New-York tribune., 1909-05-15

| tude of the people than an abatement of the
abuses which have hitherto prevailed
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| A certain element of the public has been
| worked up to a high pitch of excitement over
| one or two authenticated kidnappngs and
! scores OF unauthenticated tales. and is appar-
! emily in q condition to resolve itself INTO
| vigilance committee and check the earthly
! career of whoever is so reckless as to be seen
| walking in the company of a child without
| proper credentials Even that precauton. how
! ever. may not avail against form of hysteria-
| In the latest instance the victim. who was
| leading by the hand the little OF friend
made such protests as he could when he dis
covered the occasion for the attack, but theY
were howled down by the mob. Had 1t not been
for the prompt arrival of a policeman and the
liberal of a nightstick on thick cranlums
an ambulance would have been needed. 1t is
well to give the news in kidnapping cases, but
to spread it over several pages, with pictures
of au the various stages Of the act not only
serves to inspire in those with little respect for
law and morals q desire to emulate the per
formance. but fills rather unstable element
of the public with notions not at all conducive
to the safety of and women proceeding
quietly about their business.
Nobody seems to think that the man who
bought at auction a $20OO0O00 street railroad
company in this city for $500 got much Of a
bargain.
Two prominent members of the Senate Finance
Committee gave out estimates on Thursday OF
the time which must elapse before the iron ore
deposits in this country exhausted. One said
1000 years the other 1900 years. On such ar
important question the committee experts should
get closer together.
And still Mr. Bryan will go on talking about
the Democratic party the only party to be
trusted TO reduce the tariff.
Both because of Unforeseen trouble with one
of the Salem's turbines on the occasion Of her
last race with the Chester and because the
Salem's method of measuring the coal consumed
was crude 1.-The Scientific American" hopes
that the government will order another high
speed trial of those cruisers. We second the
motion.
The Texas Legislature has at last yielded to
Governor Campbell and passed a bank deposit
guarantee law. Mr.. Bryan is still power in
Democratic politics IN Nebraska Texas and
Oklahoma.
None of Lilienthars fellow countrymen having
shown disposition to follow up his exceedingly
instructive work, there is a particularly good
opening In Germany for the Wright aeropane-
The Kaiser's subjects are to be congratulated on
the chance which the Dayton aeronauts will
soon give them TO see an airship very unlike
Count Zeppelin's.
The tradition handed down from bygone Con-
crosses is that in tarin matters. and in the long
run Mr.. Aldrch. Of Rhode Island gets his way |
Isn't about time start new tradition MI ,
Aldrich's bill in its present shape is something
more than unsatsfa ctory. something worse than a
disa Observation-Disclosures Courant-
The Aldrich bill is so serious disappointment |
that we have yet found single Republican |
newspaper of high standing giving it positive |
support.
THE Albany Journal" offering some advice |
to this city, says:
Fusion government is a delusion and snare |
The only proper government is partisan govern |
ment.
II looks different. however. to a member of a |
persistent and habitua minority. He would |
rather take the chance Of being deluded and |
shared than always be on the outside.
The Cuban House Of Representatives has not |
done we'll in passing a bill for the creation of |
a national lottery, though it has done worse |
than some states of this Union did not very |
many years ago.