The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-10
WEEK IN THE WORLD.



|" Are l1Akng unDsesy.
Whsn state Ms governor Mo Chssie
=. Hastax his mcxngrr sr~ sl~ays doet
D. mehts Of national interest, Al the open
" inx Of the New York legislature last wee
Governor Hughes gave . message charas
y !snstic ~ his attitude - an executive
}. One Of the most interesting rccommeads
tons in the messasr was that which uyrs
3 the two hwmaking bodies 10 40 amen.
n the laws - TO put an end 70 race tract
n gambling In the state. Under the present
law bookmaking and pool selling il per
D miifed ~ certain narrowly confined sec
. iioQs. while In any other portion Of the
stale such acts are held 10 b. felonies
The places where such gambling now L
. permitted u within the enclosures Of the
licensed race tracks which operate under
the supervision Of the state racing com.
mission; The. governor IN his message
holds that such discrimination rests upon
no distinction that il justified In the pop.
nlar mind. that the constitution makes no
exception Of race tracks. Direct nomina.
tons at primaries and q simpli6ed form
Of ballot are urged and recommendation
also arr made for an enlargement Of the
scope Of the public service commissions
law; for better provision for the cars and
protection Of immigrants; for revision Of
judicial salaries; for the extension OF the
states holdings OF forest preserves; for
careful revision Of the forest fish and
game law; for the enactment Of a license
law providing reasonable license fees Tor
hunting; for amendments OF the constitu.
tion of the greater New York 60 exclude
from the city's debt limit all bonds or
evidences Of Indebtedness issued for pur.
poses which produce revenues in excess of
their maintenance charges; and for the
establishment Of a secondary agricultural
school which would provide suitable |
complement TO the work Of the college at |
Ithaca.
A pastoral letter 10 be issued early in
the approaching lenten season by Bishop
Canevin Of the Pittsburg diocese OF the
Catholic church as well as other bishops
will impose new regulations governing
marriages upon all who profess the Cath.
Ole religion. The letter will give full
force and effect 10 the rescript Of Pope
Plus y promulgated among Catholic
clergy of the world several months ago,
providing that no priest Of one parish
shai! unite IN marriage persons who are
residents of another parish. The purpose
Is TO throw around the marriage ceremony
Heretofore the policy of the church in
America has been quite liberal. The rule :,
has been to avoid the marriage Of clipping :
'ouples by refusing TO wed persons COM 9
ng from another state, but no prohibition 8
las been placed upon the union OF couples s.
oming from any parish within the state. q
lnder the new regulations, marriages eel. !,
brated outside the parish OF the residence :,
{ either the bride or the groom will be !,
eclared illicit and such marriages will be d
ossible only by false representations. A X
as x.f L.. suI l. l..
Jared invalid, but it would be clandestine d
nd illicit unless a special dispensation a,
ere procured, and the celebrants would :.
e deprived Of the benefits of the church. -
BY decision on which the judges were Dl
lvided 5 to the United States supreme ID
'urt Monday held to be unconstitutional q
he congressional enactment of June II, Iii
'O6, known as the employers liability p,
W.. making railroads and other common o.
rriers responsible to employees in acct W
'nts due to negligence of 'fellow.servants "a
to ineffective appliances. There were 10
lidity of the law and in both cases the ey
W was held by the lower courts to be IN
valid. Justice White gave the opinion, in,
which Justice Day concurred. Chief ~,
stice Fuller, Justice Brewer and Justice Uni
ckham concurred in the result but did wa
I agree with Justice White on all in
ints, Justice Moody held that the law the
IS constitutional on all points, Justices tur
lrlan and McKenpa united in an opinion d;f
irming the constitntionality of the fact ~. -
{ holding it applicable only to en- nv
ives engaged Mt the time in interstate saI
nmerce Justice Holmes also dissented pro
of
he attitude of President Roosevelt ON the
question Of the command of hospital to
.- no the navy which resulted in the
muuoH OF Rear Admiral Willard H.
'Wnsou, and some caustic remarks on
controversies among naval officers and mol
lr adherents as to details OF naval CON tho
lcton are found in two letters from sur,
president to Secretary of the Navy ous
tcalf who made them public at Wash carr
.on Sunday. President Roosevelt wag
iks of the action of Rear Admiral qua
wnson as unseemly and improper. He on
J the question to which the admiral that
( issue admits of difference of opin- 80
but says that this does not excuse his - -
ldish' and otherwise reprehensible tach
on. Regarding the naval controver- war
the president admits that there are will
always will be defects in the con- his
ctlon OF ships and in the organization that
u uepaiIlient, pun tnese' ne says, but
aerat;op or "i, ,rt,,t ,,ias ton
$500 no
e fourth trial of Caleb Powers cbarp- auto
nth completely in the murder of vii with
Goebel at Frankfort, Ky, eight years time
ended Friday. in disagreement on cider
pap. VI .ne jury. IN Ine nrst Two us a
nmant and p tha III ~. Ill just
el was the democratic contestant in now.
lbernatorial fight that was pending
e the Kentucky legislature, and Pow
vas just entering his term as secre- "a
of state. Since then Powers has been write
rious jails, part of the time as a state We
ner and part of the time as federal perpl
ner, his case going through various Medd
IN the STATE ana Ieaerai co courts and visite
, oa,,rt ,,is; Ill o . S'deSe ~ man
Mt Of the intense nol;ticai feeling that year-t
lied at the time Of the murder It has sympt
almost impossible to secure disinter- presul
jnrymen. the y
able
notorious Harden non Moltke libel The ]
'rdav ,v bn az IL ~ ad;te, Ill ern,ans young
d The CONT Of be;no tbe had po of his ey
! Of court officials guilty Of nm. of the
able practices was sentenced to four asleep
is Imprisonment and to pay the en- men t
osts OF TINS and the preceding trial. with
esut of the first trial was an ac- On n
for Harden but in the second the 81 "
# Count Won Moltke, whose testi-
served to bear out the allegations
rden's paper refused to corroborate
'evious assertions. In view Of the .r. /;
! n cast crave ,,oAoot;n,,s ~ 80, narrow
~ En,,,o,sn xu;il;r.., "a Z: VI G. o.
c;aj ;nSnonoe was a hro,oht ~ haer Kersha