Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-28
Joint Committee to Formulate Bills Seems
to BE Favored Plan.
CORPORATION PLANS ARE CONFUSING
Only Cns Of the Old Time Lobbyists Has
Tut in an Appearance.
LEGISLATORS ExPtCI 10 SEE NEW FORCE
Estimate of Expenses for Biennium L.
S0,i93,s31, Including school Ap-
pOrtiOnment, and Receipts
S8,0O2, ,I9O.
(From a stan Correspondent

(From a stan Correspondent
LINCOLN, Dec. E.-(speciai) -. A.
Marsh OF Seward and Ned Brown Of Lam
caster hung out their signs To-Day and got
into the speakersbip contest. Both opened
headquarters at the Linuell hotel other
candidates who are here and who had al
ready opened headquarters are Nj. +. lIarri-
son, float representative from Otoe and
Cassi Adam McAulIen OF Gage, Dan Net
tleton OF Clay. Representative Tucker is
IN charge Of Representative Dodges head
quarters and Mr. Douge will be here him.
self Saturday. With the exception of the
local senators Witse of the Twenty-ninth
district IS the only one 50 far on the < ound
clyde Barnard is hustlins for the position
Oh chlet clerk of the house, having come
In last night. AS yet he has no opponent
on the ground Former Representative Nc
Lean Of Seward is here after the position
Of sergeant-at-arms of the house. and b.
H. Goulding of kearney has come in to
work up his candidacy for secretary of the
senate.
or the candidates for speaker Representa-
tive Marsh said:
''The Legislature should keep it's promises
to the people and the work should be done
in the quickest possible time. While l
shall advocate measures covering every
pledge in the platform, l am particularly
anxious that we pass a state primary law
l want the people to have an opportunity
to vote for the candidates they want on
the ticket without any hndrance. At a
primary all Of the people will have an op-
portunity be heard, while such is not the
case and never has been the case at a
convention If }.e enact stage primary
law and the people fail to vote. then the
responsibility must rest with the people. 1
think the quickest and best way to get the
desired legislation will be to appoint a
Joint committee from both houses and let
that committee draft the measures"
NettIeton Declares Himself
Representative Nettleton, who claims TO
be the homeliest man in the state and who
claims no one denied the allegation. ex-
pressed himself on the duty of the legisla-
ture without any hesitation He said:
we nust carry out every pledge in the
PLATFORM and IL is going to take hard work
to do this. II one should take time to
look over the platform, he will find the
republican party has promised the enact
ment of a great many very important
laws and If these promises are 70 be kent
and they must be, it is going to be busy
session. I am in favor of a Joint conn
mittee getting up the measures and report
ing them to the legislature. I think that
In favor Of any adjournment while that
committee is at work. There will be plenty
OF routine and general work for the rest OF
the members to attend while the committee
is at its work"
Candidate Ned Brown said: whether I
am elected speaker or not will make no
difference to me. 1 shall give the man
elected my most loyal support to carry out
the platform pledges. We made the
pledges, the newspapers have printed them
and republican speakers have talked about
them and we mus. keep our promises"
Senator Wiltse, who is the frsto fthe
outside members OF the upper house to
reach the capital, said he had nothing
special to bother about this session.
II am just going to watch the organiza-
ton and let the other fellows do the work
think II we pass a law giving the railway
commission plenty of authority to do
what 1t is intended II should do, we will
have done a good winters work The
platform will be carried out" Mr. Wilsey
was a member of the last senate.
Railroad Commissioners waiting.
Railroad Commssioner-elect winnett is
mingling with the legislators, though he
will not propose any legislation covering
the duties of the railway commission
Il wrote to Mr.. Cowell and Mr. Will
Hams" said Mr.. Winnett, "and suggested
that we meet and formulate a measure to
propose TO the legislature, but Mr.. Cowen
did not seem TO think we should make
such a recommendation, so I dropped the
matter" Or. Winnett thinks the COM
mission will get together shortly and or
ganize.
The corporations so far have the members
here guessing. None OF the old familiar
~.
and it is hgurd out by at least one member
that the corporations will work through
men who have not become so we'll known
as have some Of the old battle-scarred
veterans Of the special interests. This man
figured It would take some time TO get
the new lobbyists placed and properly
tagged, but he was of the opinion that no
matter how smooth the corporations worked
they would be unable TO prevent the legis-
ature from carrying out the pledges Of the
republican party.
Last night things began TO look a little
familiar when Bob" McGinniss, the North
western lobbyist, mixed in with the legis-
lators in the LIndelL McGinniss has done
this sort OF oil room work for a number
OF years and Is personally acquainted with
many of the legislators.
No Free Talk.
II was told on good authority today that
the Nebraska Telephone company would
not maintain it's free talking bureau at
the Lindell, as 1t has done in the past. This
company during the last legislature and
the one preceding maintained a switchboard
in its headquarters and furnished long dis
tance connections without trouble and
without expense TO the legislators and
others.
Commandant Askwith Of the Soldiers and
Sailors home at Grand Island. who came
In a day ahead OF time 10 attend the meet
ing OF the State Board Of Purchase and
Supplies, met some Of the legislators and
impressed upon them the necessity Of more
room for the use Of tine old soldiers Mr..
Askwith said a building should be erected
10 house from 90 10 300 as his place ans