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Show LENIENT TO THE OFFENDER iron Martin, Old Tims English ' Jurist, Lst Thief Fix Hit Own Punishment. Judges were very considerate In the old dsys. lxrd Hrsiupton, In his ' kemlnlsceuces. relatea a story lllua- 1 tratlng this. Daren Martin, a famous Euglleb 1 Jurlet of tho old school, whose native 1 leniency and tenia of fun often placed 1 him at the mercy of the very men he ' waa trying, waa once about to aen- 1 tenoe an old offender charged with a petty theft. "Look," aald the baron, with an as umptlon of aoverlty; "I hardly know what to do, but you can take all ' months." "I can't take that, my lord; It'a too 1 much," aald the prisoner, respectfully but firmly. "I can't -fake It. Your 1 lordship sees I didn't steal very mucb 1 after all." The baron Indulged In one of his low, chuckling Isughs before replying: reply-ing: "Well, that's verra true; ye didn't ateal much," he said.' "Well, then, ye an tak' four months. Will that do four months?" "Nay, my lord, bu', I can't take that either," was the reply. "Then tak three." "That's nearer the mark, my lord." the prisoner said, approvingly. "Iu' I'd ra'her you made It two. If you will b- so kind." "Verra well. then, tak' two," aald the Judge, with the air of one who In pleased to have done the right thing at last "And wind, don't coma again If you do I'll give ye well, it all de panda!" IDAHO SUPREME COURT SCORED BY ROOSEVELT Decision Barring Progressives Dli cussed by Late Presidential Candidate Candi-date a. National Conference. Chicago. Colonel Theodore rtooie-velt rtooie-velt and George W. Perkins of New York were the leading fjgurea at the tia'lonaJ conference of the Progressive party on Tuesday. Colonel Kooseve.lt, digressing from x prepared address, delivered a vigorous vigor-ous attack upon the Idaho supreme "urt for Ita decision In the recent ramrign regarding presidential electors. elect-ors. Mr. Perkins took he center of the tae when I. became kuown that certain cer-tain of hla fellow Progressives had started a movement to oust him from the national executive com mil tee because be-cause of his former corporation connections. con-nections. Colonel Roosevelt took up 'he flht 'or Mr. Perkins during his address. Pointing out Mr. Perkins and calling Mm by name. Colonel Roosevelt declared de-clared that the New York financier waa one of the men he was proul to have as a fellow worker In the Progressive Pro-gressive parly. Later in the day Mr. Perklui inude a speech In which he asserted tu.'. always al-ways he had been lor Progressive measures and that Jie repented an In tlmurt'on that he was a convert to the cause. ' Colonel Roon-vc'i made. It "plain In hla set iK-e h that the "program of the. Progressive party does not contemplate contem-plate making terms with the Keptib-1 Keptib-1 can party a a party. He aald In ef feet that the new party had come to stay and expected eventually to at trad to Ita banner the Progresslvei who at Hi gave allegiance to the Re publican itn.l Democratic organizations. organiza-tions. Aa .to leadership Colonel Roosevelt (aid the events of the next year ot I wo could be trusted to develop the best man, who mutt be cho en with out regard to the r own desires, but solely wt'h regards to the needs oi the people. |
