Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24

to be sufficient to pry up the necessary ap-
propriation for the work.
North Platte Tribune: A bill has been
introduced in the legislature forbidding
hunters from constructing blinds hiding
places or structures in the rivers and
streams OF the state for the purpose OF
shooting wild geese or ducks without such
blinds very few geese could be killed, and
the passage of such a measure would prac-
tically destroy the sport of goose hunting
The sportsmen of the state are up in arms
against the bill, and 1t will meet that early
death which 1t deserves.
Springfield Monitor: They are still
pounding away on a bill to re-apportion the
state into new judicial districts. Under
the new bill Sarpy county is to be Joined
to Cass and Otoe to constitute the Second
district The new bill provides for four
less judges than at the present time. II
will probably never become law, as there
are too many with political aspirations
who think themselves fitted for the position
Of district Judge that will fight it, hoping
that some day the lightning will strike
them and elevate them to a judgeship.
Tobias Express: While there are pos
sibly some explosions of threshng ma
chine engines, caused by incompetent en-
gineers and defective boilers, we do not
believe they are OF suficient frequency
to Justify the legislature in passing the bill
introduced In the lower house, and which
provides that all engineers must have a
license to run and operate an engine and
also have boilers inspected by the state
boiler inspector. The threshing machine
men claim It will cost them $4,000 a
year, as 1t requires each man to pay s.
a., kaAI, g,,
spected.
Louisville Courier: There is a bill in
the state legislature to tack Sarpy county
onto Cass and Otoe in a new judicial dis
trict Perhaps this bill will carry. 1t
seems TO us that the present number Of
judges is about correct. The new bill does
away with four Of our present district
judges. It will be a small saving to the
taxpayers, but will be a great incon-
venience in a great many different ways.
The judges have about all they can handle
successfully now and If more work is as
signed them they perhaps will not be able
to clear the docket up each year. Judge
Jessen has abolt all he can do to look after
Cass and Otoe counties.
Falls City Journal: The democratic
papers are having an awful time. They
put stumbling blocks in the way of legisla-
tion, but they can't get a chance. The
corporation lobby has received such scant
courtesy at the hands Of the legislators as
to discourage these papers in making any
attempt to show that the legislature is
the creature OF the corporations. The Bur-
CESS bill has passed the house and when It
passes the senate It will be such a body
hlow TO the printing trust as 10 convince
the democratic press that the republicans
have made some antitrust legislation that
the democrats forgot to do when they were
in power
York Times: That there will be some
kind Of revenue legislation by the present
legislature is almost as good as assured.
Nearly every member has his mind made
up to this and will cooperate with the
committee. It must be borne in mind. how
ever, that all important legislation is the
result of compromise. No one can get ex-
actly what he wants NOR precisely what ne
thinks would be best, where there are so
many different ideas and opinions. Each
one will have to yield something and each
must show respect for the convictions Of
others. II we have a revenue law It will
be a compromise bill, no doubt, and the
Legislators will show as much wisdom In
what they yield as in what they secure.
Broken Bow Republican: Representative
Tooley only secured forty-one votes in the
house Tuesday for his reapportionment bill
while there were forty -eght recorded
| against 1t. 1t was on the reapportionment
issue Mr.. Tooley was elected The bill
has not been passed upon by the senate,
where it is also on file, and 1t is a bare
possibility that It will pass that body and
| be returned to the house for its concur
renee. But II such thing should occur II
is hardly probable that the house would
change its vote. Personally Mr.. Tooley
/ has our sympathy. as that bill was his
whole stock in trade. We predicted before
election that the scheme would not sue
ceed in the legislature and 1t would be
useless to elect Mr.. Tooley on that issue
| But he succeeded In attracting the atten-
tion Of the public through his bill and
got not little notoriety out Of it for his
! effort.
! Tekamah Journal: One OF Platte county'E
] delegates to the legislature proposes to en-
deavor to have no partiality shown in the
! purchase of voters at any election, but de-
| sires that all voters shall be paid--in Q
| way. Looked at from another point Of
| view, Il is a fine against those who fail ol
refuse to exercise their rights of franchise
He has introduced a bill providing thai
| each voter shall be assessed a tax OF So
II he appears at the polls and votes, the
| election board presents him a receipt fol
| the tax, but II he remains away the tar
stands against his account. The man in
| Producing the bill is a fusionist and thinks
that II II should carry there would be NJ
more republican victories in the state, a,
there would be no more stay at-homt
| fusion voters. He might be disappointed
| in the final outcome of his measure, as Il
| has been quite conclusively shown thai
there are republicans who neglect to vote
| Harrington Herald: II would be a good
idea for the legislature to place the crime
| OF embezzlement in the same class with
| that OF forgery by removing the time
limit. At present the statute of limita-
tion runs against the crime OF embezzle.
ment. Cedar county has at the present
| time a case which shows the absurdity OF
! the present law. ExTreasurer Ton
Ziegler has been found short, interest
added. over $4,000, and the probability Is
that he will be permitted to go scot free
i because Of the statute of Limitation rum
| ming against the crime of embezzlement
Lawyers claim it is exceedingly dificult to
prove a case OF forgery under the most
/ favorable conditions. Why the statute OF
limitation should run against embezzle-
ment and not against forgery is a conun-