The Newark Journal
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O. F. Craig. Editor
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FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1007
JUDGE THARP’S WHINE
Judge Tharp virtually admits
in his article published in today’s
paper thnt he cannot stand up like
■a man and defend himself from the
charges brought against him by
The Journal. We have contended
.*11 along that the judge was trying
to dodge the facts and lead off into
n personal mudslinging contest.
But we repeat that The Journal
lias never assailed his personal or
private conduct. It is his corrupt
official conduct, as a sworn officer
of the law, in aiding, abetting and
shielding others in their open vio
lation of the law and in keeping
his office in a blind tiger, that we
have been drubbing the judge for.
And he richly deserves it. No
tnan who has been elected to office
and has taken a solemn oath to
discharge the duties of his office,
should be permitted to so far for
get his manhood, and stray from
the paths of common decency to
such an extent that he will ignore
his oath, shamelessly turn his back
upon his sworn duty and permit
justice and the iavv to be trampled
under foot in the bold and defiant
manner in which Judge Tharp has
done. The officer who has the pro
per respect for himself as a man
and a citizen, and any regard for
his oath as an officer will not do it.
A true man the man who is made
of the right sort of stuff and who
posses as much conscience as a
snake—would suffer his right arm
cut off and cast from him forever
"before he would turn in utter dis
regard from a duty that he had
sworn with uplifted hand and in
the presence of his God that he
■would faithfully perform.
Judge Tharp says he has not
violated his duty as laid down in
section 5137 of Kirby’s Digest.
In reply to this, The Journal has
only one thing to say: He has
either violated this section of the
law, or ho is a man absolutely
without a vestige of reason, and
is, therefore, a more lit subject foi
ihe insan^ asylum than he is foi
an officer.
Now if the astute judge knows
so much about The Journal hav
ing refused to publish an article
against the blind tigers, why did
lie not give the public the name of
the gentleman who wrote the
article?
The fact of the matter is, The
Journal did, some two years ago,
refuse to publish an article against
Blind tigers, written by a man who
Bad not been a citizen of the
town perhaps more than thirty
days and had been drunk fully
! three-fourths of that time and had
not been out of the caliboose but
a few hours when the article was
submitted to us for publication.
This is the only article along this
, line that The Journal ever refused
! to publish, and if this is the article
. the judge has reference to, we
. plead guilty. The Journal believed
at the time, and still believes, that
• no possible good could have result
■ ed from the publication of such an
; article under the existing condi
tions, and we believe we are fully
'I as competent to judge of such
j matters as a man, who, like Judge
1 Tharp, is so dwarfed mentally that
he can work as bookkeeper for a
blind tiger for two years and never
have reason to believe that the
laws are being violated. The
Journal believes in a man using
a little consistency, and under
similar conditions we would re
fuse again to publish such an ar
ticle, just as we would refuse to
j publish an article written by Judge
j Tljarp along the same line; be
cause, knowing that he has kept
\ his office in a blind tiger and aided,
abetted and shielded its operators,
we would consider his condemna
tion of the tiger just a little too
inconsistent to be worthy of publi
cation. just as we did the article
by the fellow who had made an
unsuccessful attempt to drink the
I tiger out of business and landed in
' the lockup.
|
j The judge's sickly little
j whine about what he/ would have
j done to The Journal had we not
! threatened to holctnim moreclose
i ly to the subject, reminds us of a
I small boy who thinks himself a
great tighter and imagines that he
could whip a giant—so long as
there are no giants in sight. The
judge had ample opportunity to
give us all the airing that heart
could wish. Why didn't he do itt
I
WHERE WILL IT END'
Almost the entire state of Ten*
| nesseee is in the throes of a red
| hot prohibition tight, and during
; the last few weeks several cities,
i including Knoxville and Jackson,
have held special elections to
abolish their old charters and re
incorporate under the Pendleton
law, without saloons. The elec
tion days in both these cities were
marked by monster parades in
which from 10,000 to 15,000 men,
women and children marched,
carrying dags and banners and
signing hymns and temperance
songs. Both cities voted in favor
of abolishing their charter and re
incorporating without saloons.
During the last few months the
prohibition movement has assum
ed a formidable aspect in the states
Of New Hampshire, Vermont,
New York, West Virginia, Iowa,
Nebraska, Missouri, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Texas, Georgia and
Oklahoma. Whether this move
ment will continue to gain force
and eventually result in the com
I plete auihilatioii of the whisky
business, or whether it will sub
side, is, of course, only a matter
of conjecture. But the man who
; is Well posted will tell you that
there is today the greatest fight
| being made along this line through
out the entire country that was
ever made perhaps in the history
of the country.
Did you ever notice that the
man who cannot stand a little
prosperity never achieves any
great degree of success
The law of averages seems to be
that nearly every man makes a
fool of himself about once in every
so often, regardless of the advice
of his friends or his better judg
ment. ’Tis human weakness, you
know. __ __________
The St. Louis liepublic aptly
remarks that, despite the Wall
street “panic,’’ spring plowing
has commenced throughout the
West earlier than usual, and if
conditions remain as favorable as
the farmer has a right to expect,
crops will be of such a size that
the merry ha-ha can be given to
the money grubbers.
The cost of keeping a hen on
the farm is but a mere trifle—not
more than twenty-five cents a year
—and the average hen should lay
twelve dozen eggs a year, which,
at 15 cents a dozen, are worth
§1.80. The farmer who fails to
keep a hundred or two of good hens
is neglecting a very prolific source
of revenue.
The city election takes place a
: week from next Tuesday and The
i Journal is informed there will be
j two full tickets in the field, the
ticket endorsed by the Law and
| ()rder League, every member of
I which has declared himself in
; favor of a more strict enforcement
of the law, and another ticket en
| dorsed by those who favor throw
ing down the bars and giving the
blind tiger a free reign. It should
; not be hard for any man to choose
| which ticket he shall support—the
I blind tiger ticket or the law and
; order ticket. There is no other
! question involved in the fight and
| every voter in the town will have
an opportunity to show where he
stands upon this important issue.
As for The Journal we hope every
citizen will vote his sentiments,
without regard for his personal
likes or dislikes of any man on
either ticket. By doing this the
town can then take an in
ventory of itself and see just
where it stands on the question.
Let’s have a free and fair expres
sion of public sentiment and see
where we are “at.”
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tivators, Plows, Scrapers, Harrows, Drills, Stalk Cutters, Mow
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prices. We will sell you any farm implement on a credit for good
notes. Thanking our many customers for their patronage in the
past and soliciting a continuance of the same,we are your friends,
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