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PAGE TWO Public Opinion Throughout the Union INEXPERIENCE IS CHEAP AND OFTEN FATAL. Two trains came together on a Pennsylvania railroad last Monday. An engineer was killed and several other men were severely injured. A young girl—a very young girl, according to newspaper dispatches —"was operator in a switch tower, and sent the order which caused the collision. Os course the order was a mis take, due to inexperience. Because inex perience is cheap railroads invest in it when hiring operators. Boys and girls, willing to work for small wages, man the switch towers. They hold the lives of trainmen and passengers in their hands. They are bound to make mistakes, and too often mistakes in switch towers are fatal. Captains and engi neers of vessels intrusted with the responsi bility for the lives of passengers must pass rigid examinations before taking employment. Why should the railroads be permitted to* hire inexperienced boys and girls for positions of no less responsibility?—New York Ameri can. OLD POPS, READ THIS. Out in Texas, in the town of Abilene, is a true-hearted, industrious reformer, who is do ing his level best to stimulate independent though and action, and to revive the interest which tens of thousands of good citizens once felt in Jeffersonian democracy. He has been doing this w r ork at his own expense. Being a poor man, this is an imposition which we ought not to allow. We owe it to ourselves to help the man who is trying to help us. The Jeffersonian strongly urges upon every citizen who feels that in the campaign of 1908 every legitimate effort should be made to bring out a full, independent vote, to send Mr. H. L. Bentley, Abilene, Texas, a contri bution to help him on in circulating literature, conducting a national correspondence, and or ganizing Jeffersonian clubs. If you can send sl, send it —send it now. If you can spare $5, send that. Thousands of you can send $lO and never miss it. Do it, and reap the reward of that good feelin which follows th® performance of a good deed. If you can send no more than 25 cents, send that amount. The Jeffersonian can vouch for Mr. H. L. Bentley, and for the fact that that money will be honestly applied to the purpose herein in dicated. THE ALDRICH MEASURE. What is the matter with the Aldrich bill? Various and sundry things. In the first place it will not do what a properly framed measure for relief ought to do. It might help a little in furnishing temporarily an emergency cur rency, but it would have little if any effect in forestalling the emergency. Such is the opinion of a number of the farseeing financial men of the country. The suspicion arising in a large part of the country against the Aldrich measure is based to some extent on the mistrust of its author. He is believed to be largely influenced by an TtlE JEFFERSONIAN. environment that is as selfish in its motives as it is greedy in its ends. The name of Aldrich is closely assorted with the monster trust evil from which the country has been suffering for years. Any active movement he may espouse is regarded more or less in the light of a play into the hands of the powerful in fluence. That in itself is sufficient cause for the development of a widespread suspicion against a far-reaching measure which Senator Aldrich actively supports. He has never been known for his intetest in the welfare of the people. He is a bosom friend of the trusts, and he is usually found lined up in their favor when they want something big done by congress. That’s Aldrich. —Birmingham News. AS THE TWIG IS BENT. The substance of President Roosevelt’s ad dress to the Religious Education Association delegates was that as the twig is bent ethically so will the tree incline. It was a homily on the need of more definite teaching of morals to the young, and of the fundamental need of cultivating self-reliance and self-direction in the child if manhood and womanhood is to be of the right sort. Excellent advice, applica ble to civics as well as to ethics. Too much bending, however, makes for fractures. —Bos- ton Herald. A GOOD PLATFORM—PUT SOLICITORS ON SALARY. Solicitors have nothing to do directly with legislation, though they may indirectly. Ido not believe the Solicitor’s services worth more to the State than that of the Judge; and as a general proposition the So licitor is not an abler lawyer, or one who would command more practice. I therefore favor placing Solicitors on a salary not to exceed that of the Judges of the Superior Court. Then let all of the fees of the Solicitors be paid into the treasuries of the several counties in which they originate and be devoted to the futherance of the present common school system. In this way the people of the several counties would re ceive the immense perquisites that some claim the Solicitors are now receiving under the fee system and the common school fund would be greately augmented. With the fee system abolished the temptation would be removed to load up the docket with cases to be nol pressed on payment of cost. No case should ever reach the docket that deserves to be nol pressed on payment of cost. Then again I favor giving the Soli’citors a four year term and make them ineligible to re-election. With the fee system abolished and the services limited to one term of four years at a time, all of the temptations inci dent to the office of Solicitor-General would in a great measure be removed and only one incentive could remain and that would be to discharge his duty to the State fearlessly. I have advocated this for twenty years and stand for the same thing today. lam making the race for Solicitor of the Western Circuit on these issues and my influence shall con tinue to be used in the furtherance and con summation of these three principles. I will appreciate the support of my fellow citizens of the circuit and if elected I will give the best services of my life to the dis charge of the duties of the office. M. D. IRWIN. Lawrenceville, Ga. PEOPLE’S PARTY CALLED TO MEET. By virtue of the authority invested in me, I hereby call a State meeting of the People’s Party of Arkansas to meet in the city of Little Rock on Wednesday, April 1, at 10 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national convention to be held in St. Louis April 2, 1908, and for such other busi ness as may properly come before the meeting. All labor, farmers or other organizations and individuals in sympathy with our principles and movements for reform, and who will agree to co-operate with us in our efforts for relief from existing financial and political conditions, are cordially invited to attend and take part in our deliberations. The meeting will be held in- Labor Temple, Second and Scott streets, No. 122 Scott. A. W. FILES, Chairman State Executive Committee, People’s Party.—Arkansas Call. 125 SONGS FRFF (WORDS and MUSIC) 1 NATIONAL SONGS, HYMNS, HOME SONGS, HEART SONGS, SACRED SONGS, ETC., FOR LOVERS of Melody everywhere. Grandest collection ever gotten together. Also 100 instructive points for Music Lovers, showing the elements of music and how it is learned. Among the songs are: Home, Sweet Home, Abide Witn Me, National Hymn, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, Juanita, Listen to the Mocking Bird, Soft Music is Stealing, Star Spangled Banner, Boat Song, and over 100 others. 250,000 copies already sold. Everybody wants one. We send this MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF SONGS AND HYMNS, including 100 points in music course, FREE, to everyone sending us 25 cents for a 4-months’ trial subscription to the Home and State, the illustrated Family Magazine, 32 pages, 128 columns, lots of pictures, good sto ries and articles. No need to go to a music store and pay 10 to 25 cents a copy for sheet music when you can get these 125 Songs and Music FREE. Send 25 cents (silver or stamps) today before you forget it. Address THE HOME AND STATE, 319 Commerce St., Dallas, Texas. ANNOUNCEMENT. To the Voterw of the Northern Judicial Cir cuit: I announce my candidacy for the office of Solicitor-General of the Northern Judicial Circuit, subject to the primary to be held for that purpose. I assure you that I will appre ciate your support L. D. M'GREGOR