Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

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number Of The Bee.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, April 3--(Special.) AFTER
final legislative day Of sixty hours, the
thlrty-first legislature of Nebraska ad-
journed half hour before noon today and
the members started home to face their
constituents. but wherever possible they
did not go via Omaha.
The work of enrolling bills occupied the
clerks until short time before the con-
clusion of business and for the twenty
four hours preceding the fall Of the gave
there was practically no business to trans
| act Members Of the senate introduced con-
| gratulatory resolutions of thanks, and ex-
! tended to their colleagues tokens of friend
! ship in the way of photographs and mem
| bers of the house, in more violent mood
| occupied themselves tearing up their bill
1 files and scattering the result of the states
! printing bill on the floor Of the assembly
chamber.
The passing of the S o'clock closing act
was the principal topic of discussion on
the floors of the two houses and in the
! Hobbies, while kilograms and letters of pro-
| test poured in upon the governor The
| Douglas county senator's and members were
| in cheerless mood and the levity of the
final hours did not arouse them even to
passing interest in the procedure. A dele
! cation OF thirty business men from Ere
mont arrived at noon to Governor
Shallenberger in protest against the bill
TO buy the Wayne Normal and were given
an extended hearing as soon as the execu-
tive attached his name to forty measures
that had been dumped upon him from the
halls above.
Large Crowd at Obsequies.
An unusually large number OF members
Witnessed the end of the session, due to
the care of the sponsors OF the saloon clos
| ing bill that their entire forces should be
I available to meet any move to alter the
record on the bill and leave a loophole for
| legal attack. Ordinarily not half dozen
members are in at the death but in each
house 1t would have been possible to Sc
cure a quorum almost any time until final
adjournment. Efforts to reconsider the
action in the senate were duly considered
last night as soon as the vote was taken,
but with only thirteen senators in oppo-
sition to the bill there was no chance 20
succeed and none was made.
Number of Bills Passed.
The Legislature passed total of a4 bills
and in addition the governor has vetoed
one-the measure repeating the law per-
! hitting saloons within two and half
miles of the limits of military posts Two
years ago the legislature passed and the
governor signed 26 bills and fourteen bills
in addition were passed and vetoed after
the session adjourned. with one veto sub
mitted during the session Far the greater
majority OF bills went through at the last
moment without consideration In commit
tee of the whole save in perfunctory
manner
A spirit OF good feeling prevailed as be-
! tween parties to the last, and in the house
this was manifested by a motion to thank
Representative Killen of Gage for his cour-
tesy as floor leader OF the minority party
during the session. The final motion fpI
adjournment was made in the house by ex
Speaker Nettleton of Clay, and in the sen
ate by President pro TEN T1bbets, senator
from Adams. A more substantial evidenc,
of this was manifested in the presentation
of a gold watch and chain to Speaker Pool
the senate yesterday having made a pres
ent of cut glass punch bowl and set tC
Lieutenant Governor Hopewell.
Representative Shoemaker tried to sh!
one at Chief Clerk Cone by reducing thu
amount OF allowance for preparing tn
house journal from N,9OO, in accordanc
with action of Mr.. Cone when representa-
: tive in the last session. who then attacks,
5 the allowance Of s.. 300 TO Chief Clerk Bar
nard on the ground that It was excessive
- The resolution was held up under the rul
that it must go over day under the rules
The senate, at the request OF Audto
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