Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-29
PACKED HOUSE GREETS
governor BURKE when
HE SPEAKS At ARM0RY

than we had. Had not vetoed some
of these bills more than $14l000
would have had to be raised by the tax
| payers of this state. l thought your
taxes were high enough. l was of the
opinion that the legislative commit
tee ought to be held down to the rev.
enue that was raised in the state. On
the last night of the session of 1909
before the legislature adjourned sine
die, over 100000 is appropriations
came to me. found that these ex'
ceeded by $14l,000 the revenues Of
the state, and it was from these bills
that l had to cut, and I selected the
ones that Of these bills seemed least
I needed.
1T has been stated that the agricul.
tural college was hurt because ve'
toed an appropriation for dairy
barn. But they were given an appro"
priation for a veterinary barn. And
the agricultural college hasn't been
heard from. 1t hasn't been hurt at
all. It has made more improvements
and received more money than at any
other time. can't afford to tell any
thing but the truth, even were l so
disposed. It would be so easy to re-
flute my statemen' But l want to
say that the agricultural college has
not been hurt. There is no feeling
between the members of the faculty
and the governor. There is no feel.
ing between it's trustees and the gov
ernor. Everyone connected with the
institution is satisfied. Then why
is all this talk in the newspapers?
It's a plan to tell it on Burke, print
it in the papers, tell it on the stump,
deceive the people, and beat him in
this campaign
1.-THE editor of the Grafton Record
has made the governor the object of
several vicious attacks, claiming that
he vetoed some Of the appropriations
for the feeble minded institution at
Grafton, and that the institution was
injured and didn't have money to run
on. Their appropriation bill was $751;
$40. Out of that cut $500, leaving
it $73,S40.
"He also said that the governor did
not cut out any appropriation for the
deaf and dumb school, the institution
at Devils Lake, because it was his
home town. I didn't. But all they
asked for was $4,000 for new school
house and $4,000 for a new hospital.
They did not get any such appropria-
ton as the Grafton institution did.
And the Grafton institution isn't COM
planning, nor are it's officers and trus-
tees complaining. It's just another
plan to tell it on Burke
1T has been said that cut out the
appropriation for the military reser
vation. I signed the bill for the state
militia and they condemn me for that.
They also condemn me for not sign
ing the bill appropriating Aloney for
the old soldiers home. It's case of
I'm damned if do and I'm damned if
don't I would be willing to contrib
ute out of my own pocket if the old
soldiers were in need. There is no
man who has a greater respect for
the old soldiers than I. But l vetoed
the appropriation for the old sold
iers' home-because they can't even
spend the interest on what they have.
1t is a reflection upon the state to
insinuate that the old soldiers want
for anything. It's case of tell it on
Burke
"There was a bill, not for the old
soldiers home, but for the Grand
Army of the Republic, asking an ap-
preparation to publish their records
and to keep them in the state library
at Bismarck, and to pay the expenses
of the state delegates of the G. A. R.
to the annual encampments. vetoed
it and was sorry to do it. But the
bill was unconstitutional, and it was
necessary that should veto it. And
now they seek to condemn me for
doing so. It's a case of tell it on
Burke
major Buttz of Buttzville, has said
that there were too many clerks in
the legislature and that the governor |
approved it. The bill that approved
came to me properly certified by the
lieutenant governor and the speaker
of the house. But when found that !
there were thirty-six too many clerks
in the house and fifty-six too many |
clerks in the senate, according to law,
l said l would not sign the bills for
the pay of these extra clerks. The
legislators, when they found that there
was no law to pay those clerks, i'm
passed law allowing for
il. Major Buttz voted for the bill. The
legislature not only increased the num-
ber of clerks but it raised their pay.
And it seems hardly right to saddle
upon one poor alone democrat, the
wrongs of republican legislature.
"Joe Devine has said that was re-
sponsible because the anti-pass bill
did not become a law. AS matter
Of fact it passed the house, went to
the senate, was turned over, to the
committee, and was there
smothered. I am surprised that any
one should attack me on my anti-pass
record. I have always talked and
worked for an anti-pass bill. More
,ver have practiced what I have
preached. I have received no favors
rom the railroads and 1 have given
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