Omaha daily bee., 1886-06-29
COUNCIL BLUFFS NEW MAYOR.
Mr.. ]. F. Evans Concludes to Accept and
Duly Files His Bonds,
READY TO 'RAH ON THE FOURTH.
The Teachers Associ ation's Opening
Session-Playful Children Burn a
Barn - More Home Reading
More Paving to be Let.
READY TO RAH ON THE FOURTH.
Tint Home Renort.

The board of trustees of the Home for
the Friendlcss association begin to get at
some understanding with each other as
to what they meant by their report 1t
has been claimed that the report pub
lishcd il the BEE, and to which the names
OF the trustees was attached was changed
by Mr.. Randall, the secretary of the
board. 1t appears that not only the see.
rotary but the president of the board
were responsible for what changes were
made. Mr.. Robcy has published a
lengthy card explaining how the change
was made. The only point on which the
board seemed to have disagreed was as
to whether they should give Mr.. Lemen a
letter of recommendation, and if so, how
strong letter it should be- The last
clause of the report is the only one in
controversy. MIR. Robcy says the clause
originally read:
That we recognize in the continuous eff
forts of Mr., l.emen in this work a spirit Of
self-sacrfce and noble manhood and our
| action in this matter must not he construed
as a reflection upon Mr.. Lcmen. Further,
| we affirm that any and u ii matters that have
| tranSpired should not and cannot detrimcnt-
| ally effect Mr.. Lemen in any sphere in life.
Rev. Mr.. Robcy then explains how the
change was made py him and the secre-
tary, Rev. Mr.. Randall, together, and
that it was not Mr. Randal's s work alone
But Individually | was not satisfied
with our delvarance upon that point 1t
| did not express the sentiment of the
| board as a whole. The language was
| stronger than was necessary. | knew
| further that such apiling up of adicctvcs
would disgust rather than commend with
| the sober, thinking, while we would only
| subject ourselves to the adage of white
| washing" etc. So toward evening
| suggested to Mr.. Randall that there
| should have been some modification of
| that clause. He agreed with me, but we
were now left alone, and no action was
| proposed in the matter only that | ex-
| pressed desire that the report be
| held until some further conference and
agreement. But Mr.. Randall thought
that the report should go to the public
| Immediately, and | said no more.
started home; but the conviction grew
| upon me that that article should be mod
| flied. l returned, found Mr.. Randall in
| the printing office, giving the report to
| the papers. | called him out and told
| him again that | was unwilling that the
report should be published in that torn.
| thought nothing at the time but of
holding the report for further conference
|
seemed anxious to publish without delay,
and recalling the fact that all had agreed
to the condensing of that paragraph and
also that the verbal structure of the entire
report had been left almost entirely
with us, | proposed that we make
such change as would express in fewer
words and more moderate language our
| estimate of Mr.. Lemen's work. Mr.. Ran
dali then suggested the following:
We recognize the fact that Mr. Lemen has
| made an earnest and consecrated effort for
the good of humanity, for which he should
| have due credit
l remarked: "That will satisfy me,n
and yet to the last protested | was un-
| willing to have the report published at
| all until better matured. However, on
| parting with Mr.. Randall | said, "Do as
| you like about publishing, | will say no
| more"
What followed is we'll known. The re-
| port was given to the BEE with the last
article, as Mr.. Randall and i had agreed
upon, except that some words were
omitted, and one word, the last, changed
| The Mueller music company received
last Saturday the first invoice of holiday
goods. Twenty large cases containing
nothing but china limb dolls.
Stenographer and typewriter. q. Mum