The Frontier.
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PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY BT
TBS FRONTIER PRINTING OOMPAN1
KINO * CRONIN. Editors.
It is really astounding to see so many
tnan *in the lead” for the republican
nomination for governor.
If you would bays law an order, step
to one side, keep your beak buttoned
and let the law administer the order.
The great bue and cry being raised by
the populist press and the vigilantes
would indicate that they are striving to
work up public sentiment strong enough
to Justify them in another lynching.
- TBn - Jew is again advancing the
theory that Scott was murdered by his
friends. There seems to be something
on that fellow's tumor—he has no brain,
a tumor Is growing in his skull instead.
Most populist editors imagine that In
order to show good faith In the cause
they must contribute to eveiy lie that is
started concerning a “loathsome con
temporary” of old party politics. The
Plainview News man is not above such
despicable littleness.
As between a Holt county vigilante
and a Holt county cattle rustler The
Frontier baa not much choice. Many
of the biggest rogues In the county
have joined the vigs for tbeir own
safety. In this sense the organization is
a "protective association."
Last Sunday was ground-hog day, as
we will be told this week by six hundred
exchanges. We only pause to observe
that if Brer Ground-hog was not blind,
and was fat enough to make a shadow,
he could have seem himself silhouetted
against the black sandy loam of Holt
county. , ■ ■ ......_
Matt Dadohkbtt denies that he is a
candidate for congress in tbia district.
He says hie buaineaa intereata will not
permit him to make another campaign.
Matt has many warm personal f rienda
in this section of the district who made
fleet efforts for him two years ago and |
lament that he was defeated, but at the
same time will consider his present de
termination an evidence of wisdom.
A hah can be against the vigilantes
and against cattle rustlers at one and the
earns time. The large majority of our
beat citizens are members of no "protec
tive association,” in fact the best citizens
are always opposed to anything of the
kind. What good have the vigs done
Holt county, that the Bun would have
the business men organize to protect
them* Aeide from murdering a few
men and giving the county the worst
name imaginable, we ask what?
Wn notice in a copy of the Alton
Democrat, kindly sent us by its pub
lisher, Will Wells, that Wettlaufer was
arrested on the strength of a telegram
by County Judge McOutchan, sent in
response to one received by him from
the authorities there. The Judge stated
that the prisoner was not authorized to
solicit aid. In view of the fact that he
oarried letters of recommendation from
our county clerk, district clerk, sheriff
and several of his neighbors, it would
appear that an injustice has been done
the man. Right Is right.
Tnn belligerent adltor of Tu Froh
TI«h bring* bom* with him an enthus
. lastio raport of tha atata preu meeting.
He says the people of tha capital city
know how to entertain, and entertain aa
they know how. The compiler of thia
department, although a- couple of hun
dred milee away, observed with a great
degree of pleaaure that a conaiderable
portion of the time waa devoted by the
boye to dlaeuaalon of mutual Interests,
and the intereata will be none the worae
for the dlaeuaalon. The atate preea of
, Nebraska already oecuplea a high plane,
but It might breathe lighter aimoaphere
without permanent Injury to its lunge.
A PAPiu up In Holt county in point
ing out a few journalist featuree to a
neighbor, editorially remarks that its
contempt for Rosewater's politics is so
utterly utter that the editor never reads
the Bee. On another page of the same
iaeee 'la found a two-stick estraot from
aaid Bee.—Leigh World.
Don't create a false impression, Pete.
.• The remarks concerning the Bee ap
. peered on the editorial page; the extract
from the Bee appeared on the local
page. In some well appointed offices,
you know, there is a man who writes
editorials, and another who writes locals.
:.v It ia possible that the editorial writer
\ does not read the Bee, while perhaps the
local man does. Of course, under our
statute it is no crime to read the pride of
two continents, but it ia written that the
f man who Ukes the law for bis only
■ guide ia neither an honest man nor a
goeddtisen.
: Tan O’Neill 8un in its last iaaue pub
. Hthw an editorial commending very
highly the "Protective Association”—
| which ia nothing less than the vigilantes*
organisation—end in another column
advioM the business men of O’Neill and
, dolt coiaty to hold a mass meeting to
*■: danounoh the press correspondents who
publish tfis news in regard to the move
- manta of the vigilantes, and to give
such oorrsepoadents notice to "leave
the jonntry.” In other words, the Bun
wants the business men to organise foi
the prateetion of the vigilantes. Thi
r L-\, 'V iX:'.- ■: . re - ' '• ' A
cause of this great outburst of wrath in
the Sun office was a special from O’Neil
to the World-Herald, Omaha, and th<
Sioux City Tribune, purporting to give
particulars concerning the hold up ol
young Groves, which occurred last De
cember. The Frontier knows nothing
of the author of this special, but 11
does know that he came as near telling
the truth in regard to the matter as the
Sun did.
As near as The Frontier can learn,
Groves wns held up by the vigs and
taken blindfolded to one of their meet
ings, where all kinds of questions were
propounded to him and various methods
adopted to frighten him into a'confes
sion of anything he might know that
would interest them. Now if this is a
fact, and we have every reason to be
lieve it is, what, in the name of civiliza
tion, is the sense in calling a mass meet
ing to Inflict summary punishment upon
some newsgather for telling the truth?
Better, by far, call a mass meeting for
the suppression of these men who hid
behind the cloak of a "stockmen’s asso
ciation” to perpetrate these crimes
against the law.
The Sun is of the opinion that these
reports are "injuring the county.’’ This
is not true. The reports do not Injure
the county, but the fact that these
things do actually occur here is what
hurts. If you would eradicate the evil
you must strike at the root and noi
merely trim off a few unsightly branches.
There is no excuse for a vigilante or
ganization in Holt county. Every
township has justices of the peace and
constables who may issue and serve
warrants, and the sheriff, who would
spread the Idea that farmers along the
Niobrara must travel 40 miles to O’Neill
in order to procure a warrant for the
arrest of a cattle thief, probably has
some idea for so doing. Holt county is
not overrun with cattle thieves to such
an extent that the proper authorities
cannot handle them. It is not nearly so
bad here as it has been in Knox county,
and other of our border counties, for
years.
Fact ii, this “protective association”
la made up for tbe moat part of farmers
who do not farm and stockmen without
stock, who put in their time playing
private detective and laying plans to
avenge personal .grievances they may
have against their neighbors.
Thb Frontiir wants to see every
thief get Just punishment—not except
ing the man who charges the county for
1000 letter heads when he only prints
600—but it believes the result can be ob
tained without the interference of any
vigilantes.
The Sun might as well realize that as
long as the vigilantes continue their un
lawful work, just so long will the news
papers continue to publish accounts of
It. There is nothing to be gained by
concealing a condition that exists.
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