Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-31


which It has slreaedy put through first
reading. ~ t
N,fsst Of Me..s&e.
The text - The, governors message fol-
lows: Y
In vieW Of the report Of certain commit
tees Who ~ this honorable body were
cent 70 examine tho condition OF many
buildings n the state 81 Nebraska, and by
reason Of the apparent lack Of business
uiethgds % eQnstrlctfnR sand repairing
said buiiein1s. j hava nQnclpded TO submit
Tor your consideration. n certain measure
which Is herewith attached and marked
Exhibit a" and made = part hereof
IL r. evident that there haH been n large
waste Of public funds in the construction
and repairing Of public buildings. and thai
unless some method is taken to che
these depredatiOns. the taxpayers Of the
state will. continue to be defrauded Tho
bill herewith attached Ia for the purposa
OF relieving this, situation and 7 hereby
request this measure to be introduced and
ton 70 she and that il NAV be- passed BY
both houses before adioumment The time
Ia short Tor the Introduction and passage
upon you the fact that th's matter should
receive your immediate and earnest atten-
ton because there could be no greater
service rendered BY the legislature than to
adopt a measure that Will prevent the
general defrauding and lack Of business
methods which has been going, on IN the
construction Of pubic buildings
waste OF PubIicf Money.
The waste Of public funds and the gen
eral mismanagefnent I'm such an institution
a. the new building at the Norfolk
thousand Ct5OO0O) dollars ftr the structure
OF a dormtory-eat the deaf and dumb
school at, Omaha. and then have said APP
preparation used for an auditorium, Is a
pra ctloe which certainly needs correction.
am. sending this message and this re
e csesa 'Ir vas deeplv Impresssd With the
report Of the several committees as TO the
mismanagement and lack Of business
methods In the expenditure Of public funds
generally In the construction Of public
buildings This possibly may pc no In
dlvidusiA Of officiafs fenls. but the system
productive Of a lack OF business methods
and general miscarriage Of appropria-
lions BY having a supervisor OF pubic
construction appointed as n the measure
provided then the state can through him
see 10 Il that material is put into state
iHildinRs that was contracted for and ne
es1 further see 10 il that the state gets
the kind OF a structure that 1t paws for
TO this end ! submit the bill hereto
attached and ask your immediate consld-
Grafton Of the same.
AIdpIch on basket Bail.
iThose who are interested in the Sunday
base ball viii took tor veto from Cover
nor Aldrich beUause Jt'ls Known that the
governor has serious objections to the
form in which the bill Is drawn. The gov
ernor let Il be understood that he woulc
have no objections to legallzng Sunday
hail playing in Communities where public
sentiment would demand II. but that he
would not consent 10 egalize Sunday base
ball generally. He IL said to have been
willing to approve a bin putting Sunday
baii playing in towns yof over 5000 in
habitants on the local option basis. so that
II could be permitted by enactment Of
ordinances by local authorities. Amend
ments to this effect were drawn and
offered but defeated through the personal
lobby work OF Chairman Byrnes OF the
democratic state committed and exon In
spector Arthur Mullen who had notion
that they could make political capital by
passing q bill Objectionable to the gov
ernor and meking him either back up or
veto It, Brynes and Mullen have consti-
tuted themselves the political guardians
OF the democratic majority even invading
the halls of the two houses in person to
zee shat their orders are carried out
Matrau. Bill - ADefeated.
The MAtrau board Of control bill for
nonpartisnn board TO manage all state
institutions excepting educational affairs
was defeated in the house this morning. 1t
received a vote Of "a, to 40. but required so
votes 70 pass THE leaves the house to
choose between the Priheebill which It has
passed. Rnd, the pecls pin, which has
PASSED the kenate The dfipce,, bIll makes
the5 bpard elective and Ihe seileek' bill
leaves,she method Of selecting unembets 70
the next lesisiatUye, s. the bills cannot be
put into effect until constitutional amend
ment is passed by the people,
Eager and MetHaer Quarrel.
The trouble between the wet and dry
members of the Lancaster delegation came
dangerously near to blows this morning.
When Eager's bills amending the Lincoln
charter to allow large wet element Of
transient foreigners TO vote came up, Metz
ger, a wet democrat voted against him
Mockett dry republican Who has been
fighting the bill, saw Eager protest
ing to Metzger,l and hurried over to