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would reach more than thirty miles UP
into the sky!
If the printed pages could all be laid
nat. side by side. they would cover an
area Of ground equal to twenty-five
square miles, or more than 10000 acres.
+
In bulk. the total output would more
than fill a room fifty feet square and
forty feet high; this would embrace
about as much room space as is con-
tanned in four or five good-sized dwelling
houses. The weight OF these documents
would be more than 100000 pounds or
nearly 1000 tons: it would take a train of
twenty-five freight cars to move them
II they were bound in book form. into
the size Of an ordinary book Of 800 pages.
they would make q library of 100000
books-far larger than any library the
world ever dreamed Of. II placed In
ordinary bookcases Of five shelves each
the cases would make a row about seven
miles long.
While the tremendous publication of
these congressional speeches is for strict
~ political and partisan purposes. there
Is no favoritism shown by the party in
power as against the full exercise of this
right by those Of the opposite political
faith; republican can obtain his cam
paign ammunition from the printing office
with practically the same ease as demo-
crat, although the democrats are in alb
solute control Of the House and practical
control Of the Senate.
Some OF these speeches. made under the
supervision of party leaders and covering
the great political and economic Questions
that are nationwide in interest, reach a
publication that would make the collective
amount Of the six best sellers seem
like the limited edition Of some costly
edition de luxe. Thus Senator Bourne 8
speech, made last year, which covered
pretty thoroughly all the ground of the
so-called ''progressives," whether demo-
crat or republican, embodying their creed
and the reasons for the faith that was in
them. has reached somewhere near TO-,
100000 printed copies. distributed
throughout the civilized world, and the
demand for 1t is increasing every day. as
the present campaign wakes in intensity
and interest A printing office off1clal
predicted it would pass the lo.WOut
mark by November. Another document
which had phenomenal popularity
among all classes was Richmond p. Hob
sons speech on ''The Great DESTROYER
in which he tried and convicted King
Alcohol: this document has now reached
an issue of several million copies.
For the most part. however, the Number
~ COPIES of any speech that are COM
monty asked for for campaign purposes
hangs around the five or ten thousand
mark. These. which comprise the oulk
Of the ammunition for the rank and file
of the candidates. are usually addressed
to some particularly local question Of in
terest to the citizens Of the orators dis
trict, but of small political value else
where. There are several thousand of
these small fry. so to speak-speeches
made by the favor of the presiding OFF,
Ger of House or Senate. heard by rev
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ing out more and more that the way to
get votes is not Ivy torchlight professions
and indiscriminate kissing Of babies. but
by educating the voter through speeches
and written argument. Also. the voter.
acquired thus, sticks, too secure in his
rational convictions to be led astray by
Accordingly, all through the sessions of
Congress, in which he has participated.
he has framed his speeches not so much
with a view Of making oratorical efforts
that will charm his colleagues OF the
legislative halls as Of making arguments
that will read WELL in cold type at the
crossroads store.
Especially is this true Of the session OF
Congress just preceding a presidential
election. The party leaders lay out
regular plan OF speechmaking, directed
not to the proposed legislation in hand.
but to the issues upon which the presi-
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ness against himself Originally the
criminal could not testify at all. but stat
utes have given him this right. and have
coupled 1t with the provision that IL he
elects not to take the stand no argument
shall be made or inference drawn against
him on account OF his refusal.
THE practical absurdity of this pro-
vision Is illustrated by the charge given
by very able Judge In Massachusetts,,
who was asked to instruct the jury that
no Inference could be drawn from the
fact that the defendant did not take the
stand.
Yes" he said, gentlemen. that's the
law, and we're all bound to obey the law.
II the legislature were to pass a law that
when you walk down State street and
see the shadow of the old statehouse
infer that the sun Is shining. you'd be
bound to obey II, gentlemen. and SO
you're bound to obey this law
The accused. of all men in the world.
knows better than any one else whether
he Is guilty or not, and II the object OF
the criminal law is to detect and punish
the guilty, why should he not be asked
to tell what he knows? II he eliminates
himself, can there be better evidence Of
guilt? Why shouldn't he criminate him
self?
defeat all attempts to detect and punish
the crime which at present is at once
most common and most dangerous to our
institutions-the crime Of bribery. Since
1t Is an ofrense to give as well as to take
q bribe, both parties to the crime are
protected from question: and as bribery
is rarely committed In the presence OF In
nocent bystanders. the criminals cannot
be convicted unless they confess their
guilt.
'If the tide OF corruption is to be-
stayed we must cease to protect this
criminal; we must break down the shield
OF silence behind which he now hides
from justice. The Supreme Court OF the
United States has ruled that under q
statute properly drawn to protect him
from prosecution and punishment a man.
may be compelled to give evidence. even
though II eliminates himself"
Mr. Storey admits freely that the bar Is
to blame for much OF the disrepute int
which the legal profession has fallen.
But he thinks the seeds of reform are
there and that the application Of common
sense will do more than any number Of
new laws and new courts.
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explained to Ko-ko in 1.-THE Mikado. !"
merely detail calculated to lend artistic
verismiltude to an otherwise bald and
uninteresting narrative In his mind S
eye the farmer sees his congressman
shaking his fist in the faces of the foes
that crowd the seats across the aisle
nay, even rubbing their shouts with his
knuckles and tellin 'em to smell O.
that!'
He sees that congressman tossing him
self about the House in the same wild
neglige Of eloquence that so captivated
his farmers soul when he spoke at the
barbecue over in Hominy Hollow two
years ago. And he sees the enemy gaze
at one another in fear and trembling. 1t
wasn't necessary for the congressman to
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at his word and fall afoul Of him with a
live reply. This is certain, the printing
office would never print that speech!
But the farmer man doesn't know all
this. and 1t were better so-for the con-
gressman!
The fathers Of many of these speeches
have headed them with attractive titles.
calculated to draw the attention Of the
indifferent Julius Kahn of San Francis
co dubs one Of his efforts ''Muckrakers Of
Other Days." beguillng one into belief
that he Is going to spin yarn of the
Tom Lawson school of literature. Nick"
Longworth awhile ago gave promise Of q
Yuletide story with plenty of good cheer
with the title The Payne Law and a
Christmas Dinner" The wise. seeming
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DENTAL and congressional campaigns will
be fought out the following fall These
speeches are. for the most part. faith
fully delivered-for the old "leave-to-
print" custom. whereby a congressman
could have his speech, even though not
serted In the Congressional Record as
though It had been so delivered, had
fallen into great disfavor.
They are delivered faithfully. although
there may not be corporars guard IN
the seats on the floor, for it Is then moor
porated In the Record, and thus. under a
few slight restrictions, the orator or any
OF his colleagues may, at the expense Of
the government obtain as many copies as
he desires. Thus the government fur
nishes him with all the campaign ammu-
milton he desires. He has, for the asking
all manner of speeches, carefully written
under the direction of party leaders. and
1t IL mighty poor sort of congressman
who cannot find. in all the vast amount OF
oratory unleashed during term OF Con-
gress. speeches and arguments enough to
overwhelm his opponent.
or course, this works both ways; the
opponent Is pretty generally found loaded
to the Plimsoll mark with congressional
oratory amply sufficient to overwhelm his
opponent, being supplied through his con-
gressional friends of the same political
party from this same ammunition fac
tory. Whereupon ensues that meeting OF
the immovable and the irresistible which
1nfuses 80 much OF joy into the dull life
Of the farmer during campaign, for, be
1t known, farmer will let his crop &C
hang and drive his plough-horse ten miles
to town to hear a debate between two
congressional candidates.
The amount of SPELL binding literature
that is turned out for campaign purposes
by the government printing Office is
amazing. While 1t is impossible to OBJ
tain exact figures, the writer was in
formed by an official high in that office
that the number of separate documents
printed and sent out by order Of various
congressional candidates or obtained
from the Office by members Of Congress
for the benefit of other candidates of
their party would. for the year ending
with the campaign. approximate nifty
million!
This is no tale Of statistics: but, since
It IL impossible for the human mind to
grasp in the abstract any such vast
Quantity as fifty million. some concrete
relations may assist the reader to some
appreciation of what this really means
There is, according to this official. an
average of sixteen pages In each OF the
documents mentioned. This makes SOO,
printed pages were placed end to end
they would girdle the earth five times
and then have enough left over to reach
from washington to the Philippines. II
they were stacked up in single pile
Monument? More. Pixies Peak? Yes.
and then reach still higher. Mount Ever
est, with its 5000 feet? Yes. and still be
reaching up toward heaven. How about
Mount Everest on Pixies Peak and Mont
A. TTn1y oh
build a pile Of these three mountains.
and then put a pile Just that high on top
Of II. that stack Of pamphlets would over
top 1t by more than six miles; for 1t
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powers he should be forbidden to help
the jury determine a question OF fact
In the pettiest case: more especially rayoa as
and the jury has to rely on Its memory.
Indeed. Mr.. Storey thinks that steno-
graphic records should be sent to the
necessary. but in any case. whether
this lis done or not. he should In his
summing up point out the question and
discuss the evidence. as Is done IN
judges to do this we must get Judges
whom We can trust"
-
These are delays before the first de-
cision is given. Then there comes the
long series Of delays in the higher
courts.
1.-The law as administered today" says
Mr. Storey, throws around the criminal
a protecting wall which may have been
necessary when the power Of the English
crown pressed despotically on the SUBJ
ject, but which is wholly unnecessary to-
day. It is the community that now needs
protection from the criminal, not the in
nocent man who must be saved from In
justice
To give just few examples from
American courts within the last few
years
''One man was convicted Of murder in
the first degree, and the verdict was set
aside because the foreman spelled first
fist In another case a convicted muir
derer was given a new trial because
breast was spelled in the indictment
without the "a Another murderer was
given a new trial because. though the In
dictment alleged that he stabbed man
who did Instantly die the words then
and there were not inserted before in
stantly,' as IL he could have died instant
ly without dying then and there or as IL
II made any difference when or where he
died If he was killed by the accused.
Again an Indictment for rape was held
defective because it concluded against
the peace and dignity Of state instead
OF against the peace and dignity OF the
state and a conviction OF murder was
set aside because in the name OF the muir
dered man. Patrick Fitx-Patrick. the Sec
ond patrick was spelled with Q small
p
''Still another absurdity in our system
is the rule that no person shall DO COM
PEELED in any criminal case to be wit
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Being Bit, She Was Bitter.

KHISS MARY GARDEN. having been
AVA overcharged in Parts for millinery
her bill was $500 for eight hats-discuss-
ed fashions rather morosely at an Open
air luncheon at Armenonville in the
Bcis.
what do you think. Miss Gardensa
said a Chicago girl. will be fashionable.
next autumn In American
"Oh. whatever they happen to be over
stocked with here, OF course" the prima
donna answered. smiling cyn1caliy.
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HE Council of the
National Economic
L e a 6, u e i, which
numbers 500 men,
bers and includes
university presi-
dents and profess
sors. merchants.
lawyers, bankers
q n d judges, In
brief, men repre-
senting many diff
ferent interests
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when one of the counsel called q wit
ness. ''Why do you call this witness
said the Judge. Il want to make the
was the reply. oh" said the judge. the
Jury understands that" and. turning to
the Jury, he said: Gentlemen. don't you
all know what a winch Is and how II
works?' They all nodded assent. You
see. continued the Judge. you don't neeo
"A little while later the case was gwen
to the Jury, who, as Is very len the case
in England. consulted without leaving the
box. After q few minutes pd the .s sndse
turned to them. and said: wen, gentie-
men, have you agreed?
1--WE stand eleven to one,' answered
the foreman. Addressing the counsel. the
judge said: Gentlemen. will you take the
verdict of the eleven? They assented,
and the case was ended.
This was practical sense, and 1t may
be added that consultation by tho jury
men under the eye of the Judge and coun-
sci should be encouraged 1t insures at
tention to business and avoids much
waste Of time in the juryroom.
TT Is important. also. that the trial
should be conducted SO there shall be no
second trial Of the same facts.
This can in many cases be done by
submitting to the jury distinct issues OF
fact or requiring them to answer specific
questions, a practice which has been re-
peatedly recommended by the American
Bar Association and other organizations
Of high standing.
"As cases are generally submitted to q
jury, the jurymen are required, after q
long trial and moving appeals to their
passions and prejudices. upon evidence
which must be remembered imperfectly
and under instructions on complicated
questions Of law at best imperfectly un-
derstood, to decide whether on the whole
the plaintiff or the defendant should pre-
vail. The real issues are obscured or for
gotten and jury must often agree upon
q verdict without really considering the
vital questions upon which the rights OF
the parties depend
I'm dealing with questions Of evidence.
the appellate court should be given nber-
al discretion TO sustain the verdict where
II Is reasonably apparent that the ao-
mitted or excluded evidence ought not to
have changed the jury's conclusion. OF
that the Judgment Of the court below was
in itself just
Remembering that the trial Judge may
always set aside an improper verdict. and
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I F T Y million
count 'em = fifty
million missiles
of political war
fare manufac-
tured and hurried
to the firing line
In the campaign
upon which the
nation has just
embarked for the
salvation of the
country-and, In
hundred seats In
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amazed at the way in which our country
is governed"
upon the country there goes no increase
whatever of respect for the law. but
rather the reverse. The more there are
the more to break.
Mr.. Storey states clearly that the
legal profession has sunk in popular esti-
nation. and that it Is largely the fault of
the lawyers that this has come about. He
does, however, ask the people to consider
that the task of reform is not SO easy as
it might be imagined. Progress in science
is welcomed by everybody, but progress
in politics, social life or the law Is a
different matter. upon any existing
evil In any one of them some one now
fattens and is sure to oppose change"
Nevertheless. the leaders Of the legal pro-
fession realize that something must be
done.
1.-THE first cause Of complaint is one as
old as the law itself-that Is. delay. Now
some delay is necessary to bring about
Justice. There must be investigation, and
in some cases 1t is we'll there should be
a little more time for hot heads to cool,
but undoubtedly prolonged delay Is to
a great extent unnecessary and brings
about injustice.
THE attorneys oath imposes on him
an obligation not only to his client but
also TO his adversary He may not pro-
mote a groundless suit and he must con-
duct himself with fidelity to the courts
as well as to his clients. If this oath
were applied one occasion OF delay would
be doLe away with.
Zone great cause of delay in the law
is the congestion of the dockets. and no
one can doubt that this congestion would
be much reduced IL all the suits which
ought never to have been brought, and
those which ought not to be defended
We're eliminated. Far too often do We
hear of men saying to others who press
their just claims: If you won't take my
offer I'll hire a lawyer and make you
pay for everything you get Every one
knows that the debtor can carry out his
threat and will do SO IL he is rich enough
to afford II or malicious enough to wish
1t.
Tho delay which results from the
bringing of groundless suits and the
making OF false defenses is due to low
professional standards among member.
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of the bar, and Is to be cured by creating
a public opinion which will not tolerate
such practices. But 1t can also be dimiH-
ished by legislation.
"A further stem in the same direction
might be taken II the courts were given
be- paId by tiosla 6 IN shsory the
costs are Intended to- scgysy ttss expense
his opponent. In practice they are but 9
drop in the bucket. If he who would
thus abuse the law knew that he might
be compelled to pay every dollar OF ex-
pense to which he put his opponent ne
would hesitate.
1T would be we'll also II the court more
freely used Its power to punish the law
yer who has lent his talents to injustice.
personally pay the expenses which the
opposing party has been compelled to In
cur. The English courts have adopted a
rule which permits this.
Mr.. Story anticipated the objection that
lawyer. q standard higher than Is ac-
cepted generally by the bar. Very like
ly." he replies. but am trying to snow
you why the bar Is losing ground with
the public and it may well be that among
the causes is the fact that the standards
of practice are too low"
Another fruitful cause OF delay lies in
imperfect human nature. A trial means
a long strain; 1t means being possessed by
one idea until the verdict Is rendered.
and then all man may get IL defeat
felt to be unmerited.
This Is a very serious evil Some time
ago q man sought me and said that GER
tain former partners owed him $15O,OOO.
but refused to pay it, and suit for the
settlement of his accounts had been pend
ing for six years. On the opposite sides
were engaged two leading seniors and two
very able and very busy juniors. When
one senior was at home, he said. the
other was away: when one Junior was at
liberty the other was engaged in q trial.
and the result was that appointment after
appointment for hearing was made and
broken. and perhaps two or three days
out Of a year were actually given to the
trial of the case before a master.
Meanwhile. he was growing older.
crippled by not having his money. and
wholly unable to see q way out Of his
difficulties. He asked me what he was
to do. and whether I would take his case
II told him that could not do so. He
had as able counsel as there was at the
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= IFTY Million Missiles of
l Political Warfare Manu-

i Political Warfare Manu-
featured at Cover m n t
Printing Ofhce-What Be-
comes of the Printed Docu-
ments-The Factory That Is
Busy Both Night and Day
Printed Pages to Cover Six
teen Thousa Acres
Speeches Headed With At
tractive Titles-Getting the
Farmers Attention.
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0nMMIM0nzsEElEMaM1ISE

bar. and could not displace them. They
were thoroughly familiar with his case.
and could add nothing, while 1t woulo
cost much to give me the knowledge OF
his case which they had. could only
advise him that he must make himself
peculiarly disagreeable to his counsel IN
til they tried the case. This Is merely an
illustration which may enable you to tell
why the public complains OF the law S
delay.
Another cause of delay is the conges-
ton Of the docket, the fact that, with
all the delay on the part OF lawyers.
cases are brought far faster than they
can be tried. Mr.. Storey suggests As
remedy proper legislation to remove some
great cause Of litigation. Years ago the
courts were full Of disputes about real
estate titles; later on about insurance
policies. Now lawyers hardly ever have
cases OF this kind. Proper legislation has
done away with the necessity.
Today actions for personal damages
choke the courts. They have increased
and are increasing out OF proportion TO
the increase in population. In Boston
such suits against street railways consume
three-uuarters at least Of the time given
to jury trials, while much Of the remain
der is occupied with suits against other
carriers and suits by employees against
their employers"
The prosecution of such cases has be-
come business by itself. and the med
ical as well as the legal profession Is de-
graded thereby. The expense Is great.
The cost Of a single Jury session In Bos-
ton IL estimated at $4,000 year In sal
aries and Jurors fees alone. in addition
to the cost Of repairs. maintenance and
SO forth.
Mr.. Storey adds some interesting sug-
gestions. partly based on systems In
vogue in other countries as to legislation
that might do away with such litigation.
During the trial the judge. Mr.. Storey
thinks should be prompt to stop waste OF
time In wrangles between counsel and In
the asking Of unnecessary questions. Elk
aiming a witness becomes sometimes a
kind of sport for lawyer, and he lets
his enjoyment lead him into undue length
mess.
Mr. Storey illustrates what he calls q
good method by a tale Of England:
Some years ago q friend OF mine In