Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
= Nebraska
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Executive Asks State Legal Depart
mert to Attack Itself.
SEEKS TO DRAW SALARY BACK
IchooImasters' Club Takes Action to
Form New Constitution and Get
Out of Control of Book
Agents,
Iron . sad correspondentl

LINCOLN. May 7--(Special) Fooled in
his attempt to make a political machine
out o fthc state normal schools, though
going so far to have "A law enacted
By the democratic legislature to abolish
the republican Normal board and give him
power to. appoint democratic board, Gov
ernor y llenberEer has taken a new tack
In the matter. lie has written TO Attorney
General Thompson to take such action as
ung be necessary to prevent Luther p.
Hudden, secretary Of the board from re-
ceving pay for the work he does the pay
being drawn by Mr. Ludden and paid out
to clerical assistants
About two weeks ago the legal depart
ment Of state gave a decision TO Auditor
Barton that Mr. Ludden was entitled under
the law 10 receive the compensation paid
him by the board and unless restrained
court It vas the duty OF the auditor
% issue the warrant.
The decision of the legal department did
not suit the executive, so, happening to
be at his office today. he wrote the re-
quest to the attorney general to prevent
the auditor from doing what the legal de-
rartment was legal for him to do. lie
asks the legal department to fight itself
The amount involved is $40, but the gov,
ernor said he was not Interested In tn,
amount, but against the establishment o.
such a precedent. The executive holds tina
no salary can be paid out OF an appropra
ton for expense.
The letter has not yet reached the lega
department but when Informed of il
nature, Mr. Martin, who wrote the opinion
for the auditor. said there was no doubt II
his mind that the legislature contemplate,
pa9ing the secretary for his services mas
much as 1t appropriated 5000 for the ex
penses Of the board and the law require
only two meetings per year He holds
makes no difference whether the item read
salary or for clerical hire.
Governor Shanenberger in his letter, sal
had he known the secretary was to draw
salary his duty would have been to vet
the appropriation. evidently forgetting 70
the moment that the appropriation wa
made for the payment OF expenses OF
democratic board which had democrati
secretary who drew his expenses Just tn
same as his predecessors.
schooImasters Take Action.
The Schoolmaters club took It's first ste
last night to get out from under the con
troll of bunch of book agents Chancel
Tor AVERY. retiring president struck tn
moved that a committee be appointed {
draft a constitution and broaden the rule
OF the organization. After this motion wa
carried the chancellor insisted that the con
uittee report at meeting to be called b
him during the present school years.
This was objected TO by some. who de
sired the constitution passed on at the firs
meeting next fall, while j. ". Crabtree sug
gested that the committee be given powc
not only to draft the constitution, but ais
10 ratify IT,
Chancellor Avery refused to stand fc
this and the meeting endorsed his views,
the constitution will be brought before I'll
club at a called meeting some time tn
month.
THIS action on the part of Chancel!t
Avery was taken as result Of the his
handed methods of a number of boo
agents who belong to the club. 1t HI
become practice OF these book agents
attempt to bring dscredit on a Soho
teacher by preparing his name for membe
ship and then to hlsckbal him. Son
of the best known educators In the sta
have been blachballed, even though Il
y educator was not even aware that h
name was to be presented for membershi
Under the rules any member by securir
the endorsement Of a second member cou
propose teacher for membership TIL,
IL six members voted in the negative. Il
teacher was rejected. In some nstanc
the black ballng of a member has re
made public the chancellor and othe
concluded it was time TO clear out fro