Judge — November 7, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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HE shouting and the tumult, as Brother Kipling would call it, is o'er, and al- though we have tried to get some fun out of it, we are not a bit sorry to see the end of the campaign. This upset every four years is too serious a matter to be laughed at continually. though we may chuckle at it daytimes, at night we find that our nerves are on edge. But it’s all over now, and Jupcr desires to shake hands with Messrs. Bryan and Kern and Taft and Sherman, and all the other big and little actors in the late melodrama, and thank them for supply- ing so much grist for the Jupce mill. We have tried to make the most of you gentlemen, even when you weren't very funny. We never have cherished any ill-will against any of you, and we hope you can say the same about us, though we have our doubts #0 far as one or two of you are concerned. As for the subscribers who have sent us haughty letters and abusive postal cards and gener- ally taken our cartoons to heart—bless their souls! they have bright- ened the dull monotony of editorial routine enormously! We cannot resist sharing some of their letters—without the signature, of course with the rest of our readers who were on the other side of t and we shall do so later, Now that th turn his attention to more instructive their vaporings. Don't think, just because a campaign has gone by, that we, being a political paper, will relapse into any sort of coma, On the contrary, if you stay by us you will find yourself in touch with the livel ly journal, comic or otherwise, that ever dawned on your hor zon. And we beg to remain yours truly! to orderly existenc A LONG WAIT. EMBERS of the Reformed Presbyterian Church did not vote in this election. They are waiting until the national constitution is amended. They are a patient folk, and we do not wherein they differ from the ‘ond Adventists, we HERE is a rumor that long- distance telephoning has been accomplished from Genoa to Buenos Ayr ry breath and enunciation being distinetl'y heard, What a strong breath these Italians can produce! HOw WOULD YOU LIKE A LAND OF REFUGE. ECRETARY ROOT is a man of vast common sense and prompt S ion. A certain Russian in this country, named Pouren, was ted by the Russian government on an alleged charge of murder and arson. Extradition was granted by the proper court, and he was about to be shipped, when certain documents were pro- by his friends, tending to show that he was really wanted in Russia for political of Pow counsel tried to reopen the , in order to admit this new evidence. ‘The Russian counsel ap- ared in court and argued that the case could not be reopened. chnically he was right. At this moment, as it were in the last act, when the villain is just dragging the lady off by the hair, Hero Root walks into the ease and says to Russia, “I happen to be final authority in matters of extradition, Of course, you have a right to oppose a rehearing on this new evidence, Likewise I have a right to refuse to let Russia have Pouren, which is what I shall proceed Th such a thing as being too technical!” Bully for The Russian legal adviser seems to have bitten off his own act ne duce todo, Root! nese, IMMUNITY. WEALTHY gentleman of New York State who committed perjury about three years ago while trying to get damages from a street-railway company has fought the case ever since, to the best of his means and ability. 8, he has just re -year sentence. It is well to read of something like this now and then, to sustain our confidence in the present judi- A fow years ayo another wealthy individual deliber- y planned the murder of a fellow citizen and accomplished it in a public place. He has escaped hanging on the ground of insan- ity, and is now likely to escape an asylum on the ground of re- ery. Deep down in our hearts we hope he will murder some- body else (provided the murderee is a thoroughly undesirable ci zen), and so keep this problem of the proper punishment of wealthy criminals clearly before the au- thorities and the public, until it is settled, and settled right. dla se os cial system, BARGAIN PRICES. ST-CAR tickets in Cleve- re selling at seven for rat present writing. » formerly seven for Prices are go- and Railraod TR land a quar They w twenty-one cents, ing up. The C Company offers to give tra stamps if they gain control aj two with every seat and one to strap-hange A * kans pres VY ONE would think, from the excitement in the Bal- that they were holding a idential election. TO BE THE DOVE? comicbooks.com