New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-13
IN ARE-INSPIRING LIE.

tn al NJ tho change of views now so prevalent
.,,,oro tho clerov most of it tending toward
greater Iberality in the idea as to future puhieh-
ment, it is gratifying to see tnat ITO ohe .i''
vet predicted any milder future state for the har'
Khe prospective portion of the lar Is pretty
definitely stated in Holy Writ, ana we 10 ho'
believe that there is anybody who wants 10 scc
il modified. There is no greater enemy VI 'oo'o"S
than the liar. His bad deeds do not aceroco 'n0
attention nor the condemnation accorueu " 'no'e
of The burglar or of the highway robDer, DuV ohey
do a vastly greater amount OF harm. ITO" oe@u.-
fpI q thing is truth-and how rare! Usually the
norverters Of truth whom we know as liars, are
at first at least. thoughtess rather than vicious
IN a CORY ATTEMPT to be humorous they torgeo
tho du+,, tbev owe TO truth The vice grows upon
,ts banless victims From being, perhaps, gooo
citizens. respected by all who know them, tney
craduallv sink into common liars, undermining
society and exerting peculiarly hurtful influence
unon the mind of youth. The liar shouid NC
lerisated against the same as the pgnoniis iou
agent. r
While speaking on this painful subject II Is our
sad duty to announce the appearance OF one vi 'i0
most colossal lies of recent years. III comes Aoii
Nebraska and is a cold, plain lie without an ca
tenuating circumstance. We repeat IL ohiy VhaO
we may denounce it and the man VINO teiS H.
His name is Thomas, and he Is SAID 10 pe al
Alliance man with Congressional ASPIRATIONS ne
would be a very dangerous man 10 nave III NoN
cress The story which he tells Is thls he huo
a farm on the Missouri River bottom, near Elm
Valley. week ago the river began W ilSo
ond Lc saw that his land would all be submerged.
lie transferred his family and also MS stocN anu
movable property to higher ground. Here be-
Il tbn farm
nronertv are not fictitious. There was on his
farm. SO he SAYS exactly two miles OF baroed-wire
fence 1t was fve-wire fence and there were
thirtv-two barbs to the rod, or grand total OF
no 400 HARRIS Yet this industrious liar and
the other no less enterprising prevarlcator, the
hired man. baited every one Of these baros WIN
q small bit of meat. They finished and escaped
IN the bluffs lust as the water came up. For
t,ventv-six hours the water remained five feet
above the Ton of the fence. Then the river re-
coded and the hardened and disreputable man
Thomas went down and examined his fence. lie
fonnd so he has the assurance to say, nsh hang-
ing from every barb except three, or lO2,3Vo III
all. There were piczerel, bass, pike, suckers
and MANY other varieties They averaged ten
bounds each in weight, giving him the astonlsh-
ing total of 023, $50 pounds OF fresh nsh. hc
discharged the hired man because he had not
properly baited the three barbs which failed
to catch any fish.
II Mr.. Thomas does get into Congress, THINK
of the consequences if he should begin 10 dlS
cuss the tariff or the silver question. Not 10
say. of course; that untruths have never been
told about the silver and the tariff in Congress
before now-far be it from us to detract from
the reputation of the many able Democratic u
that is to say, the many eminent statesmen o.
the opposition now in Congress but we do mol
hoIieve that any one of them could begin to
bring the depth and length and breadth oil
mendacity to these questions which Mr.. Thomas
could bring. if We are to judge OF his powers IN
other lines by his fish story. Mr.. Thomas should
be kept out of Congress. More than 1nao,
the people of Nebraska have any self-respect they
should demand that he move away 10 sonle
distant State and remain in seclusion. we can
only hope that this thing will rest where IL Is,
and that no hardy individual will rise UP ana
try to tell lie bigger than Mr.. ThomaSs'