Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-12
Announces His Opposition to Plan
of Segregation.
SOUTH OMAHA CHARTER SIGNED
Message of Veto Given Out and Then
Withdrawn.
Wo TANNER BILLS KILLED
urc for Double Printing Of Constt-
tutionHI Amendments objected
To ny Executive.



LINCOLN. ApriI n Especial Telegram)
Governor Aldrich has signed the sppro-
priaton bin for the medical school At
omaha and vetoed nine measures, including
tho bin drawn 10 provide the state with n
uniform system OF accounting.
The message explanatory Of his hosita-
ton in signing the Omaha appropriation
bill was as follows:
Il reluctantly signed II. r. 5SS, which
provides Tor the laboratory and equipment
Of a medical department OF the State uni
versty in the city of Omaha I am op-
posed to segregating the different depart
ments OF the state university and locating
them here and there over the state / be-
lleve the university should be built up In
one place in the state.
But the policy which the measure in
But the policy which this measure In
augurates is the deliberate Judgment and
action Of the Legislature The measure was
thoroughly considered and passed and I'm a
matter Of this kind, ! don't believe II
within the province OF the executive to
interpose a veto, because that would sim
ply be putting my Judgment up against the
viii of the legislature, in a matter OF
public policy, which rarely should be done"
While Governor Aldrlch was working
how grateful South Omahans would feel
to him for signing their charter amend
ment bill, S. f. 9s the telephone and tele-
graph were carrying the news over the
state and to South Omaha particularly, OF
his veto of that measure following the
handing out by one of the governors clerks
Of a well prepared message on that very
bill. The mistake was occasioned by the
governor himself, first and foremost. also
by his private secretary, l.. b. Fuller, and
the clerk who gave the veto declaration TO
the press. one had known Of the veto as
at first prepared and tn echango OF the
executive mind. but had neglected TO de-
stroy the records after the governor had
attached his name to the Tanner measure
Another knew o fthe veto. hut not of the
subsequent signing OF the bill while Gov
ernor Aldrich himself knew, OF course,
of both the signing and the Veto but had
forgotten to order the message kept out
of the records.
Governor Explains.
In speaking of the mistake, Governol
Aldrich declared that he guessed 1t
wouldn't make much difference anyway
only the South Omaha people, or some OF
them at least, might have pleasant sur.
prise II they came to" after hearing tn,
first reports. ~ had prepared a veto on
this BILL as a fact but when the com
mission form of government bill, Senate
File No S16 came down to my desk,
looked II over pretty thoroughly and de.
cided to put quetus on It without fur
ther adieu. Then II struck me that II woulc
be good thing to go over the charter
bill once more and see II that couldn'
be worthier than l thought at first. The
result was that / signed the bill"
And" continued the state executive, 81
thought that the Ad club commission meas
ure, which | signed a few days ago woul,
be ultimately adopted by South Omaha
anyway and that I'm view of that fact
they wouldn't have long to run under tn
tharter form, thought it would do SOM
good to give the bill my official senctlon
Two Tanner Bills Get Axe.
Senate file Sl6 is Tanners bill for a spe
cial form Of government for South Omahi
called commission form. This also Is oh
jected to because 1t restricts the right o
petition 70 free holders and forms, accord
ing to the governor, special class OF prop
erty owning citizens with special priv
ileges. He declares also that the measur,
is unnecessary since the general commits
sion form of government bill has beef
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