Omaha daily bee., 1893-05-17
|PIKED THEIR BIGGEST Gun
|an of the Impeachment Managers to Upset
Pretty Defense,
HEORY OF ovERWoRK DEMOLISHED
records of the state Searched and a Tabu-
lated Statement Made showing the Re-
spondents to DO Less Than Did
Their Predecessors.

ram TO THE BEE The information is
kven out tonight that tomorrow morning
pon the opening Of the court the impeached
fiicials, Attorney General Hastings, Com
Missioner Humphrey and Secretary of State
y, Hen, will play their strongest cards by
|Joing upon the witness stand for the pur-
' bose OF showing that that they have been
iuder load too heavy for mortal man to
larry. They will attempt to show
hat while attending TO the
tiuties of their respective Offices
Xihcy have been overworked to
2such an extent that their lives have been
k5urdensome. In trying to do this they will
Spttempt to show that they have disbursed
omore money than any of their predecessors,
Rand that most of their time has been devoted
Ito the holding of board meetings. This has
been forestalled by the attorneys for the
3managers, who have had prepared tables
which show the clerk hire, amount of money
! expended on public buildings and the meet
Bings held during each biennial period since
& 01Si1, that those periods may be compared
with the past two years, which cover the
9term that the respondents have held their
d respective Offices. The showing is as fol-
xlows:
Work of the Boards.
4 B77-lS7S-Commissloncr one clerk and one
deputy; secretary of state, deputy and one
q clerk; treasurer ana deputy; attorney gem
eral, no clerk hire allowed; no public build
ings erected during this term, Number of
board meetings.: Public Lands and Buildings,
100; Educational Lands and Funds, SO; pur
chase and Supplies, 16;total 1877.
1871 -1SSO-Commmssioner deputy and one
rc clerk; secretary of state, deputy aud one
Y clerk; treasurer and deputy; attorney general,
no clerk hire lowed: expended In buildings,
sl3l,CO0 Number of board meetings: Public
La nds and Buildings, 9G; Educational Lands
} hnd Funds, ~; Purchase and Supplies, II;
Plin.ing, IL, ls; total, l67, ,..,
clerks; secretary OF state deputy and one
clerk; treasurer, deputy and one clerk;
6s no GST hire SumbeS
board meetings. Public Lands and Buildings,
2G; Educational Lands and Funds 80; pur-
chase and Supplies, Z; Printing, II; total, 147.
1SS observation-disclosures, deputy and three
clerks: secretary of state, deputy and one
torney general no clerk hire allowed; eX-
pended on buildings, 1857, $3.50, Number of
EdsratIonai Lands and Funds, 50; PulGhSso Ts, DS,
and, Supplies, 10; Printing 10; total ll5.
1855 iSs6-C Commissioners, deputy and five
clerks;' secretary of state, deputy and two
clerks; treasurer deputy and one clerk;
attorney General no clerk hire allowed;
Der OF board meetings: Public Lands and
,Buildings, 50: Educational Lands and Funds,
20; Purchase and Supplies, 10; Printing, II;
1887 s7-isss-conmissioncr, deputy and seven
cIcrks secretary Of state deputy and three
psnd6d on IN public bu|Ridiisss' |Rdi $asS. 900. Number
tngs l2o; Educational Lands and Funds 43;
pnrchase and Supplies. l6; Printing, y; State
1889 1890 commissioner, deputy and nine
Clerks; secretary of state deputy and three
orns amd and mS s M
pended ON public buildings, s257,o0O Number
6f bonrd meetings: Public Lands and Build
Purchase and supplies 10; Printing, 50;
Transportation, Sc; Banking, etc, 81; total,
Observation-Disclosures, deputy and nine
cierksi secretary of state, deputy and three
clerks CLERKS treasnrer deputy ana two clerks at
pended on public buildings, t27I 900. Number
Of board meetings; Public Lands ana Build
ings, 60; Educational Lands and Funds lS;
Purchase and Supplies, 10; state Board of
Transportation, As; Ranking, 40; total, ia.
Spoils Their Records.
BY comparing the foregoing tables it will
be seen that the Overworkcd theory must
tall to the ground as taking the years 1887
ings, and Si!W0O0 expended on public build
ings, nearly twice the number of board
\ meetings attended by the respondents. To
4 do this amount of business the work was
performed with reduced number of clerks
During the years 1883 and 1884. the pubic
expenditure amounted TO one-thrd more
than during the terms of Office held by the re-
spondents, while the Office force consisted of
! eight clerks and deputies. as against nine
q teen clerks and deputies under tho re-
spondents.
i While the tables show the comparative
q number of board meetings. an examination
] Of the records would show that eight or ten
gears ago the boards met and continued in
session for weeks, The same records would
also show that many of the meetings held by
I the respondents meant simply a calling TO.
gether to be followed Immediately by an ad
journment.
Their Littio Travel Was Free.
Another feature is that the visitors regis
ters disclose the astounding fact that none
OF the members visited the various state in
stitutions oftener than once each year The
books of the railroads over which the re-
spondents Travelled while absent upon their
many junkcts and pleasure outings will show
that, instead of fare being paid, each man
carried pass. which WAS honored on all
trains on the lines. Ia addition to this, the
records in the public offices of the state will
show that all of the men were away from
lincoln for weeks at time
Regarding the question Of overwork new
feature has arisen, for the state records show
that the officials We're not overworked For
some reason they and their subordinates put
In only five hours per day serving tho state
when they We're Ut home,
EPWoRTH LEAGUE CONVENTION.