Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-01
POLITICS FIGURES IN WORK
County Commissioner Have Trouble in
Agreeing on Appointments.
Mr.. HARTE TRIES TO SAVE JACOBSEN
Deputy Auditor, However, VIII Prob
ably Have Only Temporary EN-
plOyment-BOard Calls for
New Jury List.

After adopting a resolution complying
with the bar associations request for a
new jury list the Board of County Commits
sioners yesterday devoted itself to busi-
ness, in most Of which politics was in evil
den6e.
Peter O'Malley, the new head OF the
auditing department, announced that he APP
pointed A. j. Webb as his assistant, but
requested that Haitian Jacobsen and w.
K. O'Shaughnessey be allowed to remain in
the office through the remainder OF the
month to assist in the checking up. O'Keeffe
moved that the board concur, Ostrom sec
onded the motion and II carried with only
Connolly dissenting.
Ed Dee, superintendent OF the court
house, announced the appointment OF Au-
gust Stock as ~janitor, vice Phillip Wagner.
Again Connolly demurred, implying that
the reason Wagner was knitted was be-
cause he had worked strenuously to secure
the election OF Commissioner Harte's DEM
ocratic opponent the last time Harte ran
and that Harte had been waiting ever
since for an opportunity to get even. Ho-
feldt voted with Connolly, saying that he
believed as Connolly did.
Later, when Connolly tried to have
Thomas Van, a colored man, put on as
JdnAlOI huu IhlTlCk EOTQ QlbplACe 10OmHS
o'Connor as county poor agent, he was sat
upon. H.,
Knocks Out Jacobsen.
A resolution OF Harte's called for the
employment of Haitian Jacobsen as a
special assistant in auditing work for
three months, which gave Connolly an OPP
portunity to remark that the republican
members could not persuade him to assist
IN roLiu1 n,N fha ohaufpnkc that haA haa.
thrown into the FIRE when the republican
members had. a few moments before.
ousted this republican from ONCE. ostrom
raised the point that Harte's resolution
was out of order because 1t sought to give
the commissioners the appointive work
that had already been delegated to the
heads of departments and Harte withdrew
the resolution.
In routine matters the board made more
rapid progress. The contract for furnish
ing the prescriptions ordered by the as
sistant county physician at South omaha
was awarded Howard Meyer, who had bid
10 cents per prescription.
Sheriff Powers appointment Of Thomas
Flynn, James @. Swift, Thomas McClen-
neghan and w. @. Heaton as the Jail force
was concurred In.
Ostrom's resolution that the committee
on court house and jail be authorized to
have the county treasurer's office cleaned
and painted was adopted. Hans Frahm.
reported insane by the commission. was
referred to the charity committee with the
recommendation that he be sent across the
river, his .home having been on the Iowa
side. There was read and referred a COM
munication from County Clerk Harry o.
Miller calling attention to the fact that II
4 - An,- Ro,nA tra.AeotAlo kA -noHa Aho k,o.
Of his Office pay his $500 salary and that
Of his deputy, who draws 500 per month.
Protests Against Crossing.
Attorney Kelby appeared before the boar
on behalf of the Burlington road andtar
gued against the contemplated crossing II
a cut near Deerfeld, ten miles out o.
Omaha. He said hat such a cut would b,
dangerous now and that 1t would be doubly
so when the road carries out its project o.
laying additional tracks between Omahs
and Lincoln, which, he said, will be dont
"as soon as the present merger matter Il
out of the way" The commissioners seenet
still inclined to open the road as asked for
making It extend parallel with the tracl
for $50 feet, but finally decided to send the
county surveyor there nrst to look over tn,
situation.
NV NhaN RAC0OAbGA
in the matter OF the jury list reads:
whereas. The Douglas County Bar az
ISOLATION, through its executive council, hai
filed a written complaint with the Board o
County Commissioners as to the mannel
in which the jury list for the year 1902 hai
been prepared, and, .
Whereas, Il has been brought to the at
tention of the board that a additiona
list of names was prepared after tn
original list had been approved by thi
board, and the names having been place.
In the box from which the juries ar
drawn, which is in direct conflict witt
the law governing the drawing of juries
therefore be 1t
Resolved, That said jury list for tn
year 1902 as 1t now exists be rejected an,
suppressed and that a new list be pre-
pared by this board, and that we herebl
request the district court of Dougla'
county to enter a proper order suppressini
and rejecting the present jury list an,
authorizing the board to prepare a new
list.
The board expects to begin the prepare
ton of a new jury list at once and to b
ready to act as soon as the Judge shall SEN
his order.