Show how far ought beal ali to be allowed to protect criminals Is it sound poll cy and good morals to continue i tern of camin il court administration wl ach mikes tn immense difference in f ivor of tie rich malefactor male fictor alese ne er practical and important ques lions lvery body knows tl it as tl ings go now it is almost to pun asli a weal 11 y man to tl e full extent of tl e law I 1 et tw 0 citizens of any isdale one poor and tl e other i mil lainne commit exactly the same crime and though their past lives may be eq ally honorable and clean their cli inces of escape from severe punishment will be lery different is much dounda tion for tl e popular belief that a very rich man could commit an ali ocious murder without tie least ask of tie billows could be more hate ful to honest men or more demoralizing to society than such a feeling based on facts is patent as tl ey are ugly fhe remedy must be sought in ore way alone if it is to be effective As long as every man accused of crime is per milled to spend is much roone as lie cl boses in his own defense the addan tage of ti e rich over the poor is tain to exist lilyers tempted by great fees will make a of clearing wealthy criminals by every trick tint ingenuity can devise they will bribe j tries ind hire witnesses by dodge ind twist until the prosecution loses its vigor or until its witnesses die and in some manner II 11 air clients can be wholly cleared or at least saved from heavy penalties n e poor prisoner has no such re sources lie is given a fair defense at the public cost but that is all it U all that any man accused of crime is justly entitled to no citizen of a country like the united states lias a valid mor al claim to a better defense than tl e poorest of 1 is fellow men is assured in any prosecution bl the bt te tl e work of criminal 1 awyers who get huge sums for dealing guilty men is contrary to public interests and to sound principles of it is m the nature of shielding crime ai d multiplying of fuses against tl e laws ahe way to put an end to it is to have counsel as signed by tl c court to evera defendant in 4 cise and paid out of the public treasury alie fees of the actor ney to be collected like other costs from the criminal wl enaver in ill c ibes of conviction ills would not deiy greally Inci edse tie expense to tie taxi aers of maintaining the criminal conits here might be 10 ii ere se at ill h it w as lost in at tornes be deiy likely to be gained in tl e enormous reduction of costs in protracted cases dougl t for ears by camin ils plenty of anon ey but be tl e extra burden 0 taxa tion much or little the people could afford it for tl e s ike of knowing that in tl e courts of justice the rich and poor were on hie same footing and tl at one man s chance of escape from the just penalty of offense was no better 1 is neighbor ahe corn would tl e scandalous spectacle of wealth ed behind a great abray of legal talent defying the ien illies of tl e law which no ioor man could hope to violate with am pin ity ahe greatest need of tie re 1 bublic to day is more i berfect equality in angl ts aid between the various classes of its citizens its dan geis lie in tl e drift toward special pow ers and immunities tor the aeh and bitter discontent ind wild outbreaks by tie proletariat injustice which lends a color of reason to their imaginary wrongs whatever would tend to cl eck tl is source of trouble is well north serious consid aeration by all thourl atul ai d i A meric 11 S lea on tl e snow has been alio llio subject of uninteresting investigation ty ur robert 1 howles alpine climbers concede the curious fact that sun on snow burns more quickly than on rod a or in heated v alleys at a low elevation and lr howles remarks tl at t reflected from ly aulen snow acts much more energetic en ergeti cally on the skin tl an ali it reflected aiom older snow lr bril 11 int day painted fice brown and ascended tl e don er drat was t birge quantity of chere were about oil ars mahlig the in the jeenii g all except r 0 o les smarting from the of s anburn lr lio vhf concludes tint 1 eat Is not the direct c ause 0 sunburn but it 1 rob ably c guised by 11 e violet or alti ulti i viole rays of bigl t wl lali are reflected from tl e snow A I 1 erlin cl on lat to have dis covered a cl brer wl uh will turn a irson to marble in six s tie being tomi let 01 e anui ali after death ou can lave ou r choice of chite blick or mottle 1 marble and it a good alg worth a apiece of statuary |