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III" Virginia City Miners Union j.,
the oldest association 81 ita Kind in
existence, having maintained its or.
gauizutiun since the discovery ~ the
CUmsturk lode. nearly - years ago
When the union was formcd Abraham
Lincoln WIS President Of the United
States, and during hiR term aud four
years after tho miners ui the West
wcro regarded 10y ihcIr cr.lnhorrr4
throughout the county M the most
yuluahlC contributors 10 ihc general
prosperity Uf the United States los
furnishing gold and silver for stand
arl money 60 maintain the credit and
adyanc" tho prosperity o. the coun.
try.
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McKISLEy AND SILVER.

AS William Mckinley. tho great
pr~o,cc,ioDist, il almost sure TO receive
The nomination for President at the
Republican National Convention. his
views on the silver question have more
thou n passing interest to the people
or Nevada. In the Ohio campaign Of
1891, when he first ran for Governor,
his opponent was Governor Campbell
who ran on Il platform TINT declared
for tho free and unlimited coinage ot
silver. In replying to nm interview in
which Governor Campbell said "he
was willing TO chance il on FREQ coin.
age Mckinley in his opening speech
Mt Niles on Augugt ~, 1891, said.
Governor Campbell declared in II
Of his recent interviews that, while no
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George Bell, the Carson o stmaster
has been suspended by Inspector
Thran ana Edmund James placed III
charge temporarily. The bondsmcn
say there Is no real shortage, but that
the books are in such Il bad shape
that 1t Is impossible to- tell the real
condition of the Office.
The Tribune says: What the
shortage amounts to IL not known. -
: tho Inspector refuses to divuigc or
give any intimatiuu of the probable
amount. Some say it only amounts
to SlGO while others INSERT it will run
up into the thousands
The Appeal and News say there is
no shortage and that the whole
trouble has arisen from the accounts
being badly mixed. The Appeal also
says that Bell has been drinking a
great deal for some time past and is
now ut the Kcclcy cure. Tho an.
nounccmcnt was not much Of Il sur,
prise as there has been qu"c gossip
about the Office for some time.
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DENVER, March 3l.-A suit has
been tiled in the United States Cir.
cult Court by the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission invoking the and
OF the courts against ten western rail
roads aud cOmpc! them to desist from
discriminating between long and short
hauls.
An order setting January 10th as
the time when the schedules Of rates
should be amended was made, but the
roads refused to comply.
An Injunction is asked restricting
the companies from proceeding with
the existing schedules, and Judge
llallctt il asked to impose Il penalty
upon each company of not exceeding
800 a day IA long ms the law is dis.
regarded. Tho court ordered the de.
PENDANT companies to file answers on
or before May it'll.
The Southern Pacific. SANTA l'c.
Colorado Midland. Denver a Rio
Grandc. Rio Grandc Western. Union
Pacific, Central Pacific. Dcnver 4.
Gulf. Atlantic & Pacific. St. Louis &
san Francisco and Southern CglIrOr.
MIA are the defendants.
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To Young Mem.

An exchange volunteers the follow.
ing good advice: Young man, there
is one thing you cannot do. You can
not make Il uccyss in life unless You
work. Older men than YOU have tried
and failed. You cannot loaf around
street corners. smoke, tell stories.
drink ana sponge otT else
without making "a failure Of life. You
must learn Il trade or get in some
honest business II you don't YOU
will become a chronic loufcr. Tho
ripe fruit is at the top Of the tree. and
you must climb il You get it. Some
smart man will pluck it from YOU.
Do something, no matter how smuil
or low tile wages; it will br q starter.
Help yourself and others will You.
There is 10 royal gate To success; will,
grit and endurance are the qualities
which lead to 1t.
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AM

"nGr'ssnnn William \. Smith, Of
Ni'hi'in, began his career MS n ncwq
DOS ana street popcorn settler.
thicf Justice i'cnslcy. Of New Jrrgcy.
at ~" ngc of 50. IL deemed ono of the
lrightrqt minds on the American
bench.
Mr@. 'i"rcy Th"rndillc, of RoclInnd.
Nc, hna been - pilgrim here below for
." sears. El'" has moved her place Of
rcsiI"r." u timcs. and isn't permanent.
J, |r"ii'''l ',ou now.
N'f. Ii1nhrth Anderson. widow ur
I"n. Andersen, 81 Fort Sumter fnmc.
VA W." ." hi"h her husband planted
override Igr. cation lockcdin u Rrcproor
'n'ii IN hrr house IN Washington. She
"Ni''i" "'"n'unllr 10 present II 10 the
government.
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4 Cuban Horror.

iiAvAHSA, March il Never in
modern times has there been Il more
sicicning sight than that whichto day
attended the public execution Of five
Cubans, condemned to death by the
garottc as ~murdcrcrs. viulaturs and
incendinrics." Tho troops were
drawn up in Il hollow square and in
the middle were placed IL chair and
post. Ruiz. the Public Exccu.ioncr.
had dcputiZed an assistant to conduct
the affair. The condemned men
were brought into the square to meet
their fate. One had confessed his
guilt and affirmed the innocence OF ull
the others. who also protested that
they were guiltlcss. The first man
took Il seat in the chair. the collar WAS
liked about his neck and the cap was
drawn over his face. Tho execution
er undertook 10 apply the screw but
was sO excited that his hand slipped
repeatedly, and the victim died by
slow strangulatiOu, emitting the most
distressing cries. The second cXccu-
lion was accomplished with even
more distressing awkwardness. the
cXccutioner being almost on the verge
Of collapse. The protests OF officers
and priests forced Ruiz to undertake.
the third execution, but he did little
better than his assistant. Then he
He'd from his post leaving the %ussist.
ants to put To death the fifth unfor.
tunatc Cuban, who suffered the came
agOnius as his fellow men.
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No one whom God and nature did
not intend for u Turnkey would abuse
the lovclicst word in the English Ian.
guaGe-w0Inan-by substituting for
it that cant term lady. These silly
creatures, were they employed in
making Il new translation Of our no.
bic English Bible, wuu,d certainly
make - pretty mcss Of it. Adam
would then say: "rho lady whom
Thou gavcst To- he with me. she gave
inc Of the tree" The Angel Gabriel
will hail the Virgin Mary with his
"Blcsscd art thou amongst ladies'
Ard most terrible of all p]rufanation.
That most lovely Of all the lovely say,
man
spakc. that most mobile 81 "ulosiums
when We consider what it is and
who it was thai pronounced it over
bestowed on u human creature. will
read thus: "WhcrcyCr this gospel
shall he preached in The whole world.
there shall also this that this lady
hath done he told for u memorial Of
her" bakersfield Californian.
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THE RAILROAD QUESTION.

Those who entertained hopes that
Mr.. Reeds Congress would not pass Il
bill to refund the bond-aided railroad
debts to the Government nov admit
that those hopes are dissipated. The
subcommittee Of the Senate and
House Railroad Committees has ont.
lined u bill for the funding of the
debt OF the Central and Union Pa
cific. This bill is expected to be ap.
proved by the full committees and
will be reported favorably to both
Houses Of Congress. 1t may pass at
this session, or possibly may be placed
on tho calendar and kept there until
after the Presidential cleo ton.
That, however, will depend upon the
conclusions reached by the Steering
Committee OF the House OF Rcpresen-
t~atives. II the committee is satisfied
that it will not injure the Republican
party on this Coast the bill will be
passed before Congress adjourns.
AS the people OF the interior need
no longer expect that the Central and
Union Pacific roads will be run by
the Government, their only hope OF
securing cheaper transportation rates
from the Fart lies in the Interstate
Commerce Commission. That Com.
mission, mt the %instigation Of Colorado
shippers, has brought suit against
several railroads, among others the
Southern Pacific, for discriminating
between long and short hauls in the
same direction. The companies are
cited to appear and answer in the
United States Circuit Court at Den
yer on May 4th. What will Nevada
do in the matter? Will our mer-
chants and others, who complain
against the unjust discrimination
which compeis them to pay about
three times asmuch for a carload OF
freight from points east of Missouri
rs is charged for the same service over
the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento.
continue to talk, lbut do nothing?
Why should not the people OF Ne.
vada be represented in the Circuit
Court at Denver to present their
side OF the case? An able man with
documentary evidence. such rs en-
pense bills. might do much for the
State? a plain statement of the fact
that the freight charges OH a carload
OF merchandise from Chicago to Reno
il about three times rs much as il the
freight was taken to Sacramento. l5i
miles fartherwest, ought to 10 suni.
cient to induce the Commission. il il
is impartial and believes in fair play
to interpose its authority in behalf Of
the people and compel an adjustment
OF rntcs. II is the great complaint
which the people of the interior, es
pccially those Of Nevada, huve against
the Central and Union Pacific roads.
II that great canse for constant grumb
ling was removed, very few would oh.
jet 20 the funding bill. and the rail.
road would be popular, as common
carriers should be, in the community
with which il does business.
n Ncvadnns do not send n repre-.
sentitive to Denver, backed with in.
disputablc evidence to show the in.
justice Of charging the people three
times what is charged over the same
limo in tho same direction TO Sacra.
mento, they should bride their
tonguce and forever hold their peace
so far as railroad charges are con.
cerned.-licno journal.
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THE R~USTLCRS' War.
"htEr"'''h ~ Ir"nhI" between C,,tI..
M"n Hni iEriruIturlst.

'N"V" :" '',"hi" H"tw"-n Cattle
l., vy.."' ID" ''Er''"li"r''t~.
emma. ''F'''"N struggled for
an .r,rI. ,.. "" ""a,"'i" na"T" for
n.w..,.., ct .'.'H' 'hiS Ne ii, or.
i,nrl rr 60. .,%Ir ""''h H""r-
,..,.- D.. ''''''' minus N"s'"'niIy
~ '''''il9 u" pr"du""
&c.,. .r ....I '"'i "''' u" "'''f great
i..... .f H. H. ,',"' many "i The
,. ''" wa 81 h""r;'i
r.a,i ,,., ,r, 'r,','' 'I'' '''''N con
nor 81 Ir,.aI r;,ht =, s,omJ -, " mora,
,,,,u 20 san" 10 ~" Nay OF
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A sueee..rn, " oman Inventor.

Tho remarkable progress now being
made 10y the New Woman is graphi-
cally illustrated il the recent success
OF Mrs. Lott, Cox, Of Blue Springs.
Nebraska. who has just been awarded
Il prize OF $50 for the best and simp.
lest invention submitted to the pat.
cnt firm OF John Wedderburn & Co.
OF Washington, d. c.
Irs. Cox is the first woman who
has been successful III these monthly
competitions which have now been in
progress for the past year. The sue.
cessful lady is forty years of age and
styles herself Il "seli-made woman
She WAS left Il widow at twenty. with
two small children and thrown entire.
~ on her own resources. While en-.
gagged N daily labor TO support her
self and children, she experimental
with various ideas and finally evolved
Il work table, supplied with Numerous
conveniences much appreciated by
women. Although somewhat stiuted
as to means, she braycly undertook to
patent her invention and having sub.
United it 10 Mcssrs Wcdderburn *
Co., in connection with their patent
awards, received the prize Of $3.50 in
the February contest.
Mrs. Cox declares she is much en-
couragci at her Success and hopes to
follow it with the completion OF other
inventions under way. This
would seem to be Il most cdifying OK.
ample for the emulation Of her sisters
who are now absorbed in the en-
deavor to initiate men i'll far less prof.
liable enterprises.
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Congressional.

WAsuINGroy. AurlI |. Scnaiar
Call offered Il radical Cuban Joint roe.
o,ution to.dny directing fine Snrrripry
ia ennI AN pJ,,uYt, naval farm, =,
Cuba Ia nut q glnp To- the burbYrnu i
yorr,rc and ur,In,t ,,,n,ir,u c;,i
zrns in their treaty RIGHTS. Tho
President il instructed +, uoiify
Sr,ir that thn Irri,nd S,.t..g wiu t,rr.
ibly interfere uu!os, the murders and
outrsvcs cousc. Tho resolution wont
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Show me Il man or woman either.
says Il writer IN am exchange, who is
50 lost to common deccncy. 50 devoid
Of moral clraractcr. that they arc
rcady nj all times. and under all cir.
"ums.nnccs, when opportunity affords
10 bc!ch forth their billiugs.atr in re-
gard to some innocent female charIc-
ter, and | will show yuu Il dcspicublo
crcatuTc-unc who, were il not for his
moral cowuriicc, would commit any
crime, and were il possible would rob
Judas Of the thirty pieces OF silver lie
received for the betrayal 81 our Say
Jour. But fortunately for society
such mIscCablc apologies of human
MIXTURE are moral towards. who's" only
ambition is g. bcich forth from their
putTid c~aryassrs, biiliugs-atr, to-. il
possible. blight the character Of some
cha.te and innocent female. Such
bgutcs, for hrUtcs they age. deserve
the contempt of ever! M vino has. or
ever had, q mother. sister, wife oI
daughter. Jiiuy are not human, they
are m~UnstTosi;Irs. created at long in,
tcrvals for some unknown purpose
and until such ticuds are irowuci on,
OF society no ones Family will escape
their slandcrOus tongues.
This article is a. applicable to the
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Md now II il said the Salt Lake Il
Pacific Railroad Company. with u
capital uf 52,0UOuOO will build q road
from the Salt Lake City through the
Deep Creek country To Muncrc. Nov.
and the grnuliuR will he commenced
within SIXTY days, Tho Utah & Cali.
iornia Company, with Il capital Of a..
Ogo,OOo, will hmId from SnIt Lake To
lDs Angelica.
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We wish To- notify the Justices Of
the Peace that they can procure at
this Office, blank Summons, .AniIa.
Wits and Undertakings on Attach.
mcnts. Writ OF Attachments, Criminal
Complaints, Warrants, Commitments
uu Sentence and Commitments To ap.
pear before the Grand Jury. goDd Tor
any county in the State.
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Hoods Pills take. easy to operate. &c.
I'II.I: NOui; BILLS.

by order of the Board Of County Commit,
]SipucFS, all bills against the County To he
acted upon by the board, must b filed on ar
before the Saturday Immediately preceding
tn" Monday upon which the Board meets,
otherwise the bills will not be acted uIOn
until the next meeting of the Board.
Attest: JOHN HENDERSON,
County Clerk.
Iy W. pATIEIISOS, Deputy.
Dated March :. l-yj.
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When you are an rc,,l Of letter
hCads, bill heads, note heads. cnvcl
opcs, statements. etc, remember that
!Ou can have them printed at the Is
reach of all.
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Bt,ruS are absolutely painless when
i'"Wu''s Witch iIu2rl SaIvc il ap
piled promptly. This statement 10
true. y rcrfrc, remedy for skin die.
cases. chappcd hnnhs and lips. and
never fails 90 cnr' Piles. For sale 10y
+. F.Nullcr.
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same topic.


y perfect and surc remedy for the
prevention Of that dreaded discnsc
among cattle called The Black Leg.
manufactured and sold by T.. T.. Mul.
Ter. EIko, Nevada. Agents wanted ~
every town Of the Stntc.
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ROLL OF HONOR.

Following IS the roll of honor Of the
= - puhlic school for the month end
mc March 81. 1880:
AL scholars wl.Uac average in schol-
aFsirp and ds:snrt,nent WAS 10 per
cent ar over are entered.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
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Iiii

MhEriY ii"UrmERroRn: At the resi-.
dcncc Of tho brides parents on
North Fork, Elko county. Ncyadn.
March .. 1896. 10y Il. \. Shcarcr. j..
j.. MIR. william Martin to Miss Nrl.
lie Rutherford.
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Iaii" dnao of DcWiti'a Little i,nr
J. Riscre just for the good they will do
You. lhurc little FILLS arc good for
indigestion, good for headache, good
tur liver complaint. good for cunrttpo.
tlon. They are gooi. For sale 10y f..
+. Muller.
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bargain and Sale Deeds. Chatte
Mortgages, Notary Public and Jus
ticc Of the Peace Acknowledgement
and other blanks FOR sal" at the ~
DEPENDENT office.
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DIED

SrEELE:--in Glover Valley. Eiko
county, Nevada, March -. 1896.
Mir. james Steele, II native Of ire
land, aged ~ years. II months and
~ days.
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EEENKThsr SENrrMIvr.

Dainty littl" SLICES u"a,llmr In o. can
cut from Gold Hand UIcuu"-siHpIr food
fpr man.
'',I u nom sour rrur"r: opens with n key
h'Np' IN perfect t~idyor-u"yrr mpuIds. You
tww.
Nvil can serve a hrurifla' Trrmn giuyIr rnu.
or III" lHIt"'f family and the hired man;
We hR'" don" M" s!irlmf. saving you tho
waste.
Dainty "GOLD UNSD" flavor plonsos
every taste.
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NOTICE.
Proposals for Roofing Depot
Hotel.

NEAI,ED PROPOSALS FOR ROOFING
- IN" Depot Hotel, Elku. Nevada. viii br
received nj tho once Of tho Depot Hotel IN.
w Y! NJ. April n. 1870. specifications fur.
tel Mnngcta. III
Elko, Nov, April 2, isgS.
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Congressional.

WAsmHGToH, April Am agree
ment Was reached in the Senate to
day about the adjournment Of Ia days
session till next Monday.
Tho House bill was passed granting
tho AtchiSOn IL Nebraska and G.. Il. a.
q, railways n right Of way through
the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian
reservations Of Kansas and Nebraska.
HOUSE.
Several minor bills were passcd by
unanimous consent before the con.
Bidcration of the Sundry Civil apprO.
printion bill was resumed in tho House
to day.
y resolution Of inquiry was pro.
scnted by Hit, chairman Of tho For.
cign Affairs Committee. which was
adopted without dcbn!c. calling on
the President, II not incompatible
with the public interest, to transmit
to the House copies of all dispatches.
notes and tclcgrHtna in the 81. .
partmcnt from December |, lsg5. until
the present time. relative TO the me.
diatiou or Intervention by tue United
States in tic affairs of Ven czuclu. to.
r'e~""uleuCn with
ICING 10 the
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Its all the same. Il SLIGHT cold. con.
gc1icd lunGH or FUyCr" cough. ono
Minute Cough Cure hnmiglica them.
For sale by T.. +. Muller.
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We might tell you more about One
"iInut" CuuGh Cure. but you prob.
ably Know that IT cures u cough.
Every Il docs who has used It. It il
u perfect remedy for coughs. colds.
h~0artrucaR. II is nU especial f]ayoritr
for children. beng pheasant Ia take
and quick IN curing. For sale hy f..
+. Muller.
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aDvEI, Using RATES.

Will be made as low us IL consistent with
ound business, principles. Apply AZ the Of.
nee for terms.
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y little III, tlonu little pin. 1Ioil
u gone the pill has won. DE Vita
Little Eorly I'isrw tine little pills
HAT cure great ill.,. For sale by +. f..
Mullrr.
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T

Ono Copy, one year..-........ ....-......ss w
Ono py. ak months. "
For any period und,r six months. one dollar
per month. Payable In advance.
Delivered BY carrier in Elko at itwenty-hve
cents per week.
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IT y"u want u suite 81 furniture.
con" and "cr how close You can guess
and yet it. ltIl,oT uacnrorn Mcrcan.
tile Co.
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Smag proof hir hrn,~ at, Eciu
hGr;s.
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II Is not Il miracle. II won't cure
everything. but It will cure piles.
That's what DcWut'a witch ~iInzcl
Salvc will DO, bccauso il has done il
~ hundreds Of caa"a. For .olr by T..
+. Muller.
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WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

Published every Sunday and sent 10 any adj
dreas. lpos,Ase paidl at the following rsie'.
payable in advance
Onf ....si w
S.S months. : %
For any period under six months. nifty cents
per month.
Entered At the Rlko, Nevada, rO-to;nce TOR
tran = mission throggh tn" mSils - second
-:Hss rE' MISTER.
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ny INDEPENDENT
AN Ev pApEu.

Issued every day. sunday. excepted
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y n"w bicycle given AWAY 10 my
good guos7rr nj tho EIko Tuscarorn
Mercantile Co. n
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BuHy people have no time. aud con
eihlc people have mo- inclination lo urc
II FlnW remedy. one Minute t'ouph
Cur" acts promptly and gives pcrnin.
ncnt results. For falc Icy f.. +. Mul.
Ter.
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Lot. NJ. CEAIGHEAD,
Teacher.
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prictOr'.

prict"r.
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CLARA NJ. McGpyAGLr.
Teacher
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-16
Pr0fitlesS Activity.

The decision of certain depositois in
the defunct Rockefeller bank to pro-
coed with the prosecution of the aged
banker now that he has served one
term in the penitentiary is perhaps q
natural one under the circumstances.
That after a lapse of two years there
should yet be continued resentment at
ed in the banks collapse and its result
ant revelations can readily be believed.
and It must also be recognized as doubt
ful whether due expiation has yet been
made.
Nevertheless, in view ~of all the cir
cumytances surrounding that mysteri-
GUS failure. and In recognition of that
mercy which is always the finer half
Of justice, 1t may well be asked. What
good can come of the further prosecu-
tions? Though Mr. Rockefeller could
be made to live dozen lifetimes behind
prison bars, IL would not restore one
penny Of the vanished funds. Though
he could. under the law. be subjected
to exquisite and prolonged torture. the
fact would not be altered that the
money IL gone-gone. nobody knows
how, where or to whom. Nor would
any possible legal addition to the meas
ure Of his humiliation, suflice either. to
call back the disAipated collaterais or to
emphasise further the moral embodied
= The dramatic episode Of his downfall.
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The mill will never grind with the
water that is past. The lesson of the
Rockefeller incident points rather to
the future. 1t is competent to teach the
fallaciousness Of private banks at a
time when state and federal law pro-
vides safeguards for banks that oper-
ate under state or federal charters. 1t
is competent to incite a desire Tor yet
more vigilant official supervision; for
still more stringent Tightening of the
lines of responsibility surrounding those
who solicit savings deposits. In these
directions the field for forward progress
is open and inviting. In any other di-
rection activity is likely to prove
profitess. both to those who smart from
a sense of loss and to the larger public
which looks on from the serener stand
point of impersonal interest.
1t is one thing to induce number of
gentlemen to accept nominations to
city offices; it is quite another to induce
the people to elect them.