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THE SFIYS Tills UORSIXO.
FOREIGN.?Geneial or.?/..-, declined
the governorship of Chihuahua? Mexico;
the past stms expected to u- filled i?y
Abraham Gonzales: I'rauilis Hernandez,
was reported tu have proclaimed him
?t-lf Governor in tii? name of Vaaquez
Gomez. = King Frederick of Den?
mark was ?aid to be suffering from pnei.
monia; his condition was serion? =?
W. Morgan sinister, ex-Treaaurer Gen?
eral of Persia, had a long Interview In
London with Sir Ldwar.l Grey. Foreign
Secretary. **=-=_? Alfred SUtro's new play,
"The Fire Screen," was produced in
London with qualified succeaa -= A
coal strike was threatened by the definite
disagreement between owners and
miners on the question of a minimum
wa?e. -? The extra session of th-.
Philippine Legislature ended with the
deadlock o*ver the appropriation bills
still unbroken.
DOMESTIC?President Taft decided to
appoint Charles Nagel. Secretary of Com?
merce and Labor, to the United States
Supreme Court, and nominated ex-Gov?
ernor Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio, to ha
Ambassador to France. =r= Solicitor
McCabe, of the Department of Agricult?
ure, issued a statement denying the
charges made against the department in
connection with the Florida Everglades.
k-_ Legislation was being formulated
in Washington giving the President
added powers for the complete protec?
tion of Americans on the Mexican bor?
der. =~ Lawrence mill workers affili?
ated with the American Federation of j
Labor voted to demand a 1"> per cent j
wage increase; the .Massachusetts Legis- \
lature ordered an investigation of the ?
strike. -rr_rr The number of men indiciel
in tho alleged dynamite conspiracy was ;
said to exceed forty; capiases for their
arrest were completed ai Indianapolis.
?:?- The jury was completed in the
criminal case against the "bathtub
trust" ai Detroit ,?? Charles W.
Morse left Atlanta Cor New York yester?
day; he will arrive here this afternoon.
==: A Hock Island passenger train
was held Up by seven masked men at ,
th? western terminus of th.- railroad
bridge which cros-cs the Miasli
River at Memphis: it was reported only j
a package <>t" registered mall was stolen, i
CITY.?Sto. ks- wi re dull an?l irregular. I
Frank cfotfyn twice circled the
statue of Liberty in his hydroplane car?
rying a photographer <>n his second trio.
\ report that Dorothy Arnold was
in Phils lelphia i !?.\?.-?l t?. i.e
groundless, Colonel Roosevelt
. statements out of Abra?
ham Lincoln's writings as applicable t.?
Ihe present political situation from bis
j...sin of view. The wilis <>i' s wo?
man and h?r nephew who died two davi
..pan were fll. I, showing that they were
made ?.'i the ? . and each made
the Bg?teo* ?i church
now Lets ib.- r. . The -
jHty records , indi case were
d by Dlstrii Attorney Whitman,
and they showed ths t two wlti ? - tas
tlfled?Morthner i. Schiff and a ?private
live. The Ami rlcan Tohacco
Compon) declared the regular quarterly
dividend on pi> i.iie.l Btock, but omitted
thai on common, and ii was announced
that President James B. imk.- w<?
tire to ?become chairman of the board "f
the British-American Tobacco Gomnan**.
. ilE -vi. \'iiii:i.. -indications for to?
day, i-air. The temperature yesterday:
Highes?. :?". <i. gr?s. it ir>.
TREATIES l.V/J 1 V \ /1 ERB I RIES.
Some highly Interesting ami profitable
reilections are caused by ihe approxi?
mate coiuci.i.-ii? e of two anniversaries
in our foreign blstor** .uni the Begotta?
tion and. it is t.? be hoped, ratification
of general arbitration treaties with two
great nations. The other evening there
was celebrated the one hundred end
thirty-fourth anniversary o( the signing
at that treaty of alliance with France
which was bo important ? contribution to
the success ?if our Revolution. Prepara?
tions me now in progress on an Im
?ji'fssive s.a!o for celebrating the one
hundredth anniversary of thai treaty o?
Ghent which for the second and final
time established penes between this
country ami Great Britain. And I ?*rw
weeks hence, it is r*oo_Mlentrv expected,
there will be ratified general arbitration
treaties between this country and those
two. There is in these circumstances
something which Will enhance the value
of the treaty-making and tho ?*elebra
tion of the a uni versai i?s.
'liiere is do occasion t<? spend tipp- in
speculating npofl the motives of the
French govern men? in making the treaty
of alliance with us, at upon Um com?
par?t i v<- values of ihe services ren?
dered by I'.taiiniarchais _n?l Lafayette.
Whether King Louis and Yergennes de
siiiil the tiioi'?' to aid us Or to injure
England is now an academic question.
The great, salient fact is that France, or
Frenchmen with the assent ami ap?
proval of their t?overiiment, <ihi renda
us services "i* simply Inestimable vain??.
Of which this country can never cherish
I *<". grai-fiil memory. Neither is ir
pertinent t?. dwell upon the dlfferaneea
of opinion and of policy which have
arisen lieiw.iii this country and the
liiile?! Kingdom in the last hundred
years. The one essential fact, is that
l?>r a hundred years the two nations
have I??? 'i Si peace. uti*4 have been
pretty steadily creating and strengthen?
ing bonds of pete! which are now prac?
tically nohrenhnble, it is to be noted
tliat ilnring almost inathematl'-ally th?
same identical hundred years Great
Britain and Frau?*e have been at p< ton
There have Ix-en disputes, some bicker?
ings, and ;*t times strained relations all
ground; but there have also been all
ground liiMiP-ni .-s working for peace and
for the ? ultivntioi. of those relations
which should make peaeg perpetual.
No .. H h pie eminently titling that
these three nations should at this time
??ni. i- int,, something )ik<* a league ..f
sweH reasonableuess and of inclination
toward ill,- reign of Justice nttlier than
of migiii. I'rom tin- historical point of
vi?.\v there are in? other ihm- nations in
the world whose association in the man
r nor i?f?i)?.s??(i would be quit? **? ilgnil
cant, and we may dOflbt If ?MW ????
any which would thus SXatl SO ureat a
Influence throuijli example. The rat it
??ation <>f the pendil.;; treaties will !)?? Hi
best jiossiblt* ?'ouiiiu'inoratii'ti of tins bUl
dr?'d years of poaco, bocauae it will '
the strongest possible promise of oth?.
peaeeful eentiiri?'s l?? <<>me.
THE RESULT ?N FLORID I.
The result of the slate and dlstrl?
conventions in Florida cannot briu
much comfort to those who aiv tryln
t?) Obstruct President Tail's rencniiii;
tion. They ?succeeded In engtaearrng
secession and the election of contestiu
delegates. Bat that invariably bappeii
in riuriiia when there Li anj pmspo?
Of a test ??!' strength In the nation:)' COI
veiitiun. li happened four years ag
when Mr. T:ifi was being opposed b
Interesta desiring tbe nomination of
less progressive randidate. it bappene
in 1886, when there was an active pn
convention canvass. Similar setjession
are likely to accax In the other states ?
the Par Bouth?Alabama, fieorgii
BotSth Carolina. Mlaslesipp] and Louis
ana?where the Republican voie i
i meagre and Republican politicians re
gard ih?' capture ??f a aeal In a nations
eoiivenii.ii) as one of the great crises i
politics.
It has l.ccn repeatedly sln.wn thai i
lakes only a moderate amount of mone;
ti? nuance rxaatoata ttvm tttotm atatei
But it has also been shown thai in nln
cases out of ten poney upenl thai wa
? is a profltiesa Investment. There In :
recognlged Republican organisation li
| each of tin *e states, ami. it is empower*
t<? op?rale the machinery by which dele
trates t,. the national ronvention nr
chosen. In making up the temporar:
roll of the convention the national com
tnittee ?s oiiUgrd to adhere t?> rule?
und precedents and must ?rega?? ????ni
; pilanca with the procedure lai?! ?Iowa h;
the recognised state and dl^trlcl com
mitteea aa essential In determining tin
regularity and validity of credentials
It is obvious iii.tr If some definite ruk
were not followed the committee w<?ui?
be overwhelmed by a masa of frlvoloui
contests, Involving do principle ??f parti
government, but simply rapreaentini
the ambitions of the outs t>? become tie
?IIS.
About two bundled contesta of thli
s?.rt were stii?tiiiti?'?l t'"in- years ago t?
the national committee, which fount'
after an examination that more than fu
per ?-eut of them were absolutely with
OUt merit. Tins the Florida contest!
! were thrown out. ami. aluce the Matar]
, ..f 1?MK refle?'ted itself on Tuesday It
that state with singular drcumatantlal
' ity. it is reason."ble to sasume that th?
. ?intests now begun will have the sain?
! futile ending. Bo will practically all
| the other guerilla operations attempted
in ueigbborlng states. Thoas who think
! that they can defeat the Praaldent f?u
renomination by fomenting party bolt?
and schisms in th.? Far ?South are <?n a
wild iroose chase.
77,/: DYNAMITE INDICTMENTS.
Tile names of those intlicted by the
r.?leral grand jury In Indianapolis for
complicity In the union iai)??r dynamite
outrages have not Leen made public but
the diapatcbes intimate that tti?> labor
leaden in the presen! net. like the t'ali
foruia leaders Indicted at l.??s Angeles
after the sentence of the McXamaras.
are inen of local rather than <>f national
prominence, if ibis proves to be the
??as" it will Indicate that the plot was
widespread, ?t hast sinong labor leaders
of the second class, th?? dynamiting? oe?
Icurrlng in various parts of the ?'"iintry
? wherever the Ironworkers'' union was in
I conoid viili employers. Tbe develop*
meut of tbe Inquiry tends to -how thai
'when the McXamaras plain e?! i?? canae
.un explosion they usually apprised local
;.?.re-eiiiatlves of tlii'ir union and ?'in
pioyed their -??r\i?'cs s.. tar a> was nee
ry.
Rut if tti?' gorenunenl is able to prove
such a widespread knowledge of tbe
dynamite plol a tbe Indictments Just
returned would indicate, is it to be ?-up
posed thai this knowledge was confine?]
merely to national and local officers ??f .t
single union, and thai officials? of tbe
Central body were nol able even to goes*.
at what was happening? When only th?
Mi'V-iiiiaras were aCCUSetl there was a
degree <?f plausibility In the Ides that
the explosions were the work of a small
Land of SCSlOts, bul as e\ idciicc is de?
veloped of the extent of th?' plot the
ii?-?-?siiy will be brought home more
effectively than before to honest and
laW'Sbldlug .labor unionista of driving
oui of the ranks g*| ibos.? who have
I been In anj way responsible for violence
and lawbreaking and <>f setting the or?
ganized labor movement light ?before tbe
public.
The Indictments just hsiided down
may serve t.? clear up tbe extent <?f the
Idynamite plot. Some of those now t?.
he prosecuted may furnish the govern?
ment with Information about the com?
plicity of others whose relation to the
outragea has nol yet been established
I Hi: A USER'S SPEEt II.
William II has the courage of his
puposas, lie. or bis government, has
just raftered tbe most serious losses at
the polls thai have been recorded In the
history of the empire. The ?government
"hi?.?'" lias been reduced to a minority ??f
the Reichstag and the mosl numerous
party of thai body, containing consld?
erahjj more than one-fourth of all th.?
i?ej.iiiies. ?s so hostile to ?le- Imperial
government that it would not obey the
Kaiser's rammons t?. aasemble in his
palace to bear his ?speech at tin* opening
of the session. Vet. the Kaiser pursues
his policy undisturbed i lis apeeefa from
the throne yesteitiaj was probably ?i>i
ferenl In only a stagje reaped from whal
it would nave been if the electioaa bad
given the goverament "idoc" an over?
Whelming majority. In the latter ease
the imperial speaker might have referred
to the \Indication and continuation of
his government and the decline ?>f its
eia-mies. Hut otherwise he would prob?
ably have sp.iken jus? ?is h? ?lid rester?
day.
Sor Is this altitud?' ill (Sounded. The
government has only a minority to de?
pend iiixii) ta Its "hloe." Bui it lias the
eomforiinu' knowledge thai a large fac*
tion in the nominal op|ioslii<m will not
oppose its policies on th" most important
Issues which are likely to arise. In th?.
"bloe" then are ?miy nu. tigslnffl km
outside <?f If. Hut tlmre are ggBOUg the
latter no fewer than forty-six members
of the National Liberal party. Who ob?
viously hold the balance of power. These
are inexorably oppo?sd ??> ?'l< ri'-alism.
Hut titty are ?jiii?e rea?!y to vote with
?he <'?ericais ggalnsl Dggjocrtcy, or in
NppoJTl Of the major bous of the g?>v
ernmenrs pfftgrgBlnal Thus pre may
expect t?i se?? i ht* present tariff rabatan?
tii.iiy sastalnad, gad tiu?saijia*ii|lj the
new coiniiieicliil treaties negotiated' on
that basis. The programme of Increase
in the army and "a\y will also be ap?
proved. On these questions the N'a
: tioiial I.ilierals are In pretty complete
accord with the "bloc," and the*- will
surely not betray it Into the bands of it.
foes by sacrificing principles which they
themselves cherish.
in other words, the government will
he supported not. as in the last perils
i nient, by a "bloc" and no more, but by a
' "hi...-" plus an ally, its majority win be
: less secure than it was. but il will con?
tinue !.. exist, and may endure unbroken
for a whole legal lifetime of the Kelclis
tag. German politicians and statesmen
are not in the- habit of doing momentous
things without, adequate nwtlves, and it
is impossible to discern any motive
which would impel the National Liberals
to Join with the Social Democrats in
turning oui the government or In com?
pelling another appeal to the country. If
in these circumstances the course and
manner of the ?government are somewhat
more restrained and moderate than they
have been at other times, s<> that there
are fewer clankings of .Linker's sabre?- in
the Reichstag, that fad may be cause
for gratifient! >n. Bnl In any case we
may accept the Kaiser's speech as ?in
authoritative forecast of policies which
: will be pursued by Ihe ministry and
which we may reasonably expect t?> see
approved by the l<vi? list:?:.'.
VOT CLOSED.
\ Mpeclal dispatch t.. ni.- Tribune
from Trenton published jresterday con?
tained this statement
The Governor aleo refused to say any
thlng about the edltotlal In The Tribun?*
on ti.?* Harvey letters. In which it was
pointed out thai his statements sin..- the
heginnins ol th. controversy did not
with the fact?. Joseph P. Tumul?
ty, his private secretary, said the (_ov?
enmr considered the Harvey-Watterson
Incident closed, and thai h? ?lid n?>t In
; t< nd to reopen it.
it may be convenient to the Governor
i., consider the Barv<sy-Watt?****eou Inci?
den! "closed." s., far as the severan?re of
! his political relations with the two colo?
nels is concerned They have also Im.iIi
Intimated that they consider themselves
definitely exiled from the Wilson count
'? in?_ room and council board. The public
| is ia.i greatly concerned about the mere?
ly personal phases of the estrangement
I Hut it is concerned about the manifest
discrepan?*** between the statements
seemingly given to the newspapers bj
Governor'Wilson while the rupture was
in process and its details were still with?
held and the confessions contained in
tin- letters t<> Colotael Harvey which
were subsequently published sir. Wil?
son's silence will certainly prompt tbe|
public to draw the reasonable conclusion
thai be cannot reconcile the eontradlc-i
tions t?> Which The Tribune has railed
attention, l>oes be care to spread the
Impression that be said what be did to
representatives <.f The associated l*r< --
and of "The Sun" and "I lie Herald''
only because he fell confident al the
time that his correspondence with colo?
nel Harvey would aeree see the light of
dav? .\s an exemplar of hii;ii thinking
and straightforward action in pol?tica
the Governor owes it t?. bis own reputa?
Hon f" square bis interview-, with his
letters. If be rein lins mute ?i -,v||I not
Ik1 easy to believe that it is within bis
power t.? furnish an explanation which
will explain.
MAJORITY VERDICTS.
Getting away from the old system of
requiring unanimity on the part of ju?
ries, as th.- nhio constitutional conven?
tion has voted t.? do in civil eases, is not
a novelty. Other states permit binding
verdicts t?> be rendered In such cast s in
two-thirds or three-fourths of the Jury.
None of them bave, bow?_ver, m far as
we are aware, departed from the rule <>f
unanimity Id criminal rases, ami the
Ohio constitutional convention rotad to
adhere t<? ?t. Yet much might be said in
; favor of permitting the vote <>f leas than
twelve men to convict, ;it least of the
; i?---? i crimes.
The usual srgument for verdicts bj a
two-thirds or ihr?-?'-fourths vote of the
jury Is that thus thn delay occasioned
i.y th?- necessity of retrying eases In
which one or two obstinate or stupid
Jurymen bave prevented an agreement
\ would be avoided. Su? h delay M proba?
blj less common in civil than in criminal
'cases, for where the verdict takes ?M
form Of an award Of money a ?miipro
mise on some amount can u?uall\ be
worked out still, the occasions when
Must lee would be done if elghl or nine
I of the jurymen, being in agreement
could render ?i bindli _- r?****dici are no
I doubt nnmeron .
Hut the po.-sii.iMi,. ol \i rdlcl bj
less than a unanlnions rote would have
other beneficial effect than thai <>f oh
vin ting retrials, I or one thing, Juries
w ?ubi be L'ol much more quickly than
ih?-y now are If a unanimous vnlici
were not required it la the knowledge
thai any single juryman may bj his
prejudice, his stupidity or his disbon?
?cstj prevenl B verdict's being reached
that makes counsel In importan! trials
exhaust all their resources t<> sound the
renlreman's pr?judices and t?esl his ca?
pacity. If a couple of stupid or biassed
men would make little difference, the
process of choosing s jury would be
more rapid. Furthermore, hi the actual
conduct <?f a trial time would not be
wasted as it is now In talking at sin'_'i ?
jurymen of whose attitude counsel think
ihe.\ possess an Inkling <?r on whom the."
think i hey are making ?in Impression.
A verdict by tliree-l'.uirths or two-thirds
of a Jury would be likely t.? he common
?sense; accordingly common sense would
! be uppermost In Ott trial.
Another danger, which was exhibited
In the McNamara trial?the danger of
jury corruption?would be lessened by
doing away with the necessity of unan!
mous verdicts, one of the provocatives
to jury buying h the (?act that the pur?
chase of a single juryman will defeat
justice. The corruption of renlremei
before they enter the jury box and that
Is when corruption is generally effected
- is an uncertain and .lancerons pro.
ess. if four or five Jurymen had t<> bo
bough! in order to ban'' a J'iry the llke
llhood "f corruption would be Might.
These are all arguments which are en
titled t.? careful consideration whenever
the advisability of modifying the an?
cient system of trial by jury is under
discussion, though heretofore constitn
tioiial convenu?,us have pol found them
coiivliicin-.'. ??? lar as criminal caaei N
concerned.
Justice Gerard's obssn at ion. thai ."*>.??..
Yorkers are too busy t?> tak?- time to pro?
test against the tipping evil, bits tas nail
squarely on ih<* head New forkers ar
too busy at this ?ir that to do a con?
siderable aumbsr <>f thtngs which they
ought to do for their own romfort. wel?
fare and credit Tii.-r.- is also too mucn
of th.- fosllng thai with all its evils Hew
Yi.i-i Is 'b. best possible of eltlos in th ?
heel i "? i'i?- of wori?!-. it o-.u^it always
to be possll.Jo to take time to rebuko
[evil t" abate nuisance* to protest
and t<? resist impositions and
I to remove from eves tha most psrfect
thing in the world those blemlshaa which
are readily removable.
The fact that a man baa ?' 9TI?9 de
1 eiiuent upon him for support does not
S| peaur to be an alto.-rethet convincing
reason why he should |Nis?n other nvn
and their wives by selling rotten meat
disguised with chemicals.
James B. Weaver, wh?. died on Tues?
day, ha.l almost passed out ?-? publie
recollection. Yet he was once a figuro
O? some ?'onst-fiiience In national polities.
and sa th?' Popultsl candidate for Presi?
dent in 1808 he received over one million
and had twwty-two supporters in
the i;iettorai Collage. Our esteemed
I ??ontnrnporary "The Brooklyn tSafle"
j mad?! an original contribution to history,
however, when it said jresterday ?that be
?"was twice tbe nominee of political
"parties f?.r President and received
"electors] votes of states each time he
"\\?is proposed." When he was the
Greenback candidate in 1880 be received
no electoral votes.
When Gompers said "Go to with your
; Injunction." be m?-ant it in the Bhaka
| snearlan pense, as he now explains. This
illustrates tha ?langer Of any one but
, Shakes).care employing Bhakespearlan
j language.
In th?-? final sheltflng of th?? Honduran
i treaty the United Btatea ?records
its refusai to help a weaker neighbor in
distress.
Governor Wilson la going to sddresa
the Kentucky Legislature to-morrow In
the absence from tbe state of one of Its
mu t noted I>?'n.?>' rate- editora and
?colonels, win no;, thut Indiscretion ?'all
for another "court of honor"?
A good many <?f the tVeetern straw
on candidates for the Presiden y
n?.w ?coming In load one t.? think that
"Th.- Brooklyn Eagle" must bava loaned
out some of its lOOt postal card ai
experts.
There were some itoubts and criticisms
??f )he wi.iiinin, the practicability and Ihe
I success ??f the revaluation system whlcn
! was applied to the railroads of Nan Jsr
ssy by Governor F??rt Bui the outcomo
! <>f it Is that taxpayers are universally
I gratified, while tha- railroad companies
1 sre sstlsfl? i .?n.i declare that the method
adopted for ascertaining the valui
the properties is f..r th.? flral time i
aclentlflc one, and Is tha fairest ever ?'in
ployed That makes it !? ?>k u though
those who did the mark schleved the
su| posedly Impossible.
il a fter the me? ting of the
Interborough ?ilr. t. ? ? that
m tti r v i r.- non? at the point where s
j aubwi nti ? t v ith the ? Ity could be
drawn up within twenty-four I
On? ? 111 be n ? do il i "n< \t w<. k "
THE TALK OF THE DAT
???? .i: i ? Inter? I Ib rr.ent
? nt ..f ti
tic Adirenda? kt I dim to B P
Intend? nl ?.f Dr. W B? ? ird U
prsssrvse. th- pr?sent irlnl
iMe rme for the deer
eotd ...nil-in?'! with > that kin?
the door," ?ay? Mr. Antea We bave hs-i
It amount ?.f sold W?aether. O/t.m tha ]
i been thirty <>r raore <i
II
! troubled with deep ?now ?.\??-,-n ?ha
? ?? d? ? r be?rome tl t and
If the weather Is extn
qui? klv . hilled through .?n?l ?li?
?nt winter has h??n favorable t" .1 i
the reason thai whlh I . be,-n
??"I'l ; too ?!? -i. f..r
the ?!??? r to i
i oflw furnish? s the ?
\\r '? r I ?'.; | lies?" In?-nlr- : |
comb? ni
Bvei i Ing but th.- < hewlns trum." ?*.
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journal.
BUTTER AND BOOS
A little "butter" now nu?! then
, Is relish??I ' ? men.
Although n "ni' raaki ? lb? m i \
if -*eoi !?? i iv i? ea toe thlch
To grease I as ?hen should try.
Hut must not r itter fly,
Thorr n full i,', r
Ar?i meet to greet full i ow,
F.-w h ? ? ?r- lav?- the I ? t< SI ??Ire,),
Bo "rots an<l .?? ? them tired.
N.. setlng, though at it we stjoff,
Bhould ??Kit: us on to cx? them ,,rr
The klndl) egg and I.utter men
re to be applaud? I i
up the r*rl< .? ?if e ich
'I hey hoM ihem almost out ??! ?
both eggs bnd butter are t<
Too ?brat t.? traste Or throw ri<'.
<; B M
"Th???. 're marrll d "
"What make rou think so?"
"l j' si 11< srd film si Ina her n she >?? is
??ver aolna to learn n? put on h? r own
? satei i '? Iroll Fi e Pti
?"oliin? 1 "Abe" ?.rub? r. the arell knows
Bepubllcan leader, is fon?i ef telling th??
following story on one <.f tip. budding
young politicians of his district ""n.? day
in the last campaign a bright young ehap
in m distri? t came to me and asked t.. ?."'>
on the stump for tbe Bepubllcan tickit,"
;i|i| Hi?- ?'o'onel. "so I ?arranged It SO tiint
he coui.i speak ?>n the followlns Monday In
one "f the upstate eountlea He eras back
again <>n Tuesday tboroughl dlegueted.
Thai u.i a fine place you s? ni me i?>,' h>?
).roi< si- .1. in the half an hour I tried in
every way to arooae tha aodleace I used my
i. si oratorical effects and told 11?> les \? hlch
? i conrdd? rod good, bol foi si me reason i
couldn't ?o-t ri rise out of them, and when
I i flalshed i ?li'i not ?get s hru-UV 'Th.it's
I nothing,' i replied, 'i spoke al a meeting
there about :. year sgo and, bk.- yourself,
?couldn't gal s rie. Fit.all. t t..M ,i funny
| story .'mu one f? u??w away back la the hall
laughed uproariously. And "Inn the meet
ii ?-; was over a committee waited on m?1
sad spologlasd for the disttirbance.'"
"1 ? an t Bee Whj 1 Should attempt to pro?
mue your play," said the """"?girr. "There
to be nothing in It
"The Ata>or of tills mwn has promised
me that be will threaten to Mop it if >ou
put it on." the eager young dramatist re?
plied.
"Hurrah 1 We'll put it in rehearsal at
once, and In ?i'1'lition to being the author
I want you to be ilic pr. ss agent"?Chi?
cago l.e?'or?l-H? raid,
I'lscitorlal vsrn swnpi" rs who e fsntSS
n tales during the snowbound r-rn?-on hav?>.
ii? ;<i the laurel, bid lair U> be outdone The
fresh air "fans'' have entered the Bald
., (asm ?'? sncii'y open to all out
door ?!?? ?.?rv "for the mutual exchange of
rmeea" has bren ortranised In Chl
eago. i'hnrles M. fiar?! h? ad of a print?
empany, is the origtoatar of the fre.-ih
air "fan" ?b-baUns sneietv .!?? says tag
stafsa of all fr.si. ah "t*n " should be
?;?t as ?lose to the Indian aa possible."
"We want t<> let the ootdoei stsspers to?
gether for mutual benefit." he says. "I've
basa alaaplsg out sin?*?? last lana and
haven't had ? rouKh or cold jo far. I've
pleked up In health wonderfully."
Teacher (at?wnly)--?J???hnny. what m the
matter '?iili 'our eye? If you ami Willi?
.V'hli have .n tenting sgsln I shall give
each ??! you i sood n hipping!
Johnn* ?with tbe victor's generosity)
Yes'in. Hut you nsadat mind about Hill;
he's ha?l ids.-TIt lilts.
Teople and Social Incidents
* r THE WHITE HOUSE.
i ri Th? Tribun?* P.ureau. |
Washington, Peh 7.-The President I"*
i celved many congratulations on the fact
I that the first sixteen delegates to the Re?
pu II. an National Convention have been
instructed for him. and the indications that
members of Congress and others are rap
| Idly seeking comfortable places on the Taft
i ?>an?1 Wagon ?ire obvious.
I General Powell Clayton, national com
mitteeman, and H. L. Remmel, chairman
of the Republican State Committee, of Ar?
kansas, assured the President to-day that
j he would have a solid delegation Instructed
, to vote for him from their state.
! Captain Bet_ Bullock. United States Mar
| Baal for South Dakota and a close friend
i of Colonel Roosevelt, paid his respects to
I the President. Captain Bullock is working
I hard for tho President, and is confident he
I will get the South Dakota delegation.
Representative ?Harden, author of the
j sntl-tblrd term resolution, called at the
\\ bite House, but was unable to see the
? l'r- sident.
Ths 1 resident's callers Included the Sec
! retar** of State, the Secretary of War. the
j Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney
I General Senators Brown, Crane, Borah,
; Burnham, Bacon, Btephensot}, Foster, 011
\ v. r. Kayner, Stone, Shlvely, Warren and
| i.ippltt. Representatives Anthony. Need
, ham, McUiiire, Burke, of 8outh Dakota;
(?illett, Pow.-rs, I ?a Follette, McOutre, of
Nebraska; Porter. Hoffman. Austin and
j Burns, ?x-Oovernor Curry of New Mexico
' and b\ tiali.r-el.'t James.
Mrs. Taft attended ? meeting of the wel?
fare department of ths Civic Federation at
, the British Embassy this morning. She is
SO honorary member of the society.
The Rve girl frienda of Miss Taft who
! have been her ii'iests, for several days have
returned to school at Br**g Mawr.
THE CABINET.
1 i. in Tin? Till,un' Uureeu. |
Washington? Feb. ".?Mrs. IfaoVeagh re?
turn?.! ti.-i|;i-, from a short visit in New
York She did nui bold h.r regular Wednes?
day reception, but a number of the other
< 'abloel women n celved.
-e
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
m Tb? Trll in.- H'ir.-aii. I
Washington, Feb. 7.- The British Ambas-!
?ador at.ri Mrs. Bryee gave the use of the;
embassy ballroon this morning f?>r s meet?
lag of th* w?mien's weifan- depaftmeal "f '
the National Civic Federation. A. 11. Ham,'
of New York, delivered a lecture on "Th-:
Evils of Loan Sharks," being Intredueed by
Representative Kahn. Mrs. arehlbaU Hop
kin-? ami .?tilers also spoke. A hrtlHnnt au.li
en?e gt.ted ths spiishera. Mrr?. Taft, Mrs.
M? I'llntock, Mrs. Wi.-k.rshi.m, Mrs. John
Hays Hsmmond, Misa Besst* Lfaramen-d,
Miss Hoyle, Miss Leslie ?Page? Mra Win?
threp Murray Crane, Mr.? Nicholas ixmg-'
worth? Mi** lledlll MeComlck, lira w.t
m. Miss t-Vetmore, lira Jamea Wads
irortb, .Mi.*-. H?arbert Wsdaworth, Mrs.
W. PlnchOt Mrs. Phil Sheridan, Mrs.
Hobaon, lira Uttaner and Mr.? Morton
Grlnnell being of the number. Another',
meeting ol th* Mine organization win sajoyj
?pltallty of th* Ambassador und Mis.'
Brj.n We.in? aday of nest week.
Th* l'r. t!.*ii Ambassador returned this1
| evening from a hurried ?is'h te New York.
Mr I??j.an. French second secretary, bus
issy In
of Mr ?le Persttl de la Korea.
who is abroad, but win return ?o.-n. it la
:?? thai ba win i.?- promotad te coun-i
of ths embassy, In place of Mr. Le
Pontalla who has been sppolnted
? ?
Sl d'AS) will K" to New
..n February II to attend ths opera
for th?- benefit >>f the French Hos?
pital. She w:ii remain there for other ho.
? ?al engagt ;
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
h The Trtt.une Bureau J j
Washington, F? !? 7. The third of the'
tors' Hermans oft srai given!
at the New W11 lard t<>-n!gh?. and was o,ulte'
? .<?* IbOSa affairs always are.
IS and Mrs.
?-. '" Draper received for the officers j
of the committee, a/ho earlier la th? aven
Una**** ?if William
Hit f
Taft was entertained at dinner to-,
I.. I tenant and Mrs John W.
Tlmmone, ahoso other guests were Mrs.
Leigh Palmer, Miss rlarrwl Andersen, Miss
Margery i olton, Mis.? Gladys lagsils, Mis.-.
Ingalla Barnard, Mlaa Laells Psge, <uptam
Bymlngton, ??f th* Mayflower; Major win
Ssptatn tittle, Ueutanant ''o-.k. Lieu?
? Leahy and Paul
Wlllatach. Later thej attended th? bache?
germas
Tin- Ru SSSSdor and Mme.
Bakhmeteff, th? Qenna? Ambassador and
CountsM ron Bernstortfi ths Postmaster
encrai and Mrs, Richard n Townssad
r?/er< smong th? guests enlortain-*d at din-;
n? r to-night b) Mr. and lira Alexander
Legar? ?Latei they ????<? guests at the
g< rman.
win.?m P. iiii.it- sntartatnstl a
li:n.*h?-.n party at tha marin- barracks to- ?
I .
. nd Mrs. Thomas W. Svmonrta
lined guests ut diner to-night, this '
?being Colonel Bymonda's birthday. Mis?,
Margaretta Bymonda will sail for England
on Itarcb h\ and win spend the spring with
her brother at oxford. /
Mr. and Mrs. William Llttauer are enter?
taming their nt.ee, Miss Dorothy J. M.inl?-?-,
of N? w York, and gave a small dinner in
her honor to-night preosdlng the !
? germen.
Mrs. O'dorman and two of her daughters'
will Join Senator O'Oorman at the New
Wlllard on Friday, and will remain In
?? Washington the rest of the season.
j The ex-Secretary of War and Mr?. Ulck
? inson have gone to old Point Comfort,
j where the latter will recuperate from an
! attack of grip. Mr. Dickinson will return
here In a few days.
The Playhouse was tilled with a repre
? s? ntatlvo audience this afternon to see
?' moving pictures from Dickens'? "Tale of
? Two Cities," given in honor of the Dickens
j centenary.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Miss Kllen Granvllle Brown, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Waldron P. Brown, was
married yesterday afternoon in the Church
! of the Incarnation, to C. Alan Hudson.
' The bride, who was given away by her
| father, was in a gown of white duchess
i satin, with a band of old family point
i appliqu? lace falling from the waist
j to the long court train, where it was
: fastened with a bunch of orange blossoms,
i The bodice was made entirely of this lace.
? The veil, which extended to the end of the
] court train, was of tulle, and was fastened
i with a band of orange blossoms. 8he car
1 ried a bouquet of orchids ind lilies-of-the
ealley, and her Jewels consisted of a string
of matched pearls, a gift of the bride?
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles I.
' Hudson; a diamond bracelet from the
bridegroom, and a cluster brooch of dia
, mottda, an heirloom, from her mother.
? Mrs. Harold U. Talhot was lier sister's
matron of honor, and the other attendants
were Mrs. J. Victor onatlvia, jr.. Mrs.
Lawrence Durant, Mrs. Morris H. Volck,
Miss Alice Blebard and Miss Martha
Kol.l.e. Mrs. Talhot wore a gown of mauve
charmeuse and a large black Neapolitan
Straw hat, faced with black velvet and
trimmed with white feather... .The other
alt? ndants were dresse?l in pale pink crepe
brilliant, trimmed with muruuis lac:, and
trefe black hats, with black feathers. They
all carried boagSSta of pink roses.
Heinlrik HUdSOO was Ills bioi'.-r's best
man, an?l his ushers wer. another brother,
H. ?Dentada Hudson; Francis N. Hangs,
James F. Helges, Rdwln T. Pox. James
M. Brown and Wright Brown. The cere?
mony arga performed by Dees Urosvenor,
of the Cathedral of _t. John the Divine,
SSSlSted by the rector, the Itev. Howard
C. Bobbins, ??wing to th<- recent death of
tbe huiles aunt, Mrs. Anson W. Hard, the
reception which followed at the bousa ef
i Mr. ati'l Mrs. Brown, No. '?2 East 35tti
was .?mall ami limited to relatives
only. Mr. Hudson and his bride will Fall
Shortly for Europe to spend their honey?
moon abroad.
The ?second and last of the Wednesday
Evening Dane?-?, took plage last night at
tiie St. Regis. The marble ballroom was
used, and the ?laming was ??crierai until
midnight, When supper was served. Among
the patroness? s, many of whom gave
?linners previous to the dance, were Mr?.
Oliver Gould Jeanlngf, Mrs. W. Coadby
Loew, Mrs K. ?Trench Vunderbllt, Mrs.
? Archibald ('.. Thaeher, Mrs. Allen Apple
ton Bobbins, Mrs. Morris W. KXlogg, Mrs.
W. B. (?.-good Field. Mrs. John W. Pren
ti'-e, Mrs. Forsyth Wickes and Mrs. Joseph
Karl?- Stevens. The guests included Mr.
ami Mrs. Edward Dclahei?!, Mr. and lira,
M. ni-;.imery Hare. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
C, Pell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wluuhouse,
Miss Sad!?' Jones. ?Miss Dorothy Tucker
man, Miss If. Dorothy Karu, John Clinton
Orsy, Jr., F Victor Loew an?i Barton
Wilting.
Abrara A Anderson gave a dinner dan?*e
[ht al studio In West '??th street
f?>r his niece, Miss Beatrice B? CUtlln,
daughter of Mrs. Arthur B. ? iaflln. Among
the dinner guests u,.r,. *,iIb, Bichard
Bteveaa, Mr and Mrs. Stephen H. P. Pell,
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Oakley Khlnelander.
Mr. and Mrs. Sb.tuy B. Br?ese, Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Durand, Miss Ellen H.
Bogara Miss Katherine Lawrence, Miss
Sa ra S. Wlborg. Misa Mary N. Wlborg,
Percy R. Pyne, Id, Boell Holllster. Ham?
ilton Fish, jr., J. Harry Alexandre, jr.,
Louis C. ?'lark, Jr., and Edmund P. Hegers.
A f? ? additional ?guests ?-ame In for the
dance, which followed. At midnight a
.?eated supper was served
-
Mrs. James |*. DeerlBg an?l her slster
ln-law, Mrs. Theron ive a dance
at Sherry's last night. It was a late af
; i -, many of th?- guests coming on from
??ra and others from dinners There
was s-*?n?-ral ?lancing throughout th?- ?veil?
ing and a seated supper vs.is served at
midnight. Among those Invited wer?* Mr.
and Mrs. Albert /. Gray, Mr. and Mrs.
Reginald C. Vaadarbllt, Mr. and Mrs.
I.yttleton Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. Ccurtlandt Dlxon Barnes,
Mr. and Mrs. Julian McCarty Little, Mr.
uni Mrs. John Aspearen, Qriswold A
Thompson and Cleveland Cobb.
Tim Misses Furnias gav?- a dinner last
Sight at their home In Madison avenue
for the Ambassador to the Court of St.
James's and Mrs. Whltelaw Reld.
Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderhllt will give
a dance tn-nleht for Mrs. John Leslie, ot
London
Eugene Delano will give a musical this
evening a? bis house, Ne s Washington
?Square.
Dltinirs will be given this evening hy
Mrs Joseph BtlCkney, Mrs. William- Alex
ander and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depow.
Mrs. Jsmes A. Burden Will give a recep?
tion, with music, to-day at her house In
Fifth avenue.
SHUSTER SEES SIR EDWARD
Ex-Treasurer of Persia and For?
eign Secretary Confer.
London, l'.'b. ,'. W. Morgan Sinister, the
former American treasurer geaeral of
Persia, had n long interview with sir Ed?
ward Qrey, the British Foreign Mlnteter,
this morning. Th? situation In Peral? was
exhaustively discussed, and while no start?
ling Chang? In British policy In that coun?
try la expected t.. occur as s result of the
Interview it can b* stated that the meeting
m.r an entirely plasssnl sod eoiVlal
nature, l.eth Mr. Hmster and Sir Edward
Or?) obtaining ? better understanding of
th. other** p.?int of view
Mr Sinister has replied to M. Mornaids
chargea against him In Tsberaa, which
ha\e been talsgraphed to ths Belgian Min?
ister of Finan..-, .-.ml which are to tlM
.-i..-t thai th- Americans who until re?
cently win- connected with the Persian
sry Department srsrs guilty of fraud
and left their books. In confusion.
Mr. t?huster said to-day: "I was prepar?
ing to audit M. Mornard*S customs ac
..mnts wh.n th.- Uusslan ultimatum de
mandlng my dismissal cama, i belt*v* that
th- ultimatum was hastened in order to
him. My office never handled any
r ish, even for the payment of salaries. All
the ?r*COUnta Wer* passed by ?be Imperial
.n Bsnk, who** books pro'..- ths hon?
est] Of thS Ameri.an ailmlnistration."
W. J. Oudendyk, th- Hutch Minister to
r. ii. who la one of the candidates for
th.- Persian in asurer generalship, Is now
In London. It is believed that the British
Foreign Office approves hla candidature for
the post, which is strongly favored by the
Persian Cabln?:t.
WELCOME HERE FOR SHUSTER.
W. Morgan Shuster. the deposed treas?
urer of Persia. Is expected to arrive in
this <lty on February 20. and the Twilight
?Club has planned a dinner In his honor on
thit date. Mr. Sinister I** at present In.
I?ondon.
i?
POPE NAMES. MEXICAN BISHOP.
Home. Feb. 7.?The appointment of Vln
???tizo CaaSsUanes as Bishop of Campeche,
In Mexico, was announced at the Vatican
tp-d&y.
PLANS JAPANESE SHOW
Society to Give Exhibition of
Flower Gardening on Astor Roof.
The fifth annual meeting of the Japan
Society was held yesterday afternoon at No
'203 Broadway. Llmls.tv Bussen ?.reside.!,
and among those present were Dr. Jokichi
1 Takamlne, Professor Honda, editor of the
! "Orienta] Review*"; Dr. Lewis Liv-inKston
? Seaman and Alexander Tlson. formerly a
j professor at Tokio University, now s law?
><-r In this city. The foflowlng officers
were elected:
President, Lindsay Russell; rice proaldsnt.
August Helm, tit; honorary vice-presidents,
Jacob H. S< hilf. General Stewart I,. Wood
ford. Dr. Takamlne and Kmerson McMlllin;
secretary, Bugen* C. Werden; treasurer,
the Manhattan Trust Company.
Since the founding of the Japan Society
In 10j7 the membership has grown from one
; hundred to six hundred. It was decid?.1
j that the society would give an exhibition of
Japan*** flower arrangement and land
SCap* Hardening on the Hotel Astor roof
from March 1 to March 15.
????? ?j
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.
Now York City 1? not worried because th<
groia debt of th? metropolis Is greater than
that of th" United State?. In New York they
faul that they are greater than the entire
count**-)'? Elmlra Advertiser.
N .v.- there Is scrn?- t:ilk of ?ettlng greater
Now \ork and l.oriK Inland aside as a sov?
ereign state of the I'nlon, to bo called Manhat?
tan. Of co'urse. ihe talk Is purely along specu?
lative Unes. It Is doubtful If anybody enter?
tains It seriously. Yet that it should find lodge?
mont anywhere Is Interesting.?Christian Scl
SBS* Monitor.
That Investigation Into the high coat of liv?
ing at New York ought to bring out something
John Doe Is t wholly repreaentatlve citizen,
and probably has had the ?ame troubles as tho
rest of us.- Indianapolis News.
Twelve member? of a women'? whim club
have migrated from Philadelphia for the pur?
pose of doing New York. Whist ha? not been
generally *jppo?ed to be the national game of
the Now Yorker?.?Boston Advertl?er.
Three Judge? of the Special Seaalon? Court
In New York have decided that a negro buy?
ing ?eat? In the orchestra of a theatre I? en?
titled to u?e them. Certainly, if there I? ?uch
'a thing a? propertr right?Portland Press.
STATISTICS OF HE
RECENT RECORD IN THE U. S.
Andrew D. White on That Merry
Which Is Worst of Cruelties.
To the Kdltor of The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me, through your columns, to
call the attention of various o.nclals and
private cltlsens who are advocating still
more lenity and virtual Impunity to ?he
highest crimes. In this state and through?
out the nation, to the statistics of hom'
i clde for the last year published in "Th*
; Chicago Dally Tribune" of December 31
The first fact there revealed Is that the
number of murdere In the United States
I Is still Increasing more rapidly than OUT
j population. From the year 18t?* to 1911?
tvyenty-tlve years?as previous statistics
: of "The Chicago Tribune" show, the nuin
! ber of homicides Increased from a Mai of
; 1,500 to over 8.?10 a year.
Tha- ?second fact Is that ?luring? th> las?
; year fewer than one In one hundred of
those committing these homicides were
! punished capitally. This shows an JnTeas
j Ing relaxation of Justice, tbe number of per
, BOOS punished capitally In recent preceding
! years having been about one In eight.?.
Connected with this, sundrv facts, mainly
derived by "The Chicago Advance." from
I the Sheriff's office of Cook ?'ounty. Ill
Chicago'? county, may b-> added. During
the last two years there have been in that
county ?553 homicides, of which more than
three hundred were ' . old l loaded mir
der?," and not one of these has beau cap?
itally punisheil. |n Loulsvill?-, where the
law still requires th*? hanging of murder?
ers, there were forty-seven murders dur?
ing the year ended August 1 last, and not
S single execution.
Th??' third fact shown by various papers
throughout tbe whole country is that
these murders show a decided Increase in
wantonness, brutality and cruelty. One of
these recently attracted the attention of
the public on this account for a few mo?
ments. A young gardener going from his
home to his work, near Chicago, at an
early hour of the morning was beset by
half a dozen rutilan? armed with guns
and clubs and looking for a victim. He
begged them to take his property but to
spare his life for the sake of his wife and
Ids child, two months old. He was their
only bread winner and protector. The only
answer was a more fiendish assault. Th-,
murderers broke their victim's Jaw,
knocked out his teeth, drove n stick down
his throat, and then, having left him
dying In a ditch, went on to niak?? war on
other Industrious people.
Justice Brought to Naught.
Two of these criminals confessed and
four of them were sentenced to be hanged;
but an appeal was made to the Governor,
not only by the attorneys In the case and
the relatives of the murderers, but by SSV?
eral of the most Influential people of Chi?
cago* amont,' whom "The Advance" names
the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones. Miss Jan?)
Addams, Kabbl Hirsch, Professor CharK.-s
R. Henderson, and oth.-rs, and Justice was
brought to naught.
I need hardly remind your readers tiiat
m? other fjlTlHesi country shows any ap?
proach to the ligures above given. ?Jr. at
Britain and the Brltlsh-Amnican domin?
ions upon our borders, which are supposed
to live under laws substantially like our
own, have relatively only about one-tenth
of the yearly percentage of muniers shown
by the statistics In the United States.
By persisting In a well regulated admin?
istration of justice Great Britain has culti?
vated and enforced throughout her do?
minions a law-abiding habit. By tie very
opposite course our own country has cul?
tivated the habit of seeing the law at
defiance.
Supplementary to the above facts an*
some given out from official sources re?
garding the number of murdsrs in New
York during recent years aa compared with
those In London. London has a popula?lot
of seven millions; New York, a population
of not quite five millions. During th?. years
I9u8-'|VJ-'W the average annual numcer of
murders In London was twenty, and o?
those guilty of these murders an average
of fifteen were convicted, or committed s?ji
clde before trial. In New York, during th?*
sani? years, the average annual number oi
murders waa 117. and the average Dumber
of convictions only twenty-fiv?- The last
year?1911-was even worse for us While
London, with its seven millions of popula?
tion, kept the numoer of its murders down
t?) about twenty-three, with seven osarte?
tions. In New York, ?1th its population of
two millions less than London, the numbe?'
of murders rose to US, and for these there
were only thirteen convictions. In London
each trial for murder was speedy, dignifica
and vigorous, and each conviction was fol?
low.d by punishment speedy and severe
In New York th? trial? were, as a rule,
long delayed and long drawn out; only
about 10 per cent of the murderers Wog
convicted, and of those convicted a very
considerable proportion arc still llngeilng
along, under various pretexts, unpunished.
If any one wishes to understand why the
two cities present such cnoimous oilier
enees In the administration of justice, they
have but to compare the Thaw trial With
the Crlppen trial.
Unpunished Murders in America.
A similar difference, greatly to our disad?
vantage, exists between Continental Euro?
pean nations and our own. About twelve
??sirs of my life have been passed m
France. Germany, Italy and Russia, end la
each of these cpuntrtes careful study of
their criminal statistics has shown me that,
except in the last named country during its
recent revolutionary period, and possibly at
ttasea in lower Italy and Sicily, there has
been nothing to compare in numbers and
Impunity with th?? American records of
murder, and especially of unpunished mur?
der
The evtdent reason for this condition o.
things is that a person charged with the
highest crimes In either of those forelgi
countries has usually a speedy, common
sense trial, with a prompt and Just verui?..
followed by a speedy punishment. If the
punishment be death, it is not delayed until
It has lost its deterrent effect on .the pu. -
He mind; if it be life Imprisonment, it
does not mean a seclusion Just long enougu
for public indignation to blow over, in our
country, as a rule, the main purpose ?
a murder trial seems to be to amuse the
general public and to glorify tins person.?
taking direct part In It. The American
ideal murder trial seema to be a sp?* -
tacular game in which Justice Is really the
last thing thought of.
As regards this spectacular business th
one encouraging thing during the last gear
was the Beattie trial, in Virginia, i
was, of course, the usual heralding of Bated
criminal lawyers, who were "bound to
clear" the accused, and of the wealthy rel?
atives and friends, who were "bound to
back up" the criminal lawyers. But eras
was especially auggaatlve of thought was
the plain, kindly, but common-sense rulings
of the Judge and the sans and aober con?
duct of the Jury. Virginia won the resi ?
of the whole nation when those twelve
men. before considering their, verdict, fell
upon their knees and prayed that they
might do Justice, not only to the prisoner
at the bar, but to the State of Virginia \\
New Yorkera may well compare that with
the scenes at the Thaw and sundry other
recent trials.
Let me remind the "liberal" philosophers
who assert that capital punishment ha? no
effect In diminishing <*ritno that we have
not yet tried capital punishment. The ex?
ecution of one in one hundred is certainly
no trial of It. The figures simply prove
that murder is a safer pastime than hunt?
ing.
Let me remind the sham Philanthrop!--1 ;
who say that as punishment for murder
they pf.?f. r Ufe imprisonment that tlfe Im?
prisonment we cannot have. That Is proved
by our experience for many long years