The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
Howe About:
High Cost of Justice
Women
Press Censorship
By ED HOWE
@ 1881, Bell syndicate.-wNU service

ATELY thief abducted an honest
man, and collected S20O.OOO ram
som. When arrested the thief had
considerable of the marked money on
MS person. At his trial In a 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 deliv-
cred the ransom money swore II was
received by the defendant; fiocks of
witnesses swore to discriminating cir
cumstances against him.
The defendant had lawyer famous
for bullying witnesses, judges. juries,
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 verdict of guilty, the
people rang bells. and wept hysterical-
ly, because God was still In his heav-
en-; because justice was still possible,
| even In a court house.
Were l the owner of a great news,
paper ! should have prepared, and
printed. reliable estimate of the cost
of justice In this case Witnesses were
transported in airplanes, and special
guards were employed to search the
spectators at the trial; spectators
were required to have tickets, al
though at such exhibitions admission
is 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 foOlishly in the case as army en-
gineers spend pork barrel money in
river improvement.
l have spent good deal Of time
talking to people. and some of II 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 I
do not find in men. And have never
did not say the greatest trouble with
George was insane jealousy. Some of
them have been old women; some of
them unattractive, foolish. but always
they say the trouble with George was
his insane jealousy. Another thing I
have noted in long association with
women is that they are never long
vryif mo hot do 1at MT
little missionary work: to strengthen
men in their gallantry and general
Hberality toward women.
American newspaper men are plain
ly little restless because they fear
censorship as applied at present in
Russia. Italy. Germany, etc. Scarcely
day passes I do not encounter an
other ponderous editorial concerning
the blessing and importance, of a free
press"
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 is 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 tina
conductor as suggesting tprobably in
spirit of levity) 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 humbly apol-
ogized. without appeasing his railroad
subscribers.
Not only railroad subscribers censor
newspapers. So do union labor men,
policewomen. farmers, clergymen. base
ball players. athletes, artists, musi-
clans, the unemployed. brides whose
wedding notices do not reach a full
column or page; even the humble An
drew w. Mellon, whose fortune was
lately written up, dared write in hat
the figures had been greatly exag-
gerated.
am subject to colds. AS they are
very disagreeable, and even danger
Gus, am sincere in attempts to avoid
them; but In spite Of my best efforts,
occasionally | begin to sniffle. a doc.
tor puts me to bed, and seats nurse
at the foot of it.
All my other affairs are ordered In
the same way Occasionally | catch
something disagreeable and harmful:
a scolding. depression. storm.
These seem to be natural calamities,
and know no way to avoid them. ex-
cept to continue to watch out. and
fortify myself for such resistance as
is possible In throwing off my trou-
bles when they appear; for have OBJ
served that when a patient RECEIVERS.
the doctor says he had "good resist
ance"
II they were not so annoying, the
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 close
look at man soon results In fierce
charges of astounding dizziness and
unforgivable habits.
will all be travelling by airplanes. in
stead of automobiles. as at present
If we keep up our present