The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-17
The War Il On.

staying the hands of the Mayor and
Council in applying any of the corpora.
ton funds for detection Of any parties
who may be violating the ordinance of
the village of Hillsboro. We also men,
toned the names OF the parties who ap-
piled TOR said order. We regret that
two OF Hillsboro's prominent bankers
are found asking that the officials
OF this corporation be restrained in their
efforts to enforce the law; and it is
further to be regretted that the LIQUOR
dealers of Hillsboro have so conducted
their business in violation of law that it
has become necessary to employ detec.
tives to bring violators of the ordin.
ance to justice.
Now word in reference to the argu.
ments offered against employing detec.
tives or prosecuting cases against saloon
lists for the violation OF the ordinance.
The principal argument offered is that it
costs money. Very true; but all gov
ernments cost money. Take for instance
our courts, ,.our schools, our asylums, our
soldiers homes, our infirmaries, our
jails and penitentiaries. These all cost
very large sums Of money, but the great
bulk Of the people believe that it is
money wisely expended.
The Hillsboro Gazette of last week is
bitter in its personal attack on Police.
man McMullen, "Doc" McCoppin and
Abe Meyers. It also passes judgment
on Marshal Lewis, without ever hearing
the Marshal's side of the question. The
NEws-HERALD also receives its weekly
allowance. We do not intend to follow
the Gazette in its dirty personal attacks.
The question in Hillsboro is of greater
importance than personalities. The
Council of Hillsboro is severely denounc'
ed for its RECKLESS extravaganza" And
right here is where the money argument
may become misleading. The array Of
bills allowed by Council at its last meet
ing, and the allowing Of which the Ca
sette is pleased to call RECKLESS egrava.
gance, ARE bills some of which are more
than one year old. Let the fact be con.
sidered that the levy for all purposes is
less in Hillsboro than in any other vii
lage in Highland county, working under
corporate laws. We mean the levy for
running expenses. Here are the rates
for the villages in this county Lees
burg, 27 40; Greenfield, 264; Lynch.
burg, 224; Hillsboro, 81 2.lO, with 2 2.1O
miles to be added to liquidate the rail.
road Indebtedness, making in all 20 z.
10 mills, which is the total amount paid
by the taxpayers Of this corporation.
We leave comparison of these assess.
ments with the intelligent reader. But
this argument of the great cost OF main
tanning the law is not new one; it is
old as this government, and has been
rung on every change of the ganut since
the establishment Of this Republic. The
readers of this article who remember
the events of the Civil War in the Unit.
ed States will feadily call to mind that
the hue and cry raised against the pros.
ecution of the war by the Democrats OF
Ohio, was that the country was being
ruined by the fanatics who were in con-
troll of the general Government. Well,
the Republican party assumed the re.
sponsibility under those circumstances,
and are not ashamed of the record and
great expense that was necessary to
maintain the dignity of this Nation /;
and we feel assured that the people OF
Hillsboro will not finch when duty calls
them to maintain the dignity of the law
in this place.
In direct connection with upholding
the law in Hillsboro, the prayer OF those
engaged in the liquor traffic, enjoining
the officers from the use of the public
funds for the detection of those who do
violate, comes with very bad grace; if
these men had not been violating the
ordinance there would have been no
need for detectives, much less any need
for guarding the public funds. The OBJ.
lection to the employment OF detectives
is silly in the extreme. The modern
world recognizes the detective system
from the highest to the lowest depart.
ments OF Government and business.
Detectives are employed in very many
OF the departments of our own Govern
ment with satisfactory results. There is
also the regular detective force of train
ing men in most Of our large cities, whose
duty is solely that of bringing criminals to
justice. In view of this fact, why should
men of our own county be denounced
on account of the part they have taken
in pointing out those who break the
law? 1t is strange that men who reluc-
tantly consent to aid the public through
its officers in enforcing the law should
be held up as men who sell their char
acters, while other men who have no
higher motive in view than the gratifi.
cation of their own depraved appetites