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1 +****' : ' i hc Frontier. VOLUME XXII. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 31, 190L NUMBER 18. 0./^ ^TTTTTTTtTTTT»t»m»mT?,T»TTTHTTTTT1TT*TTT v~WW9<r* TTtTfTTt 'T^’T ft«*W'TI ||| Were is that$&50| |j 1 Check, Mr. Mullen? I I § 1. Ha-rrington Defended Men who Bor- || tp| 1 ’ rowed from Scott and He and Mullen |% if [ $' now Stumping the County singing, «► •jfh 1. “Scott! Scott! Scott! ” WWWW | gp kmmmmimmm&mmmmmm CK £ I HE efforts of The Frontier to hold the populist jP £ | papers of this county and the corrupt gang of E ^ £ A land pirates and character assassins to a discus i-J £ sion of the paramount issues that are of vital W ft importance to the voters have been in vain to £ d^dy) a large extent. They have evaded a discussion •^3 F of the high handed corruption and robbing going on in the sheriff’s office and through the entire system of tax ^ £ foreclosures. Their defense has been a challenge for a “joint [ discussion.” They have fallen back on their stock argument 2^F of the Scott defalcation. Even in a discussion of this subject [ they have shown themselves to be past masters in blackmail ing and hypocrasy. M. F. Harrington and County Attorney a"’8'" l Mullen have not only' been writing most of the scandalous ^ F articles that have appeared in the populist press during this 2jjjS £ campaign, but they have been stumping the county' from one end to the other, and aside from their tirades of abuse of a | few republicans the burden of their song has been Scott! 1 £*? > Scott! Scott! E F MULLENS DISOWN THEIR NOTES. If they are afraid to discuss their oivn records in connection with the rotten deals of the land syndicate and insist on talk ing of the Scott defalcation, why do they not tell the truth about it? It would much better become them if, instead of attempting to conjure some dastardly charge against honest men on the republican ticket, they would take the people into their confidence and tell them how much they and their families have benefitted directly and indirectly by the Scott defalca tion. Let them produce if they dare the “tell-tale evidence” against their own gang in connection with the history of the county treasury. . It is known that Barrett Scott’s kind heart was his greatest enemy, and his inability to say no was what got him into trouble. It is known that he was an “easy'mark” for every poor devil who sought to borrow money to tide him over the panicky times. It is also known and is proven by the report of Mr. Waterman, the administrator, that more populists borrowed money from Scott which they did not re turn than republicans. The difference is, the republicans paid theirs back or made such settlement as they could while many of the populists refused to pay, others denying their obligation#, claiming their names had been forged by Scott, and setting up all manner of defenses. A striking illustration of the class of people who set up the defense that their names had been forged was Mullen Bros., uncles of County Attorney A. F. Mullen who is now stumping the county telling of men who were responsible for the looting of the county treasury, but studiously avoiding mention of the Mullen family in this connection. *5si : In 1090, Mullen Bros., Arthur and Barney, borrowed S650 : of Barrett Scott, for which they gave Scott their note. Later : in the 1893 Mullen Bros., by Arthur Mullen, borrowed : ’ $200 from Scott, for which their note was given. These 2& notes were among the Scott papers and Administrator Wat ^ ; erman brought suit against Mullen Bros, to recover the - : amount of the notes with interest, for the benefit of the county. ■ Harrington was attorney for Mullen Bros, and against the 0^ : county, and set up the defense that the notes had been forged. 1* *$ja This defense as to the $650 note was sustained in court and i the county was thereby robbed of its claim. They did not Hgj succeed in maintaining their defense as to the $2QO note, how* 1 i ever, and judgment was obtained against them in the district 2§ ^ court, and the judgment is yet unpaid, i These facts are matters of official record, and the 20 j notes and files in the case are in tne office of the clerk of the i district court and can be seen by anyone. H i CHECKS DISAPPEAR. An incident in connection with the suit on the $650 note t may be interesting to our readers. When the suit was pend I ing, Mr. Waterman was getting what evidence he could to ^ t prove the genuineness of the $650 note and to show the i money was paid Mullen Bros. In looking through Scott’s old checks in the vault at the treasurer’s office Mr. Waterman i ► found checks to Barney Mullen from Scott, showing the pay 20 : ment of this money to Mullen by check. Mr. Waterman left ► the checks on the top of the bundle of old checks and left the £0 l vault, soon to return. A. F. Mullen who was then deputy t county treasurer under J. P. Mullen, entered the vault and when Mr. Waterman returned THE CHECKS WERE VrOTTTT>V*nTTTyTTTTirTTVT« rTTTyTyvyTTvtTT»Ty»rrTTy»TTytT»*yTyny»»TTTT»TfvryTTTTVT»yyTTTT»tTTT>yT»yt*1 A Little of the “Tell-Tale Evidence” O - y, c/Qa**jz » ••' ■ • J ,yi'' 1. ” - - ■ ?-. SMi ,,lff--4se. This little document given by the populist candidate for treasurer to Barrett Scott has been overlooked by the zealous pops in their campaign of “tell-tale evidence.” The Independent says Dan Cronin is worth a hundred times the amount of this note. Well, it would bo a good idea then for him to pay it; the board of supervisors would willingly receipt the amount and cancel the county’s claim. GONE. Deny this if you dare, Mr. Mullen! And if you dare not, tell the public what became of the checks. When you have done this you might also tell the public what you know of your attempt to get hold of the poll books and ballots in the supervisor district last fall in which there was a tie for supervisor between Mr. Grimes and Mr. Cooper. Be it said to the credit of the county clerk’s office that you did not get hold of the ballots. Deny this if you want more explicit information, Mr. Mullen. The Mullen Bros, were as deep in the Scott defalcation by borrowing money from Scott as any two men in the county and yet Art Mullen has the brazen affrontiveness to face the intelligent voters of this county and talk about republicans robbing the county. Harrington,acting as attorney for the Mullens,whom he knows borrowed the money from Scott, and setting up one defense and another, beats the county out of $650 and interest that is due the county. And yet he has the temerity to talk about people robbing the county by borrowing money from Scott. This is not written in a spirit of nfalfce toward any of these men but it is for the purpose of showing up the shallowness of their claim that only republicans are responsible for the downfall of Scott. Why do they not mention the endless amount of “tell-tale evidence” against their own gang? Why do they not say something about the note given to Scott by D. J. Cronin, populist candidate for county treasurer, a fac simile of which is produced elsewhere in this issue? These are “tell-tale evidence” of the real men who had their hands in the public treasury. We appologize to our readers for discussing at this length the Scott affair, as it is familiar to all and most citizens of the county are heartily sick of a continued harping about it, but it is all the populist press of this county and the gang of land pirates will talk about and we are forced to give them a pas sing notice in a discussion of this subject that is so dear to them, INSPECTION BY A “PADDY" The Independent of last week, reproduced an article publshed by Ham Kautzman in July, 1895, entitled “Refused to be Inspected by a Paddy” that is a disgrace to even populist journalism, and is indeed a sad commentary on the citizenship of the men responsible for its publication. The article is a tissue of falsehood from beginning to end, and Kautzman was noted for publishing many of them, but as a cheerful liar Ham, in his palmiest days in Holt county, could not equal Sam Eves and the gang of character assassins that are now writing editorials for the Independent. The simple facts about this matter are that Mr. Hall was in Boyd county as a witness in a case in district court when Gen. Barry arrived in O’Neill. Captain Hall came home the evening of the day of the general’s arrival, and WAS INSPECTED THAT SAME EVENING. That Captain Hall ever made any such state ment .credited to him “that he would not be inspected by a d-m Paddy’ is as false as Eves and the gang of blackmailers are reprehensable. To show how absolutely untrue is this charge we have but to call the attention of our readers to the fact that General Barry in 1898 appointed Mr. Hall first lieutenant of Co. M op the Third Nebraska over the objections of Mike Harrington. Harrington’s objection to Hall was that he was a republican and Gen. Barry informed him to the effect that this fact ought not to disqualify a brave, patriotic man from lighting in defence of his country. Lieutenant Hall was not only appointed by Gen. Barry but served under and was “inspected” many, many times by Captain Cross of Atkinson, who is a “Paddy.” No more effecient or faith ful officer was there in the Third Nebiaska than was Charlie Hall and of this Jact Col. Bryan, Col. Vifquin, Gen. Barry and Captain Cross will all bear witness. Mr. Hall is some thing of a “Paddy” himself; both of his parents were born in Ireland ^nd he now has a brother in the Emerald lie that has never seen the soil of free America. The editor of The Frontier is an Irishman and a “Paddy” as you say, Mr. Eves, but we have no use for men who will by their dastardley lying attempt to drag religious prejudice into politics. So far as we are aware this is the first attempt of this kind in the history of the county and only reflects on the men who are responsible for it, and if we are not very much mistaken, Mr. Eves, the “Paddies” will resent this attempt of yours and the gang to impose on their credulity. : S V^* Av T , ■■'! : ( ; ■ . NY fair minded citizen who has lived in Holt county a sufficient length of time to become acquainted with or learn the career of the respec tive candidates for sheriff can arrive at but one conclusion as to the proper man to vote for. A comparison of the records of Lieutenant Charlie Hall and Mr. Blackmer as made in this county is indeed an invidious comparison. Lieutenant Hall was one, i of the early settlers of this county and lived for many years on a homestead northeast of O’Neill and is familiar with the hardships and privations of the homesteader. He has always been a hard working, sober and industrious man. When in the stormy days of 1898 the flag of this beloved country had been fired upon by a foreign foe and the coward- i ly enemy had blown up the pride of our navy, the battleship Maine, and sent to a watery grave the lives of 268 of our ; brave seamen. It was then that war with Spain became inevitable. That martyred president, William McKinley, did all that in honor could be done to avert the war. After ex hausting all honorable means to redress the wrong, President McKinley, in May, 1898, made a call for 150,000 volunteers. One of the brave men who promptly answered to the presi dent’s call for troops was Charlie Hall. He enlisted in company M, Third Nebraska volunteers, of which company he served as first lieutenant until the regiment was musted j out of service. He was in the fever camp at Jacksonville, • Florida, was stricken with the fever and came near losing his : life. On his recovery he went with his regiment to Cuba where he did service until mustered out. He made an en- • viable record as a soldier and officer and is to this day loved by ; all the boys of the Third Nebraska. He has the endorsement ; of no less a popocratic authority than Col. W. J. Bryan and ■ Col. Vifquin, of being one of the most efficient officers of the i regiment. Services of this kind, for love of country, in trying : days as those were tests the kind of metal of which men are j made. : WHAT BLACKMER AND THE GANG WERE j #« DOING THOSE DAYS. j g It is deemed not improper to here refresh the minds of our : g reader as to what Mr. Hall’s opponent, Mr. Blackmer, and the i g coterie of character assassins, Harrington, Mullen, Eves et al., ■ g were doing those stormy days that were of so much impor- j g tance to every true American. Eves was then, as now, edit- : ing a pop paper and when his columns were not filled with tax i g foreclosure notice, out of which he has become rich, he was : g publishing villainous editorials calling President McKinley i g “cowardly,” “incompetent,” “in league with the corporations to g prolong the war,” “killing the soldiers by feeding them rotten : g beef,” “appointing dog doctors to doctor the soldiers,” etc. i £ Harrington and Mullen were making use of these and worse I g statements from the public rostrum. During the campaign ; g last fall Harrington in his speeches frequently' made use of i g this statement conserning our martyred president, McKinley: ! g “The name of W. J. Bryan will go down in history as a J patriot and statesman when William MeKinley is dead, rotten : and forgotten.” These facts are referred to, to show the : g anamius in the make up of the men who now have their mud i g batteries turned on Lieutenant Hall. There appears to be no ; g limit to their supply of abuse and vituperation. : g What was Mr. Blackmer doing during the days Mn Hall : jgj was at the front in defence of his country? As shown by the \ court records of this county and the affidavit of Peter : g Mortenson published in our issue of last week, Mr. Blackmer j eg was conspiring with his principal in office, Sheriff Stewart, : g* and putting up a job on a poor foreigner to rob him of what : jg little he had left after fifteen years of faithful service to Mr. j |g Blackmer. ; ^ Mr. Tax Payer, this picture is not overdrawn in the least ; 00 and every statement is based upon facts that cannot be dis- i jg puted. Much more could be said of Mr. Blackmer which i g would not look well in print. : g* Lay aside your political prejudice, Mr. Voter, if you have : any, and consult your own consience as to how you should ■ cast your ballot for sheriff. If this is done and political pre- i jg judice and considerations are eliminated no voter with the blood of true American citizenship beating within his heart, can consistently' do otherwise than vote for the man who served in denfence of our beloved country in the hour of trial—Leiutenant Charlie Hall.
