The Press., 1892-12-15

Springfield Republican: Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut, is near the close of his second term in the United States senate, and his successor will be elected this winter by the republican legislature. It is we'll within the bounds years has the state held a more influen- tial place in the federal councils than has been given to it in the senate by it's pres ent representatives, Gen. Hawley, oi Hartford, and Orville H. Platt, of Meri- den. Having had the advantage of some service in the house, and having been prominent as brave officer throughout the war, governor of Connecticut, and president of the United States centennial commission from 1873 to 1876, Gen. flaw ley took leading place from the moment he entered the senate in 1882, and he has held such position ever since. As chair. man of the committee on civil services, he did effective work in behalf of Pendleton's reform bill, and later, as head of the committee on military affairs, he has been a leader in the movement for increasing the efficiency of the defensive arm of the government. * He is unuues- tfonably among the first of the republican leaders in congress or in the party, and few men could be named who are in po- sition or who are capable to perform greater services for his state. It is thus surprising that there should be move ment on foot in Connecticut to defeat Senator Hawley for reelection.
 Manchester Herald: Some men who drink liquor to excess and then make mistakes or commit crimes seem to think that the state should stand as a. protect ing father over them during their periods of drunkenness. They want to place themselves on the same plane with men who are temporarily insane. In the Hart ford papers this week we read of a man who asks the courts to recover his place from saloon keeper to whom he gave a bill of sale, alleging that he was drunk at the dime he made the sale Before the board of pardons this week three men from the state prison asked to be released because they were drunk when they com mitted their crimes. One had attempted a robbery at the point of a pistol, another had stolen 8 horse, and the third had committed rape. It is needless to add that their petitions were denied. The man who drinks liquor to excess knows that he becomes beside himself when drunk. He enters the condition volun- tarily, and must expect to take the oonse- quences. He may commit murder and be ever so sorry for it afterwards, but that does not lessen his crime. He knew before he got drunk that he might com mita crime while in that condition. The state knew it, too, and instead of con- doning the offense or permitting the man who has voluntarily made himself mad to escape with fine of $7 or less should put him behind the bars every time. Then drunkenness and the long line of crimes which attend it would be greatly diminished
 In Munich recently, on the same day, one man was sentenced to two months imprisonment for speaking disrespectfully Christ, and another to three months i'm prisonment for a like offense in regard to the Prince Regent.
 The crop of cranberries raised on the Holland bogs was not as large as last year, but they are selling at much higher prices this year. About the same amount will be realized as last year.