Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-10-28
oIQ GOVERNOR BURKE
Use 5000 JUDGMENT?
THE OFFICIAL ACTS OF JOHN
BURKE ARE LEGITIMATE
SUBJECTS OF CRIT.
lciSM.

Fairness does not seem to be the aim
Of Governor Burke i'll his campaign
speeches. In explaining the criticism
OF his vetoes the governor says:
MANY Of the appropriation bills We're
received at my Office early in the ses-
sion, but on the last night OF the ses-
sion Just before they adjourned they
| sent down a batch Of bills aggregating
over 100000. found they had exceed
cd the limit. and when cut had to
cut what was left
The impression which Governor
Burke desires to convey to his hearers
in these statements is that he had little
Or no discretion in the matter Of We
toes. That many Of the bills came to
him III the early part Of the session
and were disposed Of. That about
100000 came to him after adjourn
ment.
As matter Of fact the record shows
that Governor Bur'.e did not receive
I
session." The first appropriation bill
that reached the governor was passed
Feb. 81, just five days before the ad-
journment OF the legislature.
The total amount Of money carried
by all appropriation bills which reached
the governor before adjournment was
! 0P ir,1, no
ernor vetoed an aggregate OF $1,000.
The amount Of money carried by all
appropriation bills which reached the
| governor after adjournment was ST.
| 0N.4aS.ls. OF which amount the gov
ernor vetoed sll2.1o0. giving as his
reason that the revenues OF the state
would not warrant the expenditures of
IT the sums vetoed.
The question for the governor to de-
eide was: What bills shall veto?
Where shall use the pruning hook to
the best advantage. and the least hurt,
to the various institutions in the state y
In fact it was matter "f business
Judgment pure and simple
The governor is not the only man In
the state who has Il right IN exercise
Judgment on this question. although
he is the only man in the state who
had the right to put his Judgment In
to force and effect.
Let us examine the governors yetoes
tor moment and see what kind Of
Judgment he exercised.
March 20 the governor approved ap-
propriations for the School for the Deaf
at Devils Lake aggresating sa3.o1h.
$4,000 of which was for separate
hospital and $1,000 for a gymnasium
and assembly hall.
The same day he vetoed $4,000 for
Il dairy barn at the state Agricultural
College where our farmer boys and
girls could acquire practical knowl-
edge of the proper care. breeding and
feeding Of dairy animals
II March 20 the governor approved APP
preparations for a biological station at
Devils Lake aggregating $4,000 for
mum for all time.
The same day he vetoed an appro-
priation Of $4,000 for increased state
aid to high schools increasing the edu-
cational advantages Of our boys and
girls.
March 20 the governor approved ar
appropriation OF $4,000 for the i'm.
proEement of the Rock Island Military
preservation at Devils Lake and tho
same day vetoed an appropriation o.
s. 900 to publish and distribute farm.
.-rs institute ANIMALS. affording thu
farmers who We're unable to attend
these institutes an opportunity to re.
: ccive this practical instruction in ag.
ricuturo.
On March 20 the governor approved
: bill carrying an appropriation o
y $4,000 for q fish hatchery in Rolett'
county. and on the same day vetoed
items amounting t. S5.lOO for needed
l improvements at the Institution To-
Feeble Minded at Grafton.
The approval ar veto OF these bill
is purely IL question of business judg
ment. II is one every voter has a RICH
:, to rritirise Or approve as he think
best,
You. Mr. Victor. have a right to ex
. amin" these at,s ri Your gov ri am
SAY "h"t:inr or nni yr!I think IL, use,
" good business i,.,i.'2,r:l, and fairness
and whether he acted for tho best in
'"r"sts Of til" .a*ita."rs of North Da
. kn;a.
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