Omaha daily bee., 1884-03-31
JUSTICE TO JUMBO"
BE Denies Having Called eX.COurt
Clerk Burr a DtfaultGr,
The Peculiar Address of Welcome
Delivered to the Teachers
by Charles Il. Gere.
The Teachers Convention Turned
Into a Political School Land
League Meeting.
The Evil Designs of the Pill
Founders Upon the State
Treasury.
Something About the Lincoln City
Election TO be Held Next
Tuesday.
OUR COL LETTER.

%DEFINITIoN OF. THE WORD "LIAR."
To the Editor OF THE BEE.
LINCOLN, March 80, 1SS4.-The Even
ing Democrat of this city declares ex
cathedra that "Jumbo is a liar" IN
doubtedly Jumbo may be a liar; and also
a villain and a traitor to the state, and
still the country be safe. However, as
the Democrat has jumbled over "Jumbo"
to take to task THE BEE correspondent,
it behooves the latter to give brief atten-
ton to the matter, inasmuch as he is &C.
cused of calling ex-Court Clerk Burr q
defaulter. This The BEE or its corre-
spondent never did, and if the use of the
word defaulter necessarily means %''liar,"
then perforce the Democrat is the liar,
because it is the only paper that has aver
connected the said term with Mr.. Burr.
On the contrary, it was expressly stated
that whatever apparent discrepancies APP
peared on the books of the late court
clerk may have been clerical errors; and
moreover, it is understood on good au-
thority here that Mr.. Burr himself says
that the sole reason why the county COM
missioners have directed the present
court clerk, Mr.. Sizer, to make a report
on the trial and such like fees received
during his (Burr's) official life was be-
cause he considered certain emoluments
of the office belonged to him by law and
right, and the triangular guardians of the
county thought otherwise. The BEE
made no attack on Mr.. Burr's integrity
not at all, but simply stated that the
rumor was In this community-as to the
official records.
SCHOOL LAND LEAGUE.
Hon. Charles Hennery Gere, the great
editor among pedagogues, and great
pedagogue among editors, has suddenly
become the Parnell of Nebraska, as far
as school lands are concerned. While
good Omaha folk are ~endeavoring by all
fair and honest means to get the schools
out OF politics the Hon. Chawles is try
ing to get them in. His address at the
teachers convention wal not one of well
come as laid down on the pro-
gramme, but a political appeal to
the teachers throughout the state to work
for members of the next legislature who
would mix up the school-land laws again.
This is the first time in the history of
this state where the instructors of our
youth were asked to become vulgar frac-
tions in politics and mere ciphers in the
estimation of the communities in which
they reside. These ambitious %pedagogues
should remember that fooling around
with quarter sections is not as harmless
IS playing with comic sections, and that
the "ass's bridge in Euclid is far easier
to cross than a span of similar name in
politics. If the Hon. Chawles really
wishes to get these school matters down
to q decidedly fine point he had better
let \ alentine, M. c., take the executive
charge. The way this distinguished gen.
tleman taught your County Treasurer
Rush a costly lesson in agrarianism is
sufficient evidence of his ability to make
school lands paying property. Hon,
Chawles has for his first lieutenant now
Hon. w. w. w. Jones, state superin'
tendent of public instruction, and the
manner in which these two gentlemen
turned the late teachers convention into
a political school. land league meeting
Disguised all sensible instructors anG
substantial citizens who have heard o.
the matter. AS for the head o.
the schools in this state, it would
seem that he had more important
matters strictly within the line of hi
official duties to demand his attention. i
may be that before the ides of November
when the Hon. Charles Kernell Kendall
and he of the grapevine initials, Super
intendent Jones, expect to capture {
friendly majority of the legislature in thu
interest of their pet scheme on land mat
tiers that the latter especially will reat
mysterious characters in the halls of pub
lie opinion, which literally translated
will signify "Jones! Don't you eat tn
Q -cumber of politics; it will W.-up."