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Show I election and inauguration. Advocating Hint tin- .Into of o presidential election and inaugu ration be brought closer than November of one year and Marth of the following year, the officers of the American Bar Association have recommended thai a change be made as suggested, and an .-ast-ern paper, commenting on tin- subject, says-The says-The ailininistratn.il of a president who, near the end of his tirst term is defeated t"r a s nd is discredited as having received a vote i wanl of confidence. During its final four months, of urse. such an administration carries no prestige either .ii horn abroad And in the final four months of auj administration, particularly if it is to be succeeded by one of different political pnnViplcs and poli-cii poli-cii , there is n lack of initiative in government which, in easily conceivable circumstances, might not only embarrassing embar-rassing but positively dangerous. For instanee, in the period between McKiniey'a election and his inauguration the Cuban question might have devel: oped n demand for immediate action which it would have greatb embarrassed Presidcnl ( 'leveland t tak. Again, this historic example of the opportunities to prepare for secession se-cession of the slaw state; which were aeeordc ! by disloyal federal offi.-m's under Imciui nan in the four months following fol-lowing the election of Lincoln stands as a convincing proof of the evil of the nation's broad twilight zone in government govern-ment In matters of importance to the nation no retiring pres- , ident would care to initiate polii ies which he did not expect his successor to carry oul or i saddle an incoming adfflin-afnatinri adfflin-afnatinri with the eonseouenees of policies it W()Uld not have I chosen for itself The result, therefore, is a period of almost complete governmental inactivity. The dates of the president's election and inauguration were determined original!) by congress to suit the necessities necessi-ties of that time Tin- date of the inauguration has since been fixed by an amendment to the constitution It can be changed, therefore only in the same way. The date of the election could be changed more easily and there are many strong reasons why it should be changed. CAREFUL MILK TESTS Sot important is the supervision of the milk supplies of large cities that great care is exercised in the work an.! organizations arc formed the sole object of which is to prescribe rules, enforce the same and require tests Lately the 'New York Milk Committee'' has offered to fur aish Ogden with speakers and literature to promote legislation relative rela-tive to milk and milk products At the suggestion of the National Commission on Milk Standards, Stand-ards, the New York Milk Committee has organized a service bureau as an aid to those cities in need of better official control of their milk supplies. In the earlier campaign for pure milk, it soon was apparent that the chief obstacle in the waj ol securing a clean ami safe milk supply sup-ply for New York, as v. ell as other American cities, was the fact that public health offiicals and other authorities ere not agreed as to standards of purii foi milk. To meet this need, the New York-Milk York-Milk Committee organized in 1911 and has since financed, a national na-tional commission on milk standard) i insisting of J of the leading authorities in the United States and Canada on public health ami aiilk sanitation The members of this commission were carefully selected se-lected as to the include chemists, bacteriologists, health officers and agricultural experts who would represent different parts of the coun rv and would also be recognized .is leading authorities in their lines Through the meetings of this commission, unanimous reports and recommendations have been obtained These have been published pub-lished at various times by the United States Public Health Service itnd furnished to American cities for th first time a basis for un-form un-form standards and grades for milk. The chief features of the work of this commission have been ps follows : A standard time and temperature for the pasteurization ol milk. The recommendation that all milk be pasteurized excepting milk corresponding to certified milk in characti r That milk be traded into at lensl three trades: A, B and C no I cording to its sanitary hara ter mid that each grade he distin ! H guished by its own Label on the final container. That the most important method for determining the sanitary j character of milk is the examination for the number of bacteria bj ii stadanrd methods, mmmj ; I A SAVAGE DEMAND. A Salt Lake paper, after the announcement had been made I of Mayor Bock's confession oi guilt, neeompanied by a state-' I ment of restitution and reparation, urged that the former mayor be relentlessly pursued to the end The old Mosaic demand w as pleaded, of an eye for an eye and ; a tooth for a tooth , Civilization is getting awaj from the ancient idea of vengeance.' I Which found its highest enforcement in the rack, when transgressors: were tortured to death No petty offender was ever so severely punished, no wrong-doer! I 60 crushed with shame as is the deposed mayor. The ordinary violator of the law can escape to where no one pursueth, but one who has been so bighlj honored must face ob-j ob-j loquy wherever he goes, now and in the years to come His family is j humiliated beyond measure What more is wanted by way of pun-1 ishmcnt or warning to others rwh- might be tempted? Would you have a pound of flesii, or would ou pluck out the heart, the strings to which have been sundered? I In the old days the Indians delighted in binding a victim to a stake and torturing him. That was savage pleasirre which came from seeing a human being writhe in agon;.. Have we some of that same savagery still within us? PLAYING THE GAME. I When Resolute crossed the line ahead of Shamrock IV, Sir jl Thomas Lipton was first to cheer. 'j The clean sporting spirit of Sir Thomas has robbed the inter -j national yacht nice of an intense feeling of rivalry and a big pari I f the American public would not be grieved if the Irish boat should , take back the America's cup tor the first time in half a century, i There always has been good sportsmanship in the British Isles j It is from the English that we get our sense of fair play in athletic J contests and even in quarrels settled by a resort to fists. J It is ingrained in the Anglo-Saxon race to demand a fair field ,1 with no favorites, and the English speaking people even insist on 1 certain rules of humane conduct on the field of battle. |