THE OMAHA DAILY JJ.EE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1902.
AVALANCHE OF REPUBLICAN DENUNCIATION FOR BARTLEY PARDON
One I'nrly Jmi I iMled.
Superior Jqtirnnl (rqp.): Tho Omnhii
World-Herald Is probably satisfied at last;
Hartley I tree.
No .eeil In Hit .South, 1
Norfolk News (rep.): Governor Savage
didn't need to go south those opposed to
tho Oartley pnrdon would readily agree to
kcep things warm for hltn nt home.
Kxplntiiittnn MieerrM oiiene.
David City Home' Hecord (rrp.V So far
as Hartley sustaining the banks of the state
during the hard times with state funds Is
concerned, ns fin extenuating circumstance,
It Is the sheerest nonsense.
Mnln On lir (lot crutir.
Chappell Register (rep.): Tho republican
party by Its representatives In tho state
convention by tho resolution adopted
rhowed that It had no sympathy for Hartley
or any other olTlclal found guilty of tho be
trayal of sacr-d trusts, and tho stain Is on
Savago and Savage alone.
A l.onil i:cur .eeileil.
Illuo Valley Dlado (rep.): Governor Sav
ago has granted Joe Hartley a pardon from
his twenty-year aentenco In the peniten
tiary and takes tnoro than three columns In
tho Slate Journal explaining why ho did
so, and the man who robbed the stato of
nearly a million dollars and then said that
he had 'Mono nothing for which ho was
ashamed and would never show the wlilto
feath" will enjoy a happy New Year.
Decidedly AVronir In .Itiilumenl.
Long Pino Journal (rep.): On Now Yenr'a
evo Govornor Savago presented Joseph S.
Hartley with an unconditional pardon. Tho
governor evidently wlshos to retire Imme
diately, at tho end of his term, to his ranch
In Custar county. And that Is whero ho
will go. Tho Journnl believes that the gov
ernor Is acting with tho best of Intentions,
but his Judgment Is wrong and tho people,
and tho party disapprove of his act.
Dangrrnuii nn ntt Oltlclnl.
Fullerton Nows-Journal (rop.): It Is un
fortunate for tho atato that thin convicted
thief should havo been ablo to seduco tho
governor to grant thin pardon. It Is tin
fortunato for tho governor that ho was led
Into tho step; ho alono will havo to bear
the action and disgrace. So far as his po
litical associates and party woro concerned
they aro unanimously opposed to clemency
for Hartley, not becauso It was Hartley, In
whom they onco reposed a trust and who
basely betrayed tho samo, but becauso ho Is
on embezilor of public funds, ancf as Bitch
should bo required to servo his time. Tho
governor's nctlon stnmps him ns weak, In
efficient and dangerous as an olllclal.
HlKh-llniidcil Trcncliery.
Sidney Itopubllcan: Tho action of Gov
ernor Savago In pardoning Convict Hartley
Is a pteco of tho most high-handed treach
ery over exercised by tho prerogatives of
the chief voxccutivo of any commonwealth.
Illgh-handed In that It doflcn tho people,
who robbed out of their hard-oarncd cash
by tho peculations and speculations of po
litical plunderers. Tho last republican
stato convention spoko In no uncertain
tonco tho mind of tho pooplo, and It la a
dcplornblo condition to havo a man acting
as governor who will set hlraeotf up ns
CANADIAN EDITORS ARRIVE
T oil Fuikm frm tkt Nrthwst Iirait
Omaha i Fcio'.
OUT ON A SIGHT-SEEING EXCURSION
Kxploratton of AVentem Stnte lo He
Currlrit on DurlnK Next Three
Weeks by These. lOu
thuNlnsts. Tho Western Canadian Press association
arrived In Omaha last night at 10:40 over
tho Northwestern railroad from St. Haul
enrouto for California on Its third annual
excursion. Tho association was met at
Missouri Valley by Mr. W. H. Hennctt, Ca
nadian stent, and officials ot tho North
western. The association has two cars
chartered for tho trip; a streamer on each
boars tho words "Western Canada Tress
Association." In tho cars everything pos
Iblo for the comfort ot tho members has
been arranged.
"We aro out for n good time," said J. C.
Crome, organizer ot tho club, "and In
cidentally to do a llttlo missionary work
among the peoplo of the United States.
Wo havo tho greatest country on; earth
and wc want you peoplo to know It. Wo
raise moro wheat and wo have n better
climate than nny other country. Whllo It
gets cold wo don't notice It. We enmo1 from
St. Paul today and enjoyed the run down
Immensely, It couldn't havo beeu nicer
or more pleasant.
"I want to thank the pooplo of Omahn
for the program of entertainment 1 havo
Just been furnished. Tho only communlca
tlon I have had with your peoplo was bj
wlro and I understand that none of my
telegrams was received. Hut this enter
tainment Is what wo expected from west
em peoplo, Wo are western peoplo,
nnd when wo go at any thing wo make a
success, Ovor fifty papers aro represented
4n this excursion out ot 150 In western
Canada. This Is our third excursion, the
first being to thu Pacific const over tho
Caundlan Pacific, railroad; tho second In
cluding St. Paul, Chicago, Detroit, Montrenl.
and tho way wo have started I bellQve this
wilt be tho most enjoyable of any. Thero
are scventy-threo of us nnd uvery person
Is out to havo a ood time. This Is our
first trip through Omaha, but from tho
eutortalnment the people havo arranged
for us. I n in sure wo will always bo sorry
that It Is the first."
Undue of the Anoeliitloii,
Each member ot tho association wears a
badge with thu name of tho nsFocatlan; nnd
the national "bird," tho beaver; tho date
January 5-27. Suspended from tho badge
are two ribbons with "Western Canada"
and "Pacific Coast" printed on them,
Among tho officers on tho excursion are
President J. J. Young, First Vleo Presl
dent II, C. Clay, Secretary O. II. Saults,
Treosurer John Stovel. Among tho dis
tinguished guests present la President Tay
lor of tho Itudton's Hay company, who hns
becomo the most popular member of tho
excursion by furnishing the "cold dojtroye
for tho association.
The members of the excursion will take
breakfast t the Millard hotel this morn
ing. At 0:30 o'clock they wftl leave for
South Omaha nnd eat lunch served by Swift
& Company. At 1 o'clock they will return
to Omaha nnd nttend an Informal reception
tt the Commercial club, nrrunged by Sec
retary John L) tt and Matthew A. Hall,
nrltlsh vice consul. The party will leave
over tho nurllugton for Donver at 4.30,
During the duy there will bo an exhibit ot
Canadian products ut tho Mlllaid
The excursion (eft St. Paul at b o'clock
knowing more than his whole party. The
tltno will come when the opportunity for
such things to happen will be stopped by
the repeal of laws granting such privileges
or amendments to the constitution prohibit
ing Instead of granting same. This event
will only hasten such action.
Cmintr) I'reia n lull.
Kearney Hub (rep.)! The country news
papers aro coming In with their well-defined
oplnlonn of tho Hartloy pardon. Al
most without exception they are condemna
tory of Governor Savago In the strongest
terms. The "third city" dnllles, that Is,
the dally papers oiitsldc of Lincoln and
Omaha, aro plutn spoken and squarely
against the pardon. The Omahu rite's po
sition Is what might have been expected
against Savage and Hartley. Tho Lincoln
Journal him not expressed Knelt editorially,
but certain Intimations show hostility.
Hut what tho Hub started out to say wai
that tho country press Is prnctlcally a unit
on the question, and that now as ever the
country press of this state can be depended
on In great emergency to voice the best
sentiments of the people and express Itself
without fenr or favor.
Tho republican party In Nebraska Is safe.
It Is safe becauso the heart and conscience
of tho party nru exemplified In Its news
papers, which rannot bo cnjoled, wheedled,
misled or corrupted.
A Oiic-.Mnii A fin I r.
St. Kdward Sun (rep.): The citizens of
St. Edward were somewhat nmazed and
surprised New Year's morning when tho
dallies arrived, announcing that Governor
Savage had commuted the sentence of Joo
Hartley, who was sentenced for a term of
twenty years In the penitentiary, to five
years, seven months and eight days, which
includes good behavior, but his actual tlmo
In prison, Including Jail at Omaha, was
four years, six months and llvo days,
This question has many sides to It and
the editor of the Sun does not claim to bo
well enough posted to glvo a verdict that
might bo In full Justlco to all concorncd.
but wo ennnot sea what right Governor
Savage had In giving him a pardon after
tho emphatic declaration made by the stato
republican convention at Lincoln this fall,
when thoy "disclaimed for the party any
sympathy with custodians of public, inonoy
found guilty of tho betrayal of sacred
trusts," Governor Savago In his explana
tion says the treasury stood behind manv
of tho Htnto banks and tided them over
financial ruin during the hard times. Hut
for tho Ufa of us we cannot see why it
should not bo paid back again. If wo bor
row money of anyone wo expect to pay It
back or suffer tho consequence. Thus It
should bo with banks.
Governor Savago says that ho doos not
ecu why ho should be dictated to by the
republican party and sharply arraigns any
one wljo would think different than ho
docs. If he did not expect to live up to
tho platform of tho republican party, why
did ho run ns lieutenant governor? If our
readers havo n man to work for them
they expect him to do what In right and
llvo up to tho policy that thov advocate.
As Editor Dayton of tho York Itopub
llcan says, tho governor claims the sup
port of 4,000 republicans, yat only gives
out a list of 14C. Whero nro the others?
Wo think Govornor Savago has mode a
gravo mhitako and will causo considerable
Monday morning nnd will nrrlvcd In San
Francisco on tho 16th. After a tour days'
visit will return to Canada. ( Among tho
pnrty Is J, M. Applcton ot Wlnnepeg, a
cricket "fiend," who Is anxious to meet
all such in Omaha.
People In (lie 1'firty.
Every man and woman In tho excursion
Is a good follow and they will have a good
tlmo nnd mako themselves populnr where
ver thoy go. Following Is a list of thoso In
tho excursion.
John Appleton, Labor Gazette, Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
11. Hnldwinson, Ilelmskrlngla, Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
W. 11. Unllantyno, Journal, Emerson,
Mnnltnbn.
C, 15. Hnstln, Western Prnlrlc, Cypress
River, .Manitoba.
it. u. lirott, urag ami unnyon, lianrc,
ltn.
Mrs. It. a. Hrett. Crag nnd Canyon. Hnnff.
Alta.
M. C. Hernnrd, Albertan. Calgary, Attn.
J. 11. Orant, Commercial. Winnipeg.
Miss 12. Dnln. News, Carberry, Manitoba.
II. C. Clny, Reporter, llapld City, Mani
toba. Mrs. II. C. Clny, Iteporter, napld City,
Manitoba.
J, J. Conklln, Free Press, Winnipeg.
J. C. Crome. Mirror, Winnipeg.
Mrs. J. C. Crome, Mirror., Winnipeg.
II. Chevrlur, Expositor, Selkirk, Manitoba.
J. A. Gngg. Advance, St. Pauls, Manitoba.
Mrs. J. A. Qngg, Advance, St. Pauls,
Manitoba,
a. Dickson. Coifrler, Crystal City, Mani
toba "Mrs. W. D. Douglas. Tribune, Winnipeg.
Alexander Dunlop, Press, Neepawn, Man
Itnbn. Mrs. A. Dunlop, Press, Neepawa, Mani
toba, Miss Etta Fnlrchlld, Tribune. Winnipeg.
V. C. French, Times, Wetnsklwin, Alta.
W. J. Henley, Free Press, Winnipeg,
W. II. Hall, News, Wolseley, Assn.
Miss Mabel 1 (nil. News, Wolseley, Assa,
H. A. lluckell, Express, Carberry, Mani
toba. Mrs. Josle lluckell. Expresi, Carberry.
Clcorge Harper, Stnndard, Carman, Mani
toba. Mrs. George Harper, Standard, Carman.
11, S. Jenkins, superintendent C. P. It.
telegraph, Winnipeg,
Mrs. 11. S. Jenkins. Wlnnlnee.
W. J. Kennedy, Advance, Vlrden, Mnnl-
mini.
A. E. Kenner, Free Press. Winnipeg.
W. A. Myers, Star, Shoal Iike, Maul
tolni.
Mrs. W. A. Myers. Stnr. Slum! Lake,
E. II. McKay. Teleitram. Wlnnlticir.
CI. 11. McCush, Chronicle, Mordcn, Manl-
loim.
C I). Mel'lierson, Liberal, Portage la
Prairie.
J. Morris, Post, Edmonton, Alta.
E. II. Mneklln, Free Press. Wlnnlnee.
Mrs. E. II. Mncklln, Free Press, Winnipeg.
.1. lv. Meinnis, Hianimrii, iieginn, AfS.i
John Nichols. Sun. Urenfell. Assa.
Mrs. Frank Oliver, Hullctin, Edmonton,
Aliierm.
J. A. Oebome. Bun, Hrandon. Manitoba.
Mrs. J. A Osborne. Times, Fort Frances,
Ontario.
O. Iingle. Voice. Winnipeg.
Miss O. Plngle, Voice, Winnipeg.
John IVrese, Tribune, Winnipeg.
George Patterson. Times, Delornlne. Man
Itoba
Mrs. George Patterson, Times, Delornlne.
A. v. rirlo, Manner. uununH, untarlo.
J. O. Qiitnn, Hecord, Cnrdston. Alberta
W. J. Samls. Oracle. Oide. Alberta.
W T. Shipley. Gazette, Glenboro, Mani
toba. G. II. Smilts. Town Topics. Winnipeg.
Mrs. tl. II. Snults, Town Topics, Winni
peg.
V. A Speers, domln'on government rep.
reeentutlve, GrlHWoId, Manitoba.
Mrs. W A. Snei'ts. GrlHwnld.
Walter M. P. Scott, Leader, llcglna, A"isa
Mrs. Scott. Leader. Hcalnn.
Crispin Smith. Herald. Calgary. Alta,
Mrs. Crlsnln Smith. Herald. Calunrv.
W. A. Shnults, Age. Gladstone, Manitoba.
m . 1 amine, rsewe, . nroi-rry, .Miinitoun
John Stovel. Fnrmer. Winnipeg,
Mrs, John Stovel. Farmer. Winnipeg.
J. I. Itoss. Herald. Il imlltnii. Manltoh.i.
E. Taylor, Hudson' Hay company, Winni
peg.
G Mitchell, Journnl. Selkirk. Manitoba,
1. It. Toombs, (lasette, .Stonewall, Mnnl
tobn.
Irvln Walker. Times. Krnndon. Munl'nba
D, D. AVood, civic representative, Winni
peg,
F. II. Woodhull, Dispatch. Miami. Maul
toba.
J. J, Young, Herald. Calgary. Alta,
Mrs, J. J, Young, Herald, Calgary,
.Meltnnil Arrested for PiinilnK Cheek
Dr. Frank McQuad. osteonath. was nr
rested last nlaht by Detectives Mitchell
llriuly and Drummy on complaint of the
the doctor with forging uud cashing a
trouble to tho republican party. And thoy
should not bo charged with It, either, as It
Is n one-man affair.
A Mlulity Unit Ktnmiile.
I'lattsmouth News (rep,): We will bo
very discreet, we will not Indulge In a long
or lurid Invective nor will we call In ques
tion the motives that prompted the net.
Wo refer, of course, to tho matter of Bart
ley's pardon. Wo are fully convinced that
wo are not able to cope with such problems
from the fact that we would not haie set
tled them In this way and therefore wo
must bo unnblo to sec much that should
goicrn our act In such n case. Hut While
wo may not feel competent to criticise, we
do feel able to foresee some of the results
of this act and theso results aro ones we
do not wish, for tho good of tho party or of
the stnte. No matter what reasons there
moy havo been for the pardon, no mnttcr
how deserving tho pardoned man may have
been, no matter how cruel It would have
been to compel him to finish his sentence,
In spito of all that may be said or done,
this nctlon will cause strife and dissension,
It will furnish food for the opposition, It
will afford a bad example for others
tempted to misuse public funds and It will
goncrnlly react agalnBt what wo bolleve are
tho best Interests of the stato. It might
have been unjust to compel Hartley to re
main tho length of his term, but If the
principle of the good of tho grentcr num
ber bo applied, we opine hat It Is better
for ono Innocent man to suffer than for tho
good of a stnto to bo Jeopardized, always
supposing that Hartley was Innocent, which
Is tho most that advocates of his pardon
can clnlm.
An Iiifniiinns I'riieeedlnu.
Grand Island Independent: It Is urged
that "had tho business Interests of tho stato
been deprived of tho support they received
from tho treasury, tho loss to these Inter
ests would have been so great as to chal
lenge computation,"
And a great governor pleads that a stato
trensurcr shall Judge as to when It Is best
to help out prlvntn concerns when In need
nt money, nnd whom to help out? What
does tho ordinary citizen, the general tax
payer, think of this proposition? Wero
they "supported" nt that time? Woro tho
farmers of Hall or any county given money
to tide over mortgages advertised for fore
closure? If the Independent Is correctly
Informed, the only bank In this city at tho
time having stnto money was tho Citizens'
National. Tho tldlng-ovcr process In this
Instanco was beautiful!
Then, too, says tho governor, seo what
Hartloy didn't take. Just think of It ho
turned over to his successor M, 200,000. "Had
Mr. Hartloy Intended to purchaso wealth by
term In prison ho could havo taken every
dollar," urges this misfit executive, In
pleading that. Hartley didn't Intend to steal.
Good, sound reasoning, Isn't It? If a man
steal $500,000 out of a treasury and leavo
tho rest It's a good ovldenco that ho didn't
Intond to steal at alii Unquestionably tho
Jury that convicted him was blind to that
great truth! It ought to havo taken Into
consideration, too, tho fact that ho didn't
even tako the stato houso with him when
ho went out of ofllce, and It Bhould have
recommended In Its findings that a dny bo
sot apart by the people of Nebraska In
which to glvo thanks that that was loft!
The wholo argument of the governor Is
check for 2S. According to tho Nebraska
City authorities McQuad had been prac
ticing his profcsHton lu thnt city several
duys nnd beforo leaving- cashed a check to
wiucn tno name or Joint v. .Morgan nau
been signed. In tho ntoro of Kpponbergcr
& Klrchmnnnus. When tho check wns
tnken to tho bank It was pronounced a
ronton'. Dr. MrQuml linH been In South
Omaha several days and enmo to Omaha
aionnay, wnen no was immeuiateiy nr
restcd. Illvrr Vessel Sinks.
EUFALA. Ala.. Jan. . Thn stenmer M.
W. Kelly of tho Independent lino struck
a snag nnd sank this afternoon two miles
nbovn this city. There wers no casualties,
eo lar as reported.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Thurston Illfle.q will iHvn nn exhibi
tion drill, followed by a hop, In the armory
Monday evening, January 13.
Fritz Mullcr hoB netltlnned to have nro-
bated tho will of John Fottlck. who lived
at Sixteenth and Vinton streets.
Mnns Johnson has been annolnted ad
ministrator for tho estnto of Mnrv Oster
of Vnlloy, Neb., vico John Oster, deceased.
Mary Jackson was arrested last nlnht
charged with jobbing Mrs. Nellie Thurston
ot zis norm Tweinn street or n ilress
pattern and a rnglan coat. She was locked
up.
Sadie Nlckolx. who recently enmo to
Omaha from St. Joseph, was nrrcsted lost
night, charged with robbing Tom Cnstola
of 14 early Inst evening, whllo In a houso
near Ninth and Dodgo streets.
At a meetlntr of the Hoard of Fire nnd
Police Commissioners held Monday after
noon Police Officer J. 8. Towsburv wns
dismissed from tho service for neglect of
uuty oy ueing' nusent from ins Beat.
S. D. Rhodes wan arrested last nlaht for
carrying a londed billy. Rhodes hnd Just
bought the weapon and Informed the of-
ucerH mat lie iiiiin t Know wnnt lie, wanted
It for. He works for an Ico company.
t tho annual elect on of the Hoard of
Trado yesterday afternoon II. F. Cndy,
James Walsh nnd W, J. Connell wero
chosen nb directors to serve for three yenrs.
They were all members whoso terms ex
pired mis venr.
Louie Gans Martin, whose parents. J.
W. and Louie Martin, aro dead, and who Is
making his homo nt 1728 South Twentv-
elghth street, nominates Ills, uncle, Charles
uans, rnr tils guardian, tho boy is 15
yenrs old nnd has 12,000 'worth of real es
tate.
Minn Doll, the widow, asks the appoint
ment of Abraham Hosenbery ns adminis
trator of the estate of Leopold Doll, who
died the Inst day of the year, leaving no
will, but $75,000 worth of renl estnto and
$30,000 worth of personal property. The
lieirs aro six sons ami our iiaugnters, most
of whom am resident In Omaha.
Peter Ilofeldt. county commissioner from
Elkhnrn, lost the $S3 thnt was In his purse
when ho went Into a cigar store Saturday
evenlng, nnd the finding of the purse, minus
Ita contents, Is taken as evidence that tho
commissioner h loss was a theft. Monday
be discovered that ho was also minim sev
eral hogs that he had been fattening nnd
wns just reauy io iiutcner
Twenty patients. Ilftpen men and llvo
women, nr now neing enreu ror at ine
emertrency liOHiiItnl. Hutierlntenilont Mc
Coy reports all getting along well. Their
lives have been mnde brighter by the re
ceipt of illustrated naners and magazines
aent by Mnyor Moores, Charles F. Weller
anil Jirs. uenrge A. Jinnglaud, nnu n box
or American ueoutles rrom .Mrs, tmngliiml.
Leo Penfold. on of II. J. Penfold. dis
appeared from his home. 3123 Howard
street. Sunday nfternoon. When tho vounu
mnn did not return homo Sunday night or
.Monday ine pnrenis necnino uneasy. tiiuiK
lug thnt ho had been kidnapped or had met
with foul play and reported tho disappear
ance to the police, Defore tho pollen began
an Investigation, howover, Leo returned
nomo rariy last evening,
Tho monument committee of Conipnny I
mot in tno armory or mo rutirsion nines
Inft nluht. Next Sunday the committee
will Inspect the company monumcnr being
erected In Prospect Hill cemetorv nnd de.
cldo upon tho date of the unveiling. The
committee is collecting money subscribed
to the fund, All who havo not paid are
requested to call on Charles A. Tracy. Six
teenth and Douelas streets, as soon ns
possinie.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
General Charles F. Manderson left for
Chicago last night and may go on to Wash
ington lieroro returning to umaim,
Colonel IliisfplI II. Harrison, who ha
been visiting his family In Omnlta for a
few ilavs. left Inst nig it for the east. He
foru anlns hu told a friend he had not
abandoned his Intention of trying to secure
a renncnlnc of his caie In order to net his
military record straightened out.
lamentable tommy-rot. And his brazen
attempt to "explain," the setting of himself
up obovo the Judgment of a convention of
over 1,000 representative citizens of the
state, and up above the district and su
premo courts naturally leads to the ques
tion, what will the republican parly do
about It? And the people of the state?
Tho whole infamous proceeding tends to
show that the samo old gang Is In power U
Lincoln. Will tho republican party stand
for It? It cannot avoid the responsibility
If It does. It Is rumored now that tho
friends of Mr. Savage are setting up pins
for his nomination and re-election. It the
republican party endorses this outrage, In
any degreo or form, It cannot plead a lack
of responsibility. On the other hand, If
Savage Is right, If Mr. Hartley Is such a
benefactor, such a much abused, Illy
treated, outrageously misjudged citizen,
what's the matter with trying to make
amends with him, oven though It may bo
late In tho dBy, and run him for governor
next fall?
Jovrrnnr's "Stenilj- Serr."
Fairmont Chronicle (rep.): On Now
Year's evo Governor Savage pardoned Jo
seph Hartley, Nebraska's defaulting stato
treasurer, who was under n sentence f
twenty yenrs, of which ho had served a
Uttlo over four years and seven months.
To put It mildly. Governor Savngo has a
very steady nerve. While tho twenty-year
sentence was undoubtedly excessive, com
pared with other cases of like character, It
lookn bad for a republican governor to
pardon tho convicted state treasurer. Hun
dreds of Ncbraskans, months ngo, signed
a petition for Hartley's pardon, at n time
when I'nynter was governor, believing that
If a populist governor could see reason fo:
extending clemency tho people gonerally
would not have the opportunity to charge
tho action to tho republican party.
Hut as It now stands Governor Savage
and the republican machine- must bear thu
burden. Joe Hartley was entitled to as
much charity as other criminals of his
clans, hut no more. There aro tievcral
dozen bluo-bloodcd aristocrats In Nebraska
who received a portion of tho stolen funds,
and the greatest regret Ib that somo
method ennnot be devised to compel resti
tution on their part or penal servitude.
Hartloy suffered more severely than did
Moshcr of Capital National bank fame,
whoso dishonesty wrought many times as
much Hardship and disaster. And tho pol
ished thieves who took the stato's cash,
through Its treasurer, havo suffered noth
ing, unless It bo from nn uneasy conscience.
And tho consciences of these people wilt
hardly compel them to relinquish any of
tho coin.
Whither Are AVr Drlftlnicr
Valentino Republican: Whither aro wo
drifting and what may not be expected at
the executive mansion In Lincoln? Gov
ernor Savago pardoned Josoph S. Hartley
from tho stato penitentiary and liberated
hlra January 1, 1902, In tlmo to partake of
Now Year's dinner with his family. "
When on July 13 Governor Savage ( file red
tho reloase of Joseph S. Hartley on a slxty
day parolo ho aroused tho Indignation of
tho people of this state. The Indignation
of his party was so great that In convention
It passed a resolution demanding the Imnie
dlato recall of that parole andho oboyed
tho mandate promptly. Tho next republican
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Nw Libury Ordininoa Iotrdnci Btfort
Oitj Coanoil.
PROPOSAL FOR $110,000 RENEWAL BONDS
I,ve Stock KxclmiiKe Rlertn Offlorrn
Hoard of Kdiientlim I'liuU Vnecl
nntlon U ril era iKiiorcil Im
proved 'lrc Nervier,
Thnt library question will not down and
laBt night at the council meeting a new
ordinance was Introduced, repealing tho
previous ordinance nnd placing the ap
pointive power In tho hands ot tho council,
Tho matter came up through the action
ot tho mayor in Bending a letter to Mrs.
Talbot, president of tho old library board,
permitting cerlnln women to appoint tho
five members of the board to havo boen
named under tho old ordinance Members
of the council do not tnke kindly to the
proposition as proposed by tho mayor, and
It Is asserted, that tho ordinance passed re
cently was Illegal, In that It was In conflict
with the state law. What the council pro
poses to do now, provided the present ordi
nance is passed, la to elect nine members
of the library board without any assistance
from tho mayor. In this ordinance each
director of tho board is required to give
bonds In the sum of $1,000, to be approved
by tho council, Further, the city treasurer
Is niailo custodian ot all library funds and
warrants will bo drawn the same as In tho
city departments. In this ordinance tho
membership as to sex Is not mentioned,
while In the other It was specifically stated
that five members must bo men. At tho
conclusion of the reading of tho document,
which Is a long one, tho ordlnunce was
roferred to the Judiciary committee,
As has been previously 'announced, $1,500
In Improvement district bonds wero sold
nt miction, but the sale was n farce. Mayor
Kolly called August Miller to the chair
and mnde him auctioneer. Miller called
for bldB nnd got only ono reply. That was
from Dan Hnnnon, who bid par. No other
bids being received, tho salo wos made.
As Hannon has done the grading, bis pay
will come from tho bonds.
Iteneivnl llontl Proposed,
An ordinance was Introduced authorlz
lag the city council to Issuo renewnl bonds
In tho sum of $110,000. These bonds when
Issued will run for ten years and will draw
6 per cent Interest.
Under the law bids should havo been
opened for the printing of the city nrdl
nances and three bids were banded down
to tho council. Upon the suggestion of
Johnston the mntter was deferred for one
week. Miller objected to this, but his ob
Jectlon. as usual, was overruled. Tho ques
tlon Involved Is whother n paper must bo
published fifty-two consecutive weeks be-
torn It can legally print advertlsmente ot
this Bort.
Mnyor Kelly took occasion to cxerclso
his authority In the matter of appointing'
a city bill poster. Ho nnmed L. Anson
Scott, commonly known ns "Iteddy" and
tho nppolntmcnt was confirmed. As the
ordinance Is not considered legal In any
nay. Scott will find tt a difficult matter to
enforce tho provisions of the alleged law.
W, 8. Habcoijk, former police Judge, Bent
In a claim for thren months' salary, which
he claims Is due for the balance of hU
term. It will be remembered that Habcork
was removed from office by order of the
court prior to the expiration of his term
Inasmuch as Judge King had been elected
to succeed biro. The communication from
convention, unless we misunderstand the
temper of the rank and file, will be still
more emphatic and censure the governor
(or Laving exceeded even prudent authority
In extending executive clemency Iti'the par
doning of Hartley. While he was about It
ho might Just ns well havu liberated every
tonvlct In the state penitentiary, so far as
Justice and principle, aro concerned. Thero
Is nothing to sustain or Justify the pica for
executive clemency In behalf of the state
treasury wrecker who was serving a
twenty-year sentence for embezzlement of
state funds. Hartley Is free now and all
that tho people can do Is to enter a vig
orous protest and show their disapproval
of the pardon. Later on they may be In a
position to administer a reprimand, As
The Omaha Dec says, fortunately for the
republican party, this flagrant nbuso of ex
ecutive clemency cannot Justly bo laid at
Its door. The party, through Its choien
representatives, has expressed Itself posi
tively and without reserve against Hartley's
liberation and cannot rightly be held re
sponsible for the nets of public omclals who
set up their Indivdual Judgment abovo that
of the rank and file whose will they nre ex
pected to carry out. Tho Issue Is nn longer
between K. ltosowatcr and tho governor,
hut Is from now on between the people of
this state n id Governor Savage.
Contemptible I'mler the Oilltiiu,
Tlldcn Citizen (rep.): Joe Hartley stands
beforo the world n free man. Not only Is
he free but he hns boeu presented with a
brand new vindication. He Is not only free
nrd vindicated, but no less an authority
than Governor Ravage holds him up as n
public benefactor! Listen to the redoubt
nblo Ezra V'n encomium. "It will be ad
mitted, no doubt, by many of the bankers
of tho stato, that tho stnto treasury wos
standing behind nnd supporting the banks
of tho state during that samo period (the
'hard times' from 1893 to 18116.) It can, 1
believe, bo truthfully sold that to a very
great extent tho treasury of the stnto was
all that stood between the business Inter
ests of the state and financial ruin. It may
he said that the money In the treasury
was tho people's money. Admit that to be
truo, and tho problem bocomes one of tho
people's business. I havo no hesitancy In
saying that the relief given tho banks and
tho business Interests of the state by Mr.
Hartley ot thot time saved many thousands
of dollars .more to the peoplo of the state
than his entire Bhortnge amounted to.
Thero nro many prosperous buslnes
men In the stato today who would bo work
Ing by tho month or looking for employ
ment had It not been for the assistance
thoy at that tlmo received from tho hands of
Mr. Hartley." Such reasoning Is worthy ot
Dickons' Harold Sklmpole In Hleak Houso.
but It sounds odd coming from a man occu
pying tho position of govornor of a state
numbering 1,200,000 law-nhldlng Inhabitants.
At the closo of his second term ex-Treasuer
Hartley was a defaulter to tho extent of
something over 1500,000. In tho eye of the
law It makes no difference what disposition
ho mado of the funds, whether to bolster
up banking Institutions, to enrich his poker
playlng associates, to found an orphanage,
to send a cargo of bibles and budge to
Central Africa or to speculate on Wall
street, tho more fact of his having mis
appropriated state money made him n crim
inal and, nftcr his conviction, ho should
havo been treated as a common criminal
up to the actual expiration of his sentence.
Judge Habcock was referred to the finance
committco nnd tho city attorney.
Monthly reports from heads of depart
ments woro received and placed on file.
Tho Union Pacific will be notified to
maintain a light nt Madison street.
An ordlnanco Is to bo drawn for the Is
suing of $5,000 In bonds tor the purchase
of a library site.
A flro hydrant wns ordered located nt
Forty-first nnd Q streets.
Another meeting of the council will be
held this noon.
KxelimiKe Klretn Oflleern.
Tho South Omaha Live Stock oxchango
yesterday afternoon elected these officers :
D. S. Parkhurst, president; H. Gilchrist,
vico president; E. S. Harrell, Samuel Mort,
Jay Laverty. Al Powell, directors; com
mittee on arbitration, D, S. Parkhurst, A.
Waggoner, P. T. McOrath, John Frederick,
S. L. Degen; commltteo on appeal, Albert
Noc, T. C. Daly, E. J. Ingersoll, W. H.
McCrary, M. H. Murphy.
As there was only one ticket In tho field
the election went off without Incident. Tho
officials elected will assume their duties
February 1. Ono of the Important appoint
ments to bo made Is that of socrotary ot
the exchange. It Is expected this nppolnt
mcnt will be made when tho directors meet
at the first meeting In February.
School Uonrd Meet.
When tho Hoard of Education met last
night reports sent In by tho superintendent
shnu-eil thnt the recent orders of the Hoard
of Health In relation to the wholesale vac
cination of pupils had boen Ignored,
It appears that whllo the Hoard ot neaitn
met and Issued orders through the press, Its
secretary failed officially to notify the
board and thercforo no attention was pata
to the notlco published a few days ago.
Members of thu board say that If the Hoard
of Health proposes to enforco any nuch
rulo official notlco roust be served.
Many of tho pupils presented certificates
of vaccination, but thoso who did not wero
permitted to attend school as usual.
Asldo from the allowing of bills nnd the
consideration of claims no business of In
terest wns transacted.
Fire Chief Meet.
Tho monthly meeting of tho fire chlers
of South Omaha was held yesterday after
noon at tho ofilco of the Hammond Packing
company. All of the packing houses, tho
stockyards and tho city wero represented.
Improvements In tho lire service for South
Omaha wero talked over, but no action was
taken. Thu deslro of the chiefs Is that
arrangements bo made whereby a larger
volume of water can be thrown In case
of fire In a packing Iiouhc. Next month the
chiefs will meet at No, 1 flro hall and be
the guests of Chief Etter.
Mel.enn CnlU Meeting.
Superintendent McLean of tho public
schools has rallod n meeting of all seventh
and eighth grndo teachers for Friday after
noon In, the High school assembly room.
There will also be a meeting of all teachers
In the Bchools at tho assembly room Sat
urday, Janunry 18, at ! a. in. Matters
pertaining particularly to teachers will bo
discussed, Superintendent McLean saya
theso meetings are of special Importance
on account of the closing semester nnd all
teachers will be expected -to be present.
Dentil of Dr. Wilson.
Word was retolved hero yesterday of tho
death nt Kansas City of Dr. J. S. Wilson,
Dr. Wilson was the first chief of the bureau
of animal Industry hero and when h was
assigned to another station he left a largo
number of friends here, all of whom will
regret to hear of his death.
SlflRle ('!' Gnuslii,
Mrs, Fred Martin has returned from Chi
cago. Chief Etter of the lire department has
completed Ida annual report. It sIiowj
A store In this town was robbed of less
than $100 worth of Jewelry about the same
time Hartley was convicted; the thief was
caught, tried and setiteuced to six years In
the penitentiary He Is there yot. Now,
the writer doesn't do Hit that the thief In
this enso firmly Intended to convert his
booty Into money and use tho proceeds to
wards furnishing necessities to persons
who were fully as much In need, nnd per
haps as deserving, ns the men who profited
by the ex-treasurer's generosity with stnto
money. Estimating from the proportionate
enormity of the crime, the commensurate
punishment of tho Tllden thief should have
been five hours, thirty-six minutes and two
and one-quarter seconds In the peniten
tiary, with a pardon after tho first hour's
confinement. Unfortunately this man' had
no particularly powerful politicians for his
bosom frlonds, bill who knows? ho may
bo all tho more respectable for this iiega
tlvo condition. Here Is a chance for ex
ecutive clemency which the governor has
overlooked. True. It released, the male
factor might revert to his old habits, but
organized society would still have the satis
fying knowledge that, to use the governor's
language, "tho prisoner (ins already been
punished In a degree commensurate with
his offense," nnd that's worth something.
From start to finish It Is a la
bored endeavor to uphold theft on a huge
scale ami to condone tho greatest crime
ever committed by a Nebraska state om
err. Had .Mr. Savago openly said "tho peo
ple's will be d d" nnd given no further
excuse, same little relic of respect might
have been a.'cordcd him. Hut, contemptible
as he was before, this Inst outrage hns
mado him loathsome to his party. If he
has tho least desire to lessen the odium
which he Imb earned for himself he should
at onco resign his oKlco or Imitate the final
example ot his counterpart. Judas lornrlot.
IMnytiiK IHrty Trlrli.
York Itopubllcan: Tl.o peoplo of Ne
braska regret that New Year's day Is not
Thanksgiving day. They feel that only on
Thanksgiving day could they adequately
express their thanks for the gift presented
them by Governor Savage, In the uncondi
tional pardon of Joseph Hartley, the thiev
ing stnto treasurer who was sentenced to
twenty years In tho penitentiary and un
conditionally pardoned January 1, 1002, by
tho govurnor. Their courts found hltn
guilty and sentenced him. Thu governor
lias misused tho "ofllclal prerogative" of
which he Is no Jealous to overthrow tho
verdict of their courts. Their prison walls
rocelved tho criminal. The governor hnR
misused his authority to force tho walls
and frco tho criminal, And according to
the account of the State Journal, Instead
of doing penanco for the crime of stealing
over half a million dollars from the school
children of the stato, he spent Now Year's
day presiding nt the New Year's dinner In
his mansion nnd "receiving the congratula
tions of his friends."
It Is said ;hnt the action of the governor
canio as a "completo surprise." nosh! It
Is well known that certain Individuals,
some of whfrm aro susplclonod of having
benefited by tho peculations of the convict,
havo been moving henven and earth to se
curo his freedom. And It hns boen rhnrged
that the promise to pardon Hartley was one
of tho Inheritances the govornor took on
with the office.
As some excuse for the high-minded out
rage. It Is stated that the resolution
nlnety-two fires and a loss of $11,000 lo the
Insurance companies.
Hey. Arthur Renwlck will conduct union
services In the Hnptlst church tonight.
W. II. Reynolds of Chndroii, Neb., Is
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jnmes V. Chlzek.
Dick Estes has resinned hU position .'it
tho exclinnuo and will remove to Glen
wood, la,
Colon services, on account of the week
of prayer, were held In tho First Presby
terian church last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Scnrr have re
turned from Huckland, Mo., where they
were called by I he death of Mrs. Hcorr's
mother.
Captnln I. J. Huokley of flro company
No. 3 was taken down with Hmnllpox yos
terdoy and was removed to an Isolated lo
cation. The tire hall will bo thorough,'
fumlguted by the sanitary inspector today.
No wino has a purer boo.uet than Cook's
Imperial Extra Dry Champagne, It la the
pure Juice of .tho grapes fermented.
A iln in Crooks Hurt by Horses.
Adam Crooks of Hcnson, employed by
Peter Gravert of the samo place, received
painful nnd dangerous Injuries last night
near Metr.'s brewery by falling from Ills
wagon. Crooks wos hauling vhent to the
brewery. The reins became entangled nnd
In reaching over the front of the wagon he
fell between tho horses, He wan stepped
on, receiving n cut In the right leg and
Internal Injuries. The Injured man wah
removed to the St. Joseph hospital In the
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KtT4 I'all C'atalntfu ,on llaailr.
adopted by the republican state convention
demanding Hartley's Immediate return tc
tho penitentiary, was "said to have beer
written by Edward llojewotrr." What dlf
ferencs should that mnke? Tho resnlutlot
was adopted by practically all the conven
tlon, nnd It expressed tho sentiments oi
practically nit the republicans of the state
If Ilosewater wrote It, It, was creditable to
ltosowatcr, arid It wns In the Interest ol
clenn politics nnd honesty In public olTtce
It In well known that Savage wos angry
about the resolution, nnd In his list of
lllmsy excuses for trampling the courts of
tho state under the heel of executive au
thority ho characterizes It as "discour
teous" and an "unwnrrniited usurpation of
executive authority." Governor Savage Is
merely the servant of tho people of the
state their paid nervaut. He Is not their
leader, neither is he their fociw. Had he
been Senator Dietrich's rn.ichman, nnd had
Senator Dietrich ordered him to bring the
carriage around nt 10 o'clock, he, would
have had Just as much cause tor anger
sgalst Seuator Dietrich ns ha hns against
the republican convention for telling him
whnt the republicans of the state deilred
him to do. Ills effort to manufacture ex
cuse for him self Is lame Indeed. When n
tiiiiu feels that ho Is doing a neighbor it
dirty trick, ho always seeks to Justify him
self by working up anger against the neigh
bor, and Governor Snvusa has plnycd the
republican party, which trusted him, .
nasty, dirty trick, and It Is to be hoped
that he will not forgive tho party tor It.
Ho says he has been "making Investiga
tions" nil this time. He docs not state
whHl ho has found nut. Ho has not dis
covered whero any of tho money Is con
cealcd. The result of hKj "Investigation"
Is embodied In the glittering generality
that he "thinks Hartley ought to be par
doned." So his "Investigation" brought
out nothing new. Everybody knew a long
time ngo Unit hn thought Hartley ought to
be pnrdoned, though he hns never feen fit
to mnke public any tangible reasons for
his opinion.
So the criminal Is nut, nnd If he Is In
possession of any of tho state's money ho
Is at liberty to enjoy the use of It, nnd tho
republican purty of the stnto Is left to an
swer for the executive thHt wrested the
law to his advantage.
Tho governoi ilalms the support nt
"thousands" of republicans In this deed of
his. Then he gives a list ot names of sup
porters from ten towns In the state. The
ten lists contain 14(! namra. True tho Hit
from Chadron, of which coven names nre
published, Is said to contain "about 4,0H")
others." As a guarantee of the genuine
ness of these lengthy petitions thV list of
"supportors" from York, as published In
tho Journal, Is here given:
T. 'E. Sedgwick Will M. Mnupln. F. t
Morgan, J. 1. Marble, K. A. Kennedy. F, W.
Ilolllngnwiirth, It. H. Jenntns, I). II, Cronln,
lrn Colin,
How doe that strike tho people of York
"ounty ns a list of their representative
citizens?
And this man Savage, his "admirers" and
"nuppnrtcrs" sny, Is the coming mnn for
the next republican convention to nominate
for governor.
Tho publisher of this paper has never
beforo said that ho would not support a
republican nominee, but If Savage Is nomi
nated for govornor this paper will not sup
port him, nnd It will tnke great pleasure
In coaxing Its readers not to support him.
police ambulance, his employer having
inndo arrangement. '
.MlirrliiKP lileenne.
The fallowing marrlago licenses havo
been granted by the county Judge:
Nnmo and Residence. Age.
John T Httwiirt, ir.. Council Ulurfs ... 25
Gertrude Kniiiitzc. Omahn 2
Hernard O'Reilly. Lead City, B. D II
Margaret Terry. Lead City, 8. D IS
William Ltidd, Omaha 2;!
Nonlo Rein, Oniiiha 2ti
Robert L. Lear, Omahn 2:1
Anna Forsell Central City 2D
Theodore F. Do.'l. Omaha 2!
Jennlo Hwngtek, Omahu 21
John Uurbnrk, Seward, Neb 21
Lizzie lloelzer. Omaha Ill
Frank Hurst, Onawa, la 27
Edna Hlgelow, Omaha 20
Nels Turkelson, Omillia 2S
Mnry Goings, Omaha in
Hoetus Horreen. Omahn 21',
Ilia Anderson, Washington Co., Neb 2f
llutler NiieeerilB l.nn,
NEW YORK, Jan. r..Prof. Nicholas
Murray Duller, who hurt been acting presi
dent of Columbia university since the relg.
nation ot Seth Lov, was ulected president
by the board of irusteeH today. Dr. Duller
Is pot unite 40 years of age. Is u graduate
of Colombia iiud studied In Europe, lie
wns president of the National Educational
association and Is editor of several educa
tional periodicals,
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