The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-24


record must be maintained. The
money appropriated and with pru,
dence expended for this university is
not extravaganza. 1t is commonsense
economy for the general welfare OF
the people. This also applies with
equal iorce to the state normal school
at Peru, as well as to every public
institution in the state. While the
state must be wisely liberal in it's ap-
preparations and prudent in it's ex-
penditures for public institutions, it
must not discourage private enter
prise fraught with public good. There
are private and parochial schools,
academies. colleges and universities
In this great commonwealth, which
the state should encourage, not by
public taxation or appropriations, but
by the good will Of the public in wish
Ing them God speed / am quite sure
| voice the sentiments and views of
your honorable and worthy chancellor
and this great university, when | say
all these are essential to the good cit
izenship of our great and growing
commonwealth.
Having lived the greater part of
my life on the farm, permit me to say
that | regard the work of the agricul-
tural department of this and other
state universities of equal importance
with other departments. The farm
and the interests connected Herewith
feed the world. The rapid increase
OF population will in the future make
greater demands for food to sustain
life and the comfort of the teemins
millions than the past has ever re.
quired. What could methods and skill
in farming used fifty years ago do
now to supply the needs of the in
creased population? They would fall
The demand of our day is for as much
brain power and intelligence on the
farm. the raising of stock and the
handling of these vast interests as in
any other avocation of life"
Hold Them to Their Record.
NO matter how hard the fusionists
may try to veer away from the issues
OF the campaign on the state ticket
they will be tried at the ballot box ON
those issues.
1t so happens that one of the princf. |
pal issues is the record of the last
fusion administration. That is some.
thing the fusionists would like very
much to turn their backs on, and fol
the reason that 1t is a record of incom.
potency, dishonesty and nepotism
such as would make the expert plum
derers of Tammany Hall turn pale
with anger.
Here is the record in part and II is
no wonder that fusion politicians
should want to keep the peoples at
tention from It:
Two hundred and twenty-seven reIa.
t1Ves and friends of fusion officials and
leaders given bed and board and often
clothing in the state institutions at
the states expense.
The entire appropriation expended
ana unpaid bills amounting to $4,000.
Pigs bought from Your Uncle
Jake" Wolfe by the fusion superin.
tendent of the hospital for the insane
at Lincoln out of state funds at s124
per pig.
A substitute hired for an incompet.
ent physician at the soldiers home at
Grand Island and money paid him
clandestlnely from the drug fund. !
Laces, linens and fancy underwear {
purchased for the daughters and n
Of the commandant /
Oh the soldiers home at Milford and q
charged as groceries to the state. Il
More than $500 worth of timber F
cut from the state land at Milford and p
the money embezzled.
Private house rent and office rent
paid in groceries stolen from the state L
by fusion physician at the soldiers
home D
fuslon newspaper occupying three G
'ooms and furnished light. mower 81
uel and rent free in the normal school j
1t Peru at the expense of the state j
The record destroyed, the funds Z
and much state property
stolen in the institute of feeble 81
minded youth at Beatrice. ia
Bogus clothing and butter deals in %
he asylum for the insane at Hast ii
ngs, which robbed the state treasury =
# more than $4,000. to
Chemicals purchased for exnerf. &c
mental purposes in the laboratory NJ th
he institute for the blind at Nebras. &c hC
IA City with that department closed W
Text books changed with the sea. n, n,
ons OF the ye9r in the Peru normal tn
nd large commissions ilched from nI m
he STUDENT eli
Drugs, cattle, hogs, and farm prod. Ge rs
cts belonging to the state sold at the an
ne+itute at Beatrice and the money ci'
tolen sa
A man appointed superintendent of y,
he fish hatchery at South Bend who
ccentuated his incompetency and ut. LIE
er un1tness by evicting the fnny in
abitants of the aquarium through -
ne medium Of exotic vegetation.
This is only part of the very bad ",
nd very vulnerable records of the fu- NJ,
ion administration. but it is enough IaI Ia5
cause even fusionists to stop and tic
effect before they undertake to vote s1 Ne
lis same element of treasury looters me