Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-01-02
CHAPTER I'LL
COMPLETES TIE STORY OF JOHN NEEDHAA's

VO011 nc lin oAohf Oc JOuN s
RISE, AND ALSO DEsCRiBE5 HIS FALL.
Although from a mon ,tarJ pint O.. view
q lord Of tn, treasury Is no g. ca advance
a capable man aud an a;piriny miad in.
CLUBS the premiership itseif. o. tina way
to that s,at Of autaori ", what a powerful
AMI profltabl, hal ,iny place is tue secre.
tarysaip 20 the treasury. AMI only think
what wealth an INSCRIPTIONS clancall " of
the exc.lequer might commanI In one sao:t
year of off1ca! To a man of John Ne d.
hams aulacity the situation would hav.
been full Of the mosl tremendous po-
abilities.
In military warfare il a man turn traitor
he Is shot. The field of politics allows a
much broader margin for tie action of in.
divldual indie rendence. John Needham was
shamefully untrue to the party that elec;el
him to Ike its chief, AMI the result wa, hi,
advancement to the honorable AMI high
post Of a lord Of the treasury. Had he been
successful in some other trans ,ressions
against morality, bis political treason
would. ia all probability, have led hin to
the very highest place in the queens gov.
arnlnent
Ii ma lie left to tho ~pnilosophic analyss
to ronsit.r whether a pure and righteous
patriot nj TN hoad Of English affairs might
not bring about disasters as serious a, thos.
which would be expected to follow the
operations of an unscrupu. Gus Snave. Never
thelesi tAe imagination reels at tbs thought
that John Neelham might have successfully
filed the grea offices OF state that lead up
to the premiership.
A man OF conspicuous ability, he could
fairly have lookel forward to this post Of
| hnnNts md ~ ,1,.,nN Tao s$,k:o. ! f,,l1
OF temptations to Il morali;t. Ths author
who worked nut the possibilities OF creation
in the hands Of Satan would flni plenty Of
material for speculation in the possibilities
of an English policy, foreign or otherwise,
with John Neadham at Downing street.
1t may he that after his first depledations.
which wonli have given him command of
untold wealth, John Ne ,dham might have
raused AMI given his Country a chance.
John Nee .ham above want, hey oni the
reach of financial difficulty, might have de-
veloi ell a higher phase Of character than it
is the historians duty to exhibit with the
existing materials; for, SO far as the facts
are concerned. John Needham, at the time
of his introduction to Office under the adj
ministratiol Ut Lord Aberdeen, was q swim
der AMI a thief: AMI the circumstances in
which he was plac.d at a later date might
have lsd even a less desperate man to tbs
committal OF the most serious crime known
to thalaw.
If the new lord of thu treasury ever had
made MS wav to the premiership he coa!d
hive ben as rich as the weaIthisst Of the
Ro hschi.ds AMI he would: for in his an,
pOintmelt he already concentrated the next
step on the roal to it, Toe se~cretaryshlp oil
tn, treasury would naturally com, easily
and soon to a man Of his ab:lit :. Tue patron
age and emolum outs Of this of1cs would
have e', turnol to quick aui profitable a.
count; an think Of the vast wealth that &
chancellor Of the exchequsr. operating d..
reciv or Indirectly in thJ CITY, coud reaix:
VITA a 81 aole s.rcx, Of the penl'
Fortunately for the country. SONS of Mr..
Needham' commerce al and financial unde =.
takllgs b,.aI to be ser ouslv troub esome
to him u.s.. when his political for 5unss we G
n:ost smiii1sy. Indeed b. was so pressed 70.
u,l', almoss im'ns iiat,.v after his ap
poil.mant, that he commenced to trafR
financially win hi official know.eise be
fors b had properly guarded his GU posts
f'cm tn, active Q lenies wnicl his 20 Utica
re clery had create1.
F.nanc.a. reputa ion il q sens.tive rlant,
II VII. shriv& even at a rumor; wlile tn
more SUE !estion o, irub5 upon the foancia
on''.y of u IN mh,r of the govscn,nen,
would Light the most lourisaiag career.
You may say that a minister Is roli;ic ills
ul'boneSt; you may evel GA &c him witt
sacrificing tn, bsst interests Of humani;y
ior the axe Of oiace; you may go 60 far a
10 say hat he is In lea-us with the enemi,
of his com ry in the furtaerancs Of .
wicked and murdsrous foreign policy, anc
you shall not hurt hun; but say he has com
mitted Q shady conmeroial trAnsacticr