The Frontier. runuanxD xykry Thursday by THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY KINO A CRONIN. Editors. SOME QUEER THINGS. Wo do not believe that the biatory of any criminal cane ever came ao near find ing flic prosecution a part of tbe defense ^ as Is scon in tbe Scott case. We find tbe county attorney blocking IfCr at every turn tbe moves of tbe attorney general, and in every instance bis oppo sition is meat for tbe defense. When it was learned tbat a change would be taken to Boyd, tbe defense was then anxious to establisb tbe venue. To do this they knew tbat they must dis cover tbe place where Scott was hung, , and to tbat end they procured a rope, placed it in a convenient place, made a suggestion through tbe proper channel to tbe county attorney, who sent tbe sheriff out to find the evidence. Tbe rope was found by Sheriff Hamilton in a place that was thoroughly searched tbe day after Scott’s death, and in all human probability the rope was placed there to be found and prevent a change being ta ken to Boyd. If the sheriff and county attorney were not "in with tbe play” they* certainly tumbled to it with an alacrity that strengthens tbe suspicion heretofore existing tbat the state is not getting as much as it might out of its of ficlala. Tbe sheriff can show for his labor in |s?, tbe case, a wagon track found on tbe banks of the Niobrara, and a rope found in a place where it was not tbe day af ter tbe crime. The county attorney has tbe reputa tion of having done nothing to tbe det t riment of tbe prisoners, As a pop county official said, "Henry is all right, but be Is In the wrong crowd.” The "crowd” spoken of was the attorney general and other prosecutors. Tbe county judge is looked upon with suspicion, since he released tbe men on ball, circulated the witnesses’ vindication through tbe north country, end drew up the complaint signed by Doty re-arresting the prisoners to pre vent their being taken to Boyd. This official also refers to the prisoners as "the boys.” a similar state or anairs never Delore existed in any county and it is little wonder that the people are aiclc at heart and want a change. McHugh's motto now is "For A United Democracy.” He means no doubt, a de mocracy united with populism. AH of bis efforts in the past have been directed to that end. How many men are there left in Holt county now that do not surmise that Scott was not killed at the instance of men who enjoyed the stolen money and were afraid he would expose them?— Pork Light. Very few, indeed, Ham. An editor in Kansas was lately con victed of printing obscene literature and circulating it through the mails. It is hardly probable that the publication contained anything more noisome than Is seen weekly In the populist organ of this county. . Sknator Hill was stabbing Qrover again when he said of the late Andrew Jackson: You may search bis writings, i:,.- his letters, bis speeches, his messages and all his public papers, and you will find therein no twaddle about non-par tisanship in either national state or mu ' nlclpal government. w e oeueve ine wuitecap law, which make* counties financially liable (or acta . of mob violence, is a good one. Vigi ' lance committees will no longer be pat ted on the back and their members called heroes when the citisena have to pay out hard money to heal the lacerated y, feelings of the victim. The law will either break up the vigilance committees or bankrupt some of the counties in the ' state. Old Honest John Chawford look a very active part in amending the sugar bounty bill so that it would include chicory. In his speech supporting the measure he is reported to have said that ho did not know that his party would uphold him in his position, and he didn’t care whether it did or not, as the industry is one benefiting his county and district and he is in favor of all such enterprises. That is good republican doctrine. Three cheers for Honest John. In all of his years of public life we have at last found one redeeming feature and are more than willing to place it to his credit. _ ___ House roll Ho. 650, by Hlcketts, of Douglas, an act for the suppression of mob violence, was read a third time in the house. Friday and passed—yeas 78, noes 6. This bill provides that any party taken from the hands Of officers of jus* tice and assaulted or whipped can re* cover 81,000 from the county where the assault is made, and that any party suf* fering lynching shall recover $5,000, or in case of death the legal representative can secure a like amount from the county in which the crime occurs. The nays on the vote were cast by Brady, Demp sey, Goar, Spackman, Van Housen and Bobertson of Holt. The latter voted af ter Myers, of Brown, had insisted upon rule 10 being enforced, which requires every member present to vote.—Slate Journal.. LET THE RECORDS TALK. The Sun of last week in a column and a half article reviews our "Independent Steals," and ends its diatribe with the defiant sentence: “Let The Frontier contradict any of these statements.” A number of the "statements" are wonder fully and fearfully made and simply as tounding In Import. When the Sun undertakes to compare the work done by Scott in 1892, with the work done by Mullen in 1894, the rec ords disclose some interesting facts—not exactly in line with the Sun's figures. We find that in 1892 Scott's fees for col lections amounted to <5,113 99, while Mullen’s fees for collections amounted to 94,091.44. All of Scott’s fees were used up in the salaries of treasurer and assistants. Nothing was turned over to the county. In Mullen’s first year, his fees, as stated, amounted to <4,091.44, all of which was used up in the salaries of himself and assistants. Nothing was turned over to the county. Then, sim ply because Mullen collected less money in 1894 than Scott collected in 1892, it cannot be said that he saved the county the difference between the two amounts. Jfhehad collected as much money—in other words done as much work—he would have paid it out in sal aries. A comparison of the figures of the clerk's office during the same periods show: Cash received as fees by Butler, <4,787.85; Cash received as fees by Be thea, <3,508.12; a difference of <1,279.78 in Butler's favor. During that time Butler paid out for assistants <1,787.30; Bethea paid out for assistants <1,798.14, a difference of 910.84 in Butler's favor. Although Butler did more work by over <1,200, he paid out less money for asist ants. At the timo of the board's settlement with Butler for the year of 1893 W. W. Bethea was chairman of the committee which submitted this recommendation. The committee finds a charge of <200 for making road and assessor’s books, and recommend it be not allowed. Also a fee of $1,440 for making tax list of 1892; recommend it be not allowed. The recommendation of the committee was adopted by the board. In 1894 Bethea filed a bill and was al lowed pay for the same items that be himself had recommended be not allowed to Butler. For making road and asses ouio uv/wno uo nan nuuncu vow; ««U official bonds, 1220; 341 certificates of election, $85.23; tax list $1,600. Butler filed a bill for the following Items; Road and assessors’ books, $200; tax list $1,446; deed (recording) $4.60; 213 official bonds, $313; 873 certificates of election, $03.75. Moved and seconded that the clerk and committee eliminate—all amounts charged against the county be stricken out. Carried. During these years Bethea's adminis tration cost the county $596.22, while Butler turned in a cash excess of $295. It is n«t necessary for us to contradict the statement smade by the Sun. The records perform that task admirably. In reply to our charge that the board vitiated Scott’s bond, the. Sun publishes the following nonsense that was manu factured for the occasion: When Scott refused to settle with the board of supervisors they ordered him to give additional security according to law. Instead of Mr. Scott giving a new bond in addition to the one then on file in the county clerk’s office, Mr. Scott stepped across the ball of the court house and into the clerk’s office and asked Mr. Butler tor his original bond, which was given to him. Mr. Scott then got two men to justify on the orig inal bond. Mr. Butler, as county clerk, was the custodian of the treasurer’s bond and it was his dutv not to let it irn outside of bis office or allow it to be changed in any manner, no more than any other instrument filed in his office, and he knew that he was doing wrong when he let Mr. Scott add additional names to it. If he didn’t he was not a competent person to be county clerk. But we all know that Mr. Butler was a bright young man. Butler should not have lot Scott tamper with the original bond, and he knew that he was doing wrong when he did so. When the bond with the additional signatures was pre sented to the board of supervisors for approval they rejected it. and the rec ord of the proceedings of the board will show this to be a fact. How, then, did the board vitiate Scott’s bond? There is hardly a word of truth in the foregoing. The facts are these: The board adopted a resolution instructing Scott to give "additional security.” Ed Butler was clerk of the board at the time. He arose from his seat and asked the board if it was the understanding that Scott was to give a new bond or get more signers on the old one. In answer to this Old Honest John Crawford said it was the intention that he should get additional signers on the old bond. Butler told them then and there that such action would invalidate the bond, but a pop majority knew what it was do ing. This is just what took place in re gard to that bond transaction and we think competent testimony can be found to sustain our position. The bond with the additional signers was not rejected because the new names had been added and the records do not so state. It was rejected because with the "additional security” the board said it was still insufficient. If there had been twenty-five names added instead of two the board would have approved it. It would look a great deal better for the Sun to put in its time “uniting de mocracy” iustead of defending pseudo reformers. 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