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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-01-29
Expert Testimony.

Salt Lake Herald: 1.-THE announcement
that Justice Bowling Is going to limit the ex.
pert testimony In the Thaw case to three on
each side serves to call attention again to the
expert witness fraud. The ruling by Judge
Bowling means simply that six eminent alien.
lists will take the stand. Three Of them will
swear in answer TO hypothetical question,
that Harry Thaw, at the tme he fred the shot
that killed Stanford White, was undoubtedly
insane The other three will swear positively,
also In answer to hypothetical question, that
Thaw was sane when ne killed White.
The jurors must, 10 the very nature of the
case, II they reach verdict a. all, decide that
the experts for the state or for the defense
we're, to put the situation as mildly az possible,
entirely mistaken. 1t Is perhaps going too far
to cay that at least three Of the experts will be
guilty Of deliberate perjury. 1t Is fair to say
that three OF them, at least, will be honorably
mistaken. II the jury takes q position opposite
to theirs But, In the light OF other expert
testimony. is 1t not true that the experts who
are to testify for the state would have testified
for the defense just as readily, just as positive.
ly, II the defence had retained them first? Add
Is not this also true Of the experts for the de-
tense?
1.-THE expert witness really ought TO be abol.
ished, In SO far 40 he Is employed bp the parties
to civil or criminal procedure. The only
need for the expert Is as friend to the court,
the witness TO be paid q reasonable fee for his
valuable time and the cost TO be assessed, IN
civil cases. against the losing party In Grim.
inal cases the burden should fall upon the state.
10 this way, and In this way only, could entire.
ly disinterested expert testimony be secured"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-01-29
Il Is Strange, Isn't II?

Rexburg Current Journal: at seems
strange that men who are particular about all
their business and honest to a cent, do not hes.
itate to keep Others waiting at an appointed
meeting for their special convenience, And
they never even think Of Offering an apology
for their hardness. All should learn the great
lesson that time is worth more than money to
most men, They cannot afford to waste II In
waiting upon those who come late 1t costs
too much, and 1t IS unfair to ask it,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-01-29
ipulation of city affairs from the realm Of
politics !! What do you think OF It, votersP
the SALT LAKE PAPERS.

Salt Lake Truth: First the News showed
that gambling has had biz, red revival IN
Zion, laying the blame on the American ad-
whereupon the Tribune con.
CURED as to the fact in chief but charged Il oil
to the Mormon captain Of police; then the Re-
publican chips 10 with showing that both the
others are wrong and that there IL no gambling
to speak Of to be found. Enough variety to
suit the most exscting fancy"
The Republican would merely add that the
whole miserable, dirty, senseless squabble at
Salt Lake City has back Of 1t just what the
above would indicate--the insane desire OF the
different combinations to control. To control
for the publics good? No. but that certain
set Of political hangers-on shall have oflcial
position, The Tribune Is fighting for principle
In just the way two cats In the editors kitchen
are fighting over the milk pan; the Deseret
News Is on the defensive and while fighting
because 1t has to do 30, resorts to the same rot.
ten methods INDUCED in by the other papers;
the Inter. Mountain Is sustained to boost q Ger.
tain few and assist the. News, and Its concep.
tion OF boosting Is to knock the other fellow.
So far as the people are concerned, they get In
each paper only that which appeals to their
prejudlces- paper will give, even in q
news item, straight account Of any matter In
which the facts conflict with its own interests,
and affairs are now so complicated 10 Salt Lake
City that nothing can happen In which the
different factions fail to run against each
other. The result Is that there 10 continual
conflict In both news and editorial columns Of
the Salt Lake papers and the public picks the
kind OF prevarication II prefers. Salt Lake
City is none the better of for the present atti.
tude OF Its papers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-01-29
Say Of Other Editors
London Defense Of Roosevelt.

Literary Digest: "Mf. Maurice Low, writ
log to The Morning Post (London), has made .
covert attack upon President Roosevet's hon.
esty. He says, 4 do not impugn Mr.. Roose.
velt's sincerity. / merely state very
widespread belief On this the London Spec.
tator remarks:
"'Of such writing we can only say that we
do impugn its sincerity. We can look into an.
other mans heart when ne writes like this,
and we see plainly that what ne is doing IL to
suggest q charge of insincerity which he has
not the courage to make boldly and directly.
We make no objection to Mr.. Low preferring
such charge openly and on his own response.
bility, for we hold that the freest criticism Of
It's governing men is absolutely essential to .
nations political welfare Mr.. Low would be,
In our opinion, grossly mistaken in directly
charging Mr.. Roosevelt with political insincer.
ity; but 1t is q matter In which the accuser
could quite we'll be honestly mistaken. What
ne has no right to do Is to prefer his charge 10
the insidious and indirect fashion which he
has adopted. =
"'Mr. Lows letter contains In addition an
elaborate attempt to show that the president
has failed 10 everything which he has uBder.
taken. We have not space here to traverse In
detail statement 30 grotesque, though the
task would not be difflcult; but we may point
out that Mr.. Low seems incapable OF under.
standing what 10 the president's chief claim on
the gratitude Of his countrymen. Apparently
he does not realize that Mr.. Roosevelt has i'm
mensely raised the standard Of political honor
throughout America, and that ne has given an
impulse to right.thinking and right.dolng In
public life the effect Of which will be felt long
ter his more personal claims to fame have been
forgotten"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-01-29

are making few rev friends In their fight and
are losing many Of their old ones. The symps.
thy Of the whole country Is undoubtedly with
the presiden tin such actions as this.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
ny FREDERIC ). HAsKIN.

ri D.
The domestic ipdustrialism of japan
Is a complex mixture Of guilds, trade
unions and cooperative stores. There
are combinations OF all sorts of skilled
laborers. ouch as plasterers. sawyers.
stone masons, BARRIERS, iron workers,
shipbhIlders and so forth Organiza-
tons also exist among actors. gam
blers, wrestlers, pickpockets. and even
the beggars have had their union. The
guilds are most bewildering to tho
foreigner. because OF the secrecy and
deception which surround their opera
tons. They are relies Of ancient feudal
Japan and were borrowed many CEN
turtles ago, with the most OF Japan
csc learning and customs. from China.
The guilds are entirely different
from the trades unions as known In
Europe and America. although they
use the same weapons of strike and
boycott to enforce respect for their
demands. They have no federation or
dividuai guild is secure from attack
from the outside. because no other
guild will encroach upon Its preserves.
The adoption OF Occidental civillza-
ton in Japan has had but little effect
on these organizations, although a few
of them have been revamped along
the lines Of American labor unions.
For the most part the guild workers
are in the lower ranks OF society. and
to these the Western ideas adopted
by the governing class have not yet
M !, OF ra tad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The political significance OF Camp
ell-Baancrman's death had already
been discounted when he rendered his
resignation and Mr.. Asqulth stepped
into his shoes. Indeed, Chs" virtua,
retirement was much earlier, for Ill
health lad kept him little more than
name in Liberal counc!ls since the
opening of Parliament.
The late premlers rise to strong per-
sunal power as a leader was. on the
whole. one of the unexpected things
which proyerbially happen. Certainl,
no such commanding position would
have been foretold for him as long age
as the Boer War, when he stood witt
that fraction of the Liberals which
tried to reconcile the policies of the
inlperia,ists with those of the Pro Beers
But he had. or developed, the persona
qualities which enabled him to man
age mon, and he died the fittest man ii
England to guide his party through tn
sirgularly troubled waters which noy
confront it.
Whether Mr.. Asquith can fill his plac
in fact remains to be seen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
The Guilds Of Japan

brought out on one o, occasion whhen hen
an an attempted robbery was frustrated
The footpads made off in such haste
that one of them lost his shoe. The
pollceman attracted to the scene mere-
can tell from certain marks on this
guild"
. The stevedores have one Of tho old
berships: There are over 5000 OF them
IN Yokohama alone. While their work
cannot be classified as skilled labor
yet they hold together so we'll that
they can boast OF never having lost
AM st TIE Their guild makes sls good
handns Of a frel Issst and dom there asef .
little friction between them and their
y dsw a At present they get 4S cents
consisting OF fsh and rice. The last
time they struck for higher wages they
were given an advance Of 2 IL cents
Will work like beavers. but will steal
a a ny hing they can get their hands on.
encc to telling the truth.
ncial recognition to the guilds. 1t lis
known to be assisting financially and
supervising some of them. particularly
thoSC III INC weaving (~OuStr1eS. when
left to Themselves the independent
concerns turn out varying styles and
grades of goods. and have to find their
own market. thus wasting much of
effort. BY fixing upon certain staple
grades and appointing common SELL
ing agent. the general standard of the
output will not only be raised. but
the market can be approached to much
better advantage on account OF the
unity OF purpose.
!, i, dnformation about the guilds is most
high government official comforting
with the leaders. and there arc rumors
OF subsidies being granted upon cer-
confirmation of these reports. Even
the most ordinary matters are hedged
about with such secrecy and deception
t I.ht II would seem to be country
be kept secret: where the whole truth
is never cold If half-truth will suf-
nee. All this evasion and indirection
is an ngrained characteristic of the
people that has Its root in the feudal
practices of ancient days.
In the time OF the clans the mem
endeavor to keep their affairs from
their rivals and to that end used
every device their cunning could in
vent While the need for such caution
order OF things. the hereditary traits
OF reticence and suspicion remain as
racial faults. AS consequence. even
the most trivial matters concerning the
individual are still hidden under a
mantle OF concealment Even the Jap
anese government. claiming the right
to stand among the powers and ask
Ing their frank consideration, befogs
is affairs and proceeds in the same
devious way as IL the other nations.
whose confidence and cooperation it
solicits, were rival clans that must
either be kept in the dark or pur-
posely Inisled.
Copyright. 1908, by Frederic j. Has
kim
! o-morrow-Trade Follows the Cross.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Married men Of Belgium have two votes
and the single ones only one. Priests and
sGme other privileged persons have three.
Frederick Holbrook, Governor OF Vernon,
during the Civil War. recently celebrated
lbs nnety-fifth birthday. He is the oldest
living Ex-Governor.
An attempt is being made to Gust Mrs.
George French and Mrs. Clark Barker as
oSerseers of Portland, Me. A reaction
against women oriceholders has set in
George ohnet received $4,000 for "The
Forge Master as novel. and $4,000 from
J, as play In the first three months. Out
OF the play he made more than s35, 600.
ever 70 recover diamond pin. which he
icrnd, had mussel close It's shell on his
fingers. On smashing the mollusk he found
1t contained pearl worth $1,000.
Mississippi River hero. John Jones. said
to be the original John Hays Jim Bud
saved burning ferryboat fun OF passen-
gers, being the last to leave the craft.
One political club in New York City ha,
as1 members in the FIRE department., 1874 n
TIE dock department. 2s7 In tho street
| cleaning department., and 30 affiliated youns
women who are public school teachers.
The Missouri Supreme Court has NULL.
FED the act passed by the last Legislature
prohibiting the sale OF intoxicating LIQUOR.
Within I'VE miles OF any State educatona
Institution having $500 students. THE
law applied only TO the Missouri State Uni.
ve!sity at Columbia.
sawdust is turned into a transportabl.
fuel by the simple device OF being heated
under high pressure steam until the re
sihons ingredients become sticky. when /
| Is pressed INTO bricks. One man with 1
tWo-horse power machine can turn out 10.
00a bricks day.
Production OF gold In the United State
Eel. off s+,7534ol In 1907 as against 1905
whereas the amount OF silver produced wa
4nereased py over 100000 fine ounces
more than S3,ooo.o0o. according to the re
Port OF the director OF the mint.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
TIrcproof cities.

The day may come when there will
be no wooden tenements, no wooden
trimmed buildings OF any description
in our cities. That will be the millen-
mum of precautionary construction. 1t
is possible. but undoubtedly sosremote
that it can be now viewed chiefly as
an ideal condition. The process of re-
placement Of the old with the new is
certain to be tediously slow. Fire. 1T
self will hasten It more rapidly than
the sense OF safety. inspired by the
numerous demonstrations that wooden
construction, though perhaps cheapest
at first, is eventually the most costly.
ut has been suggested that when the
fires have licked up all the wooden
structures in the cities there will be
so little wood obtainable. owing to. the
rapid devastation OF our forests. that
steel and concrete will be cheaper for
building materials. In the light OF
such fires as that which destroyed one
third Of Chelsea, this condition would
not be ultimately disastrous. Those e
who regard fires as unnecessary waste,
as calamities that may be prevented BY
common sense .precaution and timely
provision of checks and safeguards,
sometmes contemplate the passing of
the forests without DEMONSTRATING
Star
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
THE FIRST STRAW HAT.

what the first robin or the carly
crocus is to crescent spring, the first
stra" nat is to real or mid spring.
Each gives notice to all that that
particular season has definitely ar.
rived. In the case of the straw hat
the notice often clicits protest spirit.
ual or physical. Thus Charles Dana
rat the pioneer Philadelphia to don
the wicker lid. became the centre OF
juvenile mobbing party. and now
wears broken nose as the price of
his courage.
Straw hats in April are an incon-
gruity, and the people greet inconsrui-
ties of this public and open sort with
smiles. taunts or blows, according to
their kind. The man in the street
has no use for novelty ostcntatiously
paraded. "A straw hat out of season
fares like the automobile in its earlier
days, or like a glossy 'stovepipe" on
the unwonted highway of the back
woods village. Public sentiment il
deeply opposed to Jugs" "side," pose
r
or any hankering for sartorial or
millinery originality. But Richmond
ers. it seems, control their emotions
better than Philadelphians, for the
first straw hat was seen on the streets
OF this city last week, and no fatali-
ties were reported. Yet even here
this gentleman's appearance doubtless
elected the time-honored quip: We'll
the girls always did put 'em on first
Deep down in the heart of the ave.
rage American man lies the thought
that he must be, look and act, as much
like his fellows as possible. The few
who try to be, look and act differ.
ent' invite suspicion and court trou.
BILE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
An occnn-Goinr barge

Unusual interest was taken by sail
ormen and landlubbers in the huge
ocean n going oil barge Navahoe, OF the
standard on Company, when she was
n n = port or.; She is now on her way to
first consignment to the Old WorIl
me average person who looks upon a
barge as shabby. ugly and unat-
tractfve craft would be surprised on
no machinery for propulsion. she has
six mhsts and great spread OF can
vas to carry her to- port II occasion
demanded. The sails. however, arc
used only to steady her questionable
when she is, in tow of the big tank
steamer Iroquois, which takes her
back and forth across the Atlantic
beam Of IS feet. She is equipped
with engines for hosting sails and
dynamos for her electric light and
wireless service.-New York Tribune
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23

"the money power In New York" ant
further argues that the voter who does
not Instruct his delegate will practt-
caliy disfranchisc himself.
why? Because Mr.. Bryan has al
ready io2 pledged votes, and has APP
parentiy In hand 657 out of a neces-
sary 6ss, does he mean to say that the
voters cannot he allowed to postpone
their expression of opinion through
their delegates until the convention as.
senlbles? How does that argue the
money control?" Looking back at his
own spectacular leap from poverty and
obscurity into wealth and prominence,
recalling his own nomination by unin-
structed delegates because lie was the
most available candidate, does Mr..
Bryan now maintain that no delegate
should be uninstructed because this
course might be inimical to him?
1t is noteworthy that Mr.. Bryan,
like Mr. Roosevelt, always has a pat
explanation with which to dismiss any
one VINO ventures TO differ with him..
Those who oppose Mr.. Bryan are lump
ed under the stock designation OF
powerful interests" Those who oppose
Mr.. Roosevelt are "reactionaries and
undesirable citizens.
The common sense of the country,
however, will not be likely to deny the
right of free thought and free express
sion to the voters of both parties, be
they Democrats or Republicans. II Mr..
Bryan expects to be President, he
could not we'll take a more disastrous
course than that of adopting an atti-
tude Of royal 6spleasure to all who do
not bow an unquestioning knee to his
every preference.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
Guarding Against Rats.

Although there are now no cases OF
plague in Pacific coast ports. there is
the disease. The secretary Of the
Washington State Board OF Health re-
Gently asked the Mayor OF Seattle to
order that call vessels shall breast off
from the dock at least six feet by
on all lines Or spars passing from the
vessel to the dock metal rat guards
at least two feet in diameter, shall be
placed in such a manner that they will
tightly encircle the lines or spars, and
that the face of such rat guards shall
be at right angles to the length OF the
lines or spars, and that all gangplanks
shall DO raised or guarded when not
-Ercight.r-Kansas CITY journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-23
Voice Of the r ople
,rhc one-I,oom Country school.
tor OF 1'he Times. Dispatch:

| Editor OF The TtmcS- DlBpatch:
sir,-1t has been the custom through
out southside Virginia for lady to
teach the one-roon country school. but
here and there is found male teach
er. In country school where there
are two teachers It may not be nmiss
that one shall be q, man, but to pa
rents who are alive to sense OF
guardianship over their daughters.
there is question no less moral
than practical to be given'consideration
The country schoolhouse rs usually up
on the public roadside or in the
woods, and sometimes both OF these
facts arc true of the school. Here is
tho objective half OF the question.
Now let the wise and sympathetic par
cnt consider the subjective (the vitaD
half of this question.
We are all aware OF the physical
difference in mechanism and construc-
tion OF the sexes. but all OF us do not
at all times seem to bear in mind that
the intellectual differentiation is no
less marked. and that the soul Of a
woman is Of finer textile. When at
tending the country school the girls
are away from home from seven TO
eight hours This is a long while for
girl to be from under feminine IN
fluencc. eye. and sympathy. The ap.
peal that silently speaks from the
child's eye Is not understood by the
man; and should 1t be. 1t could not be
answered. This is fixed, and must
ever be. for 1t is according to the
"eternality Of things" This is pecu-
liar to the character of woman's
priceless endowment. and even in her
embryonic stage the outlines are plain
~ marked. The girl, with her essential
timldity. must not be robbed OF that
care tfor which there is no substitute)
providentially preceding her advent
here. That guardianship for the pre-
servation and development of the finer
qualities OF her soul are centred In
woman. and only there. God made one
woman and had her anteccded with q
guardian.
This word is spoken with an eye 70
its timeliness. The State schoor sys-
TEN OF Virginia Is in an evolutionary
stage During such periods precedent
may be unconsciously established and
an irremediable loss entailcd. If the
genius OF Napoleon demanded the
mothers to steer the boys OF France,
shall Christian patriotism. 100 years
later leave the life OF the girl 10
voyage on wider sea? We must not
allow and trespassing upon that pecu-
liar property of soul God has given the
girl; we cannot wish to have our sensi-
bilities irritated by that bowling loss
we too often find In women. The school
system of Virginia should, now and
forever clear itself of this one factor
contributing to that loss.
II. e. BLACKWELL.
Holly Dale, Virginia.