Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-19
TIPS FoR THE LEGISLATURE.


Crete yidette-Herald: The legislature is
forging TO the front In a SENSIBLE and busi-
nesslike manner. There seems to be an
honest effort to save both time and money,
and this is something novel and worthy Of
note.
ord Quiz: one thing the present legis-
lature ought to do is to pass a law pro-
hibiting municipalities from granting fran
chses to any one for anything without
taking three full sessions of the board for
the work. The practice Of passing such
ordinances under the suspension of the
rules all in one session without giving the
public chance to protest or make any
effort against the mode is dangerous in the
extreme, and should be prevented
walthill Times: The Burlington railroad
transported a delegation Of its employees
to Lincoln, one day this week, to protest
against the passage of the employees
liability bill now pending in both houses
Of the legislature. The delegation started
In to do some tall protesting all right
enough, but upon being invited to explain
why it was opposed to the bill 1t was com
PEELED to climb a tree. 1t didn't know.
The railroad company had forgotten to
properly coach It's professors. This was a
sad oversight on the part Of the railroad
company.
Doup City Northwestern: In answer to
the query of the Aurora Sun of last week,
What does the editor of the Northwest
ern, a republican newspaper, think of this
reform LEGISLATURE? our answer is that a
majority are all right while a few, like
some of the fusion members, need a COOL
deal of "fixin." But do not think, dear
Sun. that the buckers against the remedial
matters favored by the last state repub-
-
but rather that the anti-pass, statewide
primary and other needed measures will
become laws in spite of the insane desire
of the opposition that they may not, be-
cause of their republican parentage
Friend Telegraph: A very large and we'll
remunerative railroad lobby is reported to
have taken up its quarters down at Lin
coin. Notwithstanding all this the party
is expecting the members of the legislature
to redeem every one of it's party pledges
In addition to these there are said to be
several personal pledges out by members
OF the legislature which must be redeemed
or great row will be raised at home.
When the railroads doing business in this
state sent their big lobby down to Lincoln
we doubt If they fully understood the
facts as they exist in the home towns and
counties Of great majority Of the mem
bers of the legislature. Let us have both
party and personal pledges redeemed, even
If there Is not train run over any line
In Nebraska afterwards.
Grand Island Independent: It is an
nounced by the forces that have been try
ing to secure prohibition on the sly, through
the agency of the county option bill, that
they Will, In another campaign, bring out
their cause in an open contest. That will,
m hn hoftn
differ with the practicability of the principle
at all points, and whatever conditions one
might regard as carrying with them greater
or lesses evils the demands of the ad-
vocates of such a cause are entitled to
respectful consideration when they under
take fair and square open contest, and
the majority of the people of the state will
be glad to give them that, even though
they may not, in the end, be convinced
Of the desirability of going from regu-
lative system to one that might be nomi-
nally prohibitive but in actual results worse
than regulative system
Tekamah journal: Under state wide
primary law the only candidates in this
judicial district who Will have a chance of
winning nomination will be such as Doug
las county republicans dictate. This will
make 1t possible that no outside candidate
county republicans have wisely conceded
one judge to Burt county because of Burt
county's staunch republican majority. Sit
uated as Douglas county is at present
politically, with the majority so small for
the republicans that it can not be termed
certain one, republican candidates of
Douglas county will have to depend for
their success at the polls almost wholly
upon burt county's staunch republicans
Under those conditions 1t behooves the
republican leaders in Douglas county not
TO be selfish when it comes to the point of
distributing judicial honors
Friend Telegraph: The appeal of the rail-
ROADS against the passage of a 2-cent rail-
road fare bill was, to say the least border
ing on the pathetic" In years past and
gone with passenger rates at 3 cents per
mile the railroads were able to coin money
and water their stock with from one-balf
to two-thirds ~Of the passengers riding on
passes The general public is a. this time
demanding an elimination of railroad masses
and likewise a proportionate lowering of
the fares to be paid the railroads of this
state. This they evidently have right to
do. On the other hand It Is mildly IN
timated that a 2-cent fare would cause the
railroads to take off their through Denver
trains. Such a move would not affect many
Nebraska towns for the reason that these
trains stop at but few of these towns, and
OF course the railroads would be compelled
to surrender their remunerative amounts
received for carrying the mails.