News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-11-19
CHAMP CLARK STORIES.
Administration Of the Judi
cial Function.

Works Have Raised Enduring Mon
uments to Themselves-Why the
Name of jefferson Should Be Per
misunderstanding Children For Liv
Ing Men.
Copyright 1902, by Champ Clark
a just judge is an honor to the hui
man race. An unjust judge is a scourge
to his kind. OF all the Englishmen that
ever lived with whose names history
concerns herself Jeffreys, the wicked
and brutal judge, is the most thorough,
ly detested.
Justice tempered with mercy is the
ideal administration of the judicial
function. 1t 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 splendid reputa-
ton as statesman, patriot and fill
buster. Indeed, he fairly rivaled
Buck" Kilgore of Texas in fertility of
resources and in audacity of execution
when it came to .harassing Speaker
Thomas Bracket Reed with filibuster-
ing tactics. 1t 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 after life's fitful fe-
yer he sleeps Well" Judge Rogers
has not only had a fourishing city
named for him-an everlasting monu-
ment-but, in prize ring parlance, he
appears to be in 1.-THE pink of condi-
tion,' both mentally and physically.
Humane Act of Judge. 80.
Not long since while lecturing at the
Fort Smith Chautauqua l noticed in a
local paper the following anecdote,
which deserves the widest circulation:
yesterday Judge Rogers added an
other act to the register of his human
ity, and, while such things with him
are common, his last concession has ex-
cited more than ordinary favorable
comment.
"Whlle holding court in TeXarkana
he sentenced Ike Williams to the Jail
here for 60 days and imposed fine of
$100 Yesterday Colonel Du Val was
handed a letter received by Williams
from his brother saying that one of
likes little ones was at the point of
death. Colonel Du Val brought the
matter to the attention of Judge Rog-
ers, who held a short consultation with
District Attorney Barnes, after which
Williams was released Internationally
that he might go to the bed of his sick
child.
"'It 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.
tons of my long career as a prescott
ing officer is that while l convicted &c
persons of felones and nearly a thou
sand of misdemeanOrs | let off with a
fine or Jail sentence &c young men
charged with their first offense whom
l could have sent to the penitentiary.
Twenty-Five of them are useful citi-
zens. The twenty sixth was incorrigi-
Bile, and my successor in office sent him
to state prison.
Enduring Monuments to Statesmen.
One of the finest and best known
poems of Horace begins with the ia
nous line
Exegi monumentum acre perennius,
which being freely translated means, II
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 man can have in this country
perhaps is to have county or city or
town named for him. 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 schoolhOuses. Only one
American worthy, Washington, has
state named for him. There was once
an ephemeral state of Franklin where
Tennessee now is. Unless it is literally
true that republics are ulgrateful, the
state which is to be made one day out
Of the Indian Territory will be called
Jefferson. He certainly deserves such
and this is the last chance
to give it to him, as the Indian Terri
tory is the only remnant of the magniti'
cent domain which he added to the
Union and which made us a veritable
world power. The poet says of JEFF
ferson and the Louisiana territory:
His name is written on the mountain
His memory sparkles Ger the fountain.
The meancst rill the mightiest river,
Rolls mngling with his fame forever
That is poetic license. The idea
should be realized by naming a great
state for him, the only redheaded pres
ident we ever had. Old John 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 of his il. |
lustrlous ancestor, the great elector,
"This man did great things" Roscoe
in nominating General Grant |
at Chicago for a third 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