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Show Inadequate Authority Senator James P. Clark of Arkansas Arkan-sas Is not one of the story tellers of - the senate, but ho told tho following recently with great relish: "One of the best known Judges In my state was hearing a caso tho last time I went back there and the law-yvr law-yvr for the defendant to lllustrnto a point, declared: "Your honor, as the Dlblo tells vs every tub must stand on Its own hot- torn. "Tho learned Judge promptly inter rtipted, Informing him that ho was ' no mean Dlblo scholar and that he was posltlvo tho quotation was not ! to k? found In holy writ. "The lawyer heard him in respect-1 respect-1 ful silence, scratched his liclid 1 thoughtfully and said: "You honor, you aro doubtless right, but I maintain that It's durncd ' good doctrlno, and It It Isn't In the Dlblo It ought to bo!" Washlngtsn Star. |