Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-24

tiOn of the Circuit Court Judges has
not been changed In that long time. II
certainly should he made as much as
5000.
"rhcre used tO bc In Illinois. ns IN
some other States. IN unrcasOning
prejudice against fair salaries for
Judges. The farmer was often unable
to see why u man who. ny he said. did
nothing but sit In an arm chair all day
and hear lawyers talk. while twelve
Jurors decided whether plaintiff or de-
fcndnnt was In the right. should bc
paid more than IN industrious farmer
with u gOOd-siZcl farm could earn by u
years hard work. That feeling Is dis.
appearing. II is admitted generally now
that II Is II mistake to pay Judges too
little.
Though the compensation has been
Inadequate of late years. there has been
mo occasion to complain of lack of Judi
cinl ability among the men elected In
the country circuits. Among them ARE
to be found many men of exceptional
ability. The demand for increase IN
pay Is not prompted by nn expectation
Of getting better men. hut by the con.
victlOn that the kind of men serving
now are deserving Of higher salaries"
In this able editorial pronouncemcnt
the Tribune powerfully supports every
contention and argument advanced In
last AMI other recent editions of the
Eagle.
The club. the class and the lecture
have taken II large place IN the lives
of many women. In many cnterprls-
Ing towns and villages the courses Of.
fercd by clubs ana villages absorb
nearly all the time the hOme-mnklng
woman can have for intellectual life.
She belongs to n Shakespeare club and
class In current events, and II guild
for the study Of church history. Her
scant leisure permits very little read
ing. except such rs II done In cOnncc-
tiOn with these courses. The results
| achieved ut the end of winter will
doubtless be abundant; but unless she
IL on her guard, they will not include
any great gain In power and accuracy
OF individual judgment. Whenever II
doubtful point has presented itself In
her reading. she has waived II, In the
certainty that II will bc discussed ut
length ut the meeting of the class, nnd
that she will be helped to her decision
by the ideas developed there. Did
Hamlet really love Ophclla? DO Shuk.
spenre's sonnets tell his own story?
Ought the English education bill to
pass! Is reciprocity with Canada prac-
tlcabley Is church union possible? :?
These questions and u hundred others
will he sure to he settled with ccr-
tain pleasant dogmatism by the leader
of the course of study. Why should
she trouble herself about them before
hand! Because community where
one view only prevails In matters OF
taste ana Judgment is likely to be u
duh place ana an unprogressive one.
After all, the world has made its long
est strides toward enlightenment
through the efforts of independent
thinkers. In the fascination of assO-
cinted intellectual work 1t behOOves
the modern woman not to forget the
value of the phrase which. mt least by
implication, has prcfaced most of the
worlds great thinking: In my Opln-
ION"
Napoleon changed the map of Eu.
rope, but he was mot In ito use u
phrase not yet classical-with Ameri-
can enterprise. One night NOT long
ago spot on the Oklahoma prairie
was corn field: the next day town
OF 1000 population had appeared, with
u bank. hotel II daily newspaper and
various stores. Not long ago, when
the people of Nebraska city, Neb,,
Went to bed one night. the Missouri
River was flowing by the town: when
they awoke the next morning the riv-
cr had moved Its course three miles to
the eastward II the eifete mOnarchies
of Europe desire any points ON map.
changing they must come to America.
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Max Nordau says China will be the
scene of the final struggle of the great
powers for supremacy. Thanks, Max.
Chlna's long way Off.
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Some people think the man who pays
as he goes hasta u poor chance to get
] very far ahead.