Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-16
WANTS OF THE OFFICIALS
Some Are Modest, but others Will Be
Difficult to Fill Satisfactorily.
MBRIEN COMES BACK AT BROWN
state Superintendent stirs Up the
Animals over the Kearney state
Normal schOOl-Lincoln Fight
ing for Better Rates.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

L
the state officers and heads of departments
is compiling a list of the things which he
desires Santa Claus to put in his stocking.
AS far as possible the officers are keeping
/ their wants quiet but from the hest
sources possible the following, It is learned.
is a list Of things for which application
has been made
State Railway Comission-Three copies of
the song, GO Way and Let Me Sleep"
| Also one motor car guaranteed to run on
any tracks without turning over. Not par
ticular about getting It until warm
! Treasurer Brian-Nothing at all. The
| county treasurers came across sufficiently
Tor me to replenish the temporary school
| fund in time to make the semi-annual ap-
| portionment, so | am satisfied.
| Secretary Of State Junkin-A 2-year-old
| club. so | can settle the Cobbey- Wheeler
| Auditor searle-A hunch on someone who
will be acceptable to the governor as
Governor sheldon--Just few appointive
| places TO fill.
Superintendent McBrien-A carload Of
| typewriting paper that 1 can continue to
write letters; also any appropriations that
are not IN use; SO can nire more neIP
| full of opinions for the Railway commits
! sion. Any old subject will do.
Land Commissioner EatOn-Just few
| more relatives to help out in the ofhce
/ during the rush.
Labor Commissioner Ryder-Just an ele-
| vator at the state house, thank you, so as
/ to take from my memory the thoughts OF
climbing the Douglas county court house
| steps. Also a few womens clubs to ad-
dress and another child labor law.
! Food Commissioner Johnson-More room
Tor my press bureau: A space suficiently
| large for me 10 parade and swing my arms
Game Warden Carter-A sound-proof
missioner and my own. 1t was denied me
! by the Board of Public Lands and Build
Adjutant General Schwarz-A retired
| army officer to manage the guard, so that
/ l won't have to spend that hour at my
State Veterinarian MoKim-Merely lit
| tie quarantine proclamation to stop the
shipment Of cattle not dipped.
A dry year occasionally, so there will be
| some necessity for my office.
Secretary Meller of the State Fair Board
! "A steel grandstand, machinery bui--
but what's the use? You wouldn't give 1t
! to me.
| Board of Charities and Correction. Joel
/ Piper, Secretary-Never mind me-Tll get
what / want.
addition for the library and new primary
1 law,
testers which will register the same when
testing the same oil The ones we have
insurance Deputy Pierce-Tn let you
to make things public. don't you know.
All Deputes-The bosses shoes.
McBrien starts Something.
In letter ca NJ A, Brown Of Kearnsy,
/ Superintend snt MoBrien makes public some
statements and insinuations regarding some
] of the promoters of the Kearney Normal
| school which border on the sensational
and which might inspire demand for an
investigation BY the governor. He refers
! in his letter TO the cement blocks used in
! the construction of the school, which were
]
as well as to alleged false representations
made by people of Kearney to secure the
! school The McBrien letter was prompted
/ by an editorial in the Kearney Hub edited
! by NJ. A. Brown, in which McBren was
! criticized for his "fads." After paying his
| personal respects to Brown. McBrien has
/ the following to say, starting off with a
| shot at Kearney for padding its school cen-
I sus:
/ Let me call your attention to some of my
/ fads not mentioned in your editorial /
/ shall be pleased to have you take them up
/ one at a time and air them through the
/ columns OF the Hub. You have such a
/ unique way of doing things that / can
/ think OF no better plan for getting them
| hefore the public. Accept my thanks in
| advance for this kindness.
Fad No. IA negative fad. 1t has been
] a fad with me to make war on certain pub
/ lie school districts IN cities for padding
their school census and thus steal from the
state and rob the weaker districts in town
/ and country. / regret to say that the
! Kearney public school district was one
/ had to call down on this nefarious policy.
Your school census for 1906 was 2972 for
1907 1t was ,sl2. making the school census
/ for 1896 1,06o more than for 1907. This was
a criminal padding Of the school census
! by your school district. The state appor-
| tionment of public school moneys on the
! school census of 1906 was $3.50 per capita,
! which gave your school district S2,0l4 to
| which IT had no legitimate right whatso-
! ever.
| Fad No. 2-Another negative fad. am
| opposed to holdup policy that will solicit
| OF a state normal school faculty any con-
| tribution or donation OF money with which
| to pay in whole OF in part the expense in
CURED by a set of professional lobbyists
| and boomers who take 1t upon themselves
to test a governors veto on an appropria-
! ton for new buildings at state normal
| school. Please sit up and take notice.
Fad No. "a fad on which I can give
l some valuable information. What do you
/ know about concrete block fads2 do not
/ wish to deal In any unkind personalities
| but II you wish TO know anything about
I command relative TO Il that would make
very interesting reading in the Hub.
Fad No. "A fad on which / want in
/ formation. For some time It has been
fad with me to learn something as 10 the
/ whereabouts Of Lake Kearney. Did you
/ ever hear Of such body OF water7 Where
| was IT, where did II go, where Is IL now9
( by referring to the proposal OF the citi-
Gems of Kearney to the Board OF Educa-
d
the new State Normal school at Kearney.
! Neb., / hnd the following relative to the
proposed site: The land gently slopes to
| the south and west Every part is well
| adapted to surface irrigation from Lake
Kearney, situated only three blocks TO the
north. The owners OF Lake Kearney agree
I 20 give TO the state the perpetual right TO
use the water from said lake, free OF an
charges for irrigation purposes for the
I grounds herein offered for a Site The
/ total estimate of Kearney's proposition to
locate the new State Normal school there
was given by your committee at Ssl 900
The perpetual water right from Lake
! Kearney as described above was placed
at $1,000. Can you inform me whether or
not there is now such lake on the face
OF the earth? How long did the state
| have this free water right from Lake
Kearney? How many years, as YOU
measure time, are comprised in the words
| perpetual right" to use water from said
lake free OF all charRes2 Poor old Lake
kearney Is no more SO your whole prop-
osition consisted OF watered stock worse
than any ever sold by Wall street II is
no secret that, had ] been a member OF
the locating board. ! never could have
voted for KeaTney in the face OF such
superior propositions from Aurora BIoken
Bow. Central City. Hastings and Holdrege
Fad No. 5-An Inherited fad. The law
granting private schools the right to Is
sue teachers certificates was upon the
statute books six years before my hrst
term as state superintendent