Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-08-19

New York magistrate thinks too
many marriages are contracted before
the principals are old enough to know
their own minds. He says an acquaint-
anceship older than twenty-four hours
is necessary to insure any measure of
matrimonial success. Singularly enough,
young man in Connecticut about the
time the New York magistrate was
talking failed to keep an appointment
at the church with young woman and
a number of their mutual friends.
When he was found he protested he
was too young to marry. His excuse
wasn't we'll received. With the new
marriage law in operation in this State
couple seeking the altar and handi-
capped by lack of years should be able
to overcome that failing before they
surmount the difficulties put in their
way by the working of the law
Just as some of our ablest amateur
students of the art of war have de-
cided that the aeroplane is destined to
drive the steel-jacketed navies of the
world to- the scrap-heap. Hudson
Maxim, professional, who has done one
or two little things in an ordnance way
to make said art of war more pictur-
esque. steps forward with gun destined
to destroy any navies of the air which
may materialize. Mr. Maxim says bat
tleships have nothing to fear from
shells which are merely dropped from
sky-boat, since such missiles would
not penetrate the deck. He suggests
and outlines an aeroplane gun and will
probably be willing to perfect it If there
is any demand for it. In the war
which is constantly going on between
the various kinds of paraphernalia Of
war, the inventor is neutral.
1t unquestionably makes for confu-
sion that Representative Longworths
statement concerning his fixed and un-
alterable intention not to vote for Uncle
Joe Cannon for speaker of the next
House was given out from Beverly, the
summer capital of these United States.
No one of the politically initiated
would ever think for a moment that
the man who made Beverly famous
knew anything about the statement be-
fore it was issued. 'T say this solely
on my own responsibility and upon the
suggestion of no one else,' Mr.. Long
worth concludes, intimating that SON
in-law may think for himself
The situation in Republican circles
in New York State is so interesting
that 1t may be excused for, absorbing
the fixed attention of the country at
large. A certain crisis which 1t was
believed judicious silence would at
least postpone has been all but precip-
itated The country's problem-"What
shall we do with our Presidents ?"-
has now become very much President
Taft's own problem. No official recog-
milton OF a tense situation has yet
been made, but this is unquestionably
one of those situations where even a
politically near-sighted man who runs
may read.
A more or less righteous judge sent
a prominent citizen of st. Paul, Mimi,
who had been arrested for exceeding
the cfty's speed limits with his auto
mobile, to the worlfhouse for forty
days, without the alternative of fine
The citizens offense was enhanced by
the fact that he had run over buggy
and\battered up a couple of men in it.
He pleaded guilty. The example of
this punishment should be an excellent
one, but it may serve merely to reduce
the number of guilty pleas, rather
than the speed OF offending cars.