The chronicle=news., 1913-01-28

strikes the police invcstiSai Ions. the
arson trust" muddlc. the suffrage
agitation and the uiscrac-ful dis
closures concerning the abuse OF the
lpnrdonlng power by former Governor
Dix there Is always something new,
something exciting going on In this
old town. II there should be little
| iuiI once In II while some big crime
or accident Ii sur. 10 occur 10 fill in
tn. gup The strikes nf the hotel
walters and the garment workers ar"
lsilll continuing. but excepting inccn-
diary speeches OF Ettor and the
other !. W. " agIiH,ors, furnish but
Iitil" excitement.
Peaceful and law abiding citizens
ar. beginning 1" wonder how long
til" authorities intend to walt before
they put a stop to the criminal meth
ods of agitation nf men like Ei,or
and his associates OF the !, ", "
The principal reason for TIA" lll-n1-
vis'd forbcurnncc vi the authorities
seems to br til" fear OF doing any
Thing that might b" Interpreted an
an infringement upon the sacred
right OF free spccch. although only
too often shameful abused by un-
.cripuluus scoundrcls In days past
as well as present. Is considered
rigitfully ON. of the malnsiays OF
liberty and. for that reason Is SO
carefully guarded that no one seems
to dare even the suggestion that no
matter how sacred that right may be
there should b. som. limitation to
prevent its abuse. Il would require
great moral courage on the part of
any Jury or court TO decide that ut
tcranc"s like ;hos" made by Et'or
and other anarchists nj difIcrrn,
times constitute tn" abus. OF n con-
s'itutionai right and should not be
tolerated. Their decision would un-
doubtcdly cause u great howl from
the thousands OF unthinkinc persons
who fail to grasp the 'rnc meaning
OF constitutional rights aud the dan
ger which lies IN their abuse,
How dIfiicul, II i to ac,ouu, for
differences of tastes and 10 please
everybody was clearly shown last
week when. within two days one
man tried TO cscap. from til. Tombs.
while another. who's. release had
been ordered by the court. refused
TO leave the shelter OF the prison.
The man who tried to escape was u
professional thief who had spent IS
years OF his life in prison cells. The
man who refused to leave the Tonbs
was an Italian who had been arrest
cd for carrying u revolver and wus
awaiting the action Of the grand
jury. As the grand Jury had failed
to indict the man. his release waso
ordered. But that did not suit the
prisoner. II don't want to leave.
the prisoncr said. II like II In the
Tombs too we'll. get Ruod hot
food. and they civ. me steam hcas.
aud can't see why I should want
to 20 out In the cold" The amusing
part OF II was that ns the man re-
fused to admit his identity he had
to b. sent back to the Tombs uuth
witnesses could be found 10 identify
tho man.
The Eayonn. correspondent OF on"
of the New York duiiies must have
been pretty hard M for news the
other day. Iic felt in duty bound
to turn In some story and as there
was nothing to report that had act
ually happened. he considered IL h's
duty to manufacture news. BEN.
rcsourcctul and having had high
school education. II occurred 10 him
that II modcrnizcd version Of the
Ring OF Polycra,cs' story would
make good reading. The rest wa.
easy. According to his version
which duly appeared In his paper.
II fireman OF Bayonnc went fishing TO
Barncgat n week ago and while pull
ing a line dropped n fine diamond
ring, whic,, was II triflc TOO lars"
for his finger. into the water. IL"
was fortunate. however. In catching
lot OF fish. which he brought home.
The other day his wife prepared
some fish for supper and In one OF
the fish she found the diamond ring
which her husband had lost.
The prescn, day agitation OF the
problems presented by the hlSh cOst