The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-02-22

noso . ssed thiae ~ eallna, = IL
e1tisens q that burg Win ssturn home
vo11 heo1ed With their - and mile
ags. While there were several sober
0oo IN the crowd Of witnesses % their
ogYlval, there were also several Who
wese completely under the in6oeoce
q John BaFieycorn. One 0f the Wit
oesoeo WAS % drunk that be could MOT
Be taken from the train, % wss ear
Tioa on to the great moral city ct the
meath Of the Ksw. The ride ff0m
ealins tn Topeka was simply drunk.
en- spree, nothing being len OF the sup.
plies but partly empty bottle that
was found IN the chief clerks room
sftef they were chased 10 the speak
eS's gallery 10 await their call before
the Investigating committee. These
witnesses Will all testify against Judge
Prescott. Further Comment h unnec.
easary. Hon. +. r. Carver, Of Salina,
b setting - counsel for Judge Prescott.
and will insist upon . full aud cOn-
plete examination Of all the charges
and specifications.
We take the following from later
e01tlOn OF the 1AmeS:
In noting the Salina witnesses. Sun.
day morning, who came down 10 nj.
tend the Prescott impeachment inves-
tigation, should have made exeep.
lions, ~ there were q few who had no
share or lot In the drunken revel on
the train The notice given was strict.
~ true, but three or four gentlemen
who came down TO attend the trial
should not have been numbered with
the mob. The investigation Is pro-
greselng. but slowly. Enough has
come to light tn show that the charges
are trivial. and that they cannot be
sustained. The result Of this Ia esti.
cation will be that Judge Prescott will
lie emphatically vindicated, and the
public sweepiE0 away Of this attack
upon hrs homer and integrity will
place HIM In such light before the
people that he will be q formidable
candidate for congress two yeaH
hence. Mr.. Foster, backed by . dis
turbing element Ia his locality, aimed
this attack NJ .'blufr." probably hop
ing to scare Judge Prescott. The re.
suit IL far different from what they
anticipated. The gentleman demand
ed that . full investigation should be
made to clear away the attempt to
stain his honor and integrity. 1; will
succeed beyond his anticipation, for Il
will make his dreams for a residence
in Washington rs member from the
Fifth district a strong possibility. j
have no desire to nominate any per-
son ! simply draw conclusions from
present indications and record them.
The North american Reriec for
March opens with an article on" Money
I'm Elections" by Henry George, who
brings 10 the discussion Of that hack.
neyed subject a contribution full Of
originally, freshness and keen insight;
he points out with admirable clear.
ness one source Of our political ills,
and proposes q remedy that seems both
eminently practicable and efficient
Robert 8. Taylor writes Of the ''Subju-
cation Of the Mississippi" work
which, i'm his opinion, and in that OF
the Mississippi Commission. of which
he IL o member, can be accomplished
only by employing, for the purpose Of
deepening and Strengthening the chan
mel. the forces developed by the river
itself Moncure d. Conway contri-
butes q very stricking study of Glad
stone as man and a statesman, show
ing how even tile more or LEES sinister
moral and intellectual traits of his ma
ture. quite as much as his pre-eminent
native force aud elevation of character
conspire to make him the foremost
Englishmen Of his time. Hon. Geo.
w. Julian's Railway Influence in
the Land Office" is q grave, judicial
exposure Of the practices which,
against the manifest intent Of the law
and the determinations of the highest
courts, have won for corporations
millions upon millions Of acres Of the
public domain. Richard A Proctor
writes of the Pyramid Of Cheops;"
Prof. VIM. q. Summer of "Protective
Taxes and Wages" Elizur Wright Of
"Some Aspects Of Life Insurance :"
and finally, there il n Symposium .oU|
Educational Needs" by Prof q!
Stanley Hall, Prof Felix Adler, Pres
ident Thomas Hunter, and DR.. Mary
Putnam Jacob. Published ct 50 La
fayette Place, New York, and for sac
by booksellers generally.