Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-17

members that It was distinctly a Lincoln
AFFAIR. Lee was opposing the bill.
1T is interesting TO see how these Lin
coin fellows are fighting for this BILL he
said You will notice, gentlemen, that
nothing inspires the eloquence of a Lincoln
man like an appropriation"
The remark, which came spontaneously
from the lips of the Irish statesman. struck
the house as being so apt that every MEM
Der present, even those from Lincoln,
greeted 1t with laughter.
Proceeding in his argument against the
bill. Lee said in faceious vein:
"These Lincoln chaps always come to
this legislature every time they want any
thing. How different It is in Omaha. Up
there the people wanted big public meet
ing place and what did they do, go TO
the legislature with a request that the
state build It? No, sir. The people them
selves, out Of their own pockets, subscribed
funds and built the magnificent Auditorium.
And now. gentlemen Ohis to the Lancaster
county delegation), IL you want to exhibit
your fine bulls, bring them up to Omaha
and we will let you show them in our
Auditorium"
Colonel McClay of Lancaster is moth
ing IL not methodical. In speech and action
he clings rigidly to discipline. He is the
nag champion of Lancaster" He is a
veteran of the civil war and always found
in the forefront when It comes TO anything
with military or patriotic sound to 1t.
His painful devotion to discipline has been
attributed to his service as a soldier. One
OF the idiosyncracies which has fixed itself
so thoroughly upon the colonel is a certain
little sentence with which he invariably
.r..N. I'D NaaN
Is undeR discussion. 1t is this
Mr.. Speaker (or chairman, as the occa-
sion may be), It scarcely seems necessary
for me to speak on this matter. but
And on that but hangs the tale.
For time at least the binding twine
factory project is asleep. Sheldon of Cass
this morning in the senate moved to not
consider the bill passed by the house until
after it had acted on the appropriation
bills. The motion was adopted without a
dissenting vote.
p. S. Mickey, executive clerk TO the gov
ernor, his father, wants it distinctly under
stood that he is not and never has been a
candidate for the position of state account
ant contemplated in a bill introduced In
the house by Jackson of Antelope. The
governor in his annual message advocated
the creation OF such a position, and some
of his critics at the time said his son was
a candidate for the place.
II have never thought of the thing, let
alone being candidate for the place"
says Mr.. Mickey.
AZ least FIVE individuals in Lincoln have
managed to get themselves in a very un-
favorable light before certain legislators
who make It a rule to keep their weather
eye' out for the kind of work these men
are said to be pursuing. The "holdup"
lobbyist is said to be a common thing with
all legislatures and because of these men
this legislature is said to be no exception
to this rule. There may be more than FIVE
of this class Of lobbyists, who, as recognized
lobbyists who come here as the official rep
resentatives of some corporation of public
Identity, are despised, but five at any rate
have been here so constantly and have
been watched so closely that by common
consent they have come to be classed as
the leaders of this variety of coachers
They clique together, so to speak; stop at
the same hotel, habitually visit the same
places and their handiwork is discernible in
more ways than one. They are believed to
he at the bottom of more than one measure
pending before the legislature But be II
said to the credit and honor of the ma
jority of this legislature there is an evi-
dent, unmistakable feeling that proper
steps should be taken to rid the legislature,
once for all (by making an example or two),
OF this pernicious breed OF lobbyists.