Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13
Nebraska
ROLL CALL ON GOVERNOR
Records of Board Meetings Show
How He Attends Them.
SPEAKING DATES SEEM PRESSING
Seventeen Times Absent from BOARD
of Purchase and Supplies, Eight
from Educational Lands
and Funds.
cFrom a sad correspondent.l

LINCOLN, Feb. R.-CSpecial.)-While
Governor shallenberger has seen fit to de
plore' the action Of a state board the
records Of other boards disclose there is
room for critlcising the governor for not
doing something as a member OF boards.
The records show that Governor Shallen-
berger has deovted considerable more time
to filling speaking dates or to Their business
than he has to his duties as a member Of
very important state boards. In fact, from
the time he became governor Of the state
he has attended. according to the records,
only one meeting Of the board Of purchase
and supplies, at which the quarterly sup
plies for the state institutions were bought.
The following shows how many meetings
Of the Board of Purchase and Supplies
members have missed and attended since
the beginning of the present administra-
ton:
January 1S-All member present.
January 20-An present except treasurer.
February SAIL present except treasurer.
February u-Al present except attorney
general.
February 22-An present except treasurer.
March 26-All present except governor.
April 6, Z and s-Uetting) All present
governor for short time).
April bal present except governor.
April 23-All present except treasurer.
May 2O--All present except governor.
May 2S-All present except governor.
June ALI present except treasurer.
June 26-All present except governor and
July l and PAN present except governor
Qetting).
July SAIL present except governor.
July 31-Al present except governor and
treasurer.
August 11-All present except governor
and treasurer.
September 3-All present except governor.
September 21-All present except governor
and attorney general.
October AN present except secretary
October 5-All present except governor
and secretary.
October l8-All present except governor.
October 19-Al present except governor
and attorney general.
November Gal present except treasurer
and attorney general.
November 2O-All present except secretary
of state.
December 7-AIl present except governor
and treasurer.
January 9, 1910--All present except gov
ernor and treasurer.
January 11-All present except governor,
February 4-Al present except governor
Educational Lands and Funds.
The following shows the meetings of the
Board of Educational Lands and Funds a.
which members were not present;
January 20-All present.
February 5rTreasurer absent.
February u-Record does not show.
February 22-Treasurer absent.
March S-Treasurer absent
March 9NAttorney general absent.
March Ex-Governor absent.
April 23-Treasurer absent.
May 11-Treasurer absent. 3
June STreasurer absent
July Ex-Governor and treasurer absent
August 10-Governor and treasurer absent
September 3-Governbr absent.
September 1EGovernor absent. .t.yqa
October Ex-Governor absent.
November 20-All present.
December Ex-Governor absent. E
January 11-Governor absent. o.
The two boards are composed OF the sam
members-Governor Shallenberger, Score
tary of State Junkin, Treasurer Brian, Ian
Commissioner Cowles and Attorney Genera
Thompson.
The Board Of Purchase and Supplies ha
met twenty-nine times since the beginnin
: of the present administration Governo
= Shallenberger has missed seventeen meet
" ings, Treasurer Brian eleven, Attorney Ger
u eTal Thompson four, Secretary of Stat
. Junkin two and Land Commissioner Cowlt
u has attended every meeting.
The Board of Educational Lands an
e Funds has met eighteen times during tn
e same period. Governor Shallenberger he
q missed eight meetings, Treasurer Bris
r seven. Attorney General Thompson one ar
y Secretary Of State Junkin and Land Con
missioner Cowles have attended livery NEE
ing.
EnHA. Nall ~