Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-17
errors and has never been called
into question before.
Record of Furlouehs,

| INTO question Defore.
Record Of Burroughs.
"The records as they will later
be given to the public, will show
that during the past administrations
numerous furlaughs have been
granted.
so far as l am personally con-
cerned, l have granted but very few
of these and never except on the
recommendation of the board of
pardons, the prosecuting attorney
and the judge, or some probation Of
ficer who has made a careful inves-
tigation of the matter.
Also | want to say on behalf of
Senator Bushee that he thought
then, and still thinks, that he did the
right thing, and any apparent ir-
regularity in the action upon his
part was because of his unac-
quaintance with the work rather
than because of any Interior mo-
tives.
Given Free Hand.
81 have given free hand without
advice or restriction to whoever
happened to be acting governor in
my absence and in the signing of
paroles and furloughs, this privi-
lege has been exercised by both Mr..
Barrows and Mr.. Bushee.
Consequently when the matter
came to Senator Bushee he was
prompt to take action ana assume
responsibility for his act.
AS for Messrs. Peterson and De-
voc, while they are personal friends
of mine and would, because of orr
friendly relations in the past, be in
position to expect some special
consideration at my hards, they
have never made request to me
Tor any consideration, any promises
that | make or any promises that l
would follow or any other action
with the exception of that regard
ing Kirk, which as I have already
stated, was argued to me upon its
merits.
Praises Mr.. Devoe.
mr.. Devoe has given unsparingly
of his time in the prosecution of
matters in which records of the
state were involved, and this includ-
ing a great deal of time and service
that he could i'll afford to give in
Investigations made by the state rel
alive to the high cost of living.
For this service he did not ask
or receive cent"
A wrench was thrown into the
of the ordered investiga
ton into the Kirk scandal when Sec
rotary Walter L. Anderson of The
state bar commission. which is to
conduct the investigation with At,
torney General Davis. notified the
state supreme court this morning
that he would be unable to serve
because of his membership in the
state constitutional convention, now
in session here.
But two other members of The
commission were present in the at
torney generals office this morning
at 1880, when the first meeting of
the commission with Attorney Gen
eral Davis was called to formulate
plans for the Kirk probe.
The members were John ]. Led
with of Lincoln and ]. B. Fraden-
burg of Omaha. Bernard McNeny
of Red Cloud could not be present
because of delayed train service. No
word was received from A. B. Nc
Candless Of Wymore, but he is ex-
pected to arrive later n the day.
Action i'll the investigation was
held up until the supreme court ap-
pointed Charles A. Goss of Omaha
to serve on the bar commission to
fill the vancancy caused by Secretary
Anderson's presence of the state
constitutional convention.
Because membeNs of the commits
sion were not present at this morn
ings meeting the conference with
the attorney general was adjourned
to meet at a. M Thursday