Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-06
YOUNG FOR LINCOLN ORATOR
Effort to Get Distinguished Speaker
from Outside State Fails.
RECOUNT IDA COUNTY BALLOTS
Not Many Measures Have Been
Finally Passed, but for All hat
Legislation is Fully as Far
Advanced as Usual.
(From a Staff Correspondent

DIES MONIES. Feb. 5,-(Special.)-The
Legislature today chose a Lincoln day
orator in the person of LATE Young. Eff
forts had been made to secure some noted
parsonage from outside the state. but
this could not be done. A program will
be arranged in the hall of the house and
a joint session be held.
The contest committee of the house
having in charge the contest from Ida
county today decided upon asking for
the ballot boxes and ordered a recount Of
the vote. This is in the case wherein
S. NJ. Corrie, republican. is contestIng the
seat OF ]. H. Baxter, democrat. The
claim is made that the ballots were not
properly counted.
The two houses each passed a number
of minor bills today. The senate passed
two house bills, which thus become laws,
one a legalizing act and the other a bill
to require that bonds of executors be ex-
amined once each year.
The senate passed a bill revising the
law as to distribution or codes, taking
the matter out Of the hands of the state
auditor and also giving for use In each
court room in the state one code and sup
plement.
The house passed a bill to fine rail-
roads $50 a day for the time they fail to
comply with an order OF the Railroad
commission.
tn only important bill introduced was
one by Francis to provide for county
agricultural high schools by county and
state aid. Saunders introduced the bills
desired by sheriffs relating to mileage.
fees and pay of deputies. Holmes put in
a bill to appropriate for the extern
sion of the library work to the agricul-
tural extension department.
No Fear of the Contest.
Senator Jameson of Shenandoah, who
was declared elected to congress last
fall. did not even go TO Clarinda today
TO be present at the starting of the eX-
animation of ballots in Page county rel
alive to the contest OF his seat by w. r.
Hepburn. He states that he has been
privately Informed that even those VINO
are back of the contest nave no thought
or 1t succeeding. lie left the matter in
the hands of his friends, The committee
In charge of the contest has asked for a
recount Of ballots in Page. Appanoose
and Union counties.
Many Bills Are in Hand.
There Is apparent great slowness in the
legislature this session. and the calendars
do not show a great amount OF real iegis-
lation. but in some respects the work is
advanced. President Clarke made a little
informal Investigation and found hat the
number Of bills introduced is larger at this
time than before. Two years ago, accord
ing to the record, on January 80. the num-
Der Of house bills was l0l; this year on
the same date, Isl. Senate bills two years
ago on February 2 numbered 90; this year.
same date. 1871. The printing OF these bills,
despite that many are large ones. Is far
better advanced than ever before. The
school bill made fifty-seven pages and one
day this week the printer got a bill Of
twelve pages. But on yesterday, for in
stance. every bill Was printed that had
been introduced up TO and including the
bills OF Monday. save two. In other years
the printer and binder have frequently
been a week or ten days behind, n usu-
ally there has been q recess Just to permit