Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-02
FOUND FOR HOCTOR
Commissioner Locate South Omaha States.
man at Public Crib.
DEWEY FORCED OUT OF CLERKS OFFICE
Andy webb to he John DreXers
Deputy and Hector to Assist
Pete O'MnIley I'm
Authors once.

After January 1, A. J. Webb, formerly
bookkeeper for Commissioner Connolly, and,
since last February, deputy county auditor,
Is to have Frank Dewey's place as deputy
county clerk and Thomas Hector will have
Webb's place as assistant to Peter O'Malley
In the arduous work OF checking up the
monthly reports from the county store, the
ONCE OF the sheriff and the ONCE OF the
clerk of the district court.
Dewey is a republican who has been in
the office Of the county clerk since his APP
pointment by Mel Redfeld in December,
1897. Because OF an exceptional capability
and familiarity with the duties Of the ONCE
the late Harry Miller retained him after
the Inauguration OF the democratic regime,
the first of the present year, and made
him chief deputy despite the vigorous ham
mer swinging OF aspiring members Of Mil
ler's party. When John Drexel was APP
pointed to the position left vacant by Mr..
Miller's death the anvil promptly resumed
its work on the republican deputy and Mr.
Drexel has s~uccumbed.
Indeed he couldn't well do otherwise in
view OF the string tied to his W appoint
ment. Certain Of the commissioner IA
vored Hector for the clerkship and only
consented to Drexel's appointment upon his
giving his pledge to appoint Hector chief
deputy. After the appointment was made
and while Hector was still singing from
his defeat the latter gave an Interview in
which he implied that II he couldn't play
the first violin he wouldn't fiddle at all.
Time Seems Long Z Tom.
Later he got to thinking over the long
and exhausting eleven months that have
elapsed since his retirement from the Board
OF County Commissioners, and decided that
even a secondary position with the county
was better than none at all.
Then a new trouble arose. County Clerk
Drexel told the commissioner plainly and
frankly that he and Hector combined
wouldn't know enough about the actual
workings Of the office to run 1t and that
II they undertook to there would certainly
be hades to pay. The commissioner re-
considered and decided that as Drexel
couldn't be deposed nor Hector disappointed
the only thing to do was to give the latter
some other berth and move up somebody
else. Webb was accordingly called of the
assistant auditors desk and told to move
across the hall. in order that Hector may
be broken in"
Extra salary Involved.
Dewey is not to retire until January 1,
though Webb's retirement from the audi
tors ONCE is effective at once, and Hoe
tors time dates from yesterday. Commits
sioner Connolly was asked IL Hector, Webt
and Dewey are all to draw salaries for the
month Of December and laughingly re-
piled: Search mel l don't KNOW
Neither did anybody else seem to. The
deputy clerks salary is $50 per month
and the deputy auditors Is 81 900 per year,
or practically 1888 per month. Dewey
as the retiring ONCE holder could hardly
be expected to work for nothing during
this month, nor could Webb be expected
to make similar sacrifice of salary. 1t IL
most apparent. therefore, that either
either Thomas Hector Is going to donate
n months society to Douglas county oil
else Douglas county is going to donate 6
salary for an extra man.
Retiring Deputy Dewey states that ht
does not know yet what he will do wher
relieved.