Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-24
slllARO FAvoRs MORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Would Have Government Own Postoffioes
in All Important Towns
SURKETr ON TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
Nebraska Should have an Additions
Federal Court at Once.
EACH CONGRESSMAN HAS A SPECIALITY
Members of the Lower House Outline
the work They Expect TO
DO at the Present
Session.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

From stan Correspondent)
WASHINGTON Dec. 3. - Especially -
While senators and representatives in con-
gress are endeavoring to get into the band
wagon so far as the great problems CO. the
legislation needed at home is pretty gem
orally forgotten. Statesmen of the late
and early" variety are so busy convincing
their colleagues that they are the real lend
ers that measures for their own constituent
cies are liable to be pushed aside until It is
too late for any telling work to be done
prior to the close of congress. Then comes
the day of reckoning. when the senator or
representative has to face his constituency
and explain why needed legislation for the
particular state or district was not made
into law.
For the purpose of ascertaining just what
measures are interesting the members OF
the Nebraska delegation The Bee CORE
spondent made special effort to learn
what bills would be particularly urged by
the homo members. Zach has one or more
pet projects IN which he and his home folks
are interested, and each will work during
the session to accomplish something along
the lines indicated In the following state
nlents:
senator Joseph II. MiIIard.
Senator Millard said "It is we'll known
by many people in Nebraska that favor a
proposition that the United States govern
ment provide postofice buildings in all
towns of say 1900 to 5000 population and
upward In line with that idea have Just
introduced in the senate bills providing for
the erection Of public buildings at Wayne
West Point and Columbus. each 20 cost $780,
900; at Grand Island and Kearney, each to
u,
900. believe 1t to be TO the best interest OF
the government and of the towns to build a
reasonable number Of buildings every year.
and shall endeavor to bring about that re-
suit in Nebraska.
Il am working for a law making of Fort
Niobrara a permanent artillery and cavalry
post and for provisions to enlarge For;
Robinson, Nebraska, and Fort Meade
South Dakota-all three tributary TO the
merchants otxrfhe largest towns OF Me-
braska. shall also take some interest in
any legislation that may be decided upon
to finish the Hot Springs. 8. D.. Soldiers
home.
Local to Omaha shall push my bill for
building a road from Fort Crook to the
Douglas county lien below Albright, but in
order to bring this about 1t is important
that the people should prepare to build an
equally good road from the county line
northward.
II shall continue my efforts for the re-
juvenation of Fort Omaha, work upon
which seems to be progressing nicely. 1t IL
my intention to have very much more done
than has been contracted for up to date, to
be provided for in the estimates for the
coming year, and to make of Fort Omaha
the most important signal station in the
army.
Some Of my constituents are interested
in measure to provide for the federal
control of insurance, and have introduced
a bill on the subject, which is engaging the
attention of insurance men generally and
which subject the president says is one
which congress should consider. 1t is pos
sible my bill is defective, but it may be re-
garded as tentative. opening the way TO ra-
tional legislation of interest TO every policy
holder.
II have introduced a number of pension
bills OF little or no public interest. yet they
pertain to meritorious cases and require
constant attention. AS the session advances
I expect to take up other subjects OF lcgis-
lation of interest to Nebraska"
Senator II. j. Burkett.
Senator BurlSett. when asked as TO his
ideas Of the session and of the special
work that he had mapped out to do, said
that being a new senator he understood
he was not expected TO have very many
ideas or at least would not be expeotsA
10 utter them,
However" said the senator, this will
be a very busy and very important ses-
sion. 1t seems to me that there are more
important legislative questions confronting
us now than at any former session since
! have been a member of congress. The
thing that expect TO take special interest
in that pertains locally to Nebraska is the
division OF the state into two judicial dis
tricts for federal court purposes. The law
yers want II and think the people OF the
state are entitled to have their courts
brought as near to them as possible and
also 10 have the business Of II kept up To-
date. Tardy justice means sometimes no
justice. One judge Is not able to handle
the federal court business and we have
been getting judges from all of the sur
! rounding states TO help him out.
Il have been making some comparisons
and find that in no state is the situatl,.
so bad as in Nebraska. For example, in
Iowa they have two district with four d.
visions in each district and yet the judg-
ments rendered I'm civil suits last year
| amounted TO but S72,5O0. In Nebraska
with only one district, one Judge and
one division and practically only one place
( OF holding court the judgments rendered
amounted 10 almost s6OO,OOO. A year ago there
were pending in Iowa 2S4 suits and there
were commenced during the year 241 cases.
while In Nebraska at the same time there
were pending S3I cases and during the
| year 2s5 were commenced, making a total
in Iowa 595 against 622 in Nebraska.
while we have in our state less than half
the facilities for doing the business As
| | am informed there is more business
on the court docket now than our Judge
can possibly handle in the proper time
and in the proper way. As soon as
can prepare IL I expect To introduce
bill dividing the state into two districts
along the Platte river. 1t Is the same bin
which has been agreed to before by the
delegation,
Ernest VI. Pollard.