The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-03-19

It is probably too late for it to
pass before the session Of the legis-
lature closes next Wednesday night,
but it would be a good thing If the
bills to require a marriage license to
be taken out ten days before the
wedding and to prohibit Divorces
to marry under one year after the
granting of the decree were on the
statute books of all the states. It
would prevent hasty marriages and
discourage the seeking of divorce
for the purpose Of getting a new
mate. The proverbial marrying in
haste to repent at leisure or rather
to seek divorce when they find that
they made a mistake or tire Of each
other was forcibly presented when a
Judge in Louisville said recently that
ninety per cent. of the divorce suits
that came before him were of
couples who went to Jacksonville
and married, without proper consid-
GRAFTON of the momentous step, some
times in the spirit of fun, to find that
it was not such funny business af-
ter all.
The Hon. Claude Thomas, of Bour-
bon, was not elected speaker, but he
has got level head all the same and
during the session has fathered some
GOOD legislation. He has bill pend
ing which has passed the House and
which we hope will become a law,
prohibiting smoking in any public
dining room where ladies are admit
ted. We have a pretty strong stom-
ach, but when the tobacco smoke is
so thick in dining room that you
can cut it with knife. we are dis
gusted with the filthy habit and our
stomach revolts. Some of the papers
speak of the bill as freak, but freak
or not we are for it.
In suit for damages because of
alleged alienation OF affection, a Los
Angeles judge lays down some good
rules to be followed in such cases.
He says there is no such thing as
damapes for lost love. because the
loser has not been damaged and if
another woman steals a husband
from the wife she is to be congrat-
ulated and not pitied Sver such a
loss. as she has lost nothing that she
is not better off without. The judge
seems to be right Such suits are not
brought because of the great loss felt
in the alien alton but for revenpe and
to make the man pony up for his
perfidity.
We have ALWAYS thought that it
was grave injustice to summon a
man from his work to go perhaps to
a distant county to answer as a jur-
or and because he was not accepted
make him lose his time and expenses
The present legislature has remedied
the inadequacy and hereafter all men
who answer a summons will be paid
whether they serve or not. at least
for one dav. 1t is also probable that
the nay of jurors will be increased
10 SO a day as a bill to that effect
has passed one house by a practically
unanimous vote.
Old Judge Evans, who ought to
have been retired long ago. refused
70 let the /. & n. transfer the Sher-
herdsville damage suits to the Fed
eral court because he says the gov
eminent had no right to take over
the railroads. We are not saying that
the cases ought to be transferred.
but we do say that the control ques-
ton is too big one for this anti
quated jurist to pass on.
That this country is the melting
not of the universe is shown in the
fact that in one cantonment alone F,
there are 1900 foreign born soldiers.
representing 46 nationalities. 1t will
be a wonderful performance if such !
a conglomeratiOn can be unified and
made Of ono purpOca