Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-23

tion II. r. ass. the Gilbert primary election
bill, which Is aimed at making a man tell
all the secrets involved in the Australian
ballot system, Hall Of Burt, evidently inn
pressed with the drastic nature Of the
measure. declared that:
In my judgment, this bill lacks but one
thing II ought TO provide that the cleo
tion board shall be equipped with branding
irons and brand every voter as he comes
up to register, so that he may never again
vote any other way except that which he
has decided to vote on this occasion II
seems to me this method would serve the
purpose Of the faction promoting this bill
better than any other possibly could"
Currie OF Dawes, who also represents In
the house Sheridan, Box Butte and Sioux
counties, is one Of the most popular mem-
bers OF the legislature Yet he is one OF
the least assuming. He seldom is heard
in public speech, though he takes an active
interest in all the proceedings. He never
allows a bill to get by without voting on it.
Currie is a cattle raiser and is possessed
OF sufficient Of this worlds goods to keep
the wolf from the door for many moons.
He owns a range OF 5000 acres and keeps
about 900 head OF cattle regularly, be
sides the thousands he buys and sells. In
one of the pioneers Of the North Star state,
being a resident Of Drsinerd, where he
conducted the old Leland hotel. Currie has
been vigorously promoting a bill this ses-
sion calculated TO exterminate prairie dogs,
which are expensive nuisances out in his
section OF the state.
sweezy Springs n Joke.
For some time there has been a standing
Joke that one chair would do for Sweezy
OF Adams and Spurlock of Cass, because
when one member was not up talking, the
other one was. The joke was sprung by
spurlock himself The other day spurlock,
who, by the way, is one Of the most pleas
ing and effective debaters in the house,
was making forcible plea for some meas
ure, and Sweezy slipped over and planted
himself in the Cass county mans chair.
When spurlock sat down he found him.
self in sweezy's lap. A laugh arose, which
was accentuated when the gentleman from
Adams promptly arose and began talking
turning to spurlock and explaining that
as there was but one chair between them
he (Sweezyl had no other recourse than
10 begin speaking.
Probably no other man in the house has
been heard more often during the session
than Sweezy. Harmon Of Saunders, who
seldom speaks, declares he has made care
full calculation and found that Sweezy has
consumed precisely $9,S1s45 worth OF time
this session in debating.
In this connection may be told the cir
cumstances OF the only speech made this
session by Bacon of pawes. Bacon is one
Of the best natured members Of the legis-
lature and is liked by everyone. He IL
one OF the fifty-hve farmers Of the house
His seat is directly In front Of the clerk
desk and he pays strict attention to every
proceeding Last week the house adopted
a rule limiting speeches on the revenue
bill to ten minutes One day Sweezy arose
and began talking. Half dozen watches
were pulled out. When he had talked ten
minutes some member called the attention
OF the chair to the fact, whereupon Sweezy
exclaimed. "I'u take my seat II any mem
ber demands It,"
Everything was quiet and Sweezy re-
peated his banter, smiling as If he knew
no one would call him.
81 demand it," presently shouted Bacon
lifting his 265 pounds of avordupois from
his seat.
This was Bacon's maiden speech, but u
took effect Immediately, for Sweezy sal
down forthwith.