Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-27
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Captain VIM. p. Black, VIM. Prcntiss.
Major Il. Il. Tolman, George Mills
Rogers. John c. King, ID. J. Mcmahon.
Miles J. Devine. Donald l.. Morrill, and
=. McHugh are all mentioned for Judi.
cial hOnOrs.
When MIR. Arthur was President llc
once said to John NJ. Wilson. then u
major In the regular army: presidents
may come and Presidents may go. but
the army runs on forever" A few
weeks ago Wilson, as Il brlgadler gen.
crnl. retired from service as the head
of the engineer corps Of the army. He
had entered West Point as n cadet M.
teen years before Mr.. Arthur had been
heard of outside the politics Of New
York, and his active work ends fifteen
years after that Presidents death. The
fact illustrates the truth Of President
Arthur's playful paraphrase. which
might have been applied to other
branches Of the government. The OH.
cInl life Of the head Of an executive de.
partment Is usually short. The throngs
that gathered recently to see the Pres.
idcnt ana his Cabinet Oh their tour Of
the country looked upon the great ma.
tiOnal leaders Of today; but four years
hence, In NIL probability. not one Of
those high officers of state will he Occu.
AT. 1.t
IL doubtful II any one OF them Will be
occupying any official position. Even II
President drops quickly out Of the
larger life Of the nation when he quits
office. Scholarships, Oh the other hand.
are lOng.tcrm offices. Most Of the Sen.
ators have become prominent In the
public life Of State or nation before
they are elected. ana when they retire
they are often appointed to important
offices. Federal Judgeships are offices
OF u still more permanent class. Prcs''
dent John Adams appointed II chief
justice who lived to administer the
oath Of office to Andrew Jackson: ana
his successor, appointed by Jackson.
administered the oath to Abraham Lin
coin. Already Chief Justice Fuller. ap'
pointed by Mr. Cleveland In his first
term. has four times indicted Prcsl.
dent into office.
Mechanical ingenuity hns done won.
ders for the farmer In the last half.cen.
fury, but II has not yet reached u point
where II will enable him to farm by
telephone. Farming II not Il matter of
talk. anyway. The cracker box ut the
corner grocery has been the forum for
the discussion and settlement of great
problems of government. but II never
increased the prOductiveness OF the
soil. II Ia. therefore. hardly possible
to increase crops by increasing the
farmers facilities for conversation.
And yet recent experiments In various
parts Of the country tend to confirm the
belief that the telephone Ii to become
one Of the most valuable contributions
to rural life ana a great aid to the
farmer, especially the one who follows
the business OF agriculture on Il large
scale. In q farm where portions OF 1t
are let out to tenants Its value as an
ecOnOmizer Of time through telephone
connection between the houses Of the
tenants ana the residence Of the own
or. rs well as through connection OF the
various buildings. Is readily apparent.
Hut the telephone has larger use for
the farmer than establishing u means
of communication between his build
ings. The establishment OF farmers
cooperative exchanges In various parts
of the country furnishes n hint OF the
extent to which the telephone Is to be
utilized to promote the interests of hus.
bandry. In Montgomery County, lndi-
ana. forty townships are connected
and over six thousand telephones are
In use. The ultimate effect OF the es.
tablishment of these exchanges In
farming communities Is to put the rural
family In contact with the city and the
world ut large. ana thus enlarge Its In
dustrlal ana social horizon. including
greater cOntentment with farm life
The ability to ring up" the city may
be the solution of the problem Of how
to keep boys on the farm.
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None who gives attention to the mat.
ter will deny that this country would
be freer ana happier II there We're
lawful check against laws. says the
Saturday Evening Post. The lack OF
any such checks puts on the people Of
every State, In every season, such a
mass Of restraints that not the lawyers
themselves keep track of them. and
confusion Is worse COMPOUNDED by the