Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-08
CANVASS THE STATES VOTE
Practically All that Is Accomplished in
Second Day Of Legislature.
NEW STATE OFFICERS ARE SWORN IN
senate Committee on Committed and
Speaker Mockett Busy Preparing
Committees that work
May Proceed.
1'rOm a stan correspondent

From a stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Jan. 7.-tspeciah Telegram.)-
The second day Of the legislative session
was merely a continuation Of preliminaries
to the turning over Of the state govern
ment with the Inauguration OF Governor
Mickey tomorrow. The sessions Of the two
houses were brief and eventless.
A Joint session was held at noon to can
vass the vote on state officers and declare
the election OF oil the republican candi-
dates. clearing the way for the formalities
attending the swearing IN OF the stale ON
cers-elect.
Governor Mickey and his family are occu-
pying the executive mansion tonight. His
wife and children came down from Osceola
this morning and they all lunched with
Governor Savage, who turned over the keys
Of the house TO his successor. Governor
Mickey subscribed TO the oath before Judge
Sullivan and has filed his bond in the sum
OF 5 1000 with the secretary OF state. State
Treasurer Nortensou also filed bis bond in
the sum OF $1,000. 900, both being furnished
by the Fidelity and Deposit company OF
Baltimore. The other state officers have
renewed their frst term bonds.
Treasurer Mortenson began this afternoon
20 check up the accounts and balances with
Treasurer stuefer, the surety company be-
ing represented by II. A. Wagner Of
Omaha. The committee OF bankers to help
count the cash has been dispensed with.
The complete treasury transfer may take
a day or two yet.
Governor Mickey has completed his in
augural message, which he says will be
brief and to the point. Physically. Gov
cTnor Savage and Governor Mickey have
been called the long and the short Of II,
and THAR p1aaoaOaa IN the la0tutoNnro .ttf
certainly conform to those proportions.
Many Bills Ready.
The inflow Of bills Is waiting upon the
determination Of the committees Of the two
houses, but will begin very shortly. The
senate committee on the makeup Of the
committees has been holding a succession
CT sessions and has practically completed
its work.
Speaker Mockett today asked each mem
Der OF the house to give him a written list
OF committee assignments desired in the or
der Of preference. promising to give his best
consideration to all. His Craftsmanship ap-
pointments may be ready in a day or SO,
but the full committees cannot come before
next week.
So far no proclamation has been Issued
for a special election to I'LL the place made
vacant by the death OF representative
Musiok Of Nuckolls. The reason given for
the delay is that no oficial notification has
yet reached the executive ONCE. This will
probably be the FIRST proclamation to which
the signature Of Governor Mickey will be
attached.
Ohicia1 Lobbyists in Evidence.
III ] were the new governor. the FIRST
thing | should do would be to order all the
officers and employees of state institutions
who are hanging around the, legislature
lobby for appropriations back to their
places, to stay there till they are sent for"
declared a prominent member Of the house
today. II see several men around here al
ready who are on the stataspny roll and
supposed to- be earning 1their salaries By
attending 10 business At the various state
institutions. Unless something Of this kind
Is done the rest OF them will be here before
long and we will have a repetition Of the
disgraceful scenes frequently enacted at
previous sessions. whera a great retinue OF
state employees have put in time beselging
the ~w-nak to raise salaries or make
Improvement for their benefit. When the
members Of the legislature need these men
TO give information or advice they should
feel free to send for them. but until then
IL would come with much better grace for
them to stay where they belong and attend
to the needs Of the wards or pupils entrusted
to their care. SO far as the interests OF
the respective institutions are concerned,
the members representing the districts in
which they are located are amply able to
protect them and upon them the RESPONSE
fbility rests anyway The state should set
an example by keeping the lobby free OF
officers and employees paid out OF the state
treasury"
Printed copies Of the state treasurer's re-
port are being distributed. With the &C.
eompanying tables 1t makes a pamphlet of
thirty pages.
AS usual, the preliminary roll call blanks