Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-07

they now do their cussing under their breath
and are devotng their energies to accom-
plish the defeat OF the chief Justice by under
handed work and stratagem, rather than by
open and avowed warfare.
Judging from the feeling that existed
among the correspondents, now and prior to
their acquittal, General Leese was the only
one of their number whom they really
wished to see convicted. Tom Benton, who
essayed to speak for the whole crowd, has
boldly asserted time and again, THAT it
would be all the satisfaction they wanted"
| IL they could have only stuck Leese, as he,
| in their estimation, was the only guilty one
| among their number.
Leese Did Not Plead the baby Act.
| General Leese, to his credit may be said
| did not pattern at all after Benton, In plead
| ing the question of jurisdiction before the
| impeachment court, or by throwing every
| obstacle in the way of trial, as the ex-
auditor has done; but on the other hand
| Leese waived tho question of jurisdiction
| and insisted that he be given an opportunity
to produce in open court the receipts and
vouchers that he had to show for every
cent of money paid out by him.
| very near friend of the
ex-attorncy, general said that the
| much talked Of opinion obtained and paid
| for by Mosher, and which, it has been al
| legged was obtained from Leese while he
was in Office, was in reality obtained from
one Joseph w. Edgerton, who aspired, as the
readers of The BEE will remember, with
tion about a year and half ago, and that
Edgerton instead of Leese received check
in payment for the service of preparing and
writing the opinion.
The next thing in order in the way of
promised respite from labor for the acQuit-
ted and overworlied officials, so rumor says,
will be visit to I.aporte, Tex, where they
have put in so much of their precious time
| during the past two years. On this junket
they will be accompanied by Tom Benton,
eX-auditOr; John M Thayer, ex-governor,
and Hon. r. II. Greer of Kearney. 1t might
be well to mention in connection with this
| proposed visit TO Laporte that the land COM
pany owning the townstc is made up prin-
cipally of state officials, superintendents of
state institutions and employees therein.
The sentiment is now expressed that the
cup of joy of the hilarious ones would not be
full and running over until Mosher's ac-
| quittal was assured but this will not be
long delayed if the reports of the mission
aries who have been sent to Omaha of late
are to be believed All of them who have
returned within the past few days do not
hesitate to say that the bank wrecking
associate of the gang will soon be set free.
Tom Majors Rules the Roost.
Governor Crounse leaves In few days for
Chicago, and Lieutenant Governor Majors
will assume the gubernatorial reins in his
| absence. There are various rumors afloat as
to the future intentions of the governor.
An intimate friend says that it will prob
ably be two or three months before the cX-
ecutive returns to the capital, and that he is
seriously contemplating Il European trip.
Another friend who often haunts the
executive Office took it upon himself to say
that the governor was wearing heavy fit of
disgust, and that stranger things had hap
| pened than for the people of the state to
wake up some morning and learn that a
governor had resigned. When asked if he
had heard of the European trip, he said that
he would not be surprised if the governor
did something of the kind to allow himself
| n nf N "a NOT INN Nafi ipf fpl "
! declare himself by a resignation.
Still another said that it would be
eminently fitting, in view of the turn affairs
had taken, to have a man Of Majors stamp
in the governors chair so as to have the
administration in perfect harmony with the
ringsters and run 'er wide open"
About that Prediction.
In the midst of the iubilation among the
acquitted officials and their thirsty hackers,
some asked "How about Lambertson's pre-
amount to q d-n." An onlooker replied.
"Wait till fall" and was promptly frowned
into silence. Here is the prediction as sub
mitted in court by the attorney for the
prosecution IN his closing argument:
| If the court of final resort, the most august
tribunal in the state by reason of its dignity,
learning and Integrity, shall decide that 1t was
RsGpimg Gimg tor 10 tne hoara m OF puDiic Lands ana
tcndent William III. Dorgan, the representative
of every interest adverse TO the state; that it
day for the labor of convicts when all other
lessecs of convict labor were paying but 4o
cents per day; that it was in the line of duty
for the board to eXpend or authorize the eX-
penditure of 500, appropriated to build a cell
house, for Il tour of inspection of state prisons
ana to send delegates to uprison congress that
it was right TO. pay for labor that never was
} used and permit the diversion of moneys and
materials to the personal use of Dorgan and
Mosher that u purchase Of stone at three
hS Snd maket Wdsho ac Of Ef
method OF approving vouchers for coal deliv'
cred at the asylum adopted by the board
one year and four months, relieved the boart
from all responsibility and acquits them o.
| gross willful negligence; thai respondent:
were in all matters under consideration guilt
less of m,iscondnct; nj, that none of the charge,
official misdemeanor; that respondents b,
} therefore restored to their offices, commended
! by the court as good and faithful public serv
ants. then will the court throughout tn,
borders OF the commonwealth pronounce fo
the first time as tribunal of impeachment
judgment that will not only produce pro
found sensation, but one that Will scriousl,
Impair the respect and veneration in which
} | is held and lessen that high sense Of public
| duty in officers which is at once the safety ant
} | protection of the state.
Bitter Flavor in the Draught.
1t is known that this is the home of the olC
state house parasites and strikers, but i
must not be understood that all of the people
of this city are in sympathy with the thre
officials and their allies. There are just n
, pure men here as live upon the broad prairie
= | OF the agricultural districts OF the state, bu
, | the Lincoln air is so taintet
I with political corruption that
; is difficult for them to throw off tn,
! influence and declare upon what platform
\ they stand, though there are any numbe
this morning who have no hcsitancy in say
ing that Notwithstanding the verdict of tn
majority of the court, if the trial could hav
d been held in any other place than here, tn
v verdict would have been guilty as charged
@ Men who have given the findings of tn
t court mature consideration unhesitatingl,
I say that the verdict rendered by Judge
c | Norval and Post is not one that can affort
@ Messrs. Hastings, Humphrey and Allen an,
u great amount Of satisfaction, for they poin
s | to the fact that these two judges have vir
a | tually decided in favor of conviction, though
Ii they have condoned the acts of the Official
# by holding that they had no knowledge o
the stealings and the looting OF the publ
n treasury. Had Chief Justice Maxwell hel,
q that the officials were innocent of the charge
IS preferred, then and in that tho event. th,
! men who We're the respondents and the
a camp followers would have been happy, bu
N as it is they are compelled TO admit tha
T. Justice Maxwell Is nearly always right AM
D. that when cases go to the supreme court o
a the United States he is seldom reversed il
d his judgment. This fact alone weigh
heavily upon the minds of the acquitted off