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BRINGING ORDER TO IRELAND.
Processes of order are being- supported in Dublin
by the severest of measures. Regrettable as it may
appear to any thinking person, some recalcitrant men
have set themselves up to defy the constituted
provisional government. This government is justify
ing its right to the confidence and support of the
Irish people by moving sternly and vigorously to es
tablish its authority.
Self-government has been and is being put to an
intensive test in Ireland. All the extraneous ele
ments of religious and political differences may be
omitted from present discussion, although it is dif
ficult entirely to overlook them, as they are at the
root of much of the disorder. The great outstanding
fact is that a concrete program was put before the
people of south Ireland, and by their votes they de
cided on a plan for action; to carry this plan into
effect a parliament was chosen, and under this the
government of the Irish Free State is to be set up.
Extremists of the so-called "republican" party
have resisted to the utmost, and force has been em
ployed to dislodge them from buildings in which
they were entrenched. So far as this operation is
concerned, its end was in sight from the beginning;
the government's forces were sure of victory, al
though the ultimate settlement may be delayed for
weeks.
What must impress the American beholder is the
fact that the provisional government has ceased to
temporize with the opposition. It is not north against
south Ireland, nor Orangeman against Catholic, but
the representatives of a majority against a faction
of the people of south Ireland. Rory O'Connor is
perhaps as devoted as any to the cause of Irish free
dom; his advocacy of the republic has been proven
to the very limit, but his final defiance was directed
against the people of Ireland, and not the crown
of England. There was his mistake.
Order will be restored in Ireland, for the crimes
that have stained the land during the last few months
can not long be endured, nor will they ever
effectually serve in assisting the erection of a free
government. Only despotism possibly can rest on
assassination, while bloody reprisals settle no issues.
With peace will come prosperity. The dream of a
republic will never die, and perhaps may in time
come true, and the Free State is a long step along
the road. That the government is strong enough to
defend itself against armed rebels is a good omen.
AGE AND THE TOWN.
Did you ever shed a figurative tear for the town
that has grown old or the part of a city that has
grown old?
Human beings grow old and feeble, decrepit and
forgetful. So do towns and neighborhoods grow old
and dilapidated, ugly and useless. The man or woman,
as long as mind remains, still finds pleasure in
memories of days gone by, still is able to-direct the.
mind to thoughts of happy days, still retains thereby
a degree of comfort independent of the immediate
and present surroundings. The town that is worn
out has no such recompense.
A neighborhood grown old is a scene of tumble
down shacks, of unpainted boards, of crumbling
bricks. There are no new buildings; repairs cause
wild excitement. . Everybody passes it by, save those
few whom necessity forces -to tarry in it. Laughter
goes. Drab cheerlessness remains.
There are many such towns in the eastern states.
Some there are in Nebraska. There are such neigh
borhoods in every city. There will be more. Some
times these towns "come back." Sometimes a turn of
population trend brings new people with new ambi
tions. Then old buildings are torn down and new
ones reared.
That is the one chance the old town has which
human beings miss. The old town may live in hopes;
there is one chance in many that it will be reborn.
THREE BILLION "FARM DOLLARS.
The bread basket of-America consists of Ne
braska, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas and the
Dakotas. This fertile region, classified as the "north
central states west of the Mississippi river," pro
duced farm crops valued at close to one and a half
billion dollars last year. A sum even larger than
this represents the value of animal products from
these seven states.
Three billion dollars is an impressive total for a
single industry, but even so ft bids fair to be eclipsed
this year through better prices and a more balanced
yield. " The cutting of wheat has started, and one
after another the fruits 6t the harvest will begin to
move to market The devastating experiences of a
year in which the prices of farm products were shot
to pieces mate the coming season one that will be
anxiously witched. A good farm yield and a stable
market mean everything! to the prosperity, not only
of the farmers, but of the nation as well.
BIGGER BATHING POOLS NEEDED.
One of the' sad accompaniments of summer is
the fact that many young lives are lost through
drowning accidents. The invitation of the cool
water is irresistible on a sultry day, and caution
often floats away on a wave of kappiness, and the
water that is so alluring proves relentless and claims
a victim.
Under any circumstances the tragedy of a
drowning is depressing, but it is especially so when
it occurs where seemingly every precaution has been
taken to prevent such mishaps, and where trained
experts are on guard all the time. If the victim
happen to be a swimmer, almost fit to be classed
as an expert, then the event appears almost inex
cusable. Yet these very provisions contributed to
the death of little "Pete" Gillotte, at Riverview park.
The life guards were on duty, the boy could
swim, and yet he was drowned. Why? Because the
bathing pool at Riverview is too small to meet the
demands upon it. Between 150 and 200 bathen
were in the pool at tht time of the accident. This
overcrowding led to confusion, and in some sy
the lad was stunned and drowned and nobody misted
him in tht crowd.
Tht remedy is bathing pools of larger
dimensions. Omaha has plenty of room in it parks,
and plenty of water available, to furnish swimming
holes that will be big enough to takt cart of thost
who want to uit them. No greater boon can bt con.
ferred during tht summer days than tht privilege of
a plunge into tht clean, cold water of a well ap
pointed bathing pool, and monty spent to provide
such comfort for old and young is money well spent.
Hut it It only well spent when it maket also for
safety, and the overcrowded pool is not safe.
THE PUBLIC STAKE IN INDUSTRY.
Rather interesting is tht way in which great busi
ness interests art turning, not to captains of industry,
but to public men, sometimes loosely classified as
politicians, to pull them out of their difficulties. First
Judge Landis was called at arbiter for baseball; then
tht moving picturt corporations secured Will Hays.
The theatrical Interests are reported to have unsuc
cessfully invited Barney Baruch to a similar posi
tion. And only the other day Franklin D. Roosevelt
was elected president of the American Construction
council, with wide powers in regulating tht asso
ciated building industries of tht country.
In each of thest instances tht purpose it to clean
up evil conditions. The Lockwood investigation of
the building trades in New York showed a condition
of affairs that shocked and amazed the public. Mr.
Roosevelt, it Is announced, will "co-ordinate and
standardize efforts for increasing the efficiency of
all kinds of construction." No doubt he will, but the
establishment of moral standards, the elimination of
graft, restoration of competition and the winnlnz of
public confidence is plainly a major duty.
It it not a matter empty of significance that busi
ness men thut should turn to public men to lift them
out of their difficulties. These arbiters or dictators,
through years of public service have won the esteem
of large numbers of people. In a way they represent
the idea that the purpose of this nation was not the
amassing of wealth but tht benefit of the citizena,
both as producers and consumers. This theory by
which business is considered not as an end but a
means, to be run for the good that is in it rather
than entirely for the profit, is taking hold of the na
tional mind.
OPINION
OF
State anoV Nation
THE BEE'S LETTER BOX
DEMOCRATS AND THE FARMERS.
Whatever the result of the. primary election in
North Dakota, Porter J. McCumber's standing with
the democratic party leaders is fixed. He has re
ceived the endorsement of the farm bloc in the sen
ate, and this is objected to by the party which objects
to anything a republican does. Senator McGumber
is especially offensive to the democrats just now, be
cause his name is attached to the tariff bill, under
which an effort is being made to secure protection
for farm produce.
At the moment an onslaught is being made on
the farm bloc because of its support of a republican,
candidate for United States senator, a violent attack
is launched against the agricultural schedule of the
McCumber tariff bill by Senator Walsh, democrat,
from Massachusetts. He is willing that the farmers
have little or no protection, and in this seems to voice ,
the sentiment of his party. The connection is direct
and the conclusion is unavoidable, that the whole
move is one to blind the farmers to their true inter
est, and to secure votes for the free trade opponents
of the pending bill.
Members of the farm bloc knew what they were
doing when they recommended Porter J. McCumber.
to the republicans of North Dakota in preference to
Lynn J. Frazier. The choice will be made by the
voters, who will consult their own interests, regard
less of advice from the democrats.
HIGH PLACE AWAITS GREEN.
Joseph W. Fordney of Michigan, chairman of the
house committee on ways and means, has just an
nounced that he will not be a candidate for re-election.
He will retire at the close of his present term,
after a service of twenty-four years in congress. The
interest locally in this fact is that the retirement of
Mr. Fordney will bring William Raymond Green of
Council Bluffs into the spotlight. He is the ranking
republican member of the committee, and, if the
republicans retain control of the house, will by right
of seniorfty become chairman of the most important
of all its committees. This will bring a further dis
tinction to add to the already long list Iowa has
achieved by reason of the service of its senators and
representatives in the congress. Mr. Green has been
a member of the ways and means committee for
many years, and knows the history of the revenue
laws of the land from the first. The prospect of his
elevation to the chairmanship of the committee, and
therefore to a place of control in all revenue legisla
tion, must be gratifying to his constituents.
AMERICA'S AID TO HAITI.
Hectic discussion of the situation in Haiti and
San Domingo was handed a severe jolt by the senate
special committee on Monday. This body has spent
many weeks inquiring into the political, social and
economic affairs of the island, and has made particu
lar effort to ascertain the effect of the presence there
of the United States forces. It finds:
In brief, under the treaty (between Haiti and
the United States), the peace of the republic, the
solvency of its government, and the security of
its people have been established for the first time
for many years.
The report contains a recommendation that a re
duced force of marines be kept in the island to secure
order and uphold the government until peace is fully
established. Mistakes are admitted, but the con
clusion is that American intervention has been of
"constructive service" to the two black republics.
This is a perfect answer to the propaganda of the
critics.
TONS OF RECKLESSNESS.
Three men, at a single police court session Tues
day, each drew sentences of fifteen days in jail on
charges of reckless automobile driving.
That is as it should be.
A man who hits another over the head with a
hammer, without provocation, faces a term in prison
for assault with intent to murder, if nothing worse.
The automobile driver who hurls a weight of from
one to two tftns through the streets at upwards of
thirty miles an hour, or without due care for others
on the thoroughfare, is potentially in the same class.
Probablj 25 per cent of the students now in
American colleges would achieve greater success in
living if they had never entered, is the amazing
declaration of President Faunce of Brown. If this
is true, there is something seriously the matter with
the educational system no use to try to blame the
boys.
Rev. G. K. Stark, a minister from Minneapolis,
is speaking in the churches of Sweden in favor of
prohibition, greatly to the disgust of the wets. And
the prospects are that they will feel even more bitter
after the national election on this question.
Thrv Duma."
Frm lha Clstslsna riila-Ditter.
Three tramp on a Wabash
freight train: the train rumbles at
midnight throtith the little town of
lisment. HI. The liotioes noii.a that
there la a houea on Are: their dual
na la not prissing: they tumble
off the train to Investigate. No one
else in awake in Hement.
In the house are a father an. I a
mother and a little child. The
trampa do not know who la inside,
but they derm It a good tint for
precipitate action. They break
down a door, awaken the imperiled
householders and lead them to
aafety. Aa the home smolders to
charred ruina another freljht train
cmties rumbling through Hement.
and when the people look for the
trampa there are no trampa.
ll waa all merely an episode in
I ho life of the three wanderer.
There waa nothing; the grateful vil
la Be could do for tlifin. Confirmed
biima" they were. The merry life
of the bumpers and the "blind bag
gage" wna the life for them. Prob
ably they considered it rare good
lurk that another freight came
along Just when it did. Otherwise
they might have had to stay in De
ment, and that would have been bad
medicine.
You never can tell about human
Impulses, you cannot with aafety
predict Juat when and where nobil
ity will be disclosed. rerhaps nine
out of ten tramps would have atuck
to their Itinerary and let all Dement
burn. Bement was blesaed by the
providential advent of three hoboes
whose hearts were not all droas. It
was quaint, odd, whimsical; this In
terposition of society's outcasts.
But it Is safe to assume that aome
of the people of Bement will here
after be less Inclined to set the dogs
on every stray vagabond who
chances to drop oft at the water
tank.
From hoboes to heroes and back
again In one short night; there's a
epicy variety of life!
Getters and Given.
Kr"i th Wichita Esgls.
The American magazine asked H.
G. Wells to namel the six greatest
inpn in history. The answer of Mr.
Wells is worth reading.
v ho are the six greatest men of
history? Opinions will differ as to
the inclusion or exclusion of certain
important names. Opinions will vary
as to the rule by which one may pick
the six greatest men or the million
greatest men of history, sacred, pro
fane, ancient or contemporary. But
Mr. Wells has his ideas, and Mr.
Wella is a man of keen insight and
posesolng a marvelous store of
knowledge.
Here are his six greatest:
. Jesus Christ,
Buddah,
Aristotle,
Asoka,
Roger Bacon,
Abraham Lincoln.
Two great religious teachers, one
philosopher, one king, one scientist,
one president of a republic. One
from Judea, two from India, one
from Greece, one from England, one
from America. Most of them Mved
a lonir time ago, according to the
customary way of computing time.
Only two of the six spoke the English
language. Only one was born since
the discovery of America.
Not a military hero anions them
all. Not a fighter in the lUt. The
pages of history are lurid with the
endless procession of the conquerors.
but not one of them lands in this list
of selected great men. Nor, by the
same method of judging greatness
would one of them land in any such
list, be 'it ever so long.
For Mr. Wells says, very reason
ably as it seems, that the men who
have really impressed their personal
ities uDon the world, the men who
have changed humanity's ways of
thinking and of living, have not been
getters, but givers.
NaDoleon? Alexander? Croesus?
Rockefeller? Amenophls? Their
names have been written In the
blood and sweat of multitudes. But
that, will not do. The Judge sends
them out of court with a wave of
the hands. For they were getters.
They got things for themselves.
In the list made by Mr. Wells
there is but one rich man, who also
is the only king in the list Asoka.
He is little known to the world of
our day and place, f!hd his right to
a. place in such a select list will be
questioned more severely than that
of any of the other five. He was a
king of Magadha, an Indian state of
great extent, and died about 223
years before the birth of Christ.
Wells is a great admirer of him. He
points out that Asoka is the only
war king who' had sense enough to
stop fighting when he had put down
opposition and made peace in his
realm. Among millions in the Orient
he still is venerated as a great edu
cator, civilizer, humanitarian. Per
haps if we knew as much about
Asoka as Mr. Wells does we should
be inclined to agree with him in this
selection. But, not being thus ad
vantaged, we would venture to sug
gest the name Christopher Colum
but, a great giver whose gifts to the
world have changed profoundly the
ways of life and thinking of count
less millions of beings.
In prisons, in fastings, in tribula
tion of the spirit, they gave to us
what makes us rich ia-soul and mind.
They asked in return nothing that
this world can give. They lived suc
cessful lives. '
Judges Agreed.
From the Cleveland News. ...
Strangely enough, the decision
given by- Chief Justice Taft in the
name of the United States supreme
court, holding that labor unions
may be sued for damages resulting
from strikes and their strike funds
may be levied upon to pay such
damages, waa a unanimous decision.
That seems a fortunate circum
stance, whether the judgment is
considered a "great victory" for the
United Mine Workers of America,
as claimed by counsel for that or
ganization, or whether the doctrine
of financial responsibility extending
to unions is deemed a staggering
blow to organized labor's tenets.
Apparently the decision was fully
concurred irf, not only by associate
justices of conservative or repub
lican history, such as Messrs. Mc
Kenna. Holmes, Day, Van Devanter
and Pitney, but as well by Messrs.
McReynolds, Clarke and Brandeis,
appointees of democratic adminis
trations, and perhaps considered by
some, as to some of them, excep
tionally liberal, progressive or radi
cal In their legal views. 'The un
usual unanimity gives the ruling
strength, as a self-evident proposi
tion admitting of no doubt even
where differences of opinion is com
mon, and removes it from the ar
senal of politics.
Political opponents of President
Harding's administration have been
calling It the "friend of big busi
ness," a "rich man's government"
and all that sort of thing. The ef
fort to discreditthe party in power
by process of vague insinuation will
doubtless be intensified with the
coming campaign. The supreme
court decision that labor unions
have no special immunity from re
sponsibility for their acts would have
come in very handily, could It be
called the work of the republican
administration. As it stands. It Is
bipartisan, legal, logical, business
like, anything but political.
X ; .-
"How to Wudy."
Omaha. June ! To the Krtltor
of The He; May I rail your etten.
tlon 10 an edltarlnl In The Omaha
Hee on June 14? Thla editorial un
intentionally ronCradicta or isnorea
the main advertulng feature of the
School of Indvidual 1 nut ruction, a
private erhool which has aa Ita ad
vlaory board Mr. J. E, Pavldaon,
Mr. f. H. IiMldrlge. Mr. W. J, Foye,
iar. nenrga n. rayne ana Pr. Ham
Uel Mi'CleitNBhan.
Hlnce May I I have advertised ex
tenaively, emphaalslnc the point In
question, "We teach your boy or
girt now to atudy." I feel that aim
pie Juatlre ralla for a statement cor
reeling the erroneous Impreaalon
created, aa mere la a school right
nere in Omaha that haa built Its
succeaa upon the basis of teaching
now 10 ptuqy.
CHIIIBTEL VAX rltATT.
Church anil Ireland.
omahM. June z7. To the Editor
or Tne tiee: it la tragic thing when
a num or men let pride overcome
thm) and Imagine themnelves supe
rior to all other men. The bee does
not gather honey from a particular
nower, but often from many. All
of the virtues and good works are
rarely round In one man.
Ho powerful have the IrUh become
In our fold In this country that to
me worm tney are synonymous with
the church. While I take off my
hat to all the many saintly people
of Ireland, they have also had many
naa examples and scaadalizers of the
uatnouc cnurch.
The late pope, and I am sure the
present also, condemned violence
from whatever hands It came. Ac
cording to my instructions In the
faith, we are obliged to "render un
to Caesar the things that belong
unto caesar." We are commanded
to be loyal and patriotic to each of
our countries, however despotic and
tyranous It may seem at times, to
bow before all duly constituted au
thority. The majority of the Irish
people have evidently bowed to Eng
land, having just approved the
treaty In their election, thus attest
ing the "rendering unto Caesar."
If I were privileged to judge the
two young men who slew Elr Wilson
I would call It willful murder: but,
to exercise charity, perhaps their act
was the result of overlnflamed pas
sions and temporary insanity, and
consequent falling Into temptation.
Since the war the Irish have bom
barded the press and created a gen
eral racket, and thus far have ap
parently accomplished nothing. All
that they have got is a sugar-coated
pill, high-sounding names, "free
state," "dominion rule," etc., but the
same status as ever. Perhaps it
would be better for every one to
keep hands off that subject, as at
this long range very few of us are
very familiar with the troubles of
the Irish people.
Dr. McCrann had better study his
''Lives of Saints" and say his pray
ers for the freedom of Ireland in
stead of sympathizing with lawless
members of his race.
A CATHOLIC.
Reforming the Criminal.
Stanton, Neb., June 26. To the
Editor of The Bee: The world has
tried everything in the form of
punishment that can be devised.
Death was the first punishment. All
lirlmltlve people Inflict the death
penalty without any exception. In
Inflicting thla punlahment Ihey usu
ally accompany It with the greateat
amount of torture that they can do
viae. Why this torture? Let the ad
vocatee of at. verity panne and reflect.
ThUi torture la Intended aa a warn
ing and a threat to all evll-doera to
beware leat a like faie or a wore
one overtake them. The advocate
of severity really has a savage mind.
ma anui la that of the primitive man.
Although he lives In modern times,
lie la of the bush and the primal
jungle.
Aa man's Intelligence awakened
he came to regard the eeonomio low
In the killing of prisoners. Hlavery
was subatltuted for death, except In
exceptional raaea. Theae exceptional
ones were reserved more ae holiday
carnival, more potent threat, a eop
to those that Judged that the Judici
ary had grown soft.
The rUe of labor and craftamen
overthrew elavery as a general prop-
ONition, except In Nebraxka and elae
where where slavery la retained n
a punlMhnient ao that men may he
Imprisoned and tuny produce cheap
er goods than free l.ibor, .honorable
labor outalde, can produce. It la
fine thing to cutitem plate, an honeat
worklngman compelled to compete
with prison made goods and the fat
profits reaped from prison contract
ors. Mr. Hee Man. junt register this
for me: I will not buy a thing that
Is made in a prlxon. Register this
again: I haven't any use for the
farmer that wants binder twine that
la made cheap because It la made
in the North Dakota or Minnesota
prlxons, or In any other prison.
don't want any Nebraska made
brooms, either. You can get mine
from a free workman outside of
prison and let the contractor go to
well, wherever such contractors
should ao.
The trouble with all theae la this:
Punishment Is wrong. Reformation
and not punishment Is what Is need
ed. The criminal has a wrong Ideal.
a warped notion. He judges and
measures by a warned moral yard
stick. He Is right according to his
notion, but his notion is wrong.
Punishment of .whatever severity or
mildness will not give him this cor
rect view. You can't beat right no
tlons Into him nor scare wrong ones
out. Force won't make a bad man
good nor will fear keep evil-disposed
men from plying their nefarious acts.
Punishment is wrong. It is tne
wrong way to go about correcting
evil morals, evil conceptions.
I once chanced to be standing near
and observed a well known person
about town across the street. This
person was not of good repute. A
curious thought came to me: If I
were the Almighty, and were to re
cast that one of evil, what would I
put in this one's character, or what
would I leave out? What would I
do to that one to make a thoroughly
moral, lovely person? I couldn t
think of . anything that wa3 needed
except a correct moral measure of
values. Now, then, how can this
thing be done? If you 'can tell me,
you have solved the criminal propo
sition. That is all there is to it, and
that is all that is needed. Do you
judge that fear can do it? If you
do, I don't think much of your
mental ability. I wouldn't give a
rap to-have It solve any of my prob
lems. Do you think torture can do
it? Just imagine shutting the crlm-
-aw
When Jimmie Thrift arrived to
greet his happy pa and ma.
Dad hooped 'et up and spread the
news to friends both near and
far;
"I'll teach my boy someday," said
he, "his wise old dad to thank."
So in the tiny baby hands he placed
a savings bank.
Many boys and girls in Omaha
have comfortable sums placed to
their credit in the Savings Depart
ment of the First thanks to the
foresight of their parents in open
ing a baby account for them at
their birth. This is a splendid
investment for the future of the
baby. '
Iirst National
Bank of Omaha
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N. T. to Cherbourg snd Southampton
A(!l ITAMA July 4 Am. I Anc tt
BERENOARIA ...July 11 Ana. 8 Ao.
MAI BETAMA . . .July IS A us;. 15 Sept. S
N. T. to Plymouth, Cherbourg & Hamburg
CARO.MA July g Aug. SI Oct. S
SAAO.MA ..Aug. 3 Sept. S Oct. 14
N. T. to Cobh. (Queenstown) A Liverpool
I.AtOMA (new).. July S Aug. 3 Sept. 7
CARMAMA July 13 Aug. 17 Kept. 14
SCVTHIA (new).. July 20 Aug. SI Septra
Mediterranean Cruise
CAMEROMA July S
N. Y to Londonderry snd Glasgow
ALGERIA July IS Aug. tS Sept. II
COM MBi t July S3 Aug. IS Sept. 14
CAMEROMA Sept. S Oct. 7 Not.
Boston to Londenderry A Liverpool
ASSYRIA July S Sept. 15
ELYSIA Aug. S
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SAMARIA (new) Aug. SS Sept. SO
CANADIAN SERVICE
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SATrRMA ..July 14 Aug.lt Sept. 8
CASSANDRA July S Aug. iS Sept. tZ
Also calls at Moville, Ireland.
Montresl to Liverpool
TVRRHEMA new Jnly i ept. t Sept. M
ALBANI A Aug. 19 Sept. t Oct. Zl
At SOMA (new).. Sept. IS Oet. 14 Not. 11
tiontresl to Plymouth. Cherbourg a
Lon.lon i
AVPAMA July Aug. 54 Sent. ?i
A STOMA Aug. S Sep'. Oct. It
Apply Ceespaaj'a Local Acta. KTerywhere
ittal up, the man with the srrd
moral measure, f r a Irrm, as the
law dlroits, a tut tltni triune- hint
out again with llm ssitia ure)
morttluy Ye amis, tin yon wnn.ter
that we have Kreit Hruwua I like
rlill.trcn. In.lre.1 do, lull dr.iM
kids with whisker. I want my kids
to ha rhil.lrrn In ihvsiral and mental
ai't'Oiitanimtit, I dun't want, a
man's liysuiie and a rhlldlsh mind.
Allow me lo make a auaatln:
That we reform our Jtidtrlal prm-.
tire with the Idea In mind of reform
ing the t-iimimtl rnnvirt. IVrhaps
we shftll tired a autxeoti In ronif
cusp Inelrnd of it rell. I knew ft
one null -ue where a suraiful op
eration eradicated the evil In a
man's life and made him a nst-fui
niemlier of em-leiy. There might tre
rime where a little physic! apU
ration of the old shoe In. Ill wood
shed would set some Inndvert
fonlinh youth thinking about htm.
aelf. We had a raae here recently
where three boys about II threw
stones and arnvel at passing; auto,
late, and hroke five or six wind.
ahlrldi and nuieed visions of hold
ups and anna mid handita. I believe
that the old ehoe and a strong nrm
would Imve done us well; and more
Rood, than the j0 and costs. May
he the SS0 wua let. Well. I don't
care ao lone ne the dose reforms the
foolish ones, for this la what they
were, JiiHt hoya whoso minds uldn t
grow with their years. A criminal,
whether detected or undetected. U
rally a morally sick man. Cure his
sickness and you haven't any crim
inal, and no more crime.
Since It is Impossihle and abso
lutely foolish to think of trying to
cure morally sick men all by the
same treatment, and within any pre
scribed jierlod. It is obvious that our
sentencing to prison for any definite
term la folly. If It were possible to
cure any by a term In prison, Juat
think of the folly of turning any out
half done, half cured, because of the
expiration of the sentence pro
nounced upon this one. Suppose, on
the other hand, that one waa cured
In half the time.
Pardon and parole? Tes, possibly.
Fred Brown was good whlla on
parole. Was he cured? Was society
ever safe from him? Are there not
other Fred Browns, some that have
never been brought to Justice at all
and others that have merely escaped
detection for their continuance In
criminality since their discharge?
I would suggest that the court's
authority cease with the conviction
of the criminal: that the court Im
pose no' sentence, but that convic
tion per se hund the criminal over
to a board or commission charged
with the cure of the criminal, and
that they should have full outhority
to adopt suitable means to cure this
one or to see to It that this one (lid
not trouble society any more. Let
the cure take years, a surgeon's
knife, a doctor's pill box, It matters
not. These shall not be discharged
to go at their own volition until they
lute pinged themselves fYoin every
1 rriniHul notion, would ie thie
! b,trd power 1 o parentis. ,u)
n or should the prisoner he his own
free Miirnt until they had disvliare
hint. He would be Iheir ward unit'
Ihey were convinced that lie was.
safe o g.t free If Krrd Itrown ht
been under thia rrstraint tie would
have been going good )l. for the
record s iImi he wa amid while
on parole, lie should have Ixn
kept on parole, it would have seen
cheaper for the stale and better for
Fred. fWiely would have been saf
meanwhile.
All board are sometime wooden,
ami because Dure might he In
Justice Inflicted where the members
of the hoard ucte not all that they
were auppoaxd to he, I would have
the riiibt of the prisoner to an an
peal to the court for a review, open
ao that ho might come Into open
conn, 'and present any evidence of
hi good conduct and the probabil
ity of hi going straiKht III the
future. No, Mr. Kdltor. we need
reformation mid not punishment.
Itefortn doea not come from punish
incut or fines. In must cases the
wife mnl huhlt-s have less In eat and
to wear whenever a fine I Inflicted.
1 am opposed to fines lh.it feed fat
official and reduce litv. I'd
rather pnv the ttix myself than to
get mlno reduced thill wny. Prison
sentence, torture or lhrcntyou
can't mnk m had man Rood tli.it way
nor prevent any ao disposed from
doing bud deeds.
will n. woomiCjtv.
Fuel on I'wu's Flrr.
Teru. Neb.. June II. To the Ed
itor of The Dee: We are glad that
The Bee has a department in which
busy people enn express their vlewa
cn mutters of interest to the public.
Through The Ilea's Letter Box we '
want to thank J. M. Howie for ex-
pressing our sentiments so clearly In
nis letter in Tuesday nee. lie roum
have made much stronger statements
and still told the absolute truth. -
In Prof. Howie's removal from tlie
Teru State Teachers' college Peru la
losing Its most highly educated as
well as one of its strongest teachers.
The community as well will feel the
loss of one of its most prominent and
Influential citizen.
The taxpayers do not kick on high
taxes when they fe: they are ret
ting value received for money ex
pended. In this case we feet we are
being cheated. What we need la a
fair-minded, Impartial, unchaperoned
Investigation or tne reru state
Teachers college. The right kind of
un Investigation would be appreci
ated by every taxpayer in the stat
A GROUP OF TAXPAYERS.
The Newspaper Visitor.
"And so you work In the com
posing room! Isn't that fine!"
"I've been here 10 years."
"Won't you sing something: you've
oomposed?" Life.
orthe
and
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