Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-19

"A county OHlCldl Ii quOtcu as SOY
ing of a local case which friends of the
convicted man are endeavoring to have
.reopened, on the ground that the po-
lice forced the testimony against him,
that he did not believe the police would
exercise their powers so f~iagrantly as
was alleged, "even in a case that would
seem to justify it," Unconsciously this
official has put his finger on that fea-
ture of police business to which the
public takes violent exception. There
are cases, then, which seem to Gus
tify" the police in using their powers
'fagrantly? That is not Mayor Gay
nor's opinion, n he was beginning,
before the %dastardiy attempt upon his
life. to teach policemen of the metrop-
oils at least that they were Jus
titled in exceeding their legal powers.
HERDS hoping he may be able to drive
the lesson home for all time.
What a pitiful tragedy was that
which Saturday claimed a Newarker
who had been enjoying himself "in
his own way for the few weeks since
he inherited a little fortune. The
windfall came to him when he was a
middh-aged man, and it Is presumed
he had been q hard worker all his
life. Before retiring or easing up
enough to make work, which was I'M
necessary, a pleasure, this man Is said
to have determined to have a good
ttn1n Gov n IiffJa uyhtIa Await This IA
cision was a fatal one. It may have
been possible that he had planned to
end this period Of revelry after Satur-
day night, when a fall down the steps
leading to his boarding house resulted
in his death. The habit of the proper
use of money when n has it in COM
parative abundance must In most cases
be of slow growth. !
This thing of endeavoring to deter
mine the criminal responsibility of chill
dren who are the authors of tragedies
is a most delicate matter. BY that
same token, the rarest brand of wis
dom must be exercised when punish
ment for offenses of children which re-
suit in death for others is recommend
After investigating the case of a
Newark girl who was burned to death,
the county physician reached the con-
hat a 1~0-year-old boy who dis
obeyed his parents and swung fire.
brands was responsible for her death.
He advises daily spankings for a week.
But a normal boy might easily garner
seven spankings In sever days for a
series of trivial offenses, 80 such a
punishment would hardly awaken the
culprit In this case to a realization of
the terrible result of his disobedience.
Is more attention being paid this year
to dress reform or does 1t merely seem
so? All sorts OF simplifed costumes
which the promoters believe would add
to the comfort and welfare of women
are being exploited. Perhaps it was
that most impossible of styles from a
safe and sane standpoint-the hobble
slSirt-which provoked all of this dis
cussion. 1t might we'll have done so
IL it had been far less prevalent the
past season than was the case. The
world of fashion has condemned this
monstrosity. Public opinion would in
time have forced it out anyway. After
a freak costume like this one was IN
a fair way to become popular Is 1t
any wonder that the style pendulum is
swinging to the opposite extreme?
The desire to do something that has
never before been done and is regarded
as an impossibility is as deeply rooted
in human nature as Is the wish for
power and place. This desire must
have resulted sooner or later in the
discovery of the North Pole, n Is
undoubtedly responsible for its prema-
ture discovery. 1t will one day I'M
cover the southern tip Of the earth's
axis. It impelled one Captain Larsen
Sunday to attempt to run the whirl-
pool rapids below Niagara Falls In a
motorboat, and. as by a miracle. he
succeeded. 1t has also forced men to
fly.