Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-21
Nebraska
DR.. CARR STIRS UP DOCTORS
Eoleotics Of Lincoln Oppose Censor
ship Of Health Report.
COMPLAINT ABOUT DELEHANTY
Man who t. 20 ne warden objected
60 on Ground that lie Does Not
Regard Prison a Re-
formntOry.
CFrom a staff Correspondent


LfNCoLNS Reb.. Dec. 9O.-Cspecial The
attempt Of Or. Carr Of the state Board Of
Health Secretaries to censor the report Of
the examiners and give out what he de-
sires about the conditions they found in
the medical colleges OF the state, is raising
q rumpus that promises to assume con-
siderable proportions
This morning Or. H. b. Cummins. the
eIectlo member OF the board, sent letter
70 Or Carr in which he demanded that
ne cause 20 be published a full report In
full, on the ground that that which he
did not give out was indirect and incom-
plete
Carr is homeopath and the other two
memhsrs are allopaths, and the report
spoke slishdngiy Of the eclectic school in
this city. Naturally the eclectics don't like
It and they say that not only did the ex-
aminers not make such an investigation
AZ would be worth anything but that the
secretaries agreed that a hearing should
be granted all. colleges before the report
was given out for publication.
Or. Cummins proposes to follow up his
demand by giving a thorough ventilation
of the whole affair, including all Of the
facts connected with the investigation, and
how the examiners arrived at their con-
illusions. It 4 esintimated that before the
lIOuula - eHutu II Will 10 hAlo"h NllaN INC
visits Of the examiners to at least two of
the colleges covered an extremely limited
period Of time
DeIehARty Under Fire.
Six or eight Lincoln men responded to an
anonymous invitation to be present at
meeting to DO held at the Young Mems
Christian association this noon to discuss
the propriety OF the appointment of James
Delehanty as warden of the penitentiary.
No other action was taken by those present
than to form an organization TO investigate
the charges against the newly appointed
warden, TO ask men who have first knowl
edge Of his fitness unfitness for the
place to testify before the organization,
that II might be able to lay its findings
before the governor, thereby either proving
the runlors on Mr.. Delehanty or exhoner-
atng him. A committee OF four was named
to see II first hand testimony could be Sc
cured which committee will call a second
meeting when Il has secured more tangible
evidence
Those present were: J. O. Cordner, for
years teacher in the prison Sunday
school; @. 4. Powers, for many years the
superintendent Of the prison Sunday school;
c. c. Flansburg. the present superintendent
Of this school; ]. B. Ferguson. Or. George
f. Howard. @. q. Chapman. r. c. Ozman,
Mr.. Hyde. Frank A. Harrison, and for q
few moments. Rev. A. L. Weatherly.
Mr.. Cordner announced that he had sent
out the invitations, but since he found that
those to whom the requests for attendance
were sent were not likely to appear unless
the circular bore a signature, he wished
that he had signed his name, that he had
nothing TO conceal. He stated that ne had
no first-hand evidence against the gov
ernor's selection. that Mr. Delehanty had
always treated him all right, but that dur
ing his long Service as a Sunday school
worker during the time the appointed
warden served in less authoritative posi-
lions he had heard persistent rumors as to
his conduct.
The Case Against Him.
He charged that Mr., Delehanty was not
in sympathy with the idea that peniten-
tiary is a reformatory and that he is not
pleased with religious services for the con-
victs.
Other and far more serious charges were
made by other men present, but none of
these was from first hand evidence. 1t
was declared q known fact that Governor
shsllenberEer had retained the deputy
warden. Mr.. Delehanty, at the request of
Warden Smith and that he had removed
him also at the request OF the warden.
who had asked this action Of the governor
because Of specific objections he had to
his services. p. G Johnson, formerly chap
lain at the penitenuary and now repre-
sentative-elect from johnson county, was
to have been present at the meeting with
facts observed by him during his service.
but he telephoned his inability to get
away because Of serious illness in his fam
lily.
Il was stated at the meeting that the at
tention of the gOvernor-elect had been
called to the objections against Delehanty
an dthat he was possessed OF full second
hand information. The next move. It was
thought, was either TO give the sppointee
q clean bill OF health or to substantiate
the rumOrs which have been sent to Mr.
Aldrich-