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Arizona republican., 1908-11-27
THE CONCEALED WEAPON.


 There was never more plainly and forcibly illustrated the wisdom of the law against carrying concealed wea- pons or the evil of violating that law, than now, in the position in which Jesse R. Pearce is found. He is the victim of a custom, of popular habit of violating the law. He is no worse than perhaps thousand other respectable citizens who in sim liar circumstances would find them selves where he is now.
 Pearce was a law-abiding citizen, as the word law-abiding is under stood. That is, he broke no law eX- cept one which is so commonly brok- en that the keeping of it is not es- teemed a special virtue He was not quarrelsome; he was in all re- spects a good citizen.
 There should be a more rigid law and a more rigidly enforced law against the carrying of concealed weapons. That revolvers are useful must be admitted. Many men are so situated that this precaution for the protection of themselves and their property is proper and necessary. But if any man is so situated that it is necessary for him to carry a re- volver, society should be apprised of that necessity and the right to carry the weapon should be conferred by law through some competent and re- sponsible authority.
 One upon whom such a right has not been regularly conferred should be regarded as an intending crimi- nal and treated accordingly, and all the disgrace and obloquy and hard ship which go with felony should be made to attach to his offense.
 It is true that one may be arrested now for packing a gun but not one man in fifty is arrested and those who may be are so lightly punished that the punishment is not exem- plary If the criminal happens to be a so-called respectable citizen the incident is regarded as a joke. If he is hobo, his crime is about as if he had been found drunk and sleep ing.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-27

beasts. Yet strychnine, while. 1t serves useful purpose in that way, would not be recommended as a gen. eral diet for men and beasts which are not pestilent. Tariff revision which will kill a trust is apt to work havoc outside the trusts.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-27
AN EYE ON CASTRO.
Netherlands Will Watch His Move
 ments in France Closely.

The Hague, Nov. 26-The govern ment of the Netherlands will watch with interest the forthcoming visit to Europe of President Castro, but 1t does not see in it any chance for improvement in the present relations between Venezuela and Holland. There is a possibility, however, that Acting President Gomez will take some step looking to the settlement of the trouble.
 It is understood that Castro's per- sonal and financial affairs in France as well as his health will be attended to during his visit to Paris.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
CsV4Dgg PATJPOsD POLTCT

The announcement OF the opening Of three
new rsilrosd lines in Canada. comprising sey-
ersl hundred miles is another reminder Of the
GTest part which railroad extension plays in the
national policy CT our northern neighbor. Years
$50 the frst trsnscontinental line the C P r.
exs built AZ great expense as an essential and.
tndeed. Indispensable means Of uniting the
widely scattered provinces Of the Dominion in
single commercial industrial. social and po-
Isticsl entity It was largely successful to that
end. and il contributed greatly 10 the increase
IN population Of existing provinces and 10 the
organization and development Of others There
were those who thought II an extravagant and
reckless venture. which would bankrupt the
nation and which would be profitable
They were entirely wrong as the sequel has
shown. The fiscal resources Of the nation were
strained but they stood the strain To-day that
railroad has more than ten thousand miles in
operation. with fine steamship lines to Europe
and Asia and q revenue OF more than $1,000
600 year That is great showing for seven
feen years Of service.
A. the present time there are two trunk lines
from the Great Lakes 10 the Rocky Mountains
while Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba are
sricIroned with parallel and intersecting roads
AIRY one travelling northeast from the Montana
line 20 Lake Winnipeg. through Saskatchewan
and Manitoba crosses fve or six railroads. and
a. many more are planned or under construc-
fi0n The three new lines which were opened
last week are in that region Thus far there Is
only one transoonriRentai line but second is
planned Ia reach the Peciic far north Of Van
eourer Just ~ the southern end Of the Alaska
panhandle w-Biie two mere trunk lines circlins
fhe lakes and connecting Manitoba with On
tarso are being built The project Of road
from Saskatchewan 10 HEdsons bag j. by 10
means absndoned. nor j that ~ another from
the Georgian Bay region to the shore of James
Bar
ar wiifrld Lsurier and his colleagues are
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
TyE BRITISH RErEyTF DECLINE

One swallow does not make a summer. and
decline Of revenue in one quarter or In one
half wear does not demonstrate disaster noI DC
token insolvency The very marked decrease in
British revenues in both the quarter and the
half year ended with September 80 is not.
therefore to be taken TOO seriously. There
intelligent f1nancers who regard it a merely
transitory fuctuaton which Is scarcely worth
consideration. On the other hand. there are
those who look upon II with confessed anxiety,
and who see in it q sign of the times Which
statesmen responsible for the balancing Of the
budget cannot afford 10 ignore.
The falling off of revenue in the quarter ended
on September 80, 1868 from that received
in the corresponding quarter of last year was
$40. O.+O6, ,4G5. The decrease for the six months
ended on that date $e2,O93,410- Those are
figures large enough to affect most materially
and awkwardly the balancing of the budget. For
they clash violently with the estimates Of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer That astute
financier foreSaw some decline in revenue, but
not nearly so much. In fact, in six months the
decline has been S11,151,J50 more than he cal
culated it would be for the whole year. That
is a discrepancy between estimate and refliza-
tion which. il continued throughout the year,
would be sufficient 10 produce embarrassing
deficit and that it win be continued seems by
no means improbable
The falling off of revenue has occurred in
practically ell important departments. In Gus
toms Ii is perhaps most ominous of all. 1t was
estimated that in the whole year there would
be decline Of Sl6,4J0.000. but in only half a
year the decline has been $10570OoO leaving
only So $4,000 Of the estimate for the other
half year. In excise an estimated decline Of
only S1.1o0.OO0 in the whole year is met with
actual decline Of 81, 10000 in the half year
In estate duties an increase Of S2150OQ0 in the
whole year was expected whereas in the half
year there has been not an increase but de
crease of Sj2j0Oo0 OF course. the estate Guties
subject 10 fluctuations which quite be
yond the power Of fiscal legislation or admins
tration to control. 4 government cannot make
people die in order tu collect succession taxes
from their estates. But the decrease in Gus
toms will certainly afford the opponents Of the
governments free trade policy another strong
argument for reversing that policy and for
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

il might do so is food for reflection. II sug-
cests consideration of the value OF noble seen.
cry and unique natural wonders. and the title
of the human race 10 the uninpaired possession
Of them in perpetuity There might well he
rechoned to be a certain right of eminent 90
main exercised by the race, or by govern
ments in behalf of the race. over sueh objects
man who should acquire, possession OF one
OF Raphaels masterpieces. or of the venus oi
Milo. and then deliberately destroy II. Tor any
cause whatever would rightly he regarded as
= malefactor Surely no less public enemy
would be one who should neediessly or even Iof
sordid profit DESTROY one OF the unique and IRE
nlaceable masterpieces of nature. The Giant
Causeway may not, after all. he destroyed or
even defaced Tsut it would be comforting 10
know that ii and all other wonders and splen-
dors of nature were adequately protected by
legal safeguards
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

fully committed TO = vigorous continuance OF
the railroad extension policy of late years. ana
ss they have just received ~ the polls notable
verdict of popular approval We may ez,ect them
Ia fulfil their plans. II is now known that ih
the northwestern pert of the Dominion there
are vast expanSes which are well adapted 10 DE
the home of 4 numerous and prosperous popula-
tion All that is needed to facilitate their settle
ment is the provision Of transportation lines
II NAV he necessary 10 do this in advance Of
actual patronage of profitable dimensions, hut
doubtless that viii speedily come Canada Will
Of course. never rival the United States in pop
ulation. but there seems TO be no good reason why
it should not increase ITS present population ten
fold and toward such consuminatlon morning
viii more certainly contribute than persistence
in judicions policy of railroad extension
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
GIANTS C4TSET4y N D4xGEP.


There is only 2 melancholy consolation in OBJ
serving that others aS bad as ourselves.
yet there are occasions when even that poor
and not altogether convincing observation
seems worth the making. not by way of sef-ex-
culpaton. but an exposition Of the folly and
peril Of throwing stones in a community
where all live in glass houses. We suppose that
there are few things for which Americans have
been more criticised than their utilitarian and
money making vandalism. and il Is not to be
denied that they are open TO that reproach The
draining Of picturesque cataracts for water
power the disfguring of noble scenery with
advertisements. the spoliation OF the splendid
cliffs Of the Palisades Hook Mountain and the
Delaware Water Gap by quarrymen. are only a
few Of many instances which rise readily 70
mind. But, after all We are not the only sin
nerS
Ruskin passionately protested that railroads
and manufactures had spoiled his England
and there are many who lament the proclamation
Of the Jungfrau with a railroad But other far
less excusabe cases of irreparable vandalism
may be found In Europe than any in the Lake
Country or the Alps or even than the harness.
ing Of the falls Of Tern and of Schaffhausen
10 mill wheels. Announcement is now made
that the Giants Causeway, q unique wonder
Of the world has passed into the control of a
manufacture of road material The Irish basalt
is regarded as far better than that which comes
from the Rhenish provinces. and indeed as the
best road material in Europe If not in the
world. and IL Is therefore much in demand. The
enormous development of automobllng has
OF course increased the demand for the best
possible quality OF macadam roads and there
fore for the best quality of stone Operations
have already begun in quaTyng near Portrtlsh
and there l. OF course an enormous quantity OF
basalt available without touching the Cause
wsy. Yet there was also an nimost inexhaust-
ible quantity Of the best trap rock available
along the lower Hudson without bmsting down
the choicest piBnacies of the Palisades The
salient points Of the Palisades were sacrificed
while the millions IF tons of taIus we're neg
lected- And the significant fact is that this
syndicate can AT any time. if il SO elects, begin
the destruction Of the very finest part of the
CauseWsy
Whether il ever does 80 or not tie fact that
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
Enforcing THE HERTT SYSTEM.

The new Civil Service law of New JerscT
promptly demonstrates its efficiency for the
protection Of faithful public servants and the
maintenance of the merit system. On the very
dav of the going into effect Of the law in Essex
County the commissioners were confronted with
a case Of the dismissal Of an assistant engineer
to make room for political favOrite. An in
vestigation was made and the facts were ascer-
tanned as ground on which the discharged man
might bring suit in the courts for reinstatement
But such suit was not necessary. AS reported
in our news columns the Board Of Freehoiders
shrank from the prospect Of q trial Of strength
with the law and restored the man TO the place
from which they had illegally removed him
similar case at little later date has come to
the same ending without so much hearing,
and further attempts to evade or TO violate the
law are likely TO be few.
These incidents make manifest the vital force
Of the law and commend it strongly to the favor
of all who wish the public service to be con
Quoted for the public welfare The fear that
without a clause giving the commission power
TO compel reinstatements the law would afford
no protection to employees is seen to have been
unfounded. The powers Of investigation and
publicity. Of scrutiny of payrolls and of control
Of appointments and promotions make the com
mission efficient for the correction or the pre-
venton Of most Of the abuses which have
marred the public service.
Enacted in April last. applied in one county
in June and not made effective In the state ser
vice until a few weeks ago the law has al
ready amply indicated itself in its efficiency
for securing the ends desired and in its free
dom from friction and annoyance to the officers
whose departments have come under its control
In such circumstances il is not surprising that
important municipalities making haste vol
UNFAIRLY 10 adopt It's provisions, and that many
who NJ first rega rded Il with doubt or with
actual disapprobation are coming to look upon
it with confidence aud to give it their hearty
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New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
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New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
TO THEEDlTOR
JUST A FRAZZLE.
4 Good OId English Word 5cita
Strenuous Meaning.
-. r5,.o- - Tb. Tri,,,ne

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. In re "frazzls" II e dictionary word %
good old English O-icin
find in Webstsr's Dictionary. edition Of 1900.
the following
FRAGILE =. Z fe'i. German fsssin and Eng fTay.}
To fray 10 wear pill into tzttsrs. tsttsr
used literally and hsu-atively- prov Eng and
L. s.
FRAGILE. n The act Or result of frazzLnE: ths
condition quality o. being frazzi~d- prov Eng
and L 81
Authorities are given That for the verb is J.
{. Harris and those for the are EipinE. Nv
fingers are al scratched 70 rrazzies. and Ni-oIay
and Hay C'Tifs or Lneon'J. Gordon rad sent word
10 Lee that he had fought his corps 20 frazzs -
Also. in the Standard Dictionary. 1903. hzd.
Frazzle. v (CoIoqD To fry Or fret tsttzr-
Frazzie. n. The state OF oelHs frszzed. literally
and fiEurative,y
Professor John Morris recognizes frszze a.
legitimate word and suggests thar Il is 2 douoist
Of frizzIe (which. Of course. Is perfsctly untu1-
peachabIe wofdJ formed from Il after The analogy
OF "wfszie. >wsGzIe' Ie''-'frtzzis. f-szzi. Frizzis'
was used Hy Milton. y 2 J.
New York. Nov. : 1898
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
1sFLUEycE or snoKE on HEALTH.

TNELTENCE OF SMOKE on HEALTH.
What NAV be considered from the physicians
point Of view the most hurtful effects of soft
coal smoke are pointed ont in The New York
Medical Record by DR.. John W Wainwright
of this city. One of them is that 1t robs
community of the sunlight which is essential
TO physical welbeing. Another is that the I'M
perfect combustion which li5erates unconsumeu
particles of carbon also generates poisonous
gases 4 third is that in order to exclude fhe
SCOT from their houses many persons shut their
windows. and breathe vitiated atmosphere in
doors. Dr. Wainwright does not believe that
smoke exercises ii gernicidal influence On the
contrary he thinks that there is some relation
between the heavy mortality from tuberculosis
in big towns like Manchester and Leeds. Eng
land and the smudge with which they arc con
tinualiv overhung Indirect as well as direct
harm * attributed by DR.. Wainwright to the
same agent. In his opinion. by depressing the
spirits and causing mental irritation II aggra-
Yates the condition of those who suffer from
certain diseases of the heart and nervous sys-
TEN.
Much mischief is also done by smoke TO cloth
ing and merchandise Chicago man asserts
that the damage to his goods in single year
from this cause amounted 10 100000, and the
statement is not absolutely incredible. Still, II
II is true what must be the losses in the whole
city where he lives. and in a score OF other
places in the West afflicted in the same manner:
Fortunately. New York City has been both
cred much less than many other large centres
Of population by this nuisance. but the tncreas-
ing Use of soft coal and carelessness in the use
Of It made corrective measures necessary here
In one other respect the metropolis is excep-
tfonalIy favored. The enforcement of the or
dinanco forbidding the production of smoke in
Nav TorE i undertaken hv The Board of
Health. which has practically unlimited au-
thority in regard 70 anything which il pro
nounceS unsanitary. DR.. Wainwrights article
shows how ample is the justification for the
energetic policy of Dr. Darlington. and 70 those
cities in which the official crusade against
smoke is farce a careful study Of the charter
Of New York is respectfully commended.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

Deer are reported TO be very scarce on Long
Island this year, but for that reason all the
more hunters are out cunning all the more in
dustriously for the few which are to be found.
Probably if il were known that there only
one deer on the whole island every hunter within
hundred miles would be after it. and would not
rest night or day until that solitary creature
was exterminated
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

This re1rSpaper f5 oirned end published by
= bc TTfbsEe 8ssoc5a.i97. q Eetr York corpora
tso-'. 0ffce and principal pioce o. business.
1ribsne Baf86sng. 10. f54 Nassau street, Het1
J orb: Ogden HiIls. president; James u. Bar
reff. secretary and treasurer. The address Of
tke officers Is tie ofFce Of this neiCspGper.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

Mr. Edgar J. Levey. in an open letter to SEN
ator SAKE. of the city finance investigating COM
nittee calls attention 10 the fact that at the
rate of increase Of this years budget over last
years the budget ten years hence will be $50
100000 and the per capita tax will be S54 in
stead of S26 %. at present The people of
New York will have before them next fall the
most important question in the history of the
city. the reform of its administration to
stop the waste. If the waste is not stopped it
will end IN bankruptcy.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
had been more enterprising they would have
,rotted 1t out a week ago

1t is expected that the British battleship
ColingwOod just launched. viii be finished
within two years OF the laying Of her keel 1nat
will not match the speed with which the Dread
noueht was built. but it will surpass the best
performance in this country which has yet 20
do the work In less than three years, while sew
ersI OF the best war vessels now carrying the
stars and Stripes have needed nearly four
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
MoRsE'S CONVICTIONS.
LESS FRENzIED FINANCE.

LESS FRENz1ED FINANCE.
From The Troy Times.
Tie lesson must make a deep impression. and th-
result Of the trial vii. cea- ne air There Will De
TRIUMPH OF THE LAW
From The Springfield Republican.
@ The vo o2pvepn ion Of I n6fss M9T aP and Of cq m M At
against influential offenders recorded in long time.
WHAT WINS IN BANKING.
From The Buffalo Express
Scrupulous regard Of financial trusts and ever
Pres FORM the soe foufston Of ali the important
banking institutions of the world
CLEARS THE MORAL ATMOSPHERE
From The Utica Observer.
It was a painful vet plain duty that these jurors
and and should P G rsce$e the thanks Of % the country Their
action clears the moral atmosphere, and we shall
all be better and safer for It
"A CRIMINAL GAMBLERS CHANCE"
From The Syracuse Herald.
To put II IN plain English. Morse convicted.
in spite Of the exceptionally able defence his dis
tnguished counsel supplied Of using the money OF
thus staked millions what, according to the
dssFaoe sT and downfa % are Strange csx to faS an
eNtraordinary career.
SUCCESS" HAS ITS FAILURES
From The Boston Herald
Morse had got the best of his father in Youthful
short while ago. Now this amazing .'srnar n
man Is sentenced 90 fifteen years confinement IN
a federal prison The sun of justice has melted
the ice kings throne, Success" has its fan-
ures. and Of these Morses success was among the
most melancholy that ever happened.
EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT.
From The New York Times.
The long term "f imr-isonment to which Charles
W Morse was Yesterday sentenced win be ~ once
punishment, an example and "a VndiCat{nu Tho
penal quality ~ ? sentence Ia fifteen wears in a
eaSta pt'59n 80 Tf & hatIy need dwell upon The pun
serve as solemn warning other bankers VINO
MoVSe'S unlawful TraCtfcrS tnsf MS faga
VII befaH them II they are exposed
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

rhe Republican foxes evidently got into our barn
va rd some time during the night and carried away
the roosters which were 70 have crowed IN the
Victory anthem this morning--Houston Post
Another case of carelessness in adjusting n
ticipations TO results
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

Bulgaria wants the powers 20 exert pressure
on Turkey so as 10 let the princpaty swell
Itself into an empire without paying the price
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

If the authors Of that yarn about the lake
under the site Of the proposed dam at Gatun
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
Aso7lnrk Slssilp GItbmar.

MONDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1908.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
TRIUMPH OF THE l.

From The Springfield Republican.
The conviction Of Bankers Morse and [
New York is the most notable triumph OF
against influential offenders recorded in a lo
New-York tribune., 1908-11-09

From The Troy Times.
Tie lesson must make q deep impression. and the
result OF the trial viii Clea- the air There will be
less "frenzied finance hereafter.