Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1902, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: 1ONDAY, JANU ARY 6, 1902, Where Bartley Was Lucks. Fremont Tribune (rep.): Joe Bartley was mighty lucky to have so many participants in his crime outside the state prison. The 18 where We “held the edge” over the com mon horse thief, Tekamah Herald (rep.) of th pardon of ex-State Treasurcr Bartley by governor Savage on New Year's eve was & groat surprise to the people of Tekamah It aftorded the principal toplc of conversa tion. and the almost universal expression was against the action of the governor A Grave Mistake. Kimball Observer (rep.): Governor age has pardoned J. 8. Bartley, the em- beszling state treasurer, who was serving & twenty-year sentence in the penitentiary ‘The governor was no doubt actuated by the best of motives In granting the pardon, but we belleve he made a grave mistake, even though 4,000 prominent citizens of the state petitioned for executive clemency Wil Not Be B Alhion News (rep.) Governor Savage pardoned Joe Bartley on Tuesday last, and he is now a free man. This actlon Is in direct opposition to the wishes of the re- Publican party of the state, as emphatically expressed at the last state convention, and, therefore, must be considered as the per- sonal actlon of Governor Savage. We don't belleve the people of the state will indorse this action on the part of the governor Gives Governor Divine Notice. dorsed. Weeping Water Republican: On the last day of the old year Bartley, the embezzjer of & quarter ot a million dollars of the state funds, was pardoned by Governor Savage and Is now at liberty to live at ease on the people’s money which he stole. So far as the governor, regarding a renomination, is concerned, we are of the opinion that his excellency has put his foot in it. Should he recelve a nomination, we pledge him now thet he will not recelve the support of this paper. Travesty on Law. Wayne Herald (rep.): Ex-State Treas- urer Joseph Bartley, who has been serving time in the state penitentlary, has been granted an unconditional pardon by Gov- ernor Sava, The governor's action In this direction will be condemned In no un- certaln tones by the people of the state. His position thus taken is a travesty on justice and law. In spite of its expressed desire and protest against such proceed- ings, the republican party gets anmother dig, but 1t will quletly lay the governor away to rest. tin Hartington Herald (rep.): On the even- fog of the 31st inst. Governor Savage pard- oned J. S. Bartley, who was serving a twenty-year sentence for looting the state treasury. The governor deserves and un- doubtedly will recelve the condemnation of all who love justice for this unjustifiable use of his executive prerogative. The tools of Bartley and his confederates are bold, indeed, when they fly in the face of the public sentiment, which, as shown by the last republican state cenvention, is almost unanimous against commuting Bartley's * gust sentence. Foolhardy and Fool Ord Quiz (rep.): A year ago lagt summer the republicans nominated Ezra Savage for Jleutenant governor because no better man would take the job and because no one sup- posed that the republicans would wih. The feeling at the time was that it was an outrage to mominate such a man for the place, but no one cared much, for it did not seem possible that he would get into the position to do any real damage. His acts culminating in the pardon of Eartley ought at least to impress upon the mind of all republicans that it is foolish even in the face of impending political deteat for a party to pominate sticks just to fan the ticke Hardly ah Error of Judgment. Geneva Signal (rep.): On Tuesday Gover- nor Bavage lssued a pardon to Joe Bartley, the state treasury defaulter, who had sérved but five years of his twenty-year seatence. This was done notwithstanding the posi- tive stand taken by the republicans of the state in state convention last August by an overwhelming vote, and notwithstanding the governor's declaration that he had no pres- t thought of pardoning Bartley. The overnor has outraged his party and he should be turned out of office at the end of the year, when his first term explres. This act of the governor may be merely an error of judgment. It does not matter o the party whether the governor 18 a fool r & koave. The people of the state are e of Prerogntive, united in opposition to pardoning criminals of the Bartley class after they have been penned up for a few months, Bounce ghe governor ’ An Outrage on Stanton Plcket (rep.) age has disregarded of the last repul wishes of & very party, the wish He has disgraced Justice, Governor Sav the expressed wish: an etate convention, the large majority of his of the public in general himself, the republcan party and the state. When the republican canvention was held last July and de- manded the prompt return of Joseph Bart- ley to the penitentiary it spoke in the fn- terests of the party and justice. Joe Bartley is an arch-criminal and Governor Savake knows it. His pardon Is an cutrage cn justice and no amount of expla‘ning on th: part of the governor can satisfy the people that he ncted wisely Bartley was not a martyr. He was not being punished for some {maginary erime nor for a crime com- mitted by others, but for crime committed by himself, and it was only right that he should pay the penalty of that crime. Commonwenith s Dishonored. Norfolk News (rep.): The pardon of.this man s a travesty on justice, a slap at the republican party and an outrage against the public, and in view of the fact that the governor seems to have relinquished all hopes of further preferment, he will prob- ably not refuse to anticipate such a result and resign the position he has so freely and utterly debased Such action would unquestionably be en- dorged by 90 per cent of the republican party of Nebraska and a large majority of the people. An outraged people and a dishonored commonwealth demand that he cease draw g a salary for abusing his constituents and Ignoring their wishes hief in Genoa Lesder Governor Joe Bartley a New Year's present of a pardon from the penitentiary on Wednesday evening. The governor says he thinks Joe has been sufficiently punished and attempts to condone for his erime by claiming that @ large portion of the shortage went to help sustain the financial institutions of the state during the hard times, thus saving many fallures and much Individual loss, making Bartley out a public benefactor. Great minds differ upon great questions, and the Leader and the governor differ radically upon this question. We think Bartley a blamed thief and that he should have been compelled to serve out his sent- ence. Unwise, to Put it Mildly Ashland Gazette (rep.) Governor Sav- age has granted an unconditional pardon to Joseph 8. Bartley, the defaulting state treasurer, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary of twonty years. While we have implicit confidence In the integrity of the gov- ernor's motives, we greatly fear that he has permitted his sympathies to be wrought upon by bad advisors and that the actlon {8 an unwise one. There are prominent features in the Bartley case that seem to place it beyond the range of merited clem- ency. The very thing has happened that the political enemies of Governor Savage most desired and that his friends most desired should not happen. Response to an Unknown Pul Callaway Courler (rep.): There Is but little doubt that the state money entrusted to Bartley's care was gambled away in Colorado mining ventures and the people have yet to hear of a single bank or busi- ness house that was held up by the treas- urer's support. All the evidence goes to show that Bartley was as much of an em- bezzler as any other thief who was ever put in prison for stealing public funds, and considering the magnitude of his offense, the gentence of twenty years imposed upon him by the court, was none too much. The governor's attempt to pose Bartley as a martyr 1s an exhibition of poor judgment or a response to some unknown pull which may, and should, relegate him to private life at the close of his present term as governor-by-accident of Nebraska. ary No Sympathy for Tre Looters. Wood River Interests (rep.): Governor Savage gave Bartley, the defaulter, an un- conditional pardon for a New Year's pres- ent. The influence brought to bear upon the' governor by the powers that be, was too great to be resisted and he ylelded, in the face of the demand of his party that he be kept in prison and the open expres- slon of a large majority of the state press that Bartley be made to serve his sentence —a big sentence it s true—but a punish- ment for a big steal. The governor gives a numberw of excuses for turning Bartley loose before one-fourth of his time had been served, none of which, in our opinion, Justify his action. Instead of turning Bart- ley loose It would have been better for the gOverror to exercise his enegies In ferrot- ing out the associates in that great treas- ury looting episode. If there is any of- fense which should recelve thorough punish- ment it is the high roller who betrays the confidence of the people and loots the pub- le treasury. Not Chargeable to the Party. Hastings Tribune (rep.): The pardcning of ex-State Treasurer Bartley by Governor Savage ehould not affect the republ an party in Nebraska in any form whatsoever. as the volce of the republican rank and file of this state was heard In the state conven- tion at Lincoln last July, when Governor Savage put Bartley out on parole, but was compelled to return him to the penitentary in order (o comply with & resolution adopted by the republican state convention However, since then Governor Savage has seen fit to give Bartley his freedom and stands ready to be applauded or denounced by the people of the state for the actton he has taken in the matter. The governor savs he is thoroughly convinced that Bariley has been punished enough for the offense, and that the circumstances under Which the shortage occurred were such as to cause him to come to the conclusion that no good could come cf the prisoner's further deten- tion and therefore he gave Bartley his treedom. Charltable View of the Case. Leader (rep.): The pardof this tate Treasurer Bartley will searcely meet the approval of the voters of the state, much less those of the repub- lican party. The governor gives a lengthy review of the reasons that led to issuing the pardon, but nothing new is added to the history of the case, at least of an important character, and an analysis of the article, it the reader prefers to be charitable, will generally lead to the conclusion that the governor was suffering from a severe at- tack of hysterical clemency. If Governor Savage ever had political ambitions for the future, they may be cast aside, for they will now never reach a realization. No Reapeet for Consistency. Beaver Clty Tribune (rep.): Governor Savage gave former state treasurer, J. § Bartley, who was serving a twenty. ar sentence in the state penitentiary, an un- conditional pardon as a New Year's gift Governor Savage has done this in the face of the emphatically expressed opposition of his party, and In so doing has digged for himself a deep and dismal political grav Last summer, when Bartley was given a sixty-day parole, the governor said that he had imposed some hard requirements upon Bartley and that it he fulfilled them he should be given his liberty. When the republican state convention passed the now historic resolution, the governor, plqued by it, rushed Bartley back to the pen, thereby removing the opportunity for fulflling whatever requirements had been imposed. Had the governor, at that time, ln spite of the conventlon's resolution, remained firm in what he had .aiready done and glven Bartloy every minute of the parole, we could have more respect for his consistency. Now he has given bim an unconditional pardon, and ‘‘requirements” have been thrown to the winds. Surprise, Chagrin, Disgusf. Emerson Enterprise (rep): The people of Nebraska were greatly surprised and cha- grined to learn that Governor Savage had on New Year's day pardoned ex-State Treas urer Joseph Bartley. The governor gives for his actions the extraordinary reasons that Bartley never intended to do wrong, that he loaned the money to certaln banks to save them from financial ruin during the hard times and that he has already suffercd enough. It Is noticed that the governor does not now even hold out any hope that Bartley will restore any of the shortage. Bartley may never have intended to do wrong, but he did wrong and people are punished for what they do and not for what they intended to do. If the money went to certain banks the ex-treasurer should tell whom were the beneficlaries, so the blame could be located where It belongs. Bartley may have suffered, but he has not shown it. He has been bold and defiant and has not shown the penitent spirit that a convicted criminal should exhibit. The republicans of Nebraska are disgusted with the action of Governor Savage. He has dug his own political grave by this actio. Pardon is Indefensible, Superfor Journal (rep.): The Nebraska republican convention held last fall dis- tinetly told Governor Savage that Bartley, in the penitentiary, was where the decent element of the party wanted him. Governor Savage promptly remanded him to prison and it was supposed that the incident closed. Instead of that, the governor has merely teken his time (0 Write a marvelous memorandum, “explaining” the uncondi tional ard firrevokable pardon which he has given Bartley, whose misdeeds have cost the state of Nebraska a milijon dollars, Governor Savage's explanation does not explain, and the motive that actuated Gov- ernor Savage to release Bartiey is now the only thing left to guess at short, what strings did Bartley and his friends have upon Governor Savage? Whatever they were, thby were powerful and moving; they impelled him to do the bidding of the gang in the face of express orders to th contrary from a republican state conven- tion held not six months ago. We belleve that republicans, with few exceptions, re- pudiate Governor Savage's actlon. The pardon s indefensible, unwarranted, in excusable, Bartley s now free to enjoy the fruite of his stealing after five years' incarceration. « Violation of Trust. South Omaha Independent (rep): The pardoning of Joseph Bartley by Governor Savage s a clear violat'on of the trust placed in the governor by the citizens of Nebraska, and will prove a bar to any fu- ture sspirations that gentleman may have in state politics. The republican party at its state conventicn declared against any miscarriage of justice In Bartley's case, and it can hardly be held rceponsible for the failure of the chlef executive to carrv out the wishes of the party that placel him in office, but it is that party's duty to see that he will not have another opportun- ity to defeat justice und condone crime. Reflects No Credit on Governor, Hooper Sentinel (rep.): Governor Savage {ssued an unconditional pardon to Joseph Bartley lost Tuesday. This i what has been expected ever since the governor is sued the parole in July, when he said that he had Imposed some pretty hard require- ments upon Bartley. In August the parole was revoked upon demand of the party in convention assembled. The question Is did Bartley perform any of the requirements then? Has he done anything since being returned to merit the pardon? If he has Governor Savage has not taken the public into hif confidence and no one knows. It looks as though it was a deliberate slap at the party on the governor's part and reflects but littfe eredit on him, especially as former executives, just as smart as is Governor Savage, positively refused to have anything to do with a pardon. But Sav age evidently considers himself a Daniel come to judgment Shame! Shame! Shame! Ainsworth Journal (rep.). On New Year's day Governor Savage, who has proven a serfous executive mistake not only to the republican party, but as well to every de- cent, honesty-loving citizen of the s'ate. pardoned that prince of thieves, ex-Tr urer Joe Bartley, who was in the peniten- tiary for trylng to steal the state blind. Never has there b a more shameful abuse of executive power than when Sav- age issued the pardon that made Bartley.a free man. That act was an insult to the law-ablding people of cbraska, with-ut regard to politics. Savage should be made to go 'way back and sit down out cf sight of the people he has disgraced and leave the high office he has dishanored for some hon- est man to All, Savage should be requested by the republican state executive committee to hand in his resignation as chief execu- tive and if he refuses the people should petition for this result and, figuratively speaking, kick him out of office and cut of the party he has stabbed to the heart, per- haps fatally, in Nebraska. Shame on such an executive; shame on a law that purs such power into the hands of ope man. Shame! Shame!! Shame!!! Against Every Principle of Decency. Osceola Republican: The republican voters cf Nebraska are for a second time com- pelled to bow thelr heads with humiliation and shawme at the action of a chief execu- tive who was elected by their votes when the state was in the doubtful colurn and their political enemies were constantly using the plea against thelr party, that should it win out at the polls the repub- lican governor would liberate ex-Treasurer Joseph Bartley, a man who had robbed the state treasury of several hundred thousand dolllars during his two terms of cffice. This prediction was denled by the rank and file of the party at that time, and in August of 1901 the republican state con- vention declared in no uncertain terms that it did not endorse the thievery of any pub- le official, and demanded the {mmedi:te return to 1M penitentiary of Bartley, who at that time was enjoying his freedom cn a parole granted by Governor Savage. The mandate of the convention was obeyed by the governor, but on Tuesday of this week he outraged every principle of common de cency and the expressed wishes of the great mass of his party and the people of the state by turning the notorious defaulter out of the penitentiary with an unconditional pardon, which action he justifies in a state- ment to the people which reads more like a clever argument of some lawyer defend- ing a client he knows ought to dic on the gollcws than it does like a Rovernor ex plalning why he has performed some act which he knows to be in direct conflict with the sentiments of his constituency A Disgrace to the State. North Platte Tribune (rep.): Governor Savage on New Year's eve granted an un- conditional pardon to ex-State Treasurer Joseph 8. Bartley, who was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment, but had served less than six. In his action Governor Sav- age has committed an administrative error and a political mistake that will not be overlooked by nine-tenths of his party voters in the atate, and #0 far as his politi- cal future Is concerned he 18 as dead as a dried herring. In our opinfon the gov- ernor's act I indefensible; there s ab- solutely no good ground upon which he can excuse himself, and it certainly looks as though he had became a pliant tool of corrupt influences. Bartley was charged with the speciff offense of stealing nearly $200,000. He was tried before a jury of his peers and convicted. The case was a hard fought one; every word of testimony fa- vorable to the accused that could be we- cured was presented to the jury: the trial was square, fair and the sentence not ex- cessive. The defense of Governor Savage that Bartley had saved several banks from dimster 15 no palllation of the latter's offense; and none but a weak man would consider such. Governor Savage has proven a weak man, a disappointment to his party, and his pardon of Rartley fs & dlsgrace to himself, his state and his party. It is, indeed, unfortunate that he has another year to serve as governor A Betrazal of the Party. Alllance Times (rep.): Joseph Bart'ey's New Year's present was an unconditional pardon from the hands of Governor Savage. Ne- braska's greatest public criminal fs turned loose when a Just jury bad said he shall serve more than fourteen years' more time This is done that we may start the new year as becomes (?) a “mereiful and for- giving' peeple. It does not matter whether Bartley was the victim of designing friends; his silence and refusal to Incriminate them but lends additional criminality. A con- vention of the republican party of this state expressed In plain and unequivocal terms last August the disapproval of the republican voters of the state of any clemency In Bartley's favor. Governor Savage's statement will not make the par don “right” with a majority of the people of Nebraska. The plea that greater crimi- nals have suffered less s no excuse, and the long statement that the governor makes, considered at its best, does not justify such action. Some may say that prominent men In other parties than the republican have signed the petition favoring pardon, but this will signify nothing with the designing politiclan. The republican party in Nebraska bas been betrayed by its highest servant in the state, and If this shall furnish the opposition with the issue they have sought to lead them back to victory, Governor Savage will stand the selt-convicted Judas of republicans. His chances for renomination for the governor- ship another term have flown with this illy-advised act, which says in substance that appropriating state money is not a gricvous crime when one's - Influential fricnds continusl'y press a soft-hearted gov- ernor for clemency. Cannot Be Upheld. Ponca Journal (rep.): Governor Savage celebrated the last day of the old year by unconditionally pardoning Bartley, the de- faulting state treasurer, who was sentenced to twenty years' Imprisonment for defraud- ing the atate out of a half million dollars and who had only served one-fourth of his term. We belleve Governor Savage made a great mistake. Of course, there are no doubt extenuating circumstances in the con- duct of Bartley which should serve to lessen the enormity of his crime to a certain extent, but the masses of the people do not feel that his punishment, as yet, is ade- quate to the wrong done the state. The republican party will, in a large degree, be made to bear the burden of Governor Sav- age's action In this matter. The repub- lican party went before the people two vears ago and virtually promised that this thing would not be done, while the opposi- tion party Insisted that it would. The masses of the republican party were honest in belleving it would not be done and the party will not stand by Its governor, who is governor only by accldent, in this act he has committed. Governor Savage had it in his power to do this and no power in the state could prevent it, but the repub- lican party will repudiate the act. 1t is generally believed that there are others in the state who benefited by Bartley's de- falcation as much or more than he did him- self. Had he made a clean confession, his Iberation would have then assumed a vers different aspect, but without this the Journal cennot uphold Goveruor Savage's action for a moment. The Journal stands for clean politics and cannot uphold those high In the counclls of the party who do not stand by honest party pledges No abterfome Go Friend Telegraph (rep.): The governor has granted Joseph 8. Bartley an uncondi- tional pardon from the penitentiary. For some considerable time it has been evident that & united and terrible effort was being made to obtain Bartley's pardon, which was granted on the eve of the new year. The history of Bartley's crime 1a possibly fa- millar to everyone in the state, and by which the people of (he state are losers about a half million solid cash. What ef tect his pardon at this time and in the face of the fact that the first republican convention demanded his return to the pen from a parole which the governor had fs- sued for sixty days remains to be seen Unquestionably the people of this state are not In a mood to be trified with in this matter, and it s more than probable that this action in pardoning Mr. Bartley will lose the state to the republicans in the next election if not for some considerable time, the great mass of the people having fairly considered that Bartloy was not alone in 170ting the treasury, but that the money went somewhere and that they had a right to know where it went, and who, it anyone was connected with this shrinkage (n cash and they have demanded that Joseph S Partley at least give up this information Of course, the action of the governor has forever placed this Information out of sight Of course, the friends of Bartley have taken some advantage of some facts con- nected with The Omaha Bee to urge this pardon as a nag towards Rosewater, but the time has passed when such fiimsy subter- fuges will go down with the common people of this state, or that any differences with any newspaper or man or set of men should be offered as an excuse for pardoning any criminal whatsoever the crime might be. Flimay An Unnveidable Humiliation, Kearney Hub (rep.): The expected has happened. The pardon of ex-State Treas- urer Joseph S. Bartley by Governor Sava which occurred on New Year's eve, has been looked for almost daily for months by many people fn this state. The pardon 's unconditional and reduces Bartley's Im- prisonment under his sentence from twenty years to less than six years Governor Savage Issues In connection with the pardon a three-column statement of the reasons which have impelled him to the act. At the outset he takes up the action of the republican state convention last August in demanding the termination of the Bartley parole, expressing himself as “amazed at the Intrusion upon the con- stitutional rights of the chief executive." But obeying that mandate, we all know how unwillingly, the governor says that he set about to make further inquiry and finally satisfled himself that Bartley was entitled to a full and free pardon. * * ¢ The governor does a great dedl more spe- cial pleading and “extenuating,” which do not extenuate. He assumes, for the better justification of bis indefensible act, that the clamor against the Bartley pardon and the action of the republican convention were actuated by political motives, His arralgnment of the mass of repub- licans in the state who protested in the matter of the Bartley parole Is a weak effort to shift blame from the governor's own shoulders. In the general condemn: tion of Partley there has been no partisa ship. It s generally condemped. Repub- licans made a demand on Governor Savage last August, not as republicans, but as citizens. The cltizen has no opportunity 1o voice his desire except through the me- dium of the convention of the party to which b belongs. It is unfortunate for the people of Ne- braska that the chance elevation of Gov- ernor Digirich to the United States senate placed Lieutenant Governor Savage in the executive office, for the least that can be sald s that he Is a weak man. That he !s & tool of corrupt influences can no longer be denfed. That he is himself corrupt or has been corrupted many will belleve. That he ought to resign the office that he has disgraced Is demanded by every considera- tion of decency and respectablility. That he has another year of his term yet to serve, and that we must be humiliated for twelve months by his presence in the state house, is both unfortunate and lamentable. It 1s too much to hope that he will vacate the office that he is unworthy to fill An Everlasting Tarunish, Central City Nonpareil (rep.): Tens of thousands of Lomest citizens of Nebraska are today execrating the name of Eara P Savage. The news that he has commuted the twenty.year sentence and given uncon ditional freodom to the prince of ember #lers, Joseph 8. Bartley, was the bitter pill dealt out to Nebraskans on New Year's day by the press dispatch. Such an outrag upon justice and decency is Incomprehensi- ble, and no public man in Nebraska has ever sunk lower by a single act in the es- timation of his tellowmen than did Governor Savage by grauting an unconditional pardon 1o the despoiler of the public treasury. By this act Governor Savage has not only placed an everlasting tarnish upon his own name, but he has struck a vital blow at the republican party in Nebraska, which ele vated him to his present position of trust and hemor. 1t Is the constitutional right of the governor to pardon criminals as in his judgment he seex fit, but executive clemency was never intended to be exercised otherwise than in (he furtherance of jus- tice Joseph Bartley's sente greater than the magnitude of his crime demanded, and his pardon when less than one-fourth of that sentence has been served, 18 & grove and dangerous infraction of jus tice. The lame apology the governor makes for his act only adds.insult to the injury he has done to his state and to his party His explanation {s too weak to be worthy of comment. Bartloy's crime caused the republicans lose control in Nebraska; it they again o out of power in the state next year it will be due to Savege's out- rageous action in ne the criminal Governor Savage cannot plead lgnorance as to the sentiment of his party on this qaes tlon, after the positive stand taken by the last state convention in opposition to the granting of even a tomporary parole Bartley, but nevertheless the stigma of the act will rest to some extent upon the re publican party and cause the loss of thou- sands of votes to the republican candidates @t the next election pardo 0 Fremont Tribune (rep.): Governor Sav age has demonstrated that he fs wholly un mindtul of the political sentiment cf h's party and utterly oblivious to the moral obligations resting upon him He has granted an unconditional parden to Joseph 8. Bartley, defaulting state treas urer, and that prince of Nebraska embrz 7lers now enfoys his liberty The governor's defense for his Indefensi- Vle action Is that in bolstering up the banks of the state during a panic, with the siate’s money, Bartley saved as many dollars to bank depositors as he stole from the people when he pocketed the procceds of the $201 000 state warrant, for which crime he was sentenced to the penitentiary The republicnn party of this state will not pardon or condone this execrable action of the governor. That he could have the hardthood to grant a pardon In view of so recent and 8o Vigorcus an expression by thy state convention of digapproval cf the grant ing of even a parole to Bartley, can be ac- counted for on but one theory, and that thecry is not to the advantage of the gov- ernor. The delegates io that convention volced the honest sentiment of the people of this state, irrespoct.ve of rarty, They over- whelmingly demand: hat the governcr put Bartley back in prisen. And he d'd it, only to a little later give him perpetual libertyt Bvery honest man In Nebraska ought to feel the shame which Governor Savage has brought upon the people. It s an outrage too gross and flagrant to be overlocked. It is entirely inexcusable on any ground. No man who knows the facts will belicve the reasons glven by the governor are the real ones upon which his acticn Is based. They are too flimsy to justify euch a wanton dis- regard of decency Putting aside all imputations against 1ho governor, it may ba safely assumed that prominent men who were In collusion with Bartley. Is the {llegal use of the state's money have been the evil influsnce which bas brought this shame upon the pariy and the people. Bartley was threatening ex- posure. The governor has intervened fo protect these men. But sooner or later thy people will ind them out. When asking for public office they will have to come with a certificate exempting them from the leas taint of this trcasury crime. The repub- lican ticket was last fall purged of a sl'ght trace of it Governor Savage has gone to Louldlana. 1t would be a blessing to Nebraska if he stayed there. The only thing he can mow do that will in any degree appease th> wrath of the people will be for him to im- mediately resign the kigh office he has dis graced. nution Shoutd Follow _——— THE OLD TEAR 1IN EDUCATION \ Gifts to Higher Learaing Censidered the Mest Signifioant. oF NO DANGER OVER-EDUCATION Statistics of the Public Schools of the Emp State—Comparative Cost of College Life in the East and the West. Fenry M. MacCracken, chancellor of the " Uaiversity of New York, in a review of the educational events of the last year for the New York Herald, regards the im- mense gifts to education as the most im- portant In the record of the United States. | Chlet of these gifts were Mrs. Stanford's transter of $30,000,000, and, next to that, Mr. Carnegle's gifts to Pittsburg for tech- | nical education and his proffer for educa- | tlonal work at the patlonal capital, which s not at this writing gccepted. After | these come several million-dollar funds se- | cured by various universities. ‘ The chancellor reports marked advance | 1 “university care for pedagogy, especially York, Chicago and Columbia Medical research has been reatly promoted by John D. Rockefeller's #ift, to be administered by @ board of seven | trustees, each of whom s a professor In| one of five universities—namely, .Harvard, Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins. A great gift for medical work has been received by HMarvard from Plerpont Morgan. The-bicentennial of Yale bas marked a notable advaice in that venerable university. The opening of the Hall of Fame by New York university is exerting & marked educational influence “Soeondary schools are glven this year important help by the college. Entrace ex- amination board, which prescribes uniform entrance examinationg for the univarsities and colleges in New England and the mid- dle states and Maryland, ‘A pedagogic crusade to the Philippines is proclaimed by the United States, Of nearly 1,000 Amer- lean teachers, which the plan calls for, be- tween 100 and 200 have already gone, They will find vast obstacles, especially in the former managers of education there, who are mostly Jesuits, as well as in the ignor~ ance and savagery of many Fillpinos. En- couraging advance marks the work this year in Puerto Rico under an American sup- erintendent.” New York Publie Schools The annual report of the New York state superintendent of public Inatruction for the year endinz July 81, 1901, gives the following statistics: The value of school property in the state is estimated at $16,16,688 for the towns and $70, for the cities, making a total for the state of $87,202,414, showing an increase of $6.523,919 over last year's estimate In the entire state there were 1,621.087 children of school age, 1242416 attending the public schools, with an average daily attendance of 873,167, The number attend- ing private schools added to the number reglstered in the public schools glves a total registration of 1,420,444, out of a school population of 1,621,087 The total cost of maintaining the public schools of the state during the past year was $7.678,120 in the towns and $28,717,148 in the eities, making a total for the state of $36,395,269, showing an increase in the towns of $164,221 and In the citles of $2.- ¥10,556, or a total increase In the expendi- tures for the state of $2, Ot this amount $22.845,358 was expended by the city of New York alone. The average cost per pupll for maintain- ing the schools dpring the past year, bas:d on an average daily attendance, was for the towns $25.52; for the cltles, $49.88, an average for the state of $41.68. No of Over-Edu “Too much learning hath made thee mad’ The same fear of education which prompted e criticism of the erudite apo tle,"” says the Philadeiphia North American, “'seems to trouble the minds of some of the crities of Mr. Carnegle's proposed gift to the people of the United States. They urge that higher education for the people Is dan gerous, inasmuch it gives them ideas which unfit them for the ordinary duties of their class; that they become mere idlers and dreamers or agitators and anarchists. It is true that ‘a little learning is a dangerous thing,’ but this danger s the very thing which a higher education s intended to and will obviate. Men must be taught Danger ion, as {reach of a greater number Mr. | tor to think. They must be taught to collate, arrange and understand the facts which they learn in the schools, from books and newspapers. It is only by giving the people the opportunities to learn more that they can be made to think more correctly; to give facts and figures their proper vilue. Correct thinking can not be taught in one generation. The child of illiterate parents brought up among people who have hardly the ordinary common school education, has Dot the proper view point from which to Judge of abstract questions of government, of rights of men, or classes instead of in~ dividuals. With the increase of knowledge comes a wider view, & lessening of preju- dices, a broader and consequently & safer mode of thought, “In placing a highor education within Carnegle will be doing a good work for the nation and help largely In reconciling the antag- onism between capital and labor." Ins Spelling a Lost Art? ‘In the earlier day of education,” says tho Cleveland, Plain Dealer, “the practice of spelling was much encouraged. It ranked well up with arithmetie, and was reckoned a very necessary adjunct to satisfactory reading and writing. There was a good deal of ‘spelling down' and other forms of ri- valry in this line of work, and every effort was made to Interest the puplls in the art of epelling correctly. But nowadays it weems that spelling is neglected. At least we are forced to this conclusion by two news items that carry out the impression in quite an emphatic way. In Northwest- ern university we are told that the flat has gone forth that the merit of the various themes and papers and other documentary work submitted to the professors will be Judged by their spelling as well as by thelr knowledge of the subject treated upon. This it is stated, has caused a hurried search old-fashioned spelling books and an| unwonted absorption of their contents. Then | the other day in Pennsylvania, a simple list of words to be spelled was submitted to 855 school teachers and only nine spelled all of them correctly Ot course it will be admitted that spelling 18 b very common bl ch of education. It | lacks in esthetic preparation, perbaps, and it fails to bharmonize with those forms of | mental discipline that are so thoroughly approved by the backers of high education. | And yet common though it be, and coarsely | fundamental, there s something wholesome about the acquirement that appeals to old- fashioned tastes a good deal stronger than do the mental awakeners that seem to have crowded trom the educational wall the old foundation stones of what was called a good common schooling.' Coat of College Life. The colleges of the east and the west | are arrayed against each other on the ques- | tion of the relative amount of student ex- penses. While some authorifies hold that | the cost of llving at the western educi tlonal Institutions fs less than at those of | the east, others contend that & student in | the latter section may live more cheaply by reascn of the competition in the big cities and because there are more oppor- tunitles for self-support. The lseue has been raised by a compara- tive table published by Columbla college. It is stated therein that a student may Ro through Columbla for $387 for the academic year, which Is about $12 a week. An aver- nge estimate puts these figures at $687, or $21 a weok, while an allowance termed liberal s $829, or $26 a week These calculations embrace each actyal item of expense, including tuition fees, books, board, lodging, clothes and washing. Incidentals, & not iusignificant detail, are not included In the majority of western universities ~-belonging (o the commonwealth of the various states—no tuition fee is charged and practically the only payment to the college by the student s a small sum for matriculation. As an average cost of tuls tion at the great eastern schools is nearly $150 a year, it will be seen that this differ- | ence s of importance In making a com- parison Another point to be cousidered Is the fact that some tables of costs include cloth- ng and Incidentals, while others do not. | Thus Harvard's maximum fgures, $1,035, | embrace an item of $200 far “‘sundries. | Omitting this, the figure s veduced to $835, | Which 15 considered the maximum. While Columbla and Harvard both exact tuition fees, West Virginia and Nebraska | are two of the several institutions which | permits the attendance of state residents without charge. West Virginia considers | $151 a low cost of a vear's life without | clothing, and $202 to be liberal. Nebraska's | statisticlan says $160 is ‘cheap, and that | the average s $200, which sum lmcluder | crease. everything, thus making the Nebraska in- stitution perhaps the least expensive in tha country. Cornell's Growth, Advance sheets of Cornell university register for 1901-2 show a galn in attend- ance of 334, the total to date being 2,792, as against 2,468 at this time last year. Tho university now shows the largest registra- tion ever reached iu its history. The sum- mary also shows the number coming from the different states and forelgn countries. New York leads with 1,679 students, Penn- sylvania follows with 201, New Jersoy, 120 Ohio, 112; Tllnols, 104; Massachusetts, 53, ete. Forty-two states are this year rep- resented, and sixteen foreign countrle namely: Canada, Russia, Mexico, Cuba, Ja pan, Switzerland, Brazll, New Zealand, China, England, Korea, Argentine Republic, Peru, Austria, Turk The faculty shows a correspouding In- It consists of 853 professors, ete., sagainst 327 last year, The new professors are Profs. Sterrett, Fetter, Irvine, Durham, Norris, Mott, Chamot, Hartwell, Clark, Coolldge and Winans The arrangement of the register shows the component parts of the university and sets each by itself. The graduate depart- ment, the academic department (depart- ment of arts and sclences), the college of law, the medical college, the coilege of agriculture, the New York State Veterinary college, the New York State College of Forestry, the College of Architecture, the College of Civil Engineering, the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and the Mechanical Arts and the summer session The library has & staff of sixteen librar- lans, cataloguers, ete. The total number of books now In Cornell university lbrary is shown to be 250,740, an Increase of about 12,600 since last year. There are also 42,400 pamphlets ue tonal Notes Kansas has o compulsory school law. but the state superintendent of public instruc- tlon asserts that of the 400000 children of sehool age In the state 120000 do not attend school. General H. W. Carpenter Is the donor of $100.00 for the foundation of a chaly of Chinese language nd Mterature at Colum- bia university. He has just returned from San Franclsco and arrangements for the beginning of the work are about fompleted. Previous practice of the fire drill enabled the teachers in @ school in Cleveland, O. in which a fire hroke out, fo empty' the | bullding of 5% pupils In a minute ind a half, dren nind. Dr. Luther Foster, vice director of the Wyoming Agricultural college, and agricul- turigt and horticulturist of the experiment station of the University of Wyom'g -, has been chosen president of the New .dexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Las Cruces. Prof. Charles Emory chosen this week s presldent of the Unl- versity of Maine, {n 45 years old. His spe- clal line of work In history, which he haw been teaching in the University of Chicago, has been the study of the nin h tury, particularly the period co last twenty-five years. Missourf has nearly 500,00 pupils in its public scheols. There are within o few thousand of 1,000,000 children of school age {n the state and of this number one-haif were In dally attendance last year, while 11,000 were enrolled. Nearly 5,000,000 was f apént for teachers salarles, and for the vublie schools of the state the sum of ¥7,- 2000 waus disbursed. Over 16,00 teachers are employed ‘ornell students themselves now seem to be determined to root out the evil of “crib- bing, ' which has grown up at Cornell uni- versity. Three weeks ago President Schur- man {n his annual report called attention to this evil and much discussion has followed, A8 a result of this the students met to the, number of 1600 and formally announced thelr determination to re-esiaplish on firm base the honor system The Knights of Abraham Lincoln Order of Cleveland, 0., complained the other day to the school councll of the city that the pletures of the Madonna, the Virgin Mary, the holy family and the ascenslon were destgned to lead the mind of the student along seetarian lines ond ehould be re- Mmoved from the school bufldings. The ci) heard tho protest read and then by unanimous vote disposed of the complaint by marking the petition “‘received.” without one being injup:d. The chil- left thelr hats, coats and wraps be- Fellows, who was THE “MASTER t Timeplece in the Naval Observatory at Washington. In the course of an article in St. Nicho- las for January on “How We Set Our Watches by a Star,” W. 8. Harwood tells about the Master clock at Washington. The great clock In the Naval Observatory ie called the Master clock. By means of the repeating apparatus the time is rep a €d over elghteen different cireuits to the various parts of the country. New York City automatically repeats the time to all points east and north: Chicago and Cincin- nati repeat to. all points west and south- west; Richmond, Augusta and Atlanta to all poiuts south. If you should happen to | be in some large telegraph office at the mo ment the time signal Is belng sent out, It | & manner that, | others, | deea ! miles distant Is likely you would see the operators at their keys take out their watches a f w seconds before the time Is due, open them put a tiny pleco of tissue paper tw'scd into a thread between the spokes of one of the little wheels In their watches, holding back the movement to the Instant the 6 &- nal s given, then releasing the wheel ¢o that the watch shall fall into the exact beat of the Master clock in Washington. Of course the same care must be taken whether the operators are to conneel thelr {pstruments with a time ball or a cont:ol clock. The time ball Is an Interesting fea ture of the service. 1t is a round ball, large enough to be seen from the street. where, supported by Its appliances, it rests on the top of some bullding. It is attached by wire to the circult from Washington in such at the Instant the Master clock in Washington ticks the stroke of twelve, the delicately poised ball will fall, released by the same beat of the clock that announces the time to the rest of the coun- try. Anyone who watches one of these time balls just before the stroke of 12, time- plece fn hand, may easily determine whether his watch is elow, fast, or on time. Throughout the east these time balls are dropped every day at noon, save on Sun- dayw, at New York City, Boston, Newport (Rhode Island), Woods Holl (Massachu- setts), Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing- ton, Hampton Roads, Savannah and Fort- ress Monroe. The tick of the Master clock that drops these time balls also releases some of them many hundreds, in- thousands, of miles away. For in- stance, by cable arrangement, a time ball | 18 dropped overy day fu the city of Ha- vana, and another in San Francisco, 3,000 S0 Incomprehensibly switt i the speed of the electric current that, i the repeating ipstruments and the wires are In perfect condition, there is no appre- clable difference in the time of the dropping of the ball in New York City and the drop- ping of the ball in 8an Franclsco, cach one velenged by the same tick of the Muster clock in the Naval Observatory in Washing- ton Charies Replogle, Atwater, 'O, was in very bad shape. He says suffered a great deal with my kidneys and was re- questod to try Foley's Kiddey Cure. 1 did 80 and in four days 1 was able to go te work agaln. Now I am entirely well."