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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
How the Chief Justice LOafs
T THoMPsONs POINT, on the

A T THOMPSONS POINT, on the
"A shore Of Lake Champlain, about
fifteen miles south Of Burlington,
fl a beautiful country home called
Liberty Hail." Mr. Justice Brewer of
tho United States Supreme Court
dreams away the summer season each
year.
"Oh, I'm nothing on earth but a
loafer." says he. with his Characters
tic twinkle; that is, from June to Oe
tober. I am absolutely no account to
anybody in the world, and don't make
a single unnecessary move from the
time leave Washington till 1 get back
TO it,"
Then how do you squander your al
Iotted twenty-four hours a day?"
Il don't do any ashing or rowing
the Missouri River is responsible for
that. but that's another story-and ]
haG one experience with hunting whicn
resolved me 10 rest on my laurels
thenceforward; so there is really moth
ing for me TO do at Lake Champlain
but lie en- the grass and sleep.
But ~hy did you let the Missouri
River stop your fishing career?'
humpns YOU just ouShN 70 So NHat
water II is so muddy and thick that
no self-respecting fish would stay in IL
for long. and the only things you can
catch in IL are catfish. ] used to be
quite a fisher when I was a boy, and
vas very proud OF my past record, so
when we moved over into Kansas
polished up my rod and sailed forth to
show the native youths the temper OF
my sporting blood. I came back with
Kansa. mud smea red over me from top
20 toe, and nothing but some big
Inouthed catfish 10 show for my days
work. After that I let fishing alone.
and gradually ] forgot the art. Then
man gets lazy as he gets old, any
way
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IO OV In ~HOCHI ,
\ o KANSAS

He has experienced a change OF
heart. has hep" interjected McAfee. He
is now an earnest, God-fearing man.
eh?''
Yes. think he is was the reply.
We'll. then. this will be a good time
for him to 60" was Mc.Afee's laconic
retort. as he turned to walk back to
Governor Crawford and renew his ad-
vice that the execution OF Bates be or
dered- Within a few days Governor
Crawford signed the death warrant and
Bates was hanged.
There were no more convictions of
murder in the first degree until 1879.
when Henry Goddard of Cherokee
County was sentenced to death for the
murder OF Donald Ramsey. Goddard
was confined in the penitentiary for a
year, with the expectation that his ex-
ecutfon would be ordered at the end OF
that time.
But. Governor Osborn did not believe
in capital punishment and failed to or
der the execution. During his term he
refused to sign death warrants for the
execution OF two other condemned con-
victs.
His successor said nothing regarding
the prior lcases. but early in his own
term took similar action in another
case. So ii has gone on from year to
year. The number of condemned con-
victs has grown meanwhile until q
change now would mean what Governor
Hoch IS pleased to term wholesale
murder by the State"
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was that was in the room. She then
made known her presence. and from
that day the two played duets
On April 10 QuiRn asked Miss STRAIT
ton If she would mind allowing him to
pass his hands over her face The hand
inspection evidently was satisfactory,
as shortly afterward he asked her to
be his wife.
The bride says her husbands affiic-
tion appealed to her sympathy. And
besides" she continued. Il love him for
his gentleness and goodness. l realize
that / must be the eyes for both of US
and realized the responsibilities before
1 gave my answer"
When a Kentucky girl concludes to
get married IL is useless to put OBJ
stacles in her path. 1t may take her a
long time to make up her mind. but
once having decided upon matrimony
the more difficulty she experiences the
more determined she becomes
Miss Letta Marshall of Fordsville,
KY. and Herbert Martin Of Suamico,
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In 1855 a man named Bates, an es-
Gaping horse thief, shot and killed AbeS
Policy, a respected citizen of Usage
County. Bates was captured, tried, con-
victed of murder in the first degree and
sentenced to death. His conviction was
the first of its kind after the organiza-
tion of Kansas as State.
Bates was taken to the penitentiary
and there confined for a year. When
the time for his execution approached
strenuous efforts were made to restrain
Governor s. J. Crawford from signing
the order for his execution. Governor
Crawford was a believer in the princi-
pie of capital punishment He was in
clined to sign the order, but was wav-
ering in his determination
Rev. ]. B. McAfee. a well-known Lu-
theran minister, now residing in To-
peka, was Governor Crawford's private
secretary. McAfee was very earnest In
his conviction that Bates should be
hanged and friends of the latter con-
cluded that they could induce the Gov
ernor to commute the sentence IL Nc
Afee could be converted to their side OF
the controversy.
Another Lutheran preacher who had
been quite intimate with the Governor 5
secretary was secured to influence Nc
Afee to change position The second
preacher tried every possible means of
persuasion without success. finally con-
cluding with the ministerial appeal that
the condemned man had experienced a
change of heart and should be permit
ted to live TO enjoy his new-found
peace.
S"He has experienced a change of
heart and has been born again said
the petitioning preacher. He is now
an earnest, God-fearing man, working
in the cause of Christ.
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Attracted by his ability as a pianist
and sympathizing with him in his af-
Fiction, Miss Bessie L. Stratton of New
York City was welded to George W..
Quinn, who has been blind since his
birth.
Although only AZ years old. this is the
third venture in the sea of matrimony
for Quinn. He has two sons, but never
theless his BRIDE who is many years
younger than he. says Quinn needs some
one to look after him and lead him
around.
The marriage was the elimination OF
a romance that began with series Oh
piano duets. About year ago MISS
Stratton began boarding at the home
of her stepmother. In the house was a
piano, at which Quinn would sit and
play for hours. The bride. who is also
an accomplished pianist. would quietly
slip into the parlor and listen to him,
not thinking that the blind man was
aware of her presence.
One day while she was sitting there
he suddenly turned and asked who 1t
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
BY GEORGE v. HOBART.
OMMY HARPER isn't a bad
but he has a bug that he was p


in this world for the purpose of
elevating the stage
Tommy thinks he could rush on and
play Richard the Third to such an
extent that the audience would rise up
and carry him out ON their shoulders.
Perhaps they would--dead.
Tommy thinks that with his voice
he could make Jean de Reszke's notes
look like a bunch of bad money.
He's out to bet a couple of seven
dollar bills that he has Herbert Kelcey
famed to a finish, and that when 1T
comes to comedy Francis Wilson and
Jeff DAngelis aren't visible on the she'll
road.
He saws that if ever he can break
into play with Mrs. Leslie Carter he'll
turn such a warm pair OF goo-goo eyes
on her that somebody Will have TO get
up and veil for the Fire Department
But Tommy can't make good with his
shape.
He's as broad across the bosom as
Colonel Jack Carter.
In the love passages his embonpoint
would set him back about three feet.
He can wear a full dress suit all
right, but after it's set he looks like
lead of new-mown nay.
Tommy belongs to the Ancient ana
Honorable order of Tack Hammers.
He ALWAYS knocks in a lady-like way,
and his remarks don't register once in
ter.
He likes to go to theater and squirt
verbal seltzer water all over the place.
His language is all fine and daisy,
but when he turns on the loud pedal he
sounds like a dog locked up in the
barn.
He is one of those dubs who thinks
he's missed his Calling, and. no doubt.
his calling has been shaking hands
with itself ever since because he missed
the boat
rye known Tommy for long time,
so he feels free to read his dope to
me.
Every time a new book comes out
Tommy wants to get 1T dramatized
and star in it.
He tried to get Janice Meredith"
but Frank Mckee cut across lots and
headed him off.
Tommy had an idea that If the part
of Washington crossing the Delaware
in Janice Meredith could be fat
tened up with a couple of topical songs
and a comedy hit, he'd be aces for the
road.
He says that if he had seen David
Harum" first he would have made
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men. although I am convinced that
some of them would welcome DEATH
In this view of the situation Governor
Hoch is unquestionably correct. Times
almost without number condemned con-
victs at Lansing have petitioned Kansas
Governors to order their execution.
They hoped that death would bring
them relief from the interminable re-
straint and irksomeness of labor in the
penitentiary coal mines, 900 feet be-
meath the surface of the earth, day in
and day out. without hope of relief.
But Governors have never treated the
requests seriously, and in Governor
Hoch's case the letters have been con-
signed to what he terms the crank
bcx" in his fling case.
The law has been as it exists today
since the first session of the Kansas
State Legislature, and the probabilities
are that so far as the sections regard
ing capital punishment are concerned II
will remain unchanged for all time.
Kansas people realize that the law au-
thorfzing capital punishment is practi-
cally nullified by the subsequent situ-
alton and are satisfied.
The bare fact that less than seventy
FIVE men have been condepned to death
in the State during third OF century
is supposed to indicate that homicide
is prevented as effectively by the pres
ent law, equivalent to one imposing
life Imprisonment in direct terms, as II
would be by law imposing capital
punishment. So long as the people con-
tinue to so regard it there will be no
demand for a change in the law.
Though few people know 1T, one man
was hanged in Kansas legally since the
present law has been In effect. EXami-
nation of the records discloses the fact
that there was never but one legal
execution, however.
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hunter and / stuck my rusty gun
against my shoulder and blew the rab-
bits head off. After the party caught
breath again they wanted me to try
my hand at some real game, but from
that day to this / have never shot at
any living thing, because a man who
willfully tempts his luck deserves Il
downfall. l was quite ready to rest on
my laurels.
Did the sport never appeal to you
enough to warrant taking it up in
earnest and learning to hit things?"
Il liked it; yes, but l couldn't shoot
quick to save my life. Just as some
thing stumbled into my line of fire
began to take very careful aim, and
by the time l decided that where
was pointing would coincide with the
whereabouts of the creature when /
shot there wasn't a thing in sight to
shoot at"
81 know the Missouri River didn't
destroy your love for walking"
That is right. / do lots of walking
to keep me from getting old and fat"
And so at Lake Champlain you sim
ply lie on the grass and sleep?"
1T does sound mighty trifing, /
know admitted Justice Brewer, but l
do work pretty hard all winter, and
then, 1 think sometimes it isn't such
a bad art, after all, to loaf successfully
Somepody once said that loaferS are
born to their parts anyway, and l
think man has to have some training
and good deal of talent to idle away
his time pleasantly. In my summer
cottage l never get bored or disgust
ed, and yet most of the time 1 am lying
stretched out in my yard or the near
by woods, doing absolutely nothing.
My neighbors drop in to chat OCCASION
ally, but for the most part I am per-
fectly good for nothing the whole sum-
mer long"
That is a terrible arraignment
wonder If anybody else could say 1t
with impunity?"
Mrs. Brewer does" he answers. with
a dry spaia
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which enacted the law did not care to
go on record as opposed to capital pun
ishment yet it did enable the State
to shirk the responsibility of legal
lied murder" and placed the entire
responsibility on the Governor 1t is
also apparent from the numerous
qualifications that the Legislature was
mindful of human nature and realized
that Governors would be slow to order
the death penalty inflicted unless sum-
marily commanded to do so. For that
reason, apparently, was inserted the
qualification that the Governor shall,
in his discretion" order the death
penalty inflicted.
And so it has been that for more than
thirty years courts in Kansas have
sentenced men convicted of murder in
the first degree to death, usually con-
fident that the penalty would not be
inflicted.
In a third of century more than
seventy convicted murderers have been
sentenced to death The sentence in
each case has been practically equiva-
lent to life imprisonment. 1t is now
believed that no Governor will ever or
der the penalty imposed. OF the sew
enty-odd murderers upon whom death
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never sign warrants author
- izing the execution of con-
demned prisoners has called atten-
ton TO the fact that ffty-nine
convicted murderers under sentence of
death are now confined in the Kansas
Penitentiary at Lansing awaiting exc
cution, This strange situation is made
more extraordinary when considered in
connection with the probability that the
death penalty viii never be legally in
nicted in Kansas unless the present law
snoula be changed. although the stat
utes now provide that murder in the
first degree shall be punishable by
hanging.
The real facts are, however, that the
Kansas law authorizing capital pun
ishment does not provide as it pretends
10 do. Section 1916 of the General
Statutes OF Kansas. providing punish
ment for murder in the first degree. is
plain in its provisions. 1t reads: Per
sons convicted of murder in the first
degree shall suffer death"
il is TO a subsequent section that the
responsibility for the fact that more
than seventy human beings have been
sentenced to suffer capital punishment
during the past thirty-f1ve years with
out the sentence being carried out
should be charged. This subsequent
section throws the responsibility for
legal hanging squarely on the
shoulders Of the Governor of the State
lin fact rests the initiatory with him.
Since 1857 no Kansas Governor has be-
lieved in the principe Of capital pun
ishment sufficiently to INDUCE him to
sign single death warrant, and as q
result the number of condemned pris-
oners in the Kansas Penitentiary has
steadily increased.
The section Of the statute regarding
the Governors duties in connection
with the inhiction of the death penalty
is as follows:
Whenever any convict shall be SEN
tenced to the punishment OF death,
the court shall cause to be made out.
sealed and delivered to the Sheriff Of
the county a warrant stating such
conviction and sentence and an or
Ger instr uClllS the SneEll OF the COuu-
~ TO convey such convict to the peni-
tentiary and to deliver the said con-
vict TO the warden thereof, to be by
him safely kept until the time fixed
Cor his execution as hereinafter pro-
v1ded; and a certified copy Of such
warrant shall be by the clerk forth
srith transmitted to the Governor Of
We state.
The Governor shall keep in his Of
Hce a record Of all warrants Of con-
vtction and sentence received by him
as aforesaid; and any Governor of the
State for the time being shall. in his
discretion. at any time not less than
one year from the time of conviction
Of each convict respectively. make an
order fixing the day on which the SEN
tence Of the law shall be carried into
effect which time shall be at least
thirty days from the issuance Of such
order, which order shall be directed
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sentence has been passed three have
been women, and two of these women
are still among the fifty nine hopeless
prisoners at Lansing.
In order TO consistently sign the
death warrant of murderer convicted
during his own term of Office a Gov
ernor would now be compelled to order
the execution of fifty-nine unfortunate
wretches now at Lansing. Some OF
these convicts have been in the peni-
tentiary under sentence OF death for
more than thirty years and are for
saken and forgotten. Governor Hoch
has only the most incidental knowled ge
of their crimes and the mitigating cir
cumstances.
I'm view of all these things I could
not sign a death warrant" Governor
Hoch remarked recently. 81 could not
do it, no matter how strongly I might
believe in the principle Of AN eye for
on eye and tooth for tooth. But 1
do not believe in the principle at all, so
il is idle for me to discuss what I
could could not do. l simply will
rot order the execution of any of these
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to the warden of the State Peni-
tsntiary, to be by him executed.
Provided, that no Governor shall
be compelled TO issue any order as
herein provided for the execution of
any convict, whether convicted in his
own term or in that OF some OF his pre-
decessors, nor shall he be limited in
issuing any such order to such con-
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victs as have been convicted during
his term of Office"
In the next section of the law it is
condemned convicts at work at hard
labor until he is in receipt of the or
der for their execution. Examina-
tion of the sections quoted discloses
plainly that while the Legislature
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ECENT statements by Gov
ernor Boch that he win
never sign warrants author
izing the execution of con-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19

Farming Is now one OF the best ca
reers open to American young men.
and the fact Is becoming quite general
IL known. Yet some prejudices sur
viye from less prosperous times. Now
and then young man, forced to drop
out Of a college or professional school
because OF impaired eyesight, voice or
similar handicap. takes up farming
with an air OF hopelessness, as II all
ambition were passed Tor him. Such
an attitude would mean failure In any.
thing. Who tries for little receives
less. Let him take mp farming with
vim and gladness For the right kind
OF man there IL no nearer road to all
that Is most worth having. II you VIII
study and work and hustle, young
man. your brains and energy will put
you where you belong. but otherwise,
concludes American Cultiyator, II you
let yourself sag Into the ranks, satisfied
with the ways and doings OF the aver
age man. Brace up and resolve to be-
come the best farmer In the state and
pave the way for wide influence and
leadership.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19
The Trotting Bred Morgan Stallion
GREEN MOUNTAIN ARlSTOS,

Green Mountain Aristos Is a magnificent
specimen Of the Morgan family who are noted
lor their style beauty, speed and road quan-
ties. and whose blood lines appear IN onl
most noted trotters aud paeers--notably Oar
Patch, champion PAGER Of the world, record
20 and Darrell. record AGO Ia
The Morgan family are as popular today as
hey were fifty years ago when Vermont Black
Hawk stood at the head Of all trotting stall
ions, Green Mountain Anst0s comes from
he most popular branch Of the Morgan tribe
as sire, hristos. being one Of the best Of tbs
great family Of ifotters, having a record Of
IN ia. obtained in the eighth heat Of win
aing race. and iof purity d gait and grace Of
tction, was only excelled by his lusuious
gfandSlre Ethan Allen , 7s ia.
That this superb stallion inherits the purity
}, gait and beautiful action Of his noted sire
was evidenced and remarked by the th0us-
ands who saw him make his splendid right
N his races last September at Manchester
IND WslIingiord, Wholly out Of condition,
1e put W a fight that will be long remember
"a 81 those Who witnessed the contest. This
stallion had q heavy season In the stud last
season ard his this years crop OF foals are
inst coming on and are beauties,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19

IN arrangement similar to the one
shown In the cut. says q correspondent
OF Farm, Field and fireside. This h
very easily constructed at little or no
expense ANY sort Of available poles
or sticks may Ike used, dashed together
with pieces OF Irvine or small wire.
The platform, built ten inches OF
more from the ground, permits free
circulation OF air underneath and 30 up
through the pile and prevents the bot
tom layer from molding. by arrang'
ing cross sticks as shown cover may
be placed over the top that VIII pre-
vent rain entering the stacks from
above. Beans cured In this way are
very uniform and free from mold. The
poles may be kept from year to year,
and the platforms stored In piles or In
buildings.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19
CHINESE RADrsn.

find specimens foot and a half In
length. II In eaten both raw and cook
ed. II IL white and II carefully washed
before being carted to market. so that
II presents an attractive appearance.
although Its enormous size makes Its
Identification a difficult matter for an
average American farmer. Chinese
cabbage grows tall rather than round
When growing the cabbage bears some
resemblance TO our celery. being very
white at the bottom and green at the
top.
One Of the most interesting vegeta'
bles grown at this farm Is a variety
OF sicllian squash. which has very
peculiar shape. specimens often being
seen which are fully yard long. al
though no larger around than ones
wrist-Country Gentleman.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19

NAVY BEANS.
/ .sfA.ri.s ssa csstss-A c~~A rias
H~s stssttaa.

.ssAsri.s ssa csstss-A c~~A rtas
p~s sssstiss.
The rspc leaa crop map l'e puil~d y,
hsse and ihrvwn into wiDdross CON
iaining two q rhr-s rows each, o. "
mas s.e cut ~ hc&s harvesting MAJ
easlne. which dces The same thins "
Should he Beft ia The rows couple 81
Gays TO wilt and dry and thea "I.oaed'
Thls rnnsns The placing u iisr Wins
troos end lsl arcuni stake orifsn
flrrniy laio the ground " !, 10 desired
10 see-i the Geld 10 wheat the vines
uhy Ice removed 10 another Geld for
The purpose II poling or stacking
Poles have tsen such uncertain
things under un,arorabls conditions
dat for a Number Of ycars ! havs used
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19
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