The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-04-22
STATE PRESS.
Items of Interest and What the
Newspapers Have to Say.

speech In chicago ESCCh'iy, hN'O
eating war, as cure for existing
evils. Peace he claims breeds
inactivity In a people. AS soldier
Roosevelt will do very we'll, but as
a philosopher he is thousand years
behind the times. Peace is prefer
able to war nearly always. Roose-
velt's teachings is Numerically OPP
posed to the teaching of Christ who
taught the doctrine Of peace on
earth. 1t is also opposed to the
teachings of history that show that
every nation that has lived by the
sword has been made to die by the
sword. War is demoral'zer and
not a blessing except under the
.most aggravating circumstances.
Roosevelt can talk until he is blue
in the face; but he can never con-
vince any one who has had the
proper principles instilled in him
that war for greed is better than
peace.
Baton Rouge Truth: The follow
ing sentence is taken from the law
granting pensions to ex-Confede-
rates and widows of same. 1t
reads: ga like pension shall be
granted to the widow who shall not
have married again in INDECENT cir
cumstances.' We punctnate the
sentence just as it appears, and now
in mind
whether a widow contracting mar
riage with a wealthy man IS ehtltled
to pension on acccu unit OF the mi
qitary services of her first husband.
It seems by reading the above that
"a pension shall be granted to
woman who shall not have mar
ried again in INDECENT clrcumstan-
ces," and surely if she has married
a well-to- do man she has not mar
ried in "indigent circumstances.
But there is no telling how law
will finally appear in print after be-
ing drawn by careless legislator
and passing through the hands of
several copying and e"rolllng
clerks. The printer is generally
blamed for such errors, but he is
not at fault, as it is well understood
tina. no one has the right to change
an act, even in the matter of pune
tuation, after it has passed both
houses. Had printers and proof
readers more latitude there would
be fewer errors in official docu
nlents.
Baton Rouge Advocates: The
m ceilings of the State Board Of APP
praisers and the State Railway
Commission coming off both at the
same time, have attracted large
crowds OF railroad men to the city.
Some have come to discuss the
matter of assessments with the APP
praisers and others are here to ap
pear before the railway commission
TO secure notifications in the rules
and regulations recently promul-
gated by that body. Both of these
bodies were in session with full at
tendance all day yesterday hearing
the resentatives of the various
lines and discussing with them the
proposed changes asked for. There
is a disposition on the part of all
concerned to be fair and just, hence
the discussion which has resulted
has enabled both parties to have a
better insight into the merits Of the
questions involved than they had
before. Many of the questions
arising out of the construction
placed upon the decisions of these
two important bodies are entirely
new to us of Louisiana and their
full discussion can do no harm.
The State has no desire to impose
any needless burden upon the rail
roads and such conclusions as may
finally be reached will, we are sure,
be eminently fair to all concerned.
There are weighty and difficult
problems presented to both these
boards for determination and the
most mature consideration is es-
sential to their proper disposition.
Daily Picayune: The violent
concessions of unfriendlineSS to the