The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
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shareham
The judge is not only. a weH-known
jurist. but a student Of human nature.
Speaking about crime in the Canal Zone,
Judge Collins said yesterday that. con-
sidering the mixed population along the
line Of the Zone and tie uncertain ante
cedents Of many Of the laborers it was
a wonder there was not more crime COM
mitted.
Comparatively speaking" continued
the judge. we have order in the Zone.
And / understand there are many for
eisners. especially from the Latin Ha-
tions, who would not be permitted 10
return TO their respective countries. They.
IL seems. were not i'm the best Of stand
ing. and the consequence was their gov
Eernments did not give them passports.
which are looked upon as a certificate OF
good character. But as I said. there IS
law and order IN the Zone Everybody is
busy from morning until night. and there
Is not much time left for mischief.
1 BY the way, did il ever occur 90 YOU
/ inquired the Judge. that gray-hair-d
men seldom commit crimes requiring phy-
steal eXerti0n? They conhne their uefari-
Gus activities to forgery and false pre-
I lenses and crimes of that sort Robbery.
! murder, and crimes requiring daring and
physical exeTtion arc mostly committed
/ by young persons After spending a term
or two in prison they learn their lesson,
too. and get tired Of career Of crime.
/ They usually reform after tine first or
second term They sec there's nothing
in H."
Judge Collins has been I'm politics much
Of his life and tells many interesting ex-
/ periences. He was present in Springfield
/ IT,, in 1880, when Grant was nominated
for the Presidency by Emory A storrs.
who was a lawyer Of Chicago and known
/ for his eioquence
And there is one passage in his nOmi-
nation speech that appealed 10 me, and I
/ don't believe II has ever been printed.
! This is it,:
" His feet may be in the mud and mlre,
the mists and clouds encircle his waist
/ but his head. thank God is ia the eternal
sunshine Of perpetual fame
THE State OF Connecticut has spent
$4,000 III the past year on bit Of road
in the town Of Greenwich" +" said George
/ F. Williams. a railroad contractor. OF
Boston, Mass. at the Metropolitan. yes
! terday, ''for the avowed purpose OF max
ing it a convenient and attractive open
door 10 highway travel 20 and from New
York. This road is only 400) feet long.
/ Between Greenwich and New Haven.
along the old New York-Boston post road,
/ there are still some sections which the
State has not improved but the work viii
be attended TO the coming summer. For
this purpose there is available part Of an
/ appropriation Of $5o000. which the state
| OF Connecticut has set aside for special
trunk line construction, in addition to an
other appropriation of 100000 for general
/ highway building 30 1905. From New
/ Haven 10 Hartford the State road is prac-
tieally complete while from Hartford to-
ward Springfield "a line of State highway
is 20 be built on each side Of the Con-
/ necticut River this year These road
/ building plans IN Connecticut are only 2
small part of a general scheme on which
work has been going forward gradually
/ since 1885. providing for fourteen main
! trunk lines travcrsing the State. OF these
trunk lines, what may be termed the basic
I one. borders Long Island Sound from
/ New York 10 the Rhode Island line fol-
( lowing the colonial post road route. Three
/ others To the north Of this run approxi-
/ mately east and west across the state.
while ten more run north from the Sound
/ shore TO the Massachusetts boundary
"Oh. ] don't know who is going 70 be
nominated for the Presidency. and
don't care as long as business is all
right 1 am not in politics. / ara q
road builder
/ Apropos Of the slang phrase. Ito paint
the town red Walter s Cassidy. Of
New York. a lawyer, who IS registered
at the Raleigh, related tie following
| episode:
"A certain Representative in Congress
wanted TO be Senator the worst way.
He represented a rural constituency.
His opportunity came one day, and when
/ he found his name had been baIloted
/ for in the legislature. he left his farm
and went 10 the State capital to keep his
/ eye on things When at last il was an
nounced he was winner in the contest,
! he rushed 10 a telegraph Office. and in
| the mad enthusiasm of the moment sent
/ this message TO his family: Elected.
+ Hoorayi Paint my old home red" He
! stayed at the capital about a week. CCle-
/ brating his good fortune. and then re-
/ turned 10 his rustic seclusiOn. on aIlght-
/ ing from the train he was half daz-
zled by q scarlet glare that appeared
/ above the apple trees of his orchard.
What's happened to the house" he
| asked in amaZement
! Nothing. replied one Of his fellow
/ townsmen. only you telegraphed Us 10
paint your old home red, and we've done
/ it. Here's that bill
They had painted the house, and barn,
and pens. and hennery. and stables; In
/ fact, there was hardly a stick on the
! premises that had not been painted
1 jubilant red In fact, the whole town
was painted red"
Poor scholarship goes hand in hand
with luxurious dormitoTies. Nearly all
+ the best pupils in Yale University, for
example, live in the cheap, plain quar-
/ ters. and all Of the students picked for
| the secret societies come from the rich
mems dormitories."
/ That's the manner in which Prof. Or.
/ Carl Classen. Of Philadelphia. sized up
the educational system as prevailing at
some of our universities. DR.. Classen is
registered at the New Willard and is in
! this city studying; looking around
i understand Dean Wright, OF Yale.
has kept a record Of the residences Of the
rich and poor students" continued DR.
Classen. and of the good and poor
scholars in Yale classes for five years
which shows that the residents Of the
elegant d0rmitories are becoming worse
scholars than ever. although IL is grow
ing to be more rare TO fnd an occupant
OF the cheap dormitories in a secret So
ciety. ] understand Dean Wright does
hot attack the society system as the
only recommendation of reform. He rec
ommends that Yale erect more dormito-
ries. so that members OF the freshmen