New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-18
SCHOOLBOY EPISODES.'

IL seems hard that young man who happens
to he hard pressed for money ana wants 10
get married clnnot steal horse ana buggy
upon the impulse of the moment and then sell
it and aftcrward serve term IN prison Tor
grand larceny without having 1t thrown up al
him when later in life he becomes states
man and is animated by noble ambition to
servo his fcllow-men as u Commissioner OF
Street improvements. Yet tits is what has
bannoncd in the case of Mr.. Jacob Secbold
,iobt in this very town. Mr.. Sccbod feels az
p,it we'd that such things should be. lie occu-
pies the position OF Tammany leader IN his
district and this fact alone is sufficient tcsti-
mony rs well 10 his moral qualities as II his
abilities as a statesman. lie says himself that
the transaction referred 10 was mere "Sch0ol-
boy episode" and it is MT believed that he
vould now steal horse and buggy anywhere,
even if he found it unhitchcd. IL seems to
him like carrying it a little too far t. throw
ND at him " sch oclboy episode" OF that triiIng
character when he wants to serve his fellow
men in public office.
Mr. Secbcld's feeling about "schoolboy cpl
.odcs'' is quite general. Here was man who
wanted (, be Il member IF Congress year and
q half ago who had had schoolboy episode
He shot man in the back and cmpticd the
contents of his revolver into him a. he lay
helpless on the floor. 1t was nothing but
- choolboy episode" but would it be believed.
whom this schoolboy'S name was proposed ~
4 candidate for Congress the "cpi>ode' was
brought up against him. and there WIS 50 in'ich
said about it that his party felt competed 10
D1nder to the better clement and Illuminate
him in his noble aspirations by refusing HIM
The nomination? This too, in - sure as
trict." However. il was in some measure maj"
ND t. HIM later by IN appointment on mimic
iual commission. lie nigh. just As well have
hcen sent to Congress, for il is not believed by
any of hi, friends that if he were in Congress
he would repeat the schoolboy episode on
his fell .w-mcmbcis That is, if they treated
him nicely.
Then here's the case Ct Senator Roach. OF
North Oak ,ta. He had a L" >chooboy episode"
in which he stole $4,000 and ian away.
While he was away the statute Of limitations
was running with such smooihnc>s and rapidity
that almost bcfor the officers Of the bank he
had robbed were aware of il he was out Of
reach f the law The next they knew
he APPEARED rs Democratic United states
Senator And would it be believed. there were
Senators in that body-Rcpublcln Scnat p
for it seems to be Republicans who are always
making fuss over these SchoolbOy cpis dcS'
who threw il up AZ him and said he was not
proper company fer honest men? But they
were rcbukcd by that Christian gentleman
Daniel W. voorhees,, who referred them T. the
Sermon on the Mount. and told them that the
,nc,nos, thinp that cOuld be done by 4 human
being was TO twit a statesman with his " school
boy episodes.'
II will presently come = pass nj this rate
that whenever 4 new Democratic statesman
comes 10 the surface the first question asked
will be in what State prison he served his
:. schooboy episode"