Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-27
AGAINST SECRET SESSIONS.


A special meeting Of the Senate
committee on rules was held today
to consider Teller's resolution, Of
fered last spring, providing for the
consideration of nominations In open
or legislative sessions. On the ques-
ton: ''Shall the rules Of the Senate
be changed?'' there was q tie vote.
The Teller resolution did not meet
with the approval of any member OF
the committee. Aldrich and Black
burn, however, favor a modification
Of the present rules to the effect that
nominations be considere,i in open
session, unless the committee re-
porting them shall ask reconsider
alton in executive session, and n
statement Of the action Of the Sen
ate in such executive session be fur
nished for publication.
OKLAHOMA MILITARY OPERATIONS.
In response to the Senate resolu-
ton, the Secretary of War today
transmitted TO Congress the papers
relative TO the actions Of the mill
tary in Oklahoma. One interesting
feature is the charge against the
military OF undue and harsh exer-
else of authority. The officers in
charge reply that they found large
numbers OF lawless people and the
action taken by them was necessary
for the preservation Of peace. The
charges are said to have emanated
from discontentei gamblers and
Others, whom the military prevented
from causing trouble. AS to pre-
venting an election on September
2lst. it was done by request OF the
regularly.constituted officers OF the
city, and with a view TO preventing
serious trouble, which would Ger.
tainly have occurred. The call foi
an election was issued by discon-
tented and unruly citizens and con-
trary to the city charter.
General Schofield thinks, consid.
ering the delicate service required,
1t is a matter Of congratulation that
1t Was performed so well and with
so few mistakes.
CIVIL SERVICE INVESTIGATION.
The investigation into the charges
against the civil service commits.
sion was resumed today. Ex-Com-
missioner Oberly went over the
Campbell examination matter and
said he did not think Campbell.
ofense was such as to call for his
dismissal.
Miss Dabney, who first told Com.
missioner Oberly Of the papers, said
that when she went To Flynn fol
instructions he offered to sell for SIS
list Of questions which wouli he
asked, but she did not have the
money. She failed at the examina.
ton on account Of sickness, and
afterward, on n friends advice, told
Oberly of the offer made her. Later,
at Oberly's request she borrowed
the papefs Of Flynn.
Oberly here took the stand again
and showed that the papers obtained
Of Flynn were not secured by the
latter until after the examination.
Flynn was called and said he had
received the papers from a Mrs.
Smith. They were old anu Of no
Importance. Miss Dabney took
them away without his permission.
He declared her statement, that he
wanted to sell the papers, was false.
Campbell testified in the same
line as Lyma u and 0berly, but there
was q conflict in his testimony as to
whether he copied the papers before
or after Smith asked him for them.
The next charge was that Ed
mnnd ID. Bailey was promoted from
clerk 10 stenographer when the
commission had more competent
and deserving men. Commissioner
Lyman said Bailey was pramoted
because of seniority. The work,
also. wac not exclusively steno'
graphic,