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VIRGlll?R - PltOT. ;?bx 'MIE? VIRGINIAN AND PILOT PUBLISHING : , ; COMPANY. ? ._ f.ORFOLK Yttli AND DAILY PILOT. (Consolidated March, 1893.)_ Entorcd at the Poslofllc* at Norfolk. Va.. as second-class matter. OFFICE: PILOT BUILDING, CITY HALL AVENUE; NORFOLK. VA. OFFICERS: A. H. Grandy, President; W. 8. Wilk? inson, Treasurer; James L Allen. Secre? tary. ? BOARD OF.DIRECTORSi A. II Grandy, L. D. Starke Jr.. T. W. Bhcllo'n. B. W. Shultlce, \V. 3. Wilkinson, James K. Allen, D. E. Donovan. HI KHK <lEST.<i 1*15K COPT. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: The VIRGIN IAN-PI LOT 1b delivered to ?tihssribers by carriers in Norfolk .and vicinity. Portsmouth, Berkley, . Suffolk, \V;-.st Norfolk, Newport- News,- for 10 cents per week, payable to the carrier. J*v moil, to any placo In tho United States, postage free; ?_M?T. <?i? yenr - ' 6B.00 ?* nix mniitli? - - 3.00 ? " lUrrn moiitln - -. L30 . " one llioulll ? ? 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The Increase In business find the rise In prices consequent on tho vast new gold discoveries, proves incontestably to nny rational person that the de? monetizatlon- of silver in 1S73 was a very grave mistake, and fully estab? lishes the argument for the restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of sil? ver, side by side with the free and un? limited coinage of gold. The argu? ment, in addition to the long scarcity of currency, among the people In the country . . everywhere, is greatly strengthened; by the stringency of money now In the principal money centre's. If gold to the full value of de? monetized silver were now added to our money-volume, that would be accepted by the money-mongers as an unmixed blessing; why should not the restora? tion of silver be so accepted also, as It will equally increase the money vol? ume? The pretext that tire free and unlim? ited coinage, of Bllver is an experiment and that silver would be a depreciated currency,' la all nonsense or rank false? hood. The moment sliver is demone? tized here, that moment silver bullion in London and elsewhere will be held at Its remonetized value,* for we supply most of the world with silver that it is obliged to have, and we fix its value and price. Besides, silver is the only possible metallic money that will circu? late at large, being so much harder and cheaper than gold; whereas gold is so soft and valuable that the people no? where can afford to employ It as a com? mon currency. Gold, furthermore, is coined In-denominations too high to suit the demands of popular exchange >?Its smallest coin being $2.50, ^whereas the largest coin of silver la but a dol? lar. Consequently in the issuing of cer? tificates for deposited gold and silver money, the gold certificates could be no less than $2.50, while the silver onea could be $1. This money has been taken chiefly from the wages nnd prices of produc? tive labor and its currency for over 26 years, at vast loss and trouble to/It and Its employees; and it make6 no differ? ence to the Justice of the demand of this silver that we can do without It. It Is ours by long prescription, and it is one of our constitutional legal tenders, and its addition to our cur? rency would relleve?the money strin? gency, help everybody, and especially contribute largely to make money abundant among the masses. M'KINLEY'S AGE OF BLOOD. Some years ago the prize-fighter was tin outlaw and a fugitive in the land. He had to seek remote and secluded regions, where the law and its oflicers were practically unknown, or where these could be dodged or hoodwinked, on due ''consideration." Presto! all is changed! The prize-fighter has become, a welcome guest in our cities, and New York gives a public reception to Jef? fries and Sharkey second only to that given to pewey. It is the same old barbarism nnd .brutality; the same old crime and wickedness; but a new light has dawned upon us ;wlth the political par? son from Ohio, Rev. Mr. McKinley; and as he makes brutal war on freedom In the Philippines, and puts ail this on the gold', btals, of course Jeffries and Bharkey must be allowed, nay, en? couraged to fight.: . especially if |t "pays,"?not to speak of the. violence and cruelty H promotes among the fcdniirara, of Parson McKinley and his policy of developing brute force- and the spirit .that goes wlth-'ltv Our Imperial eta may yet ; -witness gladiatorial shows' equal to those of an-| clcnt Rome, with McKinley presiding; and wounded combatants awaiting the | signal of his thumbs for life or death. Men nre slain daily in the Bast at Mc- | Klnley's bidding. AN ENERGETIC ORGANIZATION Unless the newspapers are much flattery and our eyea deceive us, the Young Men's Business Association of Richmond is doing a grand work,-for that city. They rest not at keeping such industries aa they have, in pro? tecting them and all vested caoltal that has cast its lot amongst them; but they are . continually reaching out after ne%v" people and new industries and more capital. We mention this, not so much in pralscof Richmond's young men,though they deserve It, as to' call the atten? tion of Norfolk young men to their style of doing business. . The Business Men's Association is doing a fine'work, yet we would want even more energy yet displayed. Nor? folk has every inducement to offer. She Is ever going forward and upward and thousands, aye, millions of capi? tal Is coming here, and Is already here for investment.Hundreds of new houses are raising therfr majestic heads all round us. This is prosperity, and It is simply art answer to the present de? mand. Let us show some enterprise and bring in some new Industries In the way of manufactories of all kinds. Then there will be a still greater de? mand. Let there be more wholesale houses. If we were not naturally lo? cated for these things, U might take extra work like Richmond is giving; but only an Invitation should be neces? sary. MIGHT VS. RIGHT. Sometimes It Is "business," again it Is "civilization," and then again it is "progress,"?-but always it Is money power. Here, for Instance, is an ex? tract from a eulogy on "progress" by an able contemporary: "Progress Is the most aggressive thing In the world. It makes no com? promises, It tolerates no opposition. It recognizes no barriers, It never stands still. It is foTever on the march, and whether It be in South Africa, in the Philippines, in Cuba or In the United States of America, those who stand In its way will bo crushed or driven to the wall." That looks like a picture of vice dom? inant. It certainly has none of . the features of ? ylrtue, or of Christianity, though the "progress" of conversion by the sword to .it'hbjTurklsh religion un? der the .lead of,:-Mohammed and? his successors was'very much In that style. The same contemporary, In the same Issue, eulogizes chivalry as the Inspira? tion of the true Virginian, and cites the vows .(nine-In number) taken' by a knight, of which we quote the' first four, as follows: "I. You shall hold with the Sacrifice of the Great GOD of Heaven. II. You shall honor your Father and Mother. III. You shall be merciful to all Peo? ple. IV. You shall do no Harm to the Poor." , All of which seems Inconsistent with the progress of : the aggressive 'kind, and no-knight of this modern'progress could take such vows, save with the fixed Intention of violating on the first demand of progress. Woe to the age In which It Is taught that , "business," "progress" or "money"' are the rulers of the world and of all men by divine right, or Irresistible might. ?'OUTLANDER.'1 The newspapers and magazines are telling us that^we have no word to em? ploy, in the- sense that "ultlander" Is used In the Trarisvnal, and that we have to coin the word "outlonder'1 as a par? tial and Inefficient substitute, or trans? lation. 'Wo find "?titlnnd" and "out lander" both In Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, where they are marked ob? solete, they arc said to be derived from the Saxon "Utlande,"'-and were once in common use among us, else they could not have become obsolete; nor are they obsolete among either whites or negroes In some rural regions of'Virginia, re? mote from cities and railroads. There the newcomer, if a foreigner, who be? trays himself by his speech and man? ner. Is Invariably called nn outlnnder; and Webster tellB us that the word means "a foreigner; not a native." But we stilt have "outlandish" in general use, derived from the older words and the same original Saxon, with the same relative significance, which Is near to, if not synonymous, with our Saxon Utlande and Its old English derivative. In "As You Like It," Rosalind, speaking of an old uncle of hers, says that "he was nn Inland man in his youth." which Implies, at least, that In Sh.ikrspenra's time "out land" nnd "outlandor" we.-e still used in England, ns they are still vernacular In some parts of Virglnls and North | Corolinn. "I hog to say that the people have ad ministered their panacea for swell heads, and I suffer no more from that desperate feeling to own the earth."? Bess. What the people want to know Is why you kept so qulot about U. 'Mr. Martin is so '-well* "organised" thh.^ ho can beat any man that opposes him. The machine docs n?t seem i<? In? spire the awe it :oncb'dld. TAKING MEDICINE. - ?The speech made by RicharcT Croker, of New Yorlc, a few days ago, following,' so closely upon the heels o'f an Interview with Arthur P. Gorman, of Marylanp, In the same strain, has afforded, a text f?r asmall sermon to certain young ?would-be Virginia politicians. -Croker, one of the astuteat politicians of this or any other age (for he has amassed a tremendous fortune In poll- ? tics, and has never been caught),-gave as the'; secret of hin success his close alllfinae with the people. It Is always Croker, but It Is likewise always the people. There Is no friend and no office-holder that can make him sacri? fice Tammainy for his personal Interest. It Is always Croker. because Croker Is always doing what the people want. Somebody has got to lead, to act as spokesman and agent. Croker knows this, and fills his place, but never "gets top big for his boots." Arthur P. Gorman, too, vyos a great leader, but he grew and grew and grew, and then his head swelled and swelled and swelled until, like the frog, he split open.' The people stood It all' foi awhile, so long as It was amusing, but as soon as the frog grew to be a tyrant and actually turned the people out, then the people just let him down so hard that his head reached Its normal size, and he has actually spoken, and In do. !ng so said, "The people are the sov? ereign power; nothing should be done by those temporarily in power, except by their wish and full concurrence." Is this the great magnate, the mighty head of four years ago? Is this the man who, with Ralsen In Baltimore, held on to the party machinery so tight that the party ifself had to be broken to pieces in order to get rid of him. Here, Indeed, is a lesson for our young, "would-be leaders"?and some mighty old ones, tool They have been packing conventions and nominating such persons aa they wished, regardless of popular will, until It has occurred to them that the people have nothing to say; tha.t-they are actually lord and master of all they survey and the peo? ple a lot of nonenities , fit only to be driven. Coming home to our own city, it Is rumored that offices are actually prom? ised to certain parties; that the places of trust are farmed out, and agreed upon, as the property of certain men, as If any voter had nothing to do with It at all. The people rebelled against this once before, because the party officials, the ?ofilce-holders, having formed a trust, put only Buch persons in nomination for office, and for the Councils, as they saw proper, and endeavored with the party lash to drive respectable men into the trap. The fight this time will be against the leaders, inside the parly, if those handling the machinery will be good enough to give the people a chance to vote; If not, then, to speak plainly, a nomination will not amount to much. "WATER METERS. It Is respectfully suggested to the Councils that careful and thoughtful consideration be given the subject of water meters before they are adopted by the cl^y. In the first place, the city has been put to a sufficient expenditure to Justify an adequarte supply of water. Even an abundant supply?a supply that will Justify the free use of It by the very poorest and humblest man in the city. Let us encourage cleanliness, not put a bar upon It, in the way of measuring the very water that the people drink and use. In the second place, the city-has ex? pended a large sum of money on its waiter workst and should now be given a rest, for awhile. In the third place, as a party meas? ure, we feel that any party that went Into an elodtion upon this measure, would be Irrevocably burled. When you tamper with the water supply, a home thrust 13 made. We pay already a "Special Water-tax," and also Water rent, and also make a large appropria? tion for the water department. Let us then have none of the Water Meter at present; for the gas meter Is sufficient in the" Meter line. This payment and tax comes out of the tenant, say what you will. Raise the taxes and charges in the city and up boos rent. if people are wantonly wasting water, It Is easy enough for one of the "special inspectors" to Inspect occasionally. When the State Committee wakes up and finds whnt fools the Hon. Thos. Senator Martin made of them, they will also find that the Hon. Jolly Taylor Ellyson. chairman, was In Europe .at tho time. "Accidents will happen In tho best regulated families," said the Hon. Cns sius Pen ton Day to his son-In-iaw, the Hon. Thos- Senailor Martin. Mr. Martin had many friends In Southampton, but they loved their party better than him. '"he voice of tho Hon. Richard Almost Wise Is again heard In tho land. We saw his enrs some time ago. The Vlrginion-Pllot raises Ms voice In defense of the pnrty, and In prosecution of tho Demartlnoerat leaders. May the shade of the lamented Boy^ kin be a solace, to others that will soon follow him. ' What we want?all Democrats treated alike. ? Sauoe for tho'goose ought to he sauce forthe.gander;>Ah. ^ "f. Thb; ^Y. "Sun saidoh' uil'jjh':"-. /.'ItVA^ulnalao^ 'co\ijd' Vote-tOrday',' he would vote >tho ;Deriiocratl6 ticket- Yltvls his ticket; It Is ?.his' hope.''.?' He'Is'prayihg for.lt. ; In hf? attack upon the United States his allies are the antl-oxpahsion-' lsts; 'especially the ? Democratic , party.' i"The. American Mestizos.' the'. Atkln-' sons,' SchurzaS", Lentz'es,' Laughilns,, will vote the Aguilaido ticket.'.' ' We have no Agulnaldos and Mestizos who yote In the United States;-.but all those who come nearest the description of these, In spite of the Sun, voted the Republican ticket solidly in Maryjand arid " Kentucky. Ih Nebraska, - 'whites' and Democrats, voted the Bryan ticket,' and-great was their triumph, over the Sun and all the "American Mestizos." The Vlrglnlan-Pllot trusts that Bryan, wlfh his white men arid true Defnocrdts, will again defeat the Sun and Its "American Mestizos" In the natlonu,l contest of next year. It Is servants,,argents, attorneys, and the like, who^ "Dressed in a' little brief authority, Play such fantastic tricks "before high 'heaven,' Like an angry ape, as make the angels weep;" . . v The petty ofllclal <becom.es '^lilgger'n old Grant;" and if the frog dees not exceed the ox in size, it is because it bursts before It ceases swelling with wind and vanjty. i ' But if a,man, say, want3 to be Gov? ernor because he has been Yuler over a few things,' let him foe reduced to a private station, return into-that body from which ho was originally taken and participate in the burthens of the neoole?'Men do not become Senators and Governors per ealtum, saye by fraud or force. "The Man with the Hoc" is now learning the connection between it and his ballot: and he intends to do his own chooslng'ot candidates and issues, as well as voting, wlthou't leaving these things to the middle-men, who graci? ously transport, buy, sell and attend to the finances of his harvest at their own will and profit. Thelnan with the axe, the man with the hammer, the man with the pick, and other end-men, will combine with the man with the hoe against the middle-men as masters in all things. Everybody is rejoiced to hrar that Gen. Fltzhugh Lee's temperature is all right, as ascertained In quarantine at New York. The General does not seem to suspect that his detention was to search him for concealed weapons, or prepared Interviews, that had not been submitted to censorship. ?? However, we are all glad he got through safely, ex? cept his assassins of 1893. At Ladysmith, Gen. White has wire? less telegrnphy without end; but no Marconi. Better, therefore, call It Mar? coni telegraphy, or wireless Incom? municado. 'It is about time for some Demartino crat to say thait the Hon. Thomas S. Martin could have carried this city any? way. . The Executive Committee Is not the pnrty. Condemning it Is not condemn? ing the party. That little dodge can't work. The Hon. Thos. Senator Martin can well say of Isle of Wight: "See what a great work that me and pa have done." i RATlS a > ;> OPI.NIONM. WATER METERS. (From the Washington Post.) It is doubtful if any city can afford to put n limit nn the free usp of all lllC water needed In every household. Next to eo.rth and air, water is the most im? perative of all necessities. We believe it wQjjld be profitable to a city, would pro? mote health and longevity, and enhance the value of property to furnish water free of cost for domestic uses, and to see that every dwelling was supplied with it. In the cities of the United States there are undoubtedly millions of homes whoso Inmates are dependent on street hydrants or pumps for all the water they use. They have no bathing facili? ties except thos,e of the most primitive character. Families 'thus situated be? come habituated to absence of cleanli? ness. Not many generations of such living are required to brutalize the na? tures of those who are hardy enough to live and grow up under such conditions. The graveyard, the poor asylum and the prison are to a considerable extent j Indebted for their population to the lack of a supply of pure water in the homes of the poor. There hns been In recent years a strong movement for free baths In many cities. Some millions have been expended in that way. In Boston the reform has been carried to the extent of furnishing baths in the schoolhouses. It nil this can be justified, if such ex? penditures of public money are defensi? ble, how much more so is the Post's free water proposition. In this city there nre some thousands of persons of various nationalities nnd all ages whose daily supply of water would probably amount to.about half a gallon per capita. It Is carried from hydrants to homes by the women nnd children in buckets. The death rate among these people is simply frightful. If there were "no stronger argument | than the plea of humanity, one would suppose that to be sufficient to insure remedial action. This is the Capital of a generous nation, and this city's resi? dents are noted for the promptness and liberality of their responses to calls for aid. But this work need not be based on charity. The city could better af? ford to perform It than to treat.it with neglect. When the pending improve? ments in our-water works are complet? ed, there will be no longer any excuse for a permanent water famine in the homes of those who are too poor, to pay for that indispensable requisite of ex? istence. And the best way to accom? plish the desired reform will be to put the expenses of the -water, department into thb g*neral account to bo defrayed by"- taxation. ? Tho time 1s coming, and we /think It is not,far off, when free water for domestic uses will'be the rule in; American- cities. It is coming beX cause civilization is advancing. Trade Mark Res No Faith Necessary. Virtue elves true rc2>utatton. THEY F03RT1VELY CURE Rheumatism, Kldriey Trouiito, Cou?hs, Dyspepsia, Blood, Ca? tarrh, Asthma, Heart, Liver, Diarrhoea, Grippe, General Do billty, Malaria, Neuralgia. A Separate Remedy for Each Disease .Every Remedy Each ? For Sale at All Dragglits. THE HOMeTrEASURE 1 A book full of valuable Information, SENT FREE to any address. It In dnnlit wlilch remedy to lake, write u', an v. o Trill ttlVR your cane our mo-t careful considera? tion? absolutely no charge made SOVEREIGN REMEDY CO. ?337 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. We lap all our seams "on -our latest tyle overcoats. ? 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