The morning call., 1893-06-11
Session of Veterans Home
Directors.
NEW SECRETARY ELECTED.
A Hot Fight Made on the Expense
Accounts of the Investiga-
tion Committee.

Ialtn1uly, anu tn2t thousands OF dollars
had passed through his hands without the
loss of a dollar: that he had found the
burden of the Office too much for one man,
and he desired to retire. He would not
serve longer, ever for $1,000 per month.
mouth. Action upon the resignation was
laid over until ter in the evening.
1t was called to the attention of the
board that no record had been made in the
minutes of November 90 showing the al
l0wance of bill for 5000 which had been
paid Upon motion the correction was
made. This is the 5000 that ex-Command-
ant Merriman had been charged with. but
which the treasurer finds upon investiga-
tion to have been embezzIed by Royce.
Director Samuel Deal also wanted the
minutes of that meeting corrected so as to
show who employed the Chinese that the
directors had such hard time in getting
rid of. The directors who attended the
meeting denied that they had ordered the
employment of the Chinese. Hot words
were passed back and forth in Mr.. Deals
effort to get them on record, but he did not
succeed. 1t was finally agreed that Royce
had been guilty In employing the Mongo-
liam.
Chairman Stevens reported that because
Of the failure of Secretary Rockwell to
notify the commandant requisiton had
not been received for the new uniforms.
Under the head of new business Direc-
tor HYDE moved that the resignation of
Secretary Rock well be accepted, to take
effect July /.
Secretary Rockwell arose and said that
1t might take him little longer to settle
up the affairs of his office. He sat down
quickly when informed by Director Ste
vens that he objected to any remarks from
the secretary.
General Hart offered as an amendment
that the resignation be accepted. to take
effect July Is.
Secretary Rockwell then stated that if
he staid any longer than he desired to stay
he would stay on his own terms and not at
the present salary.
Director Hyde called upon him TO say
just what he did want. and in reply Rock
we'll said that the position of secretary was
a secondary position and he had been made
to do lore work than he should. He
agreed upon July 10 and that date was
accepted by the board.
Before the vote was taken. however,
Director Stevens stated that he objected
to having any secretary swinging a club
over the heads of the directors. That
Rockwell had run the board for years. and
until recently he had been doing all the
buying of supplies. That if he had at
tended to the business belonging to his
Office he would not have been sobusy.
A vigorous effort was made to postpone
the election of a new secretary. Director
Ruddick leading the fight for delay. He
said he did not want any more snap judg-
ments taken like there had been in the
selection of commandant.
Mr.. Hyde contended that it was not
new matter because they all knew that
Rockwell had written his resignation
week ago.
1t was decided to proceed with an cleo
tion and the following candidates were
placed in nomination: J. A. Whitamore,
C. K. King, w. P. Parnell. James B.
Hughes. w. A. Andrews. j. C. Bolles, W.
w. Ayers and j. j. Scoville.
Two ballots were taken, the second re-
sulting in the selection of J. j. Scoville,
who received six out of the ten votes cast.
Secretary Rockwell received one vote.
and he announced that he had not been
candidate and did not want to be united
as such. Hyde at once asked to have his
vote changed from Rockwell to Scovlle,
but could not convince the other. directors
that he had voted for Rockwell.
General Hart moved to pay the new see
retary $50 for the month commencing
June 10 and ending July 10, in order that
he might become familiar with his new
duties. He said he wanted the books in
shape so that If called upon by Grand
Jury or the Governor they could tell how
things stood: that the expert. Mr.. Pattee,
had charged them about $500 to expert the
books. and cannot tell now how the books
stand. At one time the books showed a
cash balance OF $4,000. and at the same
time they were negotiating for a $1,000
loan.
Directors Hyde and Stevens objected to
the last statement made by Mr.. Hart, the
latter saying that if it was true then Sec
retary Rockwell had lied to the hoard.
Secretary Rockwell shouted out that he
would not permit such charge TO be
made, and for second it looked very
much like there would be an exhibition of
the Corbett order.
The motion was finally amended to make
and so adopted. The new secretary will
must give bond of $4,000.
There was long and loud howl when
the bills of the investigating committee
were read. They were as follows: STEM
ographer. $3.50 80; Expert Pattee, SAG 6S;
clerk, $l33 IS; Maloney for inspecting
buildings. S52 80. Total, S7S3 81.
Mr.. Hart presented a protest in the most
vigorous terms. He said he opposed pay
ing Mr.. Pattee because he did not know
what he had done to earn the money. He
! had never submitted a statement showing
the condition of the books. Hart further
declared that the statement made by Ma
loney before the committee concerning the
buildings was false, and that if Maloney
ever swore to such a statement he would
prosecute him for perjury.
Other directors stated that they would
not pay the bills In their present condition.
The treasurer announced that the present
indebtedness was $4,000 and only $40 in
the treasury. The bills were finally dis
posed of by referring them to the auditing
committee for future report.
During the evening it was stated that the
investigating committee intends submit
ting its report to the Governor and not to
the association, in the event of which ac-
tion several Of the directors stated that
they would not vote to pay its expenses.
MANY CPEDITOp MOIIpN