Show SHIFTING THE responsibility IT Is amusing arousing to note the nature of the chief point of defense set up for governor murray by some of his friends as against the charges of malfeasance in office while he was marshal of kentucky As it becomes more aud and more apparent that the allegations are well grounded it becomes necessary to get a scapegoat goat the ram in the thicket has been found in the person of one of the ex marshals deputies what a magnanimous method of slipping dirig out of a crave ve difficulty and how andy handy it is to have a deputy upon whom the responsibility of disreputable doings can be deftly placed while the chief in office takes the credit of everything that is praiseworthy and meritorious this theory of defence is but bat little better than the common one of insanity and should it be held good what an open ing in it would make maue for desien designing design inc ine ofil cleis to hire unscrupulous su subordinates ordinates suD through whom to accomplish ulterior objects and go scot free themselves thib this method of defense places the matter thus if a series of gross irp ini ir i regularities can be conducted over a lengthy period by a subordinate in an executive position without the knowledge of his superior officer the latter must be an official imbecile if done with the connivance conn conni ance lance and consent of the chief it removes responsibility from him as he should be answerable for or the misdeeds of his tool as well as his grat theory has neither the merit of magnanimity nor ingenuity |