The Glenwood post., 1909-10-09

part of Messrs. Drach, and Bell, even
in the face of the fact that their sur
plus cash fund had been practically de-
pleted.
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IN SPEAKING Of the work Of the
officers in connection with the bank
robbery case, Mayor Drach is said t,
have remarked that he felt very sors.
But why should he feel sores Th.
chief blunder in connection with the
affair was made by his pet marshal
whom the mayor has kept in Office for
the past eighteen months and whose
record of ineficiency is well known to
everyone in town, except the mayor.
Is it reasonable to suppose that an
officer, apparently appointed because of
his inability to see criminal in town.
would be able to see or capture Grim
inal in the country Or is it possib.,
that it makes difference as to who i.
the victim of such ineficiency! We
leave this for the people to answer.
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IN CONNECTION with their work
on the bank robbery case the Officers
of the town and county have been
| roasted to dark brown turn by almost
every paper in the country and by ar
least ninety per cent of the population
of this county. And they deserve ev-
erything tina. has been handed them.
But SO far as our people in this imm,.-
diate vicinity are concerned they ex-
pected nothing better. When FIVE Off
cials will allow drunken old crippla
to deliberately walk into a saloon, get
a gun and then plant himself in !,
stairway and deliberately defy the en-
tire police force of town and county
and make it stick, the confidence OF
the public is badly shattered thereafter
in those officials.
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A DEMOCRAT was heard to remark
| few days ago that the republicans
| were very much displeased with the
| appointment of p W. Divibiss as
sheriff, to fill the shoes of the late
| Sheriff Wilmoth The Post desires
here and now to enter a positive diss
vowal of that statement. We have
taken the pains to make inquiry and
find that the republicans are very well
satisfied with the appointment. In
fact, had the republicans been given Il
chance to dictate q democratic appoint
| ment they could scarcely have asked
for anything better. So cheer up. you
grouchy old democrat, the worst is We.
f, to come.
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THE SUPREME court has upheld its
former decision and reaffirmed its opiu.
ion on the question of local option, de-
claring again that there may be
dry precinct in "wet' ward, but
that no dry ward shall include wei
precinct. Thus have the last hopes os
the booze advocates gone glimmering
so far as legal sanction is concerned.
Their only hope now is to secure the
election or appointment Of officers who
| are opposed to the enforcement of the
| law and to whom an official oath is but
| a mockery
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THAT GREAT principle of cause
| and effect seems to lose none of its
power with age. What goes up must
come down." declares the small boy
as he hurls a stone in the air. "That
which ye SOW ye shall also reap" is
saying which dates back to the early
days of christendom and in Glenwood
we have recently heard q number of
men remark that chickens have funnS.
way OF coming home to roost.
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SOME FACTS are so self evident as
to require no proof whatever to psopie
OF brains. For instance, one csuno.
handle pitch without becoming deFled.
one cannot play with fire without great
danger of being burned, and by the
same token one cannot hsrpor AMI
oetriend criminals without danger,
sooner or Later, OF becoming victim
of the very class which he tolerat.s
and befriends,