The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-01-11
Howe About:
High Cost of Justice
Women
Press Censorship
By ED HOWE

| som. WHeD HTTeSleU tue lUltl nhu
considerable of the marked money on
his person. At his trial In federal
court the man who had been kidnapped
identified the defendant. as did sew
eral others who had been present at
the carrying off. The man who delly-
cred the ransom money swore 1t was
received blythe defendant. fioeks OF
witnesses swore to discriminating cir
cumstances against him.
The defendant had lawyer famous
for bullying witnesses, Judges, 1uries,
In the interest of criminals, but In his
case the evidence was so direct and
unquestioned he elected to offer no
evidence whatever In the interest OF
his client.
Yet am informed that when the
jury agreed on a verdict of guilty the
people rang bells. and wept hysterlcal-
AZ. because God was still In his heav-
Pen; because justice was still possible,
even In a court house.
Were the owner of great news
paper | should have prepared, and
printed. a reliable estimate of the cost
of justice In this case. Witnesses were
transported In airplanes; twenty
guards were employed In cases when
one should have been enough. Spe-
cial guards were employed to search
spectators at the trial; spectators
were required to have tickets, al
though MT such exhibitions admission
LIZ usually free The trial lasted
weeks. although 1t might have been
completed In an afternoon. as the evil
dence against the defendant was so
simple and convincing that no other
verdict than guilty was possible.
Yet money was spent as recklessly
and foollshlv In the case as army en-
gneers spend pork barrel money In
river improvement
have spent good deal Of time
talking to people. and some Of 1t has
been wasted do not risk an esti.
, mate OF how much More than half
of my conversation has been with
women. who possess an attraction
! do not find In men. And have never
talked with a divorced woman who
did not say the greatest trouble with
George was insane jealousy. Some OF
them have been old women. some or
them unattractlve. foolish. but always
they say the trouble with George was
his insane jealousy Another thing |
have noted In long association with
women Is TINT they are never long
with men that they do not attempt
4 little missionary work. to strengthen
/ men In their gallantry and general
uberality toward women.
!. American newspaper men are plain
i iy q little restless because they fear
!. censorship as applied at present In
I Russia. Italy, Germany. etc. Scarcely
J. a day passes | do not encounter an
) other ponderous editorial concerning
. the blessing and Importance OF free
II press"
e wonder editors are SO much
/. alarmed since they have long been
censored: heard an editor Of consid-
cradle prominence say lately that CEN
sorshIp by readers Ia so strict that no
man can run an honest newspaper
A Texas editor was lately travelling
by railroad, and the conductor said to
him: "There are seventeen paying
passengers on this train. and thirty
three passes to railroad men or their
friends The editor also quoted the
conductor as suggesting tprohnhv IN
spirit of levity1 that everybody ride
free on the railroads. as is the rule In
Russia, where reform has made more
experiments than we have yet reached.
Still, railroad men were offended. and
the editor has twice hnmhly anol-
ogizad. without appeasing his railroad
subscribers.
Not only railroad subscribers censor
newspapers. SO do union labor men,
policewomen. farmers. clergymen. base
ball players athletes, artists, must
clans, the unemployed brides whose
wedding notices do not reach n full
column or page. even the humble An
drew w. Mellon, whose fortune was
lately written mp. dared write In that
the figures Hdu bteH greatly tAak-
gerated.
II they were not so annoying, the
y different types of men would be an
amusing study. We study the lower
forms OF life and find much cunning
and order to commend, but a close
q look at man soon results In fierce
~ charges OF astounding dizziness and
" unforglvable habits.
M Many say that In twenty years WI
q will all be travelling by alrplanes. In
stead OF automobiles. as at present
If we keep up our presen
n pace, In twenty years we may all b.
\ travelling on foot, or by oxcarts.
met an Old friend recently, an,
Y asked: How have you been gettin
n alongT And he replied: ITS al
owing to how | behave myself. Som
days pretty fair: usually terri
ble." a.. That's my story; It's tn