Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-28

The case of Porter Charlton, self
confessed wife-murderer, has precipi-
tated an unprecedented e~xtradition
tangle. Our state department, natur-
ally, does not wish to surrender a cit
izen of the United States to Italy when
ly refused to surrender Italian fugi-
tives from justice to this country. And
the Italians are not to be blamed for
their attitude, as capital punishment
has no part in their system of juris-
prudence. Had no attempt been made
to examine Charlton as to his sanity
he might have been set free as the re-
suit of this unusual situation.
One after another the captains and
lesser officers of the Republican oppo-
sition to the Republican majority are
dropping in at Oyster Bay to pass the
time of day with the colonel and relieve
their minds of anything that may be
Weighing them down. Day by day they
come, Insurgents and more Insurgents.
mo OIcy Will liz C410PtiOA -
Root, during his flying trip to London,
has presented the administrations side
of the case. Perhaps, though, the ad-
ministration is not taking this Informal
court of inquiry as seriously as do
some of the wilder-eyed hero-worship-
pers.
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3D. I,.1i
ness in this State is now being dis
played to excellent advantage. In the
face of Statewide protest they are
adhering to their original plans and
raising rates, making an exception only
in the case of Communication tickets, as
requested by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. But a railroad officials
be blamed for their attitude of con-
temptuous indifference to the wishes
of the people? They have been accus-
toned to get almost everything they
asked from the representatives of the
people at Trenton.
The p~redicament of a young New
arker. who robbed his prospective
mother-in-law that he might secure
money to buy an engagement ring for
his prospective bride, Is embarrassing,
to say the least. In this day of psyche
logical research a great deal OF atten-
ton is paid to the motive, when a man
steps for the first time from the
straight and narrow path. If it is pos
A, I - "a 41s- xvNt,tb,o r,antiNA
would seem to be a praiseworthy one.
The feelings of the victim, granting she
smiled upon the suit, must be consider
ably mixed.
1t is no longer merely because of his
remarkable success in the face of a
great misfortune that Mr.. Gore, the
blind senator from Oklahoma, is held
In such great esteem throughout the
country. He has amply demonstrated
that despite his handicap he is quicker
to observe and report the Vaccinations
of disguised enemies of the state than
many another. Then, too, he has a way
of saying things which drives convic-
ton home, as those who overheard the
alteration with Senator Curtis, of
Kansas, can testify.
The announcement that Sir Caspar
Purdon Clarke, who has just resigned
from the dictatorship of the Metro
politan Museum of Art, because of ILL
health, is to receive a pension of $4,000
a year, testifes to the high esteem in
which his services were held by the
museum officials. Sir Purdon had been
connected with the Metropolitan but a
few years. yet if there existed any
gauge by which his work there might
be measured the pension would doubt
less seem natural enough.