The independent., 1907-01-31
SENATE REFUSES
DECLINES TO ACCEPT POSTAGE
FROM STATE.
SIXTEEN BILLS ARE PASSED
ONE PREVENTS JUDGES FROM
SEEKING OTHER OFFICES. ="
NEW TERMINAL TAX MEASURE
CLARKE OF DOUGLAS REPLIES TO
RAILROAD LOBBYISTS.
Senate Rescinds Resolution to Sue
the State journal for Failure
to Deliver Printed Bills
Within Three Days.
NEW TERMINAL TAX MEASURE
CLARKE OF DOUGLAS REPLIES TO
RAILROAD LOBBYISTS.
MONDAY

Both houses of the legislature con-
vened yesterday afternoon after the
Sunday vacation. The senate went on
record against accepting postage from
the state and the members of that body
will pay the expense of mailing let
ters and bills to their friends through
out the state. The house had previously
fought out the question and had de-
cided to accept postage. The senate
first struck out the item of postage in
the appropriation bill, thus making it
impossible for the house to draw
stamps. Later the senate relented and
reinstated the item in the appropria
tion bill.
Randall of Madison yesterday moved
that each senator be allowed twenty
cents in postage. He said he did this
partly on his own account, because he
believed it wrong for legislators to pay
postage on business that is really state
business, and partly because he had
been requested to make the motion by
other members who were probably
afraid to break the ice. He called at
tention to the fact that the state furn-
ishes postage to all of it's employees ex-
cept members Of the legislature.
Gibson of Douglas said it probably
might be right for the state to pay
postage for members of the legislature,
but he did not consider it question
of right. He opposed the motion.
King Of Polk opposed paying and
specific amount as he believed some
might use the amount named and some
would not, and those who would not
could then take the balance home. He
suggested some plan whereby the state
would pay the actual amount of post
age used by members in their official
business.
Randall said he would be willing to
accept any such an amendment, as
that was his idea of the proper way.
He believed the official letters might
be deposited with the secretary and
stamped by him from stamps bought
with funds appropriated by the legis-
lature.
Wilson of Pawnee opposed the mo-
ton He said it was matter too small
to consider.
Byrnes of Platte agreed with the pre-
ceding speaker that it was a matter
too small to consider but he believed
a principle of right and wrong was in
volved. He said if it was wrong to ac-
cept postage, it was wrong to accept
stattnery, ink and pencils from the
state.
Randalrs motion was defeated by a
vote of II to II, the vote being as fol-
lows:
Ayes: Ashton. Buck, Burns. Byrnes.
Epperson, Hanna, McKesson. O'Con-
nell. Randall. Thomas. Wiltse-11.
Nays Aldrich, Clarke, Dodson Glib
Luce. Patrick, Phillips Root, Saunders.
Luce, Patrick Phillips, Root, Saunders.
Thomson. Thorne, Wilsey, Wilson-l7.
Governors Message.
Governor George l.. Sheldon yester-
day transmitted TO the legislature a
special message I'm which he said he
had received $79037 from the general
government. being Nebraskas charge
of the income from the forest reserves
within the past year and asking that
body to dispose OF IL In accordance
with the federal law which says Ii
shall be- expended for the benefit of
the public schools and the public roads
OF the counties in which the forest re-
servation Ii situated, The message
was received and placed on flle. II Ia
IA follows;
you are doubtless aware that with
In recent years the federal govern
ment has given much attention 90 the
conservation IT natural forests and al
SO has sought to stimulate tree growth
In prairie regions hy the establishment
~ forest reserves Three ~ these res
serves have been located Ia Nebraska
and arc known as the Dismal River
the Nlnhrarn and the North Platte re-
serves. respectively, My information Il
that they are situated Ia the counties