Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13
MAKING ROOM FOR FRIENDS
Management at the Lincoln Asylum
D iscbarges Valuable Employees,
REFORM MEASURES FAIL TO REFORM
Change of Superintendents Does Not
Improve the Condition of Affairs
mt the Institution-story
About Bulbs.


LINCOLN, June II Special )-slnce the
announcement Of the change of superintend'
ents at the Lincoln asylum things have run
quite as smoothly as the sham retormers
could wish The friction started, OF course
because DR. Abbott concluded that Conn
had been quietly undermining him for some
time Just before Dr. Abbott was to leave
the institution there was a banquet IN mis-
honor given by the employees, and in the
course OF which DR.. Abbott made talk. lie
referred several times to the treachery OF
lago, and in speaking OF the past history ot
the ASYLUM said IT was a matter of record
that DR.. Hay did not get charge OF the
asylum by undermining his superior One
of the employees who took part in the ban
ouet describes the doctors speech as being
full of bitterness and scorn toward his false
friend and says that during the references
to Iago Dr. Coffin sat there and blinked
his eyes like a toad in thunder storm
Soon after the banquet there was some
trouble over the plants and bulbs in the
conservatory that the state pays out money
to MAINTAIN. Coffin intimated that Abbott
was looting the conservatory, while Abbotts
partisans claimed that the only plants that
were being removed were some choice ones
that Mrs Abbott had put in there from her
private stock some time previoue.
In spite Of Cofiin's anxiety to protect the
conservatory from looters. he did not hesi-
tate to draw on the flower garden for the
benefit of his own friends. One day during
the same week that the TRADE was raised
about Abbott arrangements were made by
Coffin to send s1me choice bulbs to relatives
and friends at North Loup. They were to
be taken from the conservatory, but so
,,ch Ja1a n1
veyance arrived at the train too late and
the North Loup friends had gone. 1t is
supposed the package was then sent by eX-
press and that North Loup has some rare
samples cf bulbs produced at the expense Of
the state.
The trouble at the institution goes right
on since the departure of Dr. Abbott and Is
not confined to the flower business by any
means. DR.. Coffin has started in to clean
out the democratic employees in order to
make room for populist friends. Saturday
one of the most valuable employees in the
institution was let out and the place given
to populist hailing from the Loup country.
Other changes are expected during the
month. In the meantime the employees who
were loyal to DR.. Abbott do not hesitate to
express their very small opinion Of the new
Superintendent and some Of them say that
II political revolution is necessary to get
rid OF this stripe of populist offceholders
they are ready to vote the republican ticket
at the first opportunity.
Delegates to Trust Conference.
Governor Poynter this afternoon appointed
six delegates to the National Conference on
Combinations and Trusts to be held in Chi
cago from September 13 to 16. This con-
ference has been called by the Civic Fed
Grafton OF Chicago for the same purpose as
In1 Inv
OF Texas. The latter, however, will be re-
stricted to the states in the transmississippi
region while the one held at Chicago will
include. IL possible, every state in the union.
The transmississippi conference will be held
at st. Louis, beginning September 20, and
continuing until September &C. Governor
Poynter and Attorney General Smyth will
attend both meetings but the delegates ap-
pointed today only the one at Chicago. The
state is allowed a representation of seven
delegates and those appointed are Congress
man r. d. Sutherland of Nelson, Senator
Allen of Madison. w. J. Bryan of this city
f. Rosewater and DR.. H. Nipple of Omaha
Lorenzo Crounse of Calhoun and F. T. Ran
som of Omaha
The date of the Chicago meeting has beer
recently changed so as not to conflict with
the conference at st. Louis, as nearly al
of the governors and attorney generals II
the west have expressed a willingness tc
attend both. Governor Poynter is enthusi
astic over the project to put down what hi
calls the giant octopus"
Governor Poynter received the following
letter today in reply to one sent the Wa
department several weeks ago concerning
the transportation of the bodies of any mem
bers OF the First regiment who die en- rout'
to this country:
WASHINGTON, June s.-Hon. W. A
Poynter, Governor, Lncoln-Sir: The sec
retary of war desires me to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter Of the 18th o.
May in which you request that in the even
of any death transport of any member
OF the First Nebraska volunteers returning
TO the United States from Manila that suit
able provision be made for the transporta
tion of the body, to the end that the sam,
may be forwarded to the friends and rela
tives of the deceased on the arrival OF thu
ship in the United States. and in reply Il
inform you that instructtsns have beer
given to the proper officials of the quarter
masters department at San Francisco ant
at Manila to provide each outgoing steame
with a sufficient number of caskets for list
In case of deaths on board and to preven