Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 48, Hammond, Lake County, 13 August 1907 — Page 4

The Lake County Times

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CHANCELLOR DAY AND THE TRUST PROSECUTIONS.

Chancellor Day, head of tho Syracuse University, In an Interview, says politics Is back of the Standard Oil prosecutions. There Is food for reflection in the interview. The people have learned to look upon party platforms attacking certain "Interests" as merely vote catchers. They have received with equal equanimity, the caloric resolution or the sulphuric speeches of some super-heated congressman, knowing full well that Its all a case of politics. At the same time the people have regarded the courts of the land with the reverence due to a century of iiighmlnded, courageous, fearless Jurisprudence. ' Will not the sober minded now pause at the well grounded suspicion that politics has gone to the extreme of using the courts of the country, for popular applause, to stir the frenzied to the belief that the interests are being attacked. Regulation punishment, confiscation, anything that helps the politicians' plans. Enforcement of the law Is ono thing. Resort to the courts as the means of political capital, is another, a most serious apprehensive step. "Oh, politics, what blunders are committed in thy name!" WHERE THE POPULACE GO ON SUNDAY.

"Where shall we go Sunday?" is the question which is heard in many a family throughout the week, and it has become a common thing amongst the people of the United States', particularly the working people, to use that day as one of travel. Boat rides on the lake, train rides to lakes and picnic grounds, and car rides to the country or surrounding cities and towns, are the popular trips for thousands of people, while those who have not got the price for one of these ventures, go to nearby parks within the five cent fare radius. From Sunday morning to late Sunday night the boats and the cars are packed with a perspiring, begrimmed lot of men. women and children on their way to and fro In search of recreation. And why do these people who work hard all the week take these trips? They are tired and weary after six day's labor and they Wish to spend Sunday in a "quiet, cool, refreshing way" and they seek these excursions for that purpose. They could not pick out any kind of a way to spend the day that is less refreshing, or that is more noisy If they tried. There are half a dozen boat lines running out of Chicago, and every Sunday morning, it seems as though every one In Chicago and surrounding country is trying to get aboard these boats with his wife and family. The result Is that they pack the people In like cattle, without sufficient room to turn around, and with not half enough camp stools. There they stand and perspire and are uncomfortable all tho way to tho place where the excursion terminates, and generally at that point they sit in a hot, sandy public park, each with a greasy sandwich and drink tepid water and imagino they are having a fine, cool time. Then they crowd back aboard the boat and have another Turkish bath on the way home. How much better Is he who sits In his own back yard, or back porch, or else takes a walk to some nearby park and sits around a tree In the , shade. Those who go on tho excursion route come back, tired out, and the day which should have been one of rest, is one of labor, Infinitely harder than Is performed on the other six days. But the same question comes back the next week and on the following Sunday they are Just as keen to start out on another weird so-called recreation trip. RECLAIM THE SUBMERGED PARK LAND.

The extraordinary popularity of the lake front this season has made it apparent that it would be a good investment if some steps were taken to fill In the land in front of tho park property and build a pleasure pier out into the lake where the people could enjoy the cool lake breezes. Several times the attention of the public has been called to the fact that by the prpper construction of piers the action of waves would fill In the Intervening space, and it would be comparatively easy to build tip several acres of ground. The recreation pier is a feature of nearly all of the east coast lake ports. In these cases, however, they are constructed by the government for the protec

tion of the harbor and then are bound a delightfully cool spot. As long as it Is necessary to build land It is Just as easy to build them would be merely in the planking.

There is no reason why there should not be three times as much acreage in the lake front park, and then Hammond would have a park of which it could

be proud.

If Whiting and Indiana Harbor finally are brought to a realization of the

value of a breathing spot on the lake

claim the submerged land to which they would be entitled by the recent law. It Is not impossible that these cities might follow Chicago In adopting a plan for an outer boulevard system which by means of piers from one park to another, would form a connecting link between parks that would make them as at

tractive as any in the city.

HAMMOND NEEDS MORE garbage boxes to be distributed over various parts of the city. Tho cry Is that if there were more garbage boxe3, the sani

tary conditions would be improved. In passing through some of the alleys In the city refuse consisting of paper, boxes, sweepings, etc., are scattered from one end to the other and as there are no boxes in which to dump this refuse,

people dumping the waste in the alleys,

South Chicago started a crusade along this line and hundreds of new boxes were placed in different parts of the city and since their advent the city is said to

be almost one hundred per cent, cleaner.

UNLESS THE NORTH IIOIIMAN street bridge is torn out and a new structure put In, it will be only a question of time until there will bo a loss of life as the result of allowing the street cars to pass over a framework of rotten wood. That tho wood in the entire structure is absolutely rotten, was shown yesterday when a gang of men repaired the big hole that was torn through

Sunday night when a car jumped the track. It is up to either the board of public works or the council to get together and inspect the structure and take

Immediate action.

NORTH SIDE RESIDENTS are complaining of the unsanitary condition of

the Calumet river south of the Hammond Distillery and unless the board of health takes some action in the matter, complaints are likely to come pouring in. .The odor that issues forth from the river is unbearable, the Glue works In West Hammond may be bad at times, but the stench from the Calumet river on the northeast side is still worse.

3.oo $1.60 ONE CENT

together and planked so that they form piers for the reclamation of submerged In this manner and the extra expense shore, and these cities too, would re cannot be called to account. Recently

GIL'S BREEZY CHAT OF SPORT

STANDING 0FTHE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. flilpoico 75 28 .728 New York 59 40 .iaS Pittsburg 53 40 .593 Philadelphia 53 43 .552 Brooklyn 47 55 .481 Cincinnati 45 57 .441 Boston 2i 2 .3 SO St. Louis 2S IS .264 AMERICAN LEAGUE. w. l. ret. Philadelphia 59 28 .608 Ivptroit 58 38 .604 CblruKO 61 43 .5S7 Cleveland 6S 43 .574 New York 45 53 .453 Boston 4 3 55 .434 St. Louis 41 67 .4 IS Washington 29 6 -30o AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. w. l. ret. Toledo 63 44 .611 Columbus 62 49 .659 Iyouisviile 59 55 .51S Minneapolis 60 Oti .517 Kansas City 53 61 .465 Indianapolis 45 62 .420 Milwaukee 52 59 .463 at. Paul 45 69 .395 THREE EYE LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. Springfield 58 34 .630 Decatur 57 34 .626 Peoria 56 35 .615 Rock Island 59 33 .60 ('edar Jtapids 50 44 .532 Clinton 4u 55 .421 Hloomington 37 55 .402 Dubuque 18 73 .170 CENTRAL LEAGUE. W: L. Pet. Springfield 64 33 .628 Wheeling 55 44 .5a6 Evansville 55 51 .519 Terre Haute 54 52 .509 Canton 49 43 .505 Dayton 47 56 .45b Grand Rapids 45 59 .433 South Bend 42 64 .S9j WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. .Pot. Omaha 66 46 .589 Des Moines 53 46 .o3o Lincoln 57 50 .o33 Denver 52 49 .815 Pueblo 45 o7 .441 Sioux. City 40 Oo .-31 GAMES TODAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago at Philadelphia. Pittsburg at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. St. Louis at Boston. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston at Chicago. Washington at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago, 5; Altoona (Tri-State), (exhibition game). New York, 5; Pittsburg, 3. No other games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston. 5; Chicago, 3. Philadelphia, 7; Detroit, 3. St. Louis, 7; Washington, 3. Cleveland, 5; New York, 3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Minneapolis Minneapolis, 6; In dianapolis, 2. At Toledo Toledo, 5; Milwaukee, 0. At T.ouisville Louisville. 5: St. Paul, 3. THREE EYE LEAGUE. At Bloomlngton Dubuque, 2; Bloom ington, 0. At Springfield Springfield, 4; Clin ton, 2. At Decatur Rock Island, 3; Deca tur, 2. At Peoria Cedar Rapids, 5; Peoria, 4 CENTRAL LEAGUE. At Evansville Evansville, 4; Grand Rapids. 1. At Terre Haute Terre Haute, 5; South Bend, 4. At Wheeling Wheeling, 2; Dayton, 1. At Canton Springfield, 6; Canton, 0. WESTERN LEAGUE. At Omaha Omaha, 6; Pueblo, 0. Oh, that Boston team, will they ever get away from the Sox and stop annoying them and pushing them down the ladder? Another defeat yesterday for the world's champs and already in third place, with a good large chance of going to fourth unless something changes the streak pretty soon-. Little Georgie Winter, who gave it to the Sox in Boston, presented them with the aciduous substance again yesterday. The home team got but five safe swats and two of those were extremely doubtful while the visiting sluggers amassed nine off Walsh and Owen, of the five runs made by Boston, at least three came through mlsplays by Rohe and Isbell, the former making two heaves that went six feet from Jlggs Donohue. One man chased home on the first and two on the second, after Isbell had made a wide throw also, allowing Knight to make first. The Sox tried to rally after Hickman, who batted for Walsh In the eighth, was out. Hart was put in and got a single. Harm followed with a hit but was forced by Jones, Hart taking third. Issy then lined out a hit over Ferris' head, which he knocked down by throwing his glove in the air, but the umn gave him two bases on an argu ment, and Hart and Jones scored. The Tigers were forced from the lead yesterday and Philadelphia is now at the top of the heap. With Rube Waddell in the box the Athletics had an easy time and walloped out a victory by a score of 7 to 3. Seiver started to pitch but was knocked out of the box In the third inning and Killiah, who replaced him, was hit freely. Rube was steady and the eight hits made off hi3 delivery were scattered. Cleveland also won a game and are but thirteen points behind the Sox for third place. It is sure one grand race and it will be so to the finish. In one week, before the St. Joe club at Fort Wayne, Benny Yanger and Packy McFarland will hitch up in their ten round specialty in the basebal! park. The sale of tickets so far ha.' been large and it is thought that a bir delegation will go down from Chicago.

1 , THE LAKIJ5jNTY TIMES

Both men are training hard and the fight will be worth watching. They are still bidding for the GansBritt fight, and now Omaha, Neb., comes to view with an offer of $20,000, real money. It is a safe bet, however, that San Francisco or Colma gets the fight so long as Willie Britt is doing busi ness. Hughey Jennings Is kind of anxious now that the fight is on, and says that he will get into the game for an occasional smash hereafter. He has old Bobby Lowe sitting around waiting for a change, but the latter has not been at bat once. Since McGuire got into the game in the last Inning to bat for a Boston pitcher and made a home run, Hughey is jealous. The White Stars were defeated by i the Duffys of South Chicago last Sun day by a score of 8 to 0. The latter team had the game well in hand from start to finish and Quast, who pitched for them, was well nigh invincible. Filder Jones looks about the same despite the fact that his team is losing. Some of the fans seem to think that he has a blue look about the eyes since the serifs at Boston was started, but others cannot see any such signs. II. B. Duryea and his friends pulled off a coup yesterday at the Spa, and his colt. Dreamer, romped home with the Stakes to the great enjoyment of the backers. The New York Giants regained second place yesterday by defeating Pittsburg. Mathewson was at his best and the game went to the Giants easily. WITH THE EDITORS The Rebirth of Mr. Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller according to his family physician, has entered on a new lease of life. He has been born again, and is now at 6S a lusty lad of 14 who may reasonably expect to reach 94, his father's age. The broken-down millionaire of 54, who gave tip business in 1893 with his nerves impaired and his digestion ruined is pointed out as an example of physical vigor regained. In Dr. Biggar's phrase., he is the "best trained athlete in the 60-year-old class in the world today." Dr. Grace will please look up from his wicket and Dr. F. J. Furnivall from his oar to gaze on this prodigy. Golf-sticks have accomplished the regeneration of Mr. Rockefeller as t;ie axe did that of Gladstone. On the links as he has found his fountain of youth, but by a discreet avoidance of the "19th hole" Mr. Rockefeller neither drinks nor smokes. Time was when a man giving up business at three score or under was held to have shortened his expectation of life. The increase of outdoor activities for the elderly has changed all that. In athletic sports in moderation, in motoring, driving, cycling, even in tennis, the "old boy" who has put aside business cares finds a healthful occupation which counteracts the killing effects of Idleness. Golf Itself is doing for others what it has done for Rockefeller. Will he round out his benefactions by the endowment of links for the leisured old? New York World. The Man Who Pays. It is an easy thing to spend money and sometimes we spend It without giving it much thought, nor even ask where it comes from. This is especially true of young people. Of course they know that father furnistes all of the money for household and personal expenses, that is about all they know about It. They io not intend to be thoughtless or careless, but somehow things do not impress them as forcibly, nor as lastingly as their elders sometimes wish they would. To earn the money with which to pay the bills means in almost every instance, a hard, weary grind on the part of the wage earner. There is no position nor work which has not more or less hardship, and worry connected with it. While young people are away on a summer vacation and are having a good time, the wage earner is at work in store or office, earning the money to pay present and future bills. A word of appreciation from them would sometimes lighten the load, and make him feel that the efforts of the man who pays the bills are appreciated Muskegon, (Mich.) News. Says the South Bend Times: "The value of early association with tried and true men is strikingly illustrated in the case of Judge Landis, the brave and courageous dispenser of Impartial Justice, the man who imposed the heaviest fine ever rendered against an offender in the history of the world. In his youth he was intimately associated with Judge Walter Q. Gresham, an uncompromising foe of Injustice and corruption. When President Cleveland made Judge Gresham secretary of state, the latter selected Kennesaw M. Landis for his private secretary. And most excellently did he meet the full expectations of his employer. Young men should make a note of this and govern themselves accordingly in their associations." That's right, boys. Throw up your jobs with old man Grabdollar and become private secretaries to cabinet officers. The work is light, the salary fair, and the associations will do you a world of good. Then, too, the places are easy to secure. Fort Wayne News. How to Be Rich While Poor. While few people have enjoyed the experience of inheriting sudden wealth, almost everybody ha3 had the nightmare. If the sensations are identical, why cannot we all enjoy the experience of inheriting a fortune by eating a mince pie or lobster salad before goine to bed?

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t HOW I CAME TO : BE A FARMER. I Original. When I was a young man, having read a great deal about the failure of officials to find and bring to Justice Illicit distillers in Tennessee. I was seized with a desire to try my Land at tho business. Folk conntv swormo,! with moonshiners, and to Folk county I went. Reaching the locality that I sought, I began operations by pumping the inhabitants. Passing a farmhouse I saw a good looking young woman on the porch taking care of a couple of little children. I dismounted. went in and asked for a drink of "wa ter, han myself, ..v,, . r ' '"v. a view to opening a way to the mother 8 connuence. l VS-mr V An r hnclian len'f of Ti.-im a I said. "I'm looking out for timber lands. Terhans he misrht know of KnniA in rp!1 "I haven't got a husband," she replied; "I'm a widder." ine went on to ten me inat it was hard for her to get on since her husband's death. The country was ruined by the illicit distilling that was going on. Instead of farming, everybody was making whisky, and that kept respectihlo Twmlo nTTir t wj-.w "J - 'Wnr.1.1 v." T ncVo.l "ha TrtlHnw tn do something to get rid of the moon shiners?" "Well, I don't like to git my neighbors down on me." "But supposing you could make a nice thing of It. "What d'y' call a nice thing?" I named a sum I was willing to pay for the Information I desired. "Look a-here, stranger," she said. "lou hain't after lumber; you re a-huntin stills. Now, if you double that what yo said. It's a go." I complied with the terms, and she gave me minute information as to where I could find a half dozen secret whisky manufactories, with the names of persons who knew all about them and could testify to their existencennrt ownorshln In court. ' " ' TTnvlnp' kissed thft rhlMrpn T xcjintr.4 4- j ! !pli ttri i-k-rr e- r f o a I , . . . - - ery vempuug-i uiouuit-u my uorae, confirmed the information given me by pretending to Stumble on the Stills while hunting timber lands, then rode to the county seat and swore out warrants for the persons whose narue8 had been given me as the owners and Rnlnoonnv1 tho wltnpssps. Some time was required to serve the papers, and it was several weeks be fore we were ready for trial. Mean while I called frequently on the widow, becoming quite at home in her house. taking the children out to walk with me while their mother was busy with her household duties. I feared that my being so much at her home would lead those whom I was prosecuting to suspect that she had given me the necessary information, but they didn't seem to trouble her. I began to feel that I would not mind settling in Tennessee with a view to ministering to the widow and the fatherless. When the case came up for trial it became apparent that the stills I had seen were small ones, the main stills where the bulk of the whisky was made remaining undiscovered. The mony was worthless-cost the state a round penny, and the amount paid the widow was a dead loss to me. I was riding away from the courthouse much discomfited when one of my witnesses overtook me. "Stranger," he said, "what'd you una give for some more Information?" "Nothing." . "Well, I'll give it to you anyway. The widder that put y' on to 'em owned the hull kit. Her husband owned all the big stills about hyar, and when he was shot a year ago by a revenue offlcer his widder tuk the property and has been runnin' it ever since. Hyar's a paper she writ you una." lie handed me a missive from the trldnw tnvirinf? me to take sumoer with her that evening. I thanked the man for his information and, turning, rode to the widow's home. "Straneer." she said, "I hain't no great lover fer still hunters, seem' my

The woman pointed to a gourd , ttanaard Oil has nothing to hide, ging in a well house, and I helped Llllt th f!..!L

. Then, before asking any quee- The chancenVr" ri

husband was shot by a 'revenue,' but "There was once upon a time a HepI hain't got over your takin' a shine burn bill," said the chancellor, dryly.

to Tommy and Maudie. Here's the money you uns paid me fer puttin you ims on to the stills. I own 'em. and the witnesses I give y air all In my employ. Reckon it wouldn't be right to take pay fer that. The state can afford to pay the witness fees." We were soon seated at a table oc which was a delicious supper of ham and eggs, biscuit, corn bread and cof fee. The widow did everything she could to make me forget my failure ta break up moonshining in Polk county, and by the time I had finished my supper I was in a very contented frame of mind. While I smoked she put her children to bed, and during the time she was "doing" the dishes I went Into the room where the little tots lay and T7nl with them till she had finished When they were asleep the widow sat down beside me and said: 1 vuxit w b vuw v i I'm no rool at xurrnn on revenues, 1 hain't got the head fer turnm' my property Into money." "You're a rough diamond, I said, drawing her to me. 4T11 help yon ant on one condition." "What Is it?" "That you marry me. She consented, and In a short time I had turned her stills into cash, with which I stocked the farm. Meanwhile we were married, and I make a much better farmer than detective. EOGER PERKINS.

SCENTS POLITICS

STANDARD OIL PERSEGUTIO

Chancellor Day Thinks Time Take American Public THE Sta tolic . lor Jt HE Standard Oil i3 not an aposcorporation." said Chancelames R. Day of Syracuse. "but neither can the administration boast of political absolution hut inany years standing with Mr. Archbold, vice president of the Standard Oil, and his avowed opposition to tho present administrative policies of "federal interference, as he describes them. Eriv8 his version of the concentrated attack upon Standard Oil a background mat lights up and illuminates the dullest hours of tho trusts. If the chancellor cannot x.ictlv kh Dia u.n he believes in it. for he sees In the personal dignity of the judges of the supreme court of the United States a ray of legal light that the president cannot hide, he says, with his mighty presence inQ standard uii snouia mane a . .. ........ aienieni, li ll can. xo reiute me aa verse decision of Judge Landis in Chi cago," said the New York Times repre sentative, voicing the popular demand that the administration has pressed so vigorously. "The Standard OH has nothing to hide, said tho chancellor, "and I think it would perhaps be a good plan If they would talk frankly. A report could be given to the great newspapers of the country that would represent their position. But, I imagine they are human beings, and they feel Incensed and sensitive of so much misrepresen tation, 60 much organizt-d antagonism of their personal motives. "There la such a thing as history in this turnabout world, however, and in that document of proportionate record, ! seems to me, the present admlnistratlon wm nnd ltsIC ultimately very much embarrassed by its own political .1.111 ar I -" vaiwA JWWi.a, vviiiiil ha b6 6ubstantiallv revPald to h inaccurate, in which the government statistician proved himself to be a man Incapable of interpreting his intention In statistical form, appears now in Its true light, aa merely a campaign doc ument of the administration's to infiu encs vasl JUTY OI voters tne peo v .' sup plemented his first report with a sec ond, one oddly enough Issued after the verdict of Judge Landis in Chicago. "Could it be that the administration expecting a public suspicion of the ver diet that decided upon a fine, twentynine times greater than the capitallzatlon of the company sued intended to forpstan this impression by throwing a 8hor of ,nt Winking ' ... n. t. , " , uu Locb now comps mi. . . . ment. inspired, of course, bv his distlnguished employer, that this second report of the hired statistician was really made six days before the Landis decision. "If eo what were the newspapers doin& during all those Blx Intervening days bewen the time that the report wo tuiuyieieu anu lis BUDsequeni pUD1 Ira t Inn ? Thofo ar-a elcrnlflon In the conduct of the admlnlatratlon toward the standard Oil corporation that are not exDllcable In law. "The Standard Oil offense is that it operates as a trust?" asked the reporter. "There are more important trusts in the world, even In this country. The steel trust, for instance, and I fancy there is much ground for administrative reform in the tobacco trust and the sugar trust. The president's love of big game is not sustained in his assault upon Standard Oil, but the most charitable view to take is merely this, that the political issues of the country are very much at stake Just now, with our presidential electloa approaching. and the Standard Oil is' useful to the spectacular politician as the horizontal bar serves the performing athlete. "Mr. Roosevelt uses It to grow stron ger on, and Mr. Bryan will use it in his own way, but differently." "Bujc why has the administration singled out the Standard Oil?" "and the Standard Oil men opposed it vigorously, even daring to criticise the fallibility of the Roosevelt wisdom. and that has never been forgotten because it was well done, perhaps." 'You think Mr. Roosevelt has a per sonal animus that influences his conduct against Standard Oil?" If I were a Standard Oil director perhaps I could answer that, but speaking as one of the oppressed citizens of a despotic era in this country, I should say it was more than posslble I sometimes wonder If I ought to own fifty acres of land, as I do here In Lake Placid. Wouldn't It be better if I kept fifty feet and divided the rest up among the needy and the political? "Still, if as the Standard Oil. you had IHO.ooo.OOO?" the chancellor was asked. "That flur 1 the assumed capitaxation of the Standard Oil" said the ..ThQ Ktancjard osl i3 undercapltal"When the people are told that this capitalization pays forty per cent, they naturally say this is an exorbitant profit for us to pay on petroleum. It would be, If it were true. "The facts are that the Standard Oil plants, its ships, Its enormous expedltures, are not included in a capitalization of over a hundred millions. These absolute profits do not represent over four per cent on the actual invest ment. 'This 'crime' of the trusts Is a mis demeanor of political capital that may Drejudice the purity of politics. said

Tuesday, August 13, 10071

II THE is Ripe for Corporation to " Into Its Confidence. Chancellor Day with a ouit nquiry. Is there any statesmanship. I ask you, in the conduct of this trust Issue n the political platform for it is nothng else?" asks the chancellor, with the simplicity of a college professor who knows more than he ought to. hat is this crime with which Stand ard Oil is charged?" "Merely this with shipping over one railroad instead of over two or three, at the six cent tariff rate arranged by aw. I don't believe that the Standard OH officials knew that In doing this they were disturbing any ordinary rules or human conscience. But it seems there Is only one set of rules for moral and business standards to which we must bow according to their given limitations by tho arbiter of our citizen beings. "The number of persons in each fam ily, tho amount of money we can make. tne tantt account we may have, the hours of labor and of pleasure, of sleep even, are to be madu for us under penalty of personal disaster." You find no redeeming feature In a controlling' hand over the trustifica tion of business interests?" 'A corporation is the legitimate wis dom of business conditions. If yon limit the business man's intelligence in the conduct of his affairs you Insult it. 'And yet, if the Interests of the peo ple are threatened by tho absorption of corporate money power? Was there ever a time of greater prosperity than the present and more tremendous cor porations? "All this talk about tho private creed of trusts, their money Influence upon law-making, their hcarthss dls-regard of the 'dear people as the revolution ists in France used to say in Kobespierre's time Is just your political bunkum, catchpenny phrases of the spellbinder. "The Standard Oil Is in no greater danger of demolition than I am for buying fifty acres of land and living on it. If the present Judges of the supreme court are in office when the appeal comes up, I have confidence In their decision to establish this political scheme, which has Involved Judges and Juries, In its true proportion before the people. "Of course, there is always the means of congress to count upon, and the political influence that turns its high purposes into a useful machine that can make f.nd unmake laws. But there are some American people, surely, left In till broad land of alien instincts who can be relied upon t wake up, to rub their eyes, and finally rout out a political despotism that has never been equaled in history before." "Suposing the supreme court sustains Judge Landis?" "A great deal hangs upon the decision of that highest court. I believ that no one desires more ardently a final Judgment that the Standard Oil themselvets let it come, the sooner the better, and when it does come, it will be another Judgment day for the American constitution." DaDRpronn Crisis In America. Attorney General Bonaparte advisei Jail sentences for the trust officials and when Chancellor Day was shown the recent interview with him in the Times this last week, he said grimly: "Good! let him do It. These are the methods advocate in thotse interesting times in France, In which hia imperial ancestors figured so conspicuously. Those were the extreme moments, the apex of unconstitutional mobs that set the country aflame with the torch of revolution and spilled the blood of men, women and children. "We are in a dangerous position, a critical one. Standard Oil may go down Into history as the barricade that stood between American independence and American politics, and the issue cannot come too soon. "We need an illustration of American law of some kind that will verify us as a sane people or disgrace us forever as a huge political machine, and I hope, I believe, that the supreme court of the United States will enlighten us on the Standard Oil appeal." The chancellor did not wish to be Quoted as plainly as he talked, but it was quite clear that In his opinion the battle between Standard Oil and the court is not what It is made to appear, but It is a bitter conflict of political capital against Invested capital a fight by Mr. Roosevelt as the republican leader for the universally excited vote. "Why was this case taken to Missouri? Just answer that reasonably. When we know that the main offices of Standard Oil are in New York?" asked the chancellor; then, after a pause, with a gasp that suppressed Information that was on the tip of his tongue, he concluded: "Ah, well." he said, "let's have a real trust in politics, while we are about It a cabinet with Landi3 for attorney general, Hearst for eecretary of war, Bryan for secretary of state, and Roosevelt again for president, and then and then pandemonium. "There was never a more absurd confusion of ethical standards than that which we have reached today in this country, and I am afraid the worst Is not yet. "Oh. for a great American, who. born a statesman, can weed out this crop of plethoric politicians." New York Times. Danish Sculptor Wins. A monument is to be set up to tfcft memory of Dr. Niels Flnsen, the Inventor of the light cure. Thirty sculptors have competed for the commission, which has now fallen to the young Danish sculptor, Rudolph Tegner.