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Show HEAD OF STATE STRIKE GUARD Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Forced to Take Job LINCOLN, Neb.. A ujf 12 The un-, UFual situation of the acting head of a commonwealth working ns ;i railroad rail-road strike guard at u dally wags of $5 exists in Nebraska it became known BW today Lieutenant Governor Pel ham Borrows, Bor-rows, who during thq absence in Colorado Col-orado of Governor Samuel R McKel-le, McKel-le, has been th chief executive of Db the state. Is at irev. nl In the employ of the Chicago Burlington and Qulncy rallroadi according t Thomas Smith. special .lpent of the road. .x Lleutens.nl Obyernor, Barrows, under the law. serves without pay. His duties as presiding officer of the legislative leg-islative assembly entitle him to a salary sal-ary of $1200 for each biennial session ses-sion Barrows returnsd here late Friday from Alliance, shers he had 'piloted" .i crew of non-union workers. He refused re-fused to comment upon holding employment em-ployment with the railroad while being be-ing lieutenant governor He told a representative of The Associated Press, however, that ho had prepared illr his resignation as an employe of the railroad If Governor McKelVle thought ill it advisable, but that the governor f'l j did not object to Barrows being employed em-ployed by th- Burlington Ha then withdrew his resignation, he said. ;'!'! Barrows Is a former national com- mandet in chief of the Sons of Vex. cruns, having been succeeded In that office two years ago by Congressman . Clifford Ireland of Illinois SAYS HE'S BROKE. BarrowH was defeated at the July primary for Republican nomination" a? congressman from thl district, ' "I had to take this work," said Bar- irows In a later statement ;onlght. 'I could not get work elsewhere, and I and m wife were down and out, "We had 'i 10 In Hi" b n . and I had $1 60 In my pocket xxlth net toother to-other cent In the wo. Id." "Being lleut. nunt governor has honor, but no remuneration; and wo must live. CAN'T DH Y PAY. 1 I hope 1 shall be allowed to earn ijl'J an honest living at any work 1 can do 'without having it appear I am neglecting neglect-ing my duties as lieutenant governor." Barrows is at present actfltg gov-ll gov-ll j'S emor and has been sine early this ! !;' : week, when Governor McKHvie went .to Denver. Colo., Where ha addressed the Republican state convention It ,- not known when Governor McKelVle KM exnects to return. According to Barrows, he obtained ';! an opinion from the iittorncv general : several months ago In whloh that 0 ! ficial declared that the lieutenant governor gov-ernor attains all the powers of Governor Gov-ernor whenever th' executive leaves the state. Barrows dei Urea, however, how-ever, that actually the work of the governor's office la I irrled -n through the secretary of state, who does not consult tli- ii nt.-nant governor. Under the constitution the lieutenant lieuten-ant goernor, is, When a ting as gov i rnor to receive the "emoluments of that office." but because an appropriation appropri-ation bill which would have provided for this was rejected by the last legislature, leg-islature, there are no funds available to meet BarrowaV claim of $lS0o salary sal-ary for serving as chief executive, he 'j said |