The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-09

ruined. The rescue work is hamp4red
by lack of light; and the rescueTs,
says one dispatch, had more to con-
tend with than the turbulent waters.
Groups of apaches, lawleSs hooters,
men Of vice and violence, We're en-
gagged in the work Of piracy. They
seized boats and robbed the occu-
pants. rescuers and rescued alike. In
some cases they entered the houses
and carried on their depredations.
Then a force Of soldiers were neces-
sary. They were called in to disperse
the hooters.
This Is not alone a manifestation in
Paris. 1t was seen in the great fire at
Chicago and at Baltimore and the
| earthquakes in Italy and the earth
quake In San Francisco.
The power of daily life and daily
labor is great. The potential power
Of organized society Is far greater
than a police force or the army itself.
1t is the power behind these military
| org anizations that keep under controi
| not only the professional criminals,
but those In the twilight zone who fol-
low the line of least resistance, some
times into the orderly realm of modern
society and sometimes into the region
peopled only by criminals.-Louisville
| Post.
Liquor and Accidents.
Mr.. James J. Hill. the president OF
| the Great Northwestern Railroad sys-
tenn, sometimes called the railroad
king, has recently caused this order
to be posted on the thousands of miles
of his road from the Mississippi to the
Pacific:
| 1--WE do not wish to have in our
employ men who drink liquor Do
not employ drinking men. If men
now working under you drink, tell
them they must stop or make way for
men who will not drink
| The order is result of the Inves-
tigation of a number of mishaps on
these roads. where. it has been dis
covered that the loss of property, life
and limb has been the result of drink
ing by employees. No man who is &C
customed to drink is sure to have his
head clear in case of emergency. The
travelling public trusts life to the trans
portation companies and the heads or
| these systems have learned that cool
heads and drinking do not go together
Therefore in the railroad service, men
who drink are not safe. The same
thing Is true in all businesses. There
Is need of men who do not depend
upon artificial stimulus.-Raleigh
News and Observer.
Senator Daniel.
Virginia's silver tongued orator.
the Hon. John w. Daniel goes back
to Washington for his fifth term as
a United States senator. That means
II he survive. he will have served his
state In the senate for thirty years,
which is far beyond half an average
lifetime. Should he live out the term
for which he has just been formally
elected Virginia will give him another
term. should he want it. Senator
Daniels time in the senate is limited
only by death or his own desire. He
is now one of the oldest Of the sena-
tors in point of service, and he has
always served well.-Savannah News.
Suing For Recognition.
An interesting case is on trial in
Milwaukee. An ambitious woman
wanted to get into society. She had
the money to pay her way and was
willing to spend it, wherefore she
thought she ought to have the right
of way. But it appears a coterie of
women already in society regarded
her as impossible" and combined to
keep her out of the charmed circle.
The aggrieved woman has taken the
matter to court, alleging that the wo.
men of the coteri told slanderous
stories about her for the purpose of
defeating her purpose. Now, IL a
court can fudge a woman into society
against the wishes of those who run
the machine, it is time the fact were
being made known.-Savannah News