The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-07-07
GOVERNOR HOOPER REFUSES TO
APPROVE MORE APPRo.
PRlATION BILLS.
STATE FAIR LOOT ALSO DEAD
Chief Executive Kills the Resolution
Providing for investigation of Al
legged Bribery Charges in the
House of representatives.

| expressed Governor Hoopers dlsap
prevail OF the appropriation bill OF
$50 900 for fair purposes, $4,000 fol-
! the State Fair at Nashville and $40
900 for premiums at county fairs;
and the appropriation OF one-fourth
OF the gross receipts of the depart
ment OF agriculture for two years fOl
fuILhering education on agricultural
subjects at the University of Tennes
See. No action could be taken on the
message.
The text of the message yetoing the
fair appropriation was
! TO the Honorable members OF
{ the Senate:
Il herewith return Senate bill No
TIA without my approval for the rea
sons following
This bill appropriates $4,000. OF
which $4,000 goes to the State Fair
and $4,000 to county fairs.
If the State were possessed Of I'm.
limited funds, this might be a wise
appropriation, but the State cannot
ahord TO appropriate money that it
does not possess and will not acquire
within the ensuing two years.
Il think this matter should be con-
sidered by the General Assembly in
connection with other matters o. ap-
preparation.
BEN w. HOOPER, Governor.
July 4,l911,"
Gov. Hooper also vetoed the House
joint resolution providing for an in
VestigatiOn Of charges of slush fund.
The Governors veto message fol
lows:
To the Honorable members of
the House of Representatives here
by return House joint resolution No.
81, without my approval, for the rea,
son that there is not sufficient time
and has not been since it's passage,
for conducting such an investigation
as therein contemplated.
BEN w. HOOPER, Governor
The Governors veto on the Senate
bill for the appropriation from the
agricultural department follows:
To the Honorable members OF
the Senate herewith return Senate
bill No. 244 without my approval for
the reasons following:
"First-Appropriations for an I'M
certain and unfixed part of the re-
ceipts of the agricultural department
should not be made for any purpose.
Second-This bill carries an ap-
preparation that would amount to
about $4,000, calculated on the basis
Of the receipts of the agricultural de-
partment during the biennial period
of 1909.1910. This appropriation
should be considered in connection
with other matters of appropriation
in view Of my message of this date.
BEN w. HOOPER, Governor"
July 8, 1911"
After the messages were read Sen
ator McAlister made the point Of
order no quorum was present. His
motion to adjourn carried by 8 to 5.
Only one session of the body was
held, Speaker Baxter presiding.
Those present were, Senators AL
bright, Bacon, Bass Boyd, Draughon,
Hale, Hickerson, Hicks, Houk, Jones,
McAlister, Mcfarland. Page, White
and Speaker Baxter.
The session in the House Tuesday
was comparatively quiet, Mr.. Miller,
of Marshall, being elected speaker
pro TEN, in the absence Of Speaker
Leach, who was unable to be rres-
ent on account of a death in his
brothers family. The only spice to
the occasion was exhibited in the dis
cussion prior to sustaining the Cover
nor's veto to the House resolution ap-
pointing a committee to investigate
the charges made in regard to alleg-
ed "slush" fund. The authority of
the Governor to veto a house resolu-
ton was questioned. Speaker pro tenn.
Miller ruled that a veto would be rec
essary. The vote sustained the veto
by a large majority. The Governor
vetoed the resolution on the ground
that a sufficient amount of time did
not exist in which an investigation
could be made. Representative
Brown, of Campbell county, who in
troduced the resolution, stated he
would make a speech Wednesday
andor tho boad of narcopol