The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-02-19

Have a very fine house in Owe
90. Cost you some thirty, forty Q,
fifty thousand dollars?'
Yes, sir. ..-'"-'" 80
Some little money invested
bonds, I am told?' '' ~ 81. {
Yes, sir.
Own farm near where you r..
side
Yes, sir
Had nothing when you COM
menccd as conductor OIL our road?
Nothing to speak of;only a home
home for the future r,
Made the property sinoo?' o..
Yes, SIR. ..rr ar....a,1 I. -.
'Decn at work for no other parties:
No. But I have been saving G..
my money; invested it from time t.,
time to good advantage -..-,s
We'll, sir, what will you give to
settle? OF course you cannot pre-,
tend to say that you have acquires!
this property from what you have
saved from your salary? You will no:
deny that you have pocketed a
great deal of money belonging to
the road-at least fifty or sixty
thousand dollars. Now, sir, what
will you give to settle, and not be
disgraced, as you certainly will be,
if trial is brought, and you arc
compelled to give up tho property
you profess to own, but which, in,
reality, belongs to the company
We'll, Mr.. Manager, I had not
thought of this matter. For sew cral
years l have been running my train
to the best of my ability. Never
looked at tho matter in this light
before. Never thought l was doing
anything wrong. Ihave done roth
ing more than other conductors have;
tried to earn my salary and get it
and think I've succeeded. I dom
know that I owe the company any
thing. Ifyou think do, why there's
a little difference ofoptnion, and |
don't want any trouble over it. !
have a nice family, nice father and
mother; relatives all people Of good
standing-they would feel very bad
to have me arrested and charged
with dishonesty. 1t would kill ms
wife. She has every confidence il
mo in the world, and the idea tha.
I, her husband, would take so little
as penny that did not belong to
me would send her broken-hearted to
the grave. l don't care anything
for the matter myself, but on &C
count Of my family and relatives, [
want to make it right with the road
and the officers, and if you "won't
say anything more about it, ILL
GIVE YOU A DOLLAR!' ...-.. ....--
THE New York Evening Post (Radical)
thus lanents the condition Of disparity:
When q political party has a great
predominance, it is pretty sure to draw to
itself the rogues, the unscrupulous, andth2
self-seeker in the community. That Is th.'
Sanger Of such an ascendancy. A party
may become the tool Of corrupt men, be-
cause it's leaders are careless and over
confident Of their strength, and because the
rogues and self-seekers are attracted to il
from desire to use it as their instrument.
When party becomes corrupt, the peo-
pie, who endure for while with that
patience which short sighted politicians arc
SO sure to misunderstood, presently leave
it and take up the other party, even if they
run the risk Of faring but little better b.
the change.
1t seems to many thoughtful friends o.
the Republican party that it is running just
now a good deal Of risk Of such popular
desertion. 1t has amongst its leaders wise,
prudent and good men, but these are in
many cases, over-ridden by glib tongued
demagogues, by unscrupulous spectators,
and by men too ignorant for these times,
which demand, at least, decent know
ledge Of political science il the legislator.