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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

.. should, on their own initiative. and as
"far as circumstances may allow, offer their
synod Offices. Powers have
1.-THE right 10 offer good offices or mediation,
seven during the course OF hOstilities E.
"The functions Of the mediator are at an end
when once It is declared that the
"means Of reconciliation proposed by him are
mot accepted" It IS to be noted that it is only
before an appeal to arms that the powers as
sumo the obligation TO offer mediation After
the appeal they simply have the right to do SO
without offence 1t is justly considered that the
time for mediation or arbitration IS bafore war
is begun The old rule Infer drlnd ieges sHent,"
still holds good, or. if the laws or the good Of
fees of a mediator are to become effective amid
the conflict of arms, il should more properly be
at the appeal of the combatants themselves than
at the initiative of the neutral power whose
former overtureS have been rejected. IT would
be a grateful thing 10 have peace restored in Cen
trail America through the good Offices OF the
United States and Mexico. or Of one OF them.
But such tender of good offices now would be an
act of gratuitouS generosity, which might be
welcomed and applauded but which neither the
combatants nor the world can properly demand
or eyDect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01
CENTRAL AMERICAN COMPLICATIONS.

The present deplorable condition Of affairs In
three OF the Central American states gives addi-
tional point 70 what we have hitherto said about
the fItility OF regarding mediation. moral inter-
yention, arbitration or anything Of the sort as
an infalllble preventive OF war. Before the eX-
sstiag war broke out there was an agreement TO
arbitrate. there was an offer Of mediation or the
slender Of good Offices by at least two impartial
ana benevolent powers ana there was by those
same powers the utmost exertion of moral infu-
ence ana Intervention. Yet, in spite Of all these
things, two states went to war and a third
soined In The fray. All that could be done
short Of the exercise OF force was done to
prevent the war. But it was all done in
vain. There remained the question OF the use
OF force. That obviously lay. and lies, in the
discretion OF the neutral powers. 1t rested with
AexicO aud The United States TO determine for
themselves whether either duty or interest gave
them q sufficient mandate for the exercise of
coercion. 1t is conceivable that one or both Of
them might have decided. with ample justifca-
zion, to use force for the prevention Of war,
though such use Of force would itself have been
wRr. II is indisputable that in deciding not to
Go so they acted quite within their legal and
snOral rights and n a way entirely above crit
tcism.
These latter remarks apply equally well to the
question OF forcible Intervention 10 stop the war
now that il has begun. In some cases nations
have a moral right 10 do that. and they have
done it-as Russia ana Rumania did in the
Balkans and as the Cnited States did in Cuba.
On the other hand, they have an ndisputable
right 70 refrain from doing So according to their
own discretion. The United States has refrained
from Intervening, and Mexico officially an
ioances that she viii not Intervene. That atti-
rude 81 The two powers is eminentiy correct and
not subject 20 criticism. There Is, again, the
question OF moral Intervention, through the ten
der 81 good Offices for the stopping OF the war;
Doubtless the United States and Mexico have a
right 70 DO that az any time. but doubtless. too.
they ere under no legal or moral compulson 10
do 50. On the contrary, they are or would be
amply justified In refraining from such action,
on the ground that they had already made such
Offers and had been repulsed. II the disputants
w0llG not listen 10 them nor accept their good
oiices before the war began, what reason would
there be Cor hoping FIAT they would do SO now
&nd having once had fts benevolent offer re-
5ecte1, how often Is nation 70 renew the offer
ana subject itseie 10 a repetition or the rebuff!
it VIA be pertinent % recall the terms OF tho
convention os The Hague They are 70 this es-
fe1s: In case % serious disagreement or Goa.
rics, before an appeal 70 arms. the sigastC.y
DpTris seree 70 arrc recourse. as far as cir
'cu3lsiapees allow, 70 good Offices or medis ton.
Independently OF this. tho si.natory
~noNess recommend that ono or more powers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

Of railroad cannot perfectly guard against the
results Of such iendish and persistent efforts to
destroy its property and incidentally to kill and
lnjure scores Of human beings.
A man possessed of a mind so distorted that
the whole universe sinks into insignihcance be-
side his own microscopic personality is hardly
a safe person TO have at large, and unless 1t
can be clearly demonstrated that the guilty per-
sons are mentally incapable OF distinguishing the
difference between right and wrong it would
seem that the extreme penalty which can be in
fiicted Is rldiculOusly out of proportion to the
magnitude of the crime intended if not actually
accomplished. The travelling public Will breathe
a sigh Of relief when it learns that these dan
gerous persons are safely behind the bars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01
THE PASSION FOR scIgyCE.

The popularity Of science is growing astOnish-
ingly. Laboratories are everywhere over
crowded, so that many eager students are COM
PEELED TO carry on their researches in private
PraisewOrthy as this home study is, 1t has its
drawbacks, not only for the student, but even
more conspicuOusly for the public Take, for
instance the difficulties besetting the scientific
investigator of sociological problems. Not long
ago a truth seeking clergyman fell into the
hands of the police while pursuing Truth up a
dark alley and into a Stun tenement And the
other day the wits Of n Jefferson Market magis-
trate were sOrely taxed by the lady shoplifter
who, while cOnfessing to the theft Of several
pairs of gloves from a department store pro-
tested that the act WAS prompted solely by her
scientific desire 10 determine accurately the per-
centage OF chances favorable to escape. 1t is
embarrassing 10 stumble upon experimenters
unawares; the shOpkeeper is embarrassed by
the false charges he incontinently makes the
policeman 10y the useless trouble and ridIcuIe In
CURED, and the scientist by the ISLANDERS of the
ignorant multitude and the exasperating delay
m the investigation. The general public. too,
suffers by the blunder, in that it forms bad
| opinion of the morality of scientists. Every.
body, then, is ready 10 welcome q scheme elm
mating these unpleasant features without him
dering the fast and furious pursuit OF Truth
Many difficulties, though seem to make such
scheme chimerical. For one, the students OF
shODllfting seem to think it necessary to retain
for an indefinitely long period the goods they
take experimentally from the shOpkeepers coun.
ter. This is unfair TO the shOpkeeper, because
the goods are sure to go out of style long before
they are returned. In other cases, the scien-
lists use tie appropriated goods. doubtless with
a view 20 determining by ininitesimal calculus
whether any abnormal molecular deterioration
! takes place In goods not handled by saeslades
and wrapping clerks This matter demands So
luton. OF course, for If gloves gently lifted"
from the counter really outwear gloves that
have been wrapped up and tied, the buying pub,
! Bic ought 70 know it at once And get the ex-
periments necessary 10 prove this DO work
certain hardship upon the shopkeepers for often
I the scientists. after having worn out the goods,
neglect 10 return even the remnants And this
! confuses the bookkeeping at the store very
much.
otier difficulties prevail in the case Of scien-
tiae summers. In order to get into the spirit
OF taa elual the Investigators often have to GEE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

some of its sDirits into themselves first. by
thus drinking deeply at the fOunt OF siumlny
wisdom and the spigOts of depravity they be-
come absorbed in their work and forget to pub
llsh results. Thus the true aim OF science
namely. the instruction Of the public-is
thwarted revelations of low lfe pleasant and
horrible. remain locked up in the breasts Of the
investigators, who disclose what they have
learned only when an nadvertent arrest makes
il advisable STILL nobody can Censure them for
IN a measure keeping to themselves the mys-
teres of saloon back doors, pOOlrOOms and other
sanctuaries of evil; every scientist has to avoid
publishing premature reports Of his researches,
for the lay mind might only too easily be led to
wholly erroneous conclusions by fragmentary,
epsodical information about matters too alb
struse for its comprehension. Unhappily, the
scientist has to suffer much cOntumely because
Of his reticence and secrecy. But this seems to
be the unavoidable price of his privileges.
One step, however, might be taken toward
ameiorating his condition. The Police Depart
ment could open up registration bureau, where
ali prospective eXperimenters in such sciences
as shopfting, pocket picking and Summing
would be required to write down in advance
their names and addresses, as we'll as the par
ticular problem they wish to Investigate Thus,
If refined and studiOus lady from The Bronx
should desire to prove low easy 1t is to relieve
department store OF some Oh IT'S DdTgdlHs at
much less than bargain prices she would insure
her immunity and good reputation by recording
her programme-the kind Of goods to be taken,
the store to be pilfered, the hour at which the
experiment would take place, and so on. 1t
would then be a simple matter to have plain
clothes man on hand at the appointed place and
hour to protect the scientist from the misdi-
rected zeal and wrath of the store detective.
Surely. any lady or gentleman seriously inter
ested in writing technical essays for scientific
journals would be willing to go through such a
Formally BY treating all unregistered gentry
caught in the act criminals the sheep would
quickly and surely be separated from the goats
and magistrates be relieved Of much worry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01
Amusements.

ACADEMY OF MUEIC-S-Een-4-ur-
etEIAllGRA-2 -s-Yagdes1lie
SEZO2- s:f0-Th0 Ambitious Ms c.oott
HI1A SO 2-S- l5-z'he ftose q tne lta.leno'
lsE,FElTrs.ET ITCEUld- 6:30-@ao Reckoning
GI-Ou-S 15-F5edda Gabler-
TNoA DWAE-S- 10-T'he Partisan &ooeL
CASINOS. Eg-T1se White Hen.
COTONIALs-2-S--Nau Vaudeville 81.
sTFsRTON-S:ls--llls Tattooed Man
soAlsFE-S 15-Tfe SITiuE CticEen.
s-=DTTN ATI-sEE-The World IN Wax
Es-s .80-The Silver BOx-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY You lake T.
seaP7srK- s. :30-CauEht 81 The Rain
- VEIT-e3a-The chorus LADY
fgAHfIFrRSTlIN'S NICTORTA-S:lD-Nauo eFlits.
SFIsPkfD sCIJAHE-s l5-The Road 70 yesterday:
syIPPOpROAlE- -s-Septunes Daughter ana 1'ohee-
,zUbsosS-s.lS-A Matinee Of songs. s:iS-Bre"steFf
IysvfSsG --PIAcF-s.2o-saioae and yum Ensiselsr
fSNcTcKERBOCKER-s:l5 --The Req MIL
TTpERTY-8 I5-Salomy Jane.
IlNCOT.N EoITARE-g--When We We're l"ei'y-ono'
SYCEIIlI-s:l5--The LION ana the Mouse
IsYRfc-e:15-Kean .
gACIsOsg SQUARE GARDES-2--S-circ1s'
SEADTGOy CITATaIs-6: g5-The Three OF Is
s3ArgsTgC-s:ib-T Social Whirl.
81 N-9kTTAS-s.l5- Mills OF tho Gods
~ ~ y OPERA HOUSES :l5-carTnen-
SEW AnFsTERDAAi-e .15-The Grand Aoga-
Nr-TlV vCgT2T--s:ls-The Lend OF NOD.
PF9fNC E-5s-s.20-The Great Diyide.
SAVOy-s:I5- Man q the Hour
WALLACE s-S:l5-A Marriage OF Reason
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

A correspondent. commenting upon recent
observation made in these columns relative 70
the efforts of a sick horse 70 drag wagon out
of a hole in the so-called pavement" on lower
Broadway, expresses indignant surprise at the
brutal indifference Of the crowd of gaping men
who watched the beasts long struggles without
aiding him. We are requested to censure the
driver the crowd and the policeman; and we
would gladly do so If they had oil been equally
TO blame. But they were not. AS matter Of
fact, the little incident really illustrated only
one thing. the lack of sympathy and cooperation
between the public and the police. The police
man took elaborate notes, apparently about the
owner Of the horse and the animals condition
And he further called upon some passing truck
men TO help pull the wagon out Of the ravine
into which Il had slipped But. instead Of ask
ing the bystanders to lay hands upon the wheels
and settle the matter In an instant, the officer
repeatedly drove them off with grOWls. II may
be doing him an injustice. but he certainly ap-
peared to scorn the advice and willing help OF
the passersby. This affected superiority OF po-
licemen is far too common, and probably binders
many a little deed Of kindness and justice. If
our policemen were less wealthy they might be
more willing 20 accept suggestions when their
own ideas do not work VOL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

We are almost inclined to lay claim 10 The
gold medal offered by 1.-THE Scientific American"
for the best device for safeguarding life and
limb. Competitors might say that it was NOT a
private invention. but that objection is irrele-
want. The one really unfortunate feature about
il is that an accurate model or mechanical
drawing cannot be submitted. Indeed IL is Of
such a character that IL has 10 be altered On
certain important details every time II Is used
in safeguarding life and limb. These aItera-
lions. however. may be made with surprising
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

The simple life needs simple food. Brea6-and-
butter days are returning and there will be fewer
calls for the doctor.-American Medicine
1t will always be possible for doctors to ex-
plain that man requires greatly varied diet
and is i'll nourished upon the monotonOus regime
Of the simple life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

The Simplifed Spelling Board threatens
campaign OF greater activity than. ever before
beginning this month. The world was on the
point Of forgetting the existence OF great
reform
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01
NEW-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY. APRIL /. 1907

rapidly by anybody familiar with the devices,
which IS commonly known by the name of
wits"
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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03

finally declared that he was out OF the
running in the gubernatorial handicap,
it was naturally expected that his de-
voted Harlequin would follow him
into the Wilkinson camp. But the
merry tumbler didn't do anything OF
the kind. On the contrary, he turned
a handspring in quite another direc-
ton and to the establishment and dis
may of his most ardent admirers
among the onlookers at the polltlcal
pantomime, brought up right in the
middle of the Sanders bivouac.
Harlequin wasn't in his right ele-
ment. however. In fact, as com
pared with his environments, he was
a manifest misfit, and he wasn't very
long in finding it out. Mr.. Caffery's
production of the proof of his Donald
sonville charges against Mr.. sanders
afforded not only a convenient ex-
cuse. but an excellent Justification for
another hipfiap on Harlequin's part.
and Harlequin promptly threw it.
Here is how the agile gymnast ex-
plains his latest feat and puts Candl-
date Sanders in the vocative:
The statements of obvious fact
made by Donelson Gallery, Jr., in
Washington Artillery Hall the other
evening made clear to any American
citizen living in Louisiana that Jared
Y. Sanders is not the mar to be gov
erner of this splendid commonwealth
Proof takes such shape that it cannot
be refuted, and the kernel of that proof
over and above all else is that at one
period of his public career, Sanders
dedicated his political endeavors to
schemes of trickery, to manipulating
a public Office for the exclusion of OPP
pOnents and the favoring of friends
proof takes such shape as to show
that in his character are elementse dan
gerous when lodged in the hands of
the chief executive or any officia
clothed with power. Proof takes such
shape as to show q people destitute Of
~selfrespect who will clOthe with power
and honor any man who has at any
period of his political career employ
ed gross u~nfairness."
Doubtless the Sanders fuglemen will
endeavor to break the force of this
statement by ~ridiculing the inconsist-
ency Of Harlequin, but the statement
will remain, and its citation of '.obvi.
Gus fact snd logical deduction must
! be met by other response than mere
denunciation of the authors achieve
ments in the line of political ground
| and lofty tumbling.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03
The Sweet Singer.

Lake Charles Press.
Years ago Walt Mason was
writing for the Lincoln Journal.
He was doing local work then,
but the greater portion of his
stuff" was thrown into verse or
rhyme. The writer had lost
track of WALT" but recently
observed one of his screeds in
the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
which reads:
/ am tired of Sammy Whitlow
and his celebrated dray, let him
take his lumber wagon and his
dreary face away; lam tired of
Mrs. Bradley and her scrape
with Mr.. Brown, and the learned
and able jurist should have turn.
ed those letters dawn. Tired, so
tired of Brother Fairbanks and
his presidential boom. which has
all the clammy vagueness of q
specter from the tomb. Tired of
peerless Billy Bryan and his let
ters to the press; just the name
Of peerless leaders gives a weary
bard Distress am tired of all
the chestnuts which these pass
ing days disclose; tired of fran
tic. jawing statesmen. hurting
swearwords at their foes; tired
Of banks and bonds and bankers,
and of crises that don't crise;
tired of Notwithstanding peo-
pie who don't seem to stack up
ice; but the thing that caps the
climax, and the thing that beats
the band. is the fame Of Pierpont
Morgan as the Man Who Saved
the Land!
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03
"rhs Trend of the Times

Baton Rouge State.
The Opelousas Courier, speak
ing oil the possibility Of st. Ian
dry parish going dry" has this
to say:
We can only assert that the
trend of the times points to the
ult mate passing away of the
saloon-then watch out for the
blind tigers. 1t Is possible that
henceforth the ''long toddy." the
"c,ld pint and the small
straight will drift into tina,
realm of legerdemaif where a
quiet knock on a table in an ap'
parently untenanted house will
have the marvellous effec. of pro-
ducing the desired BOOZE"
When laws against murder
prevent the shedding of innocent
blood; when laws against steal.
ing and swindling. and SANDER.
ing ones neighbor forever dis
courage the house-breaker and
and the backbiter-then the per-
sistent "blind tiger" can with
reason be used as an argument
against prohibition. Shall bar.
rooms be broken down and life
be left wide open to the evil-dOer
because mans enforcement OF
law has been inadequate
Whatever the "long toddy'
and the cold pint. and the
! small straight" may mean
and one unititiated pleads ignor'
ance-they may speedily make
the quietus of those. who like
the traditional hog. will return to
their "wallowing in the mire."
but they will not be open snares
to entrap the feet of the rising
generations.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03

vada, lis. t1S95) held that an agree
ment before an election to share the
salary ana fees OF an Office, ia con-
sideration OF the plaintiffs using his
influence to elect the defendant to such
office, is void: and Leonard, Judge,
in deciding the case said:
1T is undoubtedly void. as con-
trary to public policy. It vas in
terms d promise 10 use not only per-
aonaI effort, bat personal influence.
among the voters of Storey County to
secure defendants election. Its in
huence upon plaintiff was the same as
though defendant hal promised to
give him a definite sum of money in
case OF election. Success would bring
reward. while defeat would result. not
only in loss of coveted profits. but
time and labor as well. By it plain
tlff's love of gain was stimulated, and
a great temptation placed before HIM
to promote his own interest regardless
OF public good. This arrangement
may have induced him to influence ten
men, or a hundred, to vote for de-
PENDANT in opposition to pre-cOnceived
political principles. and fixed ideas of
right and duty: and too, when they
have preferred his opponent as an in
cumbent of the Office. Such a contract
cannot be upheld. Its tendency was
to corrupt the people upon whose in
tegrity and intelligence the safety of
the State and Nation d~epends-to lead
voters to work for individual interest
rather than the public welfare. ADV.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-03
Ex-senator Liable 1Sa.C Candidate
For State Senate.

For State Senate.
st. Martin Banner.
Ex-senator T. j. Liable has.an-
nounced himself as a candidate
for the State Senate. Mr.. Lab.
be is forty years Of age a man of
wide business experience. has q
good record as q citizen. in his
own town; while he has never
occupied any salaried Office, he
has been identified with public
affairs for twenty years, during
which time he served as Mayor
Of st. Martinville. President Of
the School Board and State Sen
ator. He resigned as Mayor to
run for the State Senate in
which Office he has been recog-
nised as q conservative. safe and
fearless legislator. As presi-
dent Of the st. Martin School
Board he has been instrumental
in placing st. Martin Parish as
one OF the first educational par
ishes Of the State. 81
While aspartizan in politics his
policy has always been consis.
tent.with high ideals in politics
and he is always. 70 be found on
thsside Of good. ptcgresslve and
honesta g~overnment,. Mhile1he is
2rm IN his views upon public
questions. As . servant Of the
peopaehe has never been known
II shirk 2 responsibility.
In presenting his name to 81.
Martin. Iberia and Lafayette we
do 90 With the frm conviction
that while there may be as good
men FOR the Office; none are bet
ter fitted to serve the people Of
the 18th Senatorial District than,
he ID.