Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-24
TILT OVER BOARD MINUTES
Secretary Bennett Gets TOuchy Over What
he Considers Criticism.
PEACE RESTORED BEFORE SESSION ENDS
state superintendent McBrien Makes
ApPOrtiOnment 20 the various
Counties of Temporary
School Fund.
trrom a star Correspondent

LINCOLN, May "a Especial. with
Secretary Bennett and his minutes The
incentive, the State Board Of Assessment NJ
this morning went round and round Ia
one of the most humorous and timo-wast-
ing stunts which 1t has ever performed.
At one stage of the play It was only the
GOODNESS of Governor Mickey that kept
the performance in the comic and our
of the melodramatic. The governor had
stopped in the headlong rush for the
ridiculous, long enough to tell Secretary
Bennett he was not finding fault with
his minutes and he wanted on all occa-
sions, to be courteous. II want the hon-
orable secretary to know that" con-
cluded the governor.
Don't call me honorable" holly re-
torteG Bennett. you don't need to
apologize to me- I'm not looking for
newspaper notoriety and neither am
playing to the grandstand. What I've
done here in the way of making up the
minutes has been done upon the order of
the board"
If any one expected the governor to
draw his gun and get busy. he was sadly
disappointed
Keep calm, George, keep calm" said
| the governor, with a broad smile. I'm
| sweet and you must keep that way. You
make yourself ridiculous when you show
| temper"
well, you are trying to make my min
utes ridiculous and I've stood it as long
as l intend to-" shouted Bennett in re-
ply.
Il move that we give Bennett vote
of confidence when it is all over" said
Eaton and the governor and the other
members were willing.
The board met to listen to Bennett read
| the minutes of the nd uyhs IN
he had concluded, the governor discov-
cred he had said in reporting one meet
ing, that the board had considered the
physical property Of certain roads, nam
! ing them.
Nowhere in the minutes does 1t say
we considered the stocks and bonds and
nowhere does 1t say we considered the
physical property of the other roads, u
said the governor, "and 1 think tina;
| should be inserted"
No one could remember the exact dates
upon which these things had been con-
sidered.
| Finally Strengthened Out.
! That's what we get by not having q
stenographer present at every meeting tc
take down everything" said Eaton.
You fellows told me to leave out al
that stun and did" hotly chimed in Ben.
nett. These minutes have been made VI
just as 1 was told to make them up
Then was when the governor and Ben
nett broke into the limelight.
Then followed an hours session tryint
to get these things in the record. FINAL,
Mr. Mortensen wrote out a Statement
which said the board had considered tn,
stocks and bonds, net earnings, etc.
well, that's all right" said the gov
| 'sbuf We cd at ifS
sions."
"Of course, we are referring to the meet
ings of the board" answered Mortensen
Then we should add at its sessions hel,
in the state house at Lincoln, Nebraska
volunteered Galusha.
IF the honorable secretary wants t
look at it that way and make 1t ridiculous
said the governor
mot Bit" interrupted Galusha, "Tn
with you. l just went a little further
that's all. I make It plain where we con
, sidered these things. We should add an
considered them nowhere else"
Bennett finally got the insertion mad
as written by Mortensen and amended b
Mickey and the minutes were adopted, a.
except the formal findings. The board me
this afternoon, read the minutes agai
and adopted them.
Call for Bank Statement.
Secretary Royce of the State Bankln
board has issued call for a statemen
of the condition OF the banks of the stat
at the close Of business May 49,
Mccartney Wants investigation.
Frank Mccartney, a brother of w. s
Mccartney, who was murdered In the Lir
coin insane hospital. has written to tn
State Board of Public Lands and Building
from Nebraska City joining in the reques
for an investigation into the death c
e w. s. Mccartney asked for by Superintend
, ent Greene. Mr.. Mccartney said he ha
, noticed in some of the papers that upo
him had been placed the responsibility 70