, 1879-07-05
MATT':BENNER.
What Business.Men Think Of His
Removal.
Tho Mayors Conduct Meets with Cen
eral Condemnation.

tlon on ludepcplcuce-Day, its pscnics, process
sion,, race., and other amusomcnt', tho chief
euolcct W "'ssuse.'' a'Iok ~ ~
Guy. sssssua5 ".s ". is 49,. ,t. .n",,so, H.,
hera rcremWory removal lroM hA pos"lon ~
order OF Mayor Harrtaon' Among business men
there wns much feeling with regard to this tnat-
.sI'J ~, rnahfo n,,,,,c .orvor, <rs. Al, ,rrong
Tnn Tn.nusE yesterday published a scrle. Of
interviews with leading insurance men, who. be-
itr snccIaI1y interested In the maintenance Of n
ss.T"Ss ~ 10y. "fs n,.ar "ns ~
"oskh'Rs ol tnat nsp"ttm."t u "atse' W
The merits Of the case. This morning there nre
nrcscntcd thu vtc.vs o5 A unfnhcr of uromtncnt
hn,rcs* ,ocn on1 ,,rre tnxuver,. which aro
s.n. ,,.ar 'ar =. @ .n,,,m. mn, ,in,, q si,, In
ossehT Gtscn' u tolto"st hH' "n'e'' IL Will W
seen, nre very nearly unanimous:
nopeHr LINCOLN.
u1t va. nrnncr.. tu,inc... ~ mid pot.r. Tin
co,n +. ~ mt ont ftc. md M nart nj hi. f,,tv
to 20 nrolnd and ask tto hfcnlen To taRo less
than the Council had appropriated for them.
lIc was right In declining to do It. II wcrc
Mayor removing psanet a,, l. . ono Of tho last
things Should to- sh'hk IL u great mis-
tako." .. ....
"Havo you heard nuch talk Oh the subject"
os 49,. .,,a,. m.".a. '.I ~ 80 v.r".,,t sha
cau.e assigned for removing him was no ca'lse
at a'''" JOHN oA s,.on7Anr.
.rho question is sinl lrlv." said John q. Short
! MI. "wlcthcr there has been insubortinatfon OF
not, because tho Mayor Is head ofat the Depart
tercst Of economy ought to he cl.ceded Ina proper
tptit by Tic persons to whom It is addressed.
Every ouo haa confidence In Bcnnor
within tho lno o. his duty. After
NJ. Harrison had given him certain fnstruc.
ons, aseuE 70 @ Inc ep reports. .nyor ~ Mas n,," Ssaf m
Dcnuer's 1aiY 70 ooey tlle1t o"GYcr muca no
t,e Connsi Committee TO usens1 w'' the,n en-
whether nc should naf any attention attention 10 tt1e
d 5i. duty. i le ia. ussn guilty ol insulord.
nnton, Mn lIartlson could tako no other co9rso
tnan ,., ane ohe ue nas .akcn. a sIilofe M ., ~,
.,, Mil' the comn!unltf sustain t's te.no'a!s
he community nss nss no. f.o aps on ,I. sas IN.
pulse to discuss th!nE from Q stanttpotnt
which Is hroad enough 70 taKe n tne Mhoie
field. but think Up soeer seeona thought oi
ae e1uuy ~ a a.nnn,,y .r ~ r. fortif Ii
hmscll II tic rcHoanslol': position "hch he
ho!da, oecausc NJ I1.,o. Harrlson pfaetl. 81
gai!y, snSe zaan aMe apoi,iion Tin no,art sae
ments Of Tho CITY aoysrnnsnt; ans ono 10
can easily sec, II sui'9r;linaio 's allowed to
discuss wth otlef Officials tle s1gnt or t.,o
wrong Of direction si,Gn nln ~ h's .i, sIpesoE,
ness oi inc service an sorsy LINN nennGr 11I. .e
gone, because tslsnk MN M extremely ellclcnt
man, hut frotn ine reports ! cannot @
sec now Mf. ints'son coulo n"vo
acted otlef"1sS. All. 1ia,s.hon 10 IN
'npuslse man, nut at GuIn ~ AsaHE ~ o.. " .,, ~
right ana pso9ota the best lnterests Of tto city
avery time, tlc Is largo property.omnes, anu
has as mich interest IN taxation nha eeonosny
tlon stccessiMi one iIoti ~ s;a""pon'6 u'a'
an Interested citizen could take"
Ex-aLp. srALp1sd.
II think It is ,,r,.or,uuate,' aaid Jesse spald-
Inn. "When WIS IN tic Council was OF ills
F}nanre t;omrnittec. md wo haI Bonner
before us; and malo personal ex.
animation of every cngtnc.hoilso In the
mcnt ao tboroughly ns,I know how. Everything
WA In good shape. / saw ,lotliut: In hts mln.i-
ornmcnt Which wns expensive ur unnecessary
F"ancq com'tsc ,9t a ss f ts
must @ important, @ MID il We could not gel within
d few Thousand dollars OF what We realty
Thought tlloss Depa,ttncnts ought 10 cxpcnl
up tic amount necessary to keep them in proper
shapc, Tint Has particularly true Of tha
FirrDepurtmcpt. | looked upon Benner
as q acknowledgement Marshal, familiar
with Ills duties, which fo tried to discharge to
Inc hest Of hlh abty; nll regarded our Fire
Department rs efllcent ~ any III tue soantry' 'i
Alter ! went out ul otllco ! saw AID: hsFR,
and had a talk With lm about l3enner. Hc lad
gone on with tue tdea tlat tl'er9 was sS.fava
examination, he sa!'' l,o was satisfied that Ben
ncr was psf1ceti{ noest aha "p''s"'' af'' aa-
" DO You think rs Eo.,d usnn as 1c can 10
accltrcd 10 d successors"
~ think there are Us good men, but 1t Will
be a long whilc 1etore ,, tile citv gets ose,"
"Do you thi,k he ditl right III neelect'nE to
lisc his influence 10 orlhs aponL the per ceat
rcslnct!nnl"
~ don't SEQ what he had to do With It. 1t