Absolutely the only hope of radical reform lies in a straight-out, aggressive and fearless fight upon both the old parties, which in turn have had control of the Government, and which have played into each other’s hands in forging the chains of class legislation which now bind and burden the Common People.
Is It Paul Jones’s Body?
Have they found the body of John Paul Jones?
The experts say that they have.
To the legal mind, the fact that experts had to be called in to pass upon the question of identity is sufficient to arouse suspicion and provoke investigation.
As stated in a former number, I was certain they would find Paul Jones—in their minds—for that was what they were looking for.
Whenever, for instance, the medical expert starts out to find arsenic in the human stomach, arsenic generally shows up all right enough.
In like manner French experts were called in to identify a certain corpse as that of Paul Jones, and, after the most elaborate and beautifully regular formalities, they solemnly pronounced the verdict which they knew was expected and which they were predisposed to find.
“This is Paul Jones, isn’t it?” asks General Porter, most suavely, not to say persuasively.