Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-10
QUARREllNG OVER RULES
Lady Managers of the Home for the Friend
less Complain.
llNcoLNS CHIEF OF POLICE SUSPENDED
Cooper violates tho Explicit Instructions
of the Mayor and Is Immediately
Brought Up with a sharp
Jerk.

The newspapers wnlCn nave prlntcu Vhe
various phases OF the controversy which is
now pending between the members of the
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
ana the lady managers of the Home Tor the
Friendless in this city have either willfully
misstated some of the facts In the case or
else they are guilty of inexcusable neglect
in not cndeavoring to ascertain the truth OF
the statements given out from time to time
by the members of the board. The Board OF
Public Lands and Buildings has at no time
made any rules for the government Of the
Home for the Friendless. Some time ago
that board did request Governor Crounse
to appoin, n superintendent of the home.
He declined to do so on the grounds
that it was not within his official
prerogative to take such action. Then the
members OF the Board of Public Lands and
Buildings drew up the rules now in contro-
yersy, but. instead of stating that they were
adopted by the Board Of Public Lands and
Buildings, it was stated in the rules that
they were adopted at the instance of the
Board of Purchase and Supplies. Tho latter
board is given no authority, either direct or
implied, over the Home for the triendless,
or, for that matter, over any OF the state
institutions. But the members of the board
had a point to gain in making 1t appear that
the rules were promulgated by the Board OF
Purchase and Supplies. The governor Is
e~x.oficio chairman of that board and as
such would have to sign the rules, which
were made for the especial benefit OF the
Board of Public Lands and Buildings. Gov
crnor Crounsc did sign the rules.
The points to the controversy now pending
are simple and may easily be adjusted, Inc
rules are merely copies of rules That nave
been In vogue at the home for n number OF
years. There are two important exceptions.
One is rule eight, which directs that all
funds received by the home shall be turned
Sptn thn gtnfn trpn stir with the nNrnntlnn
of the funds raised by the auxiliary
societies. The home is constantly in receipt
of gifts. donations, legacies and small con-
tributions. Every visitor is given the
opportunity to make n voluntary contribu-
tion. These contributions are devoted to
the purchase Of groceries for the use
Of the home. without them the home
would be unable to run, as the state
appropriation would not be sufficient to run
the institution. If this money is placed in
the hands of the state treasurer 1t can only
be drawn out upon an appropriation by the
legislature. To observe the rule would
simply embarass the managers in the work
of maintaining the institution.
The other disputed point is over the rule
which gives the Board of Public Lands and
Buildings power to reinstate discharged en-
ployes il it sees fit to do so. The managers
Of the home claim that this rule will seriously
embarass them in maintaining discipline In
the institution.
Lincoln's Postomce Fight.
The fight for the Lincoln postofice, which
has been carried on at Washington for so
many months, has finally affected some OF
the bellicose democrats of this city, and to-
day they jumped actively into the melee.
The news that Huff was likely to be the sue
cessful candidate has aroused the friends of
the other applicants to action. A number OF
protests against Huf's appointment were
telegraphed to Washington today, and sew
eral kilograms were also sent to Secretary
Morton, asking him to ~intefere to prevent
the defeat of WhltmOrp. Several of the in
terested parties in Lincoln will go TO Wash
ingtou in haste to try their hands at the sit
uation and they te~legraphed a request that
the whole matter be hung up pending their
arrival.
Each Received a Year.
Judge Tibbetts stopped the regular daily
grind in his court today long enough to sen
tence two convicted prisoners to the state
penitentiary. One was young Frank Hoover
who was convicted of grand larceny a few
weeks ago. He has been in the county jai
awaiting sentence for some time, and has
amused his fellow prisoners and furnished
many items for the press by his eccentri,
antics. He has tried to commit suicide OF
several occasions, always adopting precau
tionary measures to prevent rigor mortu!
from actually taking place. For the pas
three weeks he has labored under the i'm
preston that he was deaf and dumb and hai
carried on conversation entirely with Il slate
II was only when provoked into wrath b!
some his fellow prisoners that he permitted
himself to be betrayed into speech. He wa.
sent to the penitentiary for one year.
The other man to receive a sentence wa
Fred Osborne, n young man 10 years old
with IA tiamboyant head of hair and n NOR
fiamboyant record. Last fall he robbed
travelling man who happened to be taking
bath in the Young Mems Christian associa
tion rooms. He was sent to the reform
school at kearney for two years.
Suspended the Chiot of Police.
The people of Lincoln were considerable
RnrpflSnl this morning IN learn that An Vn
Weir had temporarily suspended Chief o
Police Cooper for disobcdience of orders
Some weeks ago the mayor instructed tn
chief that hereafter no police officer woul
be permitted to leave the city on detectiv
work without the consent of the mayor
Yesterday Officer Pound was cent 10 BeatrIc
by the chief To arrest a man suspected @
being implicated in the robbery OF Maye
Bros. store at Waverly. Last evening tn
mayor heard of the matter, and withou
more ado he sat down and penned the ordo
suspending the chief from duty pending a
investigation by the excise board, which wi
meet next Monday for the purpose. Capital
Ireland is acting as chief of police a
intorim.
His Mother Paid His Fine.
A young fellow who is certainly old enoug
and big enough 10 earn an honest living, wa
arrested last night on the charge of petit
larceny nj the instance Of Il. L. Kimball VIII
charged him with having stolen a shotgu
and q number of other articles. This morI
ing when brought before the police Judge h
gave his name as Tom Donahue. He pleado
guilty 10 the charge and offered to show til
officers the place whore he had concealo
the most Of the stolen property. The sho
gun had already been recovered. His age
mother sat in police court and walted for u
opportunity TO pay the fellows fine, III
afternoon Judge Waters fined HIM $40 an
costs and his mother, who is known TO be
destitute circumstances, raised the none
and prevented her son from gong to jail.
Arrested "a Suspicious Character.
A man claiming to be a travelling ma
registered at Hotel Lincoln last night an
was Immediately identified by the clerk as
man who has been extensively advertise
by hotel proprietors all over the countr,
from New York to San Francisco, as q m
torious hotel beat, Not wishing TO maxi
any mistake the clerk assigned the man TO
room and hunted up u picture that had bee
received some time previously. The man
face and the picture corresponded to a stril
ing degree and he also answered the desert
tion perfectly. This morning he was r
quested TO pay his bill and he did so. Il
then proceeded to get intoxicated an
finally became so boisterous that Onic,
Shee OF the city police force was compellt
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