Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07
IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATED REVENUE
Governor, However, Still Has the Final
Shot at Them,
SPEAKER NETrLE1oS ON THE RESULTS
Enacted More Important LeEislatiOn
Than Any OF It's PredeceasorS, bat
People Must Remain Awake 20
Hold what They Gained.
fFrom a STAR correspondent.)

legislature has accomplished vast
amount Of good work. but whether It will
be lasting or not depends upon whether
the people remain wide awake TO look
after their own interests. Should the next
legislature be controlled by the corpora
tions the good work done by this session
may all be undone. 1t may be that in
some details some OF the laws enacted
will have to be revised later, but that was
to have been expected when so much OF
importance had to be done. This session
may mark the beginning of a new era,
all dependent upon whether the people
keep on the watch. 1t has, I believe. for
ever ended the secret caucus for the or
ganization Of the house. This legislature
set the precedent and likely never again
will the members of the house go back
to the old way of organizing"
The above is the way Speaker Netteton
spoke OF the session of the Nebraska legts-
lature which has just closed. It was
feared by some of the speakers friends
that the strain incident to being the pre-
siding oficer and having so much respon-
sibillty placed upon him would be SO great
that his health would be seriously Inn
paired, but no such thing resulted. With
the exception Of being tired, the speaker
said this morning he felt as well as he
ever did, and he looks It.
81 have always been a republican" said \
the speaker, but when I was elected
speaker / tried to remember that / was a
Nebraskan and to forget republicans and
democrats and populista" That the
speaker did this was attested by every
member, all Of whom have spoken Of the
fairness with which he has presided.
Total of Appropriations.
The bills carrying appropriations passed
by the legislature, npw in the hands Of
the governor and not acted upon, amount
to SS 1880 against the general fund,
while bills approved carry appropriations
amounting to s116,s4s.42 making grand
total of $S,6OS,1lS2 against the general
fund only. The estimated income for the
biennium is $s.476,S7o sum less than the
total appropriations, which means that
some appropriations will have to DO
sliced. The deficiency claims bill carried
an appropriation amounting to S176s1.l1;
the claims BILL $2S. 42O79; the current ex-
pense bill, S1,s47,SsO, and the salary bill.
$S6A $50.
BY someone's carelessness the emergency
clause was not attached to the general ap-
preparation bill and unless some way is
found TO get It attached. the state officers
will not bo able to use this money until
July (, while the employees Of state inshtu-
tions will also work on credit until that
date The engrossed bill has the emergency
clause and the bill was passed with the
emergency clause. The governor, however,
has no power to attach the "get-the-money-
quick clause.
Senate Last 10 Adjourn.
Probably no Nebraska legislature ever
had more trying time going out OF ex-
istence and into history. Since Thursday
at II o'clock both houses struggled in
the death throes and II was exactly 1:3
before Speaker Nettleton knocked the house
end in the head and ceased the agony, and
It was 2:45 before President Saunders be-
tween bites on a ham sandwich mumbled
that the senate stood adjourned sine die.
That the upper body lived and wiggled
after the lower body had ceased to exist
was due to the discovery Of a couple OF
mistakes IN the enrolled appropriation bill
which had to be corrected after the house
quit business Two items had been left
out in the rush incident to the final finish.
One vas, appropriating $4,000 belonging to
the cash fund of the State university 10
the use OF the university money now In
the treasury. and the other was 5000
item for furnishing the executive mansion.
These were discovered when the bill was
taken 10 the governors ONCE and he
promptly refused 70 accept the measure,
and II was sent back for correction. II
took some tall figuring to see how to DO
the business, as the house quit even be-
fore the committee had reported back that
the bills had been delivered to the chief
executive. The engrossed bill, however,
showed that the items we're in the biil and
that they were left out OF the enrolled
bill by mistake. The clerks were ordered
to make the corrections and the senate
waited, in session and able to DO business
Very few members waited over until this
morning. but there were enough TO appoint
on committees to carry messages from one
house 20 the other and to the governor and
that was all that were needed. Noyes OF
Cass, Mccullough OF Gage and Keifer Of
Nuckolls informed the senate there was
nothing more doing In the house and
Byrnes OF Platte and McKesson OF Ian
caster acted as the notification committee
from the senate that the end was IN sight
Farley Of Hamilton, Barrett OF Buffalo and
Shubert OF Richardson acted as the mem
bers OF the house 20 wait on the governor
In conjunction with Root OF Cass and
Saunders OF Douglas. Thorne OF Nuckolls
was a member OF this committee but ne
didn't wait 10 see the end.
Lock Horns over Dates.
Governor Sheldon and officers OF the
house and senate nearly went TO the mat
over the date placed on bills delivered to
the executive So far as the legislature is
concerned time stopped at Thursday noon
and every bill passed and signed by the
legislature bears date Of April 4. Bills
received yesterday and today by Governor
Sheldon Of course bore this date, but the
hve days after the session adjourns 10
pass on measures. bills delivered today
could only be considered for three days
He holds the bills must be IN his posses
sion the full hve days In which he has TO
consider them. The upshot was the gov
/ ernor has received the bills on April
and 8 and II Is 80 shown on the bills,
while the records show they left the house
and senate on April 4 The presumption Il