The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-03-26

Age1J8 OF various 8u0 buuUEy mhuu
factuFers OF school wares, such y
maps, blackbOards, charts, globes, etc.
and thousands Of these wares have
been purchased BY our school district
trustees, with an agreement to pay al
some future time. As q result the
Office is flooded with letters OF inquiry
concerning the collection of these as-
counts, the solyency of certain school
districts, ETC., and in many cases these
agents have induced trustees of school
districts to sign "Orders for Warrants, y
payable at some future time, and
many of these worthless "0TdeEs for
Warrants" have been purchased by in.
nOcent people and are now so held; the
school districts are, in many instances,
in possession of the goods and wares,
while the wiley agent has, like the
traditional Arab, folded his tent and
departed for greener pastures"
Under this decision unhesitatingly
advise all school trustees to purchase
no more such things as agents have to
sell unless you have the money to pay
for the same, and remember, under
this high authority, to wit. the United
States Circuit Court, you have not the
money until all your ordinary expenses
for the entire year are paid, and after
that If you have sufficient to pay for
the goods offered, well and good. And
/ further earnestly advise and request
that in the latter event you first con-
suit your teacher and your county
Superintendents. also request county
superintendents to cOuntersign no
more "Orders for Warrants" issued In
payment for such wares until an inVes-
tigation has been made and you are
convinced that such purchase was law,
full.
But the question now comes up,
what shall we do with these goods and
wares that we already have that were
purchased unlaWfully and are now in
possession of the school districts
Happily the honorable court has clear
" aud cOnciusiveiy settled that much
mooted question. These goods, of
whatsoever kind, unlawfully purchased,
are stlll the property of the manufac-
turer-the title has not and cannot
pass from them to the district. Hence |
the goods and wares are subject to the |
order of the legal oWner-the manufac-
turer, at any time. This also settles
the liability of the trustees personally.
If the goods and wares belong to the
they do not belong to
the trustees personally, and hence the
trustees are not liable, personally for
price of them. The company who sold
the goods was party to the unlawful
and will not be allowed to
profit by their own laches. l advise
The districts to carefully box these
goods and wares and take good care of
them and hold them at all times sub
Jet to the owners order.
BY the above it will be seen that the
purchasers of these unlawful
Orders for Warrants" have no recourse
lpOn the school districts or upon the
trustees of the district, but must look
wholly to the party, or parties, from
whom he purchased the paper. This
will be hard on those innocent Dur
'hasers, but the above high authority
caves no other alternative.
In view of the profound sig
lifcance attaching to Judge
3eatty's decision, the Statewide
egard in which it is held and the
,reat good which must inevitably
low from it, we may be excused
or remarking with some pride
hat THE CALDWELL TRIBUNE is
he only newspaper in the State
which stood firmly on the ground
aiken by the decision. when the
institution was viciously at
acked by coterie of lawless
nercsnaries. The people of
dahO, in many localities, are '
low to realize that next to the
Constitution of the United States,
1eir State constitution is the
ighest and most sacred civil law
n earth, and that the least assault
pom it is a damnable crime. But
radually they are everywhere