The Frontier. PUBLISHED KVKKY TII11UU>AY UT TH* FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY KINO A CRONIN. Emtoiih. 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. 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