Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-11
CRIME Is RAMPANT.
or. TALMAee SAYS A MONSOON OF
sWlNoLE is ABROAD.

swlNoLE is ABROAD.
ON Every side Are Men who Have
Abused the Trust Reposed In Them
Banks handicapped and Funds stoI-
en-A sermon ON Dishonesty.
copyright. 1859. by American Press Asso.
cintionl
WASHINGTON. Feb 5.-This. llkn many
~ Dr. TnlmaRc's discourscs. recommends
right doing for this world as well rs
preparation for the heavenly world Text.
Job viii, IL, Whose trust shall DO n
spiders web
The two most skillful architects In all
the world are the bee and the spider The
one puts up sugar mandatory and the
other builds slaughter house for flies
On a bright summer morning. when the
sun comes out and shines upon the
spiders web. bcdcckcd with dew. the gos
samcr structure seems bright enough for
n suspension bridge for aerial brings Ia
cross on. But alas for the poor fly which
in the latter part OF that very day ventures
on II and IL caught and dungconcd and
destroyed The fly was Informed that Il
was fro bridge and would cost nothing.
but nc the other end OF the bridge the toll
paid was It's own life The next day there
comes down u strong wind, and away
go the web and the maraudinR spider
and tho victimizcd fly. so delicate are the
silkcn thrcads Of the spiders web that
many thousands Of them are put together
xt.tl.l..
eye, and Il takes 1000. 900 Of them 20
make thread as large ms the human
hair. Most cruel as well as most ingenious
Il che spider 4 prisoner In the Hastillc,
France, had ono 80 trained TINT at the
sound Of the violin IL every day came for
It's meal Of flies The author Of MY text,
who was leading scientist Of his day,
had no doubt watched the voracious proc.
ess Of this one insect with another and
saw spider and fly swept down with the
same broom or scattered by the same
wind. Alas that the world has 80 many
designing spiders and victlmizol flies
There has not been time when the utter
and black irrcsponsibility Of many men
having the financial interests Of others In
charge has bccn more evident than in
these last few years. The bankruptcy Of
hanks and disappearance Of administrators
with the funds 81 large estates aud the
dlsortlcrcd accounts 81 United States OIL.
cials have sometimes made pcstilsnce Of
crime that solcmnlzcs every thoughtful
man and woman and leads every philan-
thropist and Christian On ask, What shall
hc done Ia stay the plaRucg
There Is ever and anon monsoon OF
swindlc abroad. typhoon. "a sir geo
sometimes ask myself N IL would not b.
better for men making wills To bqueaih
the property dinctly % the executors and
officers Of the court and appoint the
widows and orphans "a committee 20 see
that the former got all that did not he
long 90 them. The simple fact Is that
there are a large number Of men sailing
yachts and driving fast horses ana mem
bers Of expensive clubhouscs and control
ling country seats who arr not worth
dollar II they return "a Others their just
rights. Under some sudden reverse they
fail, and with afflicted mir seem a. retire
from tho world, and seem almost ready
for monasiie life, when In two or three
years they blossom out again. having
compromised with their crcslitors--.that H.
paid them nothing hut rcgrct-nnd the
only difference between the second chip.
ter Of prosperity and the first Is that their
IttlMftN uTt AtAAIAtANN lflriAdu III htiNtNtS.
and their horses ~ - mile in 20 seconds
less than their predecessors, and instead
Of one country scat they have three.
have watched and have noticed that nine
out of ten Of those who fail In what Is
called high life have more means after
than before the failure. and In many of
the eases failure IL only a stratagem 10 es-
cape the payment Of honest debts and put
the world of the track while they prnc-
tioe large swindle. There Is something
wocfully wrong in the fact thas these
things are possible
Partners In Infamy.
First 81 all, charge the blame ON care
less, Indifferent bank directors ami boards
having In charge great financial institu-
lions II ought not To be possible for a
president or cashier or prominent officer of
banking institution To swindle IL year
after year without detection. / will
undertake 10 say that II these fra ads are
carried on for two or three years without
detection either the directors are partners
in the infamy and pocket part Of the
theft or they are guilty Of culpa BILE neg
lect Of duty, for which God will hold them
as responsible a. he holds the acknowl-
edged defranders. WHAT right have
prominent business men to allow their
names 20 be published as directors In n
financial institution. so that unsophisti-
Gated people are thereby induced to de
posit their money In or buy the scrip
thereof. when they, the published q rectors,
are doing nothing for the safety Of the in
stitutiong IL Is u case Of deception most
reprchensiblc.
Many people with surplus OF money,
not needed for immediate use, although
II may be little further on Indispensable
are without friends competent a. advise
them, and they are guided solely by the
character Of the men whose names are
associated with the institution When the
crash came and with the overthrog Of the
banks went the small earnings and limit
cd fortunes Of widows and orphans and
the helplcssly aged, the directors stood
with idiotic stare, and 20 the inqu ~ Of the
frenzied depositors and stockholders who
had lost their all and to the Arrangement
Of an indignant public had nothing 10 say
except; I'VE thought IL was all right We
did not know there was anything wrong
going on. IL was their duty a. know
They stood In position which deluded
the people with the idea that they were
carefully obervant. Calling themselves
directors, they did not direct. they had
opportunity 81 auditing accounts and in
specting the books. No time 10 do sof
Then they had no business 10 accept the
position. IL seems Co be the pridr II some
moneyed men 10 be directors in great
many institutions aud all they know is
whether or not they get their dividends
regularly. ard their names are used as
dccoy ducks 60 bring others near enough
90 boz madc game 81 What first ~ all Is
needed is that jO0 ban'. directors and in
surance company directors resign or at
tend 20 tl,cir business as directors. The
business world win b. fun ~ fraud just
as Ion; as fraud j. 80 easy When you
arrest the president ard secretary Of a
nank for IN en- csalciIcnt carried on for
many year. b. sure to have plenty Of
snerirs ont i.ic same day 10 arrest all the
directors I ~ are guilty either OF neglect
or CONFLICT
"oh, 4" some will say, better preach the