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LEGISLATURETEST
NEAR INN BASRA
551 Measures Introduced,
Big Cut, but Major Work
Lies Ahead.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LINCOLN, Nebr., February 23 (N.A.
N.A.).—Nebraska's effort to simplify,
expedite and improve legislation—the
unicameral Legislature — finally has
embarked on its true testing period,
when it snail be decided whether the
smaller, one-house system means im
proved quality of output.
After a last-day flourish of new
bills in strange contrast to its previ
ously methodical pace, the unicameral
Legislature has begun the actual busi
ness of deciding which of the 551
measures presented for its attention
shall survive. The 551 figure is in it
self a victory for the new Legislature.
In the last bicameral session. 1.036
bills were introduced in both houses.
There were many surprised persons
w^en the final day for introduction
by members produced 211 measures,
an all-tune one-day legislative rec
ord for Nebraska. There had been
forecasts that the unicameral Legis
lature would not consider, in all, more
than 300.
Many to Die at Once.
The fact that the 300-mark was
greatly exceeded presents no real oc
casion for alarm. Whether the Legis
lature be one-house or two-house, the
membership large or small, there are
a certain number of routine bills, such
as the personal injury, permission-to
sue-the-State type, which press for
attention. Despite the unicameral
rule, which demands that the intro
ducer is bound to support a bill on
the floor, a great number of measures
will be killed almost immediately.
One member predicted that "not 2
out of 10 of the measures will ever see
the light of day." Only a few are
expected to result in major contro
versy.
Ease ot ironing out, ainerences, iac*
of long arguments and lack of cus
tomary confusion have proved among
the biggest surprises of the stream
lined legislative session.
The speed of the Nation's first
modern unicameral Legislature was
demonstrated in the time required for
organization. It was expected to take
three weeks, instead, it required nine
legislative days.
Taxpayer* to Save.
A considerable saving for Nebraska
is expected. Total cost for the 1935
bicameral session was $202,593.49. An
estimate for the unicameral Assembly
for 90 legislative days—probable
length of the session—is $130,018.
Salaries and mileage for members
of the Senate in 1935 totaled $27,297;
the House, $83,060. Legislators also
were paid extra for a special session
In 1935. For the unicameral Legis
lature $75,000 is the limit for salaries
of the 43 members for the biennium,
regardless of how many times they
meet. Mileage expense will be $1,204.
The unicameral Assembly has not,
of course, eliminated all legislative
faults. While it Is designed to center
responsibility for legislation, there
already has been impressed the need
for checks to prevent hasty and ill
considered lawmaking.
Titles Berome Problem.
A campaign of sorts Is under way
to rescind action by which the legis
lators decreed the unicameral Assem
bly to be "the Senate" and themselves
"Senators.” Many are of the opinion
the term is allied too closely to the
discarded bicameral system.
There were several reasons why the
legislators were eager officially to pro
claim themselves "Senators." Mem
bers of unicameral Legislatures in
Canada and Australia are called plain
•'mister,” but a class distinction was
created in Nebraska, and a few de
veloped inferiority complexes, when
members who had served formerly in
the State Senate were greeted by their
familiar title, “Senator."
Then, too, a strong reason may be
found in the practice of some jokesters
who slightingly referred to the Rep
resentatives of the people as “unics.”
(Copyright, 1037, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Put End to Piracy.
America, in the year 1815, was the
first among the world’s nations to
put an end to the piracy of the Bar
bary powers on the northern coast
of Africa after centuries of tribute
paying on the part of Europe. Ever
after American ships of war made It a
point to pay ceremonial visits there,
thinly-veiled hints of America’s power
at sea, and on one of these visits, in
1835, the Sultan sent back a grown
lion as present to the President, then
Andrew Jackson. Congress had to
give permission to receive the present,
after which the problem was what to
do with the lion, as we had no Na
tional Zoo yet. The President gave
it to an orphanage, which sold it to a
circus.
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a
-DAILY SHORT STORY
RENEGE
By Claire Whitman.
] ID ENA had known
v before she mar
ried Jack that they
would Uve on this
tiny Island off the
Mexican coast. But
she had not known
that Jack would be
so engrossed in his
fruit business that
he would have no
time for her. She
: didn't know that
i life would be lonely
| and dull and mo
| notonous. But it
; had been—terribly.
Only the last
month had been
bearable. Ted had
come from New
York; had brought
with him some of
the life and gayety
of the old crowd
back home, and
Rena had been
happy, blissfully
All that night Rena sat by Jack's side
stronger we can
operate."
"When?” Rena
asked. "How long
before you can op
erate?”
“Not long. He
has a remarkably
strong constitution
—perhaps a week
or ten days.”
“And then he
will be able to
see?” Rena’s direct
gaze was disquiet
ing. The doctor
felt suddenly un
comfortable.
* * * *
"TOOTHING Is
certain,” h e
began, then
stopped abruptly.
“Mrs. Roberts, I
may as well tell
you frankly, there
. is only one chance
In ten that an op
nappy, sne naa suaaemy reansea
that it wasn't the island that bored
her. but Jack. She didn’t love him;
he didn't love her. He was kind to
her, efen affectionate, but Rena want
ed more than that.
Rena turned slowly and raised tired
eyes to Ted.
"It's so hard. Ted." she said, "so
hard to know what to do.”
“Hard, Rena?" Ted's voice was
gentle. "It shouldn’t be hard. You
know what you want to do. You
aren't happy here.”
“No. not happy. But Ted. I-”
"Come back with me, Rena, come
back to the States where you belong.
We’ll be happy there together—this
will all pass like a bad dream." Ted
smiled down at her. "All right, Rena?”
* * * *
'C'OR an Instant she hesitated, then
nodded.
"All right, Ted—I’ll come with you."
Rena began packing immediately.
She had decided to tell Jack as soon
as he came home that night, and she
and Ted would leave on the evening
boat. She thought of the warm wel
come awaiting them at home, the
old friends and the old joys that
would be hers once more. Jack would
not miss her. He didn't really need
her. The abrupt entrance of a fright
ened servant interrupted her thoughts.
"What’s the matter, Maria?” she
asked, startled by the terror in the
girl's face.
Maria burst into a rapid flow of
Spanish, but Rena managed to in
i terpret enough to know that some
thing had happened to Jack—an acci
dent—and he was seriously hurt. She
| grasped Maria by the shoulders and
shook her.
I “Maria, stop jabbering and tell me
i where he is!”
j "Downstairs, senora. The men car
! ried him in."
Rena waited for no more. With a
choking little sound she ran from the
; room.
* * * *
r\OWNSTAIRS she found Jack lying
motionless on a crudely fash
ioned stretcher, his head swathed in
! bandages and his eyes closed. For a
moment Rena felt paralyzed, then
i suddenly she was kneeling at his side
| sobbing brokenly, trying to make him
i understand that she was there. She
never quite remembered just what
happened after that, but it was sev
eral hours before a doctor arrived
from the mainland and almost
another hour before Rena knew how
badly Jack was hurt. The doctor
came out of Jack's room and closed
the door slowly behind him. Rena
i clinched her hands waiting for him
i to speak.
“He'll pull through,’’ he said, and
then frowned. "But I’m afraid there's
not much chance that he'll ever see
i again.”
Rena wilted. Jack blind! The hor
rible words kept running through her
I mind in crazy, terrifying circles. The
doctor put a sympathetic hand on her
shoulder.
“You’re lucky to have him at all,
my dear,” he reminded her gently.
“And perhaps when he is a little
( — — ... , r-i -i
Sees Death as Suicide.
AIKEN, S. C„ February 23 </P).—
Coroner Tom Tarver said last night
he had definitely decided the death
of L. B. Kinney of Cincinnati, whose
decomposed body was found In the
Savannah River swamp near here last
Wednesday, was suicide.
eruuun win oe successiui. uui aun i
think about It now—you'd better get
some rest."
Rena's pallid face was expression
less.
"You mean—an operation might
kill him?"
"It would be extremely dangerous,
yes. But if he did come through it
he would see.”
All that night Rena sat by Jack's
side, watching anxiously for any sign
of consciousness. Ted also watched
anxiously. But Ted’s anxiety centered
in Rena. He saw her slipping slowly
and certainly away from him while
he stood by helpless to prevent it.
Not for a moment did Rena's eyes
leave the still, white figure of her
husband.
She sat there motionless all through
the night. The hours dragged by so
slowly that she thought morning
would never come. But with the first
flicker of dawn her vigil was re
warded. Jack’s breathing became
normal. Then he opened his eyes—
blank, unseeing eyes that stared
dumbly ahead! Rena put her hand
on his forehead.
* * * *
" ¥ ACK,” she w hispered, "Jack—do
you hear me?”
He smiled faintly. His words came
slowly, almost inaudibly.
“I'm all right, Rena.” Then, slightly
puzzled. "Come around where I can
see you.”
That was more than Rena could
bear. She buried her face in the
covers and sobbed. Jack was really
blind!
Ted found her alone a little later
and asked quietly, "You love him
still. Rena, don’t you? You aren’t
coming back with me.”
Rena said nothing.
I "I’ll stay until after the operation,”
Ted said at length. "Perhaps I can
help a little.”
Waiting for a man to die so that he
might have his wife seemed brutal,
unfair, but the devastating thought
preyed upon him that if Jack came
! through the operation successfully
' Rena was lost to him forever.
* * *
\ WEEK later found Rena nerv
ously pacing the corridor of the
hospital while Jack underwent the
operation. A great many thoughts
filtered through her mind as ahe
waited—jumbled thoughts of Ted and
Jack. She turned quickly as the doc
tor came out of the operating room.
“Is he-?" the words died in her
throat.
The doctor smiled triumphantly. “It
was perfect, Rena. He’ll be up and
about in no time.’’
Rena smiled when she related the
news to Ted. “I’ve never known real
happiness before,” she said simply.
“I'm glad, Rena, for your sake."
Ted fumbled for words. “I—I hope
you'll be happy. I’m leaving on the
afternoon boat. Guess I won't see
Jack before I go.” He paused. “Good
by, Rena.''
Rena drew closer to him. “Not
good-by, Ted. I’m going with you.
Jack doesn’t need me any longer.”
(Copyright, 1837.)
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Basic factors must be mode to func
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Mr. Johnson's methods aim at only two
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'2(0 SNAKES SENT
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Biological Survey to Study
Reptiles Representing
'15 Species.
What is termed as the most exten
sive single collection of snakes ever
received by the Biological Survey was
recently turned over to that bureau
by Forest Service officials on the
George Washington National Forest.
The collection, consisting of 260
snakes of 15 different species, was
amassed during the past Summer by
C. C. C. boys who captured the snakes
as they went about their regular
forest jobs. The snakes, kept in for
maldehyde until sufficient numbers
were collected, recently were shipped
to Washington for identification and
examination of their stomach con
tents. This will be the first food
habits study of snakes since 1906,
when Prof. H. A. Surface of Pennsyl
vania conducted a similar study.
Data to Be Published.
The eventual data gained from this
study will be incorporated in the
Natural History of Virginia, to be
published in 1940.
This great number of reptiles placed
at the disposal of the Biological Sur
vey through the efforts of C. C. C.
workers under the direction of Game
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BILL WOULD CURB COURT
IN LABOR INJUNCTIONS
BT lhe Auodatfd Press.
DOVER, Del , Tebruery 23.—A bi’l
to restrict the power of Delaware
courts in Issuing labor disputes In
junctions was proposed yesterday In
the House of Representatives by Rep
resentative John P. Hamlll of Wil
mington.
The bill would establish the policy
of the State as being in favor of col
lective bargaining. It would declare
unenforceable In the State courts any
undertaking or promise between em
ployers and employes which is con
trary to this policy.
Hamill said the bill was one of a
.series advocated by the State Federa
tion of Labor.
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OUST THAT
COLD
—Roots and All—Give It No Chance
to Sprout Anew!
Take no cold lightly! The so
called “common cold" is often the
start of more serious trouble—flu
and pneumonia, for example.
Treat a cold to rout it, not mere
ly to subdue it!
Depend on no half-way meas
ures. A cold, being an internal
infection, must be got at from the
inside.
Treat a cold with a cold prepara
tion, not with a medicine good for
all kinds of ailments. '
The wise treatment is Grove's
Laxative Bromo Quinine.
Expressly For Colds!
Bromo Quinine is a cold tablet,
made expressly for the treatment
of colds.
It is also Internal treatment and
of four important effects.
First, Bromo Quinine opens the
bowels, a desirable step in the
treatment of colds.
Second, it checks the infection in
the system, a vital step.
Third, it relieve* the headache
and fever.
Fourth, it tone* the system and
helps fortify against further attack.
The Action Called For
These are the four effect* a cold
calls for and in Bromo Quinine you
get it in the form of a single tablet
Bromo Quinine tablets now come
sugar-coated as well as plain.
The sugar-coated are exactly the
same as the regular, except that
the tablets are coated with sugar
for palatability.
Be wise—play safe! The moment
you feel a cold coming on. go
right to your druggist for a pack
age of Grove's Laxative Bromo
Quinine.
Begin taking the tablets immedi
ately, two every four hours. ITiat
procedure will often break up a
cold in 24 hours.
Bromo Quinine contains nothing
harmful and is safe to take. Ask
for. and insist upon. Grove’s Bromo
Quinine. The cost is small, but
the stake is large.
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