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SUNDAY. MAY 3, 1003.
A CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
Yesterday we quoted from the Now
York Tribune and the New York Sila
| nomo advanced, not to say startling
S'Views concerning the repeal of tho Fif?
teenth Amendment. These papers slm
<plj> expressed the sentiment of hundreds
! ot Northern people, a sentiment which
has'been spreading like wlld-flro during
the past year or two, a sentlmont which
has grown largely, out of the Conference
ior Southern Kducation. For cxamplo,
when Dr. Albert Shaw, editor ot the
Review of Reviews, went back to ? Now
York the other day ho told a reporter of
the Now York Times, that tho'.Conference
,ln Richmond-hod convinced the Northern
l.delogatton? that..they could not afford to
"adopt a"* superior attitude toward the
?South In so?ving'tlie educational problem,
and especially the negro problem. It had
convinced thorn that tho two racos must
work out their salvation together and
that tho North could only extend a help?
ing hand and tnko an humble and subor?
dinate Interest. "This year's Conference"
he concluded, "has confirmed my belief
that the constitutional amendments re?
cently/ enacted in tho various Southern
States respecting negro dlsfr.anchtsement
wore tlm'?lyV\-a.nd necessary. It. really
gives hlm'^yoto, for heretofore ho has
never had ?.votei Bo?ore this time the
South lias taken the stand that negro suf?
frage was forced upon her. Sho has
given tho negro a chance to placo himself
upon a footing with any cltizon of Mass?
achusetts."
Mr. Shaw is a keen observer and ho has
learned a groat deal about the situation
down hero since he has been attending
these Conferences. Before tho Southern
States began to take legal action in thte
'' matter., t?i'?" i??gro vote was a mere faice.
* After7 having seen, tho evils and torrors
of negro .rulo. It was simply out of ? tho
question for the whites to tolerate It, and
they determined to suppress tho negro
voto at nil costs. Various dovlces wero
'employed, but finally It was discovered
that thoy were demoralizing tho whites
and doing us more harm than tho blacks.
Then it was that the leading mon In the
white race determined to come out boldly
and circumvent the Fifteenth Amendment
, and disfranchise the bulk of tho negroes.
..It was fljjnajn th,o Interest of puro politics
U and honest: elections, and not so partlcu
? larly in tho Interest of whltto man's rule,
because tho white man was ruling under
the old regimo and did not fear tho negro
vole.
Mr. Shaw Is quite right in saying that
the negro vote counts for more under the
new order of things than under tho old,
for now when tho nogro is put on the
registraron U?t ho is permitted to
vote /Is hie pleoses and his vote Is counted
ns it is cast. Moreover, there Is an Incon
;,Uve for the nogroes to qualify themselves
j" for tho suffrago, und whonovor thoy can
. meet the requirements of the Constitution
they are permitted to register and vote.
It would bo far bottor, howovor, Jf the
Fifteenth Amendment were ropealod, and
It is a pity that the Northern people havo
not tho courage to do It.
THE COUNCIL AND THE PAS
SENGER AND POWER COM?
PANY.
.. Tho dapger to the city of Richmond
? from the destruction or eerlous Impair?
ment of Its water mains by olectrolysls
has been both apparent and real for many
years. Without going into history of
faulty construction nnd imperfect know
lodge, from which this situation origi?
nally arose. It la sufficient to point out
that the presence of electrolysis is both
understood and being actively combatted
by the city and by the Virginia Passen?
ger end Power Company. The continu?
ance of conditions which line produced In
many Instances an entire corrosion of tho
city mains cannot bo tolerated by the
authorities In charge of the protection of
Richmond from 1res, Nor can Hie owners
?/ enormous and Increasing conduit
systems of tho city vlow with calmness
Ihe destruction by olectrolysls of the
lead pipes In which their cabios fire laid,
The situation Is ono which demiwids at?
tention of a serious, careful and reme?
dial character. To this end tho Virginia
Pawengfr and Power Company has se?
cured the services of two of tho betit
known experts on electrolysis that can he
found. These gentlemen hon'o been, and
etili are, actively engaged In making a
systematic und thorough survey of the
condition, both of tho street car lines
and the water and gn* pipos In tho city
of Richmond. The Times-Plspateh Is in?
formed that it is tho Intention and dealro
of tlffe Passenger and Powor Company to
take every posslblo stop to prevent tho
recurrence or continuance of that <i!ftu
Sion of electricity which has worked such
damage In the past. These precaution?
were being uctlvuly taken before tho re?
cent aporta') commlttoo from the Water
'Committee: from, the City Council under?
took to prepare^ un ordinance, relating to
this state of affaire. The Passenger and
po'wer Company und Its experts uppcared
before this commlttoo, und, we arc inform?
ed, cheerfully Receded to an ordinance
M'.vuaj required tho Passenger ant) Power
Company either to take such steps In
six months for the? complete^ pr?vention
of nil diffusion of electric current from
Its rolls or to pay ettdh bills as might
be Incurred by the city authorities tn
making these ohnng<iS. We are Inform?
ed that it was tho Intention and under?
standing that the Pnssongor and Power
present to the Water Committee the re?
port which was Helng prepared at the
expense of the Passenger and Power
Company should have opportunity to
Company by Its experts, The whole pro?
ceeding appeared to have been amicable,
both parlies being inspired with a cor?
dial wish to take air, proper, eteps for
remedying ft grave condition, ' It was,
therefore, a general surprise when this
special subcommittee brought In last
Thursday night without warning a report
that required the Pessengor and Power
Company to make at once a double
overhead trolley system.
Tho TlmeBitDlspatch is nolther able nor
desirous to givo an export opinion on
the comparative Vnluo of the elngte or
double conduit or trolley system In re?
lation to electrolysis. It Is sufficient to
Bay that an onormous amount of export
investigation ha? beon done in this field,
and tho results are opOn to the inspection
of those who are desirous ot accurate
Information, but we can,and do call at?
tention to an action on tho part of the
committee which denies a fair opportunity
for hearing an argument from tho owner
of large' Interests In this city. We do
not care what the City Council requires
tho Passenger and Power Company to
do In reason for the protection and safe?
guarding of the water and gas mains of
this city. If It apdoars necessary to re?
build the whole street railroad situation
In ordet:, to guarantee our water supply in
the ctventof fire, tho ' change must be
made, and tho bill must be paid, but wo
do Insist In the name of fair dealing that
snap judgment be not taken on any one,
and that no eltfsen or corporation within
the city limits of Rlohinond bo deprived
of one penny, no matter if tho penny so
taken isappllod to'the city benefit or not,
without having a full and fair opportu?
nity to bo heard in his own behalf.
From the. col?est and most selfish busi?
ness "view If oannot pay a corporation
with sUch oh enormous Investment as
that owned by the Passenger and Power
Company In this community to run the
risk that will necessarily bo incurred, by
a serious Impairment of the water mains
of this city. The fact that the Passen?
ger and Power Company of its own mo?
tion has been seeking to obtain the best
expert advice procurable for the remedy?
ing of. this condition, and has shown it?
self willing to submit Its plan to the
proper city officials, would certainly en?
title thnt company to the presumption at
least of good faith1 In Its statement that
It desires to do everyfilng that science
can suggest and that reason can demand
for the prevention of any future damage,
by escaping eleotric currents from Its lines.
In ?view of this attitude and in view of
tho fact that an ordinance along the
above lilies had been practically agreed
upon between the Passenger and 'Power
Company and tho subcommittee from tho
Water Committee earlier in tho week,
why was the overhead trolley bill
Jammed through without notice? on Tues?
day nlghtV.Why wasfhls hasto, and why
this sudden change of front? In the name
of fair play, we think the Passenger and
Power Company is entitled to ask and
receive full opportunity to present Its
case and to mako Its report, before any
ordinance bo Anally adopted, This Is not
a case whore one party has sought to do
lay and has boon properly compelled by
harsh legislation to do Its duty. We want
protection from electrolysis, but we want
It In falrnoss and justice, and we feel
suro that Is the desire of tho Council as
a body.
THE TORRENS SYSTEM IN
ILLINOIS.
A special from Springfield, 111., says that
tho Torrens law amondment has passed
both branches of the Legislature, and
only needs the approval of the Governor
to become a law. subject to tho further
approval ot the voters of Cook county
In the next general election. The. bill,
which had already passed the Senate,
passed the House by a vote of ninety-nine
to fourteen. It was strenuously opposed
by the Chicago Title and Trust Company,
for reasons which aro apparent, and this
company was also able, says tho corre?
spondent, to enlist tho Influence of tho
mortgage loan brokers throughout Illi?
nois, but for all that It passed with llt
tlo opposition from the members of the
Legislature.
Tho bill Js a simple amendment to tho
present Torrens law of Cook oounty on
registration of land titles. The amend
most provides that executors and admin?
istrators of estatos Blmll roglster under
the Torrone law tho titles of all real es?
tate' hold by them. The effect of this
provision Is that In time all of the real
estate In Cook county will pass through
the Probate Court, and so In timo will
be registered under the Torrens law.
Tho chief objoction to the bill was that
In many cases compulsory registration
might work a hardship, especially In ex?
posing detects of title, which might op
erute to tho disadvantage of heirs. This
objection has been inet by a olause which
gives tho probate judge, power to excuse
application of the law when, In his Judg?
ment, registration would work a hard?
ship. Tho bill carries a referendum
clause, making It Inoperallvo until adopt?
ed by voto ot tho people.
Tho bin to put the Torrens system In
operation In Virginia bus no compulsory
feature, and, therefore, Is not open to
tho objection which was raised in Illi?
nois. If tho eystem should become opera?
tive In this Stato, under tho prosent bill,
It would simply givo the option to each
and every land-owner to avail himself
of Its privileges or not. It Is quite cer?
tain, howovor, that many people would
take advantage of tho plan to clear up
their titles and make them sure, and gtvo
them ft convenient evidence of ownership.
An tho bill Is not compulsory, we cannot
see upon what reasonable ground It can
be opposed, and we hope that It will be
passed.
A GREAT LAND DEAL.
One of the greatest rc-ul estate trans?
actions the world wer knew was tho
purchase of lauds on this continent frorq
Franco, to commemorato which the St.
Louis Exposition is to bo held, The ter?
ritory included in what Is known as "The
Loulsluna Purchase" consisted of 1,171,
1 ?31 ??.uara miles, und the price paid was |
?16,000,000, or less than $16 petf square ]
mile.
such ?'bargain as this Is enough to j
make the mouth of tho foal ostate agent |
water. It .goes to show how profitable in
all directions have been real estate pur-1
chases In tho United States, except, of |
course, In boom times, whon lands wero
sold at fabulous prices. But ordinarily
speaking a? lands purchased in this coun?
try'within tho past hundred years have
yielded an enormous, profit, and tho end
It not yot. Lands in tho Stato of Vir?
ginia, for example, are very cheap, and
those who purchase at present prloee may
be euro of rloh profits by and by. Tho
thing for Virginia to do is to advortlso
her lands ancl lot the outside world know
what bargains sho is offering,
PROPOSED EDITORS' CONFER
, ENCE.
The Houston Post, the New Orleans [
Tlmes-Domoonat, the Louisville Courier
Journal, and other southern papars sug?
gest a conference of soutlwrn editors in
Now Orloans ?n tho near future "for the
purpose of thoroughly considering the In- |
dustrla! outlodk and the best develop?
ment of the various interest of tho |
South."
This conferenoe is called in view of the |
fuat that the Ibthmlan Canal will great?
ly stimulate Industrial dovolopment Jn
the South.
Tho suggestion Is a good one, and we I
hopo that it W?B be carried into effect,
Tho South Is tho growing section, and
there can be no reasonable doubt that
the ship canal will add Very greatly to j
our commerce and our Industry. At any
rato it would be a pleasant and profitable
thing for the southern editors to meet
together nnd talk over the questions con?
cerning tho good of tho South. In all such
gatherings there Is a swop of ideas that
is profitable to all.
COMPLIMENTS FOR RICH
rtOND.
Richmond hap heen fairly showered
with compliments by Northern men who
attended tho Southern Con/ferenco for
Education In this olty. The guests wore
delighted.with.our-city and with our hos?
pitality, and with our people. The visitors
wero especially Impressed with tho fino
audiences at tho Academy of Music, Tho ?
special correspondent of the New York
Mall and Express says that the audiences
were not only so largo as to exceed the |
seating capacity of the Academy of Music,
but of .such an. appearance, in dress and
deportment, as to show that they were
?largely composed of the "best people" In
tho serious sense of, the. phrase. "The
men'and Cornei},;' li?'? adds,? '"looked and
boro .themselves" with?' that 'refinement
whloh Is so unc?hsclous as to be the natu?
ral product of the habitual and constant I
environment of culture, high breeding [
and pure living."
Wo doubt if any city In the land ever !
had a more beautiful and gratifying com?
pliment than that. Richmond was un?
consciously on cWess parade, and she gave
a splendid account of herself, Wealth
may make a glittering spectacle, but re?
finement and culture and good manners
cannot bo'??a?med.'"
IS THE SOUTH FOR CLEVE?
LAND ?
Editor McKelway, of the Brooklyn
Eagle, says that he proposed Mr. Cleve?
land for the Presidency because he be?
lieves that ho is the choice of tho people.
"In my late trip down South'," says he,
"I met Governors, chief Judges, college
presidents, chancellors of universities,
State superintendents of public schools,
county Superintendents, .editor's, corre?
spondents arid business managers of
Southern papers and many clergymen and
bankers. Mr, Cleveland was In every
man's mind and his name in every man's
mouth. They all said he ought to be nom?
inated and ole?ted."
Is It possible' that the Democrats of
tho South aro again turning to Cleveland?
THE MOTHER OF LEE.
There appeared In one of our exchanges
a few days ago a.news ltom to the effect
that at one time the mother of General
Robert E. Lee was' very 111 and died,
as every ono.thought, Hor body was pro
pared for burial (so tho story goes) and
Just, before tlio appointed timo arrived
signs of Ufo woro discovered. Thereupon
tho body was returned to bod. and she
was carefully nursed, and In a short timo
wa3 restored to life. She lived years
afterwards, and in the meanwhile the
son who was namod Robert Edward was
born.
We have boon asked by somo of our
subscribers If the story is true, and In
roply we haivo to say that It Is flot. At
least Oenoral Fltzhugh Leo, tho nephew
of General It. E. Leo, Informs us that ho
never hoard of It before, and that thore
Is no tradition In the family that any
such thing occurred.
CLEVELAND'S WIT.
After the big meotlng In St, Louie tho
other day, a dinner party was given to
President Roosevelt, ex-ProsIdont Cleve?
land and othor distinguished guests, Mr.
Cleveland made a bright and witty speech,
In which ho said somo kind things about
tho Prosldest, and at the same time poked
a little fun at him. "Lot us not forget,"
said ho, "that we owe somothlng to this
servant of ours. If any discredit fall
upon him, his discredit Is ours. With
American fair play, lot us, gentlemen, give
him tho bonaftt of tho doubt, so long as
wo know tliat however wrong ho may bo,
he believes ho Is right,"
That sentiment Is very nearly akin to
the plea which they used to pin on the
back of tho pianist In the Wostern music
halli "Don't shoot the pianisti he's doing
tho best he can."
TURNING, POINTS.
(Bolected for The Tlmos-Dlspatch.)
"And when Jesus was come near He
beheld the olty and wept ewer It, saying.
If thou hadst known oven thou at least
In this thy day, the things which belong
unto thy peace; but now they are hid
from'thine eyes." St. Luko xlx, 11:12.
There Is a solemn leiison to be Jearned
from this text. What Is true of a whole
nation is also true 'of a single person.
To all mon thero comes u day of visita?
tion, a crisi;), 'a turning point In Ufe. A
day when. Christ sets before us, Ms He
did to thoso Jews, good and evil, light and
darkness, right and wrong, and says,
Choose! choose at once and. choose for?
ever, for'by what you choose to-daj', by
that yod muet nbldo. ?f you make ? mis?
tnlto ?oye, you will ruo It to the last, if
you trtko the downward path how, you
will fall lower and lower day by day.
What will become of this man's soul
after be dies f That I cannot my. Christ
is ihle Judge, not I, Repentanco is open
to nil mon and forgiveness for those who j
ropent. But from that day, If ho ch?oBed
wrongly, true repentance will grow
harder and. harder, He hoe made his
oholoo, refused tho good I and now ovil
must go on, getting more and moro power
o-v*er him. He has sold his soul and ho must
pay tho price. Ho may ba saved yet, so
as by flro, for Cod's mercy is boundloss.
Yet one may well say of that man: "God
help him," for his caso Is well nigh, des?
perate.
It Is an awful thought that we may fix
our own fate in this world, and perhaps
In the world to come, by one act of wil?
ful folly or ein. ?ut so It le.
A man may do ono trloky tiling about
money, whloh will force him to do another,,
and yet another till he becomes a rogue
in spite of himself. A man may run into
debt once, so that ho never gets out
again! or may take to drink onco, and the
bad habit Will grow la him till he is a
confirmed drunkard to his dying day.
Examples might be multiplied without
number, m we all know too well. But let
us rather Judge ourselves, as any man
can and will who daros face facts, and
looks steadily at what ho Is and what he
might become.
Do wa not know that we could, any one
of us, soli our own souls, once and for all,
If wo choose? I know that I couldl Haivo
you never felt when you were tempted to, |
do wrong, ?? dar? not do this thing?" It
you have felt that, thank God! Indeed.
For it Is ; of...His mercy that you have
seen the things which belong to ' your
peace. .You will bo a bettor man as long]
as you llye ,/'for having fought against
that temptation and chosen tho good.
The real danger Is. not to know the
day of this?vistatlon. That Is ruinous
indeed, when',? hell is opening from be?
neath, and Hoavon opening from above,
and he secs'-nothlng but his own selfish
interest -or pleasure, or prldo! Oh, mlsora-i j
bio blindness,' which stools on men some?
times and lulls them to sloop at tho vory.
moment they should bo most wide awakel
And what\ .throws men Into that sleep?
What makes them do In one moment
something whloh is a curso for all their
ltvts? ?ove of pleasure? it has snared
Its thousands.'?" But more deadly still Is
pride and self-conceit.
By conceit and carelessness we may*]
ruin ourselves forever. Our only safe?
guard Is humility. Be not high minded,
but fear. Constantly keep your ?ye on the
Master. Remember that In every tempta?
tion, Heaven and hell aro at stake.
Do not eay, "It may be wrong, but It
Is such a little matter." A little draught
may give a great cold to end in a deadly
decline. A little sin may grow Into a great
bad habit. A llttlo bait may take a great
ftsh. The'devil fishes with a very fine line,
and will not let you see the hook.
?The? only'way to.'be sale Is. to avoid all
appoaranco of evil, lest when you fancy
yourself most completely your own mas?
ter you will find you aro.tho slave of sin.
We cannot tell at what moment danger
may threaten us, nor when blessings may
como to us. Bo watchful. Believe that
Christ Is looking for you always, as He
Is, and be ready to meet Htm at any mo?
ment He cornos to your hearts with a
still small volco which sobers a man and
makes him yearn after good.
Listen to that voice! Through very
small things It may speak to you; but It's
Christ himself who speaks. When your
heart Is softened In affection toward
parent, child, or your followman, Christ
Is ??peaking to you. ' Whenever the feol
lng of Justice and a rlghtoous horror of
meanness rises strong within you, Christ
is spooking to you. When your heart
burns In admiration of tome noble deed,
Christ Is speaking to you. When a word,
or book, or sermon touches your heart
and reproves you, Christ Is speaking to
you.
Oh, turn not awayl It may be the turn?
ing point ot your life! "To-day, If you
will hear His voice, 'harden not your
heart."
A correspondent writes to know If wo
will not ask tho State government to pro
vldo more benched for tho Capitol Square,
Tho suggestion Is timely. The Capitol
Square is a fino breathing place, and be?
ing centrally located, it Is a popular re?
sort In tho worm season. It Is a great |
privilege for mon and women and chil?
dren to go into thl? delightful spot in tho
cool of Uie evening.and rest and enjoy the
puro air and the green troos and the
antics of tho squirrels. Thoro should bo
plenty ot seating capacity for all visitors,
and wo hope that tho request of our cor?
respondent will be duly noted and prompt?
ly oom'pllod with. The cost of tho benchea
will bo trifling, but they would add great?
ly to tho pleasure of those who spend
their lolsuro moments In tho Square,
The Montreal Star submit? to the phi-1
losophlzlng Publio the ever-recurring
question, "Why do the boys leave the
farm for tho olty?"
The only answer we can furnish offhand
Is that it is because they want a chango,
with what seems to them a better pros?
pect In Ufo. But ? happens In tho life?
time of many that they heartily ? wish
they had stayed in the country. Numer?
ous ne aro tho young people who would
like to exchange country Ufo fo?? city
life, they do not exceed the number ot
oldish peoplo who sigh for the reposo and
qulot and the healthy atmosph?re of tho |
Holds and foreste. _
The municipal "election" of Baltimore
will bo hold on Tuesday next. MoLean
Is the Democratlo nominee for Mayor,
while Wuchter stands 'in tho samo rola,
tlon to the Hepublloans. Pollitos, per*
sonalltles and railroad questions enter
largely into the canvass, which Is a hot
one.
?onorai MTieTI?yTtrie'abolition of the
army cant'oen waa a good thing. Thoro
Is a vote for the prohibition nomination
for tho Presidency.
Paris Is ln*~l?srrglo7y entertaining King
Kdward. Nothing could suit it better, pot
ovon a revolution. That it was a gay
city yesterday goes without saying,
though tho press telegrams aro hy no j
means silent upon the subject.
Tho English Klnfl 1? re?ojpliaed In Parli,,
as everywhere else, a? a Jolly good fel?
low, but he Is hot tie epry as he wa? a
decade ago, "Still, ho will do."
Vhe recent frosts heve injured the or?
chards of tills State to ?orne extent but
the mint crop Is unharmed, it can stand
a good deal of Ice,
???? Cflai~?T"H?ssl?, cl?ti?e to be the
original designer of the peace mill at The
Hague nnd doubtless thinks It his duty
to preparo grist io keep it busy,
Presldont Boor oxorclsed his divine right
to refrain from congratulating anybody
on tho day of Mr, William Randolph
Hearst's wedding.
Joe Jefferson will not quit aotlng as
long as lie can fill houses like he did In
Richmond the other night, nor would
any other map,
: l'lione saloons that died on high li?
cense were, perhaps, those that were the
moat worthy, of death.
Twos fitting that-Dewey and tho
Olympia should meet again on the first
day of May.
Tihe Newport News carpenters kept
tholr word and opened the ieafy month of
May with a strike.
It would seom that your Uncle Grover
Is another man who Isn't afraid to in?
vade the? "enemy's country."
Senator Stone, of Missouri, has noth?
ing to say and no wood to saw since
Mr. Cleveland wont to St. Louis.
That prophecy for rainy Sundays ex?
pired by limitation last Sunday.
The first summer cars will bud to-day,
perhaips. . ,
.Plttsylvanla county has a precinct oalled
"Red Bye,"'and even that ihas gone dry.
On? Capitol disaster in a hundred years
Is a plonty.
With a Comment or Two.
The amount\of stuff we soe'ln the? pa?
pers "those days on the negro question is
enough to give usa pain. In' the side. Why
not quit talking about tho question alto?
gether? Wo had? Just as well discuss the
?mule' question, for all the good that will
come of It?Pearlsburg. Virginian.
This being on oft year In politics, the
negro question la a good enough grist
maker.
Now, perhaps, the minister who had in
his possession' when he' .was arrested In
Attleboro, Mass., the other day, a little
book entitled "How to Mix Drinks," was
preparing to deliver an address on temper?
ance.?Orange Observer,
That Is a charitable view, but the foot*
that come out do. not sustain It
The Virginia Senate can now play see?
saw on the Campbell cose. The commit
too Is equally divided on reports, six de?
claring the House proceeding Irregular
and setting It aside, and-six sustaining
the action of the House.?Frederlcksburg
Free Dance.
If the see-sawlng business is kept up
unti} December '81st, ae seems likely,
Judge Campbell con snap his angers at
tho whole business, \
A revival of the old story of the death
of the Mad Mullah Is now In order.?Rich?
mond1 TImos-Disp?tcb,"' '
It is more than likely that strenuous
monarch would refuse to live up to suoh
a report, even If It wore revived.?New?
port Nows Press.
The Democratto party, however, will
have all that it Is able to do In tHIs
Stato to recover from tho Mann bill, and
tho result of the election next year Is
going to bo something ot a surprise In
tho State.?Newport News Times-Herald.
That is a new view to take of It, and
It may be correct.
North Carolina Sentiment.
The ?3hevllle Citizen sayst
"Prospective defeat has a wonderful
effect in making a hungry offlce-soeker
trim his platform to meet the popular
approval, doesn't It? Did you ever see
such backing and filling on the liquor
question ns the league candidates are now
doing? Wonder how their 'now principles'
In to-day's paper suit those who went
Into tho league for principle and not for
pie?"
Referring to the driving of negroes out
of Northern and Western towns, the Wil?
mington Star says:
"Thero isn't a town In the South, with
tho exception ?f a few which have been
built up and nro controlled by settlors
from tho North and West, where a negro
cannot Ilvo In peace, and whoro he Is not
given an opportunity to earn a living, If
ho wants to work and behaves himself as
he should."
This Is from tho Greensboro Tolegr&m:
"The Brooklyn Kaglo urges the renomt
natlon of Orover .Cleveland for tho Presi?
dency. Most people knew It would oome.
In fact, It oame some time ago, Mr,
Cleveland will noed all his? backbono? In
refusing to hood the powerful ? pressure
which will be brought to bear op Jilnv to
cause htm to allow his name to go before
the convention."
The Raleigh News-Obsorver sayst
"The South wishes no man anywhere to
condono Its mistakes. It has made mis?
takes, as has the North. It wishes every
Just man to consider Its work of the past |
thirty yoars in the light of tho. obstacles
and difficulties, and to look with an un?
prejudiced oyo upon the work It has done,
the work It Is doing, and tho work for
the future it has planned. It welcome?
oo-operatlon of all good mon everywhere
In carrying out the broad educational
plans it has adopted,"
Personal and Qeneral.
Near Forth Worth,' 111., Is a glgontlo
boulder that soon will bo transported
to one ?f Chicago's south parks, there to
stand aa a monument to Dr. Bamue)
Guthrle, dlsooveror of chloroform.
Arohblshop Williams, head of the Oath
olla Churoh In New England, celebrated
his elghty-Iirst birthday on April 2?th;
Dr, ?. ?. Kmery, of St. L^ulu, ha?
In his possession one of the axes used
by Abraham Lincoln In splitting rails,
Tho a?? was given to him by Lincoln in
?tho early fifties.
Mrs. H, L. Hlgglnson has presentod
Radcllffe Collego with coverai hundred
rare foreign photographs. She .Is the
daughter of the' lato Professor Agassi*,
ISx-Secretary Long, of Massachusetts,
has so nearly recovered from his long ill
ness that ho Is about and attending to
light duties.
President Citarlos S. Palmer and four?
teen members of tho faculty of tho Colo?
rado Stato School of Minea will bo dis?
missed at tho close of tho eolico) term,
Juno Hit h.
Bloodgood Cutter, the Long island
"farmer poet," has notified; Bishop Bd-i
ward Purg?es, of the JSplsenmU piccoso
of Long Island.' that he Is willing to do?
nate the old Queen's county courthouse
al Mine?la to tho piocoae to be used aa
?1 Itowa for vbl)dr?it ?nd lnyajld?.
{ZFr?tta! of TJhought
Sn ??txte Xana '?'?
Florida Times-union: Whatever the ron
son, It romains true that the negroes who
leave the South are pretty apt to return,
The fact speaks louder than many lec?
tures by-word ?f mouth,
Dallas Newel A professional politician,
out after orfico, Is a conformist from 'way
?bad*. He will conform, os a rulo, t*
the demand of any body of voters who
ha-ve the power to olcot him.
Louisville Courier-Journal! General J.
H, Wilson thinks that tho United States
will get ton times as much out of re?
ciprocity with Cuba as Cuba will got out
of reciprocity with us, For nil that, the
Congress of tho United States Is In no
hurry to get these profit?, because they
wlli accrue to :tho masses and not to cer?
tain pet Interests.
Houston (Tox.) Chronicle: This much
Is sure, the Democratic party will permit
?either Mr, Bryan nor Mr. Cleveland to
destroy It Mr, Clovoland Is hardly
chargeable with such Intont, but It la
quito obvious that If Mr. Bryan cannot
compel tho party to adopt his half-digested
and more than popullstla theories of gov?
ernment he will not hesitate to disrupt
It. .
Atlanta Journal! Now that "Undo
Tom's Cabin" is to bo no longer taught
In the New, Tork.puhllo schools', the time
may yet oomo when the people of that
section will bo able to sit down to a
banquet., without having the "ruco
problem" served hot.
FROM THE CHURCH PAPERS.
What can graco do In tho heart of
man?. It Is so seeded'down'with evil.
? It Is so full of
WORK OF ORACH persistent weeds.
Hngodllness Is Its.
wire-grass and ?elflshnoss Its briers. Can
graoo; crowd them out and eradicate
thom^Can grace'ever win the whole ter?
ritory, and then hang its? flagH of green
ahd ' flowor In oonquost ovor ? It all7 Or
rather, what can grace not do In this
ovU heart of uhbellef7 Will the now life
that. God has planted be the strong and
vigorous plant that will one day be vic?
torious qver ?11. and tho soul be clean
arid sweet,'with every thought and doslre
subdued, and all be made a gardon of the
Lordi?Central Presbyterian.
Two gospels lie side by sldej in the Now
Testament. There-Is tho gospel of being
helped, and the gos
TWO GOSPELS pel of being helpful.
Good tidings of
God's mercy upon us, God's salvation
brought to us; and good tidings of how
we can-show mercy unto others, and
bring the message of salvation near to
them. Beside the parable of the prodi?
gal Son stands the parable of tho Good
Samaritan. Beeide the blessed Invita-,
tfons stand the Beatitudes on service.
It, Is all one gospel ot Jesus Christ, but
it comes ae two messages unto us. We
have only half the Joy and blessing If
we stop short after heating the first glad
work! We have the full message when
we hear the lips that whlsperod "Come
unto me" saying also "Go ye" Into all the
world_Sunday-School Tlraee.
The sowing of righteousness is a habit?
ual, constant, continual, every-day thing.
Responsibility with
SOWING us is not to aim
. .RIGHTEOUSNESS at great achleve
, , , ments and to get
the name of saint er philanthropist,,but
to keep innocency and take heed to the
thing that Is right; that our hearts may
bo set. on good, kind, honorable things,
in the emallest Incidents and occasions.
All the world is receiving impressions and
talcing notes unawares. No ono can say
In advance what great consequences may
come of an expression of countenance, a
ware of the hand, a tone, a yes or no,
an honorable thing, or a meanness. The
motive and the flavor determine the re?
sults. And the grandest effort may re?
sult In nothing but tho leaving the Im?
pression Of the selfishness and ambition
of Its author. So,' on tho other hand,
groat failure may be a grand triumph of
amiability and solf-sacrlflce.?Southern
Churchman.
The St. Louis Exhibit,
Mr. G. E? Murell, ot the Louisiana Pur?
chase Exposition Commissioner sends us
the following communication:
Richmond, Va., April 80, 1903.
Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
?Sir,?I Wish to' call to the attention of
the public, through your columns, tho
groat opportunities for advertising offered
by the tLo'ulsiana Purchase Exposition,
which projected on three times the ecaio
of the Paris Exposition and double that of
Chicago, has aroused greater interest In
the world at large than any exposition
.ever held or before attempted. Months
ago all'the spa?e In the Immense manu?
facturer's bulling was applied for, but
in the policy of the administration, the
granting' of suoli applications will be
made on a basis so as to give each State
a fair opportunity.
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining their
addresses, I find it Impossible to make
a personal appoal to the ?various trades
and Industrios of tho State, and I now
wish publicly to bring to tho attention
of manufacturers and others, the oppor?
tunity that this exposition offers for them
to roap_ advorislng advantages at small
cost to themsel'/es, No ohargoa will be
made for spaco, and tills office stnnds at
all. times ready to furnish such details of
Information and other assistance as It Is
possible for It to give.
Application for space must bo filed by
July 1st, of the curront year, and tho
earlier dato of filing tho moro favorable
for assignment of space. This opportunity
for tho State's advancement Is a great
one. and only through co-operation can
the magnitude of exhibits desired be
reached and the full benefit of the oppor?
tunity offered be realized.
Both for personal benefit and frpm
Statp pride, we ask that eaoh and every
citizen will' take an Interest In show?
ing how truly groat the resources of
Virginia are.
Yours vory truly,
G, E, MURRELL, Superintendent,
Ofllce third floor, Capitol bulJding,
.? e .?
The University President.
Editor of Tho Tlmes-Dispatchi
Sir,?I have just been Informed .of a re?
cent ?announcement in one or more of tho
Richmond newspapers that Professor Jno.
Bassett Moore, of Columbia University,
has received the "unanimous endorse?
ment" of the New York Alumni Associa?,
tlon of the University of Virginia for Urn
presidency of that Institution.
While all the New York Alumni who
know of Professor Mooro, entertain a
sincere respect for his character and ac?
quirements, the statement first mention?
ed is much too ?weeping, It is only the
Governing Committee of the Association
whi?) have expressed their personal pref?
erence ?or professor Mooro.
I feel It to be a simple matter of Justice
to Dr, Charles W. Dabney, now president
of the University of Tennessee, to say
that he, too, has warm friends a?? ad?
mirers uwoiiir the old. University men
here^ I am in a position to aff|rm posi?
tively that the appointment ?f D. Dab
ney to the position-in question would give
great pleasure and entire satisfaction to
a number of the city olurn?! who have
so far had no occasion to express .their
sentiments. *
ALUMNUS.
Ji*W York city, April 80, ?W
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The most lntorestlng and political event
of tho past week wfiB an event which wa?
of itsolf non-polltleel, but dlrootly had
some mighty Interesting politics In It, It
Is believed by thousands ot peoplo that
the two distinguished men from the earn?
platform In St. Louis made speeches
ttrtent tho dedication exorcises of the
Louisiana purchase imposition are tho
men who Will oppose each other for the
prosldonoy of tho TJnlted States in the
campaign ot noxt year. Thero wore
Thoo'dor? Roosevelt and Grovor Cleve?
land. Thoro Is, of course, but llttlo If
any doubt that-Mr. Roosevelt will be the
Republican nominee, and tho ' stirring
evonts nt Bt. Louis on Thursday, taken
with othor evonts of the few days just
preceding, would at loast. Indicate that
thoro Is a possibility not to say probabi?
lity4 that Mr. Clevoland will be tho man
tho Democrats will put up to opposo the
Republican candidate. It will bo remem?
bered that When Mr. Cleveland was nom?
inated the last time tho polltlolans of the
party opposed him, but on evory! train
that wont to Chicago, whoro the conven?
tion was to bo held, there were crowds of
men who had corno direct from the peo?
ple, and they mado the alp ring with the
cry ''Four moro years of Grover." ' This
cry camo up from overy quarter, and It
was simply lrreslstablo. The politician?
had to give In, and Grovor Cleveland bc
ciimo tho candidate to boat Harrison out
of his boots. The conditions politically,
aro much the samo now as thoy wer?
that year, and In tho enthusiasm ttiat
greeted Mr. Cleveland nt every stopping
point between Princeton and St. Louis
and In tho grand ovation at St; Louis
ono can rocogslsto the old song of 18M
"Grovor, Grover, if our moro years ol
Grovor," Thero aro othor signs not nec?
essary to mention bore, that the chorui
Is gathering volume.
Just to show bow rapldlly the North *
coming around to a propor consideration
of tho question ot negro suffrage, the fol?
lowing from tho editorial column'of th?
New York Sun will servo a good purpose!
Perhaps tho sooner the bettor for the
dignity of tho Instrument that now ox
blhlts as a fundamental principio of th?
American system a. theory of suffragi
impossible of practical application with
safety to the vital Interests of the States
chiefly concerned. When even the Su?
premo Court of * the United States,, this
very, week, In the cose of the clash ot th?
Alabama Constitution with the fifteenth
amendment, declines to Interfere and dis?
misses the appeal for tho enforcement ol
tho negro's right to the unrestricted
franchtso, the time cannot be far off
when American common sense will b?
ready to go fearlessly to the root of the
matter.
The reliance,/ tho yacht which is ti
keep the cup on this sido of the Atlantic,
.If indeed It Is'to remain here, baa per?
formed so well 1n her trial spins that her
millions ot admirers hays become onthu?
elastic ovor the little vessol. While shi
has beon out three times her first test In
a, real blow came on Wednesday, whon
she wus caught in a sudden hard puff,
while carrying pretty nearly full gall in
a very ' moderate breeze. The squall
came from a new quarter, blew at the
rate of eighteen miles an hour, and lasted
eight minutes.. A Jlb-topsall. was taken
In when the squall struck, but no other
ohango was mado, and tho yacht went
through without sustaining .the least' In
Jury. This was only her third trip and
a? there had been nothing before to test
the weak place It'was thought not prob?
able that something might give way. But
everything held, and the action of th<
yacht under tho strain was extremely
satisfactory.
Mention Is mado above of tho ovation
to the Hon. Grover Cleveland at Bt.
Louts. He reached that city on the af?
ternoon of April a?th, and there wero five
thousand and more people In and about
the big railway depot to meet and greet
him. Ono of the many special dispatches
sent out from Bt Louis sayst "Tin
truth is the-Cleveland reception, in the
matter of popular expression on the
streets, rather out-dld the Roosevelt re?
caption. There was but little shouting
and less enthusiasm for the Pr?sident on
the streets." Whon tho ex-President
first came into view on his arrival a tall
Missouri man called out: "Hurrah every?
body for a good Democrat," and the re?
sponse is said to bave been a tremendous
one.
England's wintry spring has rulnet
tfruit crops and depressed the growers to
the vergo of desperation. Bitterly oold
weather has prevailed, with koen frosl
and snow In various districts, and even
the early American in London has caughl
the "ohlll," and many a timo wished he
was at home among hla steam pipes.
When summer comes she will knock any?
body down with her fierce embrace, but
this ardor will not compensate for the
ruin of hopes and lost timo. .
The meotlng last week of the King ol
ISngland and tho Pope at Rome Is being
discussed by the newspapers of two con?
tinents, No two papers that wo have
seen agree as to thrt significance of the
visit of King Edward to His Hollriess,
"No other Protestant sovereign of Eng?
land," says tho (Broklyn Eagle, "was er?
er officially ? or unofficially presented al
the Vatican. That fact alone made the
occasion of yesterday something mqr?
than an opportunity for tho Interchange
of pleasant courtesies. It made It on
occasion for demonstrating that differ?
ences of creed are not eo acute as they
used to bo, that Protestantism and Cath?
olicism aro no longer mutolly hostile,'that
each rocognlfco tho right of the other te
live and be lot nlono. Leo XTII. Is not
unconscious of tho fact that the Cath?
olio Church enjoys n, largor liberty In
Protestant England than It does In Catn?
olio France or Italy. Edward VII II
aware that tho head of t^ho: Catholltj
Church has on moro than 0110 ?ccaalofl
aided the English government In sus.
tainlng law and order within his renlm
In districts vyhere the authority of th?
Catholic Church was actually, though
not nominally, higher than that of the
Protestant crown. In all probability
Pope and King will never meet again,
An early repetition of the royal tour la
unlikely and the Pope bolng a very old
man will scarcely Uve moro than a few
yours longer. But tho memory of yes?
terday's meotlng will remain as a pleas?
ing recollection to both participants' and
as an Incident of which history will neo?
essarlly take note,
The latest estimate of John D. Rocke,
feller's wealth whloh was made publlq
last weok makes him billionaire and put!
him down aa the richest man In the
world. This puts Mr. Rookofollor In a
list to himself where he will probably
remain for some time to came, Before
the South African war Alfred Beit ol
?Klmberloy waa, according to an English
list published in 1000, the world's OnlyblN
llonalre. LI Hung Chang of China stood
second In the Hat with $600,000,000. and
John D. Rockefeller third 'with $260,000,'?
000.
Only seven others wero given fortunes
of ovor $100,000,00. Prinoe Ellm pemldorf
of Russia, $200,000,000; Cornelius Vander
bllt of New York, ?126,000,000; Andrew
Carneglo, {120,000,000, and William K.
Vanderbllt, John Jacob Astnr, William
Rockefeller, and "Wlllloro Waldorf Asto?
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