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The Times-Dispiitch 7W^?jP^nEE^^CHKf VA. ENTERED JAN. 27. ISM. Ai niCHMOND. VA.. AS4 SECONB CI.ASS MATTER UNDER ACTOl CONGRESS OF .MARCH 3, 1S79. THE B AIL Y TIH\\ffi~X)l SPA. TCII IS flOLD AT TWO CENTS A Cniy. THE SUNDAY Tl.MI'.S-l.l^l'All-Il IS SOLD AT F1VE CENTSA rn '\. BA1LY T MES-mSPATCH B\MA1U Me. A MONTH. ?S A YEAlt! &.?,??? 8IX MONTHSi Sl.oO FOH 1HREE, ':M^UXDAV TIMES;DISPATCH BV MAlb, $2THEJiBAiLY TlMES-mSPATCH. IN CLI'DINO SUNDAY, RY CARRIER. l&C. ^theVhWdat times-dtspatcm, BY CARniF.lt. RC, PER JVl-nSK., VT,.n WEEKLYTTMES-BISPATClL$nEAR ALL UNfltONED OOMMUMCAHONH Wlll, BE REJECTED. ,?,.??..,?, REJECTED rOMMUNTCATtON| ^ HYL [NOT be RETFRNED UNLESS Al COMP4NIED BY STAMPS. UPTOWN OFl'MCK AT T. A. MILL ERS'. r.lO E. BROAD. __ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 190.'!. IF WE HAD SUCCEEDED. The ceromonles In Loo Camp bn the 20th Instnnt, nttendnnt upon tho pre pentation to that organl-.ntlon of a por .tralt of General James L. Kcmpcr, liayo rewelved wldespread notlce by misotn .of the speeches mado thore, ln nll ot (whloh was1 a storn 'rnprobntlon and ro pudlntlon of tho absiird' and ignoble doctrlno that wo ought to bo glad thnt tho South did not succoed in her strug glo for independence. Any such odmlsslon ns that would bo as much as to say that the Confoderates flow to arms wlthout knowlng what they wero dolng, and llke a lot of angry nnd spoiled chlldren, wero demandlng for thomselvcs a thlng whlch would havo been hurtful to them had' thoy beon suc cessful In socurlng it. lt would bo also to concedo that our peoplo, who moro than any other people have sliown tholr capaclty for self-gov ' e'rnment, would havo proved Incapablo of conductlng a government all tholr own when complete power was placed ln' thelr hands. Loyalty to our heroic dead and a rea sonablo falth tn their wisdom and fore slght forbid any such ldea as that In dulged ln by those Southorners who eay?thoughtlessly, wo feel sure?thnt it is "better that the war should havo endod as It did." ln tbe oplulon of tho Lee Camp ora t6rs, and in our judgment, neither sen tlment nor fact; neither experlence of the past nor proper forocostlng of tho 1'uture, sustains that vlow. If tho Con federacy had won in Its appeal to arms, lt would havo been optlonal with It to ihaintalu a separato government. or to proposo a reunlon of tho Statos upon thoso lines nnd with those safeguards which experlence had taugbt us were necessary. So far aa slavery was concerncd, lt was doomed anyway. Tho Soutiiorn peoplo were unwilling that a gang of meddllng and murderous John Browns should "make" them do thls or that thlng, but, left to themselvea, frced from the nagglng and tagglng of abolltlonlsts, 'they would have provlded for tho grad ual omnnclpation of their negrocs. Then we should havo had none of tho dislress of reconstructlon tlmes, nono of tlio s-po llation of the post-bollum period, uone of the horrors of negro cnfrnnchisemcnl. VVhether wo should have chosen to set up a separate republie or to have made terms for a reunlon of the States, all thoso miseries and more wo should havo escaped. : The suggestion of a reunlon after se cesslon is no new idea born of the ne cessltles of an argument; no, it was ad vanccd early and emphatlcally ln tho flrst days of secesslon. ln that valuablo reppsltory of learnlng and patlent research, tho "ofllclal report of the Hlstory Committee of the Grand Camp, Confedcrate Veterans, Depart ment of Vlrglnla," by Judgo Goorgo L. Christlan,.?rnado Qetober 11, 1900, wo flnd' the fbllisVIrig:' "On tho secesslon of Mlsslsslpp.1, her conventlon sent a corhtnissionor iProm that Stute to Maryland, who. at lhat tlme, it may be sure, expressed tho real objecls sought to be obtalned by secos sloii by Iho great body of the Southern people, Ho sald; " 'Secesslon Is not lntended' to break up tho present government, but to por petuato it. We do not proposo to go out by way of destroying tho Unlon, as our fathers gavo lt to us, but we go out for the Rurpo'so of gettlng furthor guar uniees and soeurlty for our rlghts,' otc, "And so wo bollovo, that wlth the suc :ess of the South, the 'Unlon of our fathers," whlch tho South was tho prin slpal ractor ln forming, und to whlci. sho waa far moro attached tbun the North, would hav,: been restorod and re-ostab llshed; that In thls Unlon, tho South would havo becri agaln the domliiunt people, tlie controlllng power, and that Its adniinlatratlon of the government lu that Unlon would havo boen nlong con Btltutloiial iuid Just llnes, und n it througli milltary dlstrlcts, attempted QpnJIscations, force bljla, and ot'uer pp prcsslvo nnd lllegal methods, such us chara'utorized tne conduct of tlie North l'or four years after the war, In its al Jeged restoratlon ot a Unlon whlch it denled bad over been dlssolved. * "Aa to ib,; abolttloh of Bliiveryi Whllst jve know of no ono ln tho South who doea not rejolce that thls has bton ac? complishcd, we know of no ono, any wiu-re, so lost to ovory sonso of rlght ioi to condomri ihe Inlqub iiii'ii thls waa dono. Bm int that no matter how iided, lt would havo re. .-?? d .:n of the slave, nn<; the su(..i ot tho South tbe North, although per. imptly. ranted in thls conelusloiv onaldoratlona-r-d) lt was iowii |n ? ar lasl report ir ti ma oondltlon. Tho prosperlty that now nttends tho Bouth is ehlefly duo to Iho oxertlons of her own people. And" thoy wouid have done Ixjtter?not worae -If thelr llahds liad been entlrely ?free; If thoy had not been bufdeiied by an exbeBslvd tnrlff?nor exlmusted by a drns tla rovwuie tax, nor put to frerjuont n.enaeo and alarm by Federal Interfer enco ln tho rncti IPSIIP, So, we reitornto, thnt n cause so right* eotis nnd Just as ours descrvcd to stio eeed, and for our part, Wltllo we are h'ow loya.1 to the Unlon and tako pn.o In tho greatncss of tho nntlon. wo shuJl novor coneodo, for wo do not bellovo lt in our heart, that It waa bost for tho South that her cause failed. A WORD ABOUT LOYALTY. We have recolved the usual sprJng no tlficatloii from a Northorn bo'ncerri that a ropresentatlve of tho houso wlll bo ln Richmond at a corUln tlme to take or dl-ra- for spring sults. Every spring and every fail cltlzens of Richmond rocelyo such notillcaUons, and wo tako It for grdiitod thnt uheso Northorn coficerna Hnd profl table business here, olso tlny wouid not incur tho pxponso of se-.iillng a rfepre sentaUvo.'to Richmond to tnko ordors. Bul lt ls a puzzlo to us thnt any cltl/.cn of Richmond should profer to purchase hia summcr or fail sutt from a Northorn houso. Wo havo In Rlchhiond an linusu ally large numbor of first-rato tallorlng establishments, and in some of them it 13 posRible to got a good stilt of clothea aa chcap as a rcady-mado suit. Thero are also medium-prlceci tallors and hlgh priccd tallors. A man can flnd ln Rich? mond any sort of a suit of clothcs ho doslt-es and at reasonablo prices. Why then should nc wish to send to somo Northorn clty to havo hls tallorlng dono? lt ls nll a mystery whlch wo cannot explalii; hut somo folks prcfor to havo somothlng that comos from the Northorn cllme. Instead of feeling a prldo ln hav? ing a ihomo-mado artlclo, thoy nre proud when they can sport a forolgn-mado ar? tlclo. Wo do not understand that sort of feeling. It seema to us that every Rlch monder wouid bo proud to ,wear a home rmido arllclo; wouid bo proud whon ho goea away from home to say that hls ccthes and his shoes and his hat were all supplled by homo manufacturcra. That is the sort of loyalty that makes a clty, and tiho great mnjority of men and wo? men in Richmond havo thnt loyalty to perfoction. Thoso who patronlzo tho for? elgn concerns aro tho exceptions, and there must alwaya be exceptions to provo tho rulo, THE KING CASE. There were moro startllng developments yesterday in tho caso of ox-Alderman Klng. It appears from facts brought out by tho Commonweaith's Attorney?and, hy tho way, lt ls a blesslng for a clty to lhavo a bravo nnd honest Common woalth's Attorney HUo Bavlo Rlchai'dson ?that, some of Aldcrman King's frienda nnd soino of hls assoclates havo been trylng to prejudlce the Jury in his favor. We do not want to interfero, as Mr. Klng ls now to bo trlcd by a Jury. We want hlm to havo a perfectly falr trlal, nnd lf ho can establlsh his Innoccnco wo shall be gratlilcd, but there must be no dlckerlng with Uio Jury. Serious charges havo been brought agalnst Mr. Klng, nnd it is for tho JiuV to^ascertaln (ihethor or not thoso charges aro truo. We want an honest Jury and a foarless Jury, and we want a verdict ln accord anco with the facts. Moreover, If any of Mr. King's asso? clates ln tho Board of Aldormen havo been trylng to dlckor wltu tho Jury, or trylng to pack tho Jury lll hls fnvor, tlio peoplo ot Richmond wouid llko to know lt. Wo have had scandal enough ln our mr.nlclpal iissembly wlthout dragglng It into court. It is said also thnt every technlcallty of tho In.w will ho employed ln King's behalf. That ls bhe pi-lvllego of his attor nc-ys. But the law ls made to punlsh crimilnais. hot ito make loctpholes >for thelr cscape. lf Klng ls tniiocont, he shc-uld bo oxoneratod nnd llboratod, But if ho la gullty ho must not bo allowed to escapo punlshmcnt through a technl? callty, Thero must bo a falr trial and a rlghtoous verdict, ln accordanco with tho fnctr-., not ln accordanco with the tooh nicalitlPR. Tho peoplo of Richmond aro In no hu roor to be trlfled with. They havo not losr. Interest in the case?even if it has Jkcn contlnucd from tlmo to tlme. A PLEA FOR YOUNG MEN. A correspondont cf our afternoon con temporary, tho News-I.eador, says that tho young man who wns ahot recently on Oapitol Sciuare was a vlctlm of .tho llquor trallle, nnd then asks: ??Will not the groat heart of tho Gen or'al Assombly, now coiwoned ln thls same clty. for tlie best Intnresta of the wliulu country. throb tn aympathy, und a dotcrminatlon to enact a tompernneo law for tho salvatlon of tho youth of Ihe land?tlio coiintry's futuro hope nnd dopendonce'i*" Thero ls a law whlch prohiblts the aale of lntoxlcaling llquors to mlnors, nnd Justlco Crutcllfleld ls trylng to onforco it It ought to bo enforced. and so ought tim law prohlbltlng tha salo of clgiirnttea t6 mlnors, But tho youth who nxpopts to bo saved by lcglslatlon ls In dimger oi lic-11 I'.re. The youth who wlslies to make suro of belng snved must savu.vhlmself. Ufe Ih b strugglo, nnd thoro Is nn .vltitory, wlthout lt. Boys can't bo naved by iegls latlou from an Immornl llfo. Nor men NEW ENGLAND CLAP-TRAP. .s-natnr lionr recently roinnrked that negroes llko Bookcr Washlngton aro ns waloomo at his ti.blo as nt tlio Whlte House, Now that mcans, If it lt a sln ri-iv Btottjinonti ilmt educute<l negro Inds oi'6 wi-lr.mii: to call on tho lnssios ln Mr. Hnar'H household und wl.i thelr li.-urts if thoy can and marry iH'-m an-i luliig forlh a gi-i.oi-.ilinn of muluttoea. lt mcans thnt Mr. lloar wouid wt-lcoine thc-si! tnulatto chlldren into tin- famlly nnd ba ?;i;id to know tha,l the- blood of hls famlly clrcu i.-i-ei| in ti.dir velna. or perphancp, lf one of tho ynung men I-. ii.e l.ihr.ly siimild m.-crry a Wack wo rnan of pmture nmi ivfinemi-ut Mr. iioar woulii WL-U-iiiiit- thL> klnlsy-hulivil woman ai.d vyejeomo tlia )(.ii:l:y-hain\j ciiiluien lii-.t t)i-/uld Iaj burne of tim union, and bo proud for them U bear his famlly tinme, Now, it Mr, Hoar is sincero, let hlm oome out nnd declara hlmself! to thls ef feot. If tho negro la to be roeognlaed as a soelal oqual, whero 'shall tho llno be drawn7 If a father permlls a youns mah to ivlslt nt his house, how can he eom slstontly protcst if tlio young man wlshes to pay his addreHscs to tho glrl? Wo of tho Sotith understand thla, and so wo aay thnt there must bo a shtrp line, and that thero must be no mlxing, There muot 13o no depnrturo whatevor from tho sacrotl trndltlons. BLANDFORD CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL. It is iproposed to eonvort tho famous old brlck ohurch at Blandford Into a Confedorato memortal chapel, nnd ln'pur suanco of that plnn tho Ladles' Memorlal Assoclatlon of Petor.aburg proposes to havo a memorlal window for oaoh of tho Southern fltatos whlch sooedod, and for oaoh of tho two States ithat sympathlzod wlth Iho Confedoracy. Tho Indox-Appeal says thut tlio work ls now in a atato of readinoss to recolvo tho windows, and It hns beon deemed propot* that Vlrglnla should tako tho lnltlatln'o, thotigh it Is understood that two othor States alroady have tho mot^oy In hand necossary for their windows. It hns boon declded by the Ladles' Memorlal Assoelation to Imvlte contnlbutlons from all parts of tho Stato, so that lt wlll bo a Vlrglnla window ln fact as well as in namo. Tho sum to be ralsed for tho Vlrglnla window Is $100, and thero ought to bo no troublo in ralslng that nmount. Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch wlll oheerfuly ro celvo subsorliptlons, and wlll stnrt tho llst wlth $10, Who wlll bo tho next? A neS^discovery. We aro informed from Chlcngo that Dr. Jacques Loob has discovered that niusculat- and nervoua dlseases, such ut St. Vltus' dance, jmralysls, agltans, loco motor ntaxla nnd sleeplcssness oun be cured by adminlsterlng calclum salts; that Is, such salts as aro found ln well waler and many foods. Announcomont of thls dlsc'overy in scientiflo resoarch by the former head of tho dopartment of physiology at the Universlty of Chlcngo has just beon made. ln ono of the decennlal publica tlons just issuod by tho Universlty of Chlcngo Press, Dr. Locb tells of his ex porimenl on lower fonns of life and tho concluslons suggested in regard to hu man belngs. . Rlmply stated, the concluslon Is that the preaenco of calclum salts ln tho mus cles ls what prevents thelr twltching; that practlcaly all nervous dlseases are caused by tho absence of tho calclum, and that, theroforo, to restoro tho ouro is to dose wlth calclum salts. Every timo these "important dls coverles" aro made thero is a flutter ln tho great company of diseased poople, and vislons of health danco through their minds. But tho remedles do not seem to bo last. v They aro llke tho quack mod lclnus, as soon as the newspapors stop advortlslng them thoy aro forgot, On tho lst of March llio Great North ern Rallway will inaugurate a new fast train servlce that will practlcally put the Atlantlc coast and the Paclllc coast cltlos twolvo hours closer together. By thls soliodule people can leavo the Pt.gct Sound cltlos and reach Rlehmond or New York ln nlnety-slx hours. Tho traln wlll leavo Seattlo nt 8:30 A. M. dally, reach Ing St. Paul at 10:30 P. M, on tho thlrd day, sixty-two hours from tho coast. Closo conncctlons w-ill bo mado at St, Paul wlth eastbound trains, brlnging passengers into Chicago in ample tlmo lo mako conncctlons wlth the fast east ern tralna, nnd landlng them ln New York at the end of tho fourth day of travol. Tho run from Chlcngo to Rleh? mond vla Clnclnnatl Is. about tho sarno ns to New York by tho other east and west llnes.' Tho WalbTblll regulatlng tho llquor trafflc has passed tho North Carollna Legislature, and thus become tho law of tho State. Under thls law all tlie whis key business done legally ln North Caro? llna wlll be dono ln the citloa and Incor porated towns. Thls.a^pplles to manufao turing ps well ns selllng whlskey at ro tall. Tho law will not glve satlsfactlon to tho extromo temperance peoplo, to say nothlng o. tho out and out pcohlbltlon ists, although It comes a littlo nearer to prohibltlon than anythlng that has yot beon attempted ln tho Stato of North Carollna or any other Stato tliat has not mado a pretenso nt actual prohibl? tlon, Llko nll other laws of thls char? aeter, llio Watts law has a number of weak plaees ln lt, and it is very llkely thnt thoae who wlsh .ro'Tvndo it wlll bo quick to find them. Tho proposliiori to glvo tho nnmo of Mouteuuma to the now Stato that is to bo mado ot New Mexlco nnd Arizona does not tnko well. As far ns we havo been ablo to dlscovor, not a slnglo nowu papor In tliojand approves of the namo. Hlstoloally tho namo soems lo flt vory well, but It has too much of a Mcxlcan-Spunlsh twang to sult tho nv orngo Amerlean, For lnstanco, tlie Spiing flold Republican auya: "It would nppear nuich moro flitlng to namo the Common wcalth Putrlck Henry. For Pntrlok, WhJJo uo sort of a person to niiino a now Stato after,was at lenst ono of us and not a heathen cniperor," r Mr, Cortetyou, tlio new niombor of tlio Cablnot, hus beon heard from. Ho pro? poses for Congivss to add about $700, 000 per year to tho payrolls to componsato the eniployts of tho now Comnitrco and La bjr Depai'tmc-nt. Tliia rneans that sov eral hundred rnoro oniployes aro to bo added to tlio Govcrninoril'n forces und that inany inore peoplo ud'lod to tbe pop: ulatlon of AVnshington. Secretary Cor telyou has ulao lot lt be known tliat ho la not golng to bo inodest in clalmlng good ijuuriers l'or his son. IIo wlll only aak for a dopartmc-nt bullding that wlll coat teivcn nillllona, Ho la sald ti? ho a i.ian who goes wlth vigor for a thlng that ho really wunta, und, wlfhal, hussomo inlghty ])cruuaa|vo wuyu. Tho pyraniltl of tho Life. Insurance Company of Vlrglnla allOWfl that tho bus? iness of the company ln aixtccu yeara haa growil aUtccii-foul. Thal la to say, the business. ln tlio slxuonlh year .was nearly e)xteon tlmca as great w lt was ia the ft'rdt* year of tho compaliy'fl exlatonco. I'hat ls tho inosl l>u?lncss-1lko lfl to 1 proBo<fltIon thnt wo have socii, , An orighmi "forty-nincr" returnud to San leranclHeo tlin other day, and be eatifie ho could flnd nono of hls tortner oompahlohs flommlUeil suiclde, Ho soemod to ItnoWWhoro to loolc foi^Uierri. The Moston alobo says! "Mlss Allce Itoosevett hns had n great tlme at the Carnlval,' Now lot tho Fresldoht go South aiid seo how eordlolly ho wlll bo rocelvod Ih Now OrlcanH^sbolOtJr".'' Tho ' troublesomo Indroncs aro fiirnlsh ing the antt-lmpornllstfl of Boston a llt? tlo mnterlal for gna, nnd that ls about all tho now outbrenk in Luzon wlll amounttp, Tho handkerchlof Mrs. Roosovolt sent to Dallas brought }lf!. tho Dnllos women have thdnked Mrs. Roosovett and wo suppoae tho incldent may now be sald to bo closed. Congress has only six moro dnys ln whlch to do mlschicf, and stil). tho Prcs Idont has not mado up hls mlnd about tho oxtra sosslon. Somo Northorn*"pnPc,'s aro expersslng surpriso that Mlss Roosovolt was honor od ln Now Orlonns, nnd that sho had such a good tlmo. Thoso things occaslon no surpriso down hqro, whoro wo know Now Orleana and New Orleans people. Tho Hon. Reed Smoot ls In Washlngton and llkos it vory much. So far he thlnks hls desk ln the Sennto chamlber has not gono anywhere. That gentleman who so bnldly doclnrod Ahat Gormany con llck 11* "with ono hand tled bohlnd hor" got hls namo In prlnt. Thoro are many ways of dolng It Evldently tho shoemakoru' strlko at Lynn, Mass.,- wlll havo to be referred to Tho Hague. . Washlngton~ocTety, whicii has bcun worklng ovortlnvo, wolcomos Lent as por liapa lt ls welcomed nowhero else. When once"Tho;y""starT, sky-scrapers will bo aa "catchlng" In Richmond as tho moaslea. Thoso paper_~~that aro being printed at sea aro a llttlo Tocky, With a Comment or Two. Had Senator Claytor been a menrber of Congress rather than tho State Dogis latura, in aJl probablllty escaplng gas .wouid not havo had such a bo.d effoct on hlm.?Froderlck-burg Star^ If not, why not? Do you refer to tho quallty? Be more expllclt. Regnrdlcss of n law to tho contrary, tliere seems to be plenty of North Caro? lina cltlzens cdrrylng flring anna con cealcd. The result wouid lndlcate that tho harvost was on.?Concord Trlbuno. The troublo thero as every where ls: It requlros somo such tragedy as that, whioh occurred ln Ralelgh on Saturday last, to brlng tho law to tho attentlon of thoso whoso duty it ia to constontly enforco lt. Do the doctot's and other sclentlfio folks who are always telllng us about the mlcrobes In water ever stop to re flect that thoy will ultlnmtoly get peo? ple so susplcious that they wlll qult drlnklng water entlrely? Then what wlll wo temperanco folks do??Montgomery Advertiser. Comlng from that sourco "wo temper? anco folks" is good. Ono of the now States is to be callod "Montozuma." That ls a ouphonious name and has rlch hlstorlcal nssoc'sulons, but It wouid. havo been preforablo to havo named tho Stato after the great Amerl? can statesmiin, Thomns JeTforson, rathor llinn tho emperors of the Aztcos. It sooms likely to bo the last ohnnco tho country will havo to honor ? Jefforson, the grent purchnser of raw materlal for Staios w.'th tlio namo of a State?Norfolk Vlrglnlan Pllot. Thero wlll bo States enough, We haven' cominencod to sllco up Texas yet. i o North Carolina Sentiment. Here seoms to ho a caso of stable lock ing after the depnrturo of tho horsos. The Ralolgh News and Obsorver says: "Let us walt to test tho Losrlslati.ro by whnt lt nccompllshes when tho sum total of Its lcglslatlon ls in tha statutos. Whoreln lt errs, criticism should not u. wllhhold; whoroln It has boon wlso, praise should be glven. lt wlll mako mistakos, but all that it does should be consldercd together nnd a genoral avoi-ngo taken of tho finished loglulatlon." The North Carollnas papors seom to bo greatly stlrred up over tho recent trnge dles In Ralolgh and Charlotto. Tho Dur linm llcrnld saj's: "Thls thing of killlng pooplo upon slight provocatlon ls becomtng alarmlng, and whnt mnkos lt worso, tho law affords Ut.tlo proteotlon, lt lt hnd beon nbsolutely cortnln that a hanglng wouid i'ollow a. murdor tho trngodles at Clu.rlot.te and Ralelgh wouid not havo occurred." On tho samo subject, tho Nowborn Jour nnl has thls to say: "ln ovory cily thero are men carry? lng plstols, a dcadly mouaco to thelr communlty, and vlolators of law, and publlc morallty, who ought to bo mado cxamples of untll tho law ls reapected. "Tho law ls plaln on thls matter. Tho troublo Is that lt Is too flngrantly and too ofton vlolatod, and untll tho law Is strlotly enforced, the publlc mny expeot ropetltlons of tho horrlblo affnlrs ln Ral? olgh and C.'hat'lotto," Here is tho Ralolgh Post's vlow of tho effoct of tho bcof comblno: "Tho beef trust may bo an lllogal com? blno for 'malntainiiig prlcos,' but so long aa tlio farmers wlio rnlso the anlmuls get a blg share of tho 'ralso' wo pre Kiimo tho rest of us.n.ust submit?do tho boat wo can und stand by tho farmers," Regurdlng tho "ovlotlon" of the colored postiiiatiter, Ylclt, at Wilson, nnd tho ap ])olntmont of Dr. Person, tho Dupliu Jour nnl says: "Thla ia noltlier a vlctory foi- I'j-ltchard nor Itoosuvclt. tho Lily Wliltes nor the negroes, but rnthor a compromjae In that tlio iiuccessfiil caiidlduto, Dr. Porson, though a "Lily White" now. ln tlio duya of fusion attompted to place Wilson un? der pegro government. It must bo rathor hiimtliutlng to Wllson's 'Lily Whltes' to thiiik that it took Slxty daya for tho whoie Republlcan pavty, Stnio nnd na? tional. to flnd a whltp ,??? '" tht) t'011" ,iy of Wilson morp sultablo for tho of? flco than Sam Vlpk." - ^ Tho Wilson Nows says: "Although u blll Uas passed both lii-yiiclios of tho JAifc'Isluturo ma.'-.iiig it a nilsden.eanor to operate a luickot uimp ln Reldsvlllo. ihe Stock Exehnnge i.i still opon at thut place. Tho blll ls to b-i coiitcsted ln tin\;'.?purts and lt la >iot thovfiht that R >*U st?>ul tlla teat? "it ls good news, worthy of all accepta tlon; and yet not tej good to be true" ?Matthew Henry It may be ncwa to some, and If eo it is ccrmlnly vyorthy of all acccptation, that' Gorharn Silver may be obtainable at a I pricc no greater than that demanded fttf the indiftercnt productions of anonymous makers. In selecting Gorham silvcrwarc the assur ance is gained of re fmed design, admirable workmanship and ster ling qual ity of rnaterial. The trade-mark im plies all these. \Tjrond of'Uhongkt ? Chattanooga Times: "It/cost Senator Pettus, of Alabama, Just %l to bo re olected, that amount belng the fee duo tho Secretary of Stato for his scrvlces. Tho Southern States aro at lcast freo from tho scandalous bargalns and sales of senntorlnl places lhat have dlsgraced moro than ono Northern and Western Stato. Our Senators, groat or smnll. aro the unboughf, cholco of tho people a rcpresontatlves." Dnllas Nows: Tho Brltish Llon ls about ns glad as any ono to get out of it. It was not afrald of Venezuela; but it ivns so worrylne to hav, to keep an eyo on that German Black ilagle. Blrmlnghnm News: Tlio Ir-iUh wlll detcrmluo the platform and .ho por sonnol of tho next Democratlc preniden tlal tlcket. Its Influence wlll bo more potent than usual for the reason tliat tho South Is tho only section lhat 3an guarantoe eleotoral votos, In addltion, the South's dblbgatloris to tho next Dem? ocratlc Convontlon wlll bo pledged to no fada nor uphomeral theorlos. Tbe South has dono somo sound polltical thlnklng of rccont years. Atlanta Journal: At a patrlotlo mass meotlng beld last nlght ln New York in Carnegle Hall, Booker Washington dellvered nn address on tlie qiiestion of the negro, his futuro and hia relation to tho wlllte race. In splto of foolish friends ln hlgh places, of enthusiastic but lll-.-ulvlsed Northern men of wealth, and lu splto of much pralse and pampcrlng, It ls ovl dent that thls negro lender baS not lost his head, nor has his usefulness to ellhc race been destroyed. Thls address wa>a charactcrlzed by that tomporanee of tfpt-ech and breadth of thought whlch has charaelerlzcd all of Wuahlngton's addresses. Now Orleans Picayuno: But havo tho ardent admirers of tho new educa? tlon reflccted that nearly all the world'a aetual odvance, nearly all its great ln ventlons an'1 dlsooveries, nearly all its best llteratui-o and noblest art, must bo credited to tlilnkers and workers who went to ac.hool beforo that now familiar phrase, tlio now educatlon, had been colned? [ Memphls Commorclnl-Appeali Tho ro'port tint Davld B. Hlll wlll bo a candldatc for Presldent, that Clevelnnd wlll supporl hlm and Bryan will fall into line, is about tho most cngaglng plpe dre.-un of the day. Wo do not doubt that Teddy wlll withdraw in hu favor at tho proper tlme. .- o-. Short Talks to the Legislature. Norfolk Virglnian-Pilot: Thoro can bo no questlon that tho present system of rV.glsterlng and transfcrrlng land tltles is ciunberaoine, oxpenslvo, anliquatcd and out of keeplng wlth modern business methods, wbereas wo hnvo not aeen any vr.lld objectlou offered to tho TorreuS svr.tcm. Indced, If there ls any opposl tlcn to lt In tho Stato wo have failod to nulu lt. The press Is a unlt ln its favor, and wo believe that If tho syiitnin wero adopted It would provo oxceptlonally pop uiai' wlth tho peoplo of tho State. Wo can, of coursc, underetand how the General Assembly should bo inclined to gp slow where so mucli Is luvolved, but th'c Torrens system ls no longei- an ex perlment. It has stood tho test of tbe courta nnd of praetlcal experloncp, and ls now ln no senso ompirlcal. Petersburg Indcx-Appeal: Congreas wll ndjoiirn in about eitf'nt or nlno days, but the Vlrglnla Legislature, liko Tennyaon's hrook, goes on forcver?that ls to say, to tho linisli of its llmlt. Nowport News Tlmes-jiernld: Tho lat est Vlrglnla loglslator to blow out tho Eas is from liedford county, but belng an old member of tho Senate, a llttlo thlng liko gas did not hurt hlm much. - Press: It ls goncralli llrll. ? i.omuiuimiiH uiiun nm ...P.. H1........ rncnt felt by Mio peoplo of tho Stato at tlie falluro of tho Leglslaturo to porform thi*-. work, tho Charlottesvllle Progress snys: Tho murmura of dlaeontont tliat nre beplnnlng to bo heard nre lilcely to grow lnto a clanior efpial to the roar of Niag nra, unless our Solona oxhiblt moro ne tlvlty than ls at preaent nttrlbutod to them. c ' , Remarks About Rlehmond, Norfolk Ledger: Tho Rlehmond <"t|iom ber of Conimerco haa dono n great work for Rlehmond and Is well quallfied to speak lulvlsedly of tho beneflt Ih" wliolo Stato wlll recelve by tlie boldlng of tho jamostowii Kxposltlon, wblch wlll draw tho eyes of tho world lo our State a.bl thua beneflt ua ulmoat beyoud ostlmato. Nowport News Press: It lo uuthorltu tively npriquncod that the Trigg uhipyurd will not iiceept tho offoi1 of a froo s.'to lust nbove tboi.-ity, und wlll not removo ita plant from tho Stato capltal. Wo rc gret that Iho inen back of tho Klchmond yard could not seo tholr way clcar to neeppt thu very gonoi-oua offor of tho pa? trlotlo cltlzens of Nowport Nows. -.-n Tho Changing Sensons, Paullne?"l'm sorry tho winter Is ho far gono. Pimelope?"So am > l; I've such a be comlng hat."?Dolioit Freo Press, The Man ABOUT DAILY CATJIONDAR-PEBRTJART. 2a. 1002?Much talk about a now postofflco on Broad nnd Maln Stro<sts, 2000-Nothlng 'bul talk, ? ? ? Wo havo heoh dlscovered. Up to thls tlmo ,W0 were not h'wnro that we had muslo ln our volce. Now wo uro suro that wo can slng ln A sharp and B llat, for wo havo sung It. As a npeclnlly Invlted guent of tho ltal In'n Country Club, wo ontl'en.vornd to en tortaln them, nnd after , dolng a fow trlcks with cnrds nnd bottlcs and glasses. such, for Instanco,' as tttrnlng a glnss of wlno lnto a man, wo started ln t.o Bing, nldcd nnd nbottcd by our good frlond Lorclil, of the Pabst Company, who sung bass lo our tonor, nnd Iho other good slngors, whoso nainos wo havo forgotten, cxcPPt that they wero known famlllnrly by tho ladles ns "Jack" and "Mnck." Us four kept things golng for throe hours nnd twenly-llvo cents, nqd wo folt ronl proud' whou wo'dlscovered that wo rcally hnd a volce. Now wo moat onrnositly offer our f*cr vk'cs lo slnp o.t nny funeral or marrlaso to whlch Captaln Frank Cunnlngham cnunot go. Wo can slng a good dlrge, and wo wlsh to thank Mr, C, Trntlerl, protident of the Country Club, for oponlng up; the opportunlty, and othor things, that lod to tho dlscovcry tliat wo had a volce, ? '?'*'??M Wo could talk all day nbout tho on tertalnment at tho Country Cluo, for thero wero ho' mnny pretty Bcnoras and HMtorctaH, with blg, drcan.y eyes and awoet ,smllos and bcautlful faces, that It wlll tako a long tlmo for us to forget the charm of tho dear llt.tle thing ln grny and tho pretty senora who got us to mlnd hor baby whllo sho danced with anothor fellow. Wo had our picture took all togclher on tho front porch of tho club-house, nnd wo folt unusually hnndsomo as we stood bohlnd 'tho pretty marrlod womon there and had the prettlest niafden In tho bunch nt our sl'dc, Wo folt real devlllnh whon wo wero not slnglng, nnd then wa danced. Anybod'y thlnks wo enn't d.anco wnnt? to be on hand at tho next. charity ball, whon wr, expect to do a pns seul In the mlddlo of tho floor. to tho accompanl ment of tho ontiro band. * ? ? Our good frlond Hoyle Is now ongaged ln cultlvatlng a moustocho. Ho wants lo bo ablo to appear In pub? llc nrmed with ono of thoso tterco af falrs to whlch band Its nnd adventurors In plays are addicted. He wouid llko people to say as ho passed: "What a handsomo monstncho thnt little fellow has!" Ho haa been worklng on that mous lache for Uireo wocks, and It ia hintedf that ho kceps awake nlghts to thlnk up some schorno by whlch to make the moustache grow. The thoughts he thlnks mlght make tho Sovon Suthorland Slatcrs shudder. Anyway, in throe wocks ho. has sue oecdod ln inducing a scmi-blaneo of board to como out on hls llp ln snots. But, overybody knows, lt takes Umo to raise a good moustnehe. It took u.s Ihirty-olght years to reach our presont stago, and, well, wo don't UtlOW! HARRT TUCKBR WISE AND OTHERWISB. Indispensible Principle. v Prlnclplo Is to a man what a freo Con? stltutlon is to a natlon; wlthout that prln c- plo or tihat freo Constltutlon tho pne may be for the moment as good, the other as happy. but wa cannot tell how long thut goodness and luippiness wlll contlnue.?Bulwer. 4 Signs of Spring. Soon wlll tho lengthy days commence, Tho vlolet wo'll boo; Book agents, they wlll cllmb tho fenco. Tho farmer'll cllmb the tree! ?Atlanta Constllutlon. Not the Same. "It's a merclful dispensatlon of prov idc-nco that makes consumptlvps alwaya horc-ful. It's Just heaven's mercy that kceps them from reallzlng how bad Uhey nl"?luh! And what 13 It that koepa some sircers from reallzlng how bad they aro? Wouid you call that heaven's mercy? ? Catholio Standard and Timos, Why Not 10.00. Smith-Old Sklnner promlscd his daugh? tcr a check for four (lgures if sho mar? ried accordlng to his wishes. lonra-Aml did sho get lt? Smlth-Siire. Tho ohock called for $11.11. -Chlcago News. 1 Changocl Conditlons. Flrst Polltlcian-Of courso, you consldcr yourself mnsler of the situatlon? Second Politlclan-Guess you huven t heard of my marrlago.?Boston Even...; Transcript. Monumental. She-What do they mean by "t.-o wlsh is father to the thought?" I don't oxaet ly undei-Htiuid that. Ho-Why, when thoy erect a monu? ment to a man beforo llO ls doad, uhftt la what lt means.-Yonlcers Stateaman. ? -o PersoiHil and General. John R, Mott. seerotary of the WorWJs SUKlcnt Fedcration of tho YouwM^ Chrlstlan Associatlon, arr vodln San Franclsco yesterday ou hls t'hiid trlp uround tho world. &a,f?ffi.W &SS rr.,.01. a?u Engllsh. A movemont to orect ? *pnJ^tb K^ir^^hplto^ustbee,'. started. After ivlng blddon for ovor two contu rloa ho vrook of tho tild sovonty-gun frlKato An 10 has Just beon dlscovered Im i,vlSJri ln tho saiuls off Dungonoss. Sho w?? loBt ln l n_*t With the French ln irao. ?_ Governor & W. T. Lahliam, of Toxas, I,ft. sont in his flrst veto It dlsnpprovos n Mil ullowlng tho marrlago of 11 man to 1 s stop-duughtor nnd ot a wldow to hor daughter's husbund aitor that diuigh tor's doath. president Soule, ot houle Collego, Now Orleiins ndvlses tho- erocllon of one or moro h'otela In that clty for tho uso of atudonta ln Tulnno Unlversity and tno hnif-dozor. collegluto lnstitutlona thoro. Thero wero 3,300 fower deatha ln Bcrlln last yoar than tho year beforo. The de croaso was largely among chlldren - bo tween six months and ono year old, niid |s thought to bo duo to tho cool suminor, Alfrcd G, Yandeibllt amused hlmself several days ago by piaylng motorman on ono of tho cleetric cars, running It from hls home lnto Nowport, and pre aontlng tho in.itorman of thq car With a jliQ blll for tbo prlvllcejo, VIEWS qf ^m PEOPLE 3j(>^C<?S?^^^?^0???^???t??^r?5^ J Wo popnso lo publlsh In thls doparl* itii'ht fchorl commuitlcallons fi'jm Un ponpla on publlo qliostlohs, but. no corn* uiunicatlon mcio than 2C0 words ln longth wlll bo iiormllted in thls eoltimn. Wo shall try to ttidkeirponi for tho lottfl oncs elsowlicre, but tlio short onea wlll havo tho better chaficO to got In. Tho Llquor Questlon. f Bdltor of Tho TlmoHrDlspateh! $nr,?-Thn.nkB for your cloar and nble cdltnrlal on "Tlio Llqiior Trafflc," whleh appoars ln to-day'n Issuo of your papor, and do let ub have moro of, tho samo klnd to onablo thoso groping nflor truth lo get at 'what Is rlrrht and best ln tho mooted questlon. Wo ngroo wlth you thnt tho questlon Is ono of regulatlng the snlo of llquor?so regulatlng It as to pr.o vldo' ugnlnst drunkoniicss-?-nnd w6 ar? dlaappolnted that you offer no suggos tlon along ihlii llno. Tlio dlspensury blll pronilses little townrfls docrenslng drunk cnnoss slnco It wlll Roll an unllmlted qtinntlty of llquor?ln llmltcd mcasuros? In order to got largo rovonue. Thorefore, tlie Mnnn blll pronilses moro nnd haa fowor objoetlons, as lt aeoms to, socuro local seir-govornment by throwlng tlio burdcn of p*cnrlng a saloon on tho man lhat wnnca -..he. saloon nnd knows ho wlll bo bcnofllcd thcreby. The tein|..i.-r.inco pooplo hold that drunk. c-nnoss Is .1 known and oxlstlng ovll, nnd if ono i. nol outspojten agalnst It they utippokonly condono or tolerato it. lt cannot tc that tho splrlt of tho Con ftltution inlondod that tho socret baL lot thould bo used as o iiioariB to por potuoto a k.iown nnd cxlstlng evll. A saloon-keepcr will admit tliat drunken nois Is it:i i-vll, but ho will east a secr.it biiilot for tho thlng that produces drunk 'enneas. Why? Uecauso ho rccelvea a qiiestlonable beneflt at tho exponso ot ttntold Injury at>a wretchodncss to scnio otliors. Let tho splrlt of tho Conat.tu lion help tho weak. self-lndulgent cltlzcn to a lilgher ptane of open ballot on kn wn and exIalliiK evila. N. Klng AVIlllam county, Fob. 20th. A Suggestlon. r.dltor of Tho Times-Dlapatch: Slr,?Lot Statuary Hall, ln Waahlngton, have a statuo of General Robert JS, Leo when a wlsh la cxprossed by Congreaj to havo such a slatuc. '1'hoao now In thi hall of marblo und bronzo aro on pedes tnla, mnklng tho hcada about ten feei abovo the floor. Havo tho .ono of Le? mado by Valentino, on marblo slab two Inchea tblck, Lee rccllnlng on hia lefl aldo, restlng his head on hand, elbjw on slab. Thls wlll brlng his head about olghteen inchos nbove floor of hall. Fear not from thls posltion Robert 13. Leo Wlll eaaliy look down on every statue thero. A STAFF OFFICBR, Who know and loved him well. WillfnmsburK, Va., Fob. 21'd. Homicides in Amherst. E'dllor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch: Slr,?I notlcod in a recent Issue ot youi paper an artlclo wrltten by ono who: signed himsolf "Old Soldicr," ln whlcb is tho followlng remarkablo statement, to wlt: "Amberst county ljas had but three homicides ln her corporate Ilmlts In tho last fifty years, and tradltlon does nol hand down any more." If thls wero true, Amherat would In deed bo a pcaceablo county, and hor cltl zuiis would havo juat cauao to bo proud of Y.nr. But tho statemont of 'JOId Sol lller'" ls i-pl a fact, and how "any ono can ru-h uito prlnt and mako such ih .-.bsurd und rldiculous declaration In facj of the fac'.s Is hard.to comprehend. fha' fact ls Amlicrat county has beon bo un icrtunato na to havo had a groat many homlcldos wlthln her bordcrs wlthln thi last few years. As thla ai ilcle W03 ovldently wrltten for a purpoae, and In answor to some IhiitS tha' waa sald ln your purjor aouut the Campbell invostlgation, I thlnk It woll that tho pooplo shall know some thlng of the real facta us relates to tha number of "kllllngs" that Jiavo taken placo in Amherst county. Tho wrlter la only thlrty-four years old nnd dlstlnct ly remembers the occaslon of twenty-one homicides, and to theso may bo^dded two lynchlngs. "Old Soldicr" must havo been usleop ever slnco the war, "Three homicides ln flfty years, ' ho says. Why; tho doar old fellow ought to know thero Iui3 been four ln tlio laat two yeara. I can oaslly givo tho narnea of tho twonty ono caaea 1 rcfer to If necessary. 1 am not endeuvorlng to ohow up .the blaclj sido of Amherst county, but vihen pooplo iiko "Old Sodler" undertake to writo hla? tory they cortainly ought to conault the records. Yours respectfully, 1. P. WHITBHBAD. ? "Appenclicitis" of American Oi-igln. | It was surely a blt of foollsh podantry to leavo "appendlcitla" out of tho "Kew Engllsb Dlctlonary," and Mr. Murray's explanatlon is as thin a blt of aophls try. As words ending in "itis" aro not, in origin, Engllsh in form, but Graecoi Latln, they do not como wlthln tho scopo of an Engllsh dlctlonary, >un)caa, liko bronchltla, thoy happen to bo ln Engllsh uao. Aa to tho distinctlon botweon bron oliltla and nppendlcltis, llint is morely a matter of prlorlty. To-day both. aro in common Bnglish use. It may bo guessed tliat Mr. Murray batts tho word becauso of its Aimcrican origin. Slmilarly, in Pro. fessor Clifford Allbutt's "TVxt-book of Modiclno," Slr Frederlck Troves con demns tho word and flghts agalnst tho dlfflculty of flndlng a perlphrasls for it (thero bolng no actual substltuto) throughbut a long artlclo. The word is hldeous, but It has ameanlng and a vnl uo. And Its currency Is cortainly Inde pondent of dlctionarlos.?London ClironU olo, Another Raco on the Track. Tliero ls moro lolk of our dlatlngulslied townsman, Hon; 13, W. Saundera, belna takon up ns tho nomlnoo foi- tho gov crnorship. Curdwell went from tbe Speakorslilp to tlio Supremo Court. Saundv ci'3 could havo enslly gono to tho Court of Appealsl, but generously and mog iinnlmously gave way for Judgo Whlttlo, ',1'hc most promlnent tnon In tho Stntq llnk his namo wlth the govcrnorshlp wlth? out nny maneuvoring on his part, ona 11 Is the unanlmous verdlct that ho would innke one of tho most nblo and success ful Cblef Exocutlvea tho Stato has over bed; Ho is safe, consorvattve, honest, f.f.rleas. frnnk and manly, wlth no on tangllng alllances.-Fi'anklin Tlmes-Dcmo* crat. better Uhan lolillh MI t?W?*?##??4>??W*?#0?9??*<N?