Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-27
ABOUT THOSE uoLDur DISCLOSURES.

Ciarks Leader repJ: The exposure OF the
corruption in connection with the insurance
department Of the state auditors Office not
only calls for rebuke, but reveals the ne
ccssity for the establishment OF a separate
Office for that work and the regulation Of
the same by q strict accounting for fees
and a fixed salary.
Aurora Republican. The republican legis-
lative investigating committee that has been
at work for about a week or ten days, FREQ
of cost to the state, has unearthed more
rascaliiy. deviltry and crookeiness right
under the nose OF the boasted reform state
officers than did the $4,000 populist MUTT
committee in the two years it was smiling
around at S. per day.
Kearney sun rep): From present ind-
cations 1t would seem that Auditor Cornell
is no ordinary reformer. He put some
new methods into operation when he took
UP the burdens Of a state Office that added
very materially to the official salary. The
end is not yet ana the public is promised
some rich developments before the inyesu-
cation is fully completed.
Norfolk News (rep): The evidence thus
far obtained by the investigating commit
tee at Lincoln makes 1t plain that the state
auditor has been very weak If not abso-
lutely corrupt In the public mind the di-
viding line between the two is so vague
that they are considered synonymous terms.
Further investigation is likely to strengthen
the soundness Of this view. Turn the
rascals out!'
Stromsburg News (pop): II there are any
rascals in the state house down at Lincoln
the thing to do is to clean them out. Don't
set the example that the republicans did a
a 4 hot, tNp or IA
hide the dirty work that they were pledged
to perform faithfully. Governor Poynter
has struck the keynote and should have the
support Of every loyal citizen in the state,
regardless of party.
Tecumseh Chieftain (rep.): Samuel Lichty
the man who makes the charges against the
integrity of Auditor Cornell was the only
one of the employees of the state house who
refused to accept railroad pass. 1t is no
wonder his popullst colleagues eyed him with
suspicion and inwardly decided that he must
be fired" at the first favorable opportunity.
But Mr.. Lichty's memory seems to be in
good working order.
Kearney Hub (rep): The charges that
have been made against Auditor Cornell are
to start with, and it looks as though he
would be unable to dsprove them. Even
before the charges were made it was mat
ter of common surmise that Cornell was
prostituting his office, and the public is sat-
isfied in advance of a full hearing that he
ought to be bounced on suspicion
Aurora Sun (pop): The evidence pro-
duced in the investigation of Auditor Cor
nell seems strong enough to convict and
certainly is strong enough to convince his
NnTtty fotn nd tln 1l,,
that he has been working his office for all
it was worth. His resignation should be i'm
mediatey demanded by the governor and
every effort made to make him pay the
proper penalty for his misdemeanor
Fremont Tribune (rep): Insurance EX-
aminers Palm and Gillian wrote many let
ters to Auditor Cornell showing their con-
stant desire to remember him with a ''rake>
Off" Maybe when the possibilities of feath-
erng his nest were first revealed to the
auditor he felt Some compunctions of con-
science about doing So but he has permit
ted the examiners to continue corresponding
with him on the subject until he apparently
felt no shock to his moral nature.
Cedar Bluffs Standard (pop.): There are
a lot of people in the world who cannot
stand prosperity and in the light Of the
Investigations now going on at the state
capital we should infer that Auditor Cor
nell will be found in that unfortunate class
1t seems strange that a sane man, such as
Mr.. Cornell was supposed to be, should at
once proceed to follow in the footsteps of a
criminal predecessor. A public Office is a
public trust, not a private snap" as a
great many men seem to think.
Geneva Signal Gep.): The legislative
committee that is now engaged in investi-
eating the auditors office has secured some
very damaging testimony in regard to the
auditors connection with the examinations
of insurance companies and the use of rail-
way passes by the auditor. Many columns
of space are being used by the daily papers
for the reproduction of letters covering these
matters written to the auditor by his eX-
aminers. The report of the committee will
be awaited with a good deal of curiosity.
Hastings Record (rep): The investiga-
tion into the affairs of Auditor Cornell
leads one to believe that he was knowing
to the holdup methods of Examiner Palm
The letters written to Cornell, in which
Mr.. Palm says he had hoped to hold up
certain insurance company for $500 and
! that in case they could do that he and Gill
| Ian contemplated making Cornell present,
showed the intention of working the insur-
ance companies for all they would bear and
| Cornell did not resent the proffered dYi-