Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-01
ENFORCES FOUR YEAR RULE
Poynter Puts Reese in as jenkins Successor
at Norfolk.
HE FOLLOWS PRECEDENT OF HoLCoNE
Appointments, which Was Held Up for
Some Time, Goes-Twelve omcers
of Univcrsity Cadets Receive
Commissions.

Hdue Dy governor fOynteT SINCE tuo hloe
OF the year MIR. Reese will succeed C. d.
jenkins as steward Of the State Asylum for
the Insane at Norfolk July 1. This ap-
pointment was held up for some time on ac-
count Of there being strong influence brought
TO bear on the chief executive for other ap-
plicants, most OF whom were populists. Mr.
Reese is strong democrat and has served
numerous democratic central committees.
He is at present state central committeeman
from Madison county.
In connection with this office, the four
year-rule' promulgated by Governor Poyn-
ter was enforced. Mr. Jenkins was ap-
pointed steward of the Norfolk asylum four
years ago by Governor Holcomb. Under the
rule made by Governor Poynter all em-
poyes OF state institutions who have been
in Office four years or more are supposed to
step down and out thereby making room for
other favorites. In some instances the rule
has been enforced and in others it has not.
Commissions for Cadets.
Commissions for twelve officers OF the
University Cadets have been made out in the
governors Office and next week they Will
be presented to the students when they grad
uate. To the young and ambitious cadet
officers these commissions appear almost as
valuable as the diplomas. They are printed
on heavy parchment paper with the coat Of
arms of the state, the governors official
seal and signed by Governor Poynter Secre-
tary of State Porter, Adjutant General Barry
and Charles Weeks, commandant and in
structor Of military science at the State
university. The intention OF the law in pro-
viding for military training at the State uni
versity is to supply the state militia with
officers who have experience and military
training under a regular army officer. Until
last year the various cadet officers who held
these commissions supposed that in the
event of war they would be called upon to
enter the service, but this privilege was not
taken advantage of by the governor, who
even ignored them and refused to allow them
to go into the volunteer regiments as off,
GERS as provided for in the commissions.
The cadets who will receive commissions
this year are as follows:
Captains John D. Hastie, Joel Stebbins
Otis G. Whipple, Orlo Brown, John T. Sum-
ner; First Leutenants Joseph F. Boomer,
Edgar H. Clark Earl McCreery, Charles H.
Won Mansfelde, Charles E. Doran; Second
Lieutenants G. A. Benedict and A. Hansen.
On the commission the word militia"
stands out most prominently, being in large
engraved letters under the inscription
william A. Poynter, governor of the state
Of Nebraska; to whom all these presents
shalf come, greeting" The commission
reads as follows:
Know ye that whereas. ........ Of. hav-
ing graduated and holding the office of
.....,. university cadets. and said appoint
ment having been duly certified as required
by law, now, therefore l, William A. Poyn-
ter, governor of the state of Nebraska and
commanders chief Of the militia thereof
in the name and by the authority Of the peo-
pie of said state, do commission said. .......
retired officer OF cadets, to said Office with
the rank of.......to date from the. 500.
day of......A. D. 1899. He is therefore,
when called into service under this COM
mission. carefully and diligently to discharge
the duties of said Office by doing and per-
forming all manner of things thereunto te-
longing and he Is to obey the commander in
chief and his superior of GERS, and do
strictly require all officers al s1'diers under
his command to be obeI sat t: his orders
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused to be affixed The great
seal of the state Of Nebraska done at Lin
coin this. day of...... in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine and Of the ndep sndence of the
United States the hundred and twenty third.
hartley Bondsmen Cnse.
Judge Frost this afternoon decided to al
low the bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer
BARLEY another hearing on their petition
for an injunction restraining the attorney
general, governor and other state officers
from prosecuting them until after the liza
bility of the Omaha National bank for a por.
tion OF the shortage of the ex treasurer is
tition was made several weeks ago and
Monday Judge Frost refused to grant the
injunction, vacating his temporary restrain
ing order.
When the adverse decision was rendered
the attorneys for the bondsmen immediately
- filed objections with motion for rehear.
ing, citing eight alleged errors. At the
time Judge Frost expressed his willingness.
TO have the case argued again before tn,
entire bench IL the other judges agreed
The motion was to have been argued this
afternoon, but the court decided to gran
another hearing without argument bein,
made. The order of the court refusing t
grant the injunction and vacating the TEN
porary restraining order was revoked
The now rests in much complicate,
condition There Is some doubt as t,
whether a restraining order once dissolved
can be enforced again before being arguet
In court. This is precisely what the dstric
court has sought to do, but the attorne,
general stated this afternoon that the sui
against the bondsmen in Omaha could b
commenced, the restraining order havin
been once vacated. The case in the dlsric
court here will not be argued again unit
Saturday and 1t Is doubtful II 1t can b
reached by that time In addition to tn
petition for Injunction another obstacl
stands in the way of the prosecution. TIL
case of the state against the bondsmen i
OmaHd Is bHleTeu III Juust IOWel 5 uOCht
and even II the attorney general Is per
mitted to go ahead with his 1t
hardly probable that 1t would be calle
10 trial during the present term of cour
during which nearly all of the time /
Judge Powells court will be devoted to tn
election case. The attorney general state
this afternoon that an attempt would b
made TO transfer the case to another docke
intimating that he might begin the prosecu
tion at once.
The motion OF Auditor Cornell for ne
trial OF the case wherein the court foun
that l.. ]. Abbott was entitled to the sum
81, 900 in addition to his regular salary fc
services as superintendent of the Stat
Asylum for the Insane near this city, wa
argued in the district court this afternoon
Ex-Governor Silas A. Holcomb appeared
behalf of the auditor, contending that III
courts conclusions of fact were not az
cording to law, and that an error had bee
made in refusing to admit the engrossed bi
to prove that the intention of the legisl;
ture was TO pay the superintendent OF tt
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