Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-11
PARTING SHOTS At LreisLArrRE,

Culbertson Era: or the sl25O.OO appro-
priated by the state legislature for public
use not single cent will come west OF
Kearney To the western voter and tax
payer further comment is unnecessary.
Fairmont Chronicle: The most credtable
legislation OF the session is the creation Of
the insurance department and the increase
in the taxes on insurance companies. by
changing the department the legislature
only showed the contempt that the whole
the state auditor.
Tecumseh Chieftain; 1t is a lamcutable
fact that the more important work Of every
legislature is delayed until the closing
hours. The general appropriation bills are
thus hawked about during the entire ses-
sion and subjected to the selfish whims of
every locality, without that due regard for
the public good that ought to characterize
all enactments. The rush at the close gives
abundant opportunity for crooked work in
the juggling OF bills and not iufrequently
results in the gross perversion Of laws from
their original intent.
Fremont Tribune: The republican legs-
lature has dealt most generously with popu-
list officials. 1t has appropriated $500 for
travelling expenses for the governor and
$4,000 to buy an executive mansion. 1t has
retained three political managers on the
Railway Board of Secretaries and set apart
liberal salaries for state employees, all OF
whom vote the fusion ticket as a religious
duty. And when the time comes these same
people on the public pay roll will howl like
coyotes at the republican party for dealing
generously with them.
Holdrege Citizen: The late legislature
was very liberal, to say the least, in its
appropriations with the state institutions.
This, notwithstanding the fact that the
money would be expended by populist office
holders. The populists in the state insti-
tutions were strong in their demands for
appropriations for the institutions under
their charge, Notwithstanding the loud howl
about their economy. We suppose in the
next campaign these same populists will go
on the stump and denounce the republican
legislature for its extravaganza.
Weeping Water Republican: The twenty
sixth session of the Nebraska legislature
adjourned Sunday evening at o'clock after
a continuous session lasting from Friday
morning Some good laws were enacted by
this legislature and some good ones were
killed. Some useless ones were passed that
might better have been killed. The large
appropriations made for state buildings Will
prevent it from being called an economical
session, but take 1t on the whole 1t VIII
average up better than most of the other
twenty-five.
Hastings Record: The legislature passed
an insurance commission law which takes
the insurance business out of the hands of
the state auditor and places it in the hands
CT a commissioner to be appointed by the
governor. This is the scheme originated by
Sam Lichty when he opened fire upon Au-
ditor Cornell. This bill was passed in his
interest, with the promise at that time
that he should be the commissioner. The
investigation of Cornell placed Lichty in
such an unfavorable light that the gov
ernor dare not appoint him to the position
and now the governor is looking around
for some other one of the faithful to fill
the place. The insurance men are watch
ing the governors office to prevent the ap-
pointment of another holdup commissioner.
York Republican, The legislature died a
peaceful, happy death. The staunch repub
lican members stood by the flag and pre-
vented it from doing any harm. Some
combinations were effected at the last
which prevented it's doing good that it
might otherwise have done. 1t did the
right thing and adjourned at the right time
and it may be considered as a successful
and creditable body. The exuberant poll
tician who follows you and mandates you
with caressing saps and handshakes when
he thinks you may be able or willing to
serve him, and who passes you with an
unwinking glare and unrecognizing stare
when he finds that he cannot use you, has
departed from the lobbies and corridors and
galleries. quiet that might be counted
has settled into the intersttces among the
oval-topped cedar paving blocks Hoover d
Son are busy reckoning up their profits
and the village that contains the state
house has settled down to the serious busi-
ness of waiting for the legislature to con-
vene.
Kearney Hub: The Nebraska legislature
has adjourned after a troubled session that
extended two weeks beyond the sixty days
limit for which the members could receive
compensation. Notwithstanding the eX-
treme length of the session there was a
great accumulation of business to be cleared
up during the week and some of it had to be
disposed of finally without careful consd-
Grafton. There had been mania for the
introduction of bills which clogged the cal
endar, some of them good, many of them
bad and the best standing little more chance
than the worst in the ultimate tangle. The
pressure for increased appropriations was
never greater. The state institutions, most
of which had come out of the last bennium
with a deficiency, were all demanding an
increase of allowance. The state officials
and appointees were equally clamorous for
more and still more. The republican ten
dency was toward a close economy, but the
pressure of the institutions and the dwellers
in the state house prevailed and the appro-
priations passed the expected limit.