Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
TIPS ron THE LEeIsLATURE.

Ainsworth Star-Journal: The bill intro
duced by request by Brown TO recede 20 the
old law for hunting chickens. in our opin-
ion, Is a very poor idea since Il has been
established that birds are a great enemy TO
insects. Whatever your opinion. It is
pertinent you write the senator at once
stating your desire in the matter.
Fairbury Gazette: Women clerks and
employees in the legislature should be "cut
out" Such places belong 70 the boys who
made the fight IN political field. Good and
worthy young men. with real and positive
claims upon the members, are turned down
for mere sentiment. This is not right; II Is
not good politics or good business princi-
pies.
Stromsburg Headlight. II. r. No. 1855,
by Thompson Of Merrick (by request)-To
punish the stealing OF domestic fowls and
to punish persons receiving or buying stolen
domestic fowls and to punish all persons
harboring or concealing poultry thieves.
Makes the offense a felony. Such a bill
ought to pass with a whoop. Every COM
munity in the state is suffering more or
less from this kind of pilfering.
Springfield Monitor one Of the bills in
the legislature that is being pushed by
the representatives from the western part
Of the state is for the determination Of
prairie dogs. The maker OF the bill, Frank
Currie, an old-time Papillion man. claims
that over a million acres OF land is rem
dered worthless for farming each year by
these pests in western Nebraska and that
something must be done to put a stop
to It.
Gordon Journal: We hope the legislature
will not adjourn until It has taken some
steps to compel the Standard OIL company
to furnish a better grade Of oil for illu-
minating purposes than is now being sold to
our local dealers. The stun we are using
now is not At to kindle a fire with. There
ought to be a heavy fine for imposing such
stun on the people. This is one Of the
things that should not be overlooked by the
legislature.
Nebraska City News: A bill has been
introduced in the legislature making it a
hneable ofense for any youth under Is
years Of age to smoke on the streets or at
any public place. A heavy fine is TO be
placed against the dealer who sells tobacco
In any form to a youth under that age. The
bill is a good one and seems to meet with
the approval Of all of the member OF the
legislature. 1t is to be hoped that this
will be one Of the laws that the legislature
will enact.
Wayne Herald: There will be an earnest
effort on the part of the present legislature
to put the finances of Nebraska on a bet
ter basis. The state debt is now double
the constitutional limit, and is increasing.
An effort will be made to reduce the run
ming expenses to the lowest reasonable
limit, but 1t will be found impossible to
bring them within the present revenue.
Some means must be devised to increase
the income as we'll as to diminish the ex-
penses,
Hastings Tribune: Legislation for the
construction and maintenance of good roads
will never be q thing amiss. It Is not often
currently remarked Of, nevertheless the
country road is one Of the most important
factors in the accumulation Of wealth. 1t
is the feeder OF the railway systems. which
in turn are the feeders of the merchant
marine. These roads are the little streams
which convey the agricultural quota to
the commercial current. They are abso-
lutely essential to the farmers who border
their lines and to towns and villages, es-
p~ecially those Of the western country. Let
there be good roads.
Stromsburg Headlight. II a bill which
Senator Umstead Of this district has in
troduced goes through, the renters OF Ne
braska farms will be confronted with a
landlords lien,' which will grant the
Landlords a lien on all crops grown on
leased land and also all personal property
used in the cultivation of said land" A
nice little measure, which undoubtedly is
prompted by a selfish motive, as Hon. UNI
stead is now said to be quite a landlord
himself. Should the measure become law
there will be more than one renter who
will, kick himself all over the barn yard
for having helped the measure along by
voting for it's maker.
Wayne Republican: Two years ago the
legislature passed an anti-cigarette law. 1t
has not abolished the use OF cigarettes by
any means, but 1t has undoubtedly been Of
wholesome effects. A bill has been intro
duced this term making II unlawful to sell
a boy under IS any form OF tobacco. This
would be a good law II enforced to any
extent. 1t is not conducive to good policy
to allow boys TO use tobacco. Some re-
straint should be thrown out, mere chill
dren should not be given the legal right
to purchase it. 1t is hard to say what Of
boys from is up, but while fixing the limit
it might as we'll be IS as anything. It
would be hard to enforce the law, but II 1t
would do any good to remove the legal
right of young boys to buy tobacco 1t would
be a step In the good work of real social
reform.
Rushville Recorder: There seems to be
a peculiar kind OF anxiety on the part Of
some of our legislators at Lincoln to give
the people of northwestern Nebraska what
the taxpayers and those interested In edu-
cation generally are opposed to-namely,
five Junior normals, one of which is to be
located at Alliance, for which these enter
prislng lawmakers ask an appropriation of
$12, 900, besides expecting the counties TO
donate their normal institute funds to be
used to help out this scheme, which no one
Is anxious to see carried out. Speaking for
this part Of Sheridan county, we emphat-
ically protest against any appropriation for
such a temporary and unsatisfactory ex-
pertinent. What the people OF this part OF
northwestern Nebraska want and in Justice
ought to have is a permanent state normal
for the training of our teachers in answer
10 the growing demands OF the western half
Of the state.
Stanton Register: A decade in the bust