Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-06

that country will be taken BY high
oficials. priests and men Of the great.
est local prominence. in order that II
may be more accurate than In the
past. In the City Of Mexico President
Diaz himself. as we'll as his cabinet
members and the archbishop, will per.
sonally assist in the work.
Continued efforts are making BY the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis to discour.
age the practice Of sending Indecent
cohsumptives from the East to the
West and the Southwest. II has lately
reported that more than seven thou.
sand persons, hopelessly diseased. 90
from the East every year. only to die
In one Of the Ave States favored By
consumptives. Tuberculosis can be
cured or arrested In any part Of the
country. and the percentage Of cures
In the East IL nearly a. great % In
the West.
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During the twelve months ending
In June there were four hundred and
forty.four women In the English bank.
ruptcy courts. Failures among mar.
ried women showed q marked increass
during the year, a. against q material
decrease In the failures among spin.
sters and widows. and q commentator
accounts for II by suggesting that q
woman attempts too much when she
undertakes to run" both q business
and . family. Tho explanation seems
adequate. Successfully to manage the
afairs Of q household calls for %
much Of commercial acuteness a. the
average human being 10 able to com.
mand.
To wreck a home IL q serious
offense. To lead q wife and mother
astray IL a black.hearted crime, and
the criminal deserves severe punish.
ment. But suspicion and gossip are
not proof. Even the confession Of one
Of the parties IL not conclusive Cd
against the other. for confessions are
sometimes obtained by terrorism or
promise Of forgiveness. which confess
to more than the truth. II one Of the
accused parties is shot down in his
tracks without an opportunity Of de.
tense or explanation, the murderer ID
not entitled to the benefit which might
accrue to him II the guilt OF the vic.
tim were absolutely proved. The dan.
ger Of admitting the socalled "unwrit.
ten law" as defense In murder cases
Is not only that It substitutes private
vengeance for the proper ministration
Of the law, but that It opens the way
for trumped.up cases Of wrong. doing
to excuse murder. It Is conceivable
that a husband and wife might con.
spire to put an enemy Of either OF
both out Of the way by bringing
against him a false accusation. II
may be said that a woman would not
sacrifice her good name to please her
husband or save another lover. Such
cases are very rare. but they have been
known. The whole principle Of our
criminal law IL that an accused per.
son has right to be confronted with
his accuser and with the evidence. and
given an opportunity to make his de
Tense. The private executioner At
f, fords him no such opportunity. The
unwritten law as an excuse for per
sonal vengeance IL a relic of barbarisn
that should not be tolerated In q
civilized country. The Sicilian brig
ands hold the principle that II
Is more honorable to revenge injuries
by assassination than to resort to the
courts. The American juryman who
permits the doctrine of the "unwritteu
law" to sway his verdict Is putting
himself on the moral plane Of the
Sicilian brigand.