Judge — April 17, 1920 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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| Deven by Uewess Pauses Judgement Reve P. Stricuen. 8. Joun A. Sueicnen, President Perrtron Maxwett, & Treasurer Geant FE. Hasivros, drt Editor "A. Wannros, dss We Are Over-LeGIsLATED HE exigencies of war have enmeshed us in the tentacles of over-legislation. Each generation has its fashionable vic Americans in 1800 inflicted upon themselves long sermons; in 1850 they made speeches from armchairs in front of the hotel; in 1920 we have the long nose of legislation poking into private kitchens. Our vice is busybodiness. The collective wisdom of the nation, distilled through the profound ubiquity of statesmen determined to hold their jobs, is dissipated in regulating commercial, ocial, moral and piffling enterprises. The American Jea was that government should govern—not meddle. Everybody who now has a grievance wants a law to redress it. Legislatures debate, vote, repeal, enact- campaigns are waged to drive them to it—and after months of words certain bills are passed to manage a two-billion rail- road or smell for a two-gallon still —and then certain lawyers disagr upon certain verbiage and certain courts make it uncertain. In the name of Machiavelli and all the muddling monstrosities of Moscow, are we on the high road to Gehenna People are getting so soft they can- not produce unless the law hands them a crutch. As soon as one class finds a field of profit, another class wants a law to prohibit tilling it. Deluded ideas consider goverr- ment as organized effort ministering legally to ephemeral de —and soon this happy land will se stronger desires to stifle the weaker ones. Let us creep out of this spider’s web before the old Ame can individualism is stung to death * * * ITH some men the silent watches of the night occur only when their wives are away. ‘YOUNG OR ELSE a apne to enable ue OUTGROW said in Washington despatches that Senator undoubtedly to the Republican Natior a grim coincidence that § both Senator Penrose and Stand Patter. “Washington Spirit Urged as Cure for America’s Headline Nec silverpunch ladle was sold y machine linke invention of a F be possible to show some the circulation of the blood. slapsticked through the opening-shutting doors of will control more delegates 1 Convention than any other P. stands for * . . York World it, only the other day Washington's to a private purchaser for i with a movie camera is enchman. It should now comedy chase” films of Blood corpuscles being the heart would be a perfect scream. “I have just made a trip across the continent.” Willis Broven Where did you get it, Judge? [\ the Philippine Islands, ancient pottery recently found includes burial jars and wine containers. The Philippines being subject to the ‘ighteenth Amendment, the pinos should seal up the wine containers in the burial jars and call it a day “Zag ~Judge Beauty may not measure very deep, but the girl who possesses it never has to stand in a street car. * * * Some persons must dread the coming of the next New Year’s day. There will be nothing to swear off. . * * One of the consequences of speaking without thinking is an occasional brilliant remark. comicbooks.com