The Red Cloud chief., 1907-01-11
PAUL c.. pBAKts
GRoRas New
SHELDON
OFFERS SUGGESTIONS TO EL.
BRASkA LAWMAKERS.
New Governor Scores Railroad TaH
Evasion-Favors Leducting me'..
cages from realty and DEBTS from
Personal Property.

Lincoln, Jan. An the presence G.
crowd winch completely mtcd L.pte
sentative hail, the state oAlC-ra-e.,-'
both houses Of the legislature ana u
were installed.
Governor Mickey, who r%etiro5, and
GoyCruorolCgJ Slc.ouu read T.. rl
Communications. Tie oath o. o.aco "
administered by Chic J..us
wick. Lieutenant Go,eIuor ...,..,n
called the go,rt ag .uu TO oI.,t anu
after the installation Lieutenant 60,
ernor Hopowell presided.
The officers VINO took the oa'n
were: George l.. sheldon, Goy..uos;
Nj. Il. Hopewall, Lieutenant governor;
l.. G. Brian, state treasurer; G D. q
G. Junkin. secretary Of state; l.. AVA
Searle, Jr., state auditor; l.. d.
O'Brlen, state superintendent; VIII
lam T. Thompson, attorney general;
II. NJ. Eaton, land commissioner.
In his inaugural address Governor
Sheldon declares there Is great need
for a reduction Of freight and passen
ger rates and he would deprive rail-
roads of the right to CnjOln enforce
ment of a rate made by the comm.s
sion pending appeal to state courts
He declares that the action OF the
Union Pacific and the Burlington in
resisting the payment Of taxes is I'M
fair and unwarrautcd. Everything
that can be done to enforce collection
OF the taxes should be done. He says
that in leyying taxes the amount OF
mortgages should be deducted from
the value OF realty, and bona hde
debts deducted from the value OF per
sonal property. He thinks the gov
ernor should have the power to sum
marty remove the heads Of state in
stitutions for mismanagoment or mis-
conduct and he would drive the lob
byists from the capitol.
Fill to Restrict Lobby.
In the senate, Senator Patrick IN
troduced a bin making At "unlawtu
for any agent, corporation or associa
ton interested in any measur pend
ing before the legislature, or for any
person employed for a |poCunlary con
sidcratlon to act as legislative coun
sci, agent or lobbyist for any person
corporation or association OF whatever
character, to attempt personally OF
directly or by any means to influence
any member Of the Legislature 20 sup
port or oppose or to vote for OF
against any measure pending therein
otherwise than by appearing before
the regular committees thereof, by
public addresses, newspaper publica
tons, or by written or printed state
ments, arguments or briefs delivered
to each member"
The bill provides for exclusion o.
lobbyists from the floor of both
houses, excepting when expressly in
vited to appear. The penalty is a fine
q from 500 to $1,000 or imprison
nent for not less than ten days OF
more than n year.
Senator Root introduced a Joint res
slution calling on the attorney genera
Of the state to begin a suit to test thu
validity of the constitutional amend
nent carried at the November election
creating a railway commission. Three
members OF the commission were
elected at the same election.
or fifteen bills introduced in thu
senate one was an anti-pass bill, TIVE
were employers liability bills, one
two cent a mile passenger rate hill
and two liquor transportation regula
tpn hills