The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-06

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The newspaper is the Waterman Q
the community, ever on guar,
against every form OF evil and dan
ger. and it should be the proper pride
of every newspaper man, admonlshe
fne Kansas City Journal that he ma
sustain the high responsibilities he as
sumes.
There is no subject talked SO mucf
about in this country as DaseDail
There is nothing that is so much reat
about, notes the Ohio State journal
War extras in the days of the Rebel
lion were not more eagerly snatchet
up than baseball news Of today. They
hra the daily diet Of millions Of PEG
p,o who thiuk Or talk about litti'
else.
If there IS any basis for the re
ports from Ecuador, suggests the
Pittsburg Despatch, that there was al
one time possibility of the United
States being asked to buy the Ga a
pd2os IslaESls for S5.30G, GOO and tha'
the overthrow of President Garcia
closed the incident there will be a
general feeling that here at least was
one revelation that did good
The serious defects in the admin
.stration of the criminal law have IN
recent years aroused the Apprehension
Of those whose professional duties led
to study Of the subject, declares the
New York Herald. Justice Brewer
excited Widespread discussion b. his
proposal to abolish the right OF ap
peal by which wealthy criminals Sc
cure successive and interminable de
laws so that even in the few instances
in which they are finally punished tne
conviction has lost all moral force.
Whether journalism be classed az
d trade or a profession is a matter OF
no consequence whatever, observes
the New Orleans Picayune. The fact
remains that much of it must be learn
ed in the shop. while at the same
time all the universities in the world
are not beyond the reach OF its de-
mands. There is no real school OF
newspaper art and science but the
newspaper Office itself, and yet all
Lodi &c
conduct of newspaper.
Anent the congressional campaign
the Boston Herald thinks there is too
much rotation in office. Many States
have learned the lesson Of the in
creased usefulness of Congressman
the longer he remains in office. Says
the Herald: Other factors being any
where near equal, the experienced
Congressman is of much greater value
to his constituents than the new man.
While that theory may work against
the aspirations Of budding politicians,
1t must be remembered that congress. |
sional service is Of more Importance
than the mere qualification OF the po-
litical desires of any ward leader. 10
change from one party to another is
Unsuitable; but the rotation comes
most frequently in those doctrines
where a nomination by the majority |
party is practically equivalent to an
election.
The true moral is that of Solomon:
Who maketh haste to be rich shall |
not be innocent" If Mr.. Rockefeller
is confident that he has made all his
money by the practice of those prin-
ciples which he processes, suggests
he New York Times, he can entirely
afford to let the barNngs of the vel
ow journalists and TIE yellow maya
zinists, and even the yellow clergy
men, pass by him as the idle wind
which he regards not. Bat if he has
my doubt on that crucial point, then
le is necessarily hurt" and his hurt
S of kind and degree to compensate
or the absence OF purely legal pains
md penalties. The yellow prescott.
RS. of whatever class, should be
omewhat assuaged by that consider
,tion.
The only point at which the COM
lunity can lay hands upon such con-
called property and levy the contri-
ution which it ought to have paid IS
vhen it is exposed to view In the
rebate Court In New York it was
gently shown that estates in pro