Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-15
Nebraska
SENATE is SOME "PUNKINO"
Members of Upper Chamber Have
Man Attributes to Commend
Them TO Public.
BrRDs.EYE VIEW OF CHAMBER


CFrom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Feb. 1A-(Spcclal.) with
the harmony that prevails between tho
house and senate which is iikened 70 the
harmony which Is shown between Ne
braskas big democrats in Washington.
legislation at this session by the Ne
braska legislature il not all likely TO be
Of n nature which will inspire very much
confidence In the minds OF the average
democrat.
Peope interested greatly from finan-
cial standpoint and from the aspect OF
the job holder. look upon the senate as
the life saver Tor them and the state, be-
cause II il composed. Of men. the major
ity OF whom have at some time or an
other served the state either in the senate
or house
A look at the life saving crew shows
men OF ability and acumen. whatever that
is, Presided over by a man who has
shown the ability to do things and get
things. James Pearson, iieutenant-gover-
nor, is worthy man TO handle the stear-
ing car in the dash to save the old ship
from the rocks.
Over at the right Of the lieutenant gov
errors desk Is the desk of Senator liver
England of Boone county MIR. Bygiand
has ideas on dope and hog chalera serum
He has served a term in the house and
really has a hard Job to mi the place OF
his successor, J. II. Kemp.
The western Members.
Next TO Bygland sits DR.. Wilson OF
Frontier, the man who believes in giving
medicine to cure pain on the inside In.
stead OF trying TO rub Il out fSom the
| outside. He Is said 10 be n reactionary
democrat but he looks most too much like
President Wilson 10 get away with It.
Back Of Wilson OF Frontier is the desh
Of Wilson Of Dodge. Hee. too, is demo
! crat, said to be OF the old school, but al
school Is not keeping now he assists Sen,
ator Weesner, who defeated a Methodist
preacher. and sits next to him, In tryins
70 make good in the preachers ploce
Weesner too, Is a democrat, and votel
as he feels like It.
| over at the extreme right OF the pre-
siding officers throne IL senator Grace
the man who believes as Teddy Roose.
welt does, but who has Teddy skinned
several city blocks, as he has fifteer
children. Senator Grace weighs 81
pounds and is chairman of the employ
mont agency of the senate and believe,
in division OF the spoils and other things
IL iss aid that the senator has Asplra
lions to sit in the governors chair anS
on accoun OF his size ought TO FIJI II II h,
could get votes enough.
| Statesman from Edgar.
Over IN the back row ON the right q
BILLY" Brookley. the Edgar STATESMAN
No lob is too hard for him to tackle, ever
to scoring the pretty girls In the CALLER,
who appeared In the interests of III,
rubber business the other day and ap
plauded too loudly.
Next to Brookley and between him an,
krumbach, another democrat is the onl,
republican in that section, Senator spen
Ger OF Gage. 1t Is fitting exempllfica
ton Of the rose between two thorns.-
Senator Krumback is a repreyentatiy
OF the Emerald Isle. However. he is on
OF the influential men OF the senate
getting his inspiration, like Brookley
from the republicans between them.
I'm Front of Throne.
Immediately In front or the throne a
two democrats who arc making thei
presence felt in the senate. Beal OF Custer
who talks a great deal. and Robertson O
Holt, who keeps silent q good deal. Bea
Is lawyer and wants public warehouse
and chiropractics, while Robertson Is
stockman and wants the national guar,
TO go out OF business. It Is said tina
Robertson represents Carranza. villa 1
Co, and believes that II he can get hi
bill through to compel members OF tn
Nebraska guard TO work on the roads
that the Mexicans can sneak up into Ne
braska while the guards have laid dow
their guns for the shovel and spade an
capture General Hall in the state house.
Right back OF the above mentioned PAL
sit three more democrats, Buhrman Q
Howard. Gates of sarpy and Henry Q
Colfax II is said that Gates has receive
much inspiratfon from the tyyo nentle