The Red Cloud chief., 1901-04-12
VETOES.


Governor DIETRICH vetoed the supreme
court commission appropriation bill, but
subsequently changed his mind and signed
without The vetoing provision. He also
.hdHReu ms mind In regard to some OF
the appropriations for help In the office
OF the clerk of the supreme court and
In The rsnersi s eNnn sepNriep 6I oIiSe; .,
Items were vetoed including the follow
ing: For the purpose OF purchasing forty
acres of land to be used for garden and
farm purposes in connection with the hos
pital for the insane at Norfolk, Nebraska,
StOoo; stand-ppe soldiers and sailors
nome at Milford, Nebraska, $780, engine
mouse. new engine and dynamo at the
soldiers and sailors home at Grand ISL
and. Nebraska, 5000; for construction Of
tunher Tor heating purposes at normal
school, Peru, Nebraska, $3.50; expense for
9i9mmencement and summer institute at
press PeP c freight and resr es
caption miscellaneous" To pay bounty on
s.calps of wild animals for 1901 and 1902.
The governor withheld his approval OF
house roll III, being "A joint resolution
proposing to amend section l of article
10 OF the constitution of the state of Me-
Draska, relative To the manner of sub
mltlng ana adopting amendments TO the
constitution of the state of Nebraska.
A number of stems In house roll No.
4!S. miscellaneous claims bill. were vetoed,
the reason being that they did not repre-
Nebraska. Among the items cut out was
the claim of Miss Taylor, which was
compromised after a bitter fight IN both
branches at M,go. Miss Taylor originally
The veto OF the $4,000 item in connec-
tion with the state university was given
because he believed the revenue of the
institution under the one-mill levy would
not be sufficient TO meet the entire appro-
priation made,
Among the bills vetoed by the governor
are two that have attracted little atten-
IA n hp
as the Nebraska school for the blind and
the institute, for deaf and dumb as the
son for this veto was. that the change
would G,n,s make AK, much M b confusion; mr. -
OF Russei +, I.oomis OF Red Willow coun. %
ty, and authorizing the governor to deed
certain land which Mr.. Loomis had taken
proved to be school land, The governor
held that 4 was bad policy to approve
The veto ct "'S Of house rol No IT. by row
Ter. was given because the governor
thought IL inadvisable to spend money to
submit one amendment. when re regard
ed it imperative to submit other amend
ments soon. His idea of calling an extra
session was given expression through the
| provide that In the vote on constitutional
| amendments majority OF the electors
iicient to pass the amendments. The con;
| stitutinon now requires 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
| We're He said his vetoes OF appropria-
| tions were 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.