Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1910-01-27
Washington Letter.

nearly three hundred,- have had
many reminders of their home
state during the past week.
With visit from the governor,
a reception to A. F. Woods, who
is leaving his place as Chief of
the Bureau of Plant Industry for
a position in Ihe Minnesota Agri-
culture School, the excitement due
to the activity of the Nebraska
insurgents, and the stir that Sen
ator Burkett made on the floor of
the senate by trying to force the
Aldrich-Hale. ETC., combination
to stop adjourning and get to
work on the passage of the Postal
Savings Bank bill and other i'm
portant measures, all these things
have made the Nebraskans feel
more than ever that representa-
tives of the old state are doings
things, and that Nebraska is dis.
tinctly on the way.
Senator Burkett certainly rat
tied the dry bones of the senate
leaders by his objection last
Thursday to Adjournment over
until Monday. The motion to
adjourn came from Senator Hale.
Custom and long service have
made him the autocrat IN such
matters, and the committee on
order of business was not pre-
pared for Senator Burkett's
stormy protest, which came like
a thunder clap. Before the mo.
tion could be put Senator Bur-
kett spraug to his feet, and with
I fervor Of long. controlled i'm
patience over the inaction and
dilatory tactics of the senate
bosses, he demanded that they
stop dawdling, delaying adjourn
ing, waiting, etc, and get 10
work; that the people had been
promised Postal Savings Bank
Bill, and many other important
matters, yet the senate had done
little during the two months
session except to consider more
routine, and then "adjourn over"
| To man with passion for
work and desire to secure re-
form legislation, this program is
intolerable, and Senator Burkett
could not Sand it. That fact
that Senator Hale made vigor-
Gus and scornful reply, and sue
ceeded in passing his motion did
not soothe the Nebraska Senator.
who hinted at the discharge of
committees that held up big bills
IN their hands. Senator Burkett
fears that the big appropriation
bills may crowd out his postal
savings bank bill and is deter
mined to prevent it if possible.
Gov. Shallenberger did not
know exactly whether be was
G DING to run for senator or make
the long race for governor. In
view of the political situation
confronting the democrats un-
doubtedly Gov. Shallenberger
will have totie up with Congress
man Hitchcock, upon the theory
that Mayor Dahlman is going to
make a really hard fight for gov.
ernor. Since the visit of Shall
enberger to Washington one can
hear all kinds of political guesses
as to the next two years. The
fact is Shallenberger and Hitch
cock had long conference and
) undoubtedly outlined a campaign
. friendly to both. Just wheie the
r "little giant, w, II. Thompson,
will get off is a problem Billy
Thompson has been holding the
t the sack so long in Nebraska
S that he will probably continue ir
! his position of official sack-holdel
: for the unterrifed.
Congressman Hinshaw, tht
Nebraska member, of the con
! gressional campaign committee
while playing an inconspicuou
= part in the organization of tn,
: committee, iutimated the othe
u night to the committee that
little broader conception of wha
i an "insurgent" means would b
s. acceptable; also that it nigh
&c help not only the party in Ne
r braska, but in a number of con
Ie gressional districts where tn
N vote is close. Hinshaw state
D. that he believed there would b
five republican congressman fror
"a Nebraska and possibly six, il
70 stead of three as at present.