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bos."' I-- a; but m tnd thn
1 T I 1 to the great public he 1
srvu. ,... ,!y glance or a cordial
claep f aa outstretched hand will cheer
and encoursre tlm to further effort. Ha
cannot expect, the rood oplnloa of thoaa
-lnt whom ha enforces tba law.
1 nalr ill wl"I la tba beat avidanca of hla
sincerity. It bi; ba far easier for him
to allow some offenses ta go unnoticed,
but ha sbou. 1 rat bar have tba approval
of hla conscience than tha plaudlta of
thoaa Who would profit by his neglect
of duty. Ha ahould prafar to retlra to
private life, conscious of having dona
hla beat, than by fallksg to do so receive
tba wncomlums of lawbreakers. If ha
halts ha will ba applauded by thoaa ha
abould proeeoute; If ha goea ahead he
will eneounter calumnies and attacks.
ling, tbere la a distinction between them. I But if ha paraevereo and ramalna atead
Ta boodUr ' sell hla -rota -said prti I last-though tha.. way . anay .sometimes
pear before legtslaUva ot ,..is and
' present reasons for or against the pess
age of any bill; they 1. .wise ahould ba
acoorded tba privilege of addreealng tha
inaiviauai legislator la a proper way
but the maintenance of a professional
lobby produces corrB-'ion which should
not be permitted. Vha profaeaionai
lobbyists are excluded- from laglelatlve
affairs one of the greatest cause of
graft will be removed. ,
- rafter and ssa3s adss
"I have apokea of corruption, bribery
and. grafting, using tha terms, as they
are, commonly used, synonymously.
While the effect" on the' public mar ha
injurious la grafting aa from ooJ
- tutea ' hla trust for bribe money eon.
' trary to- law; tha grafter la the strict
aenaa stands on this side of tha law, but
uses hla position to make an Immoral
profit. If a large corporation ware to
pay an official ao much a year to do
4 nothing except to uaavhls Influence with
a, political party to protect tha
- pany,.tare would' ba a. graft; -wbaa
V those oa tha Ins Ida of any. great cou-
eern "Use the money held in trust for
' the people to their own proXIt, tha la
a gran; wnea a ciasa or nra nin
special prlvllegea wbsreby they can prey
.upon the rest of the people, that la
graft . Tha remedy for corruption,- brib
ery, tor grafting of any kind, la to en
force the law. if tba system la work
.. Ing an Illegal game. Instead of trying to
' beat the game, the better way la ta stop
tha-game. . If tba things that are done
that amount to graft are not contrary to
law now they ahould ba made so, and
that law anf oread to tha letter.
"One f tha impedimenta in the reign
,or uw ia tha idea, some have that It
hurts e7 state to have exposure. There
-can be no greater mistake. Buck would
ba the loglo of-a woman who would
never have her houaa awept teat some
one might think It seeded it Ne atate
can-, be- Injured by tha enforcement of
tne taw. it ia mora honorable to cor
rect Vt vie evlla than it is to bear them
l Ignoble alienee. The dlegrec Is the
toleration, not the correction. Bo far
from the enforcement ef the law hav
Ing hurt Missouri, for Instance, in the
last three years It has enabled , every
Miasourian to hold hla bead higher aa
the'dttsen of a state that has taken
tha lead In tha fight for- good govern.
raent now being made ail over the land.
." Bxpesures Helped Missouri.
' "In tba last three years of the law'f
reign lit Missouri immigration ' hss in
creased It per cent mora than In any
other three years, of tha state's history.
and lands have advanced li per cent
more ' than in any other three years.
. Every city, town and county in tha state
. "la Increasing In population and proe
, ' parity Is on ovary Jtand. Although tha
taxes of the state are lower than that
- of any other, by reason of this Increase
of population and In tha value of prop
erty, the revenues are aueh that there
will soon be an additional decrease in
. the rate of taxation. It la said that
,-, , tba enforcement of the Sunday dram
- shop law, tha gambling law, tha wine
' room law, would have aa Injurious ef
. - feet upon tha large cities of tha atate.
Blnce the wina rooms have been closed,
1 gambling 'Stopped and -dramshops shut
tip on, Sunday all over Missouri; Bt
Louis haa prospered as never before;
real estate in Kansas City have In-
- creased more In value In tha past three
months than in as many years' before;
, Bt Joseph ta rapidly coming, to the-fore-'
front of Americas municipalities. X
i. .mention these things to show that the
. enforcement 6f law la not only right,
but -even from, a, sordid, standpoint, la
good' business. ' - - '" : " ( . ; -
"We do not need new law so muob
: at the snforcement of tha laws .we have.
. There has been too ' much tampering
. with tha lawa In an effort to correct
, wrouBS that do not arise from' tha lrv
, flrmlty of the lawa, but rather, from
tha feebleness of their execution.. The
law Is merely a weapon In tha handa of
officials, for without officials laws would
: be aa useless aa cannon In war without
' men. ' Good government depends mora
- upon the men behind tha law than, upon
' tha law Itaolf. No official haa the right
to violate the oath that ha Ukea t
tnforoa tha laws simply because soma
' people do not want them enforced, i Ha
cannot excuse nonenforoement on the
' ground that pnbllc aenttment ta against
It . Ha does not swear to support publlo
,' sentiment Ha does take n oath to
; support the law. Tha only correct way.
after Ml, to determine publlo sentiment
Is by Ua decrees of the majority of the
people through the lawmaking body.
, mltted bribery for .a"" long
tha public conscience waa
4lxsna MUTt l
time, ; but
at -last
aroused to the necessity of stamping It
out This ftvlo Indlffsrenea has per
mltted officials to take a solemn oath to
- carry out the lawa on tha statute books
and then todellberately violate that oath.
'But the 'time la coming when an active
. public sentiment will demand that every
' publto official keep hia oath Inviolate.
The Vaiwnaful toward.'..'
, . ! Thar la no greater evil than tha
easy nullification of laws by" executive
efflclals " whs ara sworn to
' force . them. He should not ' ask.
.1s it popular, Is It goad' politics.
but U It . tha law. Tha trouble
'.v has ' bees that a privileged class haa
violated the statutes with Impunity and
escaped tha consequences through po
litical influences, it 'is net hard to
pursue with all tha terrors of the law
' the wretch wh ptcka a pocket ar ateala
a loaf of bread, but It Is quite another
- matter when tha law ta sought to ba put
v against thoaa who-hava millions behind
them, with political Influence enough
a affect an entire community. When
tha prosecuting officer Is seeking . to
.enforce tha law against those of high
. degree ha may often find himself be
- sieged on every side; close friends may
plead; loducementa and' hopee may be
held out fori lessening activity; political
annihilation may be threatened If ke
proceeds. Pursuing steadily tha course
that he haa mapped out with tha good
of tha publlo alone In view, he may find
himself heated In at times by a well of
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Becases it la mad right Is its
facta ra ars seed only tha purest sad peal
that mossy caa by. - Tha isssdisstg ara
eotnbioed with scientific accuracy sad tdll,
which laaora a perfect bakir powder. ,
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seem dark and the task hard, ha will ba
sustained by, the hearta and conscience
of tha people. Corrupt men support a
man far office and aspect in return the
privilege of licensed lawbreaklng. Of
ficials are elected to enforce the law Im
partially, and hava no more right to per
mit lawlessness to repay personal obli
gations than they would have to use a
publlo fund te pay a private debt. When
aU executive officjala are ruled by law
no mas will be above or below tha law,
bus tne taw win reign, svar all.
Vr -1 Oat Dews the Weeds.
' "There is a constant conflict between
,aw M wlessness. right and wrong,
tha true and the. false, the evil and the
good. In every sphere of life. Lewises
ness, tha false, the wrong, must slwsys
ba fought against The dal and the
sow mure do fought for. The -pad
thrives of Ha own greed and feeds on
ua own wickedness. The useful gral
must pa sown and cared for, else the
weeds will choka ft out while the
thistle, scattered by chance and cared
accident; will flourish anywhere.
So the good in sovsrnment doaa not
let by accident but must ba nurtured
oy gooa attisens. - Ws must likewise
contend actively against tha svlls that
creep la to government It la an thing
to be against Wrong; It la quite another
thing to flghk wrong. - One la a noncom
batant that never won a cause, and tha
other a soldier in tha ftght Plenty of
men can o nonest Inactive) v: but what
wa heed Is man who can be honest In
action. O where you wflt . when you
And in any county laws are observed
you will find that rood drlssna are
active. Where tha lawa are not oh.
served, you will see good cltlsons are
Inactive. The worst county In this atate
le where rottenness la most sctlvs and
patriotism mos inactive. I reoelved i
letter a few daye ago Ineloelna-.d petl
tlon from s number ef cltlsens df one
of the counties ef Missouri, sarins that
tha law was not being enforced In their
township ad requesting that I direct
tne sheriff to execute tha law there.
wrote to the sheriff, telling him of the
petition I ' had received and aaktne- him
to see that the laws were upheld in that
townanip aa wail aa la every other part
of tha county. Ha wrote la reply, re
questing me to send him the list of
names en tha petition In order that be
might have their aid In enfosclna tha
law. I did not know whether ho was
In good faith or not but. the petition
was sent him. , In a few days' a latter
earn from ths. man whose nsm -wst
first on th petition, severely criticising
me xor giving out tne names, and ask
Ing by what principle of sthlcs I sent the
sheriff tha names of cltlsens who signed
to me urging . the enforcement of the
law In their township. I replied that
I had sent tha sheriff the list of names
because any man who is afraid to show
his colors la of no benefit to good gov
ernment. - - . ) . n ,
-.''tsM ta ta Opsa. :
Th cltlsen wrote me In a fe
days, apologising for . hla former
letter, and ssylng be bad never consld
red the question In thst light;' that ha
had consulted with others who had
signed the petition and they had deter
mined that In the- future they would
stand in tha open" and be as bold and
aggreaaivs aa tba other elder It la
needless to ssy thst since then there
has "been no trouble shout th law belnc
enforced Is - that township. . What was
done there, can ba dona everywhere by
good cltlsens. If they will only be ag
gressive enough. This may be - ideal,
but Ideas and Ideals are th Ufa of a free
people.- W are made and governed by
the things w cherish. -Without. moral
vigor wealth counts for nothing, re
source nothing. Roma built great high
ways and founded splendid cities while
civilisation waa declining. She
erected barriers ' sga Inst th barbarous
hordes . Who surged . sgalnst her from
without, while the ' strength of Roman
character ebbed away, and that gone
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i A" ueiiiu-suu nwn-r-ATtBougU" btieisl "Biuusaud
ing to conquer. There is sa old story
of sa eastern king who caused a great
palace to be erected aa the abode of
raajeaty. Stone by stone the structure
grew end the heart f th king swelled
with pride.' One morning the palace was
In ruins, not on stone stood - udos
another. 'What great treason has been
accomplished here the king exclaimed.
and a price waa set upon tha head of
the traitor who had a astro red the abode
of majesty. But wis mas of th court
thua admonished the king; - 3reat
tar, there, has been no treason her; thy
house that waa great and mighty haa
laiien oown Decease tne eulldefs used
mortar without eand, hence-their work
coma to ruin.'.: So with a state. Exter
nal grandeur accounts for nothing. We
may count our wealth aa the sands Of
the sea; th domes of our capitals and
th spire of our churches may pierce
tne eiouda and glitter smona-at th stars
all must fait and crumble away- unless
it - be i welded together and ' strength
ened by those principle of law
and morality that form the groundwork
ef enlightened eltlssnship. Monroe pro
claimed - th doctrtn of America, for
Americans. The Missouri doctrine I
verts th phrase nd applies it both
ways,- Unless Americana ar actively
aw aggressively ror America, America
wtu become for boodlers aad grafters
v Weteh smaasisa at
"Our ascendancy upon this kemlapher
le assured. No- nation would dar sort.
ousiy to aieput it America for Amer
icans Is aa accomplished fact Here
between tha two great oceans on th soil
consecrated t th principles of liberty
ana seii-gowmment we ar th domi
nant power. -Amons th nations mm
ar so great that w need fear them
and none ao mighty that we need cower
at "their reet ' But aa related br Kblo-
tetus. Euryatheue belr what h was
not really king" ef Argoe nor ef
Mycenae, for h could net era rule
himself, while Hercules purged lawless
ness and introduced Justice thousti he
was both naked and alone. Llttl will
It profit a natlos) to look abroad for new
lands to govern while faHtna proper
to govern itself; useless, wors than uee-
less tndeedjls It to fortify asalnst en.
amies sbroad while falling t prvMe
agalnat th enemle at horn a. We have
founded a nation beyond ta dreams et
any conqueror of old, but th areata ess
ef a nation does not constat f acreage
ef territory nor la th strength of its
sattiesnipe. but in tie purtty of its
Ideas and In the' Intensity f Us dev
tlon to those principle that make for
justice and right throughout th world.
So long as tbe American peopl cling
to the Ideas of tha revolutionary fathers
and the r-d- e I Hat hav mad sa
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FffTII ?AND YARiDIIl STREETS
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forsaking these our deadliest military
engines will be little better- than toys In
our hands and our proudest naval arma
ments will be aa impotent aa tha armies
and navies of Russia, whose national
Ufa was weakened by-elvio vices, sgslnst
th victorious Japanese. In - vein do
wa build shins of war, fortify our eoeate
and man our guns If wa bring not Into
every rampart and-turret th ideas and
Ideals thst maks the men behind : the
guns. Thla Is ths Mlasouri Ides." ;
RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES'
ORDERED OPENED TODAY
- (Jearul SeeeUl Berries.) '. i v
St. Petersburg. Sept. 11 In accordance
with ths Imperial order of April O, th
ministry of education has today opened
the various universities sad other Insti
tutions sf learning which were closed
In February on account of the strike of
the students-who demanded political re
forms snd a thorough modification of
hava made application for admission, it
Is fesred that the opening ef the uni
versities wtll lead to outbreaks smong
tba radical students, and 'extraordinary
precautions have been taken to suppress
such outbreaks. ' The radical and social
istic students are much embittered over
the fact that the government has made
no changes in th administration of th
universities. .
aeds.
Alien Lewis' Beat Brand. , -
Bsaatom ed th Baaseat rsxally. :, .;
IJearsal gpstlal liwln ) .
New Haven, Conn., Sept 14. Several
hundred members of the Baasett family
of America are assembled at tbe Pequot
house todsy te attsnd the opening of
their annual reunion. Moat 'of the mem
bers of the fsmily come from Connecti
cut and Massachusetts, but there is s
fair scattering from the statee ef the
middle west the northwest and the
south. - '' '" - . ,
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steeetag fce sws sad weene. Vet a dye.
eatieswa at 0 wy saw was aray. AM.TL
frtesd lest kls Jok sscaaat ara tale euda kin.
o ela. Prefttls ky sis exserlesee 1 sses
Hay's Halrhealta, aadkaee the ssbm
4rk kfewa kalr Uat I ksd at XI. Belg siy
snelrtea, taeasb sssw kea- wexae ealy
realt waa sray kalr, kave kwea aiwnleaes. 1
BUak pea fee sir peeltfa. U. B. Oessaeeee.
tare SOe. eettlae. armsslste'. Take aalalas
wiueat stssatar nib Iter spse, Oa ' "
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eiw uus. nn any e rouewma erasjuf
S4 set settle HairseaUk aad tse. eake
aiftaa Ssast swaii'aUil, ketb Pw er. t
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HAVE LOCKS
Consulting Enginssrs Practically
Agreed That Sea-Lave! Ditch
.'v"-.-'- fa Not Practical. .
BOARD TO VISIT ISTHMUS X
BEFORE FORMAL DECISION
Hold That Ship Cart JPass Through
Properly Constructed Lock ' Canal
"Quieter fban Through Any OtKirJ
snd Wlth Xess banger. r - '. -'
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lav suss T. J es seat kr Pslle a.f fa..
Itewars. 1. J.. preeaM, Bm- ane. sad that sv.
re eae set fl-n kr Srnnlet wttaoat tats
eatir eaw sad (Oe. ar Bawbaaltk,
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Waahlngton. Sept It. It is practi
cally settled that th Panama . canal
will have locks and will not be a sea
Isvel essaL.' Members of the board of
consulting engineers hav not com to
a formal 'decision on this Important
matt sr. and ar not llkelp,to do so until
visit to th isthmus. But members
privately say there la no doubt of th
final conclusion.
One .member of the board said that
the report of the engineers of the com
mission would strongly favor s lock
canal, and he added: "One great argu
ment la favor of a sea level cans! Is
that it would mska a better eanal be
cause ships could go through .more ex
peditiously with less danger. Upon
careful examination.- most of us hav
com t th conclusion that th argu
ment Is not well founded."
In point of fact ships pass through
properly constructed lock canal
quicker than through sea level canal.
It la not th locks that consume time.
becnuse th : big ships go through
modem lock in 2( minutes. If ths locks
srs placed at th terminal of th canal.
the locking will practically consume no
time, as ail ths snips always Us. an. for
sn hour or two -en arriving at a eanal
port and do the same before leaving
at tne outer eno..
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COASTS DF AMERICA
Board of Army Officers Finds
; That It ts Feasibla to Seal
V Down Guns in Batteries.
(Jnarsal tseeUt arrtes.)
Waahlngton, Sept 1. The board of
army officers appointed to devise a
plan for th defense of th aeacoast ef
the 'United States has proceeded far
enough In Its Inquiry to. determine a
number of Important points. . Ths chief
ef thee is th fact that there will be
fewer gune required in the proper pro
tection of tbe seacoaet than when the
present scheme for defense was adopted
iio years agn.
Fortifications en the Atlantic and
Qui asset wee visits by th board.
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Makes the round trip daily, except Sunday, leaving Tcylcr Ztrezt Dock at
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Ing- th defeases of the Pacific Owing
to great development tn th power ef
th modem rtfl it has been-- found
feaalbl t scale down, th number of
suns tn each battery. One gun will now
cover the field It formerly required two
mr threw gun to cover. 1t to made
posatbl by th greater range and higher
power ef modern weapon..
While th total number si gua re
quired In th general scheme ef de
fease la thua reduced, there la little flit-
ferene In th egarewwt coat Modern
gune srs more expensive then those ef
111 r 19 years ago. Th e--1 v I r
mak sweeping chances
mwthnfl of eamor tten I
MEXICO REJECTS-TEr."S j
OF PEACE WITH YAC'JIS
(Joeeesl Sseelaf grvee.k
. Mexico City, Sept 14. The peace ne
gotiations with th Tsqul Indian In
stituted a few tt-Si n have fallen
through. Tha government haa refused
to eecept the 1-rms submitted by ths
chiefs of the Yeo-il tribe, which In
volved a restorst t t- t i ef a ler
hwly of H t v.r of tn Ta
rv-. - ' v r wr- -r'on c-
reaohed th Mnds of flghtfrr me i.
reports" of fSMs an oVpTedKWie e
mltted br he Indians srs hetng r'
dslly by the war deparfmert. I
Mexicans hsve been fclllt i
riUtns In th vicinity ef i. t
the Uat fw rtevs. -
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