Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-10
House and Senate Agree to Changes
in General Maintenance Appro-
pristion Bill.
c COMPROMISE AT LAST ARRANGED
New Steel Grandstand Fund Cut to
Fifteen Thousand
PARTY PLEDGES FORGOTTEN
Many Members ofBoth Houses Not
Proud of Record.
GOOD ROADS REFORMS FAIL
Democratic Majority Successful in
NppropriRtinR sums Of Money
which WIN Total var More
Than Expected.
pARTY PLEDGES TORGOTTENl
GOOD ROADS REFORMS FAIL
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LINCOLN. April ESPECIAL )ZThe Thir-
ty.secnnd Nebraska legislature vii lremain
In session until some time Monday. By
that time all the bills which have been
going through the engrossing process viii
have been signed in the presence OF the
houses and ready to so to the governor
The big appropriation bnl for general main
tenancc which was the bone of contention
all day Saturday and most Of the night
was finally reported out OF the conference
committee 'rhe house and senate agreed
to the changes in Il this morning. The
compromise was between the agricultural
men who wanted money for the state fair
and the university men who wanted s3Oo0OO
10 rthe State university.
The 100000 for the fair grounds, which
was to have been expended for a new steel
grandstand, was cut to $4,000. which viii
be used for general repairs, and the uni
versty fund to $4,000 The money for the
university will be divided equally between
the agricultural school and the city cam
/ pus. An item Of $4,000 for the Beatrice
! Institute for Feeble Minded which was put
into the bill by the senate at the urging OF
| Senator Jansen, was the only large amount
cut from the bill, AS the bills were finally
passed the total appropriation for the
maintenance OF all state institutions except
! ing the university was s2.GS43l0 a slightly
smaller amount than was expected when
the members were in the midst Of adding
items to it ad libitum.
Party Pledges FOrROttenF
! Members of both houses assert the legis-
lature which is Just drawing 10 a close has
not distinguished itself by the closeness
with which it has adhered TO party
! pledges.
The nonpartsan board Of control was
saved at the last moment by a surgical
operation, which grated upon a republican
bin which had passed the substance OF a
democratic bill BY Mstrau ON Madison.
! RespportiOnment after much protest from
1 republicans was finally accomplished in a
fairly satisfactory manner. "a judicial re-
apportionment bill awaits the governors :
signature.
! BY the help and votes Of republicans and
over the protests Of most OF the regular
democrats very conservative initiative
and referendum law went through, The
author of 1t declares that It is the most
unprogressve bill in existence as a state
law anywhere in the country, but II the
republicans had tried to insist on a bill
that really fulfilled the democratic plat
form pledges they would probably have
failed
Good Roads Reforms Fail.
Good roads legislation started out with
a flourish, a special committee and fine
| chances of success and real accomplish
ment, but the fear OF breaking up county
! political machines or something else kept
legislators from passing bills which the
committees recommended None Of the
widespread and progressive reforms which
would have taken the highways out OF
the control OF small community politics
I and put them on sound business basis
were passed.
The democratic promise TO the south
western part Of the state for a new agr-
cultural school has been fulfilled
Home rule for cities over 5000 and
! biennial elections have been arranged for
| The democratic majority has appropriate
sums OF money which have not yet been
totalled but which win be enormously
larger than was expected In the matter
! OF nonpartlsan judiciary it passed a
bill which the governor vetoed. Promi-
nent democratic politicians admitted after
the thing was disposed OF that the gov
| ernor had done only what was reasonable