Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-07
McKelve Would Ban
Sentences Of Death

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raise funds to loan World war vet
Grams to buy homes.
Suggests legalization of boxing.
Recommends enactment of entire
ly new law governing sale of securi-
ties in state and providing punish
ment for frauds.
Make it mandatory for sale or
transfer of bank stock to be ap-
proved by directors and made mat
ter of record.
Give Department of Trade and
Commerce power 1o discharge bank
officials wlA persistently violate
banking laws after their attention
has been called to violation.
Raps Children's Code.
Sits down on enthusiastic pro-
gram of children's code commi issioii
and while lauding spirit of its ef-
forts, implores it not to block leg
islation with armloads of bills and
points out that by directing effort
to building up of proper home at
mosphere the best safeguard of child
welfare is being established.
REFUSES to recommend establish
r1ent of industrial court with arbi--
trary power to govern capital and
labor disputes and fix wages.
These are only few Of the many
public subjects on which the COVER
nor made comment in his message.
There is a total of IS public prob
lens of greater or less Importance
on which he either commented or
proposed new laws or changes IN
existing statutes.
The governor declared that his
specific recommendations are based
upon his observation OF public af-
fairs during his two years tenure
of Office and upon a series of con-
ferences with people of all classes
and cults IN the last few weeks
Reflects Peoples Desire.
"Thus." he said. Il am enabled to
reflect to you in these recommends
tons the general desires of the peo-
pie Of the state regarding legisia-
tion."
Taxation. he pointed out, is the
most important subject to be con-
sidered during the present session.
He declared that Nebraska tax laws
have, long been obsolete in their
operation.
"Now," he said, under the amend
ed constitution the way to adequate.
administration and wise revision OF
the tax laws is open. ! would not
recommend, however. the entire re-
vision at this session.
In commenting on his. recommen-
dation to force large foreign cor
porations to pay on gross receipts
derived from state, the governor
said:. .---.4., ,..' -.,
Large foreign corporations have
been getting by on the payment OF
small tax, in some instances as
low as S."
Slaps yellow Sheets"
Governor McKelvie placed a part
of the blame for criticism OF the
parole law at the feet Of alleged
sensational newspapers and slaps
back at them by proposing a law
providing penalty for anyone speak
ing or writing falsehood concern
ing public officers in administering
law.
The imposing of determinate OF
indeterminate sentence would be
placed in the hands of the trial
nudge, if the governors recommends
tions arc followed.
"The general disapproval of the
parole of prisoners has moved me
at times to recommend the entire
repeal of the indeterminate sentence
law" he said, but l cannot satisfy
my conscience to pursue such a
course"
The demands of world war vete-
! rams are responsible for two prece-
dent breaking recommendations by
Govrnor McKelvieNhe proposal to
seh school lands and suggesting tha,
boxing be made legal.
Loans to Ex- -Yanks.
at has been our custom in the
past to provide, homesteads for ex-
service men," the governor said
but now relatively little such land
exists and it devolves upon us to pro-
vide some other means FOR procure
ment of these homesteads.
7 bslisYs it il practical to paael