Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28
Committees Are Working on Them, How
ever, and They Will Soon Appear.
QUIET WORK AGAINST THE PRIMARY
Railroads Seek to create Impression N.
One Cares About Them.
FAKE REFoRIERs lABslNe At OMAHA
object to Legislators Acceptins the
Hospitality of the Mckinley
Club at ITS Annual
banquet.
(From a stan Correspondent.)

CFrom Stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Jan. E.--(specisl. with al
most half of the time gone In which bilh
can be introduced in the Nebraska legis
lature, except at the request OF the gov,
ernor, none Of the joint committee bills
covering the pledges in the republican
state platform have been prepared. This
is no indication the legislature is wasting
time or that II will not enact into law
every promise made TO the people by the
individual members. During the coming
week 1t is expected the bill conferring
power upon the state Railway commission
will be introduced In both the house and
senate and started we'll on it's way to
passage. The enactment into law of the
joint committee bills will take little time.
II Is believed, because each of the meas
ures doubtless win have the unanimous
support OF the joint committees. and as
these committees have consulted with other
members of the Legislature It Is presumed
the entire legislature will line up for the
bills. providing. OF course the fusionists
conclude to do business right.
Opponents of the statewide primary,
which is one OF the things the people of
the state have been promised both by the
republicans and the fusionists, have adopted
In the Hobbies Of the hotels railroad hench-
men quietly drop a remark that no one
seems to be bothering much about the
state primary bill; pretended friends OF
such measure scatter the same kind Of
reports, their object being to make the
real friends of the primary believe the
people of the state do not want such
law even though they demanded It and
fought for It and are expecting It.
The fusionists will try to make little
trouble during the coming week by OBJ
jeoting TO the joint committees and by
working on the vanity Of the Individual
member, but nothing of serious nature is
expected to result from this method Of
procedure.
Journal Admits Guilt.
| Considerable time has been taken up
during the last week in a discussion IN
the house and senate regarding the state
! Journal and the other members of the
| Printing trust, which is charged with hav-
ing bilked the state out OF several thou
sand dollars annually for years. The fact
that the State Journal admitted It had not
kept its contracts with the state during
| the last thirty years It has been printing
! bills has stirred up many of the members
and this loud shouting fake reform organ
may be compelled TO toe the mark in the
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been ordered to go after II to compel It to
disgorge the great amounts due the state
under the penalty clause OF its past con-
! tracts.
! Some amusement was created here when
! the railroad fellows and the fake reform
Evening News began to knock on the
members accepting the invitation OF the
Omaha Mckinley club to attend It's annual
banquet Tuesday evening The fake sheet
is not sure whether il will allow any of
the members to go, as 1t fears 1t will put
them under obligations to Omaha. Inas-
much as the city OF Lincoln has never yet
| furnished any entertainment for the men,
bers, except that for which they paid. and
paid dearly, many of the members are glad
OF the opportunity to enjoy a little hospi-
tality at the hands OF the big city, at whose
heels the fake reformers are continually
swapping. The Blair Pilot also objects to
| any of the members going to Omaha. II
| also objected TO the election OF Norris
Brown. senator, and George Sheldon. gov
ernor. Incidentally, as the Mckinley club
OF Omaha is going to pay the expenses Of
the members TO its banquet, II may have
the effect OF forcing the Young Mems Re-
publican club here TO doing something along
the same lines, which may be a reason for
the wall OF the fake sheet. This latter
banquet is to be pulled of on LAncoln's
birthday.
Christian Scientists Plan Surprise.
Christian Scientists may spring a sur
prise on the doctors who are working TO
compel the healers TO pass an examination
before the State Board of Health before
they are permitted to correct errors One
OF the arguments used by the doctors
against the scientists is that they do not
report contagious diseases and go after
them the same way the doctors DO, and
thus diseases spread and sickness stalks
in the land and some other things happen
along the same lines. The heAlers will ask
the doctors to produce statistics showing
where members OF Christian Science fam
lilies have caught smallpox or other diseases
from other members OF the same family
thus afiicted. public hearing on the
anti Christian Science bill is set for
Wednesday evening Monday night the
primary election committee will listen to
suggestions from any one who has any
thing to say. The legislature will meet at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The house committee met with the Board
OF Regents and the secretary Of the board
Saturday afternoon and night and discussed
the needs of the university. its system
OF accounting and other matters. Nuner-
Gus questions were asked by members OF
the committee and to most OF them Il Is
understood satisfactory answers were
given. Other meetings will be held and
the regents will be questioned about all
OF the transactions OF the management OF
the institution regarding fees. text books
and most everything else.
The committee game and fish laws
spent the day at South Bend inspecting
the FISH hatcheries. and came back tonight
in favor OF anything Game Warden Carter
and Fish Commissioner OBrien want in
the way Of appropriations for Improvements
out there.