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Show THE BEE 3 This report was subsequently changed and the Spanish government was told tho truth. That theSpanish fieotwas destroyed, men had been killed and that over a, thousand wounded. But tho Spanish appetite for falsehoods had to bo satisfied false ploa of insanity when it.-- establishment would moan long imprisonment in tho A general adoption by penitentiary, apjadlato courts or courts of last resort, of this Iowa decision would undoubtHlly work reform to a largo oxtont in a field whero fraud has boon frequent, and costly to first. society. Mi vessels. six-hundre- Trca I, ry d That is a peculiar kind of roll- seom lractic0 ill tllO K0n Philippine Islands. Some time ago it was re sorted in tho dispatches that the priests and nuns whom Dowoy had protected showed their gratitude by trying to get his licet into a mined channel. Now it is said the Bishops havo issued pastorals urging tho peoplo to givo no quarter to tho Americans and stating that Spain and God will cut out tho social excrescences of America. These Bishops havo wandered a long way from tho teachings of tho founder of Christianity. Tho ghost dancing Indians who mado this government much trouble a fow years ago wero misguided fanatics. Thoy were only brought to reason after some of their leaders wore shot. Theso Bishops aro not only fanatics, they aro designing scoundrels. They aro a harder problem than were tho Sioux ghost dancers, but they need about tho samo treatment. If they cannot be reformed they should be In a murder case completed at Og- ou ast WG0 t10 bisanity dodge issa nfty was worked by tho defense for all it was worth. That has about run its course, although very popular only a few years back. It is not such a difficult thing for a shrewd criminal to simulate insanity and deceive a jury. Tho trick has been often played with success. Criminals have been turned loose under pleas of mental responsibility, and have taken up their careers again within a few months. Often when suffering from a fit of temporary insanity only, they have been sent to an asylum, to be dismissed in a few Tho law-breakin- g weeks to resumo the commission of crime. The supremo court of Iowa has rendered a commendable decision In which an effort is made to discourage this resort of criminals and their attorneys, and if other coui ts will follow the precedent, or other states provide by law for a similar disposition of those whose insanity . had been established to a jurys satisfaction, there would be fewer attempts to escape justice by. the false plea of insanity so often made and all too often established to the detriment of justice and the danger of society. The court holds that insane criminals are to be incarcerated the same as sane ones would be under the same circumstances; the only advantage being salvation from the death penalty. Thus, the prisoners counsel is at liberty to introduce the plea of insanity, but the success of it means im-- . prisonment, perhaps for life. Except in desperate cases, or when the aim is only to save the criminals neck, it would hardly be the policy of the defense to put in a Gradually tho coils are tightening around tho under tho growth of enlightened .sentiment. Technicalities aro being swept away, and fraudulent practice blocked. Tho eompleto protection of socioty and tho upbuilding of tho law rest with tho courts. Tho statutes aro comprehensive enough, if there be enlightenment, sternness, independence and promptness on tho bench. If criminals find tho courts easy avenues of escapo, it is, generally, bocauso tho judges fall to do their wholo duty. law-break- aio ScccHar. er Some preachers, pessimists and politicians deprecate war as a j10rrjj0 thjnr an(J that IlO- - good can como of it. Tho Deseret Nows, It which is all three, takes this view. asks: If there is a benefit in war under somo circumstances why isnt there in a street fight? There is. When men become so sordid in their natures, so so1. fish, that they and bigoted, and can go along tho street and see a big bully imposing on a weak child without interself-righteo- us fering or engaging in a physical altercaTho man tion there is something wrong. who ignores such a matter and sneaks off homo to keep out of tho street fight is a coward and should not bo encouraged. In this war Uncle Sam occupies a similar position. And while it has been tho hope of every one that no occasion for a resort to force would bo necessary, such hopo will have to be deferred until another peace shall have been declared. It was Von Moltke who believed there are graces, as wrell as virtues, which thrive best in soil Permanent peace, watered by blood. wrote the greatest of modern soldiers, is and he added: War is a law of Gods order in the world, by which the noblest virtues of man loyalty and courage and even to the point of death are developed. Without war the world would deteriorate into materialism. With tho advance of civilization it may be hoped that the employment of this last resort will become more and more rare, but no state will be able to dispense with it entirely. Is not the life of man, his whole nature, a battle of that which is to be with that which is? So it is with the life of nations. Who can deny that every war, even a successful one, is a misfortune for a nation? For no acquirement of territory, no millions of money, can make up for the loss of life, or can wipe away the grief of fami-ilieBut who is able to escape misfortune in this world, or who can ever run away from the burdens of life? Are not both, by Gods providence, conditions of a dream, self-denia- l, self-sacrific- e, s. our earthly existence? That war has its good side, that it brings out virtues which would otherwise lio dormant or die together, who can deny?' At another time Moltko wrote tlmt not tho schoolmaster hut tho drill sergeant had been tho great educator of tho Gorman people. If education lias any hignor mean, noing than dry, inanimate body can deny that Moltko was right. His-- ' tory has given its final decision in his fa-- ' vor. Germany had her schoolmasters through the first half of tho century as she has had thorn since, hut never before tho coming of tho Moltko drill sergeants did she attain to tho splendid development in art, science, and industry that renders her tho lxst educated nation in tho world today. book-learning- being a Yankee, with Time charaeteristic. appreciation of Manner. humor, must have had somo fun That Spanish during his great battle. commander who hailed tho Americans and requested a brief suspension of hostilities until ho could got a fresh supply of ammunition was playing upon the proverbial American sense, of humor. His request was granted, but ho didnt last long after ho renewed tho engagement. Dewey, Another laughable incidont was tho made by tho Spanish commander to his government. IIo cxplainod the crushing defeat by saying that his men had not had their morning coffoo. without which thoy could not shoot or light. Tho ill manners of tho Americans to engage the preservers of their honor bofure breakfast was an evidence of ir.g that ex-cus- o bad-broo- d seemed to warrant the nickname bestowed upon citizens of this republic by tho SpanBut everything ish press and populace. goes to show that the Yankoes had not had their coffee either, when the battle began. After it had progressed a couplo of hours Admiral Dewey ordered active hostilities to cease bocauso breakfast is now Tho tars kickodj ready in the dining car. in vigorous English according to the un-- j official reports. One of tho gun crew cap- tains on the Olympia is said to havo rushed up to Dewey with the remark: To hell with Don't haul off for breakfast, commodore. We can eat any old time. Lets move up closer and polish 'em off first. breakfast. . But they pulled away; that is, all but the Baltimore, and Captain Wilde drank his coffiee in the rigging, holding a cup iq one hand and a palm leaf fan in tho other to keep the smoke out of his eyes while ho directed his gunners. Finally he caught sight of the breakfast signal and reluctantly retreated, as the Spanish pulled away general cabled to his cabinet. The sailors had breakfast, after which they returned, with full stomachs and a hearty good will, to tho congenial task of polishing off the dons. How well they accomplished it is history now. It has long been an axiom that man fights best on a full stomach, but a new precedent has been established by Admiral Dewey. It may not always be possible to follow his example, but it will do to talk about. As for the Spaniards, they found bullets a poor substitute for coffee. , |