Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-23
UNIVERSITY PLANS
STILL UNSETTLED
Chairman Taylor Inclined to Insist
Upon Action and Committee
Halts.
NORTON HAS A PROPOSAL

CFrom staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Feb. 2-(Special) lit ts
likely that the squabble OF last week over
the apportionment of appropriations
called for by Chairman Taylor OF the
university committee will be continued
again this week. II being understood
that Mr.. Taylor will insist on a certain
program which will he resisted by the
other members OF the committee.
Representative Reisner today offered a
motion 20 reconsider the action OF the
house Thursday when It refused to in
sttruct the committee. The motion was
not voted upon. but was laid over to give
the members OF the committee one more
opportunity to get together and agree on
some program. II they can agree the
motion will probably not be killed. but
II the committee still agrees to disagree
Il is probable the matter will DO fought
out on the floor aud in the event of the
defeat OF Mr.. Taylor a second time he
will probably resign from the committee.
TayIor's Program.
"A The program which Mr.. Taylor has In
mind IL as follows:
A motion to reconsider the action OF
the house last Friday when IL refused TO
instruct his committee demanding from
the regents an itimized statement show
ing expenditures for the state farm and
college OF agriculture separate from the
rest OF the university.
A motion instructing the Taylor commits
tee to itimize and segrigate appropriations
as between the university college of agri-
culture and the school OF agriculture AT
Curtis and also for each Of the four nor-
A proposal to make this motion a spe-
cial order of bsiness for Tuesday
morning.
In the meantime the special committee
TO have a meeting and determine whether
il would adopt the plan OF itimiEed segri-
gate appropriation or not.
In case the committee should adopt
Taylors idea lnstructlng the committee TO
In case the special committee and house
refuses to call for specific appropriations,
Mr.. Taylor expected TO present his writ
ten resignation and ask instructions what
chairman
Effort for Agreement.
During the forenoon. Chairman Norton
of the finance committee made efforts Ia
secure an agreement among the members
of the special committee on university
and normal schools, based principally on
Taylor's idea OF itemizing and segragat-
ing appropriations. Up to the time the
uOust NOhNtHth hAttihbbh hN nav
failed in this object. During the noon
hour Mr.. Norton submitted TO the meb-
bers of the committee the following pro-
posed agreement;
We, the members OF the committee on
appropriations for the University OF Ne
braska. normal schools and allied activi-
ties. hereby assert that we favor the
following plans In furtherinR the work
for which we were appointed:
H. IL
Board of Regents 10 furnish this com
mittee, or any member thereof, with such
reasonable information as the committed
or any member thereof may request; and
a complete, final summarized report OF
the findings. which are to be submitted
to the house of representatives.
?. The three-fourths-mill levy extern
sion fund shall be made as provided for
by the vote of the people
3, All other appropriations recon-
mended shall be made specifically in
dollars and cents.
T. A specific appropriation shall be
made for that portion OF the University