Show THE I LA Dit BREAKERS BREAKERS' ARGUMENT It pays to break tho law la That in substance the reply of tho the of Atlantic City hithe to hi tho the Indictment of law breaking g which Is 18 framed L against them and their community by the Investigations of ot tho commission A town attracts visitors from all over the country Hundreds of ot thou thousands ands of ot people only an Insignificant minority of ot them from New Jersey Jerse flock thither every year ear and spend many millions mIllion I of or dollars dollan But Dut th they y would not do go so If tho the excise I Ilaw law were enforced Therefore for tor the sake o ci of ot r pecuniary profits the tho law must be broken and an I It Is broken That Is tho the argument argument We TC have havo doubts of tho the accuracy of ot tho the premises It Is 15 not nol easy to believe bellevo that tho extraordinary growth prosperity and popularity of ot Atlantic City arc are solely or chien chiefly or largely duo to tho the fact that liquor Is sold thieve there on Sunda Sundays s 's If that wore so so what would become Of or all that wo we have heard and truly heard about tho the fine beach tho superb bathing the tho fishing fishing and antI and boating anti and tho the delightful delight delight- ful fil and ami health giving climate of that favored spot Aro all such QuaIl qualities tics nothing Would they at attract attract at- at attract tract nobody If It the tho barrooms were clo closed cd on Sundays Sundays Sundays Sun Sun- days Really It seems to us its to bo be a n. libel upon tho the place to sa say that without freo free drinks on Sunda Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday da day It would amount to nothing But lint even If ff It were so so tho conclusion of or the argument ment mont would still b bo unconvincing No doubt many visitors attracted to New Jersey by the gambling gambl gambl- In ing ilig races at Monmouth Park and Guttenburg and spent much mone money there thero But nut was that a satisfactory reason wh why tho those o sinkholes of ot iniquity should have havo been left undisturbed It P pays S 'S to break breal tho law Why that is tho the argument of or ortho tho the pickpocket tho burglar tho the highwayman man tho the coiner and anti every 1 law breaker The Tho question of or profits in dollars and cents has nothing to do 10 with tIle the question que whether tho ho low Jaw should bo ho repealed hat hat Is Is not made to pre pro profits though as Improbable that that honest and nod abolition of ot those seem to bo o inevitable at- at Ig g of If that particular law lazi 1311 IO JS IQ-JS S to 10 tho the city But J coir rT r of public md the tho question whether I 1 honest enforcement will nd 01 is paramount to all of or dollars and e. e t There Thera Is an omission to provide pro for tho the continI contla- contla I 1 gency of tho the death of or President or Vice VIco President I between tho the time Ume of or election and that of or taking I office This situation has never arisen but there thero Is no guarantee that It will ivill not arise and It ft has Ims been brought to tho fore tore by b- tho the recent Illness of ot Mr Sherman Suppose that Taft TaCt and Sherman should bo be elected b by tho electoral college and anti that which God forbid either cither Taft or Sherman should die between tho the day of ot election and that of ot Inauguration Inauguration ration who would take talco tho vacancy ncy The late lato Senator Hoar labored earnestly to provide provide pro pro- vide against this contingency and anti In vain There Thero never had been such a 3 case and It ft Is s assumed that there never will be bc Let us hope so But If It such sucha a a. contingency should arise thoro might bo ho an embarrassIng embarrassing em em- situation Congress sh should and wont won't provide for 01 such stich n a contingency Probably tho the electors electors elec elec- tors would meet again and hold an election eJection but there Is no legal lebal provision pro for so doing As about one fourth or of the tho Presidents have died In office wo we must assume that tho the accident will ivill somo some time occur between election and Inauguration Phila Philadelphia delphia Inquirer Courtesy Is tho best policy according to Tom Pitt and the tho council The Tho chIef desires that everyone everyone every every- one ono entering his sanctum uncover and salaam showing the tho proper amount of or deference duo one ono of ot such uch regal prominence And tho the council promIses promIses promises prom prom- to punish all who daro dare speak disrespectfully of that bod body Now Kow If Ir the chief would apply the tho same samei i I into his patrolmen and if the council would practice practice tice treating the people fairly and courteously the tho attitude assumed b- b by both would not be bo entirely ridiculous The Tho fact is Hearst has been sowing sowing- seeds of r radicalism In fn this country for tho the last Jast fifteen y years ears and if ho he if Ir finds now that he has taught n m many man manot any of ot his readers to believe bellee In fn tho the political l and c e economic heresies of ot the tho school ho will fi find nd also that ho can not not In a moment o of ot pique t rain train or beg them away awny from om the path ho has hns marked m out for them B Bryan an tho fulfilment of or orall a all 11 ll of Hearst's preachments Seattle Po Post Intel t ll Mr 1 Bryan complains that Mr Taft Is stealing f from rom roni tho Democratic platform and writing things nto i tho the Republican platform which are not there thero Why not pay him back bael In his own coin Thus t the he Republican plat orm has something to sa say say- about bout a tho the negro while the tho Democratic platform is s studious studiously silent Let Mr Bryan then put something some some- thing about tho the negro into his hid personal platform Whether Governor Hughes of ot New York has tho love lovo or the hatred of the politicians matters little Ho has hns tho the honor and respect simply not of tho the rank and filo Ho of or the Republican party but of thousands thousands thou thou- sands of or Democratic and independent voters as well welt and those thos voters demand his |