Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
WORK FOR THE LEGISLATURE
Eight Important Measures viii claim
Attention Of Hswksys sOlOHs
INSURANCE REPORT COMES FIRST
Primary Election Measure, Tvvo-Cent
Fare Bill and Uniform System OF
County Accounts VIII Also
Come I'd.
IsURANCE RLPORT ceNEs FIRsT
(From a STAT Correspondent


second general assembly, which will meet
in this city January a. These measures
stated in the order of the amount of time
and attention they are likely to command
of the legislators are:
The Insurance commission report and rec
concentrations.
The 2-cent fare bill.
The consolidation of the boards Of edu-
cational Institutions
| The indeterminate sentence and state re-
| form bills,
Uniform system Of accounts for counties
| state auditors office.
| The tenure of office, measure proposing
| to lengthen terms to four years
| The reelection of Senator Doliver.
| The anu-lobby bill might be added but
/ If the idea of some of the legislators is
| followed of passing the anti-lobby bill the
| first week of the session that measure
will not consume a great deal Of time.
| Probably II the aggregate time which the
| legislators are required to give to any one
measure is considered the woman's suf-
frage resolution should be placed at the
| head of the list, for the women lobbyists
| for that resolution are probably more
active than any other and take more Of
the time of the legislators. but the time
given the measure in the committees and
the time that 1t takes to vote it down
| when 1t comes to vote does not compare
| favorably with the other measures before
the general assembly.
The fact that the legislature was in ses-
sion for thirteen weeks during the first four
months of this year and that only about
eight months have elapsed between the
| time the last legislature adjourned and the
| next one will meet is no evidence that the
| coming session will be short one. There
| are as many important leading measures
| to come before the next session as there
| were at the last or more, and there are
just as many of the smaller propositions
that will be up for consideration.
Thirty-Nine Legislatures Meet.
| ThiTty-niue state legislatures convene next
month, II thirty-one Of them pass a reso-
luton asking the congress to call a con-
| stitutional convention the question Of
| electing United States senator's by direct
vote of the people would be brought to a
| focus at once. In the hope Of securing such
| action the executive committee of the in
terstate senatorial convention, which met
here the first of the month is preparing
an address which, with the minutes of the
convention held here, will be printed in
pamphlet form and sent to the governor
Of every state in the union. Senator
Thomas A. Cheshire of this city is chair
have the address ready for submission to
the other members of the committee within
a few days and hopes to have the matter
ready to put into the hands of a printer
by January 1. The pamphlet will then be
mailed in time to be before the various
legislatures when they meet. A number
of copies will also be placed In the hands
of every delegate appointed to the conven-
ton held here. There are only seven states
in which the legislatures meet in the even
numbered years. Six meet annually and
all the Others thirty-nine in number meet
in the odd numbered years. Florida meets
once every four years, but it's Legislature
will meet next month, and it is counted
one of the thirty-nine. 1t is the intention
to publish as part of the pamphlet the data
gathered and published by Senator L. w.
Lewis Of Clarinda, giving the action Of
twenty-four states that have passed resolu-
lions already on the question OF eectng
senators by direct vote Of the people. OF
these twenty-four. Kentucky and Ohio are
the only states In which the legislature
does not meet next year. The other
twenty-five are: South Carolina, Colorado,
Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana Ne
braska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North
Dakota, North Carolina. Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming. The seven states in which the
legislature does not meet till 1908 are:
Kentucky Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi,
, Vermont, Ohio and Virginia. All the others
will come together next month.
Farmers Should Raise Apples.
If farmers raised apples instead Of "culls''
there would be no trouble about freight
} rates TO permit of dsposing of the waste
/. products of the orchards. according to ].
w. Murphy of GlenwOod, who captured
some Of the prizes at the horticultural ex-
hiblt during the convention of the Iowa
Horticultural society. The question WAS
raised at the convention. 1t was main
tanned that the poorer apples could be
made into cider profitaby If the freight
rates were lower. Mr.. Murphy, in an
, interview here. said: in our section Of
the state SO per cent of our apples grade
No. /, and the other 10 per cent OF culls is
/ not worth doing anything with. ! recognise
the fact. however, that over the greater
portion of the state 70 per cent of the crop
!, is culls and only % per cent No 1 apples.
o So in the greater portion OF the state 2
{ lower freight rate would be advantageous,
: but If the farmers would raise apples m
] stead Of culls there would be no trouble"
Fight Fierce for Committees.
The fight for the plums in the gift of the
speaker OF the house and president Of the
senate in the form of committee appoint
ments, and especially the positions of chair
men, is on In earnest. Warren Garst lieu
| tenant gOvernOr-elect, some weeks age
) moved TO this city and is living at $50 West
/ Seventeenth street, and Nate Kendall
4 whom it is conceded the house will elect
) | unanimously speaker. has been in the
| city for some days and both are being
sought by members of the next genera
assembly. The lineup of the members oi
4 the insurance commission, wherein Jones
and Kendall made a minority report may
have some bearing on the selection Of
chairman in the house. 1t Is now antci
pated that Jones will be made chairman
Of the committee on insurance, instead o.
Sullivan Of Polk. who was first slated fo
that position, or Lee Of Emmett, who hai
also been discussed for the position. Sulli
Q van is an able young lawyer and the insur
ance committee is to have as much o.
more work than any other committee. bu
Jones OF Montgomery, who has been
, member of the commission, with Kendall
= and who has agreed with him on the re
I port, Is quite a natural selection. Thi
would leave the appropriations committee
: 10 which Jones was first slated. open 10