Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-04

its Nebraska Guard niggardly. I approve
or the estimate made by the adJutant gen.
epproprlatons S @ @ N acSordInsy edI an" recd rreccommend
an appropriation for medals for the voiun-
teer soldiers of,our state who gave rave thsIr d
payment by the state Of the money ad-
yanced BY citizens 20 secure the fres re-
turn Of Nebraska soldiers from the Philip
The inequalities OF our revenue system are
Irpareht d GGhersl revisom OF rd dnt 70 xat,5n
| Is necessary.
| 1 would recommend the submission to the
| ton providing for the election Of q railway
commission. Pending The time when he suTn en-
of the state. would recommend the enact.
ment by your honorable body OF MAXIMUM
rate upon the commodities in carload lots
such as salt, coal grain. live stock ana
| lumber 1t seems to me at this time that
| these two measures are all that can be
| done In the matter of regulation of trans
portation charges.
| would recommend an Increase in the
scope OF ths esend pure i90a hS rw,
| and Me of an kinds of adulterated food
eroducts within The state.
Live stock Regulations.
trust to your wisdom TO frame an T.
quate law upon the subject Of contagious
| diseases in I've stock 1t seems TO me one
| providing for 9 competent veterinarihn
whose duty II should he to determine tho
nature of disease aud whether. quarantine
| regulations were necessary, would be ample,
This beng determined. The Jaw should
place the enforcement OF the regulations
| prescribed by the veterinarian In the hands
of the sheriff of the county wherein the
oficer. A law so framed would give ample
protection against the spread OF CONTAGIOUS
MSoss Tf sa2ek might Eq be- sGTs
medical advice free of cost. and he of
little or ~ burden to the general public.
animals with contagious disease may I've
ked by the agents G dhe sad sot s bs bnd own sn
| ers of such animals.
| state Board of Agriculture.
! I wound recommend that the state pro-
| vide suitable grounds and buildings for
state fair purposes and annual appropria-
for the maintenance of the state board.
thereby allowing the revenue arising from
collection of statistics and information and
the dis tribution of the same and the IN
crease In payment of premiums.
| Convict Labor.
| certainly think your honorable body
should pass such laws as would look toward
the final abandonment of prison contracts
and the employment of state prisoners upon
| such work will most nearly render the
prison self-supporting and at the same
time interfere in the least degree with free
state Normal school.
The largely increased attendance at the
State Normal school makes II imperativ,
that some increase in the facilities should
| be provided by you. The assembly room
there has a capacity for seating 800. TIL,
attendance during the term last past wa;
far in excess of that. number, with thu
probability of yet further increase durini
the present term. There has been con
stantly recurring before each, legislature fo
building additional normal schools in th'
state. | need not point out to you that Tho
creation Of an additional school or schools
would create additional expense for thu
management of the same. Each schoo
would require officers and conveniences fo
the conduct of the business of the school
These are practically the same for either
large or small scho TO create new schools
would require "A duplication of these neces
stiles and a corresponding Increase In out
lay. An increase in library facilities
laboratory facilities and other necessities o
school already equipped would be trivia
as compared with the building and equip
ment of an entire new school. The loca
tion of our present normal school may no
be as central as would be most convenient
which has been made in the building an,
equipment of the State Normal school, !
Is better business judgment to afford ampl
up schools In other localities. One grea
normal school. like one great university. l
better for the educational interests of tn
state than two or more smaller institutions
An appropriation for the building Of a nev
adequately and properly care for tn
library of 1900 volumes now owned by tn
STATE. would afford ample normal schoo
and would be the means of building up
normal school which would be source o
pardio;nabe pride to our r,os1 state; ,n The e ex
facilities at the present school would b
small indeed compared with the cost o
building and equipping an entirely ney
normal school.
Board or Health.
Smallpox has exhausted the appropriation
of 1880 made to quarantine contagious dis
eases. Provisions should be made to eX
tend the work of a sanitary inspection I
other contagious diseases.
Power to Compromise Claims.
I called the attention OF the last legs
lature In special message to the advisa
thorize the settlement of claims which TIL
, state might have against individual
|, wherein disputes had arisen. The sug
. gestion is renewed that 1t would be a goo
!, business proposition should power be con
, ferred by the Legislature to compromis
: An appropriation Is advised to enabl
Nebraska to be represented adequately a
, the Pan-American exposition In Buffalo.
Constitutional Convention.
{ AS indicated in what has gone before 1
= this message. there are. IN my opinion,
3 number of amendments needed to our stat
I constitution. The experience we have ha
ments has not been satisfactory. 1t seem
r to me you should make provisions for tn
, calling of constitutional convention 7
formulate for our state constitution ftte
' to our present development, and maxim
provision, for our future growth. shouul
now present themselves would be solved.
, Executive Mansion.
. . The legislature at its last session mad
:. appropriation for the purchase OF an eH
! Lands and Buildings, in accord with tha
provision. secured very, desirable proI
made. however, for the renewal of furnish
. . ing and the care and maintenance of sue
? residence. The care OF "a public reSiuefu
n entails n heayy the gOyeruO