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w 1? i i' ' i ' r2? .Offsij SSoiy CVoirfth OaroOBna Vfoai Igloo Svor VVfOOO UlbOGCilJOIFOa i I sccxicn c:3 i x section: ora t' ' : ' t Panes 1-8 ; . rv ' !- .1 Pccs 1-0 O : Volume LX. No. 124. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA; SUHCjAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1907. Price Five Cents. llPfe fi wmM 1 f i ; s ' ' ...... ,.i ......!. . . . . - . . . . , , f . V' . . . . I : - , . , " ' Tht Preidemto Athletic Sports,1 Scholarship Duties of the'Man of lEdueaiioo. .tldrcss Before the llarvard Union, In sneakinc- here at the Harvard Union I wish to say first! a special word as one Harvard man to his fellow Har vard men. , I feel that we can none-ot ur ever be sufficiently grateful to Colo nel HigSlnson for having founded this Harvard union, because, eactt loyal Harvard man should d all he can i to roster in Harvard ' that spirit of i real tlerhocrdacy which will mako Harvard , Vcn feel the J-vital-sense of solidarity ko that they can all Join to work to gether In the things that are of most iconcern to .the college. It i idle to at fceit .nor indeed would It be desirable that there should be, in Harvard & : Uniform level of taste nd associatlan. isome men will excel in. one thing- and tome in another: some in things of the ' body, some in things of the mind; and where thousands are gathered together each will naturally find some group of tnecially congenial friends with whom lie will form ues or pec mar social u-tlinacy.'-. These ' groups-r-ftthletlc, ar tistic, scientific. ' ocial-must inevt ihlj exiht. My plea Is not for their abolition Mv plea is that they hall ' e got into the right focus in the jeyc j f college men: tnai me reiauvej im portance of the different groups shall , be understood .when compared . ivith -" the infinitely greater life of the college as a whole. Let eacn man nave) ma special' associates, his special interests, his special studies and pursuits. J but ' M him remember that he can not Ret the full benefit of life In college If be "docs nothing but specialize; and tht hat is even more important, he cn Aot do his full duty by the college un less hla first and greatest Interest s k the college Itself, in his , associates . taken as a mass, and not In any small group. One reason why I so thorough ly believe in the athletic spirit "at Har vard is because the athletic spirit '4s esaentally democratic. Our ehiefj In terest should not lie In the -. - grreat " (Champions in. sport. On the contrary Our concern should bo most of all to - widen the base the foundation in ath- letic sports; to encourage in every way a healthy rivalry which shall give to the largest possible number - of stu- dents the chance to take part in vigor ous outdoor games. It, is of far more importance that . a. man r shall play v something.. himself even If he plays :1t bariy than that he shall go with hun dreds of companions to see 'some lose : tie play -well; and it is .not healthy fer vther students or; athletes If the term B.ro mutually exclusive. ? jJut even har lug this aim. especially . H tn vjewv v t m to me wcan best attain Tit by giving proper encouragement - to the champions in iho ports, and; this can only be Tlone by encouraging "intercol legiate sport ' Jls 1, emphatically dis believe in seeing Haryard or any other' VUere turn out mollycoddles instead of vigorous men, I may ladd that I do not in the Jeast object, to a .portj be cause ' it Is roughs . Rowing. baseball, la crocse. track and fleldj games,, hock- y. football are all of them good. More-t 3ver, it 13 to my mind simple nonsense.' mere confession of weakness, to, de .. Hire to abolish a game because, tenden i ?ies show . themfelves 4 or practises I grow up. which prove." that the gaitte 1 ought to be reformed Take football. for instance. The. preparatory, schools are able to keep football clean and to develop the right spirit. In the players without the slightest necessity ever arising to so much as (consider tie question of abolishing ItJ .There is no nxcuse whatever for colleges falling o Khow the same capacltyj aud there Js no real need for considering the que "ion of the abolition of the game.! , If necessary. let the colleger authorities interfere to stop any excess or peryer- . slon. making their interference asj 111- ? tie ofticlous as possible; and yet as orous as I necessary t achieve - endl But there is no Justification rig tae Cr be- .stopping a thoroughly many sport! ' causa it is sometimes : abused, when i the experience of every good prepara tory school shows that the abuse Is Jn . no shape; necessarily attendant upon 1the game. ?jr-V . ' , ' - i " I We can not afford to turn out -of col lege men who shrink from physical ef fort or from a little physical pain. In any republic courage is a, prime ne oeBsity for the average citizen if he is to be a good citizen; and he needs phy fical courage no less than moral cour age, the courage that dares as well as tlie courage that enduresfthe courage tat will fight valiantly alike against :: the foes of the soul and, the foes of f the tody. Athletics are gooct, especially In ;.' their rougher forms, because they fend to develop such courage. - They I are good alro becaues they encourage a true d emocratlc spirit ; for in the ath letic field the man must be judged! not with reference to outside and acciden tal attributes, but to he combination of bodily vigor and. moral; quality which go, to make nrowess. n j . r trust I need not add .that In de fending athletics I would not for lone moment be understood as -? excusing that' perversion of athletics which would make it the end of life instead ef merely a means of life. It Is first class healthful play, and is useful a sucn. Hut play is not business. and it Is a wry poor-business indeed for a college "roan to. learn nothing but sport. There are exceptional cases; which -1 . do j net. j need to consider; but I disregarding these, I can not with sufficient empha- Rjksay that when you get through icol lge you will do badlyMinless you Hurn your attention to. the serious work f life with a devotion which will render it Impossible for you to pay much heed to rport in the way In, which it Is per- - fectly proper for you to pay heed while In college. Play while you play jand work while you work; and though blay is a mighty good thing, remember that you Jiad better never-"play: at all" than to get into a condition of mind were you regard play as .the (serious busi ness of life, or where you permit It to hamper and interfere with your, doing your full duty in the real work, of tbe WOrld.1' ':- - . . ,1 - . . . V';,' A word also to the -students. VAtk letics aTe good; study! Isl even better; and bct of all Is the development. f the type of -character Ifor the lack of which, in an individual as In a nation, no amount of brilliancy f mind or af rength of body will atone.. Harvard must do more than produce students; yet. after all. ehe will fall immeasur ably short of her dcty and her oppor tunity unless she procluces great That Produces Results, Civic at;IIar-ard ttlversitr. Feb. 23. number of t rue students, of true eholnra Moreover. let the students remember that in the long run in the field of study judgment must be ren dered upon the quantity of first-class work produced in the way of produc tive scholarship, and that no amount of 'econd-clais work can atone for failure' In th college to produce this first-class work. A course bf studv is of little worth if 'it tends to deaden Intellect and cramn scholars so that they only work i.i the ruts worn deep by manyi predecessors. . American scholarship will be judged, not by the quantity of routine work produced by routtnej workers, but by the small amount of first-class output of those who,'li whatever branch, stand In the first rank. No industry in compilation and Inl combination will ever take the place of this first-hand original work. this) productive and . creative work. whether in science in art. In literature. The greatest special function of a col-, lege, as distinguished from its general function of nroduciiur jrood citizenship. should ;be so to shape conditions as to put a. premium upon the development of productive scholarship, of the crea tive mind, in 3any form of Intellectual work. tThe.rhen whose chief concern Ilea with the study, fehould work of the student In bear this fact ever be- lore Jhjem. So much for what I hive- to say to you purely as; Harvard men. , Now. a word which applies to you merely as It applies to all coilejre men. to all men in this country Who have received the benefits; of a college education; and what-II have to say on this topic can properly be said under the auspices of your "Political: ub. You here when you graduate will take up many dif ferent kinds of work; but there is one work la which all of you should take part simply as good American citizens, and; that is the work - of self-government, j Remember. In the first place, that to? take part in the work of gov ernment does not in the least mean of necessity to hold office. It means to take an Intelligent, disinterested and practical part: In the everyday duties of the j average cltl-n. of the citizen who 1st not a faddist or a doctrinaire, but -who abhors corruption - and dis likes Inefficiency: who wishes to see decent government prevail - at ' home. wt& genuine f eauality of opportunity ifor ail men so far as It can be brought about: and -who wishes, as far as for eign matters are concerned. -to see this "rV"iL.rrr.tL r,Tr?' o... nnrnit mi rwpwwana n seen oe wlth generosity and at the same time rhow herself able to protect herself by her sown might from any wrong at the hands of any cutside power. ; . Bach! man here should feel that he has i no -excuse; as a citizen in a demo cratic repuMio like ours, if he fails to do-. his .'part In the government. It Is not only his right so.ta do, but hit duty; his duty both to the nation and to himself. Each should feci that. Jf he falls In. this, he is nbt only fallintr I In his duty, but Is showing himself In a contemptible light. A man may neg lect! his political duties because he is top "lazy, tod relnsh. too shortsighted, or too timid; but whatever the reason may be It Is : certainly an unworthy reason, f and it shows either a weakness or worse than a weakness in the man's character. Above all. you college men. uiai 14 ;uui vuuvauvii, : mis nisn ii-nsi ifmi w vm m i. a. sa-i fadlotis. too sensitive to take nart In thel rough ;.hurlyburly- of the actual work: of the world. If you becoihe so overcultlvated; po overredned'that yon can not do the hard work of practical politics then you -had better never have been educated at all. The weak ling and the coward are out of place In a strong and ; free community. In a republic like ours the governing clasR is composed of the strong men who take the trouble to dothc work! of gov ernment: and if you are too timid or too astidlous or teo careless to do you part In this work, then you forfeit your!; tight to be cnsldered one of the governing and you become one of the governed. Instead one of the driven cattle Of the political arena. Iwant you' to feerthat it Is not merely your right toj take nart in oolitic, not mere ly, your duty to the SUKe, but that It I demanded by your own self-respect, unless you are content to acknowledge that you are unfit to govern yourself and 7; have : to submit "to the rule of somebody else a a master and this is what it; means if you do not do your own part In government. r Like tnost other things of value, ed ucatloniis good only In ro far as It is used alight, and if it is musred or if it causes the ownerto be so. puffed up with pride as to make him misesti mate the relative values of things it become a harm and not -a benefit. There are few things less desirable than the-arid cultivation, the, learning and;: refinement which lead merely- to that intellectual. conceit which makes a man Ins a democratic community uke f ours hold himself aloof .from his felt lows and pride rhlmselr upon the weakness which he mistakes for super cilious Krengttu' Small Is the use of those educated men who in after life meet no one but themselves.' and gath er In parlors" to discuss wrong condi tions w,hich they do not understand and to jadvocate remedies which have the: prime defect of being unworkable; ThO; Judgment on practical affairs, po litical ahd social, of educated men who keep aloof from tho conditions of practical . life Is apt to be valueless to those other men who do really wage -effective war against ' the forces of baseness and of evil. From the politi cal standooint education Is a harm and h not a benefit to the men , whom it serve as an excuse for refusing fcQ mln glewlthj their fellows and for standing aloof from the. broad sweep of our nat tional Ufe in a t curiously Impotent spirit of fancied superiority.' The po litical wrongheadedncs of , such men is qUit as great as that of wholly Un edute'd men: and no' people could be less tnistworthy as critics and advis ers.! The educated man who seeks t console' himself for his own lack of th robust Qualities necesrary to bring suc cess; in (American nolties by moaning ovei-the degeneracy of the times in stead of trying to better, them, by rail ing at" the men. who- do , the actual work of political life Instead of trying himself to do the work, is a poor crea MlJilCOLEf Mp3$ERI i What's an expert witness?'' asked Mr. Hehnessy. Ant expert witness,' said Mr. Doo- ley. "Is : a doctor that thinks a man, must be crazy to be rich- That's thru iv molt iv us, but jhesle doctors don't mean Jit th way I do. Their theory is that abnything th rich do that ye want to do jah. don't do Is ljooney. As be tween (two men with mney. th wan with most money Is cnuiest. If ye want a diploma fr sanity, illnnlssy. th on'y chance ye have iv! gettln It is to commit a crime an file an invintory iv -e'er estate with th kort. Te'll get a certy-ncate iv sanuy mat ye u oe able t t?how with prida whin ye're let out lVkJonet. "In th' old days If 4 man kilt an other Jman he took! three jumps fr'm th' scene iv th' disaster to th' north eorrydor iv th County Jail. That still goes Crith poor man; Ne wan has thriedto rob him iv th privllge. won fr hint be his ancestors I v bein quickly an completely hanged.! A photygraph IV hint l took without a collar, he's yanked befure an awful icoort iv Junice a deefimute lawyer appinted to look oflherthLs inthrests: an" see that they don't suffer be bein kept in th' stuffy atmosphere iv th! courtroom, th Ftate's attorney presints a handsome pitcher Jv him as a fiend In human form, ihf Judge lnthricts th jurj iv onprejudiced jurersi In a. hurry to get home that they ar-re thj sole Judges iv th laJt an th' fact.! th'l law bein' that he ought to be hanged in th 'fact bit In; that he will be hanged, an' befure our pfoletory f rind com- out iv his thrancje he's havin' ! his firit thorough fill-up Jv hara an eggs, th clargy ar-re showir' a wondherful amount tv In threst fin him. an he's rtryceIvin at tintlons fr'm th Sheriff that must be surprUin to a man iv his humble sta tion. M j v . - "A few days later! I rread in th pa a pent in a column called Jottlngs.t Just below J a about th meetla iv th Assocyatlon an account Brief News paragraph Dalrjman's Iv how lus- tice has pursooed- her rrt ia coorse in th caso iv John AdamowskL An I'm thankful to know thatfth" law bos been avlnged. that life an property again arfro safe in ourl fair land iv freedomj an' that th' wretched crimi nal lived ilong enough to- get- all he Lwa a ted-to-ear. wa a iea - to-esr.-w "4tSSm i "sf..mltM , nll n ..iminnl o.ir- f'r, ant that's w hat he gets. He don't desan annv btther. jTis like askln on'y fr ja pair Iv dooces in a car-rd gamo ant havin' to bet thlm. If I done wron j I'd -say:" ln't deal me anny justice , K-ep It Tr thlm that wants it. Uridher th' circumstances all I ask is a g'r-reaf deal v Injustice an much mcrcyj. I do not ask to be acquitted be a jiiry Iv me peer, il am a modest man nt I'll aeclptimei freodom fr'm the humblest bailiff In th land. I do not care,' to come triumphant nut iv IhH ordeel an rayioori other larceny cases ffr th newspapers All I ask is a block's start an some wan hoi din' th polismans coat tail. I waive me rlht to be thried by an Incorruptible, fair, an onprejudiced Judges Give me wan that's onfalr an prejudiced an that ye carr slip something to. . y iNOJ? Ir WHin 0. mans broke an ; . does something wrong, th on'v tenfold iv justice he ought tS-get Into is a freight; car goln Wet. ! no-'' r- thrust I that there tousrh-lookin Isdv with thi foord' In hen hand an' handkerchief over her eyes. She may : out j th wurmd "and" as unconstitu be blipd. though I've i seen thrileh i tional. unproflssyonal. an conthr' to where Hie raised th bandage an wink. th' i-w- iv evidmce.' . My Gawd. has ed at ih? aujence she! may be blind, my client no rights In this coort?-says but 'tis th fine slnso lv touch she has. j th sother lawyer. 'Ye b?t he has. an if yes venture Into hor lodvin's an says th coort. 'We'll -sthrlke out th' she' gOes' throuxh ve're Dockets an' j wurirud "and" but we'll substlchoot th finds oh'v th pawnticket Tr th watch more proper wnrrud "aloofness."." ye stole "from K Hogan. she locks th ' r"lDid yo see th' prls'ner afther his T ture. and so far aa his feeble powers avail, is a damage and! not a help to the countrf You may come far short of thisf disagreeable standard and 'till be a rather useless member of society. Your education, your cultivation, will not help you If you make tHe mistake of thinking that it is a substitute for instead- of an addition to those quali ties which in the struggle of life bring success to the ordinary man without your advantages. Your) college train ing confers no privilege upon you save as tested by the use you make of it. It puts upon you the obligation to show yourselves better able to . do certain things (than our fellows who have not had yopr advantages. If It lias served merely! to make you believe that you are to ?b excused from ! effort, in alter life, that; you are to be excusd from contact with the actual world of men and event, then It will prove a curse and not a blessing. If on - the other hand you treat your education .us a wcaporj. the more In your hand, a weapon to fit you to do better In the hard struggle of effort, and not as ex curing you in any way from 1 taking part inf practical fashion In that strug gle, thin! It will be a benefit to you. ' . Let each of you college men remem ber In lifter life that In the fundamen tals hei Is very much llkchls fellows who have hot been to college, and that If he ii to achieve results. Instead of conflnlagihimself exclusively' to - dis paragement of other men who. -have achieved 1 them, he must manage to come to some kind of working-agreement with these fellows! of his. There are times of course when it may bo the highest! duty of a citizen! to stand alone or practically alone. But If this s a man's normal attitude df normally h is unable to work In combination with a considerable body of his fellows It Is safe! to set him down as unfit for useful sen-Ice in a democracy. ; In pop ular government results-worth having can only be achieved by men who com bine warthy Ideals with sense; Who are resolute good purposes, but who date themselves to the practical good to accomplish can accom mo give and take necessary where work has to be done. as almost all Important work must necersarijy be done, by combination. Moreover, remember that normally the prime object of political, life should b to achieve results and 'not merely to issue manifestos save of couree where By F.iP.mJNNE (Copyright, 1907 by -1 lu H. McClue & Co.) dure, takes off th handkerchief, an goes at yu with th aoord. I ?Dut suppose e have & little lv th useful with ye. Ye br-reak into Ho gan's house' rome night sufferin' fr'm att Uncontrollable impulse to take his watch. Don't get mad, now. , I'm on'y suppoain' all this, ' Ye wudden't take his. watch:. He has tio watch. Well. he'H sound asleep. ,Y give, him a good crack on the head so he won't be disturbed an' hook th clock fr'm un dher th' pillow. -.Th' next day ye're ar rlsted. Th pa-apers comes but with th' news: 'Haughty sign iv wealthy family steals watch fr'm awful Hogan. F"ull account Iv.dhreadful career lv th" victim. Urtwrltten law to be invoked.' an'; there's an article to show that annv wan has a right to take Hogan 'a watch, that he was not a proper man to have th'jcare Ivj a .watch, annytoow.-an' that ye idone well to hook IU -:' This is al wcj's' th Orst step to'rtT Securin cold jusilro rrith rich, Ye're- next dieted a mimberliv nearly ML III ministers amocyations, a a finally, in ordher that th' flaw may bet,"enfoorced without re gard tn persons, an expert witness Is hired fr ye. . J JTh thrile begins. Ye walk in with a 6utck. nervous sthride an' set th watch be th' coort clock. 'Ar-re ye guilty or hot guilty ? ,sas th' clerk. Ouilty an glad iv it. saj-s ye're law yerj amid cheers an' hisses. 'Have ye th watch jwlth ye? rayn th coort. I have. says th' prisoner, emllin' In his Ireculiar . way. . ' 'Lave me look at it, says th coort. 'I will not, says : the prM-ner, puttln it back Into his pocket. How ar-re ye goln' s to r doflnd this crook? saj-s th Judge. We ar-re go In !to prove that -at th time, he com roittetl this crime he was insane. says th (lawyer. I object, -ay th State's attorney. , 'It is not leHi to inthra jooo evidence Iv, insanity till th proper foundations Is established. Th defince must prov that th prls-ner has? money. How 'do we know he Isn't broke like th rest Iv us.: .Th coort Hof much money have y got? .The prl'ner Two million , dollars, but, I expect more. Th ..jcoort Objection overruled, j . ..w.t 1 " i "fTh expert is called. Doctor,' what expeerj'ence have T1 v among ; th hvtl cures?' 'I have been fr forty yars jn an asylum.; 'As, guest or landlord,? ( 'As both. Nw. . doetor. , I K-il! ask vou uesLU5.'XuuDosln this to do jj. man .With, tc whole- lot of money .an' upp&in howint to this houro on th' night In question, an, sup pose it was ,nowin ' an suppose ii wasn't, an suppose he turned fr'm th right hand corner to th' left goln up stairs, an i supposln he wore a plug hat ( an a pair iv skatey. an supposin th' next day was Wednesday' 'I ob Jictr says th' State's attorney. Th tatutHs. with. whi-?h me lamed frind N np loubt familiar, though I bo larn ftl if h- shows it. rrbids tn mention Iv th tdayj.lv th' week. 'Scratch out Wiridar an subttlchoot four o'clock in Junoary. ays th coort. , Xow, hW does : th sentence r-read? Th1 next day was four 'o'clock in Janoo ar' an suposin th amount Iv mowy, an supposin ye haven't got a very large salary holdln th' chair iv ronniptlon fits at th College, an supposin' ye don't get a cent onleg ye answer r-rlght. I ask ye. on th night in Ouestion whin th prls'ner grabbed th' block was ' at th' rtof? he or was he not funny I object to th' form iv auesrion ivs th State's attorney. 'In i th' lelghth :sintlnce I move t sthrlke i -i i - . the (Issuance of such manifestoes help to achieve the results. " It is a very bad! thing to be morally callous,, for moral callousness ts disease. Hut in flammation of the conscience may be Just, as unhealthv so far as the public is concerned: and if a man's conscience Is always telling him to do something foolish tie will do well to mistrust Its workings. iJhe religious man who ls most useful Is hot. he whose role care Is to save his own soul, but the man whose religion bids him strive to ad vance decency and clean living and to make the world a better place for M fellows. to 4ive In: and all this i just as true of i the ordinary citizen In th performa'tvee of the ordinary duties of political Ufa. During the last few years much good has been done to the people of the Philippines; but this has been done not j by those who merely Indulged in the personal luxury of advocating for the islands! a doctrinaire liberty which would have meant their Immediate and irretrievable " ruin, but by those who have faced facts as they actually were, remerhberling the proverb ' that teaches ys that In the long run even me ; most" uncomroruiDie trutn is a safcir - compalon than the pleasantest falsehood. 1 If is these men. the men whej with shortcomings and stumb lings yet did the duty of the moment, though 'that duty1 was hard .and often disagreeable, and not the .men who confined themselves-to .Idle "talk of no matter: how ' high-sounding a nature, whd have -tlone real good to - the Ulattds.. These are tha men who have brought justice as between man and man:, who are building roads; who have :- introduced, schools; who. grad ually, with patience and firmness. are really fitting the islanders for self govemment. , ! ; . "' "-t i - So It is iWtthrthe great .questions which group themselves round . the control of corporations in the Interest of the public There has been a cu rious revival of the doctrine of State rights in connection with these- ques tions, by the people who know that the States can not with Justice to both sides practically control, the cor porations, and who therefore advocate such control be causa they do not ven- ttiroi tfk nrnrvn thel? real WLcTi nrhin ix that there shall he n? control at a.11. Honest and fair dealing railway cor-J' TESTIMONY arrest ?' 'I did.' 'Where ' In th pa aperff 'What was he doln? 'Ills back? Was tur-rned.' 'What did that indicate to ye?' Tliat he had been sufferin' fr'm a variety lv tomalne x celsl 'Greek wurruds, says th coort, 'Latin an Greek. says th ex pert. 'Pro-ceed, says th coort. . 1 come to th conclusion. says th ex pert, Hthat th man. when he .hooked th watch, was sufferin' fr'm a sudden tempest in his head, a suaden explosion as it; were, a sudden I don't-know-what-th'-diwle-tt-wav that kind iv wint off In his cbimbley. like a storm at sea. 'Was he' in anny way bug be fure th crime?' "Not a bit. He suf fered fr'm warts whin a boy, which sometimes leads to bozimbral hopta collographophiioplutomania. or what th Germans call tantrums. -, but me gin'rall con-clusion was that he was perfectly sane all his life tlW this mih nylt. an' that so much sanity wint to his head an blew th cover off.! - j " 'Has he been sane iver since?' says the Ja.ver. Yed betther have W care how ye answer that question., me boy iys th pris-ner, carelessly jingling th loose change in his pocket. 'Sane, says th' expert. 'Well I shud think he was. Why.; I can hardly lmaglno how he stayod feather-headed long enough to take th vlllan's joolr- Sane, says JiejT I don't mean anny disrespect to'tli coort j or th bar, but If ye gintlernen liad half as much good brains in ye'er head as he has. me distinguished f rind, ye'd not bo. wastln ye'er time here. Therti ain't a man In this counthry th akel lv this gr-reat man. Talk about Daniel Webster, he was an idyut com pared, with this joynt Intelleck;. Kb Kir, he's a fine, thoughtful, able, mag nificent specimen iv. man an' has been Iver f ince between twelve four -an twelve fc-ur-and-a-half. on thnt fatal night An a good fellow at thaC'.r 'j " 'What de propose to do to stand this hero testymony. off?' ; says th Judge. 'I propose, says th State's- at torney, 'to prove- be some rale experts, men who have earned their repytatioits be testyfyin' eight ways fr'm th Jack In a dozen criminal case, that so far fr'm ibein' insane- on this, partlcklar nlghtj this was th. oq'y time that he 'was perfeckly sane. 'Oh, look here. Judjre. says a . ladv.4 lv Th Daily yittltci'tnis. nere. nas. gone far enough. T"t!T!r' want a few remarks printed about yd. that'll do y no good, yell let him off, Don't tiy anjr attlntiota'to What iip says. IFltzy. says -another lady. Iler decayed newspa-apcr Jvts no more cirs eu hit ion thin a cucumbvr. We.cxId ye to follow th Inethructions prinUnl tn our va livable Journal this mornln,"' -j, slr. say-a tall -man risln in his Idacej I am th' lti-rend-Thompson Jubb.t .sNo. th notoryou shpher. IV that name.r Th' rtttw.' says th Itlv rend Jubb. , That IdVkly worker, In th vlnTrd It" th flLml who astonished th wurruld be,atiij.gla,s In th'.pxilplt an ha via th Kible tattoKl hint, I wish th privilege Iv Ktandin. a mt head jan playln "A charge to .keep f hae'j on the accorjvea with me fee C Granted. says the cc.rt. Twill now charge th Jury as to th Jaw an', th fact: I am all mixed up on th law: -tit fact is there's a mob outside waiUn to lynch! ye If ye don't do what It wants. Th' coort will now adjourn be th back dure.! .'Where's th prls-ner?' say thf expert. 'He has gone to-addhress a mother's meetlnV says th clerk. Thin r muit be goln too. says th expert. An' there ve ar-re. - - - "I'm glad that fellow got off.t said Mr. llennessv. "but thim experts wr-reia bad lot. What's th. difference oeiween inai Kind iv, tisi-mon -atS perjury?" ; "Yd pay ye'er money an take yecr choice.' said Mr. Dooley. poratlons wil gain -and - not lose . by adequate Federal ontrvl. : But those who Invoke the ' doctrine . of State rights! to protect State corporate crea tions jin- predatory activities extended through othev States are as short sighted aa those who once invoked the same doctrine to protect the special slave holding interest. The States have shown that they have not the ability to curb the power of syndicated wealth, and, therefore. In the interest of the people. Jt must be done-by na tional action.. Our present warfare is against special privilege.: Tha men- manyj f them. I am sorry 'to say, col lege men who are prompt to speak against every practical means which can be devised for achieving the ob ject we have in view-the proper and adequate supervision by the .Federal government of the great corporations doing an . Interstate businessare; nevertheless, themselves powerless to so much as outline any plan of con structive: statesmanship ' which shall give irelief. I have watched for six years these men. both those In pub t'c and those in : private , life, and thoug hthey are prompt' to criticise every; affirmative step taken, I have yet to see one of them lift a finger, to remedy the wrongs-that exist. So It is ih every field of public-; activitvi. States rights . should . be. - preserved when; they mean . the people's rights; but not when' they mean the people's wrongs: 'not. for Instance, when they are -invoked to prevent. the abolition of ichlld labor, or to - break ' tp force of the laws which prohibit the lmporf tation of contract labor to this count try; h short, not when they stand fof wrong or oppressionvof any kind or for national weakness or impotence at home or abroad. It is to-the men who work In practical fashion with theif fellows, and not to those who, whether because they are impractical or incai pabl4, can not thus work, that wewT what success we have -had In 'dealing with evenr problem which we have either solved or started on the path of sovuticn during the last decade.-. J ine iasi ten years- nave wn ?-ar" I cf great achievement for this nation; 1 uuitiiK mai pvnua t- um r ucau wiui are dealing With many different . matt I of great moment. ... We have ; ac 1 terst - (Continued on Page. Five.) Tile ForciSe ; Alaig The Criminality of . lilanagei Great Ry GEORGE Railroad Corporations of America. G. WOOLLEY. Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl -for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted.; and your garmiat jare moth-eaten.; Your gold and si Iver Is cankered, and the rust of them! shall be a witness against you. and shall eat: your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treas ure together for .the last days. - Behold.' the hire of the laborers who have reap, ed down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud crieth. and the cries of them Which have reaped are entered into the ears of the. Lord of Sabaoth. : Ye have lived In pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your heart J. as In a day of r laughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just, and he doth not resist; you.".- - -'' -,....,:: - ' v--'.'' ! Ono of the sure galr)s of the present; period of anxiety ana turmoil Is .the focusing of responsibility at the point where it belongs. The percentage of unfoolability is rising very rapidly in : all the spheres of Influence and inter-: est in the country. Njobody or almost nobody is exempt : Jfrom the . great blanket blame of selQsm that covers i li the situation, but there are degrees of vk-e fixed b- the amount of Oppor tunity. The average unfaithfulness gathers its Sodom apples of penalty aa it goes, but riches for a time are able to postpone the settlement. The ordi nary glutoa slckeav With the indul gence, and more or tiers Is driven to think and to reform:! but In the palmy days of Roman luxury, xrealth could and did find ways to theat the Indiges tion and. in a measure, antidote the ac cumulating poisons, in the blood. So, now, the vagrancies,! the petty larce nies and the whole brood , of smaller felonies have got-what was coming to them as they performed themselves, while the grand thefts were ripening into organized systematic, skilful Im mune and -masterly kleptomania. But the milW of the gods have never ceased to grind, and a day of reckoning has arrived in which naturally the high note of the wailing Is carried by the startled magnates who thought till now that they had bought off Nemesis, for good and - alL - The . effrontery,- of wealth dies hard, however, and In the proposition of "certain Influential busi ness menrof - the East. that there should be 'secured I from President Roosevelt. In : the .interest of public confidence In ' the .stock ' market, a statement, to the-effect that he Is "not making war on ail - combinations ' and the rtfgion of stark perr-tru! death to decency, and modesty . 1 reathed. I If there Is any palpable end fully demonstrated trutn in sight' In current political history, it is that . the prepentwar on 'corporations has In no slu'e instance, purposely or Inadvertently, been directed at wealth, of any form or-any quantity, but at stealing' and cheating and prostituting the law. The acts of. the government In - connection with the numerous In vestigations ordered. show this clearly, ahd the President's words from time to time confirm it. Over a year ago in a message to Congress he expressly con demned making war,' on combination, or on. wealth, as. uch. Here Is sv sin gle, paragraph, ahd in all the presiden tial volubility of conversation, public address and official message, since these words .appeared.- no. sentiment . Incon clstent with it can bet found: '. The-actual working pf our. laws has shown that tho effort, to prohibit - all combination,, good or bad. Is noxious, wheer it is not ineffective. Combina tion of capital, like combination of la bor. L & necessary ' element of . our present . Industrial rystem. - It is not i possible completely tb prevent it; and if It were possible such complete pre vention would do damage to the body politic What, we need Is not vainly to try to prevent all combination, -but to secure , such rigorous and adequate control and Jupervislon of . the combi nations as to prevent their Injuring the public.' or existing In such form as In evitably to threaten Injury." - . It Ih the Identical theme taken un by the Prohibition partyj in Pennsylvania under he. leadership of Silas C. Swal low some years ago. In the name of the church of Christ' and the .claims of common honesty; "Thou shalt . not steaL - - ).' . - The fact Is that "the present attitude of the' Federal gorernment. which the magnates.' with great good reason, fear Is . spreading . nto al the ptate gov ernments' also and lining up the peo tie everywhere for government xson trol. or government ownership, is any thing but- destructive; either- m ' the temper and conduct of it. 'or Its effects. It. la.' destlnably , anV effectively con rtructlve by bting concretely ail ag gressively instructive; It ia.no mere, figure of spech to say; that a great new trunk line is being made--the Nation als Safe. Efficient. Polite and- Honest Railroad. ' It is to be made by v com bining many Jlnes and operating them fairly as among the. units entering in and the patrons .who are to be accom modated. It used to be thought that where the lines competed, a railroad merger was, a rallrpa wreek. but high, er laws than statutes! have. decreed It otherwise. . The peculiarities bf the business, the va'stneefs ot the regions to be served, the .capital Invotved. and the enormous crowth of traffic have favor ed and demonstrated.! - and. In.' fact, forced combination as the' better the ory, not only for the .roads but also for the general - good. : E. IT. - Harriman and his kind . have, on ' the potter's wheel cf divine wealth, been made to bring on the lesson and the accom plished fact. . But they have managed the -properties. -merely.aa propertjv in personal interests. - The new read is to be not personal, but national. It is to be i operated.- first of J alii for all the people of the country., u No shipper is to have any advantage over any other shipper of the same class, either as to classlncation of -freight -or passage, or the quantity consigned;, and no state ia t ihV States fomt that thev are sever- ally the agents in their territory for ! I all the ceoole of all the States as re- ilrards Interstate commerce. Secretary Hoot's prediction will make good ty i0ps and bounds. . J All railroads are interstate railroads, in 'reason ana in practice. No matter ) where . It begins ;; or ends, the business pf a road and its Interest Is to help the shipper toward T Ilanageinent cf tha Jn Tha Xew Home Herald. where he; wants his' goods to go. ani whether lit connects with another railroad. & canal, a river, a wajon road, or the open sea. It Is In such u country as this a national road, lie cause the new line Is to be national, the nation Is to watch It and to regu late it so that It carries fair. Under the old competitive Idea, fairness per ished in pools and "gentlemen's agree ments." "communities of interest," and the like. There is no way to reg ulate a rascal but to put him in ihe middle of .the room and turn on all the light. - j . The new railroad Is to be Safe. Tho rate at which the roads now slaughter people Is horrible. Not all of it. but nearly all of It, is due to pure mean ness In the management. There seems to be Ih managerial opinion no value at all placed on the life or limb of em ployes. Bad couplings, bad switch', wrong signals, overtime, overwork, arc not the rule, but they are too far from being the exception, and wrecks. ari ridiculously, pittifully common in con sequence, t The mere, destruction cf property by these wrecks shock ir-. but when the annual census of slai.i parsenger is published, the very na tions, stand agasp. " Tho clock system has become a sort of Joke -a sublet for cartoons and funny stories. Tho new road! Is to be made rafe by na tional Inspection of its phjsical condi tion and its equpment,- uid superin tendents arc to be held with similar strictness) of management, to th".; which appertains to ship captains, who pile up ships and freight and people on. the rocks. As -nearly as poc -iile full indemnity It to be compelled for those wha suffer Injury, or lo& of sup port, with the burden of proof a I way .4 on the company if defense i-i made. Th new road is to be Efficient. Th wholtv Northwest b suffering with u. coal famine now, while terminal l tracks are packed with empty cars th: cannot be moved, so livsapable is the management. In no small degree th -business of the whole country is at standKtlll for "lack of cars." lis:c:. ger trains are shunted In on Mins let catLf l trains go by. Terminal fa cilities arc hopelessly inadequate, il..' writer of ! this recently made a i-h.-rt trip to a Western city to keep Mime up pointments. He ; arrivd nowhere n time, or near it. Three reck ii a distance of five hundred miles at! ivo him many hours, and tlnally. en th -lights of Chicago were in " r own. train - was held: threo .li::v-. .: able to go into the ftution." .Mi -Beer of the same company r-.ie . moment of cor.hdoneo' ns that every .engine 'weit of th M: .... elppi rtver'was .worn out. t;. i shiftlestness is superlntendeRt cf t! -present lines.' To make-the-now ror ; efficient it Js io be watched in- th federal government, eo .that Its car-, can be rot at, and depots entered wnra the trains arrive. Its engines will li. inspected. 3 ts water . supply a!s. it will have rolling stock enough to tin its business and tracks enough to ha:i.::--it. with men who' have had regular meals, and regular sleep. . When a n-.; n wants a. load of coal he can have it without delay, and-when he wants to send a load of stock or grain to mar ket he can do It. The new road i? to be Polite.) the Insolent ticket art nt i to be dispensed with. . The policy of disregarding the desire" of paenr r.- for the best information -obtainable' :is to causes of accidents and -pro? pec u ot' getting on. Is to be replaced with r i onabie courtesy in the public inter : This writer valted up all nfsrht reeti t ly. when he could precisely as .:: have gone to bed for sadly-needed rc t If a word or two of reasonably intelli gent Information could have been vouchrafed. The train due at S o'clock was marked three hours late. At ii It was marked up for 12:15. At 12: l ; it went up on the bulletin to 1:40. v 1:40 it went to 2:40. At 2:40 to Z. ..-U 1 j:o 3:50, and ail this time it wa- f ; by the employes that they coul l t-;v-ro .information it was forbldaen 1 the company. - t" ' -And. finally,' the new mad 1st t l honest, or; thereabouts. The mi;r :.-.! are offering great Issues of new . k for the purpose of building new ii: . s. Improving- present lines, and rrocu: .: -larger equipment. The put he r. ro wary, and the howl- roes ur th.it "Roorevelt the mcMdler is hurt!, business. Could arrograr.ee go fart;. .r v While these men ray th haco not a cannot get funds for the needed t tensions and rehabilitation., th r presidents' and the pals of them l av. made. say., a hundred millions ar i out of the1 roads that are now too rw ' to stund alone. Why will not t: amall stockholders rut in n-.ore of lh earnings? Berause they have f. out that the railroad pre-I lent ilc -sj operate the railroad, but a tar :! joint,- When he and hU favorite ! accomplices kin the small stohhol -era, these men howl that rates are t low and earnings consequently ir.rr.r flcicnt. Th? rates are. hovcever. v: ;t they made them. There has be?n t attack on, the rates, save on the d --Tli'ainatiotvs and rebates on tht a. I ; they are too lo.w. let them b ir ; , but first let the looter refur. t: r crooked pickings. It may "be fui 1 i" t thre Is no way tn prevent a rail, officer from -speculatlnir. n his j ment and knowlee In tha t . of It. For that very reason th n road is to have a lot of new oJTic-rs a new kind of officer-, a railroa 1 r i cer who draws a salary from tl?e t : ... holders for gfcttlnc know! and exercising judement I est. and uses that know 1 cises the Judgment, so f r them, is unfit for any r ' These cormorants cor-: public confidence, ar.,5 j. correct, i The put"c i--a up. its-mind to have i '- f f a their re rn I t :: .i r i o a r ; tr tru.-t who rob others who tru t scorning me public r i; :,t ar ine the public, will, r tninks so.-meanly of 1 the i other day. to'vent c rur.tr ; Pon it and t'h t tn he pit meddied with his "i;T , 3 the rate for carrying hcoasi io me run rar iwa?. well enough; all i. 'awp tare on any r ; cheapness of i man at such a time i tation. S i f !
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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