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VOL11.NO. 1. ESTABLISHED IN 1886 ft PRICE FIVE CENTS i .A LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY. -JANUARY -1 1896. m - -"V'J2Si j. permanently withdrawn their Interest. sSsrafco' But when the president of the great Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad company, Mr. Perkins, and the vice president of the same system, Mr. . George B. Harris, enter the directory kntemd is the post office at liscoln of a Lincoln bank It does not look as If as second-class matter there had been any withdrawal of in- terest. When Mr. Perkins and Mr. Har- PtJBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY rte. representing the executive depart- ment of the C. B. & Q.. and Mr. W. R. Kelly, the general solicitor of the Union TIE G0UR1ER PRIWIHG AND P0BLI9II6 CO. PacIflc w attach them- selves to the board of directors of the Office 217 Norti Elerenth St. First National bank It means that there . is a faith in Lincoln and its future that Telephone 384 can be computed in dollars 'way up in the millions. It means that Lincoln Is W. MORTON SMITH Editor and Manager recognized as a formidable and import 8ABAH B. HARRIS A.ociate Editor ant cUy Jfc meang & been imparted to the First National Subscription Rates In Advance. bank that nothing can shake. And It Per annum 12.00 means renewed confidence and zeal for Six monthB!!!".".!!!!" 1-00 every business interest In the city. Three months 50 One month 20 Two now Defore the pubiic In Binglecopies th,g state wm be effective ,n determIn. Ing the limits of Judicial tyranny. When the case of Editor Raker of Gretna, sentenced by Judge Scott in Omaha, to OBSERVATIONS g a, year's Imprisonment In the peniten tiary for certain editorial remarks, well sustained by the facts. It is said, and Mr. Annin, the Journal's Washington baed by public sentiment, and the correspondent, has an able defense of case ln Jude Dundy's court In which Senator Thurston's action in appearing certain expressions in The Courier re in the supreme court of the United sulted In an order to show cause for States in Washington as the attorney contempt and an Indictment by the of the Union Pacific railway company. erand Jury for "attempting to Impede Mr. Annln contends that the senator ln the course of Justice!" are disposed of this case really acted as counsel for "will be seen whether judges and courts the receivers of the railway company. have the power to muzzl the press and and that there is a vast difference be- thus screen questionable acts, or wheth. tweenrepresentingtherecelversand rep- era judse Is 1,ab,e t0 the same criticism resenting the road as Mr. Thurston for- that may be bestowed on any other merly did. The correspondent argues clt!zen or ofncer' wlth the same redress that the senator was, under the clrcum- for vfTOa done that any other citizen stances, appearing on behalf of the gov- has- The end ta foreseen. A higher ernment. Theoretically Mr. Annln may court than Jud&e Scott's- a higher court be right, but there are a great many than Judee Dundy's, has long since set skeptical people in Nebraska who can- tIed th,s lotion. All that remains is not be made to believe that It is proper to have the Iaw reaffirmed in those two for a man holding the high office of cases" There ,s no law ,n this country United States senator to act as attorney that wlU JustIfy Jud&e Scott and Judge for a railway company, or for receiv- Dundy In using arbitrarily the power ers of a railway company. The assur- of the state and natJon in Punishing ance that Senator Thurston will not those Persons who. outside of the court again appear as attorney for the Union room' lncur their Personal displeasure. Pacific company is gratifying to that Certanly every man is entitled to a gentleman's friends in this state who fa,r trlal before an 'partial judge or do not wish to see him make any mis- Jury' Is there anjr s,nS,e Principle of takes ln his blossoming political ca- Iaw or consideration of justice compat reer. The senator has too much at stake ble with the course of Scott and Dundy to make It wise to Incur criticism of the In nrat aPPearing as accusers and then kind recently bestowed. sitting in judgment on the accused? ff" a fin 5 Perhaps the most Important event in the business history of the city of Lin coln in the last twelve months is the reorganization of the board of directors of the First National bank, notice of which came as a New Year's day an nouncement. There have been those who have been disposed to weaken ln their allegiance to Lincoln, people who have not hesitated to intimate that those Influences that have contributed to the development of the city, have The Judicial travesty committed by Scott In sentencing Mr. Raker to a year's Imprisonment has occasioned much indignation, and people are ask ing. What manner of man is this Scott? The answer to that question opens up the whole subject of Rosewaterism or Rosewaterophobia and the A. P. A. It touches at the vital point the issue ln the recent campaign ln Douglas county. Judge Cunningham R. Scott Is not gen erally regarded as a corrupt man. 1 believe the Idea Is widely entertained In Omaha that he- Is honest. But it is admitted even by the Judge's warmest friends that he Is unfitted for service on the bench. He Is unreliable and er ratic. Without perhaps being crazy he Is mentally unbalanced. He gives way to unbridled passion. He Is vitupera tive and vindictive. He is as fully dis qualified for the position he holds as Is Judge Dundy. Had the recent cam paign in Douglas county been conduct ed on rational or legitimate lines Scott would have been overwhelmingly de featedhe could not have been renom inated. But Rosewater and the A. P. A. were the Issues in that contest and all considerations of personal fitness were sunk into insignificance ln mark ing the line Of battle. Scott was one of Rosewaters particular aversions. There was a feud between these two of long standing. During the campaign Scott delivered a speech In South Oma ha devoted wholly to Rosewater. ex tracts from which were published in The Courier at the time. In the course of the speech, as some readers may re member, he referred to Mr. Rosewater as an "after dark production on the cross roads between Bohemia and Ju dea." Scott was used as a charge for the cannon directed against the Rose water breastworks. Ben Baker, another totally unfit candidate for judge, was also used as a charge, chiefly because of his enmity for Rosewater. The re publicans in Douglas county took 'up anything and everything that was ever Inimical to Rosewater and waved the red flag of the A. P. A. Some good men managed to get squeezed ln; also a number of bad men. Judge Scott is a part of the cost of Douglas' recent campaign. It Is hardly possible that this statement will be taken as a de fense of Mr. Rosewater. My name is accorded too prominent a place on Rofewater's black-list to allow of any probability that I would seek, at this late day, to get under his banner. But these are the facts as every fair minded man in Omaha and elsewhere who Is conversant with the situation will at test, la the effort to down Rosewater there lias been altogether too much heedlessness acts on a par with the nomination of Tom Majors. The ap pearance of the A. P. A. as a political factor has been accompanied by much unpatriotic and disturbing conduct. Mr. Raker has been regarded as friendly to Mr. Rosewater, and it is generally believed that the sentence of one year's Imprisonment was In the nature of a penalty for his affiliation with the editor of the Bee. Personal liberty guaranteed by the constitution of the United States and the constitu tion of the state of Nebraska Is In great danger as long as a Dundy and a Scott are permitted to make a burlesque of justice and trample on Individual rights. There Is danger that Lancaster coun ty Is to be treated to the same expe riences that have recently characteriz ed the politics of Douglas. For four years the A. P. A. In this county has struggled to obtain the supremacy In politics that It has enjoyed In Omaha. Not a great deal of headway was made until recently. Now there Is danger ahead. It is said that a man may not clean cuspidors in the capltol unless he is a member of the American Protective As sociation. State officers, clerks and Jan itors belong to the order. The state house Is looked upon as an A. P. A. citadel. With this Influence so strongly entrenched In the capltol It seems only a question of time when Its domination shall extend. The city building and the court house are already strongly A. P. A. Politicians of all classes belong to It. And as ln other places the society Is used as a means for personal advantage and advancement. Primarily the A. P. A. Is maintained for the purpose of preventing the Cath olics from obtaining control of our pub lic school and public officers. But the primary idea is often left far behind ln the practical workings of the order or society. Now. It would not be desirable to have the Catholics have full control try. Neither would It be desirable to have the Methodists or the Presbyteri ans or the Episcopalians or the K. P.'s or the A. P. A.'s or the A. O. U. W.'s or the Modern Woodmen or any other one distinctive body of men have un disputed control of the offices and schools. I believe those persons who were instrumental In forming the A. P. A. had an exaggerated Idea of the menace of Catholicism, admitting for the sake of argument that it is a men ace, and that many of those persons who have since devoted themselves to extending the power of the society have been impelled by a desire to ad vance their own fortunes, political and otherwise, rather than by any genuine ly patriotic Instinct. Out of A. P. A. agitation has come In many Instances disorder and riot, and not Infrequently bloodshed. A. P. A. agitation is largely responsible for the election of such men as Ben Baker and C. R. Scott to the district bench. A. P. A. agitation is largely responsible for the disturbance in this city over the recent action of the board of education It must be the opinion of right-minded men that Far ragut post allowed itself to be too great ly influenced by the oft-times Ill-conditioned ardor of the A. P. A. The Courier has always been ln favor of any patriotic movement, principle or Impulse, and I have several times been accused of carrying the patriotic Idea to the border line of sentlmentallsm. Nowhere could any Idea of loyalty to country, love of American institutions, patriotic devotion to the flag and all It represents, loyalty to the town and state In which we live, find a more ar dent expression or advocacy than in 31 1 1 ! i 'i H