Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-21


Persistent and systematic efforts seem to be made
70 educate the public up to the idea that the action
OF the elder Emo In making good the steangs OF his
sonaspresiielt Of the Second National Bank OF New
York. that Of the regular RoIn1n-father order
In self sacrifice, high sense OF honor and all that
sort OF thing 1t does look little that way at first
sight but closer study OF the matter puts some
what different face on il. What are the facts? In
the first place, Mr.. Emo senior Is worth at least
twenty million dollars, according to all authorities
Now, when person possesses so vast an amount OF
material wealth as these figures represent the
withdrawal of two or three million dollars cannot
make the slightest conceivable difference In his
woridiy circumstances The income from the re-
maiRieT Is more than the pOssessor can possibly
spend, and the only manner In which he can be az
iected Is In the matter of Accommodations, which will
necessarily be somewhat smaller than IL the orgl-
nal amount had been left unimpaired. The ctrcum-
stances are far different with the father of small
means, whose efforts to save an errfng or wicked
son from disgrace Or punishment take from him his
hard earnings and Slow savings, and leave him in
doubt az to his own support IN his old age. Mr..
Eno's case has none OF these elements
In another Highland the proper one with which
20 regard the tranSactiOn,-the large sum OF money
paid out by the senior Emo is not lost to him. in the
ordinary sense OF that term. 1t Is merely an ad-
vance OF that much money on account OF the sons
interest in his estate. The father is an old man.
anu IN the course OF nature his estate must soon
pass out OF his hands and be divided among his
heirs The sum he made good to the bank was
probably considerably less than its late president
would be entitled TO In a division OF the peternal
property; and those who know the Old man will not
DOUBT that he VIII so draw his viii that the forced
advance, 80 to term ft, will be deducted from the
snare TO which the young scapegrace would have
been entitled Thus the loss will fall where 1t
Should and neither the father the other children
VIII ultimately be any the poorer In money for the
Crime and disgrace OF the black sheep OF the family
The malefactor and his children. and possibly his
ehildren's children, may suffer somewhat for his
acts, In being poorer than they otherwise would
have been; but this is in accordance with divine
law and it would not be well to change 1t even IL
It could be changed
As Tor the course pursued by Mr.. Emo, senior In
the matter 1t was proper In ITSELF and highly cred
liable to that gentleman but Ii is not 50 sef-sacrl-
ncny in Its character to cali for any particular
expressions OF praise What he did was only in re-
Spouse to the simplest and plalnest requirements OF
honor The money he paid was justly due from him
10 the creditors OF the bank, who were mainly such
because OF his own connection with 1t, and there
was nothing OF the Roman fat her business about
the affair. When man has fifteen or sixteen MIL
Hon dollars left, he can well afford do things that
the law cannot compel him to do Mr.. Emo could
not have done less than he did and preserve his own
self respect.