Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-03-30
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The senate finance committee has com:
| plpted its report on the house Saiary DiiI
a,d returned II TO the senate on tho
10Th. The committee slashed the deputy
| toto officers to conform to the statutes,
| reduced the Peru normal school saiary
Iist from $50. 700 to So, 800. the Kearney
school from S23, $50 to S1I,oOo. cut ths
| sriperintendent of the institution TOT rec rec
Ole minded youth from $Z,oOo 70 S<'ooV
year and added chaplain at the soi-
diers' home at Grand Island ar Saiai'
Of $500 annually. The university APP
preparation was not changed Inc oe
tailed changes from the house DIN Iolio"~
| Thief clerk to the adJutant general re-
1uced from 81 200 to $1,000, storeheep-
r. from 81 900 to $500, deputy secretary
! Of state from 1880 to S1,ooo' ueputy
| land commissioner from $500 to l,too,
praughtsman in land commissioner o.
Gee increased from 81 200 to Sl,9Oo, TWO
| oookkeepers in land commissioner 8 ONCE
reduced from 81 800 to $1,000, bank ex-
aminers office reduced from Sl,SUo 10
| 81 800 each, Peru normal school reduced
| from $50. 700 to S32,500, Kearney nor
| nal school reduced from $23,IJO TO ST.
| 500. pathOIogist at Lincoln asylum from
| 81, 800 to $1,000, superintendent instltu-
! ion for feeble minded youth reduced
| from $500 to $4,000, soldiers home at
Grand Island surgeon raised from Sl,OOO
| % 5000. and chaplain added at sal
Try Of $500 a year.
Chairman Gilligan, of the committee
.efOrm schools, has made the following
report to the senate on the condition or
he industrial school at kearney: I'VE
! found the institution at Kearney in much
better condition than we had expected
wrong impression has gone abroad as
regard; this institution. Many think this
is a second prison for boys the majority
Of whom are considered criminals. 1t
is. in fact, q first class industrial school,
and every boy that is sent to this insti-
tuition who has any desire to improve his
condition can do so, and when he leaves
the school, either by dismissal or parole,
can do 50 with q sufficient education
and enough knowledge of some trade to-
earn for himself a good living for the
balance OF his life. We talked with
some of the boys ut this institution and
with one who left tie same day we did
on parole, and they al stated that they
were glad they had been sent there. as
they were compelled to acquire knOwl-
edge of some trade and could gain an
education, the grades of which were as
high as the ninth grade IN our public
schools"
The prohibitiOnists of Lincoln have
undertaken a novel campaign on behalf
of their nominees for mayor and ex-
cisemen. They have had $500 cards
printed Each contains pledge that
the signer will cast his ballot at the cleo
ton for the excise board, which includes
the mayor, which will grant no licenses
ut all in Lincoln this year. This means
the prohibition nominees. If $500 such
pledges can be secured the managers be-
lieve this will insure no license. "
quite certain that if $500 men dolsSofe
for this ticket it viii be elected. There
are $50 votes in Lincoln at presiden-
tial elections. and about $500 at county
and state contests. City fights are u
ally so one-sided that about 1900 votes
is the average. If $500 vote for no IL
cense 1t will carry, since the remainder
Of the vote would be divided between
the Republican and Democratic tickets.
\ vigorous effort will be made to enliss
the public in the plan. Mass meetings
will be held and literature distributed.
After all. the claims committee of the
legislature decided to allow all but 81 go
of the claim of state Architect James
Tyler which amounted. according 10 hiS
statement, TO S9,636.S2 A conprehen-
siye investigation of the entire situation
was made by the committee through its
subcommittee Of
bers of the house and the committee
thinks that the best thing than can be
done under the circumstances is TO al
low this portion of the claim Many dis
crepancies and inconsistencies were dis
covered, but the committee found some
question as to the legality Of throwing
out the entire claim. Two Of the sub |
committee were for the claim and tw /
opposed, so that under these conditions
the subcommittee submitted no formal [
report. Of the amount cut out, $500 is
for salary for Tyler and the rest for tive
extra draughtsman he employed
Notwithstanding their customary skill
of concealing their schemes, the allied
railroads have at last failed to hide their
hands in the matter of legislation vitality
''hNNllIi- LHtII INTERESTS. mat they nave l
decreed the defeat of the rate regulating
bills an dthe passage of the Cady rail
road commission bill is now general
The Cady bill passed the sci
ate last Friday and every effort will
made by the corporations to facilitat
its course through the house and secul
its ultimate passage. Agitation of til
measure is to be kept up in an effo
to divert attention from the rate bill
and create the impression that the Gao
bill contemplates all the relief viii
the producers and consumers in Nebra
ka want and need.
The committee on ARRANGEMENTS a
pointed to plan for the annual congrel
OF the National Prison Association.
convene in Lincoln Oct. 10 to 90, 100
elected Hon. NJ. B. Reese chairman al rs
Johh laws secretary of the local exc