The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-09-07
FOLLY IN THE NAVY.

superstition of "christening"--or 60
ing through the mockery of christen
ing-battleships of the United States
is one which would better be frowned
out of existence. There is something
very much like sacrilege In the cere.
mony, and we wonder the naval au.
thorities continue to tolerate 1t. And
to make 1t the more objectionab BILE,
the governor of the state for which
the ship Is named, or some high official
representative, is expected In person
or by proxy to perform the ceremony;
and In the past, with few exceptions,
the custom has prevailed that the 80.
called christening" be done with
wine. At the christening of the Kan.
sas Governor Hoch refused to use wine
and in this we commend him. As gov.
ernor OF prohibition state, aud as
personally opposed. to theEuse and
traffic in intoxicating liquors, he re.
fused to 60 through the foolish cere.
mony with any liquid stronger than
water.
WELL OFF.
New York Tribune q The promise
of magnificent yield of corn and
wheat and of most of the other prod.
ucts of the soil this year is encourag.
ing, and the condition of things among
the wage earners foretells a pros.
porous winter. 1t is true that the
southern planters do not look forward
to a mighty harvest of cotton. but 1t
is expected that enough will be Sc.
cured to prevent serious scarcity,
and those who are planning to get
vastly higher prices for that :sta Pile
are likely to be disappointed. MIR.
james j. HIS observations show
that this country Is better of now
than any other The evil effects of
greed and scheming on the part of
those who have improperly obtained
control of vast tracts of land] have
not yet become intOlerable.
THE PLAIN TRUTH.
Chicago Chronicle: A newspa per
which favors reciprocity, yet has not
advocated reciprocity treaties, thinks
there is little hope of tariff revision
"by anv process" at the hands of the
incoming congress. This admission
that reciprocity Is a process of tariE
revision is not the less sincere be-
cause 1t is evidently unintentional,.
The truth, of course, is that every ad.
vocate of reciprocity really desires
downward revision of the tariH. The
reciprocity theory is euphemism de.
signed to quiet the party conscience.
VALUE OF THE Kick.
The Century: The nost'::crying,
shaming and at the same time irepir-
ing lesson of the reform rnovemeas In
Pennsylvania Is the vindication Of the
power of public opiniors We all
know, accidentally, that pusiic
opinion rules the world-tne whole
vorld-not only the civilized but the
and barbarous. world.
that it rules absolutely free communi-
ties, such as the American, the
the French, and also those
where the monarch has sgreateT power
than In Great Britain that It, rules
In Russts, India. China
and Abyssinia. Of eoxsse its rule is
more free and evident. in free conf
but recent epents in Rassia a
have shown that the. most absoiut e
in the worN have tsgiv e
way when their people change skei {
'Pi.iHs.-Joout them and: about tAfms 9
ngen esaL
The effect Of t1s tremendous aft /
recently administered. by the puS& Il
opinion IN. n.Philadtlphia u. their lSs...I
,ystem IofI DolitacAs ss~Sa seemss to
ave surprised the :Ssast that was. hit
rot more than tAie- great deaAi-in-
earnest, though notl alhumOreM,
public that adminihteredl uhe puunisA..
nent. The event proves that tiaase
vas a storage baftery afs indi gnant
protest right on thespot and roadV to
be chargedE and that 1t might have
been charged andlbnad& to do. it,
vigorous work At anR timetheN many
years back.
This, however; 10 net tAe time for
blame for what was not done, brk, of
congratulations upon s1he glcsious
things that Aavejbeea dime, and npon
the still more fundamsatal refsrms
that are now In the waxef acconplish.
nent In the redeemed city and IN the
state at large.
But let every csmmunity in the
United Stases that had not yetz re.
volted against corrxpt local spvern.
ment take both warning aad en-
couragement. Let II realiH fully
that If It remains corrupt II 10 its OWE
fault. Fog nothing on earth can With
stand the besom Of an aroused and
intelligent public opinion lee. BY dis.
interested men against fortified car.
ruption and hardy cynicism.-
ECONOMY
Atchison Globe Whea, = nAz
ecououizes he buys fewen- clothes
when 4 womanl economies she hayl
less to eat.
A MORAL QUESTION,
Chicago Review: o TheEe In a nora
question back Of the tayif agitation
Il is the moral auestioA which nakel