The Red Cloud chief., 1917-01-25
Legislative and State House News.

Legislative and State House news.
Organized agriculture has captured
Lincoln this week as never before and
the hotels have been crowded with Wis
itors from every part of the state
| Both house and senate members have
been doing the receiving of constitu-
ents in the most agreeable manner
possible, while the farmer people have
not been at all slow in letting it be
known that they have both eyes open
on the winters doings by this legis.
| lature. The Sheridan County boosters
who came down in a special train OF
Pullmans, and who brought along
their wives that all might enjoy {
visit to the state house and the mid
winter meetings, have attracted as
much attention as would the repre-
sentatives of the dignitaries of some
neighboring statesI Sheridan county
leads in everything good in Lincoln
this week.
Among the big news of the week
was the annual election of the Officers
for the state board of agriculture and
the attendant defeat of Mellor for the
position of Secretary. The newly
elected officer to that place is +. K.
Danielson of Osceola, who has been
with the state fair for a number of
years and who was elected last year
as one of the board of managers
There vase considerable of contest
and much surprise was indicated as
the result of the vote.
On Friday, the 10Th, Governor Ne
vile attached his signature to the first
two bills to pass the legislature
those voting appropriations for the
assembly and Incidental expenses OF
the same.
There has been one death among the
employees of this Legislature, that OF
one of the old janitors who hadserved
the state for number of years, Mr..
Alexander, who passed away very
suddenly on Friday evening at his
home in the south part of this city.
AS this letter is written, the elev-
enth day of the session, there have
been pa bills introduced in the legis-
lature. OF this number two hundred
and three have originated in the
house. Not very many have been re-
ceived back from the printer, but dur
ing the latter part fo January there
will be enough on the desks of the
members and in the hands of com
mitteeS to make business hum with
the usual energy that has marked
previous sessions.
Much ado was made by nc ertair
brand of republicans over the Cover
nor's appointment of +. o. MayfielC
to the position of member of tn,
Board of Control when the nomination
came before the Senate. Just wha
this all meant was that one factor
of the republican party wanted May
| field while the other did not and "a
there was no good reason for the re
lection of Mr.. Mayfield and he ha,
back of him practically all of the lead
ing men of the republican party, the
There have been some who though
that the governor could appoint ont
who did not affiliate with any politi
cal organization. Just how they eX
pected the governor to discover thai
kind of a citizen in Nebraska woulc
be difficult to determine.
One measure that has been up be
fore previous sessions and which ha!
again made its appearance in the pres
ent legislature, is that of extending
the term of office for county Officers
to four years instead of two years al
at present. The proposed law doe!
not affect the present county officers
And if we were going to guess wha
the result would be it is that some O
our friends over the state holdin.
positions of trust will be doomed t,
disappointment, and this with
knowledge that the House has alread,
by large vote decided to pass tn,
measure. Dhen the county officer
ask for an increase of salary the,
will find it much easier to defen,
their request under present day cor
ditions than they will that the ta1ll
be increased to four years.