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MONDAY. MAY IT, 191J
AMONG THOSE PHESEXT.
Jn many respects tho recent Demo?
cratic State Convention at Norfolk re
ifndc.l one of a session of the General
Assembly?all the old familiar faces
tvere there. There was a pfrand re?
union of the legislative lobbyists?men
who had no conceivable connection
with the convention thronprd there
like the hands at the cashier's window
op pay day. Seme were delegates,
which was natural, for many of our
?politest and most affable officeholders
are tho local leaders 'n their counties
ami cities, maintaining their power and
prestipe because of the power gl von I
them through the countless sums ro- I
ceived by them In fees for their work,.
A lot of the fat fee ofllcara wire there.!
and they belong to ;ill factions and are]
confined lo none. The only possible
assumption which can be advanced for
the presence of some In Norfolk ia
that they feared somebody might suit
test a plank in the platform calling
lor the abolition of the fee system Of
for the condemnation of the lobby me?
thods pursued by tho officeholders'
legislative chuetzenfest, but the plunk,
to far as we know, war not offered,
and If It had been, the ayes would
have had It. If there had been any
mention of 'bringing up resolutions
centrary to tho officeholders' personal
Interests, the fco gentry were potent!
enough to choke them off.
The TImes-DlspatcH is more than
r\i :? convinced of the righteousness ofj
two posltl.ms which It bns maintained:',
(a > the fee system should be abolish-j
cd; (h) tho proposed constitutional I
amendment permitting unlimited ten-,
ure In office to city treasurers and city]
commissioners of tho Tovcnuo should
lb defeated. An Independent lnve.-tl-i
Kntor questioning dozens of delegates
nl the Norfolk convention found a very
g. ner.tl sentiment against the fee sys?
tem, nnd the. passage of the amendment
rt ferred to. This expression of opin?
ion was confined to no faction. Inter?
est or geographical lines. It was fur?
ther agreed that the organization
formed by the fee officeholders Is still
most powerful, and only a very gen?
eral campaign against tho amendment
will Insure its deserved defeat. There
5:; widespread indifference nmong the !
jicrple based on tinfamlllarlty with
the facts In the case of tho Plunder
bund vs. the People.
Tho Kastern Shore Herald diagnoses
the case as well as It can-be diagnosed
when It says;
c "The Herald recognizes the fact that
bo indifference of the masses fur-j
.{.flies tho opportunity of the bosses,I
.d this convention above all things j
tuvnoiutrales that tho people should;
of ert themselves more and command
wither than serve when the party lt:-j
try sts are at stake. This is the sort'
M'emccracy needed, and not the cold!
Is tlage sort that comes canned ready
vl?'?use."
Mi'sgie Inejtrfercjice of the people In the'
llobbds communities of this Stato and
*.hc various counties Is unquestlon-!
ln\ rosponslblo for the power andj
*? "'.cance of the officeholders' combine,
place6 ,s 100 understanding ofj
Culpigrlsly evils that troop behind a|
."nation of tho General Assembly
j.iiluho fee officers; there la too r.nichj
Paititary submission In the vil of
Chase folks. Tlie officeholders thrive
3-iKr,:i the State does not, and that IsI
so the cause of the officeholders
J"J"J a elf. si: as it Is succes rul The
on, after all. Is not so much of
oney Involved as It Is of prin-j
The fee ofllcers. through the
that their long continuance In
has given them, are able
trol In many cases the elec
or the Genera! Assembly,
a) bosses In otllcc are. therefore,
dictate to tTie legislator who
he sees it. nothing to gain and
so by fcolng in the face of the
.?rs at home. ?
It the result? Legislation In
r-at of the officeholders ban the
?vay. Lc-gialullon which would
,he good of iho State Is side
lfH^~ Everything thai boars Hi
jtfbgresa or reform is stifled
ed. because progress in one
ight. In some far-off star,
&ess in making our govern
[jhlnery better and more ei
Ilcehold'-rs arc running Vir
lone will it be before the
5%>ple run theml There can
instructive reform in this
lyitll the pOWl r of life,
i has baen broken and
i on the progress of the
? all time.
\ mi ^ Ii RKOSI v.
This ne K ?,, ieasted on r
and whan they left the
;?*?**??.< que?thed t ? Vli
The $12 an . ? ?r la; hut
5 Volunv''
*\ Fest her Welt' and leave the outer
Edition. thoy < onceab d t his
Inder the names mint
?|#?'{-|ted lie?erry shottcake. About
Sanatio,u "ung, but
Sitjoeraet* i oei and o loratl?
B?fi?a print
B^tayexp'?"" ";h 1' :"
tw&fan h? aid "f words the im
,tiie eliortcakt? .What
? Blowing: und splendid Imagery can
I paint Vor an Ignorant world that bliss?
ful ecstasy when the crimson of
crushed berries, the crisp gold of melt
liic crust and the soothing unction of
clotted cream mingle Into a symphony
of savory delight upon the dazzled
palate of the devotee? lieats might
have done It with his lines of "creamy
curds" and "cedared Lebanon." It
might have been hinted at In the soft
l lilt of dreamy Vorgltlan numbers.
' I .
Lamb, who made the fragrr.nce anil
! Ilavor of roast pig linger eternally
I upon the grateful tongues of men.
'could have put it Into Jeweled prose:
but. alas! all the masters are dead,
land among the living there Is po hope,
I unless it he in the honey-sweet pens
I of the gentlemen who wrlle the ads
: Tor certain sugar waif are and choco
I late creams.
No less than genius Is required, for
the catling of shortcake Is more a mat
tor of the spirit than of the body. It
.should bo attended with ceremonial
bantling Us divinity. The feast should
always be celebrated in a dim a:id
cool old dining room, where tho lace
I of sunlight and nodding roses wavers
j in the young- Juno breeze. 'I ho music
should be the noonday twittering; of
birds or the plaintive melody of doves
at evening. As an altar let there be
set a table of mahogany, strewn with
the fairy webs of line linen and ornate
with the slim splendor of historic sli?
ver and cut glass and for attendant'
alone Is proper some iiaur.:hter of the
gods divinely tall and most divinely
fair. In a big apron, with upturned
sleeve:-, showing tha shell-like pink of
arms flecked with berry juice, as It a
rose had learned to blush a deeper
rose.
Then the eating of n strawberry
shortcake Is an adoration, a prayer and
a thanksgiving. Swooning man does
not know whether It is food or the
melody of a ifbng without word?, or
a dream of old romance. He can scarce
distinguish between Iho memory of
the rain and the wind and the moon?
light that still dwells In the viand
from tho azure depths of Paradise that
reveals Its momentary, splendor In the
blue eyes of the sovereign priestess.
O poor and outcast world, we pity
you! What life holds for yoit we can?
not think. Never to have eaten a Vir?
ginia shortcake, never even to remem?
ber having eaten one. tills is the death
In life. Come to Virginia and learn
from men how the old gods of Ureeoe
lived In tho golden age.
GETTING AFTER THE MAN 111CiHER |
Vi*. j
The fate of Lorlmer Is scaled. Hol
must go; he will go. The people will I
not stand for him, anil they have I
forced him out by a somewhat novel
but wholly effect Ivo method of re-j
moval. The people of the nation arc
holding the Taft administration rc- i
sponslble for Jjoriincr'a retention of
his seat, and no public sentiment 1ms
compelled the President to antagonize j
the seating of the "big blond boss."]
if Lorinior Is denied bin membership
In tho Senate It will be because the
people of tho country, unable to con?
trol quickly the Senate ltuelf. hold re?
sponsible the President, who Is the;
titular head of that party which Is In
the majority In the Senate. Already 1
several pro-Lorlmer Senators have I
?been left at home by their const'tuen- |
des solely heeauso they voted to j
whitewash Lorlmcr.
But tbero was an easier and more
effective way. This Is the year fori
tho presidential nominations and the!
presidential election, and so the peo-'
pie have lot It be known at tho polls I
and In tho press and In the market?
place and on the hustings that they]
will not have their purposes prevented, j
They will not stand for Lorinier and]
Lorimerlsm, and they will not stand
for a Chief Executive who would not
oppose Lorlmer and Lorimerlsm. Lori?
nier was r.o appointee of Taft, but
Taft has the power to force him out,
and he must use it. The head of the
majority party Is singled out and hold
responsible for tho inaction of tho
majority. Taft must respond to public
sentiment or he Is lost.
So far as we know the case has
. few. If any, precedents In our national I
history, but the principle Is right, and
i.- one wh'ch more nnd more will he
invoked in nn effort to hold our gov?
ernment uncontatnlnated from the
touch of spoilsmen and untainted with
the fingermarks of the boss.
THE MASSIE-FOSTER MONUMENT.
Warm-heartedness is a conspicuous
i Characteristic of the Virginia lawyer.
! There Is a fine feeling of fraternallsm
j In the legal profession of tho Old Do
I minion and a sincere bilt quiet way
I of doing the brotherly thing that Is
i not emulated In many Stntes of the
I Union. The Virginia lawyers are not
j content to let their good works bo
' only thos-o which shine out in pttbl'c,
but delicately and kindly have done
( many tilings with the right band
j which tl'.e left ha3 known naught of.
i There is n distinct feeling of brother?
hood in the Virginia bar. lightly
, manifesting itself in the courtrooms.
I In daily Intercourse and In formal
' meetings, but there arc far more sc
! rlOUS ami far more substantial silent
: warm-hearted stretchings of tho hands
to the 111- fortuned.
The movement nit the part r>f the
' lawyers of Virginia to erect a monu
in i t commemorating the sacrifice ol
I Judge Thornton L Masslo nnd Com
nwenlth's Attorney William M. Fos?
ter, who gave their lives for the maln
nl nee of order and the majesty ol
1.,i,-. is as comirtendable. as It is char
. i. '.. tii. That the response from the
, bar to this call will be liberal and
! suffleirnt is assured In advance, for
tin- legal brotherhood of Virginia
j realizes that the heroic passing ol
these two lawyers reflects fame find
honor upon the Virginia bar. Tin
murder of these mcii simply because
? they wete performing their sworn
j duty a.t ministers of justice is without
j j arullei In Judicial record!:, and tuclt
ntcrii devotion to duty makes them
stand cut In shining relief on the
roll of the martyrs who have given
their lives that the law might live.
A committee of live has been ap?
pointed to solicit contributions to the
monument fund In Richmond, South
Richmond. Henrleo and Chesterfield.
Its members will shortly call on our
Judges and attorneys, and knowing
the warmth of heart before displayed
; by the lawyers in ami around this com
? inanity as we do. The Times-Dispatch
is assured that from this segment of
tho Virginia bar will come a response
surpassed by none.
CHINA'S GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
Apart from the complication over
the loan It is so vital she should HU
cie-o, the situation In China Is fur
from he'ng encouraging. Mos; of the
Ofllcla) airJ press news we receive ns
to conditions and the trend of events
anil Influences at work bear upon mat?
ters connected with the ventral gov?
ernment. Tho run of this news more
recently has been distinctly dlscotir
u(.<ng. Private letters wh'ch deal
more particularly with the Situation
in the province!* from which they
were written throw important und
accentuating sidelights upon the dis?
heartening outlook.
j 'i'lirse letters make it plain that net
a rule the provinces 'io not recognize
|tli^ authority of tho central govcrn
| ment, that In most of them virtual
I anarchy prova'ls, and that the pro
| vlnclal governors ami other officials
I pers'-tcntly act regardless of one
another They positively antagonize
. and discredit the optimistic reports
lnr,'>'red l>y the central order as to
the relations of the parts to the
whole, of the states to the national
I regime, There is no co-operation;
practically unions the states them?
selves, no separate or concerted move?
ment to sustain the supreme powers
that he. and in the circumstances of ?
! disorganisation the masses in the
several different provinces are fast
losing all semblance of homogeneity.
Even c'vll war In some Of the states
and wars between states are appre?
hended and predicted.
-Meanwhile. It is stated, the ManchU
imperialists, taking advantage of the
opportunity, are plotting for restora?
tion, and it is charged that Russia
and Japan are secretly urging the
plotters on?not, however, for the
lovo of restoration, but In the knowl?
edge that this new factor in the gen?
eral complication must tend most
potently to precipitate universal
chaos, and thus play Into their hands
In the matter of their designs re?
specting Chinese territory. Color is
given to this charge and to the alle?
gation that those two powers have a
s'de agreement touching their absorp?
tion respectively of Mongolia and
Chinese Turkestan ar.d Manchuria, by
the'r atUtudo in bringing to a stand?
still the negotiations for the Chinese
loan.
One of the pr'vate letters In ques?
tion, which, in tone and opinion and
warning, 's a fair sample of all of
them, says: "China is very near
foreign Intervention. Po far as I can j
see. there Is no way of avoiding it.
There mu.-t . onic from somewhere a i
force that can compel ord*r by force- |
ful means. ? ? ? The utmost distrust !
prevails." Amid this the writer ifnes
on to tell us "men are being punned j
up who have no more fitness for public !
position than had the negro office-j
bolder In the reconstruction period
following our (!-mcrlcan) Civil War. 1
? ? ? The new title of Tutuh. given !
the ranking revolutionary officer in
each province, has been multiplied ltd
lib. by the soldiers. There are from
two to ten Tutuhs In the various
provinces, each Independent of any
one els? in his province, and none of
them acknowledging full alleglar.ee to
c'ther Peking or Nanking." Indeed
would China seem very near Interven?
tion.
Moreover, what with Russia's es?
pecial political Interests In Western j
China, which are recognized by Japan: j
the natural feeling of the latter that
she is entitled to "compensation" for j
that recognition: Great Britain's pre-'
parat'on in Thibet for emergencies; j
Kreuch ambition for northern expan?
sion, to say nothing of the fact that
Germany would not bo averse to ex- j
tending her Chinese strip of Influence, ?
also, it would seem that China la very !
near partition?all things considered, |
indeed, that she is nearer to It than |
ever before.
The ballyhoo man of the New Or- ?
leans Picayune will now get rid of a;
few remarks: I
"Ladies and Cents?Immediately In
front of the band wagon you will ob- i
serve the elephant, donkey, houn'
o.twg. Teddy hear, Billy 'possum, dark
horse, StO?l pigeon, crow, rooster and I
the eagle. On the right of the Steam!
roller calliope behold the wild man
Hum Oyster Bay and on the left the
; fat man from Washington."
i And tlie donkey "eats 'em allvo"
I this year, too.
Life In Virginia Is just one glad,
sweet day after another.
It will soon be watermelon season
In Virginia. The folks can hardly
wait to open one of the large, red.
Juicy things and dream of Paradise
while eating It.
K was n Froncltman who said that
",i beautiful women Is the parad'so ot
the eyes," I.tit he was looking at n
daughter of Old Virginia when he
said It.
a citizen of Tanpahannoclt "as a
: snorer takes the crisp Virginia bun,"
] says tho Madison Kxpon.Mit. This
itnan while taking a nap snored with
such force that lie Jarred the bedstead
11 out of J'dnt, and It fell down, the
headpiece striking him on his .."snor?
ing horn" and broke It. Virginians
Iare a wide-awake, people, hut among
lheni is the champion snoror.
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
<? aUglit <>n the Ply.
Several safety rasors have been sent
lo Woodrow Wilson. Some people
ItiVSt think he is going to have a close
shave.
Mayor Shank, of Indianapolis Is be
irg spoken of for the vice-presidency.
W hat have they got against hint.
Mr. Bryan doesn't like Oovernor
Harmon, and it begins to look ns
though the reeling la entirely mutual.
A Chicago professor says lovemak
ing is a science. 1'es, very often It
becomes u doun ^tie science.
A man who < .? i> buy butter on cred?
it nowadays really should bo operat?
ing in Wall Sir. ? t.
What If Wushlngton did have led
hair'.' He Wore wig. and nobody
knew It but Martha.
New York i.e. ab robbers arc loot?
ing banks. Heretofore they have con?
tend efforts to robbing the laxlcab
patrons.
Woodrow Wilson says there arc
many Invisible brickbats in politics.
Yes, and many vli Ible goidbricKs.
Heports says Uncle Jim Wilson will
retire. l*es, he probably will to-night
and to-morrow i Ight, and so en.
Only n Pew More Weeks, Then?
The bride Is on- of the beautiful and
accomplished younger society women
oi our city. Th< grooni Is a promin?
ent glue merchant of Oskalooso, la.
The; presents art numerous and cost?
ly.
The double ring scrvlco was used,
and the bride i i to the beautiful
strains of "Lohengrin." carrying a hnpo
bouquet of Brldo roses und wearing a
diamond ncckla. o and a bridal veil, |
The newly mill rlcd couple left i
house amid a shower of rice add ?
old shoes for an extended wedding
journey through the East, visiting,
Peavcy Junction. Owosso and other!
points, and wi'l bo at home after June
.". nt the residence Of the bride's par- I
en is. I
Daran'' TUtt Sound Natural
Class Motto: "To-nlgllt wo lay the
cor ner-stone."
Presentation of diplomas.
Salutatory: "The Women of To-Day."
.Miss Beatrice Jos phlno 111pp.
Song.
Oration: "Beybndthe Alps lies Italy.'
Mr. T. Frothlnghnhi Pitts.
Essay: "Work ami Win."
Mies Anastasia Snphorilo Peebles.
Orutlon: ''How to Run the Covern?
ift nt."
Mr. Tobias William Sptntc.
Selection by mandolin orchestra.
Oration: "Julius Caesar."
Mr. .1 Perelvnl Dinkey.
Essay: "Look Up. I.If' Up."
Miss H. r nsey Tlbblts.
Oration: "The Future of Our Coun?
try."
Mr. Wllbcrforce Archibald Blnks.
Valedictory: "Tho Mistakes of Sol?
omon."
Mr. Emorson Longfellow KlJd.
Archer Christian.
Two years and a half are gone since
the life of Archer Clulstlun was sncrt
llced on the football field at ileorge
lown. and the 'tterness caused by
tbiiugi.t of a young life wiped out
has largoly passed away. To-day the
Influence of the olghteen-year-old boy
who died bravely In loyally to the
university, so that a great sport might
eventually typify all that Is kern in
American athlbtl ? life, is more power?
ful arid ornnlpr? -??nt here than It has
? vor been before. Through the mem?
ory of that hoy. who as a first year
student spent Lttle more thnn two
months within tIi?? wall* of the uni?
versity, each student here Is brought
more fully Into sympathy with h's
fellows. Thus the mission of a 1 fe
Which ended In the fulness of Its
promise Is fulfilled each day. And so
it is that those who entered the uni?
versity with Archer Christian; that
those who knew him here; that stu?
dents from all colleges will attend the
simple service in bis memory at the
chapel to-morrow night. In Archer
Christian much was embodied that
la best in youth. He wh? n splendid
athlete, and his life was dein and
manly, His moTntiry lives and win
l \e alwi ys at the university.?College
Topics.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
General Lee's < olllll.
In i magnslno I see tho
statement thai the casket In wh'oh !
General It. E l.ee was burled was
almost miraculously discovered in the
liver near I, x'ngton. when there was
no possibility of procuring any other
colHn. Can you tell no- the facts In
the casoV MKS. O. E. WADE.
It has tS.ki ;s. some time to get at
the fa tu vvl . . art now given through
the kind Major Win. A. Ander?
son, of Lexington;
A f. \v > before tho death of
?cm i a I Let Hoods had destroyed the
.lames Rlvi r Kanawha Canal, ro
lied :; fi ? freight to Lcx'ngton,
and had c*l the roads nnd washed
away 11 ? . ?es by which the town
could ho n ted. W.hen General Lee
died there v.-..< no Suitable casket -n
Lexington bin c XT. Koones. tire lead?
ing undertak r. had .several of the
best design lately arrived v'a the
canal and ?' in Alexander's ware?
house, on II canal, u little outs'de
of town, wl h, with Its contents, had
been swepl vay by the Hood. .Search
he'ng raadi vo of these caskots wer?
found caugl l In n tree on an island
In ii-.. Mi -tl River, some: miles below
Lexlngti I one of these was used
in Genrral l/f's burial.
Tyc it In-1- Hnrhlp.
Please mo whether II 's sup
marble showing alone;
the Tye l: . Is of value or not.
T. C. B.
As in the case of many mineral val?
ues of Virginia, this seems to hnvo
i negl Win. B. Hogers says
Abe Martm
The' aril : marred a performance o'
Easl i. ;.,..t night. If th' women
Jist stick t ii,' water wagon they'll
be runnln' ih* country anyhow In a
Xew years.
THE STRAW HAT IS BECOMING BOLDER.
_By John T. McCutcheon.
[Copyright: .1913: By John T. McCutcheon.]
of thi? marble: "From the specimens
already seen, particularly mo white
marble from Tye Uivcr, there is rea?
son to hope that Hits, likewise, may
become an object or niucn value 10
the district In which it ucours. The
Tye River marine, anu one or mure
analogous veins, nave all the Char
acters ot a statuary marble of tine
duality, ana tnouni not some pecu?
liarity, as yet unpeicuived, prevent
their application to the purposes of
the SOUipt01, they will no dfiubt be
looked upon as very valuable posses
Elur.r."
? ieriunn Hallways.
Are railroads in Germany t'ue prop?
erty of the Bovernmc.it? K. T. T.
*! CK.
China nail Mexico.
Please stale the causes of tljc reeer.t i
troubles la China and in Mexico
A SUBSCRIBER. !
Iii China thousands of causes op- r-1
atlng through many years have made
a ?party" of advanced thinkers, who
lave Decn hoping for an opportun'ty
to effect vast alterations in the old
government, which might br'ng 't
nearer to the Western forms. What
there was In the circumstances of
the nation to render the time selected
peculiarly opportune no one outside
the. movement seems to know, tnd tho
llkellhpt/l Is that tho success of the
revolutionary party is but one more
of those lucky blunders of which so
many pass for statecraft. In Mexico
the rule of the lately deposed Presi?
dent bau lor years been virtually that
of an absolute monarch. Individuals
and families and communities have
been gradually alienated until the
number of p. rsons hostile to Dias
grew from a formidable minority to a
majority which was able to destroy
his government at least for the pres?
ent.
AmertcuB Ffnlhrrmau.
Dr. R. E. Blackwell, president of
P.aiidolph-Macon College, Ashland, Vh..
desires to learn what he can about
Amcrlcus Feathcrman, who l.? F.-t'd t?
have been a teacher ef e'/i??a!atry n
or near Richmond about ISO. Spate
Is given to this statement In the hopo
that some renders may be able to fur?
nish the desired Information.
crippleTakes
real long walk
Ralph E. Tompklns, nineteen years;
old, who claims to be the only one- I
legged professional long-distance |
walker in the world, arrived in Rich-1
mond late yesterday afternoon on a I
Journey from Pouglikeepslc, N. Y., his !
home, to Jacksonville, Fla. Ho left |
Poughkeepslo on April lu, and expects
to reach the Florida city some time
next September.
Unlike many long-distance walkers.
Tompklns does not clnlm to bo hiking
on a wager, but being a cripple and \
having to use crutches, he has found
that It Is one of the few ways by
which he can make a living. In each
city ho appears at some playhouse,
and In this manner makes money.
Tompklns said that he did not wish
to perpetrate any fake upon tho pub?
lic, and declared that ho did not walk
Into Richmond, but for several reasons
was forced to come here from Alex?
andria by rail. He covered tho dis?
tance from Poughkeepslo 10 Alexan?
dria on foot.
Ho has With him letters of recom?
mendation from tho Chief of Police
and other officials of Poughkeepslo.
Several days ago be sent a post card
to Chief of Police Werner announc?
ing tho fact that ho would .pass
through Richmond. Ho will resnmo
his walk somo time to-morrow. While
hero he will be at the Richmond
Hotel.
Unconscious Negro Found.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.1
Danville. V11., ? May 2rt.?This morn?
ing shortly after :: o'clock a negro
was found lying beside the Southern
main line tracks, near the Dry Bridge,
with a severe wound upon his head.
He was found by tho crew of a shift?
ing engine, which was- on its way to
Danville, after having helped a local
freight up a steep grade. The negro
was taken ?11 the engine to the depot,
from* whence he was taken to tho
loeneral Hospital, lie Is still uncon?
scious, and has not yet been Identified.
FLOOD PREVENTION
IS BURNING ISSUE
Nationalization of Levees Seems to Be Only!
Metho.l in Which Great Problem Can .
Be Adequately Hand ed.
(Special in The Tinics-Idspatch. 1
Washing-ton, May 20.?In view of the
terrible destruction of life and proper
ty caused by the floods Of the last
few months on the Mississippi, tho
nationalisation of the levees and flood
prevention arc to bu made burning
issues before the present scss'on of
Congress ends.
There Is hardly a spot In tho cnt're
ir.-iited Stat< s, whether It be along
the Banks or the .lames, in Virginia,
tho Savannah, In Cieorgla and South
Carolina, or elsewhere that 1m not sub?
ject at all times to Just such con?
ditions n? have existed la Mississippi.
Therefore, the question of flood pre?
vention and the construction of suit?
able levees is one of the Important
matters of the day.
During the past few weeks Ser.ator
Rlert rtansdell, of Louisiana, whoso
State has been hntdeat hit by the
floods, has been discussing this sub?
ject w'Uh many Senators and Keprc
.-dilative*. At his suggestion a con?
ference of all the members of Con?
gress from the lowland sections of
the valley will be held within a few"
?lays with a view of submitting a com?
prehensive pian for the complete pro?
tection of the overflowed lands alone
the general lines which, wen- carried
out so successfully In constructing the
Panama Canal.
Speaker Champ 'Hark, -who l-.ns tak'n tho I
liveliest possible Interest In river Improve- I
racnt for the past twenty year?. recognizes
dint government control of the Jeeves Is]
l tie only hope, and that thv place-meat
method* followed In the pas'. *r< totally
Inadequate^ Speaking on this subject, he ,
Bald:
"My congressional district Is in the point
between the Mississippi ami Missouri rivers. I
nnd lias In It the mouths of five other j
rivers, navigable by net of Congress. That .
I c:n deeply Interested In river and harbor i
Improvement!, always have been and always
will be. admits no question. From very I
force of circumstances I have studied much I
about floods and destructions of lives, homes
and property they cause, in the. great flood i
of livs Hood Harasses In one county In my
district wire estimated at JJ.OOO.OOO, and as
all the tin counties, except one, border on
tbe Mississippi or the Missouri, ttio totil j
damages aiu.n have been $$,000,000 or 17,
I? l).C!S.'.
"Tue great question of reducing ,flood I
da mages to the minimum Is too Mr for In- !
dividual! or even States to wrestle with I
alone. The Federal government only Is i
strong enough to handle It. The old saying,
"an ounce of prevention la woi-ili a pound '
of eure." applies with peculiar force to this i
e:,sc. It Is awful to contemplate the enor?
mous damage done by the present Hood. ,
"Government control of the levees seems '
to be the only hope. And, closely eon- j
nected with tbe flood question, la the ques- '
?Jon of drainage. On the Mississippi and j
it:: tributaries. Is enough overflowed land of
tbe richest fertile quality to make a State !
as large as Missouri, and that. too. In ilie
COLONEL DAVIS
DIES IN ARIZONA
Brother of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer
and Cousin of Jefferson Davis
Was Large Mine Owner.
Tucson, Arlx., May ??.?Colonel William
1-coiiurd Davis, a cousin of Jefferson Davis,
at one time. vtCO-proaldont of this Press
Publishing Company, publishers of tho Now
Vorlt World, and a brother of Mrs. Joseph
UuUixer, died lure yesterday, lie hud been
ill for the last two weeks After be left
the World. Colonel Davis became heavily
Interested In mining properties in Colorado,
ills homo was at Colorado springs.
i'olonel Davis was bom In Virginia and
was a graduate of tho N~i\nl Academy at
Annapolis. He served In tlio <"onf.-derato
Army, but took up his residence In New
York < l</- after tho war. During tho ad?
ministration of Governor Flower ho was
appointed to the C?overnor-s staff. Me le
mored to Colorado soon after bis marriage
In IM>4.
dolpnel Davis was sixty-five years old. and
leaves a widow and one sun. echo bodv will
be taken to Washington, D. C, for 'inter?
ment.
heart of t!.?. ? ontlncn-. ?nd In the mldde
of a grrat community of churches, ?chooli
t.ousca, r?liroadt and ot!*er facilities of
communication and transportation; u.dee.J,
with every kcno'wd ndjunct of modern .v.
cation?land enoutli to Support 10,(40,009
people. Wet Linda In the Mt?ilulp;>l Val?
ley can bo damned at :t letaVcotl per ncro
than uny hinds <aa lie Irrigated In the arid
re*lon?. C-nrr...t>o.ly ought lo h?v? brain*
enough to dc?j*a e fcur^S!? Dchtme at
nrainlnic them. There la a Brent common
?ease claiue in tuo ronttitution o: the
united Statu, the general welfare c!au?e.
?htcli the \vl?e?t conatructor? of our organlu
ia? oxpreeily provided for Inevitable eme;.
Sendee. Such ? met ??r.-lM ?er now obvious
in government control of leveea and ihe
kindred problem of dralr.a-- rUy enough
of practical and j.rontable lolutlon."
hospTialT?id
still growing
Colored People Get Two Thou?
sand Dollars From Citizens
of Richmond.
N:-arly S2.001 has already been sub?
scribed by the people of Richmond for
the colored hospital, which will be
erected in this city if sufficient funds
are raised. In addition to the list
heretofore published. the following
amounts Were reported yesterday:
A. J. Chownlng, f'-'i: George Jeffer?
son, $j; George Hulchcr, $6; S. Coplcn,
$1; S. T. Hunt, $3; W. J. Scott, $1;
Dr. O. Ii. H. Bowser. S5; .Nell 1?. .Sills,
?1: Miss Gusste Planhart, Hi H. E.
Weinstein, $1: Mrs. W. J. Taylor. $1;
John Smith. 11; f. A. Frye, S3; Moses
J. Marx, ?-?; C. M. Kemp, $2; Wilton
White, SI; Allison Miles, $1; Louis
Perkins! 1; Benjaman McGoe, $8; C.
A. Wilson. $1; J. C. Logon. Hi Ferdi?
nand Taylor. $-': Stewart L. Minor, $2;
S. .Spears, ill Henry Sweet, SI; Robert
I!. Roper. SI: Isaiah Pollard, fl; Mrs.
S. Whittle Dickorson, fl; Mrs. M. R.
Mills, Si; Eaton Drug Company. $3u;
Thomas P, Bryan, 126; Fourqurean.
.Temple Company, J.",; Charles G. J?r?
gens, SI*1: Misses Lizzie Munford and
C. II. TalbOtt, SU'. W. 11. Warron. 91;
Ceorge Lovestcr, Hi .1. 1'. Mickleton,
Jr., ?1; James Mullen. S3; H. Kastlc
berg & Sons, $r.; James C. Pago, $1;
S. A. Oakley, $5; Klrkwood Mitchell.
96; Thomas Greehorn, $2?; Joseph K.
Brooks. 15; Mr. Brown. SI; Jaincn 11.
Anderson, $">; Olles B, .InoKson, $5; Mrs.
Mary Lee Bennett, $10; John R?ther
foul, $5; Powers & Copier. $-">: .lulius
Straus & Sons, $5; Preston Cocke, S>?;
Mrs. Paul P. Ileafer, SS: Nell It. Lee
Murphy. $1; N. W. Bowe, $10; B. S,
Hume. $2; Dr. II. I* Harris, I1G; Rob?
ert S. Preston. M, D., $2; V. J. Cralglo,
dl; S. W. Robinson, $10; Burton
Smith, $1: Samuel W. Mock, $10;
Vaughah's Pharmacy. $5; C. Fred
Grlmniell, $r.0; H. C. Clarka & Sons.
Inc., $10; Edgar Allan, Jr., $2.
Baseball PFnyer Injured.
fSpeelal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.l
Bristol. Va., May 20.?H. I> Garrctt,
first baseman for the Bristol team of
tho Appalachian 'Hnseball league,
arising in his sleep, fell from a third
story window in Knoxvlllo this morn?
ing. His injuries are serious, and may
put him out for the season
National State and
City Bank
Richmond, Virginia,
. Solicits Your Account
C?DllaJ.?l.OOO.OOO, Surplus, 8000,0001
