Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-07
WHAT THEY WILL DO NEXT
Plans Of the Ex-Impeached for the Future
Briefly Outlined,
JUDGE MAXWELL MUST BE TURNED DOWN
'irst Thing Decided on-How the End
Reached Was Attained-Fiy in Their
Ointment-ChnrlieM Mosher's Scheme
to Save Himself Money.

BEE Now that the strain is relaxed jaws
Are beginning to wag very freely and some
III the "inside" facts are beginning to leak
but from the camp of the railroad-peniten-
siary -statehouse combine, and some very
interesting features are beginning TO be
| disclosed. For instance, who is there who
lid not suppose that Judge NJ L. Hayward
of Nebraska City was retained by Humphrey
70 defend him because ne was a friend Of
INthe impeached commissioner of lands and
buildings and had been in his confidence for
some timc1 But such was not the fact, and
ii is now alleged that Humphrey and Hay
,Syard were total strangers until the rail
roads had made up their pool, hired their
lawyers and assigned Hayward to this part
! of the defense, and they knew nothing about
each other until that time. AS is well
known, Hayward has been the recognized
attorney of the b. 81 NJ at Nebraska City
for years.
1t is stated that John l.. Webster of
Omaha was spilled 5000 In advance of talk
ing up the trial of the case and that the
4 money was paid out of a pot raised by con-
tributions from each road in the state.
4 The activity of the railroads in behalf of
the impeached members of the State Board
! of Transportation did not end here, but
Captain Ed Murfin, attorney for the respond
ents as well as for the Elkhorn at Superior,
was thrown bodily into the field, and to him
was assigned the work of hustling up wit
nesses. and coaching them on points where
,he evidence for the defense was lacking.
Where the Dorgans Came In.
John Dorgan and his notorious brother
Bill are said to have chipped in very liber
ally, and their contribution went toward the
payment of Joseph r. Webster and that
efforts in behalf of tho respondents were
designed to also pave the way for the acquit-
tai of the indicted pententiary boss
IL transpired that when the Legislature
twas in session, and it came time to present
figures showing the amount that would be
required to complete the cell house, IN order
that tho sum might be placed in the ap-
preparation bill, Dorgan called to his assis-
Ytance the services of Sidney Smith, an
Omaha architect who was sent down here
n while before to serve a term for forgery,
and from him secured an estimate of what
would be necessary. 1t is stated that
| Smith was subsequently called on again,
Just about the time the impeachment trial
came on, TO prepare figures of the proper
cost of the cell house, and that his instruc-
ions were to arrange them as to call for the
expenditure of almost If not quite all of the
100000 appropriated for that purpose by the
legislature of 1891.
Value OF Convict Labor.
1t is positively asserted that architects
called by the defense relied largely in their
testimony on this stock of figures, the COM
! pilation of which has occupied the greater
part of Smiths time since he has been in
the penitentiary. 1t is supposed that under
DCrgan's direction the estimate for the COM
pletion of the cell house was sufficiently
large to make that worthy whole on his con-
tribution to the fund for the defense of the
| political soiled doves Smiths time will be
up in few months, and it is significant
fact that he proposes to continue in Dor
gan's employ even after that time.
1t has leaked out during the last few days
that it was never the intention of the la
mented and lately departed Mr.. Mosher
Qamented because other peoples money
departed with him) to pay out the cold cash
for the eighty cells that his contract re-
quired him to place in the new cell house,
but that there was story in connection
with the expenditure of that $500 on the
prison iunketing trip that neither he nor any
of the members of the party folt called upon
to place before the public. 1t was very
pretty little scheme that was evolved in the
perniciously active brain that transacted its
daily business in MIR. Mosher's noggin, and
what he intended to do with the help of the
friendly Board of Public Lands and Bald
ings was simply this-get those cells built
without having to pay for them himself, and
at the same time make the people of the
state think that the money came out of his
hen plethoric pocket.
Substance of the Scheme.
There are to be 800 cells IN the new eel
iouse, and Mosher figured that if he could
manipulate the thing properly, with the con
livance of the board he could get a jail
anilding firm to so arrange its bid for the 24i
,ells that the state would have to put in thai
she other eighty would be put IN for him al
.he same time and the firm would be salts
5ied with what the state would pay, in con
l,ideration of his having secured the cont tract
for them. In other words, he expected tc
work it so that the state in paying for the
240 cells would also pay for the eighty fol
which he was required by his contract tc
settle.
All this he hoped to do with the help O
the men whose actions in playing into his
hands in pursuance of this plan the majority
OF the supreme court has said to be perfectly
legitimate, but "injudicious" and "unwlse. ;
The trip was taken with this end in view
and it is stated on direct authority that two
of the Jail building firms before whom the
proposition was laid agreed to the terms Sc
forth, and promised that If the contract wa!
awarded to them they would do their utmos
TO assist the prison contractor and his oficia
confederates in giving the state the hot enc
of the poker.
Saw Breakers Ahead.
The only reason the plan was not carrie,
out was because the precious quartet say
breakers ahead at the very beginning of tn
winter session of the lawmakers. Almos
the first thing that was done was to star
the investigation of tho Board of Publ
Lands and buildings In connection with tn
building of the cell house. and they did no
dare to go ahead with their scheme. Thi
is the reason that the work has been at
BtanuStlll IOr SeNeral months, ana tne &C
house is still barren of even the suspicion Q
q cell.
Some of the mathematicians of the capita
city are trying to figure out just what tn
decision of the court means; whether IL
that Il $40 600 cell house can be built for $50
600, or whether it takes $4,000 to build
10000 cell house. This is the only point o
which any doubt is expressed, as the leg
imacy of $500 junlSets and diversions of put
lie money for mending Dorgans walls an
resetting his boilers have been clearly an
everlastingly established.
Ed Carnes and Dick Noryal occupy iron
seats In the van of conquering heroes an
are both suffering with aggravated cases @
Rosewaterphobia, Their malady is nc
particularly noticeable, however, as it is S
prevalent in certain quarters just now. Th
suggestion was heard that it would be
good idea to run Judge Hayward for I'll
vacancy that will occur on the suprem
bench this fall, and 1t was immediately ei
dorsed BY the trio, whose regulations hay
emerged white as mud from an immersion i
supreme court ink.
Anything TO Beat Maxwell.
From this time on, IL will be ''anything
beat MAXWELL but 1t must be understoo
that all of the opposition will be strictly c