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“ While there is Life there's Hope VOL. XLII. JUNE 2, 1908 No.1 17 West Tuiety-First Srerer, New Vous. Puttishest every Thursday Union, 8100 a sear cathe Horeenta Taek” nambe of pabli cents Vo contribution will be recompanied by stamped and envelope returned untes addressed The iltustrations in Lavy. are copyrighted. and are not to be reproduced. should b address Prompt notification ent by sub= cribers of any change 0 = abando: om service in and finally of the 0 whole bu ff me ss of horse races, by the Union Telegraph Company, is reporting Western a very interes stance of a great cor- poration brought to a realization of misec duct and constra The was very profitable id, indeed, to dito reform business have oduced year, The only trouble with it we abetted a species of gambling which has been forbidden by law because of its demoralizing effect upon the public. That a little thing like a statute, when earnestly pressed by the District Attor- ney’s office, and backed by all the newspapers and an aroused public opinion, should actually come between ble frac- wonderful a corporation and an appre tion of thing, and fit to give real encourage- its earnings, is a ment to folks who think the laws ought to be enforced even when they inter- fere with the profits of business. The Western Union backed down because some of its directors were not willing to be in partnership with gamblers and and directors could not stand having it felons, because the rest of its known that they were parties to so dis- reputable an alliance. A vast number of other corporations would undoubt- edly correct many details of their -LIFE- methods of doing business, if those methods could be brought to public notice with equal success. A great many directors don’t know what their managers are about; {many don’t want to know, and a great many more don't w one else to know. HE Supreme Court has unanimously at Turner, the gentle but loquacious Anarchist, who was seized for deportation by the Ellis Island . was lawfully and constitu agreed th tionally fit to be excluded from our Tt isa comfort to have a unani- mous opinion from‘the Supreme Court on any subject touching the Constitu- tion, and there is v little criticisn f its action in Turner's case. He is an avowed Anarchist, though in public shores. he avoids endorsing assassination, pre- ferring to seem to keep an open mind on that point. The Court held that the ne exclusion of Anarchists al and applied to Tur- er. It also intimated its opinion that sr law, and that no flowers should be sent. Turner, who 1, has already gone new law for was constitutio the law was a pr was released on back to England, and will not be incon- venienced by the decision against him. NE of the delightful things in con- temporary politics is the campaign of Joseph Folk in Missouri, Folk stands There is no issue more important, and none for the enforcement of the laws. He has made a tre- arty, and his campaign for the Democratic nomi- ion for Governor has been hot, bitter and exceedingly well disputed. There seems to be no doubt at this writing that he will wim it, and be elected Governor, if he runs, The only thing suggested as liable to prevent his running is that he may go on the Democratic Presidential ticket. He is It would not do, but there will be a howl of satisfaction from all over the Union when he is more neglected. endous fight in his own too young for that. nominated for Governor of Missouri. The country needs a crop of young and to see one coming up here and there is ful sight. New York we have a pretty good young man in Mayor McClellan, So far as he can, he is giving us good government, and it is far more than a government of good intentions. Not everything is commended — persons he should hi but he stands of the re serious complaints t be inside of Tam- Democratic politicians of his sort, he does. think vetoed the Remsen bill some exceedingly well with the peopl city, and if there about him they my many Hall, for outside of it hear them. He seems, like Fotk, one does to be a man whose hands it is worth while to hold up. If he runs for Gov- ernor of New York, he will be a hard man to beat. 'OLK will be thirty-five on October McClellan will be thirty-nine mber 23. Both are legally cligible as candidates for the Presi- so far as age goes, but neither y old enough. When Roose- velt was elected Vice-President he was He is nearly forty-six now, dene forty-two. and is not considered to be suffering from over-maturity. There is very little him. Other qualifications aside, it would be easier to beat him man over sixty than with one under forty. Judge Parker is a very proper man of a very proper age, and there is little talk just now of any other Democratic candidate but him, But there is not much talk of him. He is the most take-him-or-leave-him candi- date that ever was brought out. The only strong objection made to him is that he is a Judge, and that the Bench should not be dragged into active poli- tics. But there is no enthusiasm for him yet, and there can’t be till he out into the open. Y: man, but not for an affi moss on with a ‘omes uu can cheer fora vit, and Judge Parker's candidacy, so far, is the can- didacy of an affidavit. If he felt at liberty to come out and swing his hat, no doubt there would be noise, but he doesn't, and his scruples prove hima to be at least a fit Judge.