Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-13

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| Hell GATE. New York harbor, on Saturday
last, it is said that the last bar between
wicked Gotham and the region from which
these former dangerous shoals took theil
name, is now removed.
The dispatches mention the case of 8
mother and son, in New York. who, after
| long years of absence and loss of Identity
fell in love with each other and married.
but separated and fled when relation was
discovered. Every son should be in love
with his mother, but the matrimonial side
| of the story is as improbable as it is unnat-
ural
A communication has been received from
Latrobe, pointing out several persons who
engaged in painting that town "red on
last Friday night, much to their discredit,
and also TO the annoyance of the good peo-
pie of that locality. The writer forgot to
give his own name, which, as frequently
stated is always required-not for publica-
ton, but as protection against giving pub
Lefty to improper statements of irresponsi-
bic parties.
A dispatch from Washington mentions
that the irrepressible dIugh J. Mohan, of
San Francisco, who went to New York to
stump the State for Cleveland, got himself
work, by stimulating too strongly with
Democratic whisky, and has otherwise
succeeded in keeping his name before the
public, has called upon the President"
Not only that, but that he was warmly
received The richness of the dispatch.
however, lies in the concluding sentence
which announces that sit is understood
Mohan will soon be provided for, in way
that will be satisfactory to his California
friends" Great Cesar "His California
friends"
We gave space two or three mornings
since for publication of card in favor
from the attorneys of Thos. II. REYNOLDS,
in his defense, and whom they also de-
Tended before the Superior Court, upon
charge of enlightenment, committed while
Deputy Secretary of State under D. NJ.
Burns. The card was in answer to brief
review, published iii these columns, of the
peculiar circumstances connected with the
trials of Burns and Reynolds for stealing.
or the embezzlement of upwards of $4,000
of State funds. The review was charac-
terized as doing great injustice TO Mr..
Reynolds; its statements were very fatty
denied, and general air of spotlesSness OF
their client, and injured innocence was
assumed. The members of the bar referred
to are honorable gentlemen, and of course
IN this matter were still defending their
client, which was perfectly proper-thev
were paid to defend him. But why this
oyer-tendeTness as to reputation? 1t is an
established fact, even beyond the evasions
OF attorneys, that upwards of $4,000 was
stolen from the State Treasury, and we have
the most emphatic testimony of both Reyn-
elds and Burns, that the crime was com
mltted between them-bOth of them assert
that the other did it. The LAWYERS are. Ger
tain neither of them did it. 1t is like the
lrishmen who supposed he had met a GER
tain friend, and in telling of his mistake.
said: thought it was Pat, and Pat
thought it was me, but sure it was neither
OF us In this case, however, the people
unanimously recognize that the stealing
lies between the two accusers, and also,
that by failure of legal methods. the State
Prison, as before stated, has been cheated.
Speaking OF the failure of justice to redress
the crime committed, the Dixon Tribune saws:
1t was surprise to nobody, when the
charges of embeZzlement against ThOs II.
Reynolds were dismissed From the be-
ginning, 1t has been apparent that no other
result would follow. Nobody disputes the
fact that during the incumbency of Burns
and Reynolds, $4,000 of the fees collected
in the Secretary of States office were stolen.
There is no question that the guilt lies be-
tween them, and there is a strong proba-
bility that both are equally culpable. In
the trial of Burns, Reynolds was the scape-
goat. When Reynolds was arraigned, the
responsibility was shifted to the shoulders
of Burns, and thus ends the miserable
farce. The law is not at fault. A jury, in
fiuenced by weak sentimentalism and the
juggleries and quibbling of lawyers, turned
these men loose upon the community
again. The law, properly construed and
enforced, is sufficient to punish them.
Let the responsibility rest where it be-
longs