The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-08


will not be bribed now. Men Of tho world
often regret that they have to leave theil
money here when they 60 sway from tht
world. You can tall from what they say
in their last hours that one Of their CHIEF
sorrows is that they have to leave theil
money. break that delusion. tell that
bribe taker that he will take his money
with him. God win wrap 1t up In youl
shroud, or put 1t In the palm Of your hand
in resurrection, and there II will lie, moi
the cool, bright, shining gold a. It was or
the day when you sold your vote and your
moral principle, but there II will lie, Q
hot metal, burning and consuming your
hand forever Or, II there be enough of il
for a chain, then It will fall over the wrist
clanking the letters Of an eternal captiv
ity. The bride is an everlasting posses
sion. You take 1t for time, you take 1t fol
eternity. Some day in the next world,
when You are longing for sympathy, you
will feel on your cheek kiss. Looking
up, you will find 1t to DO Judas, who tool
90 pieces of silver az o bride and finished
the bargain by putting an infamous kist
on the pure cheek Of his Divine Master J..
Abuse Of Trust Funds.
Another wrong use Of money IL seen In
the abuse Of trust fundA Nearly every
man during the course Of his life, ON a
larger or smaller scale, has the property Of
others committed to his keeping. He Ia
90 far safety deposit, he 10 an admins
traitor and holds in his hand the interest
Of the family Of deceased friend, or he
Is an attorney, and through his custody
goes the payment from debtor to creditor,
or no Is the collector for business house.
which compensates him for the RESPONSE
bility, or he is treasurer for charitable
institution, and he holds aims contributed
for the suffering, or he is an official Of the
city or the state or the nation, and taxes
and subsidies and salaries and supplies are
In his keeping.
1t Is az solemn trust as God can make
1t. 1t Is concentered and multiplied con.
fldenoes. On that man depends the sup
port Of bereft household, or the morals
Of dependents, or the right movement Of
thousand wheels Of social mechanism. A
man may do what he will with his own,
but be who abuses trust funds In that one
act commits theft falsehood, perjury and
becomes In all the intensity Of the word q
nliscreant How many widows and Or
phans there are with nothing between them
and starvation but sewing machine or
held up out Of the vortex of destruction
their own hearts blood, who little while
ago had by father and husband left them
o competency What is the matteri The
administrators or the executors have sacri-
feed Trimming risks with 1t that they
would not have dared to encounter in their
own private affairs.
How often 1t is that man will earn a
livelihood by tho sweat Of his brow and
then die, and within few months all the
estate goes into the stock gambling rapids
of Wall street, How often IT is that you
have known the man to whom trust funds
were committed taking them out Of the
savings bank and from trust companies
and administrators turning old home
steads into hard cash, and then putting the
entire estate into the vortex Of specula-
ton. Embezzlemept Is an easy word to
pronounce, but 1T has 10, 900 rami1cations.
There Is not city that has not suffered
from the abuse Of trust funds Where Is
the courthouse or the city hall or the Jail
or the postofflce or the hospital that in the
building Of 1t has not had political jobp
Long before the new courthouse In New
York city was completed 1t cost over s12,-
100000. Five million six hundred and
sixty-three thousand dollars for furniturel
For plastering and repairs, S2,870, 900;
for plumbing and gas works, 1881, BIT;
for awnings, s2S, 55s, the bills for three
months coming to the nice little sum Of
S13, ISL, 19s.s9 There was not an honest
brick or stone or lath or nail or foot Of
plumbing or inch Of plastering or inkstand
or doorknob in the whole establishment.
An Everlasting Crop.
That bad example was followed in many
of tho cities, which did not steal quite SO
much because there was not so much to
steal There ought to be closer inspeo-
ton, and there ought to be less opportu-
nifty for embezzlement Lest man shall
take a 3 cent piece that does not belong to
hin, the conductor on the city horse car
must sound his bell at every payment, and
we are very cautious about small offenses,
but give plenty Of opportunities for sin
ncrs on large scale to escape-for boy
who steals loaf of bread from a corner
grocer to keep bis mother from starving to
death, q prison, but for detrauders who
abscond with $500, 900, castle on the
Rhine, or, waiting until the offense Is for
gotten, castle on the Hudsonl
Another remark needs to be made, and
that Is that people ought not to go into
places, into business or into positions
where tho temptation is nightier than
their character. If there be large sums Of
money to be handled, and the man Is not
sure Of his own integrity, you have no
right to run an unseaworthy craft in q
hurricane. A man can tell by the sense Of
weakness or strength in the presence Of q
bad opportunity whether he is in safe
place. How many parents make an awful
when they put their boys in bank
ing houses and stores and shops and fac
tories and places of solemn trust without
once discussing whether they can endure
the temptationl You give the boy plenty
of money and have no account of 1t and
make the way down become very easy
and you may put upon him pressure
that he cannot stand. There are men who
go Into positions full of temptation, con-
sidering only that they are lucrative POSI-
tions.
An abbot wanted to buy Q piece Of
ground, and the owner would not sell it,
but the owner finally consented to let 1t to
him until he could raise one crop, and the
abbot sowod acorns-a crop Of 200 yearsl
And tell you, young man, that tho dis.
honesties which you plant in your heart
and life will seem to be very insignificant,
but they will grow up until they will
overshadow you with horrible darkness,
oil time and all eternity. II
will not be a crop for 300 years, but crop
for everlasting ages.
address many who have trust funds
1t is q compliment to you that you have
been so intrusted, but charge you in the
presence Of God and the world be careful
be as careful of the property Of others as
you are careful Of your own. Above all,
keep your own private account at the
bank separate from your account as trustee
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