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The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Absurdlties Of the Law.

The narrow technical vision OF sons
judicial minds. as too frequently dis
played in court decisions, supplies ample
material for the advocate Of criminal law
reform. welI-nigh incredible are the
technical points invoked TO reverse YER
diets based otherwise upon a solid
foundation Of Uncontroverted testimony,
and mere citation Of a few Of them
viii suffice TO show TO what q farce the
administration Of justice Is reduced upon
occasion. The Supreme Court OF Missouri
appears TO be q prime offender in this
regard
Recently the sentence Of two years i'm
prisonmeut pronounced upon Fred War
ner. one OF the ST Louis boodlers con-
victed by the efforts Of Gov. Hadley when
prosecuting officer Of that city. was re-
versed by this court. not because there
was any evidence showing that the man
was not guilty. but because a minute flaw
was discovered in the Indictment. II con-
sisted OF the omission OF the last word
"the" from the formal phrase against
the dignity Of the State" This particular
technicaIity appears 10 be q pet hobby
OF the Missouri Supreme Court, for in
az least one former decision the YER
dict OF the lower court was reversed be-
cause OF a similar omission. II is the
same court that reversed 6 conviction Of
murder IN the first degree because the
foreman Of the jury wrote ''fust'' degree
murder into the verdict instead Of the
more proper first" And the same court.
it should be remembered. reversed all the
verdicts against the St Louis boodIng
gang on technicsntes no better than the
foregoing. In one instance the court,
after finding the record full Of uncon-
tradicted evidence OF venauty," reversed
the verdict Of guilty for two small errors
n unimportant evidence and q quibble
over variance between the Indictment
and the instruesios- This azlbbIng the
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.
Veto Power as to Specific Items in
appropriations.

ETor5 TIE Springfield Rerco,c21-
Gov. Hughes problem n simple arith-
rnetic is this; The legislature appropri-
ated 7.0e0. 600. while the States revenue
IS $s2,o00.eo0- How shall he make the
ends meet? Fortunately, the governor OF
New York has the powed 10 veto separate
items IN al appropriation measure. and
the governor viii not hesitate 70 subtract
$4,000 IN this way from the several ap-
preparation bills. Il IS so excellent & power
that AIr. Roosevelt. who had used It as
governor, often regretted that ne could
not have carried Il with him frcGn Albany
to Washington. One Of the weaknesses Of
the system. however. Is that It tends 10
impair q legislature's S sense OF responsible
ity. The body that should have the power
OF the purse well IL hand may often seek
e cheap popularity by excessive appro-
priations, in the expectation that the gov
ernor viii incur all the hostility that goes
with the Tightening OF the pursestrings
The relations between legislature and
executive IN New York Illustrate the
point.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
UNCLE SANS INCOME.
COmmeadabIe Effort 10 Have Him
Live within Il Now.

From the Baltimore sun
The considerable reductions IN the estl-
mates Of the government for the next
fiscal year bear evidence og President
Taft's determination 10 reduce the ex-
penses OF the Federal establishment. By
his direction the War Department has
presented estimates less By $10.oo0,0o0 than
the appropriations made by the last Con-
g-ess. And though many bureau chiefs
contended that the interests OF the navy
would require at least S150.o00. 900 for the
fiscal year 1S11. Secretary Meyer is ex-
pected 10 send IN estimates OF less than
$3.50, ,o09, ,OO0- For the fiscal year which
begins the first OF next July Congress
appropriated SlSS. .010,eoe for the navy.
This reduction in expenditure. the Pres
ident believes. can be accomplished with
out impairing the efficiency OF any branch
OF the service Neither viii it necessitate
abandoning the building programme fer the
navy. as the estimates include provision
for two new battle ships Of the largest
type and a number Of torpedo boats and
other auxiliariss.
Nr. Taft has directed that the same pol
fey be carried out in other departments.
He is determined that, so far as lies in
his power, the government during his ad-
ninistration shall 1--we within its income.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
LAUNCHING HARMON BOOM.
johnson and Marshall Invited, but
Bryan Quite Ignored.

From the Springfield Republican
Ohio Democrats OF the anti-BTyan per
suesion are planning q big barbecue TO be
held somewhere in the state next July for
the purpose Of launching a Gov. Harmon
boom for the party's next Presidential
nomination The Franklin County Demo
cratic Club, Of Columbus. IS back OF the
movement, and has been stirred thereto
BY the action Of the JEFFERSON Club, OF
the same place, IN banQueting Bryan there
a week ago. Cows Johnson. OF Minnesota.
and Marshall. OF Indiana VIII be invited
TO attend this funeral OF their own bOoms,
but Bryan apparently Is to be ignored.
It IS an early recrudsscence Of what has
become the Democracy's chronic trouble.
Why does the NebTaskan insist upon
staying alive2
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
INCOME TAX ADVOCATES.
They Believe Measure VIII Pass and
that Court WIZ Uphold II.

Fron the New Orleans Picsvu1s.
Some days ago it was regarded as very
likely that an income tax as a revenue
measure would De enacted It was be-
lieved thas 1t would pass the House Of
Representatives. but the fight would be
made in the Senate
There are believed to be enough Re
publican Representatives 10 combine with
the Democrats TO carry the measure
through the House, but failure was ex-
pected in the Senate until Cummins. Of
Iowa, Republican. and Bailey, Democrat,
Of Texas, agreed upon q combination TO
put the tax scheme through.
According to the Washington gossip, it
IS claimed that such law VIII bring 70
the Treasury between S60000000 and go
000 coo year. No one. It appears. knows
definitely how the vote viii stand Cum
Minis says he viii have three votes be-
yond the necessary ma jority. Hale, on
the other hand ridicules the idea Of the
bills passage One thing may be said.
and that IS the Senate stands close on
the proposition.
Were Il 70 pass it would SO into imme-
date effect. II other words. the govern
nlent would proceed to collect this reve-
nue. without waiting for q decision from
the Supreme Court. In this connection IL
IS said to-day that one or the Democrats.
having friends on the Supreme bench.
having made something Of a pol. discov-
ers that Of the nine justices six favor q
biil Of the character introduced BY Sena-
tor Cummins- Il is even asserted that
Mr. Justice Day has been won over; that
since the other decision IN which he voted
against an income tax. he has been con-
stantly contrite: that now he believes Il
not only a governmental duty, but a rev
producing necessity
II IS said that the President. while not
eagerly n favor Of an income tax. viii
accept It on the proposed basis. but
while its friends seem confident, It is
known that all the resistance possible
viii be made 70 such q measure II
would chiefly fall on corporations and
capitalists. and they claim Il would be
class legislation. prejudicisl 70 them-
selves. X IS doubtful II It can become d
Law,
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
THE WORLD AT ITS BEST.

Oh, rs good % get Up In the nn-ning when the
wind blows thrrslch b.ossozring tres.
And fragrance. delightful and subtle. Is waited
along c1 the breezs;
When the emerald hills II the diss1cs seem Dea-z
than ever before,
And he warelsts make Dassc As sosrly they ripple
upon the vide shore.
How fair IS the world vhen the 6sWdrops beEen
the wide meadows 10 Nay.
And how gladly We p-sise the Good GiTer when
roses besprinkls the way;
But the worlds st It's best sod its dres-est. dark
strstGhes are splendid 70 see
When the check u tie letter Is laEgsT than yoc
dared to expect Il would b.
-6 x XIX. n the CHICAGO Rsco5z-Hezsld
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
LET YOUR PAPER FOLLOW YOU.

TIE washington Herald VIII be
mailed upon request 10 subscribers
leaving the city during the summer
months. Change OF address viii be
made as frequently az desired; no
tees Of such change should give
both the old and new address.
Notify your carrier or newsdealer
or telephone direct 10 The Wash
ington Herald, 734 18th 81. nv. The
subscription rate IS the same out
OF town as in the city.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

cheerfuIly accorded by our tariff laws to
the trust No one realizes more keenly
than the Senator the utter impossIbility
!. OF his proposition. II there IS one dogma
more firmly fixed than any other in the
creed Of practical politicians Of both par
ties, il IS this: stand by the sugar
trust" That dogma ruled the Senate
when the Wilson bill was Transformed
into a work OF "perfdy and dishonor.'
Apparently. it rules to-day.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Adam Was a Gentleman. sahI

From TIE Houston Post
a Baltimore man has erected a monu-
ment TO Adam, but he says the less said
about Eve the better" He's crazy. But
for Ewes mistakes there wouldn't be haIs
the fun in this world that there is. And
II We had been in Adams place we would
have taken the apple. even II It had been
g Ben Davis. Any true Southern gentle
man. as Adam was. would have done the
same thing.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Chance for AIarich.

From the Philadelphia Press
Senator Aldrich viii be allowed to Sc
Iect his own route and name his own
prices for q season Of Chautaucua lee
tures. This is cutie in line with his ex-
pertness in arranging tariff schedules for
Othar peoule
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Hey. Mr. Willis Mooret

Fro1 the Concon Monitor
Oh. Mr. Weather Man. We want some
hot weather from the tap marked 90 in
the shade: we want K for the crops. we
want it for our summer resort business.
we want it for the sake OF the baseball
games; but, most OF all, We want t for
the effect we believe II would have on the
lawmakers at Washington.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

Because she was ''vexed With her hus-
band" an Illinois woman poured kero-
sene over him, and set him afre. The
average husband viii much prefer the old
style curtain lecture to this Illinois inno-
YRtion
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
A SEASIDE BELLE.

A fascinating belle is she.
The men aver,
And every fellow wants to be
Engaged 10 her.
They come In numbers TO appau
From every cline.
But she cannot accept them all;
She hasn't time.
Yet she dislikes TO be severe,
The gentle thing;
So takes from each a souvenir
Enga agement ring
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

a fulI-fedged sugar trust has been
brought 70 light IN japan" says the
Knoxville Sentinel II Japan will check
uD IT'S accounts now, It will probably md
that It has been neatly robbed OF all
sorts OF money Of late years.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Official Bathing Master Next.

From ths Baltimore sun.
Washington proposes to require that
bathtubs be put in all new buildings.
Next thing they VIII have Official bathing
masters TO see that the residents get busy
every Saturday night.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
A Regular Popoxer.

From the Springfield Union
II that Alabama man who proposed 10
20 women before he was accepted has
any children, they viii have the right 10
regard him as the most wonderful pepper
in the country
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Festival and Bnzaar.

A May festival and bazaar for the ben
eft Of ST. Anthony's School VIII be held
on the grounds surrounding St Bene-
diets Convent. Brookland, D. c. on the
afternoons and evenings OF May a. 3.
2s. an6 q An are invited 70 attend
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Arr-r-E-r-rl

From The Rochester Herald
When Bwana Tumbo comes back and
notices Ben Rowdedow TiIlman's spoor
around the White House grounds, there
VIII be the very dickens to pay.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Washington Is Used to Them

From the ProTide1cs Tri6uns.
It is said that Washington could house
the ofice-seekers now IN the city. But
probably the President hopes il viii offer
no special inducements iE the way Of re-
duced charges
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
he NeiahborIy.

Forget your troubles now and then,
Your daily cares;
And lend ar ear wAile other men
Cnburden theirs.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Get the dictionary.

'Zymosis Is q form OF morbihc fer
mentation"
What's that 10 me?'
Nothing. 1 occasionally Ike TO uncon
bit OF information that nobody else
can possibly have"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Loeb's Improved Status.

Erom the Macon News
William Loeb. it.. evidently finds his
new occupation OF cutting CT heads more
congeniaI than his functions under Teddy
Of cOrralling members for the AnaniaS
Club
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Expensive Brain Food

Ffun Black ard White
The rise IN the price Of bread, disas
trous though It may be to individual
may be blessing n disguise 70
nation Il may make Us think
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

Senator Penrose raised an umbrella tc
illustrate a point IN the Senate the other
day Incidentally, also. We presume fl
was intended as a hint to some Of his col
leagues 70 come IN out OF the rain.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Girls of Other DAYS.

When mother felt morbid and down
cast and punk. away TO the gsrret she'd
steal, and snuggle down close by an old
leather trunk and read a few yards OF
Lucille
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Mad muIlah May Be in Danger

FFoE the Philsselphis Press
Really all this pother about Roosevelt's
being in danger from the Mad MUnah
is nonsense Whatever alarm exists
ought to be for the Mad MElIah.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Information Wanted.

You say you and your wife got mar
rled as a joker"
we did
Who is the joke on?'
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
A Busy Man.

What are you 50 downcast over?
Worrying about buslness2''
"Oh. no
yet you seem troubled"
We'll. I'm reading continued stories In
six magazines. Keeps me busy carrying
EN- all in my mind
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
NOTHING suits Us.

Ears are all right to hook spectacles
over?"
''WeU7''
But they interfere with these high
collars that the girls want TO wear
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
Nnrbe n YYns Gnendoline

FT0m the Nashville American.
It was neither Johnny, nor Molly, nor
Polly, nor Jehusha, but Jenny. put the
kettle on. and wen al have tea"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

Castro has decided to reside permanent
y in Spain From this We infer that
spain cannot help herself.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

4 Mr. and Mrs. Bean out IL Iowa have
named their recently arrived daughter
Lima" The sense OF humor possessed
BY soma people Is fsarfully and wonder
fully evidenced
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

Now that sIr- Hisgen has returned TO
the Democracy" perhaps he viii tell Us
what that IS
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

It IS estimated that il costs 5000 to
pass q law in Missouri That is. it costs
the State that No telling what it costs
some other people.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

Owing to the high price Of millinery
and dress goods. Abdul Hanid announces
that he cannot possibly get along on as
little as 5000 per annum.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

A writer in the Boston Globe has dis
covered that the anvil was known in
earliest Biblical times Adam. we sus-
pect, welded the original hammer.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

TUESDAY. NAY .. 1919
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-07-31
May Compiicate Road Matters.

The following from the Pocatello
Tribune injects new feature into the
road problem east of town. The dispo-
sition here to put the roads on
section lines. Whether the treaty re-
fered to extends beyond present limits
of the reservation is to be doubted, but
it is matter which should be investi-
gated before the contemplated changes
are made.
Preliminary steps toward compelling
farmers and homesteaders in the dis
districts surrounding Pocatello to tear
down fences across roads which have
been public highways for years were
taken at an important meeting of the
Pocatello Commercial club at the Y. M.
c. A. building last night. The Roads
and Highways committee of the club
was instructed to take the matter up
at once, employ counsel if necessary,
confer with the board of county COM
missioners, and bring about as quickly
as possible the opening of various roads
leading to the Gate City. Authority
for such action is found in the treaty
made by the government with the Ban
mock Indians in 1888, and ratified by
congress in 1890, by the terms of which
the old trails leading from McCammon
to Blackfoot via Pocatello and from
McCammon to American Falls across
the reservation via Pocatello, were to
be forever public thoroughfares.
\ When the Fort Hall reservation was
thrown open within FIVE mile limit of
the Gate City and much of the land
homesteaded, the homesteaders began
to fence up the old trails, throwing the
roads along section lines, and making
the various routes doubly and in some
instances triply longer. This has been
particularly true of the road lead
ing from Pocatello to the Ross Fork
agency. Prompt action on the part OF
the people of Pocatello to protect their
rights to the old roads must be taken,
according to a concensus of opinion
among the members of the Commercial
clubs, and it will be the duty of the
roads committee to take the matter uI
at once.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-07-31
FIFTY BUSHEL WHEAT.
New Settler Shows What Can Be Done
in Off Year on the Desert.

F. w. Humphrey, who has possess
ory filing on unsurveyed land west of
here, brought to Mr.. Burrell the best
wheat so far seen this season. Com
petent judges who have seen it, esti-
mate the yield at from fifty to sixty
bushels per acre. The writer was not
fortunate enough to meet Mr.. Hum
phrey when he was in, to learn the
method of cultivation employed, but
dry farmers who can would do well to
learn his methods and follow them.
This has been the most unfavorable
seasons the dry farmers here have ever
experienced, and any man that can
raise wheat, on new land, that will
make fifty bushels or more per acre,
should have high place of honor in the
community. The heads are we'll de-
veloped and we'll filled, and weigh a
trifie more than quarter of an ounce,
The next best specimens brought this
year weigh about one-sixth of an
ounce. The samples are an Mr..
Burrell's office, but will be sent to
Seattle
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-07-31
Meeting at the Auditorium Tonight.

A meeting has been called for the
Auditorium tonight, to listen to prop
osition from William Bittle Wells, a
special representative of the passenger
department of the Oregon Short Line,
Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany and Southern Pacific Railway sys-
TENS looking to directing immigration
toward American Falls and the sur
rounding country. Ladies are invited
to be present. Mr.. Wells proposition
is an alluring one, and is well worthy
of consideration. Mr.. Wells briefly
outlined his proposal at an informal
meeting of few business men at the
office of Ellinger & Struthers yesterday
morning, and it was so favorably re-
cieved that a mass meeting was at once
decided upon.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-07-31

huaIiy Tor intoxicating liquors and re-
ceive in return therefore 1886, 900 for
school purposes and state and county
tax.
y leave it to the good judgment of
this intelligent audience whether or
not this is very paying business from
financial viewpoint. In the words
Of Governor Hoch Of Kansas, "the
devil never invented bigger lie than
that revenue from illegitimate sources
Is necessary to the financial success of
any town or city or state In these
United States of ours out of every one
thousand boys from 10 to IA years of
age Il are illiterate. Out in my old
state of Kansas where | formerly lived
and where we have had prohibition in
operation for great number of years,
only nineteen out of each thousand are
illiterate, and the prohibition laws have
had the effect of teaching the young
that to drink is disreputable and have
improved the financial, social and the
moral condition Of that state.
Declares for Prohibition.
Il do not believe that this temper
ance question should be partisan one,
but whenever it is made partisan issue
| believe that man should be big
enough and broad enough and honest
enough to let the people know exactly
where ne stands on the question.
in the last campaign the party /
represent placed plank in its platform
squarely favoring local option law.
In my message to the legislature |
plainly and forcibly recommended such
measure. The Legislature placed
upon our statute books what | believe
to be a safe, sane and equitable local
option law. But all of this, my friends,
simply means that the people, your
executive, and your legislature haye
decided that it is just and proper that
the question as to whether or not liquor
should be sold within the borders of
any county shall be submitted to an
impartial vote of the people. And now
the time has arrived when every man
should show his colors and honestly
and frankly let the people know exact
ly where he stands upon this important
question.
tAnd wish to say to you tonight
and to the people of this city and this
commonwealth that l am unqualifiedly
and irrevocably in favor of closing the
doors of every saloon within the borders
of this fair state of ours. :"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-07-31
IDAHO WILL VOTE DRY.
Forecast of Rex Osborne on Result of
Local Option Elections.

''Rex Osbourne," in the Boise States
man, makes the following forecast of
the result of the local option movement
in this state:
Ada Election called for September
8. Dry.
Bannock Election called for Sep
tember l. Wet.
Bear Lake Election called for Sep
tember 1. Dry.
Bingham-Election called for Sep
tember. Dry.
Blaine-Petition being circulated.
Dry,
Boise-No petition filed. Dry.
Bonner-No petition circulated.
Wet.
Canyon Election called for August
25. Dry.
Cassia-Petition to be filed in DC.
tober. Dry.
Custer No report. Probably wet.
characterization filed. No election
called for. Going into court. Wet.
Freemont-E Election called for Sep
tember Is. Dry.
Idaho Election called for August 27
Dry.
decentralization will be filed il
October. Wet.
Latah-No petition filed as yet
Dry.
Lincoln-Petition circulated but no
filed. Dry.
Lemhi-No report. Probably wet.
Nez Perce-No petition filed. We
in principle towns.
Oneida-No petition circulated. Dry
| Owyhee-No agitation on subject
Wet.
Shoshone-No petition filed as yet
Dry.
Twin Falls-No petition filed as yet
Probably dry.
Washington Petition filed. Actio
deferred until October. Dry.