Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-10
READY FOR THE OPENING
Members Of the Legislature Select Seats
and Secure Quarters for Session.
COMMITTEE MAY DRAFT PARTY MEASURES
Proposition 60 Appoint Joint Com
mittee 60 Draw Bills CarryinE
Ont Pledges of Repub-
lican Platform.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

CFrom Stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Dec O--(special. )-Nearly all
the members OF the legislature have Sc
lected their seats and have secured quarters
in lincoln for the winter. It Is believed
that the members will meet Saturday or
the following Monday preceding Tuesday
January l. the day Of the opening session.
The preliminary meeting is customary for
the purpose OF giving the majority members
ample opportunity to agree on officers. The
slate Is usually adopted at this meeting,
that no misunderstanding may take place
on the floor of the two houses. The caucus
agreement is invariably carried out and
thus friction or delay in organization Is
avoided. There is considerable talk among
the members Of delegating to a committee
comprising members Of both houses the
work Of drafting the important measures
that are pledged by the republican plat
form. This plan worked well in 1903, when
the new revenue law was formulated by
Joint committee. The committee was quite
large and It found trouble in agreeing on
the terms OF the BILL and finally the most
important part of the bill was redrafted
by a subcommittee. II was adopted hy
the republican caucus and thereafter no
important changes were made in committee
of the whole.
Judge e. P. Holmes Of Lincoln has spent
considerable time on a bill providing for
indeterminate sentences. The bill is now
complete and will be introduced in the
legislature. Judge Holmes has been on the
district bench for many years and has
taken a deep interest in criminal proceed
ings.
Plans to Print Senate Journal.
Several members OF the senate have ex-
pressed desire to have the senate journal
printed each day, to be laid on the desks
Of members, instead of following the recent
custom Of making mimeograph copies. The
printed copies can be bound at the end Of
the session and thus the senate journal can
be printed as the session proceeds and will
be complete at the end of the session with
the exception Of the index This custom
IL followed in many states but It is feared
the expense OF printing a rush order, the
work being done at night. may be found
too high to please the members The plan
will save the usual appropriation at the end
Of the session OF about $3.50 to the secre-
tary for compiling the journal. It is we'll
known that the secretary makes copies Of
the daily Journal MS the session proceeds
and has complete copy ready for the
printer at the end OF the session. Once
when the copy was destroyed by fire in the
hands of printing house, the state board
called for new bids for making a copy from
the secretary OF states copy to take the
place Of the one destroyed. the secretary
and others bid on the work. The competi-
ton was fierce among the bidders, and
finally the secretary quietly handed one
of the prospective bidders carbon copy
that he had up his sleeve and told the
-
hazards. His advice was followed, and the
hidden copy kept by the secretary after the
session closed was utilized The successful
bidder put In few days in the office of
the secretary OF state copying from the
ofhcl1l record ana soon thereafter an
nounced that the desl,ed copy for this
printer was ready.
Nebraska's Prize steers. ..
The Representatives OF ths State Uni.
versity Agricultural college, who attended
the International Live Stock SHOW al
Chicago have returned and feel satisfied
with the prizes woa by the university. Tn,
Nebraska people VINO were there wer,
Dean L. A. Burnett Prof. II. r.. Smith
Instructor A. F. MqgdanE. DR.. A. f. Peters
and DR.. ]. II. Gaia. or the nine steer
exhibited by Nebraska university, si'
were winners. The total prize money wa
$3.50, which added to total OF previous years
makes the sum won by Nebraska 81. 800.
At the recent show Nebraska won tn
college championship OF all breeds an,
ages on Ruby, the steer from which mos
was expected by those interested in tn
exhibit 1t was said by many that had tn
Chicago judge been more careful Rub
would have won the grand champiohshi
prize. The Chicago judges opinion was no
that OF the English judge, Turner. VIII
placed Ruby above many others that wer
adjudged superior to him On the frs
day he was debarred by the decision OF tn
man from Chicago from competing for tn
grand championship. Ruby sold at
higher price than any of the others e1
hibited. bringing IS cents a pound. liv
weight, total OF 1918.
Dictator a 1O-months-old grade calf, Wo
the championship over the grade Angus
all ages. Valet shorthorn yearling wo
second prize in his class. Nebraska ais
won the first and second prizes in III
carcass contest In carcass Judging, frn
ness OF flesh and marbling are the point
considered. Steers are scientifically fe
so that the ideal in this respect may I
obtained.
Only two of the steers exhibited wi
be returned to Nebraska Seven youn
steers were bought by the bureal OF an
NAL husbandry from packers in ChicaT
and will be brought 70 the school for vi
In Judging classes and for show purpos'