The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
AT THE HOTELS.

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.'The old-time moonshiner. who. amid
the isolated businesses OF the mountain
peaks Of North Carolina. manufactured
white corn liquor that never paid a cent
OF revenue to Uncle sam. is going the way
OF the buffalo and the Indian' said Nlr.
r. R. Dalby. OF that state, at the Arllag-
ton.
There IS stnI a little Illicit distlnng
y going on, and il viii be many a year
before the game is absolutely given up.
but each year sees It diminish and ere
long it viii be practically extinct. one
reason for the decline Of mo0nshining
is the tremendous growth Of temperance
lsentImenl III North Carolina. That senti-
ment has found expression in she enact
gnent Of laws which bear harder GA the
moenshiner and are more vigorously en-
Iferced against him than are the Federal
statutes. 1t Is against our State laws
ROW TO manufacture or sell whisky out
side Of towns Of less than ie0o9 popuia-
tlOn. and the enforcement OF this statute
Is carried out vigorously. In the old days
the m0untaineers had only 10 eiude the
revenue officers; now they have the State
officials 10 contend with as wei, and be-
tween the two the business is discour-
agingly dangerous"
1T is exceedingly questionable whether
the President with all his influence and
popularity, can so mold matters as to
name the man ne wants as his successor,
remarked Dir. }. +. Beideu. a San Fran
cisco attorney. at the New Willard
| Indeed. the efforts Of Presidents 10
force the promotion Of some faForite have
often been in the nature Of a boomerang.
In 1ss2 President Arthur insisted on the
Inomination Of his Secretary OF the Treas
ury. Mr.. Folger. 10 the New York guber-
Material Office. The act was so keenly re-
sented that Grover Cleveland beat FolgeF
/ by over 10000 votes. but for which the
Buffalo man would probably never have
attained the Presidency. Are we 70 see "a
repetition of history? II IS commonly
understood that the President wants Sec
retary Taft 10 succeed him IN the White
House. But Mr. Taft viii have pretty
rough shedding in his own Stae. where the
I name Of Foraker is still potent 10 conjure
with. and where the fight Of the factions
has already progressed 10 a point that
means bitter and unceasing war.
| "The attempt to force Taft, therefore,
/ on the country as a Presidential candi-
date might Just as easily be disastrous as
was the ATthur-dictated nomination Of
Folger. Mr.. Taft is a good and great man
| IN his own right and any White House
sponsorship is more apt 10 harm than help
him"
a bill has been introduced in the Mas
saehusetts legislature 70 make it lawful
for any person to dig clans or catch
fish on the Lords Day said Mr.. f. 5.
Heaiey. of Boston. at the Raleigh. 1T
must not be supposed that the bin indi-
Gates any relaxation OF religious senti-
ment or any moral degeneration in our
State. It was proposed for the very prac-
teal reason that it is essential to the
protection Of "a large number Of people
who are engaged in the humble. but use
/ ful, occupation Of digging clans. For
ages hard working men on the afassachu-
sets coast have supported their families
by digging the bivalves, and nobody mo-
Tested them for pursuing their work on
Sunday, as il did not interfere with the
staid citizens ia the vicinity Of NeWbuTy-
port and Ipswich, who ate fresh clans on
Monday without thinking Of their coilec-
ton on the previous day.
But latterly, in the enforcement of the
Law against fishing on Sunday, some
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cases against them were not pressed Il
seems TO be an instance where some lib
erality is necessary, and only the most
ultrapuritanism could Object to the bill
that VIII allow the honest diggers to %
on with their business seven days IN the
week"
THE most finished and effective speaker
in Germany" said Prof. Ernest sehnabel,
of Berlin, at the shoreham, is Herr
Bebel, the leader Of The Socialist party.
This man had no advantages OF early
training, no university education, ana
indeed gained his knowledge of literature
through his own unaided efforts He
worked az the trade Of a wheelwrlght IN
his younger days. but even while strug-
Cling for living. he was a close student.
particularly Of governmental affairs and
political economy. His views are OBJ
noxious 20 a great majority OF his fellow
members of the Reichstag. and yet when
ever he rises 10 speak he commands the
closest attention Of the legislators.
Among his followers he is idolized and
they obey him as implicitly as If he
were their king. lie is a man Of austere
life, and IS said 10 be without even the
smaller vices Of mankind
'The Indiana legislature in passing a
law TO prevent certain defective classes
from perpetuating their species has taken
a very advanced step" observed DR.. H.
IF. Block, OF Chicago, at the New VIII
lard. 1T is greatly to be doubted
whether such legislation is any more de-
sirable than the proposition to put an
end to the lives OF people incurably af-
ficted for the sake of relieving them Of
their suffering.
'Of course it is not for the good OF
society that idiots. or chronic drunkards.
or vile criminals should become parents.
bat the wisdom of forcible prevention is
questionable. The best method OF pre-
vention Is such a general increase Of en-
lightenment through education as would
cause these vicious and defective ones to
be Stunned. There are evils that legis-
iatiOn cannot reach. but which can ha
cured only by the general uplifting Of
mankind in the gradual evolution Of
human affairs
An Afflicted Hen.
From the New York Tiibune.