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Smyrna times., 1905-10-25
How John Hay Regarded Critics.

John Hay was chatting about his lit
erary experiences with an intimate
friend when the latter asked
"John, what feature or phase Of this
writing business has impressed you the
most?'
WELL was the reply, end the speak
er's eyes twinkled mischievously, $50
far as | am concerned, it's the things
that the critics fish out of fellows
printed stuff that he never put there
But suppose that critics, like the rest
Of US. have to show excuses for IiulDs >
Smyrna times., 1905-10-25

President Roosevelt S trip through
the southern states has been one of
popular ovation throughout his en-
tire course. At all the principal
towns he has stopped he has been
greeted with true southern hospital
ity and in turn has given them ad-
dresses that havetouched their hearts
and made him stronger in the eyes of
the nation. His touching tribute
to the home of his mother in Georgia
endeared him to the heart of all
southerners and cementeda a stronger
feeling between the north and the
south than anything he has uttered
His reception all along the line has
been cordial and earnest and he
will return to the White House in
more popular favor than ever.
Smyrna times., 1905-10-25

RI SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
bel. every Wednesday afternoon.
fHg TINES is an independent paper devoted to
she welfare of the town it represents and the
state Of which it is a part. II also gives the
ite rs of importance of the Eastern Shore OF
Marvlsnd.
RORT. D. ROFFECKER.
Publisher and Proprietor.
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER, JR.,
Editor and Business Manager.
Observation-Disclosures per snnum. II
paid strictly in advance s1.O0. No paper is
discontinued until all arrears are paid up
except at the option Nf the publishers.
ADVERTISEMENTS-TH SMYRNA TIMES is the
business medium not only Tor the town it rep
resents but for the outlying district of which It
Is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton,
Kenton, Cheswold, Leipsie, &c. A rate of so
cents an inch for first insertion and % cent,
for each subsequent insertion will be charged
or transient advertising. Locals and Reading
Notices, 10 cents per line per issue. specia
disc lunt on all semi-annua, and yearly acver
tisements.
Smyrna times., 1905-10-25

If those who are advocating the
election of a Senator by the present
Legislature will suggest just how
an election can be accomplished
the people of Delaware would be
happy to learn Of the method, and
will be quick to adopt it. We can
Smyrna times., 1905-10-25

Education begins the gentleman, but
reading, good company and reflection
must finish him.-LOcke.
Smyrna times., 1905-10-25
Sn1Y2'n0, DeI. ,

National Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
Alaska forum., 1905-10-21
WHERE IGNORANCE IS GREEN

Now that our illiterary commissioner has slobbered over the Signal corps from General Greeley down, construct ion will now proceed. When Greeley ran up against the judicial butt of the camp last summer he was disgusted. If any apology was required for tn general, it has now come from the pro- per source, -J. Lindley Green.
Alaska forum., 1905-10-21
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1905.
WICKERSHAM'S ORGAN
 INSULTS THE PEOPLE

''IT MAY occur to some that too much complaisance on the part of judge is not a desirable attribute; and if the people of this district have permitted themselves to be intimidated, they are an unworthier lot than they are believ- ed to be- ~
 The above quotation from an article in the Wickersham organ, the Yukon Valley News, shows the contempt that the-'grand duke and his henchmen feel for the law-abiding people of the dis trict. Not content with harassing the people, through misplaced official power, these corrupt, grating officials and their allies would belittle those compul- sively and judiciously submissive to their crooked manipulations.
 The abiding people of the district should not be classed as an unworthy lot because they acquiesce to the cor rupt and illegal schemes of Judge Wick ersham and his accomplices. They re- alize that federal officials have power to execute personal desires whether lawful or not-when the courts are a party thereto. The Circuit court of Appeals congratulated the people of Nome for their forbearance and self control in restraining from violence and from taking the law into their own hands during the corrupt reign of the Moves gang. The people of the Third division are deserving of equal consid- eration for similar behavior during the past three years of Wickersham' igno- minous dominance.
 There is complaisance which allows private gain to sway judicial decis- ion: that 'complaisance' which compla- gently permits hen chmen and tools to openly violate existing laws and which protects the violators.
Alaska forum., 1905-10-21
"COMPLAISANCE', AS IT
 EXISTS HERE TODAY

Judge WickerSham has been exclusive ly bestowed upon his chosen henchmen.- He has stubbornly upheld and judicially protected his appointee, J. Lindley Green, in all his numerous corrupt and illegal acts and manipulations. He has judicially countenanced the illegal ex- ecutive acts of his protege, Deputy marshal George Dreibelbis, and has as- sisted him in grating from the gov ernment treasury. He caused the U. s. marshal to retain in official position at Rampant, for two years, a protege who continuously violated the law by CO., habiting unlawfully with notorious Indian prostitute. The marshal's req son for retaining said protege was that Judge Wickersham wanted him there!
 The United States marshal is permit ting Wickersham henchman to con- duct, in Rampant precinct, saloon in tent, retailing liquors therein. The liquor license law provides: That no license shall be granted for the sale of liquors, at either wholesale or retail, in any other than a substantial building which shall have cost for construction not less than five hundred dollars" Is not such action, on the part of that henchman, selling liquor without l- cense? A license, if issued, becomes void if applied to active use in any oth- CT than a substantial building! Such people as these are not sbuffaloed,' be- cause they assist their chief in his cor ruption, and are loud in their praises of Judge Wickersham; but they certainly receive too much 'complaisance' from the Judge.
 Should such thing be possible that Wickersham retain possession of the District judgeship beyond the holiday recess of the coming session of con- gress, then surely has our government become monarchy, and the one-man power prevails. The facts pertaining to his corruption, which are submitted to the senate, are of sufficient magni- tude to justify his impeachment. They are all matters of record and are easily proven. The henchmen, silent partners, proteges and carpet-baggers, who are journeying to Washington to lobby for him will avail but little. Facts are stubborn things to overcome when in the hands of fair-minded men Wicker sham's treachery to those who had con- fidence in him was the beginning of his downfall
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22


bic parents and provided with every
comfort, should steal whenever he has
the opportunity.
The world would undoubtedly be
glad to learn that all crime is disease
that is durable 1t would be glad to
place offenders of the law in. the
charge of reputable and competent
physicians instead of in prison cells.
But the average man will have to
know more about therapeutics and
physicians will have to know more
about man before the former is ready
TO hand over the offender and the lat
ter are ready to receive him. In the
present stage of mans evolution a
kleptomaniac means an individual with
money and influence. In those two
respects only does he differ from the
average thief. Whether the law will
be able to recognize a distinction in
the future, nobody today can positively
say.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
LIE ST. PAUL GLOBE SUNDAY. JANUARY %. 19o5

ing the performance by declaring his
senatorial candidacy, seriously believ-
ing that he would have following,
and thus led to the crisis of his infinite
and egregious public follies just as the
hands that had wearied of him were
ready to thrust him from the stage
into the pit with wounds and laughter,
seeking a new but not more entertain
ing victim
After all, we shall miss Van SAINT.
Where again can we find so engaging
combination of inflated vanity and
innocent stupidity? We may hold our
heads a little higher in company, but
we shall never have as much fun
again. We shall sigh for the touch of
a vanished hand and the sound of a
voice that is stillLstill for the first
time in four vociferous years. 1t was
a strange episode in the life of an in
teiligent people and a. self-respecting
state. but already it is half forgotten;
and perhaps before a year is gone he
who chances to read somewhere in a
joke book the name of the ex-governor
Will turn to his neighbors with the
serious question, why, who was Van
Sant?"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
A SIGNIFICANT EVENT

~'sssa iO<RiNt EiNi
The work of the world is being done.
While theoretical questions are being
discussed with great volume and yigor
and. the tide of battle over abstract
ideas RACES back and forth, practical
men are laying practical hands upon
practical problems and working out
their immediate solution for the bene-
fit of all. Yesterday the great steam
ship Minnesota left Seattle upon her
first voyage to the Orient. 1t is an
event full of significance for this coun-
try and marked red letter day in the
calendar of the worlds commerce.
This mighty carrier represents one
single commanding idea-the idea of
the all eonquering power of the low
freight rate. The Minnesota was con-
ceived and built to carry the peoples
trade at the lowest possible cost. Like
other enterprises too high for them,
doubters have scoffed at the practical
utility of such an enormous vessel. be-
cause their narrow minds conceived
nothing farther than the Immediate
performance of the present volume of
the worlds work at the highest possi-
Die profit to those who do it. The
Minnesota represents the exactly on
posite point of view. Her towering
bulk speaks to all the worlds com
merce new message; that trade will
increase and multiply, that the inter
change of commodities will grow and
people be made happier and more pros
porous in proportion as the cost of
their service is lessened.
The Minnesota carries at her mast
head pennant as terrible as the
black flag to those who have thriven
upon extortlon at the peoples cost.
From port to port; she will carry the
t1dings that the stream of commerce
about the world can now seek a safe
and ready channel where all the tolls
heretofore imposed upon it will be low
cred. Virtually a new route is opened
between farthest East and farthest
West by the possibility of such de-
crease in transportation charges as is
equivalent to the construction of new
highway. While interested parties are
holding high carnival of debate over
the possibility of legislative relief for
traffic, the master mind of the age has
accomplished the practical labor.
The Minnesota has been built and
started upon her first voyage; and as
she floats she speaks to all the world
the message of cheap transportation.
of lowered freight rate that no one
will ever be able to raise again while
she swims the seas. Thus the workers
make history while the idlers and the
theorists make talk. In all this coun-
try's past there have been few events
of such tremendous economic signifi-
canoe as the departure of this enor-
nous carrier upon her maiden voyage.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
NEWSPAPER PoRTRAITuRE

An Indiana judge has issued a tenn
porary Injunction restraining the nnh-
iishers or an Evansville newspaper
from printing sketch of a man ON
trial charged with henious crime.
The PLAINTIFF in the injunctional pro-
ceedings claims that the publication of
the sketch in connection with the re-
port or the trial is likely to prejudice
MS case. The newspaper against
winch the proceeding was had will con-
test the injunction vigorously, carry
ing 1t TO the highest court if necessary.
1t is not probable that the temporary
ihJuncllon will be made permanent.
Inc courts are not. likely to establish
precedent which would SO materially
curp the freedom of the press, for in
these days the stories that are told in
pictures are quite as much a part of
the news of the day as the text. And
under the usual rule in newspaper
offices the picture of party to a Grim
maj action is regarded as part of
the news of the proceedings in the trial
and technically a privileged commu-
nication."
Inc public is not aware of the ex-
treme care exercised in the responsible
newspaper Office in the handling of
court proceedings in which the per-
sonal reputation of man or woman is
involved. The unthinking part of the
reaolng public retains the impression
that the newspaper goes no farther
INTO the matter than to obtain a good
story" In fact the newspaper which
gives the public the news in its best
form is likely to be very careful in
printing ex parte evidence in criminal
proceedings. But the newspaper re-
serves the right to print such proceed
ings even in full where the case is Of
such Importance to the public that the
privacy of the individual must be sac
riflced IN the interest of morals or the
community.
is this thankiess and painstaking
supervision of the news that forms
part OF the capital Of the newspaper
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22


which aims to stand well with its
clients and the public. But 1t does not
follow because newspaper refrains
from giving publicity to details in
criminal cases which by publicity
might prejudice public morals, that it
shall not enjoy the full right to print
the record of q court of justice when
peculiar conditions warrant it. Pic
lures illustrative of the record are quite
a part of 1t SO far as publicity is con-
cerned.
We have no sympathy with the news
paper in this particular case. The
q b e would most assuredly not print
the picture of an individual lying I'M
der such a charge as is made against
the plaintiff in the Indiana Injunction
proceedings. But the principle in
yolved is just as sound as though the
aim of the Indiana paper was in the
interest Of public morals. There is no
telling what an Indiana court may do
under any circumstances, but the prec-
edent established by the New York
court of appeals, which sustained a
publisher in using the portrait of an in
dividual against her will, holding that
the publication did not constitute a
trespass. in that it was not libelous, is
apt to stand as good law with the
courts of the country generally.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
Contemporary Comment
~ Honest Men in Once

The; president,zit appears, is going to
nave honest men in office, and he is de-
termined that members of congress
shall not pass fraudulent legislation ex-
cept over his veto. 1t is a very strong
programme; it-comprehends the whole
art OF government for the executive de-
partnnent5sit is avery inspiring policy,
and in time will transform the service,
Will Better 1egislatiof1, and will have the
most benef1cent influence on the people
and their attitude toward the govern
ment. While the people really seize
upon the presidents point of view and
become converted to his very honor
able and patriotic policy, as lately ex-
h1b1ted, they will cease to send sena-
tors and representatives to congress
who have to be watched to prevent
them from attacking the public domain.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
THEFT AND THERAPEUTICS

Judge Mack, who presides over the
court for juvenile criminals in Chicago,
has been puzzled by the case of a
nine-year- boy who has been
brought before him repeatedly, charged
with theft. The boy has a good home,
there is absolutely no reason why he
should steal, and so it has finally been
decided by the court that his is a case
ofor physicians and not for the criminal
judge. The youthful offender, there
fore, is to be treated by one versed in
medicine instead of by the law.
On no question is the public more
sharply divided than on this one of
whether theft is not in many cases the
result of disease rather than of crifni-
nal instinct Medical science has rec
ognized the fact that there is some
thing in the theory by. coming the
word heptomania to explain acts OF
theft. that would otherwise be unex-
plainable. Nobody believes, of course.
~
that a criminal, no matter what the
nature of his crime. is normal But the
point science has not been able to de-
eide yet is whether the individual is
absolutely helpless when the impulse
to commit certain forms of crime over
takes him.
1t is in endeavoring to account for
the abnormal that the scantiness of
mans knowledge concerning himself IS
appreciated. The Persian poets de-
scription, 'little children cropping in
sthe dark" fits even this age that
boasts ofits knowledge of mankind. It
is easy enough to understand why a
man born of criminal parents or raised
in a criminal environment should COM
nit crime. but there is apparently
nothing to explain why this nine-year-
old boy. for instance. born of respecta-
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22

be they themselves do not know. from
the powers whose rigorsthey have felt
SO long.
Such a movement as this is abso-
lutely unpredictable. Upon the knees
of the gods lies its issue. Always it
either withers away quickly as mere
helpless Shrek of despair, or it goes
onward like an increasing flood to ends
its leaders never dreamed of. Fate
rather than man determines its direc-
ton and its ultimate result. Not even
to the friends of liberty is the present
outlook wholly hopeful. There could
scarcely be anything in sight, were
this to prove real revolutionary
movement, more hopeful than the
French revolution.
Once let this downtrodden people
realize their power, and they will be-
come the sport of forces greater than
themselves. The longer the repression
the greater the shock of the explosion
that follows. There is a tremendous
amount of imprisoned force to be lib
Grated in Russia, and we know not
what disasters must pay the penalty
of the past. Certain it is that consti-
tutional and representative government
could scarcely be established there
without years of that education of the
people upon which these depend for
their success Equally certain is it
that Russian enthusiasts and the suf-
ferers from Russian despotism will not
wait for this, but will press upon the
throne for immediate relief.
The czar and all he represents is
today the storm center about which
tornadoes rage. He is a mere help
less mite in the face Of one of those
great upheavals that settle the fate of
millions. The world has long known
that a great political and social drama
1t looks as if the curtain were rising
upon the first act No man is wise
enough to foretell the progress of the
tragedy or to predict its ending; save
to say that along the inevitable lines
of human evolution it will work out,
whether through prolonged, strife and
agony, or by few short and bloody
steps, to the advancement of liberty
the amelioration of the people and the
permanent enlightenment of mankind.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
A State Without a Debt

Connecticut has about as many dis
tinctive peculiarities, in relation to
Massachusetts, as if it were located in
another part of the country and had
been settled by people of different or
lgin. One Of these peculiarities is its
freedom from state debt. We in this
state have a large public debt, direct
as well as contingent, and would not
be able to recognize ourselves without
one 1t is accepted here as an indica-
ton of progress. Every energetic,
wide awake, progressive state, we are
apt to reason with ourselves, has "a
debt, and usually large and growing
one, and the same is generally to be
said of municipalities and private busi-
ness corporations.-Spr (Mass.)
Republican.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
WORK AS RELIEF

Ine statement in the annual report
OF the st. Paul Relief society that
through its employment bureau men
and women were enabled to earn a
sum that amounted at the end of the
year TO over six thousand dollars is
worthy OF more than passing consid-
Grafton. In fact, though this item of
relief and the conduct of the industrial
school do not take up much space in
the report, they are the important
FEATURES of it; and those who are in
terested in the relief work that is done
IN the city are bound to seek annually
Tor reference to the two departments,
recognizing them as the permanent
features of the society's work. That
tney are being steadily developed and
are showing substantial results testify
TO the efficient management of the So
ciety.
Money, food, clothing, fuel-these
are forms of temporary relief that the
city is bound to give those who are
temporarily incapacitated and have no
resources, or who from an unfortunate
combination of circumstances need
help to keep them on their feet. But
more and more people every year are
realizing the necessity of permanent
+ refleI work in municipal charities:
ana the congratulatory feeling that
was once occasioned when the itemsof
monetary relief loomed up big in a re-
port IS now called forth only when
the report on permanent relief is sat
lsfactory. To read that applicants
have been helped with work is to ba
assured that the charity that is being
practiced is constructive and not. like
the charity of an earlier period. de-
structive.
10 the sentimentalist the associa-
tlon OF anything suggestive of red tame
with charity is repugnant in the ex-
IRENE. Such a one finds in the picture
OF handsomely clad lady pausing on
a street corner to drop a coin in a
peggar's outstretched hand, while tbe
snow falls softly, an exemplifcation
or the true spirit of charity. And If ;s
true that if the picture. depicted in.
stead the beggar shoveling snow or
saving wood while the lady in, .oues.
tlon prepared for him a meal in nav
ment' 1T would not draw a tear from
anybody's eye. Nevertheless the latter
would exemplify the truer charity,
fortunately it is the utilitarian nict,,,a
tnat best typifies the spirit of charity
today. st. Paul, for instance, is more
apt TO congratulate itself ON the fact
that its relief society enabled needy
men and women to earn an aggregate
sum OF six thousand dollars DURING
tne past year than on the fact that II
gave away almost four thousand in
money, food. clothing and fuel