The Green Forest tribune., 1909-06-04

0ldle NOfmdl ScnOOl. ......... ll,OU0 Military Dill ............ 10000 Branch Normal School. ... 1000 Printing state reports. $500
 The appropriations for the tubercu- losis sanitarium for SS0000, the uew insane asylum $200,000. and the four agricultural schools $60,000, will be held up, not vetoed. Such action will be taken before the two years limit runs in which the appropriation would be void if not acted upon, as will save them and insure the improvement.
 The governors explanation in his veto message is as follows:
 Proclamation.
 1 am inclined to withhold flay ap- proval of all of the above mentioned items in the several bills above set out by number and title, on account of the financial condition of the state and the inadequacy of the states rev enues to meet these expenses. The items that remain in the different bills approved are sufficient to main tain the institutions in a satisfactory condition. The situation in regard to all the matters can be illustrated by my action in regard to the laundry department of the Blind School In that case l have vetoed the item of the salary of the head laundryman, but the bill carries an appropriation which is approved for three assistant laundrymen and they will be able to do all the work of the institution in satisfactory manner The same con- dition exists in regard to many other items of the various appropriations under consideration, but notwith- standing these items that are disap- proved the efficiency of the institu- tions will be but little impaired. Of course, it would be better to run them On a more liberal basis, yet in the in terest of the strictest economy they can be very well maintained with the appropriations left in the bill. For instance, there are items for current and incidental expenses containing the sums of $42,000 in the Blind School, $70,000 in the Deaf-Mute and $266,000 in the Insane Asylum, all of which can be made to cover any emergency that might be found nee essary during the progress of the in stitutions for the periods provided for
 In vetoing the items in the Experi- mental station bill for the University of Arkansas the director of the sta tion has himself indicated to me the items to be vetoed. Some of them, however, at first glance, it would seem could not be dispensed with. For in stance, he has directed that the item of $500 designated Maintenance for Department of Agriculture" be ve- toed, but I take it that this can mean nothing more than an appropriation of $500 for the maintenance of agricul- ture in agronomy as it follows the item immediately above it of $40,0e0 for maintenance of department of agronomy; besides this, the whole ap- propriation in this bill is for the in terest of agriculture and amounts to more than $5O,O00. It was also ex- plained by the director that suca items as he indicated herein to be ve- toed including even the salary of him. self, could be provided for out of the various funds given the university annually by the Federal government all of which amounts to about $65,- 900.
 In the matter of the Branch Nor nal School and the vetoing of the item therein contained, the board of trustees was not consulted because of the fact that it was overlooked, at the time the session was held for con sultation on the general appropriation for the university. But as the Feder- al government makes liberal con tribution to this institution annually, I conclude that the items remaining in the bill will support the school for the next two years in probably a more liberal manner than is provid- ed for some of the other state insti- tutions
 I sincerely regret that the necessity for vetoing any of the items is at