Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1912 — OFFICIALS HAVE SPIRITED DISPUTE [ARTICLE]

OFFICIALS HAVE SPIRITED DISPUTE

Marshall, Sheriff, Mayor and City Attorney Take Opposite Views in Small Matter. A few days ago Nightwatch Critser arrested a man who was very drunk anji who is said to have been creating a disturbance in the poolroom. He was taken to jail in a very intoxicated condition. I little while later the sheriff, released the prisoner on the pledge, of a friend to see that he w'ent home and caused no trouble and that he w'ould come back to stand trial any time he was wanted. The sheriff went to the nightwatch to explain what he had done and Marshall Mustard and he engaged in a dispute that almost' ended in a fight, the nightwatch having to keep the men apart. Later the sheriff went to Attorney Leopold for legal advice. Mr. Leopold is city attorney. Marshal Mustard laid the matter before Mayor Meyers and the mayor took the position that the paid attorney of the city should represent the city officials and not accept employment against the city. Another dispute of some magnitude arose, but the officials were not very near fighting, although there was some anger in their tones. The Republican believes that the motives of all the parties was good, although some one evidently was wrong. That the man should have been arrested there is no doubt. That his friends sought to procure his release is natural. That the sheriff wanted to please them is diplomatic. That the marshal was displeased is not surprising. That the sheriff went to the city attorney for advice instead of going to the county attorney looks a little funny. That the city attorney accepted him as a client looks wrong. That the mayor took • umbrage is not surprising. The line should be so clearly drawn as to who is to act as the adviser of county and city officials that disputes of this nature could not occur. And the law should make it plain whom the city officials can put in the county jail and what right the sheriff has to release prisoners without bail.

to do with the cats of his flock? There is perplexity No. 2, more than doubly distressing than the other. A Shepherd may be expected to manage sheep; but is it fair to expect that he can do equally well with cats, kangaroos, fowls of the air and creeping things? The pastoral virtues of a David count for little; a man needs the versatility of a Noah. I have been tempted to inseis/ a new clause in the Litany to the effect that my parish may be delivered “from all kickings of kangaroos and cantankeroUsnesS of eats,” for how can a vestry composed of the one and a sewing society composed of the other continue to exist? What can be done about it? There they are in the fold, and I must deal with them. Is it possible to use their special qualities in some positive sort of way? Is the native impulses of the kangaroos susceptible of right direction? Can the undeniable force of' his constitutional Protestantism be utilized in agitations for true reform? Ideally considered, what is the ethical value of unlimbered hind-leg? After long and painful effort, I have seemed sometimes to find that kangaroos are really very effective in projects requiring rapid advance in several directions at once. The method of concentration by diffusion would not seem to promise great results; but it has its uses under peculiar circumstances, and circumstances very <j£ten are peculiar. I ipust, however, humbly own that I have never, solved the cat problem,Xfche promotion of felicitious felinity. I can #ee no possible use for cats in a sheep-fold, unless it be for the work of mutual extermination. They can be tolerated so long as any other species remain to be killed off. If they can be induced to confine their attention to each other, the peace-loving are spared, while they themselves receive appropriate punishment. At any rate, the problem, both ontologically and practically considered, seems to defy all other efforts at solution. perience is unique; and whether I might not gain assistance from the suggestions of some brothershepherd, or from the wise guidance of one of those over-shepherds who have oversight of many folds. If by chance this should meet the eye of any specialist trained in ecclesiastical zoos, I should welcome suggestions as to methods us promoting the non-survival 'S of cats most given to fits!”

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