Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-19
help IN AUDITORS OFFICE
How Mr.. Cornell's Force Has Absorbed the
Salary Appropriation.
PATRIOTS WHO NEVER MISS A PAY DAY
a. AbIe-Hodied Politicians who Are on
f the Rolls in Various Capacities
show the Real Work They
Are Expected to DO.

LINCOLN, Nov. 1S.-(Special.) )-When the
next legislature comes to the question of
appropriations for the maintenance OF the
state Offices some very interesting matter
Will be found in the records regarding all
the departments, but especially will the
salary items in the auditors Office demand
attention. For salaries alone in this office
the last legislature made a total appropria-
tion OF $4,000. There was also an item OF
800 provided for extra help During the
last twenty-five months the salaries have
all been drawn as regularly as clockwork,
every officer and employe coming up for
pay eight days before the end of each
month. The only exception in this is Sam
Lfchty who declines to draw his voucher
until the end OF the month. UP to date the
present attaches Of the auditors Office have
drawn out OF the treasury $2S,S33.33. and
they are this week getting vouchers ready
FOR further draw OF $l,0S333, being the
salary claims for the month Of November.
Now while 1t Is apparent that the audi
tors office has been treated with exceeding
liberality, and that the large amount of
money drawn from the treasury makes a
large increase In the circulating medium Of
Richardson and Lancaster counties the pub
lie will be surprised to learn how indus
triousy the extra help" item has been at
tt.Cheu Up lneTc nave Deen uTdWn
from this fund the following sums: F. r.
Cornell, $25: s. Schenck, S24 90; Fred Jew
ell. $217.50; c. w. LATER, 50. so; ]. NJ. Koer-
bel. 10; total. s4sO.7O. Besides this
there Is an item Of 50. 80 taken from the
extra help" fund to pay for renovating
eome carpets. The books are not explicit
as to whether the carpets were those be-
longing In the Office. or whether some rela-
tive of the auditor drew the money. Dur
ing his term of Office Deputy Auditor Pool
has taken extra pay to the amount of SEQ,
being from the fund allowed for the compil-
ing Of abstracts for the general land once.
How They Earn Their Money.
These salary payments and extra pay"
grabs are all the more interesting when it
is remembered that the auditor turned a
majority Of his official force into the cam
paign for about two months of this year. as
we'll as last year. and that they went starring
over the state telling OF the glorious features
OF reform. and drawing Large and en-
thusiastic houses" at every point. Price.
the bond clerk, carried his teachings into
every part Of the state; Whitaker, the as
sistant bookkeeper, devoted his energies to
the carrying OF the First congressional dis
trict; Gilchrist the examiner, took special
charge OF the campaign in Otoe county,
where he was the fusion chairman; Ever
ingham, the insurance clerk. looked after
Douglas county; Fred Jewell, the expert
extra pay" man, and now chief b9okkeeper
directed the literary bureau after the de-
sertion Of Mart Howe, and paid particular
attention TO the political affairs Of Platte
county while he rested; the other examiners
of insurance, banks and county treasurers,
looked after detail work in precincts where
IL
nimself carried reform into the enemy's
country everywhere. The office stenographer
remained in the office to fold documents and
write circular letters ana the real workSof
the auditors Office was performed by Sam
Liohty and Deputy Pool. They were aided
on the books by j. NJ. Koerbel, who must
have been bookkeeper. bond clerk, insurance
clerk, expert and. all sorts OF examiners
during the campaign, as he got little as
sistance. from the regular force aside from
Lichty and Pool. who had SO much Of the
ofacial labors piled on their shoulders that
they had little time to help anyone else 1t
Is significant that Koerbel drew his pay
from the extra help fund, and II he got
any money from the clerks who were out
campaigning. 1t is not noted on the books
1t will naturally occur to the members
Of the legislature that an Office that can be
taken care ofsby two men and an extra
helper" for two or three months Of the
year does not need an immense ONCE force
drawing $4,000 per annum from the public
treasury. The other state departments will
be found to be in comparatively the same
condition, except that none Of them had so
many statesmen to inject into the campaign
as could be furnished by the auditor.
bouquets for the First.
In a letter received by Governor Holcomb
from Major John NJ. Stotsenburg of the
First Nebraska regiment, now stationed at
Manila, dated October 5, the following ex-
cerpt is taken: I'm regard 10 the health
OF the regiment will simply gay that 1t is
in as good heath, In as fine military con-
iition OF efficiency and discipline as any reg.
iment here. Yes, I may say that 1t is su-
perior to any, In my estimation. Moreover,
the First Nebraska's services have been up-
cxcelled by any organization In this expedi-
tion. 1t is as good a regiment as any regi,
ment that ever left the United States. We
may not have gained as much newspaper