Drona
—Egeant, with a grunt, for a buot
TEDDY.
—Here's hoping that the administration
of the new President will not be as stormy
a8 his inaugural day.
—It begins so look as though the “Riv-
erside National”’ will bave to rent a room
for Pittsburg council meetings ere long.
—— The only $75,000 bill in existence in
she United States authorized by an Aot of
Congress was made on Wednesday —BILL
Tarr.
— Governor STUART hae advisedjthe boys
to stick to the farm. Now the question
arises : Is he insisting on good roads so
they can get there easy or get away easier.
—President TAFT will do well to take a
oue from what happened in Washington
yesterday. If be lets patare do all the
blowing be will please his country great:
ly.
—The old council is oat, the new coun-
oil is in aud beis said for the old thas it
got along more harmoniously than any
body shat bas ocoupied the chamber for
some years.
—The Bellefonte school board is ocon-
sidering the proposition of erecting a new
sohool building, which means that plans
must be secured that fulfill the ideas of
just about five thousand people.
—Abont the first thing President TAFT
could do with perlet justification would be
$0 find out the man in bis weather depart-
mens who told that big lie about the fine
weather he was to have yesterday.
—Fortanately TAFT was big enough to
be seen from the onrbs so those who didn’t
have seven hundred and fifty to pay fora
Pennsylvania Ave. window in Washington
yesterday saw about all shere was to the
parade.
—Mrs. TAFT and Mrs. SHERMAN rode
in the inaugural parade with their bus-
bands, on the return from the Capitol to
the White House. It was the first case on
record of ladies appearing as a pars of such
a function.
— If all the charges tbat have been pre-
ferred against turnkey CUNNINGHAM, of
the Fayette county jail, are true it isa
baudy house and a booze joint and nota
jail as all that Fayette county courts sen-
tence prisoners to.
—The CRUM incident is closed. Forta-
nately for Presidents TAFT the Charleston
negro took bimsell out of the way as one of
the troublesome bits of unfinished business
that might have been inherited from the
_RoosevELT administration. iin
—The Ms. Carmel man who deliberately
eas off his little finger just to prove to his
wife shat he bad more nerve than she has
would probably ask her to carry the light
downstairs ahead of him should burglare
break into their house at night.
—Wheas has reached a dollar and a
quarter a bushel, hut few farmers have any
leis so sell as thas price. Of course it is
bard luck, but a dollar was so much better
thao the average price that those who sold
at that figure should feel perfectly satisfied.
—The Hon **Boll”’ ANDREWS moved to
New Mexico to get tobe a United States
Senator and now the principal reason that
New Mexico can’t get admitted to State.
hood is because the Hon Ball might be ber
United States Senator. Poor “Ball,” ite
hard lines for him.
—The crocus and hyacinth are hoth
pushing through the ground. The robin
and the bime bird bave been seen. A
German band was on the streets last week.
The children are ont with their hoops.
All this looks like spring, bat, don’s be
deceived. Spring is not here.
—1It you really think the WATCHMAN is
a good newspaper tell your neighbor so. I$
might induce him to become a subscriber.
It you think there is anything wrong with
is tell us hecanse we might be able to cor-
rect anything bas its politics. You might
not agree with its polities, but you can’t
help appreciating ite live, reliable, unsen-
sational local news service.
—A French scientist says that if birds
were all exterminated human life would be
impossible after a period of fourteen years,
because hugs would become s0 numerous
as to make it the fact. Of course, being a
scientist, he ought to know, but we happen
to bave in mind a few people who have
been ‘‘buggy”’ all their lives and they seem
$0 be getting along all right.
—Princeton Theological students have
petitioned the faculty to make some of the
subjects in the Semivary curriculum ‘more
intelligible.” Naturally the learoed pro-
fessors giving the particular studies regard
the action as ‘‘highly discourteous.”” The
embryo preachers bave threatened to leave
if the ohange is not made. Thus it becomes
apparent that young Presbyterian logie
will probably damn the teachers if they do
make the change and certainly damn them
if they don’t.
—Congress displayed some rare good
sense daring the olosing days of the ses.
sion. It defeated thas iniquitous ship sub-
sidy bill and refused to publish the report | of
of that famous Country Life commission,
appointed by President ROOSRVELT a year
ago. It would have cost twenty-five
thousand dollars to have put in print the
report and then there isn’t a farmer in the
land who wouldn’t have rightfally spurned
it. The idea of a lot of frock-coated popin-
jays undertaking to give farmers advice as
to how to live and raise their families.
That Mr. “Ball” ANDREWS made a
mistake in deserting Penvsylvania wheun | ines
be did ought to be very apparent to bim
pow. As the time of his departure she en-
tire Commonwealth was hia for the asking.
Along with Mr. QUAY he bad made is so
corrapt that clean spots, in the political
field, were as scarce as icebergs in the conn-
try to which many of our politicians seem
$0 be heading. There was no end to the
“sgrafs’ shat was here for men of the AN-
DREWS type, nor was there any indication
that “‘Ball’”’ had lost his grip on the good
things that the State was dealing ont at
the dictation of his friends. He was one, if
not she principal It" of the gang that was
ranning the Republican party, and why
he left, unless it was to seek ‘‘new worlds
to conquer’ or larger fields in which to ex-
esoise bis peculiar abilities, no one ever
kuew.
Bat he left and Peansylvania’s gain was
New Mexico's and Arizona's loss. So it
seems. They have experienced his work
and felt the inflaence of his presence since.
What be accomplished in the way of mak-
ing himself a hos aud in corrupting the
governments of those territories is, of
course, but hearsay to us here in Penosyl-
vania. Bat bad as he is reported to have
been and vicious as his methods have prov-
en, is neither unexpected nor surprising to
any one here at home who knew him. Bat
what does seem strange and unaccountable
to the people of this State, is the faot that
because of the very methods and influences
that built up and made Republicanism the
power it is in Pennsylvania today, Arizona
and New Mexico are denied Statehood by
a Republican United States Senate. At
least this is the reason given by the news-
papers for the defeat of the measure that
Mr. ANDREWS had gotten through the
House and was only waiting for the Sen-
ate’s approval to claim his reward in the
shape of a United States Senatorship from
New Mexico.
And just here comes in the question, is
the political standard for the new States in
she Union to be higher and purer than in
the older and greater Republican States, or
is the excuse given for the refusal to admit
both New Mexico and Arizona all bosh,
and only made to cover up the real reason
—the fear of them being Demoocratio, or at
least doubtful States ?
Under any ciroumstaoces, Mr. ‘‘Ball”
ANDREWS has lost much valuable time in
trying to get into she United States Senate
from a country whose people were compar-
ative strangers to him and were not known
to be tied to the Republican party. Here
in Penusylvauia are the political fallows
that ‘‘Ball” could plant and reap to his
hearts content. Here is where they kuoow
him. Here is where they approve of and
glory in bis methods. Here is where he
might have made the Senatorship that was
given to KNOX, or been sure of the one that
is to be hestowed upon one of his friends
and followers—OLIVER—within the next
two weeks. Here is where the people bave
wallowed in corruption and rubbed up
against rottenness until they don’t care
how smeared or foul a man may be politic.
ally, so be is like unto themselves, and
bere is where ANDREWS ought to have
stayed. In leaving Pennsylvania he missed
is, and another ANDREWS who took his
place, and followed in bis footsteps—bhis
brother WES—is to reap the reward
that woald have been ‘‘Bulls’’ had he
lingered with us—it is the Republican
nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania.
Where Common Sense Would Come
in Good.
Figares given ous by those in charge of
the postoffice department, show that the
postal servive of the country is costing the
government something like $20,000,000 a
year more than the postal receipts amount
to. Aud with this deficit increasing year-
ly, the Third Assistant Postmaster General
is weighting down the mails sending to
every business house, industrial concern,
professional office, and, we presume, to es
many private individuals as he can secare
the address of, a circular letter in which
one of the paragraphs reads as follows :
wgayerpuent Stam Envelopes will be
furnis 0 it your name and
address printed in the upper left corner
WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE.
It is possible that this kind of fool basi-
ness has much to do with the deficiency in
the postal service, and the government of-
ficial who insists on doing the printing for
business houses or individuals, free of cost,
when his department is behind, ought to
be kioked out of office, without waiting for
excuse or explanation.
The government sells its envelopes,
stamp value deducted, at less than the or-
dinary dealer can prodoure them at whole-
sale—thas giving the purchaser the benefit
man urers rates and getting nothing
in return for the cost of handling, shippi
or waste. Why it should do more,
add the printing for nothing is a matter
that is hard to understand.
Possibly if a little common sense were
exercised in the postal d t, in cases
of this kind, there would be less of a defi-
oit when settlement time comes round, and
less need to fear that postal rates will have
to be increased, or the postal service our-
tailed in some lives.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., MARCH 5,
Quay's Methods im the West.
The Washington dispatobes indicate that
she bills to make States of Arizona and
New Mexico bave heen defeated because
some Republican Senators bave discovered
thas “Bull” ANDREWS, who is the del-
egate in Congress for New Mexico, bas in-
trodnoed some of the QUAY methods into
the politics of that territory. At this
writing there is still a cbance for the meas-
ure, for it has not been stricken from the
calendar. Bat the probabilities are that it
will fail for the reason given, though every
consideration ‘of justice requires that it
pass. The people of hoth territories have
ample population to entitle them to State-
hood. Their industries and commerce are
suffering because they are denied this
measure of justice, and it is their right.
What ANDREWS bas done to thas bring
punishment upon she people of swo terri
tories, has not been revealed. Some days
ago the Washington ents said
that the persistency with which be lobbied
the Senate was offensive and that unless
be discontinued that practice the bill
would be defeated. Bnt we can hardly
believe that the Republican majority in
the Senate would be influenced to thas
extent 10 that way. The moat persistent
aud the most offensive lobbyist who bas
been in Washington during tbe last seven
years is THEODORE RoOseveLT. Some
time ago when the question of investigat.
ing the Postoffice Department was under
consideration he cajoled, threatened and
finally openly traded patrooage for votes
against the proposition and the Republican
Senators didn’s take offense at his action.
Of course QUAY'S methods are atrocious
bat they were not literally QUAY's meth-
ods. * He may have invented some of them
but they were adopted by the Republican
party of Pennsylvania and bave not been
abandoned since the death of QUAY.
“Ball” ANDREWS may have Sransplanted
them into the political soil of New Mexico
aud it is possible that they are $hriving
there more thao is good for the future of
the people. But they wouldu’s do so well
This may not be encouraging for those | it ANDREWS were not supported in the
who ace so anxiously waiting to see indus- development by President ROOSEVELT and
tries start up and business begin to le Republican National machine. Neith-
The “ragged edge’’ upon which the bus-
interests of the country bas been
banging since the Republican panic strack
us, seems to be growing more ragged and
rougher every day. In fact little promise
is given of any betterment for months. Is
was hoped that by this time the committee
that has been hearing all sides on the tar-
iff question —the one matter that is gener
ally believed must be settled before there
can be any permanent revival of business—
would be ready to make ita report, so that
the new Congress could take the matter up
and make some determination of the many
onnflioting questions arising out of it, ata
very early date. But that prospeos has
vanished. The tariff commission is months
away from the time it can make an intelli
gens report. The ideas of public men and
the newspaper press of the country are as
much at variance as ever. Each Coogress-
man has bis own ideas of how and upon
what these duties ought to be imposed.
And to add to the mix up in the matter, it
is now eaid that the new President has
ohanged his mind avd in place of demavd-
ing of Congress an immediate revision of
the tariff, now favors submitting the whole
question to a tariff commission.
By the time Congress comes to a conclu-
gion as to whether it will give over its
power of eaying upon what articles a duty
shall be imposed and to what extent they
can be limited, to an outside commission
many days, even months, may intervene,
And then, no matter what thas conclusion
may be, the tariff question will be just
where it is now—undetermived and in
doubt.
If a commission is appointed it will take
it months to reach a conclusion. If it is
lets to Congress the probabilities are thavit
will be well onto the time thas next win-
ter may be expected, before any positive
results are reached. So that come what
may, if business cannot be revived until
the tariff question is sestled there is little
use of looking for a betterment of ocondi-
tions during the coming summer. |
But it is the condition we are in—the Ver QUAY nor ANDREWS bas ever done any;
dition the Republicat party has brought | thing so rank in polities as FRANK HiToH-
upon the country, and all the public COCK, obairman of the Republican National
oan do is simply to grin and bear is. committee bas done and instead of being
Possibly there are those who are enjoy. | condemued he is to be rewarded with a
ing the continuation of the policies that | seat in the Cabinet.
caused the kind of times we are having. It
so they have reason to feel good over the
prospects of their being prolonged almost
indefinitely, and particularly for baving
voted last fall, to have things just as we
are getting them.
Approaching the Danger Line.
We will not know the aggregate of the
expenditures of the Congress which ad-
jouned finally yesterday, for some time.
According to a custom, the value and paur-
pose of which is conjectural, the chairman
of the committee on Appropriations made
a statement before the adjournment giviog
his estimate of the total. The senior mi-
Whe He Is to Be
Word has been sent out daring the past
week by the gang in Philadelphia that Judge
Vox MoSCHZISKER, of that city, is the in-
dividaal whois to bave the Republican
nomivation for Supreme court Jadge. The
followers of the machine will of coarse fall
in line for him at once, snd if possible pre-
vent other aspirants from starting in the
race. There are many of these and the
news, that the nominations for this high
and important position are already closed,
will be bitter word for the many who had
hoped that this streak of judicial lightoing
would strike the pole they have had up for
many vears.
Just who Vox MoscHZISKER is will be
the query with most people, outside of the
few who hang around she courts of Phil.
adelphia. As a lawyer he was unknown
until the Philadelphia machine decided
that he would suit its purposes on the
bench and he was pus there. Since don-
ning the judicial toga be has done nothing
to show that he is either versed in the law
or blessed with the characteristios that
make a passable judge. He has done what
the power shat put him on the bench told
him so do and thas is about all, il we ex-
cept the notorions decision that he and
another machine made judge handed down
in the judicial salary grab case, that de-
olared the constitution unconstitutional
when is stood in the way of an increase in
judicial salaries during the term for which
the official was elected.
His service to the machine and this sal-
ary decision will have to serve as the prin-
cipal reasons for his election and we pre-
sume they will be sofficient. Such is the
indifference of the people, or the rotten-
ness of the voter, when you come to politics
in Pennsylvania.
estimate and there was coosiderable dil-
ference io the figures. Bat little actual
information can be extracted from either.
In the course of several weeks, however,
we will be able to get the figures expressed
in each bill and by adding them together,
the exact amoant will be revealed.
It is easy enough to see, however, that
the appropriations of the present session
are far in excess of any previous eession
and by adding the appropriations of the
Jast session to those of the session which
has just closed, it is obvious thas the 60th
Congress has gone something like several
hundred millions more than any of its pred-
eoessore. As long ago as the last session
presided over by Tom Rep, of Maine, it
was boastingly said that this is a million
dollar country and the spending of that
much daring the life of a Congress was not
profligacy. Bat during the first session of
the 60sh Congress the appropriations reach-
ed nearly a billion and it looks as if the ses-
sion just closed had turned that colossal
figure.
This is a great country, rich in resources
beyond the dreams of avarice. But even
our resources may reach a limit and ex-
travaganoe touch the danger point. During
the present fiscal year the deficit in the
treasury is certain to reach a total of $135,
000,000, and it is possible for it to go to
$150,000,000. The appropriation for the
navy this year is at least $20,000,000 more
than it was last and all the other appropri.
ations are in excess of those of last year.
And the revenues are less this year than
last. At this time it is impossible to esti-
mate on the difference in the receipts of
this year as compared with last, but in the
cigar trade reports indicate that it will be
large, and it is not likely to be much dif-
ferent in other lines. In view of these
facts the figures may te important. They
are at least worth consideration.
——Governor STUART bas gotten his bill
for the building of a state highway from
Philadelphia to Pittsburg started in the
Legislature, and if indications indicate
anything, ita passage will encounter more
rocks and other obstacles than the con-
tractors who do the job are likely to.
Everybody wants to see it built, bus un-
fortunately everybody wants it built just
where and how he thinks it should be and
nowhere else—with particular emphasis
on nowhere else.
——Quite a few Philipsbargers have
‘been in attendance at sours this week.
——Possibly the fact that strengthening
girders for the presidential bed would be
necessary, was the reason for the promised
boom in the iron business of which we heard
so much immediately after the election.
Political optimism you know don’t re-
quire a very large peg to hang great hopes
on. b
hh
1909.
nority member of the committee gave bis | road
spawis from the Keystone.
~The Johnstown dispensary of the State
Board of Health has now 325 cases of tuber
culosis ander treatment and the results are
very satisfactory.
~The maple sugar crop about DuBois itis
believed will be much lighter than usual this
year, as experts say that the ground was not
frozen deep encugh to produce a strong flow
of sap. The sap has already begun running.
—Robert McFeeters, head of a family of
twenty-four, each male member of which is
either a policeman or a soldier, and be him-
self a veteran of the Civil war, died at his
home in Philadelphia on Saturday, aged 39
years.
—Diphtheria has broken out in the Tressler
orphans’ home at Loysville, Pa, sud asa
result that institution has been placed under
strict quarantine. Thus far 25 of the orphan
children have heen stricken with the dread
disease.
—J. A. Pearce, a farmer of Cooper town-
ship, Clearfield county, last year bad a yield
of 580 bushels of potatoes from one and one-
eighth acres of land, and received 90 cents
per bushel for the crop—quite a nice bunch
of money for the product of so small a plot.
—A small ran of logs will go into the boom
at Williamsport this spring, not many over
2,000,000 feet, says the Gasetle and Bulletin.
Most of them will go to the mill of the Cen-
tral Pennsylvania Lumber company, al.
though some of them belong to Brown, Clark
& Howe.
—The body of Thomas J. Boate, an em~
ploge of the Mann axe factory, at Yeager-
town, near Lewistown, was found on Satur.
day, head downward, in s barrel half filled
with turpentine. It is supposed that he was
stricken with apoplexy while leaning over
the barrel.
—Peter Radinger, = puddier at the Dan.
ville rolling mill, while at his work on Sat-
urday received word that be will get an ine
heritance of $50,000, the bequest of an aged
lady of Reading to whom he had rendered a
service a number of years ago that she great.
ly appreciated.
—Harrison Weber, of Reading, has spent a
great part of twelve years building a unique
sideboard, which he values at $6,000. It con-
tains over 150.000 pieces of wood, all inlaid
and fitted so closely that nota joint is visie
ble, and there are some unigue designs on
the various pavels.
—Work was begun on Friday oun the erec-
tion of an addition to the wire rope factory
in Williamsport, 405262 feet in size. The
wire rope industry has not been affected by
the hard times and the Williamsport firm last
year msnufactured 400,000 feet more rope
than the year before.
—After a strike of ten days at the Mahler
Glass works, DuBois, the management and
employes came to terms late on Tuesday
afternoon and work has been resumed.
Neither side would state the terms upon
which work was resumed, but it is believed
there have been concessions on both sides.
—A large butchering took place on the
farm of Samuel Rupp, near Bareville, Lan-
caster county, on Friday, when William
Hermis slaughtered for Mr. Rupp & steer
J} which weighed, dressed, 1,660 pounds snd
four hogs whose combined weight was 2,904
pounds, dressed, an average of 726 pounds
each
|
ol:gy used by persons
one who dares to speak his own mind.
quoted these as accusing members of
gress who recommend rednotions in appro-
priations for various departments as being
engaged in ‘conspiracies.’
The present administration bas been
wantonly extravagant. Congress has been
extremely lenient. It bas granted moss of
the grossly improvident demands made by
the President and hisadvisers. The result
is that the bottom of the strong box is in
sight.
Is is not right that those who object to
farther lavishness should he reviled. Un-
doubtedly, the foressry service has
plished much.
accom-
Undoabtedly, its service is
of the greatest value to the country. It is
also ble thas it has more of the
e's money than is . Ilthat is
true, its should be curtailed.
The sante is true ol every department of
the public service.
We should be intolerant with those who
waste the public funds in overgrown navies
and similar extravagances, not with those
who ‘‘oonspire’”” in the interests of the
whole people to save their millions,
Prohibition's Severest Test.
From the Levenworth (Kan) Times.
Daring the next two years prohibition
will ondergo a test in Kansas probably
more severe than any to which it has heen
subjected. The sale of whisky will be
absolutely forbidden in the state. Even
the droggists may not sell it, dootors may
not presoribe is, nor dare be for sale.
Not a few of the supporters of the candi-
daoy of Senator Harris for governor two
years ago rallied to his canse because they
understood hie policy of law enforcement
was to make the prohihitory law so objec-
tionable as to lead to ite repeal. The most
thorough program shat Harris might have
contemplated never even approached in
severity what is now to be tried.
There may be in rome quarters a belief
that the pichibitionists have overreached
themselves in bringing aboas this latest
prohibitory enactmens, that the effects of it
will serve to drive those who have looked
on indifferently when campaigns upon the
fsvues of wet aud are were being
waged, ran side or the
will fell oh Mean
while this test is pretty to bring
out more prominently than for many years
the demand for re-snbmission of the anti-
liquor amendment.
bee
La Follette is Right.
From the Sacramento Bee.
La Follette was right in ohjeoting to the
rash method of passing the post office bill,
an reported by Penrose from committee.
The measure oalls for appropriations
amounting to $232,000,000, and there is
good reason to helieve it was held back by
the Penrose committee in order that is
might be pus through the renate without
r consideration or inquiry.
The item of $4,800,000 for mail car ren-
tals, which La Follette wanted investigated
embodies scandolous extortion hy the rail-
be Vinton Colliery company, at Vine
tondale, Cambria county, last Thursday gave
notice of a reduction of twelve per ceut. in
wages, because of the reduction in the prices
of coal, but at the same time gave informas
tion that all rents will be reduced twenty
per cent There are about 300 men in the
employ of the Vinton company.
—For the twenty seventh time the stork
visited the home of Morris Connor, city bill
poster, of Altoona, and deposited a bouncing
baby girl Monday night. With this addi-
tion, Connor's friends contend he stands fore.
most for any medals President Roosevelt may
offer for the promotion of anti race suicide.
The entire family enjoy robust health.
—Miss Rebecca Metz, of Coal township,
Northumberlaud county, will receive $3,000
as a balm for being jilted by William T.
Meisberger. The jury in the case after de-
liberating for over seven hours found a ver.
dict just before midnight Wednesday even-
ing. They sealed their verdict and retired
for the night. It was opened and rendered
in court Thursday morning.
—A movement has been ivaugurated im
Jersey Shore to purchase an unoccupied knit.
ting will property near the New York Cen-
tral railway station and fit it up for a home
for the Young Men's Christian association.
It will require $7,000 to purchase the prop-
erty, and three prominent men have sub-
scribed $1,000. The New York Central will
take care of the maintenance of the prop-
erty.
~The dead bodies of two men were found
on Saturday morning lying close to the tracks
of the branch railroad between Gratztown
avd Blackburn, Westmoreland county, by a
crew of a freight train, and foul play is sus-
pected. They were identified as employes
of the Penn Gas Coal, one being Martin
Machanic, aged 50 years, while the name
of the other was not known, but he was a
miner. Saturday was pay day and pear
their bodies their pay envelopes were found,
but with no money in either.
—Black diphtheria has broken out among
the children in the mining village of Board-
man, on the Clearfield and Irvona branch of
the New York Central railroad. There have
been several deaths and the docters and the
board of health insist that the bodies of those
who die be buried within six hours after
death. The disease at present is confined to
the foreign people, mostly Italians, but it is
feared that the American children of the dis-
trict will become infected with it, as there
are at present a few cases near Faunce, seven
miles east of where it broke out.
—With a fund of $100,000, which Mrs. J.
©. Blair has donated, a magnificent hospital
will be built in Huntingdon, on the hill
ting above Warm Springs avenue, just west of
Twelfth street. Mrs. Blair has made this
gift without any provisos, other than it is to
be called the J. C. Blair Memorial hospital.
A board of trustees have already been se-
lected by the donor, composed of prominent
business and professional men of Hunting.
don, and as soon as plans are piepnred, Work
the new bui
ne hog vg HR Memorial hospital I
ciation have also been elected.
8.
Is has heen stated that the cost of a mail
oar is about $3,500, and of maintaining
and operating it for h year not more than
$1,356. And yet in a single year the gov-
ernment has paid the New York Central as
mach as $10,000 rental for each of twenty-
two mail cars used on thas road.
The average annual rental paid by the
government has been over $6,000 for each of
the 800 mail cars in nse, which is nearly
twice their fires cost. It is nearly down-
right rohbery.
A First Step Toward Despotism.
Mr. Bryan in the Commoner.
This is the firss effors that has been made
in nearly a century to throttle the press by
federal prosecution, and it ought to arouse
enough indignation to make it the last at-
temps for another century.
ought to pass a law immediate-
ly withdrawing from federal courts aun-
thority to prosecute for criticism of govern-
ment aotion.
If every newspaper proprietor is to be
threatened with havkruptoy by federal
prosecution in case he dares to say a word
inst the sotion of a federal official, we
will have taken the first toward des.
. It will cost Mr. Pallitzerand Mr.
ith more than the fortune of the myecsge
man to defend themselves in the
brought. What chance, therefore, would
the Average editor have in sucha case?
The president bas done many good things
bust all that be has done would nos offset
the evil influence which would be exerted
by such a precedent as he is undertaking
to establish.
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The Days of the Early Georges.
From the Indianapolis News.
It we establish she rule that the govern-
ment through ita agents at the seat of
government, spurred on by the presidents,
may te the citizen for a su
libel on the president as president a0-
tion in connection with the of
his official duties, we are li es of the
citizens will be greatly curtailed. In this
oase the government, the president,
the attorpey-general and two former mem-
bers of the cabinet are all
citizens for su libel
have to go back in this country to the alien
and sedition lawe, and in Eogland to the
days of the early Georges, when men were
imprisoned and put in the pillory for speak-
ing disrespeotfully of the king.
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