Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
GOVERNORS AXE In The AIR
Belief that it Will Fall on Several Items in
Appropriation Bill.
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND ALL INVESTED
Bishop BOnacum Summoned to Rome
in Connection with His Con-
trOversy with Father
Murphy.
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND ALL lNVEsrE
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! LINCOLN, April 10.-(Special. )-Governor
Mickey signed a number Of bills today, but
has not yet reached any Of the big appro-
priation measures. He said today he
thought he would get to those tomorrow.
The governor is saying very little about
what he intends to do when he does come
| to these bills, but It is not doubted that
/ he will insert his axe In them IL he can
! find a few good openings. 1t was largely
through his influence that the senate cut
| down the bills as they came to 1t from the
house. The governor, when asked II he
thought the bills were down as low as they
could be- said he had not examined them
and therefore could not tell.
The total appropriations set forth in these
four measures amount to sS,65O,O0O. One
| thing is certain, and that is that whatever
action the governor does take will be final
The legislature having adjourned. he is
now beyond It's reach. 1t has been gently
rumored that the money appropriated for
the publication of the Cobbey statutes,
81, 500, which was passed in a bill over the
! governors veto. will be cut out by the chief
| executive. II this is done the governor will
| have successfully circumvented the action
| of the legislature and gained the final fall.
state Oil Inspector Hays, who worked so
! industriously for the passage OF the bill
raising the degree test OF Illuminating oil
in this state from 100 to 112 degrees, is
said to have incurred the very great dis
like Of the Standard Oil company. An agent
Of that corporation, who has charge Of GER
tain affairs in this state, is said to have
exercised his best endeavors to convince
Mr.. Hays that he was making a mistake in
promoting this measure, but 1t appears that
the oil inspector could not be convinced by
!
produce.
Two More VetOes.
Governor Mickey late this evening vetoed
two more bills, making six in all, They
were H. r. SO, permitting cities Of $4,000
inhabitants and less to extend their road
districts six miles beyond the city limits,
and H. R. 1O4, bill to establish wards for
inebriates in the state hospitals.
school Money Invested.
The drain on the state treasury by the
legislators has completely depleted the cash
in the permanent school fund. I'VE have
been cashing legislative warrants" said
Treasurer Mortensen, "for three months
and now have reduced the uninvested funds
to the zero point. We have $1,000 Of
Douglas county refunding bonds waiting to
be taken up and they will probably be kept
waiting until July. The Lancaster bonds
will have to wait longer"
The treasurer stated that last month was
one OF the dull months in the tax collecting
business. The general fund.- however, has
been relieved Of the strain by the purchase
Of the legislative warrants out Of the school
fund and now amounts to $4,000. When
this fund has reached the $4,000 mark an
other call will be issued for warrants and
the trust funds will have from $25,O0o to
0.000 for investment. AS fast as the gem
eral fund is replenished the money will be
paid into the school fund for the general
fund warrants held as investments. This
month and May are expected to be good
months for the treasury, and the general
fund is expected to forge ahead rapidly.
The foreign insurance company tax Is ex-
pected to bring in about SIS, 900, and con-
siderable will come in from the real estate
taxes, which become delinquent May L
summon Bishop to Rome.
Bishop Bonacum of this city has been
called to Rome in connection with his quar-
rel with Father Murphy. former pastor at
Tecumseh of the bishops diocese. Bishop
Bonacum was not in the city today and
the construction he places on the call could
not be learned.
Father Murphy was called up by tele-
phone at Seward and said that the call to
Rome was news to him. He believed, he
said. that 1t meant that he and the bishop
would be cited to appear before the propa-
ganda and final settlement Of their difi-
culties had.
Bishop Bonacum's troubles with Father
Murphy have been many and OF long dura-
tion. They arose out Of the desire of the
bishop to oust the priest from his old par
ish at Tecumseh, which attempt was sue
l full ka1
cum has always taken the position that he
is the car in his own diocese. while Father
Murphy has insisted that the bishop cannot
remove or transfer priest without follow
ing a procedure laid down by the third
plenary council OF Baltimore. Rome finally
permitted the transfer Of the priest, but
compelled the bishop to give him a parish
equally as good. This was Seward and
Ulysses. From this parish the bishop has
unsuccessfully sought in the civil courts to
remove the priest, and their differences in
the ecclesiastical court are now in the
court Of the propaganda at Rome.
There are now pending in Rome two mat
ters connected with the troubles of the
bishop and priest. One is the appeal from
the bishops conviction OF the priest, in his
absence OF certain charges of dlsrespect
and contumacy; the other is the priest S
challenge to the Jurisdiction Of the bishop
/ to try him on the ground that he Is a preju-
diced and therefore incompetent judge.
Local Catholics who have deprecated very
much the turmoil of the last ten years be-
lieve that the whole matter Of the bishops
administration of the diocese OF Lincoln will
be gone over, and steps taken by the propa-
ganda to stop all chickering's
State Fair Speed Program.
At a meeting OF the board of managers
OF the state fair Wednesday evening
speed program that had been outlined by
. Superintendent r, ]. Flick OF the speed
4 department was adopted. 1t provides fol-
I the distribution Of stakes and purses ag-
q gregating 5000 for trotting, pacing and
running races, seventeen in number. The
program includes the following events IL
trotting:
q 2:45 stake, years and under ..........S 90
2:40 stake 49,. ...... .................. 100
2:30 class ........ ........ ............... 90
4 2:25 class ...... ...... ........ .......... 50
| 2:2O class ...... ...,.. ........ ........... Gu
2:17 Glass;. .... ,,.... .................. so