Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-03
THE MAN WHO TALKS

current magazine. The startled look on the boys face was the expression of a soul first awakening to the awful con sciousness of guilt. It was far from be- ing the face of hardened crinninality in fact, it was not lacking in the softer lines of both mental and moral refinement It gave the indtsputable evidence if the child had been the product of a home in which love reigned supreme-a condition that everyone born into this world has a just claim to-he would have been head ed towards Amherst or Yale. rather than in the direction of Wethersfeld or Sing Sing, If that lad had received his just desserts he would stiI1 be wearing his knee brooches and his father and mother clothed in the prison garb. It is 8. relict of the barharous ages anyway to put the striped suit on a cf,i1dAin his teens A child lawhreaker has Some claim to hu- mane treatment
 We hear sad tales of woe from Ameri- cans who have been touring through Ger many of late as to holdups and other rob berries to which they have had to submit sIn view Of the present German attitude of temper towards Americans, and other German conditions that are perfectly well known In this country, one is tempted to ask: Why do tourists deliberately put their heads into the lions mouth ?'' There is no question as to the extortion prac- ticed. It is said that the ordinary hotel bill is multiplied five times in benefit to Americans. But they submit to it be- cause the tour is quite the fad to do. The thrifty Teutons know this perfectly well and, understanding the trend of the American mind. push their averice to the l limit-if there is a limit. If all Ameri- can travellers abroad would "get up on I their ears in this n1atteE,s as they some
 
 \ cut out Germany altogether in their itin- iserary, one would hear some loud squeal- i ing, for Germans are past masters in the !sart of squeaiing. The matter does not call for any sympathy for the robbed. i. 1 There are many ways. in which a dis I turbed person can dope the twinges of his conscience If he does a. thing for which l he, cannot find a parallel in another mans t conduct, it seemse to trouble him some l what-at least for while. If his neigh I Dor has done the same thing. it seems tc reduce the pangs of remorse at least 50 per. cent. But if his act of transgressior IS something, quite common to the com
 munity his disturbed feelings soon reacf the vanishing point. He cowardly hide. T himself under the fimsy excuse that ii Il couched in these terms Everybody doe. it," and therefore he feels that immunity it granted to him because of his evil Il doing. Many a man who has committed uisdeedS along business and politica
 lines seeks this vicious philosophy as al T avenue through which he can nentali, I escape. It,would perfectly amaze us i l we realized how far this philosophy o 'i life was pushed in the attempt to exten
 uate shady conduct. As to the standart
 of right or wrong in the matter, some o
 the old-fashioned virtues such as "rhon estg is the best policy would dispose 0
 the question very quickly. The habit 0 : doping ones conscience leads sooner t T moral paralysis.
 Il One of the great mistakes into whic 7 we are all of us likely to fall is the al
 together too free indulgence of "sna Z judgments. We let our emotions mak : havoc, with our judgment. Poor wea t mortals that we are, we can hardly heI l forming preconceived opinions on nearl , all subjects on which our minds act Thi a blinds the judgment so that it does nc 2 weigh the evidence of the case just as is. We may be guilty of rank injustic < If we are not willing to consider all th of facts. that have bearing on the matte f in hand Of course. the only fair thin f to do is to look on all sides. No or
 would think of passing judgment on f house when only the cellar had been du
 
 been put on. but we are very apt to pr. : judge a criminal case before it is trie4 7 One of the most difficult things in tn z world is to be consistent.
 The general public Is being more ar
 more impressed with the fact that sevel oppressive measures must be taken Y keeping firearms out of the hands of de It peradoes, Since the present year bega It seven patrol1nen in New York have To 2. their lives while aITesting offenders. IT oI recent case of one Friedman shootir if Policeman May was unusually brutal .o this practice continues, it will serious impair the efficiency of the force Mere
 putting the offender to death as he
 fully merits will have no effect in sto
 ping other niscreants from doing Il it same thing. Killing murderer does n m stop murder. question if it even Jesse
 It. Men of ungovernabIe passion, if tn,
 have access to firearms, will use the x. when offended Hence if murder is goil !, to be even lessened, the means of Inurd
 must be eliminated It is getting to
 altogether too easy when a mans feelin ;n are aroused to whip out revolver a, M take human life when pursuing on, As duty. believe that it is a matter |
 enough for federal action.
 tb It ought to be noted that this brut .s+ murder just referred to was committed
 a foreigner who could not speak or U s derstand our language. He was rep
 manded for dumping rubbish on the sic lls walk, As it5was his second offense, 1t ne quite possible that he thought his rigl I'd were being imposed upon. It may
 that when he committed the first offe1
 he misunderstood the order, and when to disobeyed the second it is quite likely u rr the policeman was none too gentle W ,at his reDrimand, which also might not hs
 been rightly understood Being ignors
 and lawless, and feeling that his rig
 as a man had been unjustly assailed, l 1es a dumb animal. he resented in the O 1 way that was open to his brute instir : a Now all of this goes to show that if ,
 language had been understood the m
 der would not have been commit ng Hence the great importance of being ,xtt miliar with the English language
 'ur The greatest existing danger to
 institutions of democracy is the apathy
 the average citizen in the exercise of me voting powgr. One is appalled, at ,ltsl statement that in the usual town or batI election not more than 60 per cent.
 the registered voters come to- the ps
 And these very absentees are the 0 who howl the loudest because politics LIE so corrupt that no decent person ore take any active part in public affairs. md course, this is exactly what the corr the politician wants and by refrainIhg fl
 voting such ones are playing directly
 the hands of those who besmear pu ,or-l office. The time is coming if democr yitf,I Is to be saved from assassination i nres those who keep from the polls will r1ss severely taxed unless they have a V excuse why they did not meet their q
 cannot understand how a man can
 for his country and then in mega