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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1895)
aMiM ' i i' iiaahKaaB ai bi !! IIMll - - - -T" .1 . " - - - ., r I I I I ! '' - -" :iasisr . .., . m a (x wviV''r,'C,w,rf wox'a'vrii'? w PLAIN TRUTH ON f i M H J' . T " ' r " ' v. - This week the editor of The Courier position, and tried In every way to ob- has been frequently admonished that talri strength for "him. I started out In his temerity In venturing' to voice the many directions, rbut Invariably I sentiment of the people with respect brought up In Mr. Thompson's office In to Judge Dundy-would be followed by a the Brace block. I sought to obtain retaliation on Judge Dundy's part that support from county officers, but was would not be pleasant for the editor, to referred to Mr. Thompson. I went to the say the least. It Is a fact that when city hall, and was referred to Mr. last week's Courier reached Omaha and Thompson. An errand to the state Judge Dundy's court not much time was house had a somewhat similar result, lost In Instructing the grand Jury to And in business I found that I ran up look Into the matter of Thos. H. Ben- against Mr. Thompson at every turn." ton's qualifications as a Juror. Mean- The above may be trifle exaggerated while the Outcalt case has been drag- but It conveys the idea, glng along and Mr. Benton has been in There is a movement on foot in this his place as a Juror. city to secure relief from the excessive the handling of the Outcalt case Is charges by Mr. Thompson's company on a par with the manner In which for electric lights on the city's streets. Mosher was tried. The strikingly weak u was necessary In one part of the pro prosecution by United States Attorney ceedlngs to give a small bond, two or Ben Baker, the court's delay and finally three hundred dollars. An earnest ef the ridiculous sentence of Mosher to fort was made to secure a bondsman, five years' Imprisonment, are familiar but incredible as it may seem. It was to the people of this state. It was not Impossible to find anyone willing to risk surprising, after Mosher's experience, Mr- Thompson's displeasure. The that Outcalfs trial should have been Journal, one of Mr. Thompson's chief delayed to a date almost three years aH'es, had threatened that any business subsequent to the wrecking of the Cap- man taking part In the movement would Ital National bank. It was not sur- be maQe to feel the vengeance of Mr. prising that T. H. Benton, an intimate Thompson and his colleagues or co-con-associate and protege of Mosher, and a splrators, and the threat answered Its full fledged member of the Mosher-Out- purpose. calt ring, should be chosen to sit on Jt ,s a bad thing for any community the Outcalt jury and permitted by to e ridden by any one man as Lincoln Judge Dundy to so sit. Neither will 's ridden by Mr. Thompson, especially if be surprising to the people of Ne- when such desperate measures are used braska to learn that Outcalt is ac- to entrench the powers of the octopus, quitted. It will be surprising If he la as Is the case in the present instance, not acquitted. T1,e effort to bring about a reduc- It is Idle to contend that Mr. Benton tion In the heav' Pense saddled onto was qualified to act as a Juror in the the cIty by the electr,c "Sht company Outcalt case. It is idle to contend ha not been abandoned, and It is to be that knowledge of Benton's past rela tions with Mosher and Outcalt had not reached the federal court. It Is also idle to contend tht Judge Dundy could not ha vcr prevented Benton from serv ing as a juror, had he so desired. Years airo the cltv of New York was almdst ntlrely controlled by one man. One man dictated all political appoint- ments, distributed all municipal patron- age. shared In all deals. That man was Bill Tweed and his end was bad. In some respects the Influence of Tweed in New York was not any great- state wUI be de'eated. er, proportionately, than the Influence II has been a subject of comment of one man. who Is easily named, in the that so many of the jurors drawn on city of Lincoln. This man of Influence tne panel In the HIII case were bankers, in Lincoln dictates political appoint- or rather, owners of bank stock. One ments. has much to say in the distribu- would be justified In concluding from tion of patronage, and Is generally a the examination of jurors in this case potential figure In the municipal life. that 75 per cent of the male population Backed by immense business interests of Nebraska own bank stock. It is hard involving vast wealth, the active repre- ,y Possible that 75 per cent of the male sentative of several large and powerful population of Nebraska is so unfortu corporatlons, this man is feared and his nate. word is to a great many, law. His busi- The bondsmen have tried to shift ness Interests are, to a considerable ex- the" responsibility from themselves to tent, Involved In politics; and. conse- Mr. Hill. quently. he takes the keenest Interest t clty administration, when It al- In all phases of political activity. So ,owed itself to be brought Into Juxta- much money and so many men are at position with Jesse Moore, as a possl- hls command that office holders and the ble appointee to the office of chief of men who work politics jump to do his po,, approached the danger line, bidding. His displeasure has brought The peop,e have stood a good dea, defeat to many an aspiring candidate. but it l8 doubtful If they could have Hence his favor Is sought. One cannot n reconciled to Mr. Moore's appolnt- enter any considerable department of ment. There are some things about Mr. business or political activity In this city Graham's administration that are not and county without coming in contact altogether lovely, and -there is a strong with this man and his Influence. undercurrent of disapproval that only The man's name Is D. E. Thompson. needs some one flagrant act to trans- and his Influence Is mighty.-ana up to torm'tt Info active protest. the present thne-has generally Dre vail- "- ,. -'... - Strangs as it may seem It was D. E. Thompson,' who -prevented the appolnt- Sald a well known politician the other ment ot Jesse Moore. Mr. Thompson day: "I have known something about was aware hat In'hls capacity of boss Mr. Thompson's InftaeBeefont I wasaai- hewoihdxbe h'eTd responsible for Moore tenfched Recently to learntheextenVof and he waanot'WlllIrig'tb accept the re- lt ramifications. I was Interested-in : sponslbillty: He gavel tout that Moore an appllcanrVorkn Important'-poTrtlcal' should' no? Appointed and that ap- ,Si, VCVxrNt' c-i,s- LOCAL TOPICS tJ v hoped that something may yet come of it The outcome of the Hl is a fore- conclusion. There was some mon ey left over from the state appropria tion, and this second trial wll use It up. A great many questions are Involved In the " and " ,s hard,y Profitable to enter into a d,scussion of them now. The tewy have already exhausted themselves and the people In an en- deavor to explain the case. The chances are about ninety-nine to one that the Darentlv settled It. lt Is understood that a change Is to be made, however. The Courier learns on good authority that Mr. Mellck's dls charge has been made out and signed by two members of the excise board. The document will be produced and Chief Mellck's head will drop at the pro per time. At least such is the present understanding. Gran Ensign Is now slated as Mellck's successor. The moral sentiment In Lincoln seems to be decreasing In busi ness as in politics. In a number of recent failures It Is charged the stock was covered up with chattel mortgages and the creditors left without security. This week papers were filed In a suit of the American Exchange NaUonal bank against J. W. Winger, 'it would appear from the petition that this suit grows out of the sale of the J. W. Wing er stock of do goods totheFitzgerald Dry Goods Co. The bank alleges that Mr. Winger after borrowing quite a large sum of money in order to take stock from H. R. Krug, quietly sold out to the Fitzgerald company and put the money in his pocket, leaving the bank out In the cold. The store building which Mr. Winger pretended to own for the purpose of increasing his credit appears now to be In the name of James W. Winger, a minor son. It also ap pears that Mr. Winger put a second mortgage upon his property In order to cover up whatever value there might be In It above the first mortgage. These transfers the bank alleges to be fraudu lent, and It Is endeavoring to have them set aside in order that Mr. Wing er's property may be used to pay his honest debts. These are trying times for business men, but what are we to expect when those who stand highest in the church and in society will resort to such methods? It shows that hard times affect men's morals as well as their pocket-books. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF CHATTEL MORTGAGE BY SALE OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY. Whereas, on the 14th day of Novem ber, 18S3, C. H. Rohman & Company ex ecuted and delivered to Lederer & Strauss a certain chattel mortgage and which mortgage was on the 15th day of November, 1895. duly filed of record In the county clerk's office of Lancaster county, Nebraska, to secure the pay ment of a promissory note executed at Lincoln, Nebraska, on the 15th day of July. 1893, for the sum of $2,500, due In one year after date, payable to the or der of W. C Stark, with seven per cent Interest per annum from date and sign ed by C. H. Rohman & Company and duly indorsed by said W. C. Stark to one Nelson C. Brock, and by Nelson C. Brock indorsed, sold and delivered to Lederer & Strauss, who are now the owners and holders of said note, and default having been made In the pay ment of the same and there being now due and owing- on said note" from said C. H. Rohman & Company to said Led erer & Strauss the sum of $2,500, togeth er with interest thereon at seven per cent' per annum' from July 15. 1895, and by said chattel-mortgage the said C. H: Rohman & Company thereby conveyed to Lederer & Strauss all of the goods, groceries, wares and merchandise, of-, fice furniture, fixtures and personal property now In and upon the east half and side of the store room and basement lately occupled.by said C. H. 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