Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-25
STRAY TOPICS FROM old new YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Between
strikes, the police Investigations. the
larson trust muddle. the suffrage agita-
ton and the disgraceful disclosures con-
corning the abuse Of the pardoning pow
cr by former Governor Dix there Is al
ways something new. something excit-
ing going OH in this old town. If there
! should he u little luIl once in O. while
some big crime or accident Is sure to oc-
cur to FL in the gap. The strikes of the
hotel walters and the garment workers
are. still continuing, but. excepting the
incendiary Speeches Of Iittor and the
other l.. w. w. agitators, furnish but 1T
tie excitement.
Peaceful and law abiding citizens are
beginning to wonder how long the au-
thorities intend to wait before they put
u stop to the criminal methods of agita-
ton of men like IEttor and his associates
Of the |. W. W. The principal reason
for the ill-adviscd fOrbearance Of the au-
| thoritics seems to be the fear Of doing
anything that might be interpreted as
an infringement upon the sacred rights
of free speech. This right of free speech
| ilIlIIOusu oHly " "'-
| used by INSCRIPTIONS %scoundrels in days
past as well as present, is considered
! rightfully one of the mainstays of liberty
and, for. that reason, is so carefully
| guarded that no one seems to dare even
| the, suggestion that no matter how sac
red that right may be there should be
| some limitation to prevent Its abuse. 1t
| would require great moral courage on
| tile part Of any jury or court to decide
that u~tterances like those made by Ell
tor and other anarchists at different
| times constitute the abuse Of a consti-
tutional right and should not be toler-
| ated. Their decision would undoubtedly
cause q great howl from the thousands
Of unthinking persons who fail to grasp
the true meaning Of constitutional rights
and the danger which lies in their alb
use.
How difficult it is to account for differ
ences of tastes and to please everybody
was clearly shown last week when, with
in two days one man tried to escape
| from the Tombs, while another, whose
release had been ordered by the court,
| refused to cave the shelter Of the pri-
| son. The man who tried to escape was
a professional thief who had spent twen-
! ty-eight years Of his life in prison cells.
The man who refused to cav the Tombs
was an Italian who had been arrested
for carrying u revolver and was awaiting
the action of the grand jury. AS the
| grand jury had failed t indict the man,
his release was ordered. But that did
not suit the prisoner. Il don want to
leave" the prisoner said. II like 1t in
J the Tombs too well. ! get good hot food.
and they give me steam heat, and |
| can't see why | should want to go out
in the cold" The amusing part Of it
was that as the nan refused to admit
sis identity he had to be sent back to
the Tombs until witnesses could be
found to identify the man.
The Bayonne correspondent of one Of
the New York dailies must have been
pretty hard up for news the other day.
He felt in duty bound to turn in some
story and as there was nothing to report
| that had actually happened, he consider
ed it his duty to manufacture news. Be-
| ing resourceful and having had a high
school education, it occurred to him that
a modernized version Of the Ring of
Polycrates" story would make good read
ing. The rest was easy. According to
his version which duly appeared in his
paper, a fireman Of Bayonne went fishing
to Balnegat a week ago and while pull
ing in a line dropped a me diamond ring,
which was a trile too large for his fin
ger. into the water. He wa fortunate,