Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-25
TERMS
Thursday. July Is, 1901

Every day brings some new and
startling revelation of some deed OF
violence com nitted by an lnfuriated
mob, who are to say the least mostly
p~eaceable and Jaw abiding citizens in
every other respect and are always oul
best citizens. They are not willing
that a continuous farce be perpetrated
by our so-called officers of the law.
Late Saturday evening July IS. 1901,
Gov. Savage paroled ex state treasurer
BARLEY after he had served 4 years and
] month on his 20 year sentence fol.
stealing over $500, 900 from his state
Numerous attempts have been made to
defeat justice in his case but he was
speedily sent behind the bars to pay
the penalty of a half million dollar
steal with a 20-year sentence which he
was serving and would have served but
for the election of republican state Of
ficials last fall and how soon he was pa
rolled which is equal to his pardon.
This is a good indication of how much
the republican party deplored being
caught by populisu and democratic VIC
tory in / 500. In 1892 when Joe Bart
ley was a banker at Atkinson he con
ceived of a plan to accumulate wealth
faster than the two per cent a month
plan and loaded up a a with dele
gates and with banners flying from the
chartered car such as Joe BARLEY for
State Treasurer went down to the state
convention taking it by storm but find
ing Mr. Hill a strong candidate for the
same place he withdrew with the prom
Use that in two years he could have the
place when Hill had gotten his fees.
BARLEY had never held Office of any
kind before of any consequence nor had
he tried o would he try for anything
but for state treasurer and for which
he waited patiently until it came, then
like a hungry wolf siezing his prey he
began to make use of the Office. 1t
could not be said that BARLEY suffered
for others wrongs. If he was a law
abiding ci tizen and not the perpetrator
he should and would have told who the
guilty parties we're. 1t could not be
said that he was ignorant nor a fool,
for who ever heard of a banker who
had done business for years being any,
thing but a shrewd business man fully
able to take care of his own interests.
He was simply a thief, as he was prov
en- to be, stealing over $500, 600 from
the state treasury and hoped to be let
down easy by republican officials which
thank fortune were not elected and he
was sentenced to 20 years in the pen
itentiary by what some people call
pops or demo pops when they wish to
~insinuate that they are aknow nothing
people. If nothing else had been done
in Nebraska by the populists than SEN
tence Joe Barley they could claim a
better record than the republican party.
1t is now discouraging to the law-abid-
ing citi zens that Joe BARLEY could
steal $500, 900 from the state, be senten-
ced to 20 years which was a just n
tence as givens then, and why let a
governor come back now
and issue a pardon or parole which
virtually turns the man loose to do as
he chooses. Is there no punishment
for crimes committed by republicans?
No redress for wrongs? Are laws only
for the use OF n party to handle the
other and not in force when one of the
party errs? And will our people sanct-
ION these measures by a vote for repub-
officials that they may continue
this work of robbing the people? 1t
was predicted by many that if the re-
publicans were successful last fall Joe
would be pardoned. How do
you like it?