The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-04-12
VETOES.

fElOES.
Governor DIETRICH vetoed the supreme
court commission appropriation bill, but
subsequently changed his mind and signed
Wlthout the VetOing provision. He also
ftbh M n ms mind in regard to some of
lne appropriations for help in the office
OF the clerk of the supreme court and
lne llbrary and court reporters office.
In the general expense bill a number of
items We're vetoed, including the follow
ing: For the urpos of purchasing forty
acres OF Ian to be used for garden and
farm purposes in connection with the hos
pItal for the insane at Norfolk, Nebraska,
s4,oD; stand-plpe soldiers and sailors
home at Milford. Nebraska, $780,; engine
mouse, new engine and dynamo at the
and. Nebraska, $1,000; for construction of
tunnel for heating purposes at normal
school, Peru, Nebraska, $1,SO0; expense for
commencement and summer institute at
Peru. Nebraska. 81, 200; freight and ex-
press, Peru, normal school, $500; under
caption miscellaneous to pay bounty on
/ 5000. hVi anu i"1'
The governor withheld his approval of
house roll III, being a joint resolution
proposing to amend section | of article
10 OF the constitution of the state of Ne
pTaska' relative to the manner of sub
mltlng II adopting amendments to the
constitution of the state of Nebraska.
a number of items in house roll No.
4iS, miscellaneous claims bill, were vetoed,
the reason being that they did not repre-
sent lawful claims against the state of
tbciiS liz Gil cut III d
the claim of Miss Taylor. which was
compromised after a bitter fight IN both
branches at 81 Leo. Miss Taylor originally
The veto of the 800. 600 item in connec-
tlon with the state university was given
as the governor says in his veto message
because he believed the revenue of the
institution under the one-mill levy would
not be sufficlent to meet the entire appro-
priation made.
Among the bills vetoed by the governor
are two that have attracted little atten-
ton. One Is house roll No. 129 by Ander-
son, designating the institute for the blind
the institute, for deaf and dumb as the
Nebraska school for the deaf. The rea-
son for this veto was that the change
would make much confusion.
House roll No. %, by Hathorn of Red
Willow was vetoed. 1t was for the relief
of Russell F. Loomis of Red Willow coun-
certain land which Mr.. Loomis had taken
as a homestead, and which afterward
proved to be school land. The governor
held that It was bad policy to approve
The veto of house roll No. III, by Fow-
Ter, was given because the governor
thought 1t inadvisable to spend money to
submit one amendment. when re regard
ed 1t imperative to submit other amend
ments soon. His idea of calling an extra
session was given expression through the
veto OF this measure. 1t was n bill to
provide that in the vote on constitutional
amendments a majority of the electors
voting on the amendments shall be suf-
1cient to pass the amendments. The con-
stitutinon now requires d majority of all
votes cast at the election.
Governor Dietrich said in regard to his
action on bills that he paid no attention
to the introducer and in fact did not
know who the introducers of the great
majority of bills signed were. One or two
members came to see him about their
measures but this was not the rule. The
enrolled measures bore no name and gave
no intimation to him whose bills they
uvnTn H. Cni1 hic y-nfnnC nf a -
tionS We're made necessary by the fact
that the resources of the state were too
small to meet what the legislature had
planned to make them pay.