Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-05
COMMENT ON HARTLEY HANDIwonK.

Fremont Tribune: Joe BARLEY seems TO
have corrupted Charley Casey, who sought
to become his successor. He appears TO
have corrupted everybody he touched, But
he is still at large.
Aurora Sun: The Omaha Bee Is entitled
to great credit for It's courageous expose OF
republican raecality. It's showing that $27,-
900 used in the attempted election OF n sue
cessor TO BARLEY, must be an eye-opener to
republicans generally.
Wisner Chronicle: The Bee Is fighting
b%oodlcrs. gamblers and public pluuderers
with all the vlgor Of its younger days. and
tho mar who does not read It's columns Is
woefully ignorant OF the condition Of state
matters and the progress OF the cases that
most vitality AFFECT the interests Of it's citi-
zens.
Schuyler Sun: There Ia no doubt but that
ex-Treasurer BARLEY has stolen about $780,
600 OF the states money and he used n lot
Of II to help elect Casey as HE successor
so that the theft would be covered up. II
was a good thing for the state that the re-
publican ticket was defeated last fall or
none OF these steals by state officials would
ever have been discovered. Had a few more
years of republican rule piled UP on this
aud no one would have been the wiser. A
change Is a good thing to make occasionally.
IL the pOpulists ever get as corrupt a ring
In at Lincoln we shall help to turn them out.
Tecumseh Chleftain: The nee contained a
sensational article recently insinuating that
c.. Il. Casey made his campaign for state
treasurer last fall on state money which he
obtained from Treasurer hartley, and that
the money expended by Casey added just
that much to Bartley's shortage. There Is
no proof In support of the charge. MIR. Casey
most emphatically denies it and his Pawnee
City friends pronounce 1t false in every par
ticular. The people here take no stock in
the story and all believe in Mr.. Casey's
honesty. II tho story was true Mr.. BARLEY
would have indisputable evidence in his pos
session and the same would have been pro-
duced before this.
Wakefield Republican: Sensations and dis
closures, 1t seems, are becoming a common
occurrence in state affairs. A bill was
sneaked through the senate last week the
effect OF which would have been to legallze
gambling in the state had 1t not been dis
covered. Another chapter was added to
Joe Bartley's biography by the discovery that
about $4,000 of state money found itself
into the hands of Charles d. Casey, who was
an aspirant last fall to succeed BARLEY as
state treasurer. In the meantime the
fustonists are keeping their optics on the
supreme court, and IL two OF their members
do not draw a salary as Judges of the court
before very long it will not be the fault of
the majority of the Legislature.
O'Neill Sun: Charles e.. Casey OF Pawnee
City was the republican candidate for state
treasurer last fall and he is known to have
spent money lavishly. Mr.. Casey was presI-
dent OF the Farmers National bank OF his
home city. In January he was forced to
resign and Is now in Chicago working for
days wages. 1t Is stated that Joe BARLEY
loaned Mr.. Casey between $27, 900 and $50, 900,
or that the money was used to pay his cam
paign expenses at the expense Of the state.
This amount Is part of Bartley's shortage.
Had Mr.. Casey been elected there would =
have been no BARLEY shortage. As presi-
dent of the bank Mr.. Casey was in COM
Portable circumstances, but Bartley's net
caught him. BARLEY Is a schemer as well
as a rogue, and Casey is not the first victim,
Seward Reporter: 1t is charged by The
Omaha Bee that ex-Treasurer BARLEY loaned
some $27 900 of state funds to c. L. Casey,
who was the republican candidate for state
treasurer last fall, which Casey used in the
campaign and has not paid back. Mr.. Casey
was at the time president of the Farmers
National bank of Pawnee City, but about the
first of this year he was relieved of the pres
idency and is now in Chicago. He has been
communicated with by The Bee, and an
sWered that the story was untrue and that he
never had a dollar Of state funds. 1t is
known that the campaign was very costly
to Mr.. Casey and resulted in practical bank
ruptcy to him. 1t seems hardly reasonable,
however, to suppose that he spent S27, 900
furnished by BARLEY in addition to impov-
~erishing himself. Mr.. BARLEY ought to speak
out and show up the truth as to this charge,
and also as to everything else. connected with
the state funds. The state has waited long
enough and the people are entitled to know
what has become of their money. Nothing
can be gained by further pretending that the
funds are In certain banks and to reveal the
facts would bring on a panic. There is a
very widespread belief that such is not the
case, but that the late treasurer either
squandered the money or has 1t laid away