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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1895)
m ssaessBSsae VOI 10. NO. 50. ESTABLISHED IN 133G PRICK FIVE CENTS LINCOLN. NEB., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 1895. ENTERED IN THE POST OFTICK AT LIXCOLSf A3 SECOND-CLASS MATTER do otherwise than acquit Outcalt. "With a Jury made up of Thomas H. Benton and eleven others, with a judge who was kindly considerate of the frailties of "poor Mr. Mosher," Outcalt had two strong chances In his favor. 2v2vzvSvZv2vSv2YaY2YSV2lTlVaYYYX?XXXSXS)(J() ftp Without going Into a consideration PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY of the legal, or technical, aspects of the Bt case, it is reasonable to say that the few persons who accept the judgment of the THE COURIER PRIIIIIG AID PUBLISHIHG GO. Jury are forced to the conclusion that Outcalt during his Incumbency of the Office 217 North Elerenth St. offlce of easier of the Capital National T lnhnre 384 bank was not in the full possession of his mental faculties. The judge and jury of the federal court have attested Ia'rIPhbPhaRrIs EditAUteEdlorr to Outcalfs non-participation in Mosh- er's wrong-doing and lack of knowl edge of any wrong-doing. In what Subscription Rates In Advance. nght, tnen must outcalt be Judged? Per annum ' 82.00 Was he hypnotized by Mosher? Was he Six months 1-jjO suffering from an aggravated attack of Three months 50 thg aomnolency mduced by the State Stogie copies' ".'.".".'". ."....'..."...... 5 Journal? Or was he Just foolish, In capable of grasping the facts in the management of the bank? The court has cleared Outcalt Innocent of all crim inal nntlnn "Rnf If haa tinf MaaraI him ... ..., ..w. ..v.v.i. ...... of the charge of mental irresDonsiblll- HKCKVA I II 11M .,. Ti,,t o(iii r(o J if tJ AZJ Y i 1 1 V fc 1 V wi fcj . a .. aw... . tai fin itanKs tnat pay tneir casniers a salary of $3,000 per year should be care The verdict in the Outcalt case was ful that they are more intelligent men received by the public In all serenity. than tnIs man, who an0Wed himself to Not one person in the whole state of be fooled by the wicked Mosher. Nebraska thought Outcalt would be of- Mosher Is tired of shoveling coal Into ficlally found guilty. A few people the blg furnace in the Sioux Falls pen. thought the jury might disagree. The It Ia not strange that this Is so. Had the people are accustomed to miscarriages foresight of this Napoleon been at all of justice. They see everyday evidences commensurate with his hindsight he of the saving grace of the peculiar In- never woui,i have confessed his guilt fiuence known as a "pull." They see and glven himself up. For once In his safeguards thrown around the- guilty, nfe this cool-headed operator lost his and often they see the innocent oppress- self-control. Closing the doors of the ed and hemmed In by the weight of bank temporarily unsettled his mind, power, position. Influence. They see the Looking back over the years and months law violated In letter and in spirit and that have intervened since the wreck the violater allowed to go free with &nd reviewlng all of the Judicial pro sometimes a certificate of good charac- ceg in connection with the bank case ter from judge or Jury. They see the j. am led to believe that Mosher might state the 'people themselves defraud- have escaped punishment of any kind, ed and victimized by rings of offlce had he fought with the same spirit dls holders and political gamblers. To the played by the weak-minded Outcalt. people who live at Niagara Falls the He mtght have been luxuriating all this continual precipitation of the great vol- time on downy cushions, free as the ume of water Is a very ordinary specta- blrdg that flv instead of being penned 4le, and they give no heed to It. Perma- up at SIoux Fan3 tossing coal, with nent dwellers along the sea shore do g,.eat g0bs of sweat falling from his not notice the roar of the ocean. So, In grimy face. He did not proceed proper Nebraska, corruption has so long held ly The same jndly Influence that took sway, wrong Is so often dominant and care 0f Outcalt and turned him loose right so often overthrown, that the peo- wlth a reflection on his Intelligence as pie do not make demonstrations when his only punishment, would undoubted--the ends of justice are defeated. ly have found a way out for Mosher. And really, if we accept the finding of I said not one person In the whole the federal court in the Outcalt case, we state of Nebraska thought Outcalt may doubt f ,.poor Mr Mogher wag uld be officially found guilty. But the ter alL Gf course, he did some people of Nebraska are practically a gtrange anfl irregul&r thInggf but lt ,g unit In regarding Outcalt as sharing quUe that he tQO wag ,n a with Mosher the responsibility for the hypnotlc gtate or probably weak-mind--wrecking of the Capital National bank. ke 0utcaU And u b preUy At this writing it had not been possi- tQ be gent tQ gioux Fag fQr beln& hyp .ble to secure a copy of Judge Dundy's not,2ed Qr weak.mlnded instructions to the Jury, but it Is re- ported and generally believed that un- Mr. Harwood, alias Jerusalem Gus der the instructions, the Jury could not tavus Perseverance Hlldebrand. has a very wholesome editorial in the Lincoln Herald entitled "Where Is Your Boy To night?" Mr. Harwood Is doubtless sorry for having been so profane as to say In the Herald that things went hell-bent and he is atoning by giving his paper a Sabbath school tone that reminds me of the soft and soothing sentiment that flows so unctuously from those reverent gentlemen. Captain P. Paine and Dominick Gewilllkens Courtney. The editor says: "From time to time we have called attention to a dangerous habit our boys have of climbing upon moving trains, risking their lives and keeping their parents in a state of con stant fear lest some misfortune over take them. Not a train passes but from one to a dozen boys are seen climbing to the cars 'taking a ride.' " etc., etc. This is what might be called hot stuff. It Is more interesting than apotheosiz ing G. Cleveland, and. If anything, more profitable. Speaking of Cleveland, Mr. Harwood remarks In the same Issue of the Her ald: "The president's message is evi dently the ablest state paper ever is sued by him." Few presidents have had such an excellent opportunity of Im pressing their statesmanship on the peo ple of the country as had Cleveland in the writing and issuance of this mes sage. The nation is depressed as it has seldom been before, and is involved in foreign complications of the greatest importance. A dozen questions of mo ment arc staring the country in the face. Mr. Cleveland has labored to give himself a reputation for bold, ag gressive statesmanship, for independ ence, fearlessness. He had It in his power and ability to rise to the pressing emergencies of the day, and setting aside convention and political consev vatism, point the way fearlessly to the haven of relief." President Cleveland might have admitted the utter failure of his tariff system and foreign policy, and outlined for the future a patriot ic, country-developing policy of Ameri canism. Instead his message was nought but the despairing wail of a mistaken and repudiated prophet. Forced to admit by Inference the failure of the government to maintain Its pros perity at home and its honor and dig nity abroad, he yet clung to the old ideas and principles, and emitted pol lyabic melancholia. The message was as heavy as lead. It was not charac terized by that sprightliness that has marked one or two of his public docu ments. The president's style. In these waning days of his administration, is turgid and tiresome. One dally newspaper In this city has expressed itself on the subject of the divorce outrages that are daily commit ted in the courts of this state, and Its expression is sound and forcible. It Is lamentably true that divorces should be granted in certain cases. The divorce when properly used is for the benefit of humanity and morality. When-misused as it is in Lancaster county and all over the state of Nebraska it be comes an Instrument of crime and im morality. It mocks the marriage state and encourages Infidelity. When the Judges of our courts proceed more care fully In the granting of divorces and enforce the law against collusion they will find themselves much closer to public sentiment than they are at the present time when an applicant for di vorce can enter a court room, get a de cree and pass out In one swing of the door. "When thou prayest enter Into thy closet." etc. The spectacular praying for Robert G. Ingersoll is an offense against taste and good sense. Mr. In gersoll's soul Is of no more value than that of any other man's. I doubt if he has ever converted any one to his belief. Hear him once and you are apt to think him honest, eloquent and burning with a desire to liberate humanity. Hear him again he says the same thing In nearly the same words though his theme may be different and he is still in the same frenzy. In the first, second or third time he has not arrived any where. His conclusions are weak, his assertions unproved by scripture or ex perience. Chrlstianty does not need him as much as all this praying seems to In dicate. It will continue to help the world to be better whether Robert In gersoll asks the Lord to forgive him for making- a fool of himself or not. The vice of the praying Is that lt seems to make Mr. Ingersoll a dreaded enemy to Christianity. It makes his feeble blows seem to himself like powerful shocks. It braces him to reject any sug gestions from within that the Force that created the universe and keeps an atom from Interfering' with another atom as carefully as It keeps a world in Its own track might Just as well be called God. The news of Mr. Hewitt's acceptance of a call from Columbus, Ohio, Is re ceived by all the people with regret. He is a good man. If his character ever had anything narrow or mean about lt, the study and practice of Christianity had purified lt long before he came to Lincoln. He is a man that follows Christ immediately. There is no church, no creed, no prejudice between him and his master. The people who have known him here, whether of the Episcopal church, an other church, or no church, love him for his simplicity, goodness and manliness. Several years ago when the council of ministers held their week ly meetings they discussed the proprie ty of allowing the Unitarian minister, Mr. Chapin, to share in their fellowship. It was finally decided, in spite of a vig orous protest from Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Gregory, to ask Mr. Chapin to withdraw. When Mr. Chapin withdrew, these two men, disgusted with such bigotry, went with him. The ministers' meetings have been continued, but as they are in no sense representative, three of the largest congregations In the city being unrepresented, the protests they Iv- ,-ac'i-' i -