The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

for one Of them, holding in his hand the
bloody instrument of death, dropping
gore as he ran, the friends of the fam
tly after him; he outdistanced his pur-
suers and as he neared the somber bas-
tile, called out wildly to the warder in
the high citadel of the castle to hurry
and let him in, exhibiting in his other
hand, held high in the air, a petition
and bond for removal Whane, the
drawbridge rises with rattle o. It's
chains and down goes the portculns just
as he falls in a faint to the floor inside.
1t reminds me of the haste OF the rail-
ways to get out of the state courts and
into the federal ones.
"I further read in the report of
Moses that inside those cities they
tried the flying assassin for murder;
the laws were inexorable and harsh !;
eye and tooth for a tooth; written in
vengeance, and administered without
sympathy, but read the Bible as will,
imptorfng my wtfe's help, for she be-
longs to a. Bible class. can not find
that Moses ever reported single con-
vfction after the fugitive was sheltered
by its walls and surrounded by its pro-
lection.
The moderation so clamored for
may do for the man who Is about to
take his fourth wife, or who, bold
ing an office himself desires q place
for all his relatives, headed by his
father-tn-law.
ct would be out Of place in the
time Of fire when one did not know
where to find his panta1oons. It
would have been the last thing Pat
rick Henry should have made use Of In
the House of Burgesses.
THE Declaration Of Independence was
an anEered protest from the repre-
sentatives of the outraged colonists
The barons at Runnymede came full
tilt as the people do now: The peo-
pie are determined that the railways
shall comply with the law and be hon
est; that they shall not be permitted
any longer to make a liability an
asset, nor stand q six on its head and
make it do duty for a figure nine.
The Plea for Moderation.
"And sufficient reply to this call
for moderation at just such juno
ture as this, Is the reply OF the
darby to his running mate when
they were robbing q hen roost. The
one at the top Of the ladder sadd to
the other at the bottom, 'Sambo. do
you know that there is good deal Of
turpitude in what we are doing now,
and to which the other instantly and
impatient1y replied, It's getting late,
and we have no time to discuss Ques-
lions Of mental philosophy, hand US
down another pu1let' It may be that
The Sd1Bta e y Is lllS ktc-AL PuAlO%s
1T never knew but ONE lawyer In
my hfe who let moderation run away
with him. Upon a client engaging
him In a criminal case he had his
stenographer take down in detail an
entire inventory Of his property.
lands, tail hold IN lands, equities in
lands, moneys, cows and calves
horses, Jacks and farm implements,
notes, books Of account witness
fees due him, transfer OF chattell
mortgage and every last thing under
the sun. and he said to the man, I
wank all of this; at first blush 1T may
seem harsh, but you win understand
the logic of it, when I tell you-a
strong, vigorous, young fellow. as you
are-that II you are sent up to the
pen for this offense, you will not
need any Of this stuff, and II you are
acquitted, you can earn more The
railroads have been making like de-
mands with an equally modest,
forced-draft moderation and are in
no condition to ask moderation or
mercy of the world, the flesh or the
devil until they wash their hands.
when the shark tore a hole
through the seine, all the little fishes
escaped; and criminal disobedience of
the law in a big, UNIV whipped offender
breeds the habit in smaller ones Of