Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Senate Attaches House Amendments
to Own Measure.
MORE CRITICISM FOR ARCHITECTS
Construction at School for Deaf at
Omaha Brings Censure.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Both HOusrs Ohviates Necessity ~
Governors siEuature-sennte
stiIl for Reciprocity.
lFrom q SO correspondent.l

LINCOLN, March 2l.-CSpecIall--Ciovp
nor Aldrich In spite Of the speech about
the Cow with two tails" 10 which no
compared Nebraska. with two agricultural
colleges. today signed the Eastnas bill r.
r. 2 giving the State Board of Public
lands and Buildings the right 70 choose
a site for a new agricultural institution
which shall have an appropriation Of
500 COO
The board is generally understood 20
be disposed 20 locate the school at Hold
reEe. which is well into the southwest part
Of the state, although opponents Of the
bill have argued that 1t is In a farming
region very similar 10 that at Lincoln and
not at all in the dry farming part OF the
state. that is said TO need it's own school.
Granting OF the appropriation was a
democratic platform pledge put in the plat
form by Ex-Governor Shallenberger and
it has been actively supported by him
More Criticism OF BuiIdinEs.
The manner IN which state buildings
have been constructed and the competency
OF. the State Board Of Public Lands and
Buildings and the state architect was ques-
toned again in the house when the com
mittees on lands and buildings made its
report The document. which was expected
yesterday. made the same accusations Of
unnecessary delay and poor planning that
have been made BY the asylum committee
and the similar committee Of the senate
The School for the Deaf az Omaha comes
in for a large share of the fault finding
Fifty thousond dollars was appropriated
for this building in 1909, and II Is not yet
finished 1t was originally designed as
dormitory. but has been converted into an
auditorium, and the dormitory facilities are
very unsatisfactory,
The administration Of superintendent
Manuel Of the Kearney Industrial school
was criticised severely by the lands and
buildings committee but the other
syiums" COMMITTEES. which handed in a
report later in the afternoon, found that
he has beer judiciously expending his
funds and managing the institution in a
satisfactory and competent manner.
The COMMITTEES on publc lands demands
an explanation from the state Board OF
Public Works Of hte policy Of paying for
a building before IL Is finished. This is
said to have taken place in the case Of
new building at the Norfolk asylum.
Commission Form Considered.
The biz for a commission form Of gov
ernment, introduced By Banning OF Cass.
was taken up in the senate this afternoon
and the amendments made 10 the house
bill by the house agreed to In important
particulars The bill was not disposed OF,
however, and the committee OF the whole
will consider it again tomorrow. The bill
is the same as the Metzger bill in the
house and is the one supported by the
omaha Ad club. Senator skiles has an
other commission form OF government bill
and for that reason has offered some op-
position to this bill, but ii will probably
20 through the senate at the last hearing
without much trouble. Banning seems to
have the solid republican vote lined up
for it. together with Oils, Lee. BodinHon
and his own vote from the democrats.
Sci ator Reagan Of Douglas tried TO get
consideration Of IL postponed, but was
voted down.
Bill Governor Need Not SiEn.
Contrary to an opinion which seems to
be generally shared by members Of both
houses and other interested politicians, the
initiative and referendum BILL 5. +. /, now
agreed to by both houses. is not awaiting
the signature Of the governor The gov
ernor's signature is not necessary TO the
bill and as It stands now It is ready 70 be
submitted TO the people for ratification at
the general state election Of 1919. The gov
ernor's name is not a part OF the proce-
dure in getting the constitution amended
and his opposition or approval could be
only advisory to any such action by the
legislature.
At the Brya banquet, two speakers, one a
United States senator. referred 10 the bill
as awaiting the signature Of 'repub-
Ilcan governor as II the republican gov
ernor were being forced into approval.
Governor Aldnch may sign the bill II he
wishes to. merely to signify his sympathy
with the principle. but that win not be