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LINCOLN. NEB., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 1895.
ENTERED IN THE POST OFTICK AT LIXCOLSf
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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.
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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
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of the charge of mental irresDonsiblll-
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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
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