The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

tion inrres to the benefit of a criminal tha+ tbav view it as a matter of course, and oscribe the fault to. the law itself
 rbev do not reflect that lawyers make tbe laws they afterwards. oVerturn When a law says plainly that :af certain ,offense shall be punished in a. certain way and when the offense has been nroved. I still contend that the :attor- nev who tries to avert the penalty from his client seems to n1e to- become a participant in the clients gunt. anu no amount of sophistry can clear hllii or make his work appear honest or honorable. However, if hanging IS too severe a method of reforming the law yer who professionally promotes the cause of crime tke less repelienc scheme of fining him to the extent oL his fee would serve the purpose anu seem to him something really more 1o be dreaded.
 The Gerry Society, about which all. who read New York papers are Iorceu to observe frequent mention, seems, to' be a queer sort of thing. 1t recsh'lS, because of her tender years, esloPPs.u the daughter of Tom Edison. rom ap- bearing on the stage at a .cndittS performance. The parents or the clifiu had not worried about this, haVlne, lii- deed, been wickedly glad to see tie | child engaged in so sweet anu Pretey ! task But of course mere pair oL l parents cannot hope to be Gerry 'So-
 ciety, nor to feel for their oHsprlhs | that tender solicitude which causes an organized snout to stick into the pusl-
 ness of other people. Edison is a great | nd. fo ov,1fIiaP with his ca reer believe the zenith of his powers
 has not been reached. Perhaps in | time he may contrive a new set or brains, and with the astuteness or one
 who realizes where they are most | needed, present them to the Gerrys'
 who will thereupon be forced to pass a I vote of censure on their own tomfool- | ishness and disband.
 | l It Is possible to make few appro-
 nriate remarks. concerning almost" any l enisode- of daily life. But were "a | fftingly characterize the thieves who l footed the charity boxes put in public r nfaces for the benefit of helpless poor, the tyne writer would balk, and the l. lrevs thereof dissolve with a feryent i beat.. It is a borrowed typewriter,
 and inherent ideas as to the sacredness of property rights. hamper an ambition
 perhaps in itself not unworthy.
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 :. TO not have some admiration. for the | thoi1ghtfulness of the Guatenalans IS 1 impossible. Information comes rom I that country that: the natives are plan ming: to. do: a. little more fighting as
 soon as the: coffee erop" p"can be gather | ed. Here is an unwont cd kindness tempering the austere spirit .-=of. war: 1 Pining for: battle, the people refrain.
 Battle is luxury; coffee. a necessity.
 It is an instance of: business: before pleasure. In other lands etoilers in the l harvest field: look: forward to. the. time. the. last sheaf shall be in the stack, i for then they cain celebrate with feast and song: But the festal season has as. distinct a date as the harvest, and to
 do any .jubiIating in advance. would:
 be an anomaly. Not " So :: in sunny Guatemala. War is always :. on: ia p: Ever there is the tempting oppor ortunity, to drop: the tools of labor, grab a gun, and let the soft southern breeze have a chance to: sough through the aI1at-:
 oiny of: a person. of different political
 opinfon.: Yet the (auat temalans= go: on: getting in: the: coffee. They are a pc.
 cGI1dTs 1OE..Mlckl "EiStSSl0eE-. E snd being killed; but they. won't :: let i this interfere with the coffee: T iTloYe:
 a vote. of: thanks, and express. the >hope'
 that each: to have the joy of *perishing
 on. the. field of carna ge may go: thence
 with. the taste of the cheering. beNer-
 age still upon his tongue. = ..:. -..,. Il =. s = ...-.<:::; = = I MT. William: Jones of Nevada has my
 sympathy and. the hope that this knowledge may. reach: and cheer. him.
 He has, received a certificate. of char .aeter: such: as would seem to mark hirn i as a: valuable citizen. in any eornn1ln- |. ity;. but. attended by some assertions 1.amountfng almost to the usual fly in
 the: ointment. :. The certificate. is in the
 form. of a warning from the lynchers I of .-Uber to get. out of the: State right
 soon,~ and intimates that the course suggested. VIII be pronotfve Of long
 evity on the part of MT: Jones: whom
 it. faniliarly addresses -, as. :Bi1l:>. If 1 Jones is the: sort of a man. the warning l. implies. he will not leave the State J Ion the contrary. he will. stay there: and I as long. as. ammunition holds out. assist
 others to leave fer a. state the: location i and essential features. of. which. have
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