Show THE THE ROOSEVELT ANNUAL President Roosevelt Roosvelt has Issued his V annual address to federal officeholders to keep Ieee out of ot roll tics This timed he f says sa s he lu has been informed that certain officeholders are arc planning to attend the Republican national convention with a It vi w to bringing about his nom nomination nomination nomination Concluding his letter which Is addressed to cabinet officers he says I wish that you would direct I I federal officeholders V in your depart department i ment mem who have such a thing in in view 1 that I would regard It as an act of ot Im Impropriety impropriety V propriety and discourtesy I This is Interesting but not Important Mr Jr Roosevelt has issued similar bul bulletins bulletins many a time and oft The only Conly variation this time is that his mes pies message messa sage sa has to do with his own personal personality ity ny Nevertheless the bulletin Is vague It will be noted no tee that he does not say federal officeholders must not indorse him for a third term He could coul have V put the case much more strongly He could have said sald that In view of the fact that he has said he woul not un under under under der any circumstances be a candidate for or accept another another nomination any any federal officeholder who insisted on booming him would render himself Ha lia liable Hable hable ble to removal The public cannot help remembering that in the past the officeholders have V paid very ery little attention to President L He has told them repeatedly that they must refrain from active participation In politics poll ties but they have gone on par participating participating participating just as freely Just as offen offensively k as if he said a a word against it Perhaps In the t e past Mr Roosevelt has issued two ukases one for the consumption ons of the public and andone andone andone one for the tho private attention of the officeholders The attitude taken by the latter in indicates indicates r V that the private bulletin read readi i something like Ilke this Pay no atten attention attention attention tion to orders published in the tho news newspapers newspapers 4 papers They were sent out only for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of fooling the public Get Got out and hustle just as hard as you ou can for the entire Republican ticket unless somebody on it t happens to be offensive I to jo me Does not the record of the fed federal federal eral oral officeholders o Indicate that they I may have received private Instructions heretofore And Is It reasonable to suppose that L they will pay any attention to the pres presidents presIdent Ident latest order Certainly not J They will go 0 right on V rooting for fort t Roosevelt rounding up UI delegations t wherever V possible to the end that If tr at ut the last moment Roosevelt positive positively ly refuses to accept the nomination he het t will be In a position to give It to a man manof manof manof of nis ni own selection V man In about thirty met methis his death and andone andone andone one murderer In about The conclusion of Mr Huntington Is that the occupation Is Ismore ismore Ismore more than twice as dangerous as the murderers murd He seems to hav have made out a good case but the figures will wul surprise those who cho ho have heretofore had no knowledge of the facts Certainly Certainly Certainly it is true tru that It Is almost as ashard ashard ashard hard to pass a camel through the eye of a needle to use the biblical meta metaphor metaphor metaphor as to bring about the conviction and execution of ot a man who takes hu human human human man life V Especially Is this true If the defendant Is possessed of friends or influence Maudlin sentimental silly people have a tendency to Invest the brow of the murderer with a sort of halo Flowers are sent to his Ills cell before and luring during trial and if by some chance the death cath penalty should be adjudged against him it Is easy enough after the courts have been exhausted to se secure secure secure cure any number of ot signatures to pe petitions petitions petitions for his pardon or for a modification modification cation of the sentence People are arc too prone to forget forge the dead to t remember only the living V The law providing capital punish punishment punishment punishment ment for proved cases of ot murder sl either be repealed or enforced If it has no place on the statute books let It be wiped out If it has It should be enforced A great many splendid people are opposed to capital punish punishment punishment ment and they make that an anfor excuse cuse for coming to the rescue of ot murderers who should be legally leally killed They do donot donot donot not seem to realize that they are In Interfering Interfering interfering with a due process of law The Herald has no disposition to be harsh but It must insist that a lot of valuable time Is often wasted on behalf of criminals of the most despicable character While we have law let us carry Its provisions into effect Other Otherwise Otherwise Otherwise wise It becomes a mockery |