Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-24
ACTIVE FIGHT ON LOBBYISTS
Legislators 10 Give Gold Shoulder to Agents
Of Special Interests and Institutions. d,
LESS TRADING Of VOTES THAN FORMERLY
Appropriation to he Distributed on
the Basis 81 Actual Needs-New
state Omoers TO Ne Installed
January 3.
tFrom a sian Correspondent

NENhUl n sum Correspondent
LINCOLN, Dec. "a Especial -Unless all
signs fail, the present legislature will mark
the passing OF the lobby. II is in the air
that the Legislators will refuse to he die
tated 70 by the paid representatives Of
special interests this winter. and neither
will they stand for the crowding Of the
corridors Of the state house with represent
atives OF state institutions clamoring for
appropriations and special acts. Many
legislators have expressed themselves that
when the railroad lobby, the grain lobby
the lumber mems lobby and others are
denied the right to mingle with the legis-
lators in the capitol building so VIII the
special committees seeking some special
favor for some special interest he com
PEELED to remain away from the legislators
during their deliberations. 1t is In the air
that representatives Of every interest viii
be invited to address committees on any
bill in which they are interested, and ample
time will be given them to make argu-
ments, but when the time to vote comes IL
seems certain there will be no representa-
tive Of special interest leaning over the
railing or on the desk OF the legislator
70 hypnotic him into voting against his
own convictions
Less Trading of Votes.
according 70 one leElElAIOEs there VIII De
. less trading in votes this winter than ever
before, and II VIII be the exception rather
than the rule when legislator has to give
away his vote on some measure In order 20
get an appropriation for an institution IN
his particular locality one legislator said It
Is finally beginning to be realized that all
the state institutions belong to the state
and the entire state is interested IN their
development, so it will not be necessary for
one member to have to traffic in votes and
TO sell his influence for votes in order tn
get the appropriation his institution needs.
When the proper showing is made It Is said
the legislature will give to every institu-
ton an amount Of money necessary TO
maintain 1t for the biennium.
In the past II has not only been the
railroad lobby and the telephone lobby
and the lobby Of the other corporations
which have tangled up and confused the
Legislators but II has been the lobby Of
the normal schools, the University of Ne
braska, the doctors lobby and many others,
each helping some to hypnotic the legls-
lators into doing what they did not want
to do
This year Governor Mickey will make a
strong plea I'm his message for the abolish
ment of the lobby, and when the lobby
for one special interest is denied the free
use Of the legislative halls. 50 will the
lobby for all other interests be treated
exactly the same way.
Legislature Meets Next Week.
The Legislature will convene Tuesday,
January l, at Il o'clock. The senate will
be called to order by Lieutenant Governor
McGilton and the house by Secretary of
State Galusha. A committee will be APP
pointed In each house to canvas the Gre
dentials of the elected members, after
which Chief Justice Sedgwick will admin
lister the oath in both houses The house
will then effect a temporary organization
and in joint session the vote on state Off
GERS viii be canvassed This joint session
will be presided over by Lieutenant Gov
crnor McGllton. On the first day a presl-
Gent pro tenn OF the senate will be chosen
to preside during the absence Of the lieu
tenant governor or while he is acting as
governor.
On Thursday the new state officers will
be installed and both the outgoing and
the incoming governors will read their
r, commentators to the legislature I'm Joint
session. At this session the lieutenant gov
ernor will preside
Under the law the officers and employees
of the senate shall not exceed sixty-six,
though II Is not compulsory that such a
number be employed, and in the house the
officers and employees shall not exceed
seventy-ive In number. Bills can be in
troduced up TO the fortieth day OF the
session only, except upon the request OF
the governor, who may have a bill intro
duced at any time up to adjournment
Harrison Family Reunion.
Frank A. Harrison and Mrs Harrison
were In Lincoln from Beatrice yesterday
on their way to Grand Island to attend
the annual Christmas dinner Of the Har-
rison family Inasmuch as all the children
OF the senior Harrisons live within a few
miles OF the home OF their parents EXCEPT
Frank. IL IS expected that all of them
with their families will be present at the
dinner. week or more will be spent at
Grand Island by all the relatives and