Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-30

is fitting here that 1 should say a few
words about legislatures I have known.
When / look back over the past l know
the world Is growing better al the time
and that our legislatures are getting bet
ter. l have served In legislatures when
barroom was maintained in the state house.
l have lived TO see such things remain in
memory only. / see in this legislature men
who came here on their honor and, as the
speaker has said, you have kept every
to the chief clerk, / have given you the
best ! have, but / want to say to you the
credit is not all due the chief clerk. You
, have given to me the best help any chief
clerk ever had. The chief clerk doesn't do
it all-his help does 1t.
Speaker Nettleton said the presents had
come to him as a surprise completely. He
went on and said:
This has been a business session, very
busy session, and thought we would go
| home without any display of sentiment.
We came here pledged to perform the
greatest work of any legislature. 1t was
freely said that we could not redeem those
pledges. But, gentlemen, you cast aside
party lines; you differed IN opinions re-
gardlng pledges but there has never been
/ any Intention to prevent the keeping of a
single pledge You forgot you were re-
publicans; you forgot you were a demo-
crat, and you forgot you were a populst;
| you only remembered you were Nebras-
| kans, and every one of you helped to the
| his duty. Legislation has been formed on
/ the floor OF this house and on the floor
] Of the senate and not by lobbyists in dark
corners. I congratulate, you on the, new
! order of things. There has been no lobby
| In control of this house; all have been in
\ dependent. Every law which this legisla-
| ture puts into effect has been put through
| without outside influence. That is a good
beginning for a new order. You will hear
/ It said, the best legislature ever assembled
in Nebraska. That is true. I congratu-
late you on the great work you have &C
| compnshed.
It may not be long for me here I feel that
I have done my life work. see many young
faces here who will be in the future rep
resentatiVes and our senators at Washing
ton. see before me future governors and
supreme judges and am glad to see you.
Follow the same course that you have fol-
lowed this session and Nebraska will be
proud OF you, ! thank you. 1t is all I
can do. shall cherish these reHem-
brances as long as live.
The house then took a recess from II
until 80 that the members could have a
chance TO get closer to each others senti-
mental side.
Pruning the Appropriations.
The senate finance committee today made
another cut OF $4,000 in the house ap-
preparation bills. the greater part OF the
reduction being in the general appropria-
ton bill which was reported for general
file. The remainder Of the slash was in
the bill to appropriate $4,000 for permanent
buildings at the state fair grounds. This
was cut TO $4,000 and the appropriation
made available for a cattle barn. A re-
duetion OF $4,000 was made IN the items
for the Orthopedio hospital, because some
Of the more necessary items are covered
in a separate bill. The committee also
cut down the North Platte experimental
substation from $4,000 to $4,000 and the
/ fund for farmers Institutes from $4,000 to
/ $4,000 The railway Commission was hit
in two places. In its special appropriation
the fund for general expenses OF investi-
cations and prosecuting cases was reduced
from $4,000 TO $4,000 and IN the appro-
priations for the attorney generals ONCE
the fund for trust and railway prosecutions
was cut from $1,000 10 $4,000,
New Heating Plant for Peru.
The senate finance committee recon-
mended for passage H. r. Is5. which pro-
vides for heating plant at the Peru
Eormsl school The action Of the commit
tee in indefinitely postponing the bill ap-
propriating t2,OJo for a sdbhatcheFy for
fish IN Cherry county was reversed by
the senate today after a fight by Senator
Hanna. After securing the reconsideTa-
ton OF the vote he moved the bin be
placed on general hle. and after a heated
debate In which members OF the finance
committee declared the action would open
up the way for wholesale reversal OF the