Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-03
FREE ADVICE TO LEGISLATURE.

Auburn Granger (pop). The Board OF
Transportation has cost the state OF Nebras-
ka s111,415. directly. and how much 1t has
cost the people OF the state indirectly the
Lord only knows and II II has ever been
of any benefit to the state there are but
few who have been able to see where the
benefits came in.
Plattsmouth Journal (pop) II the COM
ing legislature desires to reduce taxation,
and at the same time leave the state gov
ernment unimpaired, let 1t repeal the law
giving bonuses to state and county fairs.
Such a move will meet with the approval
OF every person in the state outside of the
rings which fatten off these annual dis
tributions of the peoples money.
Neigh Leader (rep): The first duty OF
the Nebraska legislature should be the re-
duction OF the number of the senate and
house employees compared with two years
ago. One half the number is sufficient.
Every needless expense should be cut
off, but the wards OF the state are entitled
to good care, yet the appropriations need
not be lavish. Every necessary want should
be supplied, and no more.
Ord Quiz (rep): The populst state Of
fcials propose to have some campaign
thunder for next year. The recommends
lHey nave udut lOT dluOuUL
to 100000 more than last year. If the re-
publican legislature will appropriate the in
creased sum the populist officials will have
the fun of spending it and then when the
campaign opens they will tell how extrava-
CANT the republican legislature has been.
Auburn Post (rep) Our coming leglsla-
ture does not want to listen to the impor-
tunes Of continual adjournment. The Lin
coin hotels and boarding houses are the
only ones benefited by long session and
the coming legislature should set q prece-
dent by a short business session. There
are more laws now on our statutes than
can be enforced or understood. Let us di-
gest what we have before We get many
more.
Sidney Poniard: The coming legislature
should overhaul our present law pertaining
to the sale of real estate for taxes. AS our
law now is few men care to invest in delin-
quent tax titles, consequently those who do
not choose to pay their taxes virtually go
scott free and a double and often a treble
burden falls upon those who do pay their
taxes. This has tendency to make tax
payers avoid assessments and those who
care little pay nothing.
West Point Republican: The record which
will be made by the state legislature about
to convene will be carefully scrutnized
with a microscope by the populist leaders,
and 1t behooves the majority, II they have
their party's welfare at heart, to lop off all
extravagant expenditures, useless employees
and to make the session as brief as poss
BILE. The republicans never had a better
opportunity to refute the campaign charges
of the populsts than will be presented to
them this winter. 1t is only by the acts
of the majority in the legislature that the
party will be judged. The republican party
in Nebraska u.s. fguratively, being placed in
the balance and if found wanting this win
ter political progress will be found impos-
sible.
Ashland Gazette (rep): The fusonists
are now asking the republican legislature to
appropriate about $780, 900 to make up for
deficiencies In the expense OF running the
various state institutions. This Is some of
the money that the populists so boastfully
Saved during the late campaign. 1nas-
much the other fellows are to have the
spending of the money, it Is exceedingly
probable that the republican Legislators will
go somewhat in the Saving business them
selves. If they should do otherwise, the
same populists who are asking to have their
deficiencies made good, would bob up on
the stump and tell how extravagant the
republican legislature had been and what
immaculate economizers the populists were.
Let the Saving" business 90 right on. Re-
publicans never will have better opportun-
ity to keep In fashion. t.