The Frontier.
rCBLMlIlD XYXBY THURSDAY BY
THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY
KINO A CRONIN. Editor*.
THE COUNTY TEEASU&EB.
Does County Treasurer Mullen know
that be ie depositing tbe bulk of tbe
county money In a bank that pays ma
terially lese Interest than the other de
positories? If he does not know It he
Is hereby informed of tbe fact.
It the county treasurer Is aware of
hie own unbusiness-like conduct what
excuse hae he to offer?
Tbe tax payers will be interested In
learning why it le that this money ie
farmed out at three per cent, when re
liable institutions offer as high as four
and live per cent.
Under the depository law the super
visors approve the bonds and name the
depositories, while the treasurer places
the money to suit himself or his friends.
Tbe duty of the county treasurer—the
same as other officials—is to conduct the
affaire of his office in a manner that will
protect and subserve the best Interests
of his constituents. His constituents
are the whole people of the county, and
not members of any particular political
party. In this case he has an oppor
tunity to increase from one to two per
cent, the county’s income from her
money loaned.
In campaigns and elsewhere at times
and places too numerous to mention we
have heard this apostle of populism ha
rangue the multitudes upon the subject
of reform, and tell them how they were
being ground to dust beneath the iron
wheels of the chariot in which rode dis
honest and tricky politicians. He may
have stated a truth, but has be improved
the conditions by him so vividly por
trayed?
ii us snows won us use oeen uuing,
and he Is s shrewd gentlemen end no
doubt does, he hue convicted himself of
the offense of favoritism in hie official
capacity, and further, of being recreant
to the trust reposed in him, by allowing
the county to lose valuable returns from
her own resources.
The duty of the treasurer ie plain and
there are no two ways about it. The
money should be placed where the
county will receive the greatest benefit,
no matter where that is.
The people are under no obligations to
the First National bank for which they
are willing to pay two per cent, upon
189,000, or any other amount
It seems that Chadron has been bun
coed in regard to her promised factories.
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Tax question of finance is an import
ant one, but we believe that the tariff Is
of greater Importance to the people of
the United States.
Adjourning the Boyd county term of
court until after the seeding season will
no doubt be greatly appreciated by the
farmers of that section.
Thnrr are people who do not think It
Just the proper thing for Hoke Smith to
receive a 840,000 fee as a railroad attor
ney while also drawing a salary as sec
retary of the interior.
It‘s all the same who the democrats
put up for president next year, but if
they wish a really picturesque campaign
they will nominate Henry Watterson
and not adopt any platform.
Now that the dispute between Nicara
gua and England is in a fair way to be
amicably settled a broadside of Monroe
doctrine bombast may be expected from
the administration mouthpieces.
-Thb late Josh Billings used upon oc
casion to say: "’tis better to be ignorant
than to know a lot that ain’t so." We
commend the idea to some of those now
poeing as financial teachers of the peo
ple. _ _
Thu members of a baseball club, on
their way to play a game in the suburbs
of Havana, were mistaken for an insur
gent's army and arrested by Spanish
troops. That gives a good idea of the
average else of the insurgent armies.
No higher tribute to the value ot the
American market, which a democratic
congress and preaident has divided with
Europe, was ever paid than is contained
in the following extract from the last
annual report of the Belfast, Ireland,
hoard of trade: “Since the passage of
the new tariff law in the United States
business has improved and the demand
is now equal to what it was at any time
in the past five years. It is not gener
ally known that England’s commerce
' with 65,000,000 people under the stare
and stripes amounts to quite as much ae
her trade with the 868,000,000 under the
v British flag. America is, therefore, the
best friend of English commerce." What
pleasant reading that makes for Ameri
pans whose occupations have been lost
for the benefit of British manufacturers.
When a man drops into Holt and at
tempts to brand tbe county thinking he
baa found a maverick, he can generally
And upon careful examination that some
one else has a trade mark dyed In the
wool. _ ^ _
W* have faith that tbe republican
party will be able to handle tbe silver
question In a manner satisfactory to the
people and safe for the country. Tbe
party has been equal to all emergencies
in the past and will continue to rise to
every occaaion.
A Florida judge gave a striking illus
tration of judicial paternalism wlien be
fined a nurse for whipping a child, al
though the mother stated that the nurse
was only carrying out the instructions
given her. The mother of the child
paid the fine.
The Leeper letter, to which tbo last
issue of the Sun devoted the greater
part of Its space, was, to nay tho least,
of peculiar construction. It ought not
to have been written, much less pub
lished, but now that both have been
done it should be allowed to pass in
silence.
It would uot be at all surprising to see
President Cleveland flee to the fish-pond
to escape the wrath of those "open let
ters." Even our own Bryan has fired a
full column of cross-interrogatories at
him, Insisting that he tell the people
where he is at. This is little short of
cruelty to animals.
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It is hardly worth while for ex
Hpeaker Crisp's friends to waste time
proving his eligibility to the presidency
—he was born in England of American
parentage, his mother and father being
members of a theatrical company; be
baa no chance of ever becoming Presi
dent.
A Connecticut burglar, while await
ing his trial, is nursing a broken nose
and numerous cuts on his head, which
he received from an iron shovel in the
hands of a sixteen-year-old girl into
whose bedroom he went with burglar
ious intentions. “He’ll never go there
any more.”
When the populiit* hold their con
vention in O’Neill next fall they can
truthfully eay: "Wo meet in a county
brought to the verge of moral, political
and material ruin.” And then if they
wiah to itill further unmaak the truth
they can eupplement the declaration by
another admitting that they, themielvei,
are reeponsible for the condition.
We confeia that we fall to aee the jus
tice of withdrawing Oscar Wilde’s books
from circulation. If he has written any
thing really meritorious he should re
ceive credit for it, and his productions
perused for the good there is in them.
The moral standing of an author should
be considered apart from his work. The
people are influenced far more by what
is written than they are by the writer.
That Oscar is a fallen idol goes without
saying, but it does not necessarily fol
low that all of his work should be ex
punged from the record. That’s van
dalism.
The legislature passed a new law to
provide for the destruction of the Rus
sian thistle. The law makes it the duty
of every owner, lessee, or any occupant
of any land in the state to cut down and
destroy all Russian thistles growing
thereon or in the highways adjoining
the same, so often as to prevent their
going to seed. Each road overseer
must notify the land occupants in his
district to cut down the weeds and if the
occupant fails to do so in ten days the
overseer must cause it to be done and
the expense charged up to the owner,
the cost to remain a Hen upon the land
until paid back to the county.
Whiskebs fears that the flattery
heaped upon populists by Mr. Jeness
will bring him into bad repute with
republicans. There might be danger of
this if he continues to shoot as wide of
the mark as he did in his first attempt.
We were inclined to overlook the matter
entirely, excusing the gentleman on ac
count of his short residence here, and
therefore excusable lack of knowledge
of his subject. When Mr. Jeness goes
out of his way to pat John Crawfoid on
the back and call him a jolly good fel
low, he no doubt has some motive tor it.
Honest John, personally, may be all
right, but his record as supervisor of
Holt county does not entitle him to be
dubbed a representative politician, un
less the competition is confined solely to
the populist class.
Wi do not believe any republican
newspaper has advised its readers to not
read “Coin." We are sure we have not.
The most we have said is for them to
read both aides of the question. We
are open to conviction ourselves on this
silver question, but a careful perusal of
“Coin" has failed up to date, to make us
believe that free and unlimited coinage
at 16 to 1 would be a good thing for this
country. We have not “attacked Coin,”
as stated by the Smudge. We simply
said what we thought, and in doing so
we exercised the same right that we ex
tend to “Coin," although we doubt that
he takes advantage of it in all instances.
The republican party is for bimetalism,
and The Frontier believes that its
position is right. We would like to
see silver used to the fullest extent con*,
sistent with safety. Anything to main
tain the parity and consequently a system
of stable finance.
Heart Disease 30 Yrs!
Short Breath, Palpitation.
Mr. G. W. McKInsey, postmaster of
Kokomo, Ind.,and a brave ex-soldier,
says: “I had been severely troubled
with heart disease ever since leaving
the army at the close of the late war.
I was troubled with palpitation and
shortness of breath. I could not
sleep on my left side, and had pain
around my heart. I became so ill
that I was much alarmed, and for
tunately my attention was called to
Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure
I decided to try it The first bottle
made a decided improvement in my
condition, and five bottles have com
pletely cured me.”
O. W. McKINSEY, P.Kokomo, Ind
Dr. Miles Heart Core is sold on a positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell it at U, 0 bottles for*S,or
It will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by tbe Dr. MUes Medical Co., Elkhart. ind.
For Sale by all Druggists.
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