The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-08-03
Editorial Symposium
Selsoted from the Columns Of the Leading Nswspa-
pers of America.
IN HIS FAVOR.

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IN HIS FAVOR.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Mr..
Bonaparte, the new secretary OF the
navy, may not know much about bat
tleships and cruisers to begin with,
but in declining to use railroad passes
he has shown strong common sense,
indicative of character and proprie-
ty which mands itself to his fell
low executive officers. The same
moral reasons which have led to his
action in the matter should impress
all public functionaries.
NApoLEoNs GUN FOR oYAMA. d,
Pail Mall Gazette: General Oyama
Is reported to have been the recipient
of unique gift from European ad.
mirer whose name and nationality do,
however, not transpire. 1t is an old
gun, which the donor AYERS belonged
to and was used by Napoleon I and
has since been treasured as an heir.
loom in this gentleman's family. "Na-
poleon," says the letter accompany
ing the gift, "set all upon the de.
struction of Russia, yet got no fur
ther than Moscow; you and your
forces, however, have done the trick
and know how to cut the bears claws
once and for all. To you, therefore,
by right belongs this weapon, whose
erstwhile possessor would indeed have
re joiced had he been able to witness
the victories you have gained in the
present day."
THE FAULT OF THE SOUTH.
Boston Herald The word of Gov.
ernor Blanchard, Of Louisiana, to a
grand jury in whose jurisdiction
lynching was recently had is true
one: "You cannot make the world
believe that the names of these lynch.
ers cannot be found out" The gov
ernor "f Georgia might say the same
thing T., grand jury In a county
where light men we're recently taken
from jill and shot 10 death. The
criminals can be found If there Is
disposition to find them, and they cas
be punished for murder If there is not
disposition to let them commit
murder. All the talk of all the
orators and editors in the South about
these crimes being contrary to the
public sentiment of the vicinage goes
for nothing so long as the community
does not discover, indlct and punish
the guilty.
"CANADA FIRST AND FOREVER.
Halifax IN. 81 Chronicle: This is
Canada's century. We began the
twentieth with the same population
as the United States began the nine
teenth century. We have country
of magnificent extent and of un-
surpassed fertility, capable of con-
tanning and supporting in prosperity
loo, ,OOO,0O people. We are building
the National Transcontinental rail-
way that will open up to civilization,
to settlement and to commerce an
imperial domain. Our people are en-
terprising, ambitious and law abiding.
Nowhere in the world Is life safer or
property more secure than in Canada.
The horizon Is aglow with promise.
Narrow sectionalism Is giving place
to broad Canadianism, and lot us hope
the time is fast approaching when we
shall know no East and no West, but
all shall honor our great premier's
toast, as we do to-day, Canada 6rst,
Canada last, and Canada forever"
ON THE VERGE OF MORAL REVIVAL.
Detroit Free Press In another
form and under different name, but
with degree of effectiveness which
cannot be mistaken, We seem to be on
the verge of 4 reform or revival which
will have for its object the purifying
of the streams that have hitherto
escaped. The Equitable scandal, the
revelations 40 to the Rockefeller
methods, the preachments of Thomas
W. Lawson, the unanimous con.
demna,ion Of all forms of graft, the
establishment of new code in which
honesty within the mere terms Of law
10 declared insufficient. all seem to
contribute their portion to the
redivivhs that 10 within the immediate
prospect. We do not consider Thomas
w. Lawson as a great moral force,
but there 10 no reason to doubt his
sincerity even If we condemn the
spectacularism of his methods. Those
very methods have lent emphasis to
his statements and gained for him an
attention that would otherwise have
been impossible. What reason ID
there to doubt Mr.. Lawson's sincerity
when he says that he acquired what
he has by dishonest methods, although
he did not know It at the time, or the
honesty of his purpose, when he says
that he intends to restore 1t all to the
people?
THE CLASH OF EAST AND WEST.
Atlantic Monthly: That struggle
between the remaining nations of the
far East and Europe, long delayed ye,
always certain, has come at last. In
1t Russia stands for the typical
aggressor and marauder of Europe,