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hanging verdict has been brought In.
In the Brady case and the case Of Bus
by. the Los Angeles polsoner, who
dosed the wrong men, the jury for
some inscrutable reason decided that
It was not time for hanging; and In
a few other cases verdlcts Of murder
In the second degree have been pro-
nOunced. But II Justice has not got
her dues In all the trials she has got
a good start. It now remains to sec
what attitude the Supreme Court will
Take. II that tribunal Is as much In
favor OF the enforcement Of the laws
against murder rs Its friends now as
sert, the hangman and the turnkey
will do Justice on large batch Of man.
slayers. The twenty.three reversals
granted In murder cases since 1901.
however, make the people Of California
q little suspicious.
A committee which recently exam.
ined the status Of one Of the large east.
ern colleges In the matter Of the college
students ability to write clear, fluent
English, reports n most undesirable
state Of affairs. The committee quotes
some shocking specimens of English
prose rs typical examples Of the stu
dents work, and adds that there Is no
conceivable justification for the use Of
college revenues "in the vain attempt
to enlighten the Egyptian darkness In
which no small portion Of the UNDER
graduates are sitting" 1t would be
worth while to find out whether sim
liar state Of affairs prevails in the
other Eastern collegiate institutions Of
this country. 1t may not be true, as a
New York writer afflrms, that 1--WE are
the one civilized country to-day where
mans speech does not indicate what
his opportunities Of trimming have
been," but It Is certain that inelegance
both In speech and In writing Is de.
plOrably common among Americans
who ought to know better. The fact
Is probably due to carelessness-O
rather to the carelessness which Ia born
Of haste. II the colleges IRE failing to
exert their influence to correct this
habit they are failing In one Of their
most important duties.
The statement of Ballington Booth
and his wife concerning real causes Of
the split In tho Salvation Army will
doubtless cause q marked change In
the attitude Of the American people to-
ward the new movement which Ii to
be known as the American Volunteers.
1t IL undoubtedly fact that many
friends Of this unique religious force.
which came to US from England, were
strongly inclined to regard the revolt
Of the younger Booth rs ill.advised and
injudlcious, for the reason that 1t ap-
peared to presage the final dislntegra.
ton Of the army. The Importance Of
the compact military organization
which In the distinctive feature of the
Salvation Army should not be under
rated. General Booth, rs the organizer
ganixatiOn, with its unique and start.
ling methods Of combating tho forces
Of sin. ID entitled to great respect as
benefact0r Of his kind. The element Of
authority which has been lodged In him
us the directing genius WINS essential
to the growth and general effectiveness
Of the army. Obedience to authority
Ia the sine Jun non Of any successful
military organization. But when the
general proposed to use that authority
to discourage the gradual adaptation
Of tho army to American ideas and
American sentiment he adopted. a pol.
Icy that Is shOrt-sighted-a policy that
discretlits his managerial sagacity.
American society tOlerates good many
AnglOmaniacs who ape English man
nerisms In dress and speech. They are
allowed to exist because they are both
useless and harmless. But there IL no
place In America for a Salvation army
whose commander protests against the
display Of the eagle and stars and
stripes on the insignia of the order 1t
seems that the general did all In his
power to discourage the national feel
Ing" and took occasion to reprimand
Darlington Booth for the diffusion of
the spirit of Americanism In the army.
II these allegations are true--and GER
tainly no one will doubt them when
signed by BallingtOn and Maud Booth
the American Volunteers will receive
great accession of new recruits. The
Salvation Army that does business In
this country must sail under the eagle
ana the stars and bars.
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