, 1885-03-07

We are always ready and willing
to give credit where due, and 1--WE
feel impelled to say that friend
Schorr, Of the Cheney Tribune, de-
serves praise for the manner in which
ne faced the lion in the den, so to
speak, and opened out in no unmis-
taxable language upon the county
treasurer when it was discovered
that his accounts were short and the
books ballasted up SO as to appear all
right on the face. And he has had
trouble over the exposure, too. A
gentleman was telling us Of the cir
cumstaDces, which are quite anus
ing. When the bomshell burst Sat-
urday, upon the appearance of the
Tribune, those implicated struck up
a war dance. Indignation oozed out
OF their system like persp ration on
a hot day. Their voices were lifted
up with tremendous lift, and Ian
guage Of an oathy flavor caroused
about the street corners. They had
gore in their eyes, and they talked
annlhilatlon. 1t looked for while
as though Schorr was to be chewed
up and the remains cast to the four
winds OF heaven. But jaw-bone muir
der hardly gets beyond the carrying
power Of the voice, and the coroner
has not as yet been called upon to sit
in state upon the cold remains Of the
Tribune man. After pranclng around
the town and getting everybody into
the expectancy Of attending funer-
al, two OF the wicked would-be slay-
ers started for the Tribune sanctum.
When they reached the door they
held a consultation and decided that
It would be more in accordance with
the teaching of christianity to give
an editor time to repent before kill
ing him, and so when they did ap-
pear In the quiet precincts Of the
PRINT shop they merely asked a re-
traction. This, Mr.. Schorr said, could
not be possible, as much as he re-
GREETED it, as the truth was mighty
and must prevail, with two-story
must. This announcement kind of
panied the callers, and they were at
a loss TO know just what to do under
the circumstances. Internally they
wanted TO mash the man Of the pen,
but on reflection they concluded that
would be a mean sort Of proceeding,
besides it would muss up the room
and cause all manner Of vexation in
the Schorr family. The bright idea
struck them that the paper had ex-
aggeIated the amount of defalcation,
and on that slender thread they hung
their hopes, and demanded a correc-
tion. This, Schorr kindly consented
to, and the visitors departed with
their noses in the air and their stom-
achs stuck out 10 give the impression
that they had been there and had
left the editor achilled, disagreeable
body, or a maudling idiot through
the potent influence of fear. As
Schorr only said there was $1,000
short and the sums since brought to
light runs it up to some $500, and
he proposes to publish the full
amount, the chances are that when
the next issue comes out there will
be weeping and wailing, and more
aerobatie performance among those
who had a sinful eye on the treas
ury and who had that eye put out by
the watchfulness of the board of
commissioners. Weare glad to learn
that all Of the business men side with
the Tribune in this case. Hold the
fort, old boy; we may aght you like
the devil on some points, about
which there exists a slight difference
of opinion between us, but when 1t
comes to pulling for the people
against jobbery, we hitch.