Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The Tho newspapers want assailants ot of public men punished in a a. way to make maleo them suffer physical pain Baltimore New Ne There is hi quite general general general gen gen- eral agreement that there should bo be some heavier heavier- penalty than now exists for tor at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to kill a a. man occupying public office It Is not at all aU a R. tar far fetched notion that J knowledge o that such an act ma may be punished by a penalty as se seere severe severe se- se vere ere as fUll life lite Imprisonment and death If It It succeeds might deter omo some cranks from yielding to their mad desire In Inthe Inthe Inthe the C case of ot Pre President ld nt assassin assassin assas assas- sin had the tho president survived the punIshment punishment punishment pun pun- counting counting- off oft time timo saved by good gool ool behavior would have been but six and a. a half halt years vears in the penitentiary This f seems cems shockingly inadequate to the of ot- Washington Star The man who fired tired at him struck a blow at government at I public security He aimed not at a man but at a community and he should be Judged not from th the tho point of ot view of his victims victim's feelings toward him but with reference to his crime as lUI It affects af- af the people at large To accept a plea of ot insanity In his case would encourage encourage encourage en en- courage the tho assassination of ot public of officials officials ot- ot whose safety Is Infinitely more to be desired than the tho safety of oC any In Individual In private citizen So do the Canadian newspapers Woodstock Sentinel Review Tho The excuse excuse ex ex- cuse given by the man Gallagher Galla who tried to assassinate Mayor Maor Gaynor Ganor of oC New York was that the 1119 mayor had taken away his Gallagher's bread and but but- ter Gallagher Gall had won i employed by the city and had been dismissed for tor or misconduct mis- mis conduct He seems to have c had the notion notion notion no no- tion that because he had sufficient political po rio- pull to secure an appointment he was WaR entitled to quarter himself on the I elt city for tor the tho rest of ot his life lite irrespective ive io of his conduct Such notions are I not peculiar to American poll politics tics They arise naturally out of the tho patronage system tem tern of ot making appointments Victoria Colonist The farther tarther west est Sir Wilfrid Laurier- Laurier comes the more nonpolitical nonpolitical non- non political arc aro the greetings extended to I him H He Is much too bl big a man to I suppose that the popular demonstrations are arc Intended d as Qc an Indorsement of ot his 1011 political policy or as anything else than thana a tribute to himself personally and as the Canadian of ot the he da day Ottawa n What and would b bo assassins off or public men should get ot is tho the lash lah When caught red handed as they almost Invariably In arc are they should receive within twenty-four twenty hours n a thorough dose dORe of ot tho the cat Not only would the kno knowledge ledge that this would be bo the fruit of his crime have hav a vet very deterrent effect on Mr Ir Assassin but it would knock all tho the nonsense out of at him and remove the o o. o the crime In tho the eyes COS of at those who ho covet notoriety at any cost London Free Press The evils of ot de de- forestation are not visited alone upon the generations to come The They come to the generation that clears the tho land too dose closely I Stream flow Is affected by the tho presence or ab absence nce of ot a forest cover a point that is 15 dealt with In the latest re report report report re- re port of ot the Canadian Forestry association tion The Tho Grand river Is cited as an au example Sir John Telegraph Reports Report concernIng concerning concern- concern Ing Ins western conditions this year do not mean that the west Is not a great grent coun coun- try or that It Is to he be ruined bv by ono one crop below the tha a but such re reports reo re- I ports port should tend In all nil fairness to persuade per per- sunde suade people peo hero here In tho the east cast of It the r real cl value of or those things with which the are so flO familiar that the they have havo lost lot ap ap- ap- ap predation of ot them Some Somo of ot these things are the tho climate the newer never falling failing crop good schools and a well established and orderly society |