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has seen the misery of man only has
seen nothing; he must see the misery
of woman. He who has seen the mis
ery of woman only has seen nothing;
he must see the misery of childhood."
Now, thank God, in a large measure
the little half-timers are protected.
"Be it enacted by the king's most
excellent majesty," says the recent
act, "That a child shajl not he em
ployed between the hours of nine in
the evening and six in the morning.
"A child under the age of eleven
years shall not be employed in street
trading.
"No child who is employed half
time under the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, shall be employed in any
other occupation.
"A child shall not be employed to
lift, carry or move anything so heavy
as to bo likely to cause injury to the
child.
"A child shall not be employed in
any occupation likely to be injurious
to his life, limb, health or education,
regard being had to his physical con
dition. - '
"If the local authority sends to the
employer of any child a certificate
signed by a registered medical prac
titioner that the lifting, carrying or
moving of any specified weight is like
ly to cause injury to the child, or that
any specified occupation is likely to
be injurious to the life, limb, health
or education of the child, the certifi
cate shall be admissible as evidence
in any subsequent proceedings against
the employer in respect -to the employ
ment of the child." Lady Henry
Somerset, in Chicago American.
Judge Steele's Opinion
Justice Steele's minority oplnibn-on
the Moyer case deserves the attention
of all friends of the American idea of
personal liberty. Moyer, president of
the Western Federation .of Miners, was
held' as a military prisoner at Tellur
ide by order of Governor Peabody. The
supreme court of the state, Justice
Steele dissenting, deny a writ of ha
beas corpus, on the ground that the
arrest and incarceration were made
under military law. Justice Steele
calls attention to the fact that this
vests in the executive an extraordi
nary discretion? .By declaring that a
state of rebellion exists he may sus
pend indefinitely the operation of the
civil law. Similarly, Justice Steele
maintains that the ordinary jurisdic
tion of the courts is only suspended by
their inability to act. Military law,
that is, is supreme only in territories
in wheh war has actually driven the
courts out. In all ordinary cases of
domestic disorder the courts are still
in session and retain all their preroga
tives. Evidently, this is a matter of
give and take the public safety is the
real consideration. That, however, is
not really promoted by vesting arbi
trary powers in the executive. Justice
Steele's opinion emphasizes an open
question which stands much in need
of settlement, namely, the powers of
the courts during temporary military
control of a district. The decision of
the Colorado supreme cburt seems
merely to have evaded the problem.
New York Post.
and forego self pity the kind which
enables men to do duty no matter
how disagreeable the consequences, or
how such action is opposed to self
interest Tho higher type of courage the pres
ident has not got. Even wlnlo gov
ernor of New York this lack had bo
gun to be known to tho people. A
governor who calls a session of his
state legislature to amend a law at
tho behest of trusts and other corpor
ations, is not a brave man. To bo
perfectly plain in statement, ho ,1s a
coward. Mr. Roosevelt did that.
As president of the United States,
Mr. Roosevelt has, under the persua
sion of members high in the councils of
his party, reversed or suspended his
convictions on the tariff, and has con
sented to pose as a stand patter. He
has allowed the law making it his
sworn duty to prosecute the criminal
trusts, to remain a dead letter on the
statute books. The criminal clause
of the Sherman anti-trust law has not
been invoked by him in a single in
stance, though trusts; were notoriously
law breakers and their leaders should
have been sent to jail or the peniten
tiary. A man of this type cannot success
fully pose in this country as a man
of courage. Darlington (Wis.) Democrat
A Foregone Conclusion
One day while Senator Pettufi was
strolling around the plantation of a
friend in Alabama, he chanced upon
one of the field hands engaged in a
violent altercation with his wife.
"Come, come!" exclaimed he, "this
won't do this quarrel must cease
right away! Tell me the cause of
your-dispute; I may be able to settle
it for you."
The dusky husband, awkwardly dof
fing his cap to the senator, replied:
"Dis ain't no dispute, senator!"
i "No dispute!" reiterated Mr. Pettus,
perplexed.
"No, sah!" rejoined the darky con
vincingly. "It ain't no dispute! It's
jest dis way: I'se jest been paid off
an has ten dollahs. My wife heah she
thinks she a'in't gunner git it an' I
knows she ain't. No dispute at all
sah!" The Saturday Evening Post.
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Gov. Bate s Blunder.
It is quite probable that the admin
istration at Washington now realizes
that the bringing to this country of
the Filipino commissioners was a
mistake, because their visit has had
the effect of firing up the anti-imperialists
and making the latter trou
blesomely active. The object of bring
ing the Filininos to the United States
was to show, and impress upon them,
the goodness and greatness of this
government and cause them to feel
that to be "benevolently assimilated"
was the greatest good fortune that
could befall their people. They were
placed in charge of discreet govern
ment officials whose duty is was to
show them the right kind of things,
to keep them in a happy frame of
mind; to see that their stomachs were
always well filled, not to allow them
to be bothered with questions about
their independence and to keep them
in leash so to speak. They were taken
to Boston, where Governor Bates, of
Massachusetts, gave them a banquet
for the purpose of convincing them
how eager they should be to grasp
the opportunity of allowing them
selves to be governed by our beauti
ful and beneflcient government, and
their country exploited by our wise
and philanthropic citizens. But Gov
ernor Bates, with no intention what
ever of doing anything of the kind,
turned the banquet into an enthusi
astic Filipino independence meeting.
. He has no sense of humor other
than 'that which is as cold and bleak
as Plymouth Hock in winter, or lie
would have been able to enjoy the re-
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