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OOUNTT LEGAL COMMITTEE.
Tun Kiiontikii docs not (eel like
(landing silently by and seeing tbe tax
payers bled to death without raising its
voice In protest. While the sins of our
pop county board are great in omls
(ion and commission, one of the main
(pokes in the wheel of (also reform is
the leech known as the “legal commit
lee.” This is called “legal committee”
to hide its real purpose and character.
It is composed of three members, whose
duty and privilege it is to attend court
when the county is interested in any
eases upon tbe docket and in conjunc
tion with the county attorney to settle
"pending litigation.” This Is what tbe
populists will tell a man, and If he is
easily cajoled, will make him believe it,
but that was not the purpose for.which
the committee was created. The com
mittee was created for, and its practice
has been, to open up another sluiceway
through which the people’s money may
flow Into the pockets of chosen pop
ulists. There are not enough county
offloas to go around and those unpro
vided clamor loudly for a piece of
pelf. And then there is Mike Herring
ton. He must be looked nfler. The
chairman of tbe legal committee hires a
man to do the county attorney's work
and pays him hard cash out of funds de
rived from a warrant "mado payable to
the chairman of the legal committee,”
and liberally discounted at Gallagher's
bank.
The chairman is always a man who is
known to be friendly to Harrington and
Gallagher—In fact one of the gang.
Jim Grelg is the present chairman. He
Is attending the present term of court
In that capacity. The people are pay
ing the freight.
This committee is a luxury and should
be abolished. The county attorney Is
authorised by statute to take charge of
all county cases and if he needs legal
assistance let him apply for It and get it
through the regular channels.
Away with such "reform."
Gbovbb hu issued more bonds.
What else could the poor fellow do?
Ir Ham "keep* in the middle of the
road" It la becauao he conaldera the side
walk* unsafe.
Euoud Martin will be postmaster at
Omaha, The "rump” democrat* stood
a whole lot of abuse last fall but their
turn has now come to smile.
Tbb, Fremont Herald "With a Mission
and Without a Muzzle,” says: "Why
call them financial schemes? Why not
call them schemes for the further en
richment of Wall street?”
A L. Monsc has been appointed post
master at Atkinson. It would now be
In order for Tom Golden to send Palm
quest a telegram of condolence, lie
cent him a telegram of congratulation
once When he thought he bad received
the appointment.
Joint Hopkins, a pop business man of
O'Neill, and president of the Protective
Association, lias refused to sell corn to a
customer because he had signed a peti
tion requesting Representative Robert
son to resign. Thai’s "drawing the line"
with a,vengeance.
The Amelia Journal man stabs atTnic
Pbontibr with a persistency worthy of
eomft .recognition, but really we have
not tlims to atop and brush away every
mosquito that sticks its bill into us. The
smaller gallinippers will be allowed to
suck away until their hides are filled and
they, die of their fullness.
Tbb populist policy in Holt is surelv
to rule or ruin. If you dare offer any
opposition to them they apply, the boy
cot screws. Such methods cannot last
long. A man may be controlled for
awhile through fear but you may rest
assured that at the first favorable oppor
tunity he will knife the oppressor.
That’s human nature.
Thb Albion New* says: “Doc Middle
ton, once i terror to good people and
bone owner* in the north part of the
etate, ha* been converted to the religion
of Jesus Chriat. Now if the workers in
the vlnyard of the Lord can harvest Ham
Kautzman and Jim Sandiland, there will
be m marked improvement in the moral
atmosphere north of this latitude.” Ed
itor Ladd has evidently judged Ham by
the tone of the Beacon Light. Ham
has belonged to the Methodist church
for years. This statement is not made
with the intention of reflecting in any
way.upon the church.
Tbb Butte Gazette thusly objects to
the idea of its county being annexed to
Bolt: “We are Informed that a hill
will moat likely be sprung upon the leg
islature at this session asking that Boyd
oounty be disorganized and attached to
Holt. Give the settlers of Boyd a voice
1 is the matter, gentlemen, and attach us
to hell, but to Holt, never. This scheme
Is one gotten up by a man—or rather a
sreey man—who has been the bead and
front nf Marly all the discord in the
county. Of course the 1800 odd voters
in this oounty would have something to
■ay about such a deal, yet it goes to show
■tst s monumental ass a fool can make
of himself-" We cannot find it in our
■hsyir’H to chide Bro. Armstrong. The
populists are making Holt anything but
a summer resort. Time will change all
this, however. The rascals will be turn
ed OWtaut fall* Thun come over.
SCOTT COMMENT.
Wiener Chronicle. Mill 1!ban, Elliott
nmt Harris, charged with the murder of
Barrett Scott; were admitted to bail in
tliu mini of $9,000 to ap|>car at district
court. Hoy's bail was fixed at only
$1,000._
Chadron Citizen-: The four principal
dcfendanta in the Harrott Scott murder
case, Mullihnn, Harris, Elliott and Hoy,
liave boon released on ball, the first three
mentioned at $9,000 each and the latter
at $l,0o0. Justice, thou art a queer
freak. _
Creighton Courier: It is quite evident
that if Ueorgu Mullihan is Implicated In
the hanging of Barrett Scott, the rope
that was placed about his neck was pur
chased in Creighton. About a week be
fore the abduction of Scott, Mullihnn
was seen on our stseet with a coil of
new rope.
Dawes County Journal: The men
accused of the murder of Barrett Scott
have been admitted to bail by the county
Judge of Holt county, who held that the
evidence given at their preliminary
examination was insufficient to commit
them to Jail. Throe of them are under
n $9,000 bond and one under a $1,000
bond to nppear for trial Feb. 7, yester
day. _
Neligh Leader: According to our
friends, the enemy, who are pops, Bar
rett Scott was tho victim of misplaced
confidence. He Jumped off the bridge
thiukine the rope would break—but it
didn’t. Mullihan was onto his Job when
the rope was brought at Creighton.
Apparently he had experience. VVlint
of the Hills? Is murder to go unpun
ished?
Antelope Tribune: The suspected
murderers of Barrett Scott have all been
ruleasod on bail to appear Feb. 7, at the
district court. Young Hoy is out on
11,000, and tlio others on $0,000 bonds.
They are admitted to bail on the ground
that there was not sufficient evidence
produced to render conviction in the dis
trict court at all probable. There is a
well grounded suspicion that these men
are Implicated. Circumstantial evidence
is strung that they had something to do
with the kidnapning, but unless some
body turns states evidence this is all that
seems likely to result from the trial.
Alliance Guide: It is Impossible to
account for certain decisions rendered
bv courts of justice. Last week the four
parties accused of having brutally mur
dered Hnrrett Scott, in Holt county, on
the 81st of December last, had their pre
liminary examination before Judge
McCutchan, in O’Neill. Mullibnn,
Elliott and Harris were positively iden
tified as being among the lynchers, and
there seems to be no question as to their
guilt, and yet that pop judge turned
those parties loose on $3,000 bond each.
When Barrett Scott had his preliminary
trial for embezzlement, two years ago,
his b(md was fixed at $70,000. But such
Is life among anarchists. A man's life
is of very little importance, but the
"almighty dollar” must be protected, no
matter at what cost. Now this is not
Intended as a reflection against the pop
ulist party in general. There are many
loyal, law-abiding citizens in the popu
list ranks, but it is to be regretted that
they continue so long in such bad com
pany. _
Creighton Courier: The populist pa
pers get very indignant when other
papers charge the populists with the
murder of Barrett Scott and that every
thing connected with the case is politi
cal. Of course it is a bold charge, but
at the same time there are good grounds
for such charges. When Scott was
found to be a defaulter and skipped, the
pop board of supervisors of Holt county
offered $3,000 for his arrest and delivery
to the officials of said county. When
Scott was murdered the board offered
$500 for the arrest and conviction of his
slayers, thus judging the crime of mur
der one fourth as great as defaulting.
When several were arrested and taken
before a republican justice a change of
venue was taken and they were held by
a pop justice on bail of $500. After
Scott’s body was found the same parties
were re-arrested charged with murder in
the first degree. They had their prelim
inary hearing before a pop judge and
after the state had produced some very
strong evidence and the defense made
no effort to produce testimony the sus
pects were admitted to bail to await
thair trial
State Journal: The action of the local
court in Holt county In admitting to
nominal bail the persons charged with
the fiendish crime of firing upon a fam
ily party, shooting at women and chil
dren indiscriminately from an ambus
cade, capturiug tbe bead of the family
and deliberately murdering him after
torture, turning the women and children
out on foot far from home to escape as
best they could, one of them with a bul
let in her back, and then employing
newspaper correspondents to write up
the "evidence” that their victim had
planned the whole scene for the purpose
of fieeing from justice, is unfortunate
for the county.
It certainly tends to strengthen the
suspicion that the cruel crime was the
result of political plotting rather than an
ebulition of personal hate and passion.
There is little doubt in the popular mind
that the parties turned loose by the court
are guilty as charged, and probably
there was no doubt of it in the mind of
the court. It will dawn upon the par
ties responsible for this . exhibition,
before many days, that they have made
a very grave mistake of judgment, say
ing nothing of the miscarriage of justice
involved.
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