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Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
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Chicago Record Not only Is the disgrace
ful dlckor disastrous IN It's effects upon state
officials, but Il throws discredt on the bonds
that such officials are required 10 give. II
Taylors bondsmen are practically released
why should not all bondsmen In future cases
bo discharged from the obligations they as
sumo? The whole transaction Is bal from
beginning to end, and the trucking OF the
state to the despoier Of It's treasury is The
worst feature of II all.
Des Molnes Leader We are told that
Taylor OF South Dakota will plead guilty, be
given sentence Of two years and Will be
pardoned out in something less than this
time. Let's see: Taylor stole about
$3.50, 900. His time must be more valuable
than a railroad presidents. 1t Is com
mentary upon American justice that such
compounding with felony as Implied In this
case may be cooly discussed In advance aud
scarce a protest be maze against H.
Davenport Democrat: South Dakota Is
getting ready to illustrate anew how small
thief gets heavy punishment while the de
faulter on q sweeping scale Is compromised
with. Taylor, the embezzlng and abscond-
ing treasurer of that state, is to have
special term OF court called for his beneht
and then he is TO be treated to merely
nominal sentence. His only mistake seems
to have been in not taking millions where
he got away with hundreds Of thousands.
But then he stole everything in sight, and
would have taken more had 1t been placed
within his reach
Detroit Free Press Taylor, tho abscond-
ing treasurer from Sioux Falls, has shown
himself shrewd man and the ways OF jus
tice in South Dakota are made to appear In
a strange light. He has negotiated the
terms of his surrender to the authorities and
even fixed the sentence Of the court at two
years Imprisonment. II this is the manner
in which the DEGREES of the blind goddess
are to be determined hereafter 1t might be
well to have the courts issue their best terms
i'm advance so that criminals may accept or
reject as the probable proceeds of their trans
gressions may suggest.
New York Advertiser 1t is interesting to
learn that the keen blade OF Justice Is to be
sheathed in the interest of absconding
Treasurer Taylor, who ran away with the
funds OF South Dakota. Since he retreated
into the contiguous woods where rolls the
Oregon and hears no sound save its own DASH
ing, this able financier has been carrying on
negotiations with the legal department OF
South Dakota and has finally reached an
agreement whereby he is to surrender
pay over about one-third Of his theft and &C
cept two-years sentence, with the under
standing that the governor is soon to pardon
him with a complete restoration of citizen
ship. Mr.. Taylor might have gone further
and required the governor and his astute
legal department to pass resolutions OF re-
spect and confidence for and in Treasurer
Taylor, with a few words Of special COM
meEdaton for his management Of the states
inarces. And thus is crime made odious in
South Dakota.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
THE cJTY 7REAsyRr

The revelations of the last twenty
four hours concerning City Treasurer
Bolln and the defalcatlon In the munl-
cipal treasury have created profound
surprise in this community. Mr.. Bolln
had been regarded as man Of the
highest integrity and n model business
man. lie had occupied many positions
of trust His administration of the
county finances during two terms and
his management of the city treasurer
ship during his first term had com
mended him to the taxpayers as worthy
of implicit confidence. Unfortunate in
vcstments and reckless speculation
seem to have wrought his ruin. While
1t is not possible at this time to make
an accurate estimate of the shortage
in the city treasury, it is believed by
those who have made casual investi-
CATION that it cannot exceed $4,000.
In the present emergency the mayor
and city council have n Guty to per-
form. The office of city treas-
urer should be declared vacant.
Steps must be taken to find a man
qualified for the position who can give
the required bond. Meantime the books
and records of the treasurcr's office
should be thoroughly examined by ex-
perts. In the interest of the city as
urer Coulter should be superseded by
an officer who possesses the confidence
Of all concerned. Mr.. Coulter's conduct
during the past year has been such as
to make his retention under present
conditions a matter of doubtful pro
priptV
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
TRYING TIE SCARECROW GAME.


And the voice is the voice of Jacob,
and the hand is the hand of Esau. Our
double-cnder contemporary keeps on
disclaiming its intimate relation to the
bowling dervishes who are seeking to
get control of the fire and police de-
partments for mercenary, sectarian and
political purposes. These disclaimers
are, however, decidedly at variance with
It's course at every turn.
When the commission was nego-
tiating with Mr.. Redell to accept the
position of fire chief it raised the cry
against appointing any one not already
in the department. This demagOgic
howl in favor of home talent was kept
up I'm spite of the known fact that no
one in Omaha was qualified by expert
ence to reorganize and handle the de-
partment. When Chief Redelrs scalp
was reached for by the bowling der
wishes this organ of discord gave all
the aid and comfort 1t could to the
gang.
When the board, after leaving the city
for weeks exposed to footpads, cracks
men and crooks, prepared to secure a
competent chief of police, the cry was
raised that the man who accepted the
position would have only a six weeks
job. Now that the board has offered
the place to an officer who is in every
respect qualified for the position and
brings the best of recommendations,
the contention is raised that no man
can legally fill the place of chief of
police unless he is a citizen of Ne
braska. Such a game of scarecrow
will hardly frighten a man of Martin
Whites caliber.
In support of its absurd assertion the
World Herald cites the anti-Pinkerton
law enacted in 1893, with the terrible
threat that the commissioners will in
cur the liability of being sent to the
penitentiary if they dare to install Mr..
White into the position vacated by
Seavey. If Mr.. Hitchcock were not a
half-baked lawyer he would know
enough to know that the anti-Pinker-
ton act prohibits simply the importation
of mercenarieS by private corporations
and their appointment as deputy sher-
ifs or deputy marshals. The anti
Pinkerton law in so many words pro-
hibts sheriffs, police chiefs or police
commissioners from appointing any
nonresident as under sheriff or dep
uty for the protection of public or pri-
vate property. This does not apply to
the employment of an American citi-
zen, who upon assuming his duties
becomes a resident with the intention
of making this city his home. There
is more than one lawyer on the Board
of Fire and Police Commissioners and
they doubtless know their powers and
duties in the premises. The game of
scarecrow has been played too often.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
THE TARIFF As AN ISSUE.

With the revenues of the govern
ment falling behind expenditures and
steadily increasing deficit demonstrat-
ing beyond question the failure of the
present tariff law as revenue
measure, it is perfectly obvi-
Gus that in considering what shall be
done to give the government an ade
quate revenue it will be impossible to
drop the tariff as an issue. In the
opinion of some prominent republicans
1t will be the paramount issue in the
campaign of next year. In recent
interview Representative DalZell of
Pennsylvania, who may be the chair
man of the ways and means committee
of the next house, expressed the opinion
that the tariff will be the principal
issue In 1896. Other republicans of
ellis have expressed similar view and
a number of republican papers are
urging that this must be the leading
question before the people in the next
presidential campaign. Unless in the
meanwhile the revenues of the govern
ment Overtake expenditures, which now
seems most improbable, it is manifest
that the question of revising the tariff
with view to providing more revenue
will have to be urged upon the con-
sideration of the people.
The next congress will probably be
able to accomplish very little for in
creasing the revenue. 1t can make
no material changes in the tariff law
for this purpose, because a democratic
president stands In the way. Any in
crease of duties or any transfers from
the free list to the dutiable list which
n republican house might make would,
if not defeated by the senate, be very
certain to encounter the executive veto.
Although President Cleveland withheld
law and condemned it in vigorous
. terms it is safe to say that he will per
NIT no interference with 1t in the di-
rection of greater protection to Amer
lean industries, even though 1t be
clearly shown that to do this would
at once increase the revenues of the
government and the prosperity of the
slight increase of few other duties
would give the treasury the needed
revenue without in the least Oppress-
ing the people, but Mr.. Cleveland would
not permit this to be done, and there
fore it would be useless for the repub-
lican house of representatives to waste
any time over such legislation. The
tariff will stand as 1t is, there is every
reason to believe, until 1t can be
changed by a republican congress and
president, and that being the case 1t
will have to be made an issue, and,
as now seems probable, the paramount
issue in the next campaign for the
choice of president and congress.
1t Is not to be doubted that large
majority of the American people are
now fully convinced that the denS-
cratic tariff policy is not what this
country wants. The lesson of the last
two years has taught them that our
progress and prosperity as nation
will be best subserved by judiclous
and equitably adjusted system of pro-
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
IOWA PRESS CONNIE Mt.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Where is the man
in the Iowa republican party who will vol
unteer to knock that financial chip off Sena-
tor Harsh's shoulder?
Des Moines Leader: 1t is not necessary
at this late day. after the matter has been
gone over 30 thoroughly for so many years
to say that the contest is not between the
home and the saloon. The saloon will re-
main in Des Moines no matter what the
supreme court may say. 1t is simply ques-
ton of whether there shall be saloons which
are amenable to public control, or whether
the alley doggery will blossom again.
Davenport Democrat: Senator Allison is
ndustrously earning the title of being "the
still hunt candidate" Those who want to
boom him are kindly permitted to do so, but
he is not personally directing a literary
bureau. II he were an avowed candidate
he has not that quality which Blaine pos
sessed in so great degree, the magnetism
or something to make the crows sing and
shout and go wild over him and his ambi-
tions.
Sioux City Journal: The fair prospect
that Senator Allison will be nominated for
the presidency cuts no figure in the matter
of his reelection to the senate. The next
legislature will re-elect him as senator.
There will be no opposition. Nor does the
senator need to become a candidate for re-
election. 1t will be sufficient II he should
reelection. 1t Is safe to say that no repub-
lican In Iowa would be candidate against
Senator Allison, so long as he would consent
to reelection.
Sioux City Times The last general as
semby took an important step in the direc-
ton OF more efficient temperance legislation,
leaving much for future general assemblies
to do. That wise progress will be made no
one can doubt who has carefully measured
public sentiment And not the least
auspcious sign is the growing disposition
of the average voter of all parties, however
1t may be in the case of some politicians,
to demand that this question be dealt with
as a business matter and not as a mere
instrument of partisanship, which has already
done so much to delay a satisfactory settle
ment
Des Moines Capital: The ocean telegraph
conveys to us the important intelligence that
part of the equipment of the expedition
which is to go through the new Baltic sea
canal is to be, besides five tons OF fresh
meat daily, "2 900 bottles OF wine, 200 bottles
of spirits 10 900 bottles OF beer, 1000 gallons
of beer in casks and 1000 gallons OF milk
apart from the ordinary rations on board" ="
There's 16 to l again; sixteen OF beer to one
of milk; but then, like our 16 to l, 1t is not
the proper ratio 1t provides for pre-
posterous amount of milk. The ratio OF 32
to l will doubtless be found as in the other
case, the true one. The people over there
must have been reading our American news
papers until they couldn't think OF any other
proportion than l6 to /.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
GlObe-DemOcrat.


The free silyerites would make more prog
ress IL they would adopt more temperate and
reasonable methods Of presenting their views
and promoting their purposes AS a rule
their orators talk like prosecuting attorneys
trying criminals, or like reckless fanatics
stirring up sedition. IF we lose this fight
in 1896" exclaims Mr., Sibley, prospective
candidate for president on the argentiferous
ticket two great conditions are to be
'or revolution; one or the
other is sure to GOMEZ" When a cause is
thus advocated 1t Is discredited, and intelli-
gent and patriotic people are not likely to
give 1t sympathy and support. AS matter
OF fact, there is no reason to apprehend
either reputation or revolution as the result
Of the maintenance of sound money system
The men who make such predictions and
utter such threats are we'll aware that the
situation does not Justify anything OF the
kind. They are deliberate and unscrupulous
falsifers, who seek to accomplish a desired
end by demagogic and incendiary means
Their consciousness, of the weakness of their
case impels them to assume an intimidating
attitude, and to play upon the fears, pas
sons and prejudices Of those who have only
a partial understanding OF the subject. II
they were sincerely mistaken, there would
be some excuse for them, but they know
better, and hence deserve the severest
reprobation.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
A, +. A'ism I'm Pennsylvania.
indianapolis Journal,

The Pennsylvania legislature instigated by
anti-Catholic organizations dashed in and
passed a law forbidding the wearing by pub
lie school teachers of the peculiar garb" of
any religious sect. The law was aimed at
Roman Catholic nuns, who, in certain
neighborhoods, have heretofore been per-
mitted to teach in public schools. The first
fruits of the measure are, however of an
unexpected sort The Mennonites, Prot
estant denomination, have quite a large mem
bership in Pennsylvania, and the women wear
peculiar garb." Some of them teach school,
and 1t is now discovered greatly to their
CONSERVATION and that of their friends, that
the law discriminates against them. In some
quarters the school directors will employ
them as before and bring suit to test the
constitutionallty of the law, If necessary. In
some parts of Pennsylvania the Quaker
women still adhere to their quaint attire,
and they, too, will come under the ban IL
they wish to teach. The same is true of the
Amish and other sects in the state, so that,
altogether, the anti-Catholic organizations and
the Legislature find that their law, over
which they chuckled, is likely to be an ele-
phant on their hands. Next time they will
perhaps 60 little slower.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
NEBRASKA AND NEBRJSK1NS.

The new Sargent creamery shipped it's
first 1000 pounds Of butter Saturday
West Point has followed the example of
many Nebraska towns and enacted curfew
ordinance.
The postofice at Ragan was burglarzed
and $500 in money and stamps taken out or
the safe. No clew.
Lat Brown, formerly OF Nebraska City, has
been elected president Of the National Local
Freight Agents association.
The second semi-annual tournament Of the
Northeast Nebraska Tennis association Will
be held at Wakefield, June 20 and 21.
A Diller barber refused to cut the hair OF
the proprietor of a rival shop and was ar
rested The rival had to pay the costs.
c. D. Shrader, at one time popullst
politician and a member OF the legislature,
has moved from Logan county to Oklahoma.
A man named Paul committed suicide near
Ravenna. He was the owner of a 2OO-acre
improved farm and didn't owe a dollar He
was demented.
N o. Nelson, county surveyor Of Boyd
county, has been found guilty of embezzling
the funds of school district in that county
to the amount of $21S.
The work of grading and building the B. G.
M. tracks around the Missouri washout at
Brownvlle is nearly completed, and trains
will be running over the new track next
Monday.
Inc hepuDllcan river looh duNahtase VI the
recent flood to change its chanel at RED
Cloud. AS result the dam of the Red Cloud
Milling company, put in at a cost of $1,000
is standing high and dry at one side of the
new channel.
George Lee of Ringgold county. Iowa. Sc
duced a girl In 1882. The young woman
gave birth to a daughter. Afterward she
married another man and year ago died al
Broken Bow. Now Lee has appeared al
Broken Bow, acknowledged that he was the
father of the child and has taken 1t to his
home in Iowa
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
The Triumph of Injustice.
Buffalo Express,


The decision of the circuit court of appeals
dissolving the injunction by which the hold
ing of an election for constitutional conven-
tion in South Carolina under the present
barbarous registration laws was forbidden Is
a sad blow to honest elections. The ground
OF the decision is not that OF equity, but lack
Of jurisdiction. On its face this
ruling constitutes a gross injustice Its only
warrant is that the federal courts lack power
to prevent such injustice. 1t is further
claimed by the court that neither the 14th
nor 18th amendments Of the federal consti-
tuition bear on the case, this being merely a
state election.
The ruling leaves the bourbons OF South
Carolina full liberty to go ahead with. their
infamous constitution for the. perpetual dis
franchisement Of the negroes. Unless fur
ther action can be taken, by which a reversal
of this decision can be secured from the su-
preme court, they will unquestionably carry
out their purpose. The only way to treat
South Carolina then will be to make 1t pay
the penalty for its dishonesty by depriving 1t
OF portion of its congressional representation,
according to the provisions Of the 18th
amendment. This much can be done. and
the Express hopes IL will be.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19

efforts OF this government TO bring
about settlement Of the controversy
by arbitration 1t is evidently useless
to continue them. We have done our
whole duty in this direction and will
only invite humiliation by going further.
AS the situation now appears Nenc,
zuela can secure possession of the ter
ritory she claims Great Britain has no
right to only by fighting for 1t. If she
shall decide to do that 1t will be time
for the United States to declare its po-
sitlon. Meanwhile our government can
properly dismiss the matter from con
sidprntio
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
RESCIND TILE ACTION.

The Board of Education has again
school, which its own attorney declares
to be without warrant of law. Why
was this done? Simply because the
Pacific Express office makes a business
of school politics. If the school treas
ury were overflowing, and the teachers
training school were by law part of
the common school system, this fragrant
piece of favoritism might be passed by
unnotced. But why should the school
board rob the children who are en-
titled to ten months elementary in
stluction each year in order to keep
up a normal department for the benefit
of one person?
The salaries OF the training school
teachers last year aggregated $500.
That sum cannot be spared from the
fund devoted to primary and grammar
school education. With only $4,000 in
the school board treasury, and three
times as many outstanding warrants
unpaid, with no income in sight for
six months beyond the police court
fines, which will not exceed 81, 900 per
month, retrenchment has become an
absolute necessity. The place where
retrenchment should begin is with the
branch that can be Topped off with
least injury to the schools. AS there
is no legal authority for diverting the
school fund to the support of normal
school, the board should rcscind the
action it has taken under the political
pressure of interested parties.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
WILL Make NO CONCESSJON

The statement made by the parlia-
mentary secretary of the British foreign
office in the House of Commons, re-
garding the position of the British gov
ernment in the boundary controversy
with Venezuela, shows that there is no
more disposition now to make conces-
sions than at any previous time since
the dispute arose. A report from Wash
ington few days ago stated that
there was more favorable promise of
the settlement of this matter by arbi-
tration, according to the suggestion
which had been submitted by this gov
ernment to the British government, but
1t seems from the London dispatch that
there was no substantial ground for
this statement. The simple fact is that
Great Britain adheres to the position
she has held from the beginning of the
controversy. She proposes to insist
upon her original claim to certain ter
ritory and will only submit to arbitra-
tion subsequent claim, which our
government has in effect said is of
doubtful merit.
This latest official declaration of the
intention of the British government
not to make any concession to Vene-
zuela will not unlikely result in speed
lily bringing the controversy to a crisis
and thus compelling the United States
government to assume definite atti-
tude. The situation Us very much
strained and the fact that Venezuela
has made no hostile demonstration with
a view to occupying the disputed
territory is largely due to the hope that
the efforts of this government to in
duce the British government to accede
to the request for submitting the whole
matter in controversy to arbitration
would be successful. With that hope
dissipated there Is reason TO expect
that Venezuela will take steps to pos
sess herself of the disputed territory,
the popular sentiment of the country
being strongly in favor of such a course.
Undoubtedly the British government is
fully prepared for such contingency
and would meet the first overt act with
vigorous resistance.
After the interest our government has
taken in this matter it could not be a
mere passive spectator of a conflict be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela
without an impairment OF its prestige
and influence. Even in the event of
war resulting from the action of Vene-
zuela this country would be bound to
give its moral If not its substantial
support to the South American republic
and to go so far, at least, as to warn
Great Britain that 1t would not con-
sent to any spoliation of Venezuelan
territory. There would be furnished
| by such conflict an opportunity for n
decisive application of the Monroe doc
trine and there is little reason to doubt
that our government would firmly in
sist upon the recognition of this doc
trine. 1t is easy TO see, therefore, that
it Is more than possible the United
States may become seriously involved
in this Venezuelan complication, and
were our government disposed to make
1t n preteXt for getting into trouble with
Great Britain, as jingoism would sug-
gest, probably no great difficulty would
be found in starting trouble. AS to the
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19

the assault, and had at the time reasonable
grounds 10 believe. and In good faith believed,
that the deceased intended to take his life
or to do him great bodily harm, he was not
obliged TO retreat, nor to consider whether
he could safely retreat. but was entitled to
stand his ground and meet any attack made
upon him with deadly weapon. in such way
and with such force as under all circum-
stances he at the moment honestly believed
and had reasonable grounds to believe. was
necessary TO save his own life or to protect
himself from great bodily injury"
The theory that a person must avoid dam
ger by getting out OF the way" was all right
when 1t was Invented, but that was prior to
the invention OF firearms. To require a man
to run from an assailant with a gun is to
compel him to risk death from a shot or shots
through the back. 1--WE have changed all
that In modern times, as the supreme court
so clearly states.