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Show -w THE OBLIGATION OF THE STATE. Tho burden of ridding the commu nity of the blackhanaers must not rest on any one person or group or persons The duty should be borne by the city, the county and the state The Standard said yesterday there was no objection to prhate subscriptions subscrip-tions oluntarily offer?d. and yet there should be no necessity for even proffered rewards from that 6ource as the different branches of govern ment, with which rest tho obligation of maintaining peace and order, are amply able to post sufficient rewards to tempt the most clever of detectives detec-tives to enter on Uie hunt for the bandits. The cit and county have offeree ?1(K0 each but the state has fallej far short of its share, and instead of 5500, Bhould set aside $10,000. If) after two weeks, no apparent results are obtained from the presenl rewards, the state should Increase Its amount to at least $10,000. |