Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-21
STAND OF BEE Is APPROVED
1eoretary Of State Elect Junkin Declares
Himself on University,
NO INTENTION TO CRIPPLE THE SCHOOL
Governor Mickey DenOunces story
that German Children Are Inn
ported and Their Labor
sold 90 Farmers.
NO INTENTION TO CRIPPLE THE SCHOOL
lFrom a star correspondentl

VI rum n 9AAAI correspondent
LINCOLN, Dec. 2O.-(Special.j THE
statement in The Bee this morning regard
ing the university finances. is the senti-
ment OF the state generally" said secre-
tary-elect Junkln. There is no reason why
the finances OF the State university should
not be handled exectly as the finances Of
other state institutions. The vouchers for
all warrants should 80 through the hands
Of the state auditor and he should pass
upon them as he does upon other vouchers
upon which state money is paid out. The
university should be put on a business
basis
1.-TWO years ago an attempt was made
70 get an accounting through the legisla-
ture, but the university lobby was too
powerful and It failed Since then. how
ever, sentiment has changed and the time
has come when the legislature will deal
with the university as it does with other
state institutions, and for every cent ex-
pended there will be an accounting. 1t is
Just a matter OF business.
''Fhe people of the state are just as much
interested in the development of the State
university as the people Of Lincoln, and it
can be trusted to the legislature, without
any deception being practiced. A thorough
investigation of the institution, together
with the enactment Of law changing the
present method Of handling and paying
out the appropriations to conform to the
methods employed in the other institutions
will help the university more than any
thing else. The people Of the state have
a right to know every detail Of the affairs
of the institutions.
1.-The constitution provides that all claims
shall be audited by the state auditor, and
] have no doubt IL the auditor should re-
fuse to Issue a warrant upon a certificate
from the secretary to the Board Of Regents
he would be upheld by the supreme court,
notwithstanding the statute bearing on this
question"
As anticipated the afternoon edition of
the fake reformers, asserted yesterday, that
a discussion OF the juggled report of uni
versity finances filed with the state auditor
was inspired by Omaha's jealousy OF Lin
coin. This fake sheet has been the head
or a part of the big university lobby
which has prevented for so many years the
placing OF. the management of the institu-
ton on a business basis. and inspection
of the university records will show a rea-
son for this.
Statesmen visit Capital.
Lieutenant Governor-elect Hopewel is
here today attending to private business
and looking around for place TO stay
this winter when he is here presiding over
the deliberations OF the senate.
II believe the legislature will enact such
laws as the republican platform desig-
mated" said Judge Hopewell. land. while
I have given the matter very little thought
so far l believe there will be no dsposi-
ton to shirk any of the responsibilities i'm
posed by the party pledges"
Michael Lee. the Irish statesman from
Douglas county, Is here again today, talk
ing up the needs of the Irish. Mr. Lee
intmated he will ask the legislature to
give him more room in which to spread
himself. but about other matters, except
that he intended to get his Greater Omaha
bill through, and he expected the platform
pledges to be kept religiously, he said
nothing.
d. J. Klllen and c. w. Mccullough, rep
resentatives from Gage county. were here
today, with Dr. Walden. who is said to b'
an applicant 70: the position Of super
intendent for the Institute for Feeble
minded Youth at Beatrice. Someone started
the report that Governor-elect Sheldor
would be in town today, and It may be pos
sible DIR. Walden wanted to be early OF
the ground.
Mickey DenOunceH story.
Governor Mickey today issued the fol
lowing self-explanatory statement:
My attention has been called 70 an articl
which is credited to the Cologne News,
German newspaper, purporting 10 be
cable dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., to tn
effect that Cora CARRIER, an employee of tn
state, working in the office Of the commits
Rioner of public lands and buildings, ha
publicly stated that private society 10
Gated in Nebraska is importing children o
working age from Germany and scllin
them TO Nebraska farmers at the rate o
IS each.
Such statement is too ridiculous t
merit serious consideration. There are n
facts to warrant such an assertion. Cor
CARRIER Is now one of the defendants 4
a libel suit Instituted by the former OF
ficers Of the Tabitha home of Lincoln, an
she seems to have a deep-seSted spit