Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-23
EIGHTEEN TEMPORARYPOLICE
Baldwin -BrOatch Board Falls Shsrt on
Promise to Appoint Thirty.
MANY APPLICANTS ARE DISAPPOINTED
Selections Are Made I'm Secret Session
and AppOintees Are Called Into
star Chamber One at
n Time.

When the Board Of Fire and Police Com
missioners got together last evening the
large audience room used for the formal
functions of that body was crowded with
eager and expectant candidates for the
thirty positions on the Ak-sar-Ben tenn
porary police force, which had been pro-
vided for in the resolution adopted by the
board at its afternoon meeting OF last week
About fifty new applications had been MED
within the week and a number OF those
who had previously made application TOT
positions on the regular force had ex-
pressed a willingness to accept appointment
for this brief season while awaiting some
thing better. Nearly all of these canol-
dates were present in person and there was
plainly apparent a feeling on the part OF
number OF them that they had particular
claims TO preferment and intended to urge
those claims to the utmost. They pressed
forward in a determined manner to the
rail which divides the private enclosure
from the public portion Of the room ana
beset the clerk with numerous questions
and messages to be delivered to the diher-
| ent members Of the board.
The members arrived all together ana
| Immediately retired into the private once
to consider the applications In executive
| session. After an hour had been thus con-
sumed the clerk, who had not been al
| mitted to the secret conference, was nahoeu
| a list of the favored ones who were 10 De
| admitted. one at a time, to the presence
| of the hoard Each OF these men as ms
| name was called entered the mysterious
inner chamber and almost Immediately
came forth smilingly to make room for the
next in order. Only three or four OF those
whose names were on the list failed to
respond to roll call.
Brief Public Exhibition.
After the entire list had been called the
board came out into the main room for It's
public exhibition, which lasted only about
twenty minutes. Throughout this portion
OF its sitting the board showed great team
! work. and in that respect decided improve
ment over previous meetings, when 1t has
been necessary to hold secret conferences
in the course OF the public ceremony.
The board adopted a long resolution
which. after setting forth the necessity for
additional men for police duty PROVIDED
that, whereas, the Board OF Governors OF
the Ak-Sar- Ben had agreed to pay for saio
men, the following persons be appointed
temporary patrolmen, without any rlgh'
to claim pay against the city Of Omaha
the length of service to be determined By
the chief of police, and TO be at all une'
subject to orders Of the chief OF police
George Hurst, George H. Jones, q. w
Barnes. C. B. Davis. James M. Maekin
John Cusick, A. C. Taylor. ]. N. Mccoy
w. W. Hurd, Thomas F. Boyle, Oscar Wood
f. ]. Fitch, Josiah Thomas, s. ID, Jolly
A. T. slgwart, John o'Neil, stephen u
Bryant After another secret conferene
Fritz Bloemer was added to the list max
ing eighteen in all
il Commissioner Thomas showed some lac
Of rehearsal when the application OF w. Il
Shoop for leave Of absence OF thirty day
without pay was presented in the publ
proceedings, and entered an objection
the document was laid over until the secon
: executive session, and was finally granted
= In the case Of Police ohicer Anton Ind'
4 who was accused OF having failed to repoI
A for quarantine a case Of smallpox whie
4 existed in his family, the board announce
s the decision that the ofhcer should be su'
I pended without pay for the period OF eigi
I weeks, dating from the time Of his susper
- sion. July 20, which will permit the r.
s tnstatement Of linda within a day OF two.
!. The name OF J. J. Miller was stricke
d from the list Of substitute hremen.