Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23
WORK AHEAD OF LEGISLATURE
One Fourth More Bills introduced
Than at Former Sessions.
sHELDoN's STAFF HAS BEEN BUSY
Legislative Itse sace Department
Drafts Huge Array of Measures
for Nebraska LawmRkers-
Attitude of Governor.
(From a staff correspondent J

LINCOLN. Jan. 20. - Especially - The
fourth week will be an easy one for the
members of the legislature. Neither house
will convene tomorrow until late in the
afternoon and an adjournment will be
taken in the house and probably in the
senate also TO Wednesday morning. The
members of the house will leave Tuesday
morning for Omaha ana spend the day
there as the guests of the Land Show,
the live stock dealers and the Omaha Com
mercial club.
The session of the senate will be very
light during the remainder OF the week,
because nine members-those who are on
the committee on public lands and build
ings-wiIl be gone all the week on a tour
throught the state This will block legis-
lation and the upper house will not show
any great disposition to take radical action
with one-fourth it's membership lacking,
Something Doing soon.
Members of the legislature expect to be
able TO adjourn about April l. two or three
days earlier than i'm 1903 Although there
have been no afternoon sessions in the
house this last week and no terrific energy
displayed in the senate, the very important
matter of the election of a senator has
been disposed of, the house has before
Il for consideration 200 bills OF various
sorts of which Il has passed two and
sent number through their proper com
mittees and the senate has nearly half
as many well started toward a final dis
position.
The measures which have been occupying
most of the preliminary politics Of this ses-
/ sion are beginning to make their appear
ance and the fireworks may begin at any
/ time. The county option measure has been
drawn up in caucus in its essential form
and a number Of apportionment bills are
sighted on the horizon.
Attitude of Governor.
The position of Governor Aldrich with
reference to the legislature is beginning to
! be fairly we'll determined, although he has
not had any dealings with any laws which
/ the house has been considering. The dem
ocrats have been expressing the opinion
/ that Govern Aldrch is inclined 10 be faiI
with both the majority and the minority
/ His own sentiments on record are strongly
| against the playing Of party politics IN
/ legislation and he shows in his attitude
/ disposition to carry that out in his owr
share of the work A prominent demo
cratic senator remarked sunday; The
democrats In the senate viii vote for mos
J OF the republican bills that the governor Is
I known to favor, excepting, OF course
county option, which the democrats are op
posed to and which they think has n,
chnce Of going through"
! II is fact noticeable that there is som'
mistrust OF the governors possible attitud,
toward republican bills among republican
/ leaders themselves and the democrats ar,
not considering him in the light of a part
/ san hacker OF the minority.
Z Legislative Reference.
! Legislation is being materially facilitated
! this session by the use the members arr
making Of the legislative reference bureau
where Librarian A. 4. sheldon offers hii
/ services TO draw up bill 20 III any cas-,
I or occasion This making Of bills by proxy
/ resulted fdisastrously for Gustafson o
Saunders az has already been recorded
I when he introduced from the bureau with
I out ever examining H. and found IN tn
/ newspapers that IL served a purpose en-
| tirely foreign 10 his own thoughts In TIN
( regular discharge Of this work, however
that bureau has been OF innumerabe aiC
to the members who are not all lawyers
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