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New-York tribune., 1912-02-18

He did not pardon only paroled, John r. Walsh, the
wealthy Chicago banker, because, IN all the efforts
made to secure the old mans release there had been
advanced no real reason for the exercise OF CcmenCy
Not until Charles w. Morse, the Onetme millionaire
of New York was desperately i'll did Mr. Taft permit
him quarters more comfortable than cell for the treat
ment Of his health Here again he showed no mercy,
because no fact constituting reason for emency had
been brought to his notice. And It was only to save
Morse from dying a convict that the President hnay
pardOned him.
If | were a Youth incarcerated because Of my first
ofense and if had confessed the consequences OF my
evildong and if | had been a country boy set down
amid the temptations Of city life and thus drawn
astrav, and if | had a mother dependent upon me lor
S1pDOrt-if all those things true might nope lor
a pardon from William H. Taft. But, even they were
true and there TO believe that my release
would have a bad effect on the community IN which l
resided since it might create the impression tha crime
was not adequately punished by the law should not De
pardoned. / make these statements because IN the
High Court of Justice consideration gwen always 70
the nubic first, to the offending individual last At
the base of every pardon, conditional or unconduohd
issued by the President there must be these two broad
facts the absence Of injury to the public the existence
of q real reason for ClemcnCy to the lndlVlduaI.
By this formula, Morse and many Others have been
tried and repudiated by the President.
TWAS moved to write this story because OF two things
L that had come to nv knowledge. One was that
hundreds of prisoners and their relatives were contlnu
allv taking the wrong toward pardons wasting
time and money in attempts that must IN the cnd prove
futile The other was that throughout the country
certain class of lawyers bctraying the nobility OF their
profession impoverished the families OF convctS by
promising pardonS that they knew coud never DC QD
tanned | had been told of the who, thinking by
dav and dreaming by night Of the suffering Of his chill
dren, decided to an unscrupuous attorney his home
stead in the West the attorney unqualified aSScr-
ton that in return for this fee, the pardon would be
forthcoming | had also learned that this lawyer,
pocketing the proceeds Of the deed had done nothing
to secure the pardon and had left the convict to his
grief and the children TO their dcstitutOn 1t seemed
that few knew how pardons might be secured, the
reasons back Of their issuance and the steps necessary
to put into motion request for ccmcncy Continually
through ignorance there were the posSi6tes OF the
tragcdcs of men who had ever before their eyes the
network of steel bars whcn according to justice they
should have been free, workers and producers
The first discovery that men and women had
been pardoncd by President Taft because they were
living Of consumption; because the law under which
thcv had been imprisoned had since been declared un-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-18

These applications like all Others in charge Of lawyers
politicians, 60 first to James A. Finch the pardon at
torncv for the Department Of Justice, who refers them
to the trial Judge and the prosecuting attorney VINO
figured in the conviction Of the petitioner II one or the
other Of these officials reports favoraby on the petition
all the evidence in the case, both and old facts, IS
sent finally to the President This man Finch is a
vel in his work First Of ALL he IS an intensely human
man, and, secondly, he is Of unusual ability IN the
Judging of evidence. Not only does he collect all the
evidence but he makes a suggestion TO the Attorney
General as to whether the pardon should be granted
Mr. WickcrSham then studies the evidence and thor
oughlv digcsts ii, dcducing his own recommendation
which is sent to the President Mr.. Taft then makes
final disposition Of the case.
Every pardon case is first handled by Finch, no mat
ter whether Senator, Representatives Judge, or an
attorney seeks have taken up at the start by the
President or Mr. Wickcrsham. Weeping women have
visited Mr. Taft with prayers for clcmcncy fer their hus
bands but all have received the reply he gives to poll
ticians and attorneys who approach him on the same
mission:
The case will have to be taken up by the pardon
attorney. I'm sorry ! can't do anything for you now;
but | will have to the evidence. II that warrants
Ccmcncy, shall give it
The wheels of this mill OF mercy follow an unailing
orbit Every plea for pardon goes to Finch then to
Wickcrsham then TO the President II a lawyer has
charge Of the movement for mercy, he collects the
papers and does the preliminary work If poor con
Wet unable to employ attorney, makes the appica-
tion, Finch does the work.
HERE are the important rules governing the poor
III mans prayer
"Thc petition should state the Of the applicant
his age where born, previous occupation and place OF
residence the crime OF which he convicted, the
court district State and term for how long and to what
prison he was sentenced, and the grounds upon which
pardon is asked Il is not necessary 10 furnish copy
Of the indictment other court papers.
"Whcn application IS received It IS referred at once
with ACCOMMODATING papers TO the United States attor
ncv for the district where the trial took place, with dl-
rcction to submit his report and recommendation
thereon sending the statement Of his predecessor when
he did not himself appear in the case and the statement
of any sDccal attorney for the Government who took
part in the trial He is also directed to obtain, If pos
sible the views Of the trial Judge and to fill out and re-
turn blank form Of docket entries, from which the
warrant Of pardon may be prepared Reports are also
secured from the warden and the prison physician in
regard to the prisoners conduct and physical condition
"A case once referred for reports will not be again re-
fcrrci without a written request from the United States
attorney the trial Judge and case once acted upon
New-York tribune., 1912-02-18

XVTILLIAM H. TAFT is
w known as the merci-
w full President He
issues more pardons than ever
came from any other chief cX-
ecutive of the United States.
The weeping women and SOr-
rowing men who have travelled
to Washington from all parts OF
the country to ask his clcmcnCy
for their imprisoned relatives
have found him mcrCiful. And
vet his mercy is the most prcci-
Gus, the most carefully guarded,
attribute he possesses. 1t can
not rightly be called an emo
ton: rather, it is an imper-
sonal thing; for he strives
always to keep out of it any
hint of cmotiOnaliSm.
The documents and briefs
relating to pardons for federal
offenders are the only papers he
never takes with him on his
railroad trips. Pardons are
things that he will not discuss
on an automobile ride or during
a game Of golf. SO heavily
fraught are they with the pos
sibilities Of good and evil, so
dclicately related are thereasons
for and against them, 50 prcg-
nant are they OF woe or happi-
ness, that he takes them into his
private office, locks the door,
and, safe from either intrusion
or interruption, studies them in
every phase and to the last iota
Of evidence. He recognizes no
Influence" no pressure, no
"interceSSiOn. In the quiet Of
his room he holds in lone session
the High Court of Mercy, that
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New-York tribune., 1912-02-18

constitutional; because they mad
been mutilated or wounded IN
prison; because their families
were ground down by poverty;
because DELAYED evidence had
been adduccd to throw a new
light on their cases; because their
sentences had been too severe;
and for many other reasons. But
bearing on each of these causes
had been almost countless other
considerations. No pardon case
is exactly like any other pardon
case. No citizen, no lawyer, can
forctcll whether a pardon will be
granted. Opposed to the com
pclling reason for clcmcncy in
each case are such questions aS
whether the public will be harmed
by the pardon, whether the
prisoner will be benefited, and
whether the work Of the courts
should be OVCrthrOWn.
FIRST OF all, any man or wo-
L man is offered the benefits Of
a thorough investigation Of his
or her case whenever there is any
show of probability that a pardon
is a possible thing. The employ
mcnt of a lawyer is not a ncccs-
sity. Poverty does not make
dumb the cry for relief. Attorney
General WickcrSham, disgustcd
by the methods Of some attorneys
in taking money from convicts,
has circulated a printed page
showing that an application for
pardon, signed by the convict
and two or more crcditablc per-
sons and addressed to the Prcsi-
dent in care Of the Attorney Cen
cral, will set in motion the wheels
of the mills OF mercy
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
InereasIna the pifhcultx.

tcopyrtght. isil. BY Joseph B. Bowls..l
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
Beware Of covsinsl

Cousins are not as simple as they
SEEM The very fact of being a cousin,
or having cousin, is complicated.
The. laissez-faire of cousinship is both
eluding and deluding-cousins win be
cousins. even if you did not choose
them. They can borrow money from
you. visit you without being asked. tel
people they belong to your family,
contest your will, even fall in love
with you-and cousin once removed
Is twice as apt to. Never completely
trust cousin-never depend on his
not doing any of these things. Never
take him for granted. The .'eousinly
kiss" may or may not mean what it
means. And cousins always do kiss
it's part of being cousins.
(Not that cousins need necessarily
prove perilous. Once in a blue moon
they invite you to Europe, or leave
you money, but that almost always
takes an aunt or an uncle.)-Atlantic.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
Kindly s.riha

The editor of the Weekly Plain
Dealer is a charitable sort of teller"
commented Farmer Hornbeek, in the
midst OF his perusal of the village
newspaper, wherein he had encoun-
tered an example of the linotype's
peculiar perversity, says Puck. In
his article on the death of Late Dab
sack, who, betwixt me and you.
hadn't much to recommend him ex-
cept that he wasn't quite as bad some
time as he was others. he says that
the deceased was generally regarded
as hijjdytcmfwypvbgkb gkbgbgktzzhrr-
hrtdyshrdluI"
And guess that's abeut as near
as anybody could get TO making an es-
innate OF the departed without hurt
ing his relatives feelings"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
Easily Answered

THE bride is H." says a dispatch
from Canterbury. Conn, and the
bridegroom is so and wealthy" When
the bride is II and the bridegroom 60
why add and wealthy louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
Nyhsre slperstition stors

David Belasco. at a reception in New
York, was discussing stage supersti
tons an actor. he said. /" i'll never
in rehearsal speak the last lines of a
new play His superstition won't let
him. Superstition is a very powerful
thing in all OF u.s. he added, but |
have never hesrd of its preventing
anybody from accepting thirteen fo-
a dozen"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
DIET AND HEALTH
HINTS
NJ d. T. J. AELEN
Feed Speezalast
@PEA SAUSAGE" AND ROAST
ed PEANUTS.

@Pea sausage which did sach
good service in the France
Prussian war, was made from
pea and ientiI -four, much cock
ID. esaporated and mixed with
= portion OF bacon, seasoning
and preservatise, giving Il the
favor of animal sausage, but II
was found thar after Il had
been used fer = considerable
time 1t brought on digestive
troubles and decided distaskn
for L. The percentages OF pro-
tein In beans and ientiIs Is high
and high cooking is especially
Injurious TO all proteins, a. well
as to the protein of egg aIbu-
men. II is for this reason chief
~ that roasted peanuts are par.
ticHiariy Injurious as the occa-
sional reports of death from
eating them indicate.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20
Short Life Of Musicians

Painting and sculpture are con-
ducive to long life. says an authority,
but music kills men young.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20

~@-s'S Vie @AHtC0tkys
The woman who lets il be known
tnat she got her divorce because she
couldn't live with genius is likely
to have trouble in finding another
mate.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-20

But Beware of the Sheriff.
Nothing succeeds like a failure. ju.
diCiously naged.-Exchange
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21
DR.. Knapp and Demonstration Work.

DIR. Knapp and Demonstration Work.
Montgomery, La, Dec. 16, 1912.
Editor Collar Chronicle:
Allow me to again call the at
tention of the people of Grant
parish to the great work that DR..
S. A. Knapp was trying to do
for the farmer. He saw they
were entitled to more honor and
credit than they were receiving;
he saw that the destiny and well
fare of our nation rested heavily
upon the shoulders of the farmer
boys. He saw an inclination,
too, to leave the farm and go to
the towns and cities, or follow
some other profession. Why?
Because of a false education.
The farm boys believed that ag-
riculture was rather low and de-
grading, and that the young man
of pride and higher aspirations
must seek other employment, and
he saw that under our old meth
DDS of farming, producing less
than one-half of the crops that
our labor was worth and that our
lands would produce, all labor
and produce were continually GO
ing higher and all classes of So
ciety becoming more discomfort
ed. Political parties, and even
the churches, were losing their
usefulness and influence. And
no remedy, says the tramp, but
terfiy, peacock, fast liver, idle
and brainless objects of pity.
Well, DR.. Knapp, what should
the farmer do? First, vote a
school tax and a road tax, and
improve the rural districts and
see that your boys and girls get
a good practical education. Sec
ond, build up agricultural sta
tons and schools. Third, estab-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21
Keep The Kidneys Well
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Colfax People Know How
to Save 1t.

Many Colfax people take their lives
in their hands by neglecting the kidneys
when they know these organs need help.
Weak kidneys are responsible for a
vast amount of suffering and i'll health,
but there is no need to suffer nor to re-
main in danger. Use Doan's Kidney
Pills-a remedy that has helped thou
sands of kidney sufferers.
The following statement leaves no
ground for doubt.
Mrs. T. Winfele, Main St., Opelou-
sas La, says: 81 procured Doan's Kid
ney Pills for relative and she obtain
ed great benefit from them. For a
long time she had suffered almost con-
stantly from backache, and was in
such miserable condition she could
scarcely move. Doan's Kidney Pills
finally relieved her of this difficulty and
annoyance with the kidney secretions
also disappeared. This complete resto-
ration to good health has made her a
different woman. We take pleasure in
making the merits of Doan's Kidney
Pills known to other kidney sufferers. "
For sale by ali dealers. Price 80 cts.
Foster MiIburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-l)oan sand
take no other. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21

farms. / am not allowed to use
a sorry man whose word can be
disputed, neither can / report a
mans crop who won't try to car
ry out our principles. But | can
retain him if he is a well wisher
and aims in the future to do
something as co-operator. But
/ cannot visit all these co-opera-
tors. They should fill out their
cards themselves in order to re-
ceive the bulletins, and when
they go to studying these bulle-
tins we find them the very best
demonstrators for the next year.
If any one desires the truth,
they can get it from B. E. Woods,
or any man he represents as a
demonstration. have the sigma
lures on my book of 95 per cent
of the men who have tried dem
onstration work, besides list of
business men and friends num-
bering more than 200, asking the
police jury to continue our work.
l have the very best men who
live near neighbors to the police
jurors, and if necessary can get
500 more names. / am told that
some persons have gone to the
police jury with great informa-
ton. The truth is they have
never tried improved methods or
informed themselves as to who
have tried them. / have travelled
all the time for three years over
the parish and see about ten men
to their one, and know the good
people of Grant who have observ-
ed the demonstration work are
not among the folks who kick.
Now, gentlemen, / do not har-
Dor anything against any man.
| am not built that way. Let us
/ all pull together until Grant par
| ish becomes a solid farm and a
flower garden, with every man
owning his own home.
B. E. WOODS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21

fish demonstration patches and
farms near the school houses or
postoffices for young men, and
the old who are willing to try
improved methods or to impart
their knowledge to the younger.
If they are already up and know
it all, no use to waste time on
them.
And now we must beg the
young men, especially our own
boys, to get them a little home
while lands are cheap and go to
work, doing all things well, and
adopting all improved methods;
read agricultural bulletins and
papers, make your home beauti-
full and comfortable, and yourself
better man and citizen, and
some girl a good husband; invite
your village and town neighbors
to come out and enjoy a few days
in the sunshine on the farm. 1t
will make you better friends,
and start cooperation between
you, for they will purchase some
of your farm produce, and may
buy some of your land at a profit
able price. Thus you will see
the pride and tide of emigration
returning to the farm.
Well, well, Woods; why are
some people fighting DR.. Knapp's
work? Answer: Because they
have rot and will not try it..
Ninety-five per cent of those who
have tried it like it better each
year, and many of them make
from 40 to rs bushels of corn per
acre, where their fathers only
made Is bushels. Say, Woods,
some don't believe the boys make
these crops. Yes, some get mad
when some tenant or little one
horse farmer turns them down.
1t will always be this same crowd
who claim that their failures
were due to bad advice and
drouth. Yes, boys, this crowd
will pick out the dirtiest member
of a church or Masonic lodge and
Judge the whole body. | will re-
quest our police jury to ask the
men who fight our work if they
have tried it, and how much taxes
it has cost them. have associ-
ated with the best men on the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21

A Des Moines man had an attack of
muscular rheumatism in his shoulder.
A friend advised him to go to Hot
Springs. Mhat meant an expense of
$50 or more. He sought for quicker
and cheaper way to to cure it and found
it in Chamberlain Liniment Three
days after the first application of this
IMMINENT he was well. For sale by all
dealers. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21
M. e. Conference Appointments.

The late Methodist conference
at Monroe assigned work to about
one hundred and forty preachers.
The appointments for the Alex
andria district are as follows:
H. w. May, presiding elder; Al
exandria, S. HI. Werlein; Boyce
and Lecompte, A. S. j. Neil; Bon
Ami and Carson, B. H. Sheppard;
Bunkie, F. M. Freeman; Campti,
]. H. Montgomery; Colfax, E.
L. Cargill; Columbia, C. M.
Thompson; DeRidder, ]. F. Fos-
ter; Glenmora, H. 3. Vanden-
burg; Harrisonburg, ]. ]. Kelley;
Jena, w. D. Kleinschmidt; Mel
vile, P. A. Swami; Merryville,
D. C. Bennett; Natchitoches, r.
H. Harper; Oakdale, S. L. Riggs;
Opelousas and Washington, G. A.
Morgan; Pollock and Rochelle,
C. B. Powell; Provencal, w. j.
Newsom; Selma, j. A. Afford
Simmesport and Evergreen, w.
B. Perritt; Standard, ]. M. AL
ford; Tioga and Pineville, to be
supplied; Trout, j. F. Sheppard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21
wilful Waste Makes woeful Want.

New York, Dec. IL. AS a step
toward the solution of the prob
lem of the high cost of living.
Mayor Gaynor's market commits
sion hopes to find some way of
providing better terminal facili-
ties for handling perishable pro-
duce.
1t is estimated that under the
present docking system there is
an annual waste of $500, 600, 600.
This is demonstrated by the re-
port of condemnations made by
order of the New York board of
health, showing that last year
$500, 600 pounds of fruits were
destroyed, 100000 pounds of
vegetables. and 49, pounds of
miscellaneous market products.
The condemnations made by the
100 inspectors of the health de-
partment represents but small
fraction of the real waste in the
markets of the city.
The waste in handling eggs is
estimated at 10 per cent, or $780,
600, 600 a year, and the loss in
poultry is more than SOS, GOO, 600.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-21
Found.

While in Colfax on Dec. IA, mans
ring. Owner can have it by giving de-
scription and paying Csc for this notice.
G.. w. BRISTER,
Versja, La.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-28
P0SlAM CURES
Not WEATHER
SKIN TROUBLES

All skin troubles prevalent in hot
wcather-rashes. inflammation, So
called summer" eczema. itching spots.
hives. pimples. etc. demand the use OF
Poslam Tor their prompt cradle. ion.
Itching stops at once; burning skin
is soothed and comforted.
For clearing the complexion. red OF
inflamed noses. curing sunburn, taking
soreness out Of mosquito bites. stings.
burns. etc, Poslam should be used in
preference to sught else. Surprising
are the results after one application.
In so quickly driving away these
troubles Posiam gives evidence Of the
wonderful healing power by which it
cures eczema and all virulent skin dis.
eases.
POSLAM SOAP. used daily for toilet
and bath. will keep the skin in healthy
condition and improve its color and tex
turc. II offers the hea,ing medication
OF Poslam in a form particularly bene-
fetal for tender skin.
All druggists sell Poslam tprice, so
cents. and Poslam Soap price. rs cents).
For free samples. write to the Emergency
Laboratories. " West a5th Street. New
York City.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-28
GERMAN SINGERS BACK;
HAVEN'T A SONG LEFT
IN THEIR SYSTEMS
Got Everything Off Their
Chests at Saengerfest in
the Fatherland.

Ach. gu lieber! n all the sweet song
notes those sixty-fve members OF he
Brooklyn SaengerhInd sang In Nurem-
burg and Dresden and Auslg and Berlin
were put end to end they would reach
from BroOklyn to the moon and back.
They returned on the North German
Lloyd steamship Bremen to-day with
their wives and kinder-two hundred OF
them-and they said. did these Saengcr-
bunders, that not for weeks could any
of them sing another sing.
The Brooklyn choristers sailed away
grand saengerfest in Neuremburg.
where 5o.cO sweet yodlers OF all the
German SINGING societies VI all Europe
gathered to tear the wclkn TO shreds.
Then tAey toured the b,s cities OF Ger
many and Austria, singing at every ono.
At Ausslg. WHO'RE the Pllsner Gomez
from. they had the time of their lives,
so President August VI. Nobel assured
the shit news reporters To-day. I, was
Aussig that put the Pllsner In the
SaenSerbund.
a baby was born In the steeragc OF
the Bremen coming over. lie was por1
on Friday. the twenty-thlrd. wa.ch
ought to be some handicap for any
baby. But his fond parents piled up the
handicap by naming aim StanlsllYs
IIauptmann Bremen Grond. rhe
"Hauptmann" In that combination was
In honor OF William Hauptann. n prom
inent iron manufacturer OF New York.