The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-04-13
Editorial Symposium
Selected from the Columns of the Leading Ne
pers of America.


Ohio State Journal: Young Mid
shipman Arrowood, who left the navy
because he considered his associates
there too low and debasing, is now, at
liberty to form more elcvating COM
panionship on land. He has been dis
charged by the court.martial and is
no longer even nominally In Uncle
Sans service.
The young man complained that no
Christian can hold office in the navy
because all the other officers are so
wicked that he is likely to be contami.
mated. Probably there is some reck.
lessness of habit among the naval
officers-evep good Admiral Evans Is
said to splice most of his remarks
with few strings of questionable ex.
pletives. But we think Midshipman
Arrowood ought to have respected his
oath as an officer and gentleman
nd remained in the vineyard where
there was 30 much work to be done.
Truly good young men ought to stay
where the need of reform is greatest,
especially If they have to tell fbs to
get out.
HOW LONG WILL THEY ENDURE IT?
Chicago Daily News: It is entirely
improbable that either Niedringhaus
or Kerens could have been elected had
he been obliged to submit his candi.
dacy to the voters of Missouri. Med
ringhaus has been charged with VIC.
lating the law by accepting campaign
funds from corporations while acting
as chairman of the Republican state
central committe. Kerens holds his
power through his mastery of the game
of politics. Both are Republicans
and Missouri is normally Democratic
state. Yet these two men by reason
of their rival ambitions and their
private political quarrel, have been
able to hold the state legislature in a
deadlock since the opening of the ses-
sion. During that time not only the
sena torship but many other matters
of importance to the people of
Missouri have been kept in suspense.
Every bit of legislation has been con.
sidered not solely upon its merits but
with a view to its possible conse-
auences on the senatorial situation
Now that the discreditable contest is
ended, the new senator Is not one of
those who originally figured as candi-
dates, but man who until few days
ago was not supposed to have chance
of election.
How long are the people of the
United States are going to endure a
system which forces state Legislature
to abrogate their functions and leaves
the selection of senators to be deter
mined by the Vaccinations and in
trigue of politicians in control OF rival
Legislative cliques?
THE WORLD LANGUAGE.
New York Independent English
is the international language. The
negotiations between the Russians
and Japanese for the surrender o.
Port Arthur we're conducted, not II
French, but in English. The Japa
nese generals who took part and theil
associates talk English, and one o.
them Russian. On the Russian side
they brought a young midshipman who
had to ace>as interpreter, because the
English of the officers was imperfect
In Russia and Turkey the officials
still prefer to use French, but the res'
of the world, in the east as we'll as the
west, turns to English.
THE PASSING OF A MISER.
Cincinnati POST The most miser
able being on earth is the one wht
loves money, not for what 1t will buy
but for itself. 1t is kind of human
selfishness that dries up all good Inn
pulses and makes the individual moi
only world hater, but an object Of
universal condemnation.
Firman Dubell died at Burlington
N. j., the other day. Why Provi
dence left the breath of life In hin
for SO years, unless 1t was that hi
should pose as a terrible example II