Omaha daily bee., 1893-05-17

some things happened which were not shown
by the books
Brad Cook, an employe In the land com
missioncr's Office. was called. The witness
was the keeper of the record Of the Board of
Purchase and Supplies.
Work In Humphreys once.
To show the amount Of business which the
board transacted, Mr.. Webster read the
record OF one of the meetings.
How often are the meetings held"
"Once every three months"
Have you charge of the records Of the
Board of Educational Lands and Funds, and
are the respondents the members!
Yes, sir"
How many meetings were held in 1897"
u don't know, but great many
MIR. Cook, are you the clerk of these
boards ~ asked MIR. Lambertson.
There is no clerk; / usually write up the
meetings, answered the witness; lit don't
take long TO dispose of the business of any
one meeting"
The work of the Board of Purchase and
supplies consists principally of letting the
contracts to the highest bidder does it
notl"
No, it don't" replied the witness, slightly
miffed
THE members of this board don't ask tor
vouchersl"
No, all the board has to do is to award
the contract; the clerk does the checking"
How many men are in the Office of COM
missioner Of public lands ana buildingsw
Ten, besides the commissioner and the
deputy"
That's all, remarked Mr.. Lambcrtson.
"No it's not" answered Mr. Webster "for
IL opens a new subject" "
With this he went into an inquiry of what
were the duties of the clerks.
How many hours daily do these clerks
workl' asked Mr. Lambertson as the wit
ness was leaving the chair
six hours each day, three in the morning
and three in the afternoon.
While Managing Railroads.
w. A Dilworth, secretary of the State
Board of Transportation, was called as an
other witness to show that the respondents
were three overworked men, Witness
thought that in August, 1891, the members
were meeting about twice each week. most
of which meetings were held for the purpose
OF getting the grain law in shape, but after
that the meetings were not so frequent,
though they were held at least once each
month.
81 will call your attention to meeting in
September, 1884," SAID MIR. Lambertson, "is
that the meeting when the board decided
not to increase the freight rate in the
state2"
"Yes, sir"
"Who wrote that reportl"
MIR johnson and myself"
ut is a matter of fact that the secretaries
do all of the workl'
1--WE make the findings, look up the evil
dence and make the report; they sit there to
hear that report and then decide the mat
ter"
What is the principal work of the board ?"
1--WE have not assumed jurisdiction of
rates, so you see that one question does not
bob up very often. The most of the work is
settling local disputes"
Mr.. Webster wanted to keep right on
showing that his clients were worked to
death, and with that end he read several
chapters from the record on the Board Of
State Printing. Going through the book he
found that five meetings were held during
April, 1891.
When the reading was completed Mr..
Lambertson suggested that Mr.. Allen was
the only one of the respondents who was a
member of that particular hoard.
Where They Take 1t Easy.
Nelson Mcdowell had the record of the
board of canvassers which was introduced
to show that the respondents were COM
PEELED to do a great deal of work in discharg-
ing the duties of that board.
This book" said MIR. Webster, addressing
the court. "shows how much detail the
respondents paid to the work"
'Who did the work." asked Mr. Lambert.
son.
81 did the figuring and the state officers
looked the figures over to see that they were
correct"
What is the clerical force of the office!'
'Three clerks"
On redirect examination by Mr.. Webster
Has not the work Of that office been in
creased during the past five yearsl".
"YeS sir, but | cannot say how much"
"You are not behind with your work. and
| you commence work at o'clock in the morn
| ing, work until noon, rest an hour and wor,
| three hours in the afternoon" asked Mr..
| Lambertson.
That's correct" answered the witness
| "Mr. Webster stated that he had had pre-
| pared a statement showing that during the
| past five years the duties of the board had
| been doubled, but that no provision had beer
made for additional help in any of the
Offices.
What the Baker Knew of the Flour.
Switching back to the asylum feature o1
the case, the respondents put j. j. Burrell
the baker, upon the stand.
| did the bulls come with the iour!" asked
Judge Hayward.
"Yes, sir"
Did you O. X the bills?"
Yes, sir"
| 'Did the -four always come with the bills p
"Ees, sir"
"Did you always see the -four unloaded9
| asked Mr. Lambertson.
"Yes, sir"
"You did not always check it,"
90 no; sometimes Lauer checked it some
times Davis boy and sometimes
| checked"
How long were you at the asylum'"
"Ffve years"
''Did they deliver the bills to you3"
"Yes, sir"
"What did you do with the bills9"
after the -four was unloaded and put into
| the -four bin / would count the sacks and
| then take the bill up to the Office"
The witness then entered into q genera
| denial, saying that he never went before the
| legislative committee, and swore that he re
turned bills without having checked the
sacks, Notwithstanding the fact that tn,
| printed testimony was read to him. He sale
that none of the questions were ever put t,
| him, and that he made none of the answer.
reported by the stenographer.
you thought these people with whom yo,
were dealing were all honestp
81 thought So"
"Did Lauer do some Of the checkng1"
| Yes; after he took IL away from me-"
did you ever notice any shortage!"
Yes, sir"
"What would you do them"
"Why, would make them bring you NOR
flour the next day, and then o. X. the frs
bill"
"Did that not leave shortage on the sec
ond load"
II don't know"
WAS flour ever put into the bin, befor
| you certified to the bill"
Yes; always; sometimes there was hou
in the bin, out ] most always knew hoy