. not content
with discharging a man who urged an
other to ask higher wages , had written to
other clothing manufacturers of the city
asking them to bar the dismissed one from
employment.
Child Thrown to Swine.
F , M. Clark was arrested and placed
in jail at McLeansboro. 111. , on a charge
that evoked wroth. He was living with
a woman narni'd Ollie Lane at Dale , and
it is charged he took the woman's infant
and threw it to a drove of hogs , whici
devoured it.
4 H fofoHHHfo
I COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE OF LINCOLN
There was u vein of strong mid true
romance in the makeup of the man Lin
coln , as there has been no matter how
deep-hid in the natures of most men
who have made history , writes Fullerton -
ton L. Waldo in the Philadedphia
Ledger.
When "Abe" ' was 22 years old he be
came clerk in the store of Dentou
Offutt , at New Salem. Ind. He was
made postmaster , and carried the let
ters in his hat , and hungrily read every
one of their newspapers before he let
them go. He also found employment as
deputy county surveyor. lie boarded at
the tavern of one James Rutledge ,
grandson of a signer of the Declara
tion , and there he met and fell head
over heels in love with the beautiful ,
bine-eyed Ann Rutledge , the 19-year-
old daughter of mine host the tavern
keeper.
Ann Rutledge had been engaged to a
prosperous young farmer. John McNeill
by name , but John McNeill had "heard
the East a-eallin' , " and had gone thith
er upon business bent , promising to
come back and reclaim her as his bride.
His letters became occasional , and final
ly there were no more of McNeil I's mis
sives for Postmaster Lincoln to hand
THE BIRD'S VALENTINE.
Little love , little love ,
\Vill you go North with me.
tt'hen tlie'suow is gone and the buds swell
out
On the boughs of the lilac tree ?
Little love , little love.
Sins to me for a sign
That all the year , or North or South ,
You will be ray Valentine.
Little love , little love.
In a garden that I know.
Mock orange flowers are sweet and white
And purple violets grow.
There Is a little hidden nook
In the old wisteria vine ,
Where I would live the summer through
With my little Valentine.
Little love. little love ,
There's a child in that garden fair ,
With eyes as blue as the gentian buds.
And curls of yellow hair.
She Is sweet as a flower , my little love ,
She Is longing now for a sign
Of my happy voice and my soaring wings
And my little Valentine.
Mary P. Butts.
Peelers Valentine
There was no good reason why the
comic valentine should have hurt young
Pooley , and it did hurt him. though he
hugs < vl the mortification to his bosom
with Spartan fortitude and laughed so
much at It that no one in the family
circle suspected that he aid not enjoy
It as much as they evidently did.
The points of resemblance between
the valentine clerk and Pooley were
not striking. Pooley's ears were of
normal size and did not flap from the
sides of his head in a manner sug
gestive of an alarmed elephant , nor
was he In the hubit of decorating thorn
with quill paas. They would hardly
have known a quill pen in the oflice if
they had seen one. Then he had rather
B good nose long enough to express
aagaclty but not so long as to smear
the columns of figures in the ledger
before him when he was working at
his desi , nor was it of a bright crim
son color. He did not wear a grass-
green coat or red and blue checked
trousers and purple-striped shirt cuffs ,
and , being a rather modest and well-
conducted young man. the charges of
snobbery and btimptiousness in the
atrocious doggerel below the valentine
eeemed singularly flat and inappropri
ate. But it was true that he was a
clerk and , though he had never con
sidered that disgraceful , it somehow
seemed to him now to afford ground
for the sneer.
At the least , Pooley thought , it show
ed that somebody disliked him prob
ably honestly believed that he was
snobbish and bumptious , so tbat his
maligned ears tingled and he burned
with resentment every time the comic
valentine met his eye.
That was quite frequently , for he
had taken particular pains to have it
pinned above his little work table in
to Ann from the crown of his hat. She
still was faithful to McNeill's mem
ory. "Abe" felt sorry fo rthe jilted
Ann , and longed to be able to comfort
her with his sympathy. They were
thrown together three times a day at
meals , and presently she let him sit
with her on the steps , and that led to
long rambles through the country
roundabout. Finally Ann Rutledge
agreed to become his wife , and in the
following spring they were to be mar
ried. Spring came , but the apple blos
soms and the roses were laid upon her
grave. The doctors said Ann Rutledge
died of brain fever.
Lincoln was beside himself with grief ,
lie never was again quite the man of
irrepressible , buoyant spirits that lie
was incessantly before Ann Rutledge
was taken from him. Then a girl nam
ed Mary 'Owens came to New Salem to
visit her sister. Lincoln met her and
liked her. lie jestingly told her sis-
the sitting room just to show how
little be cared. When friends came in
he was sure to' call their attention to
it.
i'n addition to this. Pooley spent
much time speculating as to who had
sent the thing. lie compared the hand
writing on the envelope that had con
tained It with the handwriting of his
friends and acquaintances , and came
to many conclusions , the result of which
was that his friends began to complain
among themselves of a certain change
in his manner a lack of the old
warmth and frank kindness awl a cold
and distrustful air. The evil influence
lasted for exactly one year. For some
months before the St. Valentine's day
following he had been more than slight
ly under another influence. It had
pretty golden hair and blue eyes and
Its name was Margaret. Margaret was
a friend of his sister's and had been to
Pooley's house several times.
So it happened that just before St.
Valentine's day Pooley spent quite an
extravagant sum of money in the pur
chase of an arrangement of laces , ribbons
bens , violets and amatory ver e , which
he directed with his gloved 'eft hand
and mailed secretly. On the morning
SURE TO CALL
of St. Valentine's day he himself re
ceived a modest little card which
seemed to give him inordinate delight.
His sister noticed it and wanted to see
what the card was , but Pooley firmly
refused to gratify her curiosity.
"It's another comic one , " declared
the sister. "You're afraid to show it. "
Her remark somehow dashed Pooley's
pleasure. lie was nervously appre
hensive for the rest of the time that
he was in the house. He started at the
sound of the postman's knock and felt
an unaccountable sinking of his spirits
when he returned home that evening.
It was a pleasant surprise to him ,
therefore , when he found nothing worse
than Margaret not that she bad the
appearance of awaiting him ; In fact.
she seemed rather surprised than oth
erwise lo see him. though of course it
was natural enough that he should be
at his own home.
The sister was good-natured and sbe
went away and left Pooley to entertain
Margaret. The talk somehow turned
on valentines and sbe said sbe had received - 1
ceived one that she liked very much J
ter he would marry her. Mary Owen-
accepted Lincoln's offer as being seri
ously intended , but to his relief later
wrote : "I have come to the conclusion ,
never to think of marrying. "
About a year later Lincoln met at-
high-spirited and fascinating Kentucky
girl , 21 years old , named Mary Todd.-
Ile had a mock duel on her account anfl
on Nov. o , 1S42 , Mary Todd was mar
ried to her gallant champion. Mr. and
Mrs. Lincoln went to board at the Globe
Tavern , where the charge was $4 a.
week for the twain.
The four children of the union wercr
Edward Baker , born March 30 , 1846
who died In infancy ; William Wallace ,
born Dec. 21 , 1&10 , who dide in the
White House Feb. 20 , 1SG2 ; Thomas ,
born April 4 , 1ST 3 , who died at the age
of 18. and the eldest-born and sole sur
vivor. Robert Todd , born Aug. 1 , 1S43.
The latter , a lawyer by profession anil
a Harvard graduate , became Secretary
of War under Garfield and Arthur.
Minister to F igland under Harrison ,
and is now president of the Pullman
Company , residing in Chicago. Mrs
Lincoln outlived her husband's martyr
dom until July 10. 1SS2.
indeed. She described it as consisting-
of violets , lace , ribbons and poetry. The
poetry , she thought , was sweet , bnt sh -
blushed as sbe said it. and it sounded
better than that. Pooley said he had
received a valentine , too , ami he felt
encouraged to say some tilings about It
and things in general that put them
on exceedingly familiar terms in the
course of about five minutes.
"Well , " said Pooley , at last , "this is
a different Valentine's day to last-
year's to me. Did you ever see that
thing ? Do you think it looks like me-
I'd like to know what idiot sant it"
The last words he spoke In a bitter
tone. The pent-up resentment of a year-
was in his voice. Then IIP looiced dorvn
at his new valentine. She was white
and looked shocked and frightened.
"What is it. Margaret ? " asked
Pooley , with ranch coneern.
"Oh ! " sbe cried , bursting Into tears
"it was I sent that horrible thing. I
I didn't know you then and and It
we were sending a lot of them the
girls and anyway , I know it was-
silly , but I didn't think it would hurt
anybody's feelings and to think that
it was you ! Oh. I'm so unhappy and-
' "
I'll never
"Oh , pshaw ! " said Pooley. "Ton.
don't think I minded ! Why. I thought
it was a good joke but it's a better-
one this year. "
Then he took down the comic valen
tine and gazed fondly on the atrocious-
clerk , then folded ft up tenderly and1
put it into his breast pocket. Chicago-
Dally Xews.
A Broad Hint.
It was late.
The young man was very tiresome.
The young woman hid a yawn.
"Which do you say , Mr. Blight , " shi
presently asked , " 'the dew is falling , *
or 'a dew Is falling ? ' "
"I think 'the dew is falling , ' " he an
swered.
"And yet there are times when adieu-
would be justified , " sbe dreamily mur
mured.
Then he took the hint and his
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
. sirtfing master.
And ecu sm l&e very piaster
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