The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-04-11


papers telling of the millions Japan
is spending in increasing the effec-
tiveness of her army and navy.
came circulars from a pins fraud
of a newspaper asking contribu-
tions for the famine sufferers in
Japan We hope We are not hard
hearted but we can't bring our
selves to contribute.
The Touch That Makes us Kin"
Recently a child was born to Mr..
and Mrs John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
The newspapers printed an inter-
view with Mr.. Radley, the sttor-
ney general of Missouri. to the ef-
feot that the attorney general wss
ready to declare truce, permitting
the elder Rockefeller. who for sew
eraI months has been lodging SUBJ
,poenss, TO visit his new grandckild
without fear of being molested by
the authorities Sad to say, num-
bar of newspaper editors enthu-
siastically. if not hysterioslly. en-
dorse the attorney generals gen
erous offer" One newspaper prints
an eloquent editorial entitled 1.-THE
Touch That Makes Us Kin" That
paper says: THE law is not cruel.
Its intent is justice. justice for the
rich and the poor alike. The law
is for justice, and not for the per-
seouticn of a poor old man.
This may be said to be senti.
ment gone mad"
Whist is to prevent John D.
RockefelIr visiting his grandchild2
Simply the fear that he may en-.
counter an officer of law holding a
simple writ commanding him to
appear and give testimony in a
court of justice. Honest men do
not avoid such Writs. IF John D.
Rockefeller does not love his grand
child sufficiently to run the risk of
being served with a subpoena, then
he does not come within a thous-
and miles Of "the touch that makes
us kim"
If Attorney General Hadley
made this offer to the oil trust
magnate he acted unwisely. The
happiness and, indeed, the lives of
thousands and thousands of little
children who are just as precious
as the Rockefeller infant depend
upon such proceedings as those in
stituted by the attorney general of
Missouri, the purpose of which is
to require for the people at the
hands of the oil msgnate. There
is "the touch that makes US kin"
One newspaper editor says that
when the attorney general of Mis-
souri, said to "the poor old man
skulking through his broad acres
in the Jersey hills: GO and see
the boy. You shall not be modest
3D. he spoke the words of fellow
feeling that makes the whole
world kin"
There have been several instances
where fugitives from justice oharg-
ed with crime sought to attend the
funeral of loved ones under truce
with the authorities. We do not
remember that any such truce IVES
ever granted. But suppose that,
in this day. some such proposition,
came from some fugitive other
than q captain of industry? Would
any newspaper editor uphold the
authorities did they grant such a
trucef We make bold to say that
the proposition would be laughed
to scorn in every newspaper Office
in the country. Then why. when
when suoh truce is granted to the
oil msgnste. who is lodging MOTH
ing more serious than a subpoena.
do newspaper editors fall over
themselves, as it were, to write in
plaintive terms of 1.-THE touch that
makes US kim"
1.-THE touch that makes us kim"
indeed! If John D. Rockefeller
had his just deserts he would have
long ago been confronted with
something more serious than the
writ of subpoena. In the name of
a plundered people, spare us from
any sentimental gush with respect