The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-28

Governor Jelks yesterday vetoed the bill providing for new buildings and main tenance of the Boys industrial School at East Lake and sent to the House amend ments providing for an appropriation for the school of 5000 a year for four years, which is an increase of s5ee a year over the present appropriation.
 The House sustained the veto 8 to 1 and both houses concurred in the Gov ernor's & amendments to the bill.
 It was the first veto message sent to the Legislature by Governor Jelks and it seemed the irony of fate that It should have been a disapproval of measure so ardently advocated by the Alabama Federation Of womans Clubs.
 The full text of the veto message is as follows:
 Montgomery, February N. "To the House of Representatives.:
 T hereby return you H. B. 2s0 provid- ing for new buildings and tbe mainte- nance of the Boys Industrial School at East Lake. without my approval, and propose the amendments attached.
 "I have approved only one bill carry ing . large appropriation-Capitol exten- sion-and that only because it could nor become . peremptory demand on the
 
 portion of the sum which that bill car l ries for such an extension is. 1t appears now. a mere dream.
 T have no objection, to offer to the purpose intended to be subserved by H. B. 230. decline to approve 1t because of the charge 1t makes on the treasury. which from the present outlook, cannot afford to bear 1t.
 ''The Boys Industrial School has been getting $7,500 year for the last two years. The amendment suggested car ries S. s.00o a year, an increase of $500. The present bill carries something like $7o 900. T will probably determine to carry other bills. providing for large appropria- tions. over until after the recess that l may better know the possibilities of the treasury which I will then make known to you, There iy no present Likelihood that the State will be able to meet any of these new demands. I make an exception of the bill herewith returned because em- braaed in 1t are two features, one for buildings and the other for maintenance.
 '"The school should be maintained. There are great opportunities for good in 1t. In. fact, the possibilities are in- finite. If I allowed this bill to take the l direction about determined upon for the others-carry it over until after the re- | cess-the school would be utterly with out funds. Hence the amendment and this message.
 if William D. Jelks, Governor"
 The message was accompanied by the following amendments:
 Amend the title of the bill so as to read as follows:
 ".An Act to make appropriation for the maintenance of the Alabama Indus trial School for the years 1903, 1904. 1905 and 1900'
 Amend by striking out Section l and substituting in lieu thereof the following: " Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:
 Section 1. That the sum of $s,0O0 uer year is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury, for the sup port, maintenance and improvement of the Alabama Industrial School for white boys. .for each of the years 1908. 1904. 1905 and 1906.
 Amend by striking out Section and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
 Section 2. That the State Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants on the State Treasurer fin favor of the Treasurer of the Alabama Industrial School for the payments quar- terly of the sums hereby appropriated for the maintenance of the said school" |"
 The veto was sustained and the amend ments were adopted and hurried to the Senate without engrossment where they were promptly concurred in.
 A state official said yesterday that the original bill made better provision for boys of the criminal class than was made for the education of honest white boys of the State.