The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-01

tc his kind. Of all the EHxilshmen tnat ever lived with whose names history eoricerns herself. Jeffreys, the wicked and brutal judge Is the most tnorougn- ly detested.
 Justice tempered with mercy Is the ideal administrations of the judicial function. It appeals to the heart.
 Judge Rogers of the United States Court for the Western District of Ar kansas served in Congress many years. where he built up a splendid reputation as a statesman. patriot and filibusterer. If-deed. he fairly rival ed Buck Kilgore of Texas in fertility of resources and in audarity of execu- tion when 1t came to harassing Speaker Thomas Bracket Reed with filibuster- ing tactics. It Is rather a striking CO., incidence that those two brilliant and dashing parliamentary guerrilla chief tains should graduate out of Congress on to the Federal bench, but such Is the truth of history His honor Constan- tine Buckley Kilgore Is In his grave. Let us hope that .safter life's fitfui fe- yer he sleeps we'll" Judge Rogers has not only had 8 fourtshing city named for him-an everlasting monu- ment.--but in prize ring parliance, he appears to be in the pink of condi- tian," both mentally and physically.
 Not long since while featuring at the Fort Smith ChautauQua noticed In g. local paper the followin anecdote, which deserves the widest circulattLa:
 Yesterday Judge Rogers added ara- other act to the register of his human ity, and, while such things with him are coamen. his last concession has ex- cited more than ordinary favorable comment.
 While holding court in Texarkana, L. Ttrr. Vxf{f1ta txHsa ffz fhA xQi2 here for SO days and imposed fine of $10o. Yesterday Colonel Du Val was handed letter received by Williams from his brother. saying that one of Ike's little ones was at the point or death. Colonel Du Val brought the matter to the attention of Judge Rog- CTS, who held a short consolidation with District Attorney Barnesy hfter which Williams was released internationally that he might go to the bed of his sick child.
 1t was an act Of humanity for which Judge Rogers deserves great credit, was the comment of Colonel Du Val as he related the story.
 One of the most pleasant recollec- tiens of my long ,scareeer as q pfosecut- ing sofficer Is that while convicted 76 persons for felonies and nearly thou sand of misdemeanors. let 0M with a fine or a sjail sentence 2s young men charged with their first offense whom I could have sent to the penitentiary. Twenty-Five of them are useful citt- zens. The twenty sixth was incorrigi- ble. and my successor in cffice sent him to State prison.
 Judge Rogers is the successor to Judge Parker. popUlariy known as the terrible judge" and in very truth he was a terror to evildoers, with more of whom he had to do than did most any man of his generation. He had juris- diction not only oyer Western Arkan- sas. but also over the whole of the In- dian Territory. which then was the harbor and lair of all the cutthroats and thieves who could escape the Sher- If and Constab bles in the 5tateSS but. which now contains splendid popula- tion of 40e.00o souls, mostly indus trious. thrifty law abiding people, The peace and order which prevail there are largely owing to Judge Par ker's work. l lectured at Sallisaw to an audience of thousand people as in- telligent and appreciative as ever faced in the East.
 But somewhere within the city of Fort Smith is gaIlows upon which SS criminals convicted in Judge Par ker's court paid the awful penalty of. their wickedness and folly. I did not 20 to see 1t, though believe in capital punishment. It must be a grewsome relic of a condition of affairs which happily has gone for ever. Judge Rog- CTS is to be congratulated on the fact that his is an easier task than was Judge Parker's.
 Enduring Monuments to Statesmen.
 One of the finest and best known poems of Horace begins with the fa' nous line
 Exegi monumentum acre perennius. which being freely translated. meanS I have reared for myself a monument more lasting than brass" His proud boast was true. He rendered his name immortal. Marble and bronze will perish at last! The most enduring mon ument a man can have in this country perhaps is to have county or city or town named for hiIn. Men may come and men may go, but these go on for ever .as a rule increasing in importance with the lapse of years We are much given to fixing the names of popular favorites upon counties, towns, town ships and schooihouses. Only one American worthy, Washington. has a State named for him. There was once an ephemeral state of Franklin, where Tennessee now is. Unless 1t is literally true that republics are ungrateful, the State which is to be made one day out | of the Indian Territory will be called | Jefferson He certainly deserves such a | monument. and this is the last chance l to give it to him. as the Indian Terri | ory is the only remnant of the magnih- | cent domain which he added to the | Union, and which made us veritable | world power. The poet says of Jef- ferson and the Louisiana Territory Ills name is written on the mountain; His memory sparkIes OCT the fountain, The meanest Till. the mightiest river, Rolls mingling with his fame forever.
 That is poetic license. The idea | should be realized by naming a great | State for him. the only redheaded Pres dent we ever had. Old JohR Adams | spoke the simple truth of Jefferson when he said: He is cunning with his | pen." That was, however, only half | the truth. for we may truly say of him what Frederick the Great said cf his H. | Iustrious ancestor. the greate elector, This man did great things" Roscoe Conklin, in nominating General Grant at Chicago for a thid term voiced the same idea when he said of him: His | fame rests not alone upon things writ ten and upon things spoken. but upon the arduous greatness of things done. That sentence likewise may be applied to Jefferson without exaggeration or | had taste. One of the queerest omis- sions in all literature is ,hat when Jef- a0nnItnn al the ShOa I'd T