Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07
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wrong Us no reason why We should condemn
the entire fusion party as rascals. II sim
ply goes TO show that human nature is much
the same the world over and that in claim
ing that they were the only honest party
In existence, the tusiouists made very
grave error The only question is, VIII they
acknowledge it?
Schuyler sun lropJ: The farther the in
yestigatiuu goes into State Auditor Cornell $
dealings with the Insurance companies the
more rotten appear the state of affairs which
it dscloses While some OF his examiners
were bleeding the insurance companies for
all they could get out OF them, they were
riding on free railroad passes. charging
mileage to the state and also receiving pay
from the state for other jobs. II was a sort
Of triple alliance which made money at each
Of the three angles
Kimball Observer repD: The further
the investigating committee probes into the
official conduct of state Auditor Cornell the
worse it appears. lie evidently could not
stand prosperity and regarded public trust
as n private snap" Some Of the populist
papers are asking Governor Poyutor to de-
mand his resignation and take steps to make
him pay the penalty for his misdemeanor.
The World Herald is mplorng Cornell
with tears in its eyes to resign before the
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West Point Republican: Evidently from
the sensational developments of the legis-
lative examination OF State Auditor Cornell
the republican party is not the only political
organization which has developed dishonest
officials. The populist party will have to
shoulder the responsibility as did the re-
publican party in the BARLEY Moore deal
1t all goes to show that any party can be
imposed upon by dishonest and designing
men and that the populist party is on a
level, in this particular, with the republican
party.
Albion Argus (pop): The investigation Of
Auditor Cornell is still in progress. So far
nothing criminal has been found against
him, but some of his appointees have done
things hard to explain in satisfactory man
ner to the taxpayers. About all we can say
so far is that he acted indiscreet in keeping
certain fellows around him. If, about the
time he received certain letters from GER
tain fellows, he had fired them instanter he
would have escaped the trouble. Let's re-
serve judgment till we get the findings of
the investigating committee.
Auburn Granger pop): The legislative
committee investigating State Auditor Cor
nell came across letter from General At
torney Waggener of the Missouri Pacific
road stating that if he could aid in any
way in helping Cornell to a denomination he
would be glad to do so, and further stated,
Find enclosed ifty-ride time passes for G.
w. Cornell and j. II. Morehead." 1t beats
the devil what liars this pass business makes
out of men who ought to be honest. 1t looks
as though the better way in the future will
be for everybody to demand free passes.
Ashland Gazette Urep) The disclosures
In the auditors Office are rather destructive
of the boasted issue made by the pops with
great gusto about the time that the repub
licans were led into the valley of humilia-
tion by the discovery of a skeleton in the
closet in the shape of Joe BARLEY and
Eugene Moore That issue was that pops
wee all honest and republicans all thieves.
The holdup practices made in the insurance
department of the auditors Office disclose
only the deliberate intention to convert
public office into public snap, and show
much darker phase of depravity than either
Moore or BARLEY possessed.
Auburn Granger (pop): The Granger has
been unable to follow closely the testimony
in the investigation of Auditor Cornell's do
ings or misdoings, hence we are not fully
satisfied as to the extent of the wrongdoings.
We have no use for the man whose excuse
for shortcoming is that others did likewise,
nor for the fellows who hope TO dodge by
cunning and deceit the Censure and con-
demnation they SO justly deserve. A man
m whom the voters of the state confide to
that extent that he can be elected to a
good office ought to be honorable enough
SO that he would not take advantage of
the situation, even were there no law what
ever to restrain. The man who has no
guide but simply the law, or even some
prepared code, is hardly fit for an official,
for every day he can take advantage of the
law in some way.
st. Paul Republicans: Mr.. Cornell has al
ready been placed in a very deep hole and
earnest demands are being made for his
resignation in order that the populist party
may not suffer the disgrace of having one
of its trusted leaders impeaChed. While it
has not been Conclusively proven that he
has shared in the direct benefits resulting
from the wholesale system of eXtOrtion and
robbery that has marked the examination
of insurance companies his persistent eva
sion of questions and the mysterious de-
struction of records in his Office are strong
indications of a guilty conscience. That he
was cognizant of the "holdup" methods of
his appointees will admit of no denial. Too
many letters addressed to him from the
notorious Palm and Gillian, in which bold
references are made to their nefarous work,
are in existence for this fact to be dis
puted.
Wahoo New Era (popD: We did not miss
the mark very far when two weeks ago we
said, concerning the trouble in the state au-
ditors Office, that we feared that where
there was so much smoke there must be
some fire. We have watched and noted the
investigation, as published in the reports
thereof in the daily papers, and we must
confess that we are terribly shocked at the
loose way in which the office has been con
Quoted. The testimony that is brought out
on the witness stand brings the blush TO
the cheek of every honest free silver ad
vocate in the state. Even though no Grim
inal act has been proven, like that OF Bart
ley and Eugene Moore, still the people of
had a right to expect better things
from the reform state officials. The seCur
ing of free passes in blocks of fifty and
the riding in a special car on junketing
trip furnished by road upon which the
auditor was to sit as chairman of the board
which was to pass on the assessed value of
its property was not only unwise, it was
on the very face OF the trans
action.
Madison Star (pop) At the time that II
was leaking out that something was wrong
with the state auditors office, and more SO
with the auditor himself we Immediately
advocated the commencement of an investi-