The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-08-22
He Won't Recognize Normal
Boards independence.
HE'LL AUDIT NO BILLS
ALI Normal Vouchers Must Come
Through Board of Control.
NOW IT IS A WAR TO A FINISH
Normal school Warrants Are Hung
UP-Speedy Test or IA COmprO-
mise Imperative.

1t is war, and war to a finish, between
the board of control and the state normal
school board.
State Auditor Dunn will refuse to recog-
nize the state normal board, and will hon
or no vouchers coming from them. He
announced this decision this morning,
after long conference with the three
members of the board of control Gov
ernor Van SAINT and Deputy Auditor Iver-
son also took part in the conference.
Mr.. Dunn said to h e JJurnal:
We will stand by the Law as the legisla-
ture passed it. AS far as his office is con-
cerned, we propose to pT no vouchers from
the normal schools uD SIS they are o. K d
by the board of cont L.
No warrants wi be issued unless the
vouchers come frold the proper channel, and
that channel is the board of control. The
law is constitutional. so far as we know. We
are not the supreme court.
The normal school board recognized the
authority of the board Of control which has
let contracts for work on the normal schools
This office has also honored vouchers for
expenses of the normal schools which came
through the board of control. We will con-
tinue to do business with the board Of con-
troll alone.
This means that salaries and bills from
the normal schools will be held up indef-
nite.y, unless the normal board eats
humble pie and comes back under the
wing of the board of control, or else wins
In mandamus proceedings directed against
Auditor Dunn
Normal Warrants Hung Up.
From Aug. 1 until last Saturday the
board of control was recognized as the
financial head OF the normal schools. Sat-
urday afternoon the normal school board
rescinded its former action and announced
that it would henceforth ignore the law,
relying on the opinion of the attorney
general that it is unconstitutional in so
far as the educational institutions are
concerned. This week warrants came in
from the normal schools, approved by the
resident director, and not presented to
the board of control. George H. Clark.
resident director at Mankato, wrote Audi
Tor Dunn asking him to allow them $500
out Of the furniture fund to procure sup
plies for the manual training department.
The board of control had struck out the
Items of expense for manual training, and
Director Clark appealed to the state
auditor.
c. A. Morey, resident director at Vino
na, wrote the state auditor, asking him
how the vouchers for August should be
made up. in accordance with the estimate
of the board of control, or under the old
plan.
o. H. Clark. accounting officer at Duluth,
wired asking that the contractors get
their warrants at once, though the vouch-
ers had not been approved by the board
of control
These communications came while Mr..
Dunn was absent at Bemidji, selling land
He was sent for and arrived this morning.
The queries brought the matter souarelv
before him, and he called the board of
control and the governor into consulta-
tion, with the result just related.
Attorney General Douglas was absent
from the city, and no representative of
his Office was invited to the conference
1t is not matter for the attorney gen
eral,' said Mr.. Dunn this morning. 'sit is
Tor this office to decide, and we will stand
by the law"
The law was all right with the normal
board. he went on, It'll the board of con-
troll cut off some of their perquisites.
We have given out our ultimatum. and
no influence can change it. No money will
De paid out to the normal schools for any
purpose unless with the approval of the
board of control"
The vouchers received this week WIFI he
held up indefinitely.