Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 246, Hammond, Lake County, 5 April 1907 — Page 5
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES PAGE 15 TAFT INDOESED FOE 1908
Friday, 'April 5, 1907.
What Constitutes True Political Liberty. By President WOODROW WILSON of Princeton University.
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NDER OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THE MOMENT AN OFFICER TRANSGRESSES HE CEASES TO BE AN ' OFFICER. A MAN IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT ONLY SO FAR AS HE HOLDS TO THE UNDERSTANDING ON WHICH GOVERNMENT RESTS.
I do not believe that political liberty can be summed up in any Items regarding individual privileges. Generation differ from generation in respect to this and in its adjustment of institutions to government. True political liberty at any time is that which offers the BEST POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENT OF GOVERNMENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL. It is a mistaken conception that liberty is the removal of restraints from the individual. We say that a piston rod
work3 freo when it moves with the least possible friction. In the same way what we want in political liberty is PERFECT ADJUSTMENT of the parts. If liberty is the object of constitutional government, constitutional government may bo defined as a perfect adjustment between the governors and the governed. i ? v. Constitutional government can be maintained only in such a way as to bring planning and action of the lawmakers under the influence of the opinion of the nation. Two things are necessary to maintain liberty. One is that government shall bo governed by public opinion and tho other that the individual shall bo kept free from the corruption of government. General welfare cannot be conceived except in terms of FREEDOM OF THE INDIVIDUAL. Wo now complain if congress spends too much time in debate.
Historically the chief business of a representative body was to talk, while tho executive department used to make the laws. Tho chief business of parliament was to criticise tho acts of the executives. Today the representative body has as its chief business tho formation of laws. The chief objection to this system is that the REPRESENTATIVE body does not have the CARRYING OUT of tho laws. t i v. A characteristic of English and American constitutional government is that the individual looks after himself. The courts are what enable tho individual to do this. ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT 13 THAT THERE IS IN IT A MORE OR LESS COMPLETE FORMULATION OF INDIVIDUAL LOYALTY. THAT IS WHAT MAGNA CHARTA ATTEMPTS TO DO; THAT 13 WHAT THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS ATTEMPT; THAT IS WHAT THE FIRST EIGHT AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ATTEMPT. ALU OF THESE SHOW WHEREIN THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL LIE.
Cincinnati Koosevelt Club's Keply to the Recent Statement of Senator Foraker. Cincinnati, April 5. -At a special meeting of the Koosevelt Republican club of Hamilton county resolutions
were passed endorsing tbe Roosevelt
administration and pledging its support to secure tbe nomination of Judge Williarj II. Taft for the presidency In 190S. In reference to the manner
of deciding which candidate may re
ceive Ohio's support the resolution says:
"This club also approves and would welcome the submission to popular vote at open primaries the Question of
Ohio's choice for president or senator;
provided such primary election were
to be held at a proper time, apart from
a general election; and provided such
primary were to be open, without any restrictions except that those voting
were Republicans in national politics.'
Assassination in Calm.
Havana April 5. Jose Ayala, ex-
chief of police of Guines Havana province, has been assassinated at Guines. The crime, apparently, was political, as the victim led the government forces in the vicinity of Guinea during the August revolution, thereby incurring so much enmity that he went to Mexico, from which country he had
just returned. Attack on the Watch Trust.
Washington, April 5. A memorial which was presented to the president
by representatives of the Independent
watch manufacturing interest, of the
country has reached the department of
justice. It alleges that the Walth:n and Elgin companies have violated the
Sherman anti-trust act in employing
methods la restraint of trade.
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I.aurier Starts for England.
Ottawa, Ont, April 5. Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, Sir Frederick W. Borden (minister of militia), and L. P. Brodeur (minister of marine), have left here for
St. Johns, N. B., where they will em
bark for England. The premier and his ministers are to take part in the
colonial conference to be held in Lon
don. And Niuffer Came Back.
Springfield, O., April 5. George
V. Niuffer, missing public service board
director who left here a year ago following his indictment for alleged pad
ding the public pay roll, has returned
to the city and given himself up. He
pleaded not guilty In common pleas
court and was released on bond.
Defects of the Sherman Law, By JAMES M. BECK, Ex-Assistant Attorney General of the United States.
("ITER a personal experience of fifteen years, both as an
officer of the government and later as counsel for corporate interests, let mo record my own DELIBERATE conviction:
That the Sherman law is so obscure that no one can determine its PRECISE meaning.
Its enforcement has been wholly ineffective to PREVENT THE
FORMATION of great industrial combinations. ITS LITERAL ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ALL BUSINESS INTER i ESTS WITHIN ITS PROVISIONS, AS NOW JUDICIALLY INTER
PRETED, WOULD DISINTEGRATE OUR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM AND
CAUSE WIDESPREAD RUIN.
I am not criticising tho work of tho federal rovernment in seeking
to enforce this law. Xo reasoning is more shallow or foolish than that
which imputes railway and industrial combinations - tho ambition OR AVARICE of any capitalist or group of interests. In this as in every other civilized country a universal and irresistible economic V
? tendency, without any conscious purpose to violate
j v the law, has moved onward in tho teeth of all hostile ' 'Z legislation, for combination is as INEVITABLE in the business world as gravitation is in the physical universe, and its force is so potent and irresistible that, if it conflict with the statutory law of any nation, tho LATTER must sooner or later inevitably give way. Our present policy of absolute repression of all combination, whether reasonable or unreasonable, is little better than the castoff rags of British statesmanship. Indeed, the collective wisdom of the world has abandoned the attempt TO FORCE competition where competition is IMPRACTICABLE, and the governments of Europq, unernbarras-ed by constitutional limitations and with far more drastic governmental powers, havo long since appreciated that the laws of trade, like tho tides of the ocean, RISE HIGHER THAN LEGISLATIVE EDICTS.
lonation by Thaw's ITalf-Brother.
Pittsburg, April 5. Benjamin Thaw, a half-brother of Harry K. Thaw, ha:s donated $50,000 to the fund for the
proposed new building for the West-,
ern University of Pennsylvania.
DOWIE'S WILL IS OPENED
"First Apostle of Zion" Names John A.
Lewis' to Wear the Apostle's Mantle.
Chicago, April 5. John A. Lewis is
to become successor to John Alexander
Dowie in Zion City, in accordance with
the will of the late leader. Trustee
Lewis, who was a close friend and ad
visor of Dowie, has announced his intention of accepting the charge. In
his will, which was drawn In August,
1900, Dowie bequeaths the widow'a dower to Mrs. Dowie and to his son,
Gladstone Dowie, he gives $30.
in naming Lewis as his successor
Dowie in his will says that by misplaced confidence title to his property
has been placed in jeopardy, and pro
vides that Lewis employ counsel and
take all necessary steps to obtain a
final decision in the court of last re
sort. In the event of a decision thai
he holds the property only as tnistee
for the church, and that Dowie himself
had no authority to appoint a successor
as overseer, the will provides that Lewis call into council four other men
of his selection, and they shall deter
mine what final disposition shall be
made of the trust estate.
England Needs a Bismarck.
By ALFRED STEAD of England. Author of Books on World Politics.
S A MATTER OF FACT, 1 SEE NO WAY OF PREVENTING
THE BRITISH EMPIRE FROM GOING ASUNDER.
From tho beginning wo have taught the colonies undeT all circumstances to foster the spirit of independence. Now
we find them actuated not only by a powerful tradition of loyal subor
dination to the mother country, but by a long record of ideas and acts UNFETTERED BY NATIONALITY, it seems to me to be too late to repair the consequences of our error. More independence,
NOT LEbb, is what the colonies will demand. Canada is entirely without need of our support. South Africa is abundantly able to take care of itself. Australia and New Zealand, being more exposed than the other self governing colonies, will be last to break away, but
EVEN THEY WILL GO when they can do so with impunity. WE NEED A BISMARCK AS BADLY AS EVER GERMANY NEED
ED ONE, BUT OUR BISMARCK WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO FORGE A SOLID EMPIRE ON THE ANVIL OF WAR. HE WOULD HAVE TO EFFECT SUCH A RESULT DY STATESMANSHIP ALONE o
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Man Arrested in New York
for Gentry Murder Confesses Identity.
DENIES HEJLLED HER Declares He Saw Alleged Victim Com
mit Huicide He Fled, Fearing Implication.
Gans and iLewis to Fight.
Chicago, April 5. Joe Cans, tho
lightweight charrpion, and Harry Lew
is, of Thiladelphla. hare been matched to fight at 133 pounds, weigh in at the ringside stripped. The representatives of both men met here and agreed upon
all the details of the match. No purso
less than $20,000 will be considered.
"Battling" Nelson was present and was
given the preference by Gans, but said
he had money enough to retire.
Another Brewery Strike.
Fittsburg, April 5. The Brewers association has granted its employes 1.500 in number an eight-hour day and satisfactory wages, but the men
refuse to agree to certain conditions
laid down by the brewery men. Un
less these conditions are removed to
day the men will strike.
Donlin Quits Base Ball.
Chicago, April 5. Mike Donlin. the crack center fielder of the New York
National League team, has quit base
ball, being unable to reach an agreement. He has a position with a the
atrical company here.
Looks Onlnious, This.
St. Petersburg, April 5. Largo
bodies of troops, including dragoon3
and Cossacks, are pouring into St. Petersburg, as they did previous to the
dissolution of the first parliament
(Special to Lake County Tiniest).
Chicago, April 5. The man arrested
in New York under suspicion that he
was ! rank: constantine, the murderer of Mrs. Louise Hushes Gentry, lias
admitted his identity and tomorrow
will be brought back to Chicago.
Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler
and Detective Sergeant John J. Shee
han left for New York yesterday to
take possession of the prisoner. Accompanying them was Martin Casey,
the elevator boy who was employed in the building where the Gentrys had
a fiat.
Constantine admits that he was with
Mrs. Gentry the day of her death but
denies that he killed her. He declares
she cut her throat with a razor before his eyes and that he, fearing suspicion
would fall upon him, fled. He has
been a wranderer upon the face of the earth for fifteen months, fleeing first to Italy, later to South America and
then back to this country. He was
about to embark on a steamer for
Italy once more when he was arrested
At first he denied his identity and
even when confronted by Jacob Stein
a motorman who had known him in
Chicago, he shook his head, disclaim
ing acquaintance with the man and
pretending not to know what he was
talking about. A couple of hours lat
er, however, he asked to be brought
from his cell before the lieutenant
where he made his confession.
Requisition papers are being taken
out in order that there may be no dif
Acuity in bringing the prisoner back
to this city.
The murder of Mrs. Gentry was par
tlcularly brutal. Her head was almos
severed from her body by a razo
slash. hen Dr. Doherty, who was
In the house and heard her fall, came
to her rescue, she was still consciou
and murmured that "somebody" ha
cut her throat. She died almost im
mediately afterward. In the mean
time Constantine had made his es
cape.
Descriptions of the murderer were
sent broadcast and many suspect
were arrested all over the country, bu
they all proved to be Innocent persons
The police and the friends of Mrs. Gentry say the suicide story told by
Constantine is absurd.
How to Be Ready. ' To know how to be ready a great
thing, a precious grift and one that Implies calculation, grasp and decision
to be always ready a man must b able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. He must know how to disengage what Is essential from the detail In which It is inwrapped, for everything cannot be equally consid
ered. In a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life. To know how to be ready Is to know how to start. It Is astonish
ing how all of us are generally cumbered up with the thousand and one hindrances and duties which are not such, but which nevertheless wind us about with their spider threads and fetter the movement of our wings. It
is the lack of order which makes us slaves. The confusion of today discounts the freedom of tomorrow. Con
fusion is the enemy of all comfort, and
confusion is born of proscrastinatlon.
To know how to be ready we must be able to finish. Nothing Is done bul what is finished. The things which we leave dragging behind us will 6tart up
again later on before us and harass our path. Let each day take thought for what concerns it. liquidate Its own affairs and respect the day which Is to
follow, and then we shall be always
ready. To know how to be ready is at the bottom to know how to die. AmleL
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The Lottery la Italy. Lotto banks do a thriTing business
In Italy. Millions of people of all classes and conditions contribute every week to the game, by which they hope to make fortunes. The princess and her maid, the professor and his pupils,
the bootblack and the army officer, the crippled mendicant, school children everybody is drawn Into the lotto net. The main office Is In Rome, but suboflices are In operation in every hamlet In the kingdom, and drawings take place every Saturday la eight cities. The public knows the hour of the drawing, and the plaza near the Via del Umitta, near the Qulrlnal, always
swarms with people when the little blind boy draws five numbers of the ninety which have been placed there. These numbers are displayed on a signboard In the .order In which they are drawn, and the player who has bought a ticket with the same numbers in the same order receives the grand prize. The play keeps many people still poorer than they would bf; and Is a great source of revenue to the country. Illustrlrte Zeitung.
"U'as the Heroine of a Novel.
Pierceton, Ind.. April 5. Mis
Jennie Ryerson.who was made famous as the little lace seller in Helen Hunt
Jackson's "Ramona." is dead.
" ADVERTISING HIXTS. The ikrewd merchant aeea te It that Ma newspaper anaenacemeata are bright and attractive, that the copy la chanced regularly and that the printer ha his display ada la time to cive them the attention they deerve.
Rata as Gold Mines. It is a common practice for the boy in some watch and jewelry factories to kill the rats which Infest the buildings and burn the bodies to obtain the
gold. Many oiled rags are used in burnishing watch cases, and in time they become Impregnated with gold. The rats eagerly devour these rags, and a few months of this kind of diet fills the interior mechanism of the rat with a gold plating. Twice a year the boys have a grand cremation. The rats are caught by the hundred and trained in a crucible. The Intense heat drives off all animal substances and leaves the gold in the shape of a little lump. The amount of the precious metal obtained in this way is not large, but gives the Ingenious youngsters plenty of pocket money. In some factories young Napoleons of finance buy. up In advance the shares of their fellow worV"- In the rat colony. London Vii
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6PACT AWAITS AN HEIR.
Br'er Stork Is hovering over the Spanish royal palace and all Spain is breathlessly awaiting: the result of the visitation. As the hour draws more near for the arrival of the prospective heir, the interest Increases and hopes for the welfare of the young Queen Victoria and the hoped for son are more and more frequently expressed. King Alfonso has arranged an elaborate ceremony which will announce to the waiting populace the answer to the oft-repeated question, 'Will it be a boy or a girl?" If the event takes place during the night lights will be
i burned from the palace roof to ap
prise the waiting throng. If the child
13 a boy red lights will Le burned. If
! a girl the Illumination will be white.
The arrival of a boy will bs also an
nounced by a salute of twenty-one
guns for th benefit of those who will
be unable to eee the lights. That of a
girl will call for a salute of fifteen guns. If a daylight event, flags will be hoisted to designate the sexl Should the new arrival prove an heir, the populace will go wild with Joy. The youthful queen Is an English girl, granddaughter of the beloved "Queen Vic," whose name she bears, and the heirship to the Spancance. In the Erst place tba co-mlcgl-ing of blood could scarcely be mora propitious, combining as It does the sturdy English and German Btralns with that of tta langorous south. This should Insure a future king who would be capable of great things for h! country. Aside from what ha might accomplish as king through his own individuality, the birth of an heir today would establish a protectorate over Spain from both ' tha Gerraaa and
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