Luce Vetoes It

Gov. Luce luis vetoedthe University Appropriation blll. lio sought to evad the voto by tuggestinjr a compromis e, bat tbis apt was a t'ailtiro. und left him but ono cour-e to purauo. In his voto n;csnf; lie says: 'I liere ar many provisions of the biU uiii h il wonld hnvB attor.led me p'ea u.o to approve; yet nflor a faitliful consideration othors were found whch seemed to me ought not to reeeive the eiooutive sanction and the mesoage sent to the le;'.islai are on the second Instant was sent wlth tlio sincere hoi;e that the bUl might I' reOailed and such amendinenti made as would oommend themselves to the leg:Blature. the exeoutive, the universitv and the d ment of the peo, Ie. B:t as (hu lesshit ire li is not omp led wlth my rjspcciful iv nest I cannot bot obey thnt other provisión of the onstitution whi h rt .u res the execitive to return to tlio ture su li i i 1 s a he Oannot approva t ! i . i nata e and ask a recon ideiation at your hands. The (tover nor disclaims any purpose of embarrasaiiiK tho nniver.ity, ani glves ] three reasons for the veto: frirst. It is uniu-t to burilen the taxpajor-i of our -tate to e:u ate foreign I student and with inadequate returns in tuit ion trom them. It is unfair that Michigan with its 701 student shall pay approximately $ 11,000 during the next twoyears. and that 71 foreign stulenis si, n 1 receivo eiiual advantgo ther and pay only about $7O,O(iO. Lamls froin which the university interest f und is derived Lolonged to na as our portion npon a divUToa of the same amollar Ihe .-tate-, and no eiti;enof anotht rt te has any more right t its li! netits without recompent "lian to a n y other tax ra i ed for otb r purposes. All of the lirst-elas-; col'eges of tho eastern states ranking with and even below the university have found from 1 ng experi eme that' they can and do charge atuiiion to foreign s'tudeuts many t.m s laiver than the unlvrsity does and were the same provi-ion incorpora ted Into the ! veroity biil, that the lrgislature, wisely in my opinión, atta-hed to the ngricultural col e,e bil), re juiring foreign t to pay such tuiticra a would comp ... .lio sta'te for extra expense incu red in their aeoommod ition, thenl believe the nmount approprlated by this bill might havo been matenally lossened. t-ejond: lam unchanged in my opinión that a greater part of the 175,000 asked for the pui pose of un experimental and chemical laboratory !houidbe eleminated from the bUl. ïhat additionsand oh mgesshould b nrde in the laloratory privileges is un ((iiestioned. but 1 am tho. ou ;h!y convinced that such additi'insas are serio. isly needed can be nearly, or quit.1. met by the funds received trom the lnoreaso In tuition of forei.'n sti denta above si'gpre ted, and from the inereased one twentieth mili tax wlnch will aild $tX,C0'JtO formar receipts from thissource during tho next two years. 'Jhird. '1 he university has riten to its present high po i ion with mach less appropriation than is provldsd in tliis bill and with no material cliange in the naml,er of students. 1 find that ilmiiiK tho last two bieunial jieriods there was rallad by general tax ition lor the support of the university. excludmg the university interest fund, tbe iollowiiig amounts: In 1 155, 900; in 188S 6, faOi'.EOO; white if this bill becoraes a law it v. ill bo neoessary to raise by taxation for euch purposes tho sum of $.9,11(1(4 for the next two yoars. neHeving that the permanent proeperlty of the university will bs enlian ed by a material rednctlOB in the appropriatiou provided in tlie bill and that it will increase tho confldenre of the peop'e whose Institution It is, in its wise. prudent, economical mtnagement, 1 dohereby re-pectfuliv return t'.ie game for your cousideraïhe university committee of the senate arp preparing au answerto the governor's arguments, andconfidently expeut to pass the bil! over his veto. In the house the prospecta are not so good. A part of thn report is devoted to the question of foreien students, the verv i)uetiou upon which tho jiovernor souglit to make a point. The report overfhrows the i governor in a concluslve way by stating I the f acts: "iiuriiniui:-ies lead us to lelieve I that far less, than might at first thougat be suppo-ed, could be sa ed in expeii es, even it the lees were so raise l as to prevent all non resident stu!ents lrom oming. In the professional schooU where instruction is given mainly by lectures the miditionil expense inc irred by the presence of nonresi.lent stmlent-i in alditou to the Michigan students ilittloor nothinj;- It costs no more to secure lucturers to'.OO stiuli nts than to 21 0, when. ns is Ihe case. the leoture roomi arealradvproided. In the liteiary departinent. and in ome of the laboratorios, espeeially the chomicl, there i; ná lilional ex1)euse because aiditional instructors an I assistants are nejded wl;en the number of students is increased. ilut even then t!ie additional expense is far le-s than tho receijits from the fe s of non-residen' students. If we should send nway every non-resident student, we siiould still ne d j rofessors In every departinent of iustru tion, unless indetd, wo are to change en'j'fcly the chara-.ter of the institution, which we believe no onedesireto do. To teach the 41t Mi higan students in ttie literary departments we -hould need the wiiole oí the present teaching force with perhaps the exception of four or five inBtructors. In the chemical laboratory we might disponse with four nts. The instructora receive $WJ each iind the chemical assislants from $ 03 to $;5l ia':h. The savin would then be ns io'.owï on what we believe to be a liberal estímate: Five inotructors, each ?9. 0 ,.,... ( 0 Four a sistants, atay20 1,0) Total Í5C03 "The expense of heating and lichting the buildings would not la reduced. Un the most extravagant allowance, we do njt think thegiviug coud be more than Si. 0'. Cali it f 0 üou and still the ?a--t remains that the fes of the non resident studonts exceed this sum by 125,9 0. In short, f.ccepting tiie fac.t that we are lo edúcate our Michigan students as we;l as we do now, the non resident studeuts are realiy a source of prolit and not of ex pense. "It must te remembered that many wo t'-ru institution are chargins smaller fees than our university does. anJ lome of them oï good standing furnish instruction gratuitously. 'ihe e.istern coleges re[erred to In me message 1 a e scholarsbips and varicui other funds which furnish gr.:tuito:is tiducaiiou to needy Btudeutï. uhe pre ident of liarvard coiiege pin.ni.-ly (innouii es in rirculars and otnorwise, that uu du.servinx student ueed avoid c ming to that college 1T want of funds, because they shall bo furuisiied Sim." The senate lias pasBed the "graveyard insurance' bill. The section contaming tho age tlause was the only scct.on tliat caused mm-h discussion. The bil' nakes C.i yenrs the limit of the insurable age. The biil aa it fin illy passed the senate is in a condition rather more satisfactory to thefriends of snf insurance thnn it was whou it left the hou e. The bill "to p'-rify e'ections" bas passed in committee of the house. Tl.e bul prescrii es tha', ticliot for state oflicers shall ba printed white and furnishod at the oxpen e of the stat. They are to have upon i them the name ol every porton nan.ea by ] any poütical party or convention fora state otlk-e. togethur with hls politics and the otlico lor which he is a candi. lato. The name is to be furnished to the secretary ate at lea t thirty tlays befure the electini, accompaniedby a fee of not inore than $5). Ked tickets aro to be furnished at the e-q en e of tha eounty, each caudidate to be assessed not more than tlO, to ]ay for the nrintiag. Blue tickets are for city. township or village ofllcors. to be furuUhed at the public expense bj the city or tuwnsliip clerk, each a miníate to pay not to excoed $f for pruting. Tho ti k. t are printed in b'.ocks and are to be suppli -il to tlievoterssingly at tbey apply for them. 'i'he namei oL all c mdidat 'S, thelr LOlitict and the oilice thi-y ro runnins; for belng i rinted uiion the tic ots there is notbing for tbo voter to do butto plek out hit men and mark a cross o;ipo site to eadi name. Por thia pui-pose he goe into a barrioade or compartment icket is marked opon the back by the Initlaloftbe in pactor who furni Jwd it, umi in cate the votar cannot raad he n to ii.ar:; the crosso opposite the name tlio voter selects. 'üicse are the n.ain pomts of the bill. There is a provisión that no elections aro to le he!d in sa oons. The governor hatapproTed the bUl appropi i tin money for additional build-ng fmprovemanta and general rep iirs at tho rison. ïhe senate enmmittee on the university hn i:i.tde a report showing the income of that in tiiution from students' fees. It is intended as a roply to th - governor's a;;e and demoliónos the special jileai set up by the executive in his veto of tho appropnation bill. The oleomnrgarine bill has pessed the houe finally and now goes to the overnor. This is "ihe bili that restrh ts tho trade in bogu-i buttur by c-oinpellinj; sigus to b put up wLere it is used. The house has agre, d to a resolution for final adjuuriimcnt June 18. A strong efFort was made to tix t.c' dat:: a week later, liut the motion wa-i ttefeated. The goeror ha 6gne4 tfce marringe license bill, and ti. mamase bsis-s in tU.s stato is now mado steel ciad.