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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

comes deep rut. A wagon track,
light at first. IL constantly driven over
becomes a rut. II the wheels continue
to plow into the earth the track Is cut
deeper and deeper until 1t Is impossible
for the wheel to roll out Of the rut un.
til 1t reaches the end of the road. 1t il
thus with the ruts in the brain. When
the path Is cut too deep the thought
must follow the old course. wherever 1t
leads. The rut may lead to theft; to
lying; to murder. Every thought, good
or bad, II permitted to travel again and
again through the mind, leads to some
act, good or bad. Great prisons have
been built. but crime still walks among
us. The habitual wishing to possess
what belongs to another too often
leads to theft. The ever.present wish
to be rid Of one who Is hateful too
often leads to murder. Strong walls
cOnnot control crime until brick and
mortar can control thought. And
thought Is free as the air. 1t slips
past the guard. 1t passes through the
keyhole, 1t scorns the grating, 1t laughs
at walls Of stone. 1t knows not the ter.
ror Of the gallows. Prisons cannot
save us. the scaffold cannot free us. the
laws cannot protect US from crime.
All. but where the laws are weak, you
are strong. When the walls of the
prison are fngile you are powerful.
While the hangman's rope cannot
choke the life from crime, you can.
When the desire for the possession Of
what belongs to another comes to you,
turn 1t out. Instead Of wishing to rid
yourself Of one who Is hateful wish
yourself higher and better than he.
This thOught.path will lead to higher
plane. where the air Is rarer and the
sight Is clearer. and the hateful one,
way down ut the foot Of the mountain
which yO,ohave climbed. dare not even
lift his eyes to the heights upon which
you stand. Is that not better than a
life behind prison walls? Man Is more
powerful than the law. We are more
powerful than are the instruments OF
law. We can control thought. and
crime begins In thought.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17
THE NEW CHARIEP.

II there Is to be a new instead Of
an amended charter for the city Of
Chicago. what Is the matter with max.
ing 1t subject for the referendum?
IL every subject under the sun Is to
be subject to referendum. why
shouldn't the people have vote on
the measure which will affect their
condition more than anything else that
has been attempted In years In the
way Of legislation. 1t would be in
teresting to hear what our reform
leaders would have to say on this prop.
ositiOn Of II referendum FOR the char
ter. AS 1t IL. the whole thing seems
to he confined largely to few self.
appointed committeeman who repre-.
sent nobody but themselves ana are
simply chronic busybOdies.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17
THE ORIGiN or CRIME.

The origin Of ali crime lies back of
the quick temper which raised the
hand which held the knife. The origin
Of crime lies in a thought, a crime Is
the result of series Of thoughts, the
first Of which may have lodged in the
brain of an innocent child. Men who
have studied the workings of the hui
man mind tell us that each thought
makes track upon the brain. That
the same thought always travels over
the same path. They tell us that the
track deepens as the thought passes
more and more frequently over the
path until the thread.likc track be-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

over the City Hall. whether they
passed or not, there would not be 10
much surprise at the present rigid id.
herence to the letter Of the law.
As n matter Of fact, however. It Is
notorious that nobody has any conf.
dence In civil service. as 1t is known
by experience In the City Hall, and the
row over few poor candidates for
promotion In the police department
who have used ready references for
questions that can only be answered
by means Of an almanac or an en-.
encyclopedia. simply provokes smile.
The Legislature should repeal the
civil service law.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AND
"CR/BBERS."

Just now the city Civil Service
Board Is making II great ado over al
legged crlbbcrs in recent promotion
examination for the position of captain
In the police department.
If there had been as much care and
as many scruples in the examinat tons
held some years ago when favOrites
were installed In their positions all
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

though the Constitution requires the
electors In all the States to meet and
choose a President on the same day,
1t was not until 1913 that law was
passed by Congress providing that the
electors should he chosen on the same
day throughout the United States.
When william Henry Harrison was
the Wing candidate. In 1910. New York
began to vote on the first Monday In
November. ana the polls were kept
open until Wednesday night. Election
day In Massachusetts was the second
Monday. but before that day, In this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

that Is not for the welfare of the pub
lie and the taxpayers.
We are glad to note that the School
Board has taken measures to protect
its rights In the new charter and that
men have been put on watch In this
respect who will see to It that this
most important of Chicago's public in,
situations shall not suffer In the pres.
ent clamor for alleged reform.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

early had an undue influence on the
result. Especially was this true as
communication became more rapid,
ANA by 1910 an enthusiastic editor told
how the news from Pittsburg had been
brought to New York In thirty.nve
hours. "rhis," he added, significantly,
lis sign Of the times" Congress nc.
cOrdingly decided to establish a uni.
form day. The original bill named the
first Tuesday In November, but 1t was
found necessary to harmonIze this
with the requirement that not more
than thirty days should elapse before
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

Instance. enough States had voted to
decide the contest. The National In.
telligencer Of that year records that
several thousand aged and infirm
Wings I'm Massachusetts, did not bother
to go to the polls. Delaware voted
day later than Massachusetts. Illinois.
Indiana and Pennsylvania were among
the early-vOting States; Alabama was
one of the last. This diversity, com.
bined with slow methods Of transmit.
ting news, left the election results In
doubt for many days. The system was
not satisfactory. The States that voted
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

tho meeting Of the electoral colleges
In the different States. which had been
set for the first Wednesday In Deem.
Der. When Tuesday Is the first day
OF November, December will have no
wednesday till the seventh. The In.
terval IL thlrty.seven days. Under the
law rs 1t was passed In 1S45 not more
than Twenty-Five days can elapse be.
tween election day and the first We'd.
nesday In December. Under the law
OF 1887 the electors do not meet to
give their vOees until the second Mon.
iay In January.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17


Public land frauds are so persistent
In this country that stronger measures
than ever before will soon have to be
taken by the government against their
perpetrators. The greatest remaining
forests are those on the Pacific coast,
and 1t Is there where these dishonest
transactions are mainly carried on
What with timber thieves ana the care.
less setting of fires by hunters, tour.
lists and designing prOspectOrs, wood
lands worth hundreds of millions of
dollars are In constant peril Of incalcul.
able damage. The day should not be
distant when new department Of gov.
ernment, the department OF forestry,
shall be established, and whose head
shall be a member Of the cabinet. The
department of commerce Is highly i'm
pOrtant. but not more so than will be
the department of forestry.
The children's court law Of Colorado
goes step farther than any other law
OF the kind in this country In holding
parents responsible for the behavior of
children. In the first six months of
1904 Judge Lindsey, of Denver, sent
thirty fathers to Jail because their
boys We're lawbreakers. These fathers
knew the boys We're habitual truants,
stole rides on trains and did other dis
orderly things, ana failed to discipline
them. But the Judge was not SO fool.
ish as to lock up the fathers during
work days. He sentenced each to a
year III jail. the year to be made up
OF week ends, from noon on Saturday
till breakfast time on Monday. After
the first week end In Jail he suspended
sentence indefinitely, to give them n
chance to reform the boys-with the
assurance that IL the reform failed
they would be reincarcerated.
~S8A
The present revulsiOn from the kill
Ing OF animals for sport Is an indica-
ton OF the increasing dellcacy of the
sensibility Of the time. The thought
of inilictlng needless pain on any liv.
ing creature as means of obtaining
pleasurable excitement has become
horrible. The animal has risen to a
new place of dignity. 1t has become
creature to which more consldera.
ton is given. Besides, the whole tone
OF modern society Is of q keener sen.
sibility. Pain In itself shocks the
nerves of the observer Of 1t. A little
bird struggling In the agony caused
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I1|1|l

An Alaskan missionary makes a re.
quest which shows how diversified are
the needs of his calling. He asks for
"a peck Of spectacles and eyeglasses"
A few years ago lie made a similar re-.
quest. and In response received large
quantity. The supply is running short,
and there are frequent applications for
glasses from people to whom they
would be great boon. The glasses
would not only minister to comfort,
but aid some persons In gaining a
livelihood.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17
EAoLETa.

Marriage and hanging 90 by destiny
matches are made In heaven, says
MOntaigne. MOntalgne must have
been divorce lawyer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

Why should the law prescribe "the
tuesday next after the first Monday
IN November" instead Of saying "the |
first Tuesday," Like many other
small things, this provision introduces
an interesting picture Of tho past. Al.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17

by a sportslnan's bullet Is likely to
stir In him a feeling of pity which
turns pleasure-seeking into mournful
self-accusation.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23
.LIBDAHL DECLARES
FOR Open MEETINGS
School Board Inspector Would
Have taxpayers See Where
the Money Goes.

There is a growing sentiment in favor
OF the committee meetings of the board of
school inspectors being held in public and
it. is altogether likely that there will be VI
test made at the next meeting of The
board
Il have always been opposed to the
secret sessions" said Inspector Lindahl
"and now being aware that | will have the
support Of President Holman / viii offer
a resolution i'm the near future that will
If it is passed abolish all future execu-
tive sessions. The city council ana other
public bodies hold public meetings ana /
cannot see why the board Of school in-
speCtOTS fails to do the same.
1t would seem to me that where IL
board is charged with the expenditure 0f
three quarters Of a million dollars a year
the taxpayers are entitled to know just
where it goes This is not Il criticism 0f
past acts Of the board, but my object rs
merely to have the business done I'LL pub
lie and not have it subjected tn THE
criticism that members of the board now
sometimes hear.
Although Mr. Lindahl would not admit
that he referred to a particular instance
where an appropriation Of some $2 600
was made and one member of the board
allowed to spend the sum, it is Wen known
that this incident has caused him and
President Holman to become advocates DC
public meetings.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23
LAUNCHES ARE OUT
St. Paul Club Opens Season
on the River.

Yesterday might be called the opening
of the season for the St Paul Launch
club. More than two dozen of the club
tiny yachts were travelling up and down
the Mississippi, and the gathering of
launch owners and their guests at the
Happy Hollow landing on the Mime
sofa river was the largest since last fall.
Now that the cold weather has dis
appeared, members of the club are hIIr-
ry1ng work upon several new launches.
The biggest boat of all under construe-
tlon-that ordered by Fred Schiffmann
from the Raspberry Island Boat Works
is Sixty-four feet long, and will be driven
by a steam engine of thirty horse power.
This genuine. steamboat will not be
launched until next month.
Like the Reamer. Capt. "Dolph" Schiff-
mann, which viii start for st. Louis to-
day. his brothers boat will probably
make the same voyage some time this
summer
Both these vessels are sternwheelers.
But among the regular launches expected
to sail for Missouri next month are those
of A. T.. Rosen James Prendergast, c.
f. KonantZ and Paul Benz.
Mr.. Resen's boat is fifty feet long and
boasts closed cabin. Mr.. Prendergast's $
launch, a forty footer, Is open. and, as
many think. Is all the more comfortable
during summer voyage. There is a
cabin on the Konantz craft. which meas
Mr.. BenzS boat, is an open launch tWent-
tytwo feet. long.
s2 A larger eepen boat is the Marion ID.
thirty feet which does not belong to a
club member She is likely to be charter
ed next month for the St. Louis trip.
Persons travelling in the smaller
launches. especially in those without q
cabin, will arrange to make" some town
along the river on stormy nights in order
that the passengers may patronize a VII
lage inn. But so long as the weather Is
fair many of the launchmen will prefer
to camp on Shore4
No announcement has yet been made as
to the holding Of the annual launch pa
rade. It has taken place heretofore in
june but owing to the probable absence
of prominent club members on the South
ern cruise the parade will be deferred un-
til 1905.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23
BOLD DESERTER is
PICKED UP BY POLICE
Officer Arrests Man Who Dis.
appeared From Smelling
One Year Ago.

Picked up by Patrolman Williams yes
terdays afternoon on suspicion of being
dangerous confidence man, Joseph Nc
DonneI was sent to the central police
station. Three hours later the man was
a prisoner of the United States govern
ment guarded by detail of soldiers who
escorted him to the guard house at Fort
Smelling.
Mcdonnell is now in the guard house
at Fort Smelling where he will remain
until brought before a courtmartial to
answer the charge of desertion. He is
charged with deserting on April IL, 1903,
from Company II of the Twenty-first in
fantry, stationed at Fort Smelling. Nc
Donnen was identified at the central sta
tion by officers who had been supplied
with a circular sent out by the war de-
partment.
Patrolman Williams yesterday noticed a
young man in earnest conversation with
a swarthy- faced man, whom he took for
an Indian, at the corner of Third and
Sibley street, and stepped up to the pair
to make an investigation.
In reply to question the white man
said he had known the Indian for a long
time and that they had passed the Win
ter together in logging camp and that
they had come over to St. Paul together
from Minneapolis. Williams then asked
the Indian, who gave the name of John
Heinerman. how long he had known his
companion.
Sends Man to Station.
Met him in Minneapolis today. never
saw him before replied Heinerman HE
ask me to come to St. Paul with him,
and pay his fare over here /. buy him
some drinks and he ask me for money.
leone yesterday from Nebraska on ex-
cursion, and go back tonight"
Patrolman Williams sent the stranger
to the police station on a charge of va
grancy. After the wagon had taken him
away man stepped up to the officer and
asked: DO you know who that fell
low is?''
No, never saw him before" replied
Hes deserter from the Twenty-first.
L served with him in the same company,
ana he ran away over a year ago" de-
ciared the man. His names McDon-
at the police station a bulletin issued
by the war department was found on file
the description of the deserter corre-
sponding to that of the man captured by
Mcdonnell the same as was given by the
1nrormer and by The prisoner when
booked at the station The bulletin stat
ed that Mcdonnell had deserted April Ii
OF last year, and offered a reward of $50
for his capture.
Taking the bulletin Sergt Wright went
to the cell in which Mcdonnell was con-
fined and questioned him as to his past
life. SuSpecting nothing. Mcdonnell ad-
mitted that he had been in the army, and
said he had been discharged April s.
Your home was at Pittsburgh asked
Sergt Wright, reading from the bulletin.
The man admitted this with evident sur
prise. The sergeant then told McDon-
nell his age. his nearest relative and
other personal facts. all of which were
admitted. The sergeant then informed
Mcdonnell that he had deserted and that
ne would be sent to Fort Smelling
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23
WANT scent FARE
MADE REGULAR RATE
Labor Leaders Believe Reduc.
ton Should Extend Over
Entire Day.

AT the meeting of the Trades and Labor
assembly Friday evening the initial move
will be made to favor the 3-cent street
railway fare.
The agitation will be placed in charge of
a regular committee or one appointed for
the purpose, and the members of the city
council will be subjected to continual pres
sure favoring the enactment of an ordi-
nance reducing the price of street rail-
way ride. This will be done in order that
there will be no excuse for delay when the
company has been declared subject to the
charter.
1t is planned to keep up a system Of
continual agitation in favor of the reduc-
tion of the fares and to assist along this
line there will be tabulated figures intend
ed to show that the street railway COM
pany capitalization is many times in ex-
cess of the real value of the tracks. roll
ing stock and power houses, and the argu-
ment will be made that the remainder of
the value is based upon the right granted
by the city council permitting the use of
the streets.
Want City to Act.
The labor people will take the stand
that it will be far better to secure a reduc-
ton of the fares than to make the fight
entirely on the gross earnings proposition
and IN order to compel the company to
accept the provisions of the new charter
it will be urged that if plausible reasons
can be found to forfeit the franchises of
a few of the most important lines, the
street railway company viii be willing to
drop the dilatory tactics shown in the
suits that have been commenced in the
courts
1T has been agreed that we will not
discuss the question in public until we are
ready to lay our case before the city
council said one Of the leaders of the
movement. "But we feel certain that if
the council will follow the line we will
present there is no doubt that within a
few months at most the company will
come to the front and admit that it is
subject to the new charter and beg for
mercy.
Want Straight Three-Cent Fares.
1t will be the policy of the representa-
t1ves Of the labor movement to insist that
not only shall the gross earnings tax be
enforced, but that the company reduce the
fare to 8 cents straight. We will not ac-
cept, as a compromise, an ordinance re-
ducing the fare for but few hours dur
ing the day. We believe that the reduc-
t1on should extend over the entire day.
And we believe that the company can op-
crate at good profit at this price,
Some of those agitating the question
favor a reference to the local unions before
action is taken. contending that there is
not union but that will indorse the
movement, and argue that this will great
ly. increase the prestige Of the demand
ciI
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23
YARDS ON SUMMIT
Hill District Is Criticised BY
Liverpool Broker.

r. A. Patton, a wealthy retired cotton
broker, now an alderman of Liverpool,
England, who is touring America with
three OF his daughters, spent yesterday in
-: PaUl With his youngest daughter Miss
Allce, the other daughters having pro-
ceeded to st. Louis from California by
the southern route, while Mr. Patton and
Miss Alice came over the northern.
While an Englishman by birth. Mr..
Paton has seen much of America having
spent twenty-five years Of his life in this
country when engaged in the cotton busi-
ness. He was one of the largest dealers
in this country. and is Wen known
throughout the South although it has
been nineteen years since he retired from
business and returned to his home in Liv-
erpool
In Liverpool Mr.. Patton is quite active in
politics. being member Of the city coun-
Gil and chairman Of number Of that
bodyS most important committees. He
left last night for St Louis, where he will
attend to matters in connection with the
Liverpool exhibit at the fair. He was ac-
companied on his American tour by three
Of his daughters, separating from two of
them in California. The family will be re-
united at st. Louis, where several weeks
will be spent.
mo the cotton business in America is
not what it used to be" said Mr.. Patton,
who made several millions of dollars dur
ing his twenty-five years in the business
-Ihefe IS too much speculation in it now
Twenty or thirty years ago it was more
legitimate, and during the time l was en-
gagged In the business | travelled between
New Orleans. Memphis, Houston and St
Louis much of the time. Many a time
have made the trip UP the Mississippi
river. Those were great times and money
was plentiful"
MIR. Patton returned to England in 1885
never having been naturalized during the
quarter Of a century he spent in America
What do the people of England think
of President Roosevelt?" Mr.. Patton was
asked when the conversation drifted, into
politics.
"Well, before he became 50 active in
politics they used to admire him as an
athlete" said the Englishman. with the
mere suspicion Of a twinkle in his eye.
Then he related an incident in connection
with a recent visit he made to the presi-
dent since coming to America.
Il introduced two sons of a prominent
London minister to him" said Mr.. Patton
Both were young college students. and
the president received them most cordial
ly. After looking the boys over care
fully, the president said to them: You both
look as though you could stand the first
rush. And. sure enough they were foot
ball players y
Mr.. Patton admired St. Paul. but he
thought the people here did not surround
their pretty homes with enough land
Il took a ride out on Summit avenue.
and while 1 found many handsome resi-
dences. there was scarcely one that had
enough land for a decent yard. In Eng
land such houses would be surrounded by
two or three acres Of land, but it Is not SO
in America"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23

Between l and 2 O'Clock this afternoon
the stern wheel launch ROamer Capt,
-"Dolph' Schiffmann, viii begin her voy-
age to st. Louis. whittier her passengers
are going to visit the fair
This first Of St. Paul launches to start
for St Louis is the largest craft in the
fleet of the St. Paul Launch club. The
Roamer is siKty-five feet long. It's
engine is of twenty -four horse power. It's
cabin viii accommodate twelve passen-
gers. 1t has a search light of 1900 can
die power, and by means of storage bat
teries can be Illuminated when the gaso-
line engine is not in use.
With cutlass in his hand and a brace
of pistols in his scarlet sash. Capt. Schiff-
mann explained last night that his des-
perate crew. who. as he feared, would
probably mutiny the first day out, would
consist of James r. Hickey. first mate;
Arthur D. Ward, second mate; DR.. F. B.
Parker, surgeon and supercargo; r. d.
O'Brien. chief boatswaIn; Henry North,
of Hudson, Wis, chief sailmaker; E. J.
Grimmer,, of Heron Lake Mimi, chief
carpenter; Col w. G. CARING, able sea-
man.. There will also be a cook, an en-
gineer and pilot.
Apprehending difficulty with his Off
GERS Col CARING will not sail today. He
will take a train here tomorrow night
and beard his vessel near Dubuque. DR..