Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-11

perhaps. De- sufficient 20 snuds 20 thsfts
traced home 90 him and which he can By
no falsehood OF evasion throw on some
one else
He had private work done in the gov
erument hndery hy government workmeu.
who used government materials and con
verted the same TO his own use. he had
volumes Of Harper Monthly. ST Nicholas
and other Ike publications bound In exc
pensiye style and took them 70 his own
private library. He had az the time 81
large and expensive volumes bound for
himself. contrary to law and In defiance
90 The plainest principles q common hon
esty. lie had the head and other material
FOR the Omaha Republican made in the
public printing Office. Al government
expense. Tor which he never raid a
cent He made q pretended sale Of
a moldinE press 70 z p. DouneU & Co
Chicago. at a merely nominal price and
conveyed q 30 Omaha as household
goods" and 81 IS now. or was until re-
Gently. in use in the Republican office
Donnell g. CO. disclBlm any knowledge Of
the matter.
Cadet Taylor took ninety volumes Of the
Congressional Record from the public
printing library. tore out Of them all
leaves containing reference to John A
Logan and destroyed the mutiated
volumes. To detail his petty thefts
and peculations would be too tedious
10 be worthy the attention Of the reader
suffice il TO say that he apparently stole
everything he thought be could safely Law
his hands on
But this sort OF thing was not the
worst. When the book Of the dead and la
mented John A. Logan was ready for the
press this Infamous creature. Cadet Tay-
lor. Il is asserted by those who ought 10
know. went TO the widow and demanded a
half interest IN the venture Of SITS publ
cation. He asserted that he had written
Il bodily and threatened her with exposure
TO that effect. HE brother, Beach Tay-
Tor. had been LoEan's private secretary
I Under these threats Mrs Logan yielded
and gave to this creature, Cadet Taylor. q
half interest in the book as property. So
I far as can be known he never contributes
the scratch OF q pen or the value Of q cent
10 its production. He simply blackmsilet
and robbed the widow OF John A LoEar
out q thousands OF dollars at the very
I moment when q man whom his paper nov
Whites and rnaligns was pushing through
! congress a measure designed to relieve hel
/ financial distress.
The career Of Cadet Taylor in Ne
I brsska IL familiar TO all He has beer
personally and through his paper a bull
/ dozer, blackmsiler. an extortionist and Z
er1nging begEar by turns. He is known b.
his daily conduct to be one Of the mos
I deEpicahle Characters that ever prostitutet
I the human shape 10 the habitation and US
I Of a brute As a thief. blackmailer and
I scoundrsl he stands without a peer in thi
present Fepute and past history Of a stat,
in which that style OF creature is slleget
20 have fourlshed with considerable lux
urisnce. That he is a liar and a sneal
goes without saying as pecessary TO tn,
round completeness Of mis- general char
] acter.
And THIS Is q family drawn picture o.
the man who seeks 10 lead the respectabl,
/ Journalism OF the republican party in Ne
brsska- and in thus describing him III,
Herald simply essays 10 turn a dim and in
sufficient light upon the only man in man,
! thousands who know that he has had tn
hardihood TO villify and SANDER John A
McShane. Reveiing today in the fruits o
thievery and knavery. he resides outsid
the penitsnuaEy simply by the mistake,
grace Of those whose duty it was to ares
and punish him"