The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

Current Gossip from the
STATE CAPITAL
legislative and Otherwiso
The thirtieth session Of the Nebr1D-
IA Legislature has practically goae into'
history, as at this writing the hour o(
6nai adjournment Is near 1T hand. The
hast day was spent in listening to the
reports OF conference committees and
Q general j~ollf6cati0n and goodbye SER
vice which began and ended - the
mood of any certain member dictated.
A great many Of the members Of both
houses left Thursday evening. but .
quorum was present all day Friday
and faithfully voted on the conference
committee reports. and toward evening
Il was only q waiting game-Waiting
for the enrolling clerks to get bills en-
rolled. Late In the evening 1t became
apparent the enrolling clerks could not
finish their work before morning. and
n there n d business to transact
until their lab0rs were completed,
both houses took . ecess until Satu--
day morning. Friday was spent most
~ on the appropriation bills and the
we're adopted cut out the $4,000 ap-
preparation for the new orthopedic hos
pital at Lincoln. cut out the salary
for a chief clerk In the Office Of the
labor commissioner and added and sub
tracted some minor amounts. leaving
against the general fund Of $3.50 ,217,
not counting the 1 mill levy for tho
university. This amount caps the ap-
preparations Of past legislatures. but
members of the finance committee of
both houses justify the increase by
the increased needs of the state. Tho
l mill levy for the university, Of
which 100000 goes to the state farm
for new buildings. will add not less
than $Cls 81: to the amount the tax
payers will have to contribute during
the next two years. providing. Of
course. Governor Sheldon dues not get
busy with his pruning knife, which Il
is freely predicted he will do. The
total Of all appropriations two years
ago. including the university appropri-
alton. amounted to $3.621. G04yO5. add
ing the estimated amount which will
90 10 the university will make the In
crease this biennium approximately
Nrse cHp NA~ A>n~cf~. AAlA~>tf~n
made a hard fight to save the new
building for the orth0pedic hospital.
but the legislature could not see the
need Of 1t just at this time.
A feature of the legislature in its
closing hours vas the presentation by
the members of the senate to IAeuten-
ant Governor H0pewell Of a beautiful
gold headed cane. In accepting the
same he said: Il. shall not endeay0r
70 express my feelings at this time,
because 1 could not II I should try.
can only say I sincerely thank you
from the bottom Of my heart. moi for
the cane. but for the sentiments that
the speaker has expressed in present
ing il. This session has been very
pleasant. We have made many &C
Quaintances and friends that We will
remember rs long q We live. 1 think
I q say this II a memorable body,
take the word Of those who have been
acquainted with legislatures for years
past. l believe this Is the finest body
Of men I have come in contact With.
There may be . better body ONE
where. but IL SO I have never seen nor
heard of it."
The state university won $4,000
from the Nebraska legislature in the
closing hours. However. this will AZ
ford little relief, according to the re-
port of the university authorities. The
conference agreement commands that
100000 be diverted from the l mill
levy proceeds and be expended on the
state farm. In return the general
fund Of the state is to furnish $50. 100
to be expended IS the regents direct
This sum is insufficient, it is stated, to
make any progress on the civil engf-
neering building SO badly needed by
the university. On the other hand. 1t
Is feared that the expenditures ut the
state farm will necessitate the use Of
the $50. 600 for the maintenance of the
university proper.
House roll 269 was indefinitely post-
poned in committee Of the whole. The
bill sought to penalize teachers when
they broke their contracts. Senator
King opposed the bill. He declared
that the school teachers Of the state
were honorable and honest. They
deserved the utmost consideration. II
they damaged a school board, there
vas an action at Law.
Don c. Despair, clerk in the labor
bureau and letter writer Of much re-
nOwn. has been wOrsted in his cam
paign for the perpetuation Of his pay
check. The conference committee on
the general salaries bill eliminated his
salary Of $1,000 \ year frop, the list of
p~erQuisftes. In the ncsse A~oJ.esenta.
tive McMullen had the item struck
out. alleging that Despair returned no
service therefor.
A romance was one of the features
OF the closing day Of the senate. It
leaked out that Senator H. b. Glover,
one of the bachelor members Of the
senate, and Miss Cordelia johnson Of
Lincoln to be married In the
evening. Their acquaintance began 1t