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The Times-Dispatch
< Wbllahad Dally and. Weekly at No. 4
North Teftth Street, Rlchrnond, Va.
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FRIDAY, APHIL 17,
DEMOCRACY~VERSUS REPUB
LICANISM.
7; The flnanclal buslness of tho country
fs slowly recoverlng from the shock lt
.recelved.by the declslon of the Northern
Becurltles caso. The law undar whlch thls
case was trled, the court before whom
lt' was trled, the lawycsrs by whom
lt was prosecuted, the admlnlstratlon
*hat urged the lawyors to the prosecu
tlon, wero all Republlcans. The main
pfilnts of the declslon were the necossary
tonclUBlons from tho antl-trust law and
ffib whole proceedlnp was the outgrowth
?f' the Republlcan prlnclple of paternalism
jand government control ot tho buslness
Bf the country. Thls does not mcan at
t\\ tbat thero aro no porsons ealllng thom
*o>ves Democrats. who do not approve ot
all the Republlcans havo dono ln thls
matter. but then the actlon of tho Repub?
llcans Jias been strictly ln nccordanoc wlth
Bepubllcan prlnclples, whlle the npprovnt
of the Democrats Is Inco'nslstent wlth the
' prlnclples .ot Dcmocracy.
, It Is becomlng very plaln that the busl?
ness Interests of thls country cannot be
eatlsfactorlly conducted by the people
imder lnterforonco by the governmont
run accordlng , to Republlcan pater
riallstlc prlnclples. Wo tmvo had the
buslness ot the country tortured
.by belng loppod off or stretehed out, nnt
accordlng to the dtmenslons of lts ro
qulrements, but accordlng to tho capaclty
of tho procrustean bed, crcatotl undor
the Natlonal Bank aot. a speclal Repub
icun scliemo of banklng, nnd in no way
akln to Democratic prlnclples ot free
bauklpg. We now.have in thls Northern
Seeurltles coso tho utmost expnnslon ot
thp ldea of government control of lnter
st'ato commerce ex'pr'essed ln the Shorman
law, and construed by a Ropubllcan court
at the Instance ot the Republlcan admln?
lstratlon, and wo soo tho best dovlsed
plan for tho prlvato admlnlstratlon ot
rallroad propertlos, at once ln tho lnterest
of the publlo and of tho stockliolders,
thwarted and nullltled. Thla would
'noirer havo been dono undor laws
passod, and an admlnlstratlon conducted
accordlng to genuino Democratic prln?
clples, There Is no doubt that rallroad
corporatlons whlch get thelr extraordl
'nary powers from State governmonts
j ehould be held to a strict accountablllty
for tho falrness wlth whlch they dls
charge the obllgatlons they nssumed when
tho extraordlnary powers wero glven
them. In every State thls has beon pro
.ivlded for by rallroad cominlsslons, and
other means of onforclng tho rlghts of
? the people agalnst the rallroad, and thls
is as lt shoultfc.be, but thero ls no sound
jirlnclplo whlclr'can. Justlfy tho govorn
ment i" Intcrferlng'wlth the control of t.he
etock of rallrotids by the lndlyldual stock
? holders when thero ls no oveldenco that
that power. cxerclsed through tho corpa
rato organlsatlon, has been used ln nny
rnsinner Inconsistctlt wlth the purpose for
whlch the corporation was created, Tho
attack upon the ihdivldual ownershlp of
etock ls carrylng the Republlcan ldea ot
covernment liitorferenco wlth prlvato bus?
lness to a despotlc exteut. And not mere
Jy thls, Ibut tho corollarles from tlio
prlnclples lald down ln that judlclal de?
clslon are ko far reachlng ns to alarm
tho peaceable nnd progresslvo buslness
men of the whole country.
. Thls brlngs us to thls conclustpn, that
?the independenco, lndocd. the llberty of
the buslness men of thls country can only
be lound under an admlnlstratlon whlch
ls conducted accordlng to the well eslub
llshed prlnclples of Democracy, whlch aa
sert the greatest amount of llberty to
the cltlnen and thu least amount or In
terference by the government conslstent
wlth peuco aod good order: A Blrlct
constructlon of the Federal Cbnstltution,
ilind a strong repulslon to any eularge
inent of Federal nuthorlty, rathor than
the Republlcan purpose to expand and
enlargo such authorlty upon every pro
text. Tlie essenllal bellef of Democrats
ls that the government ls the aorvant of
the people, net the people the servnnts pf
the government; That tho puoplo aro ablo
to talie cate of themselves wllhout the
c mstant coddling, eneouragement, )>ro-"
tectjon on tho miv hand. or on the other,
rcpression, perhaps opjiroaslon and inier
ff.iui;c?s by tlie government. What f.u'ory
good cltlien wants ls to be let alono in
the enjoyment of hla legal rlghts. whlch
ahould be as near his natural rlghts as
the rea,ulremeiit8 <,f poace a.id good or
(der wlll pormlt.
With a platform lald down upon llues
conforming to these prlnclples, tho Dorn
ocratlc party, utider the leadtrhhlp of a
nian who lu convlnced of thelr truth oftn
rally to Us btandaid. thu harrassed "rap
talns of Industry" and t,vio Induutrlous
workme.n, who appreclate that un.ler new
methods of organfaatloti of capltal ti,0y
liave never recelved such laige uiid ro
Jlable wagc-ii and are unwllllng to hava
that Bltuatlon broken up to please the
vanlfy or gratlfy tho ambltion of re'ek
|ass demagoguw.
llr. J)oi>?oielt has overplayed jhls part
In playlng to tho gallorles whlch he sup
poacd wore llllod wlth thnso who Would
applaud any attack on trusla and com
blncs,
Thoso ngenls of modorn lndustl'y have
many frlends, not otily among tho "pluto
crata," but among tho qulet Invostore of
modeat auins who boo nolther reaaon norN
prlnclplos ln tho assaulU upon tho cotn
^panlos in whlch thoy have embarked
their hard won earnlnga.
We wlll see Mr. Booaevelt take tho
back track or ba made to take a back
seat.
THE WAYOFTHEMOB.
One of tho most charactorlstlo oxhlbl
tlons of mob violence that we have aeen
cleEcrlbed for many a day la to be found
In the story whlch wo prlntod yeaterday
from Joplln, Mo,
A nogro had Bhot and kllled a pollce
man, ond nftcr he had boon arrested and
lodged in Jall a mob collected and de
manded hla peraon. In vnln did the offl
cers of the law plead wlth the mob In the
Intereat of Inw and order, Tho mob
would not llsten to reason, but took tho
negro forclbly away and hung hlm to a
trcfl. Thero waa a most brutnl and dls
grncoful acramble, In whlch tho victlm
was olmost torn to ptecea, but ho was
ftnally swung up and kllled. ,
One'would suppose that after the mob
had wrcaked Its^ vengoanco on thls man
It would have been satlsflod, but It ls
hard to satlsfy a mob. The mob splrlt
was rampant, tho blood of tho mob was
otlrred, and thoro was thlrst for more
biood. After the negro who kllled tho po
llceman had been put out of tho way tho
mob. Btnrtod out to make war upon tho
wholo negro poulatlon, Innocent negroea
were set upon wherover thoy weite found
and maltreatod, ond flnally, when all the
ncgroes had beon chased Into the negro
qunrtor, the mob went thlther and lald
waste wlth flre and sword. Ncgroes wore
assaultod, tho houses of ncgroes were
flre'd, and the mob attempted to prevent
tho flremcn from extlngulshlng tho flames.
It. was llko bell's fury turnod loose, Tho
mernbers of the mob wero as bo many
snvages, flt for any sort of violence and
outrnge.
Thls shows how dangerous It Is for n
mob to gather for any purposo. Some
may say that thls negro deserved to be
BUtnmarlly dealt Wlth, but when tho mob
got well started lt dld not stop wlth hls
executlon. When a mob does got started
thero ls no knowlng to what lengths lt
wlll go beforo lts fury shall have been
spent.
Soveral yeara ago a mob gatherod ln a
Vlrglnla town to lynoh a negro, and whon
It was nscertalned that tho Judgo had or
dered the sherlff to protect the prlsoner nt
all costs, thero were crles for tho blood
of tho Judge, and a promlnent cltlzon of
the town, ln speaklng of the matter af
terwards, sald that tha mob would prob
obly liavo lynched tho Judgo If he had
appeared on tho scena at tho tlme. Ho
sald also that the mob splrlt was s6 ln
furlated that no mnn's llfe waa safe. The
mob demanded a victlm, and?lt mattored
very llttle who tho victlm was, Just 80
scmebody's llfe was sacrinced.
Wo 11 vo ln a civlllzed ago and In a clv
lllzcd country, but thero ls a great deal
of lntent savagery ln tho breaat of men,
and thoro Is a constant struggle betweon
the law and the mob. Ono or the other
ituiat rule. Wo miist mako the law su
prerno, or tho mob wlll have lts way.
GOOD ROADS FOR CHESTER
FIELD.
Wo aro gratllled to learn that tho peo?
ple of Chestorneld are movlng ln tho
dlrectlon of good roads. A meotlng of
the Good Roads Assoclatlon of tho coun?
ty was held at Chesterflold Courthouso
on Tuesdoy nnd steps takon to forward
tho work.
Wo are Informcd that Chesterflold has
beon spondlng ?10,000 a year on hor ronds
for a long porlod of tlmo, and that thoro
la not a good road ln tho county to
show for It. Thls does not mean that
thoro 1ms been any dlshonesty ln tho
use of tho money, or that thero has been
any noglect of duty on tho part of
tho oftlclals, but It does bIiow that tho
work has been poorly done.
The nilstnko that haa been mado In
Chestbrflold and In most othor coun
tles of tho Stnto, ao far as we aro In
Cormed, ls that the roads have beon
wdrked wlthout tho dlrectlon of an Intel
llgent onglneer. lt ls better to bulld
ono rnlle a year of good road- nnd
bulld'- lt In a subslantlal mannor than
to "work' many nilles In.sllp-shod mnn
por and mako no pormanent Improvo
ment. If tho former courso had been
pursuod, If ench county hnd begun ton
yeara ago to bulld across lts bordora ono
iiiaciidamlzod hlghwny, and had con
tlnued thls work from year to year,
thoro would bo at least ono good road
ln' each county and many good brnnch
roads would now be In process of con
Btructlon.
It Is for thls reiuson that wo favor
the 'bill Inlroducod by Belogato Blco to
croato a lllghway Comintaslon wlth a
compoteut iMigliiuer to dlrect tho work
ln tho aevoral couutius. Of courso, wo
are not wedde'd to Mr. Blco's blll, but
wo do bellevo In tho lllghway Commls
slori, mul we do not bellevo that Vlr?
glnla Wlll begln to havo a good aystum
of roads untll some such meaauro as
thla ls adopted.
A PROHLEM.
Tho Bchonl boy who wroto that "In
onlon there Is strongth," was not so far
wldo of tho tnark aa may appear at tlrst
slght. At thls soaaon of tho year most
mlik drtnkors wlll ugrao wlth hlm.
..nd u contentlon that has arlsen as to
tho propev inetliod of exllrpatlrig tha
'wlld onlon from tha Capltol Bquaro shows
that tbis odoroua and Intruslve vt-geti.hlo
has takon deep root In that part of tho
publlc donialn, and Is llablo to become a
gtalo questlon.
Th.) Buperlntendcnt of Publlc Grounds
ronfessi's that tho resourcPB at hls com
mand ara unequiil to the task of reiiitw
liit; it, and tho Btato Dopartiniuit of A/,'
liculture is Bllout on tho suhject; but
hero cornes an Ingenlous and enterprlslng
man who ;iska that tho Bquaro bo pluicd
umler hls control for llve yeara. and who,
ln that event. proinleoa that hy a rota
tlon of orops on it, ho wlll eradlcate tho
oiilon complotely. Ono of the orops ho
would run for two years Would he to
bacco, Oats?hot wlld oats?wotlld ha
nnothr-r. '
our frlend's schome mny not Instantty
rocommend llsolf to tho loglslatlvo mlttd,
but wo do liope It'wlirintiplro the two
houses to voto a sutnolent Bttm of monoy
to put tho Sqttnro lhto good condltlon
'somehow. ^
Tho rows of trees around tho grounds
should be kopt tip. What Bclonco nnd
labor can do to romon'o the pestllontlal
onlon should be dono; tho greonaward
should bo kopt groen, and made to look
prosperous, and hero and there the watk
ways should bo Improvod. A few moro
beds of flowers would not hurt.
Somo very protty beds mlght be made
of tobacco and cotton plants, and nothlng
elso In the Square would bo more ut
tractlvo than thoy would bo to strangors.
It would tnko but a fow httndred dol
lars a year to keep tho Squaro ln good
condltlon. That money thls State can af
ford to expond, and we should llke to aee
such an Item In tho approprlation blll
every yenr. The penitentiary can and
wlll furnish plcnty of unskllled labor,
but actual cash ls needod for other pur
posos, nnd It cnnnot 'bo gotten excopt
through a leglelntlve approprlntlon. i
ENTHU5IASM AND TEHPER
ANCE.
We havo rccolved tho followlng com
munlcatlon:
Edltor of The Times-Dlspatch:
Slr,?You havo glven so generously ot
tho space of your valuable papor to the'
'dlscusslon of prohlbltlon nnd the Antl
Saloon Loague work, that I should hesl
tato to presitmo further upon your Ilb
erallty, but for my iconfidcnce In your
slncoro deslro to do Justlco and glve a
falr hearlng to all. ,
It is tho "fnnatlc" In whose cause I
now tako up arms. Notlce that I put
"fanatlc" ln quotatlon marks. I do not
mean tho fanatlc accordlng to the dlc
tlohary deflnltlon of tho word, but tho
man wh'o, llko Elljah, John the Bap
tlst, Paul nnd Luthor. Is so full of a
noblo purposo, bo consumed with real
and determlnatlon In a great cause, that
the "hoi pollol" say, "These men are
beslde themselves; .thoy aro mad." They
oro not Infalllblo and llke Impetuous
Peter, somotlmes make mtstakes, somo
tlmes pcrhaps, go too far, But they make
thlngs go, they aro dolng somethlng. There
are "conservatlves" also In quotatlon,
who aro In no dangor of errlng In thls
dlrcctlon. Do not understand mo to com
mend fanatlclsm. Conservatlsm ls gold
en, but may tho Lord bless tho con
sorvatlvo "fanatlc," and, ln morcy, do
llver us from the fanatlcal "consorva
tlve," tho man wlth the fanatlco-phobla.
who Is afrald to have an oplnlon of hlft
own, lest It be not consorvatlve, who Is
as stlll as a mouso durlng tho calm, but,
when tho wlnd beglns to blow, runs out
hls llttle vano and says, "Whew, what
a blg wlnd I am mnklng," and then ho
beglns to crow over tho eloctrlc fans
that wero movlng all through the scorch
ing hent of the summer calm. "They
are fanaflcs, they nevor could create
such a wlnd; they ought to havo walt
ed for the 'proper tlme,' "
It Is a glorlous thing that publlc sen
tlment ls so thoroughly arousod on tho
subject ot prohlbltlon ln our State; but
what Is tho cause of lt? Is It tho re
Biilt of naturnl evolullon? No, It Is tho
oftoct of tho agltatlon, the hammerlng
hammerlng the unconquernble persovor
anco of some old "cranks." Tho proper
tlmo would never have come had not they
mado lt.
News comes that DanvlUe has "gone
dry." What does lt mean? More than
ten years ago one, .Tohn R. Moffett, n
"fnnatlc," a "temperanco crnnk," one ot
God's martyrs, was shot down on Dan
vlllo's stroets by a har-keepor. Yes, we
rejolce In the vlotory of truth nnd rlght,
but lot us remomber that others sowed.
that others laborod and boro the heat of
hte dny and that wo but enter upon thelr
labors.
JOHN MONCTJRE, JR.
Rlchrnond, Va? Aprll 16, 1003.
We havo great respect for the enthu
slnst, wo havo great respoet i*or the
man who has the courago of hls con
vlctlons, wo have great respect for tho
honest man who has the courago to spenk
hls mlnd, whothor or not we agree wlth
hlm ln tho oplnlon he oxprossos or ln
tho causo whlch ho advocatos, Tho on
thuslnst ls always a good promoter. lt
Is by ontliuslasm and zeal that publlo
scntimcnt ls stlrred. But tho trouble wlth
the enlhuslast ls thnt ho ls apt to bo
ovcr-zealous nnd Is apt to advocate ex
trerno measures to carry out the reform
whlch he would accompllsh. When thora
aro practlcal questlons to deal wlth, prac
tlcal methods must bo omployod.
Anothor objoctlon to the enhuslast ls
that ho ls apt to ovorstate tho truth,
whlch ho proclalms and nothlng ls ever
galned by that. On tho contrary the
causo Is woakened thereby. For example
our corrospondent says that the Rev.
,7. R. Moft'ott was shot down on tho
streets of DanvUlo. by u bar-keeper and
as a result of hls martyrdom, Dnnvlllo
has now voted o run tho saloons out of
oxlstenco. In polnt ot fnct, Mr. Moffett
was shot by a lawyor, by n lawyer who
wns not engrigod ln tho llquor trafflc, and
ln tho Intorest of truth It must be fur?
ther sald that Mr. Moffett was not klll
ed because he waa a prohlbltlonlst, but
becauso be had mado nn attnck through
hls paper upon tho lawyor, who nftor
wnrds shot hlm. Tho two men had hnd a
dlffloulty at tho polls, but thoro would
ln all probablllty havo beon no further
trouhlo if Mr. MofPntt had lot tho af
fnlr rest thero. But ln tho next Issuo of
hls prohlbltlon papor, ho donounced thls
man ln unsllnted tcrms and subsequenlly
thero was anolher porsonnl oncounter be
tweeu hlm nnd the lawyor ln whlch''Mr,
Moffett wns shot to dcnlh.
Mr. Moffett was n dovout prohlbltlon?
lst, was honest and consclontlous and
couragoous, but bo lost hla llfe not
through hls ndvocacy of prohlbltlon, but
because he d?:llberately and foarlesaly
nnd wo mlght almost sny recklosaly do
nounood ln prlnt a man whom ho know
|0 be hls enomy.
Wo havo no dlspowltlon to resurreot
thls unfortunate tragedy, nnd we shall
not go Into dctnlls, but as thero havo
been several referonccs to tho nffnlr ln
connectlon wlth tho latu local optlon (luc
tlon In DanvUlo, In tho lnterest of ac
cunioy, wo give these slmplo facts,
NEWSPAPERS GETTOGETHER
Our llarrlsonburg corrospondent says
that negollatlona have been consuinmnled
by whlch the itooklngham Reglstor, the
oldeat weokly puper ln tho county, and
tho Dally News wlll bo oonsolldatod after
May 1st. Tho papers wlll bo puMlahcd by
Ihe News-Reglster Company- Mr. /,. II.
Snyder, edltor and pijhllBhor of the Reg
iKter, wlll bo edltor In churge of both
papors, whllo Mr. It. B. ftmythe, ed|tor
of tho NeWa, wlll 'beoorne bustness man
ngoi' of the new aotupany,
Conaolldatlon ln tho ordor of the day,
and It afitsriifl to vi that thoBa publlshera
have done a wiae thlng^ to conio togothor.
The Dally News ls a sprlghtly paper, and
lt haa been eurptislng to lia. how a town
no larger thtiti Hdrrlsonburg oould sup
port fluch a paper. The Rooklngham Reg
letat' ls one Of the oldoat and hioHt BUb
stantlal nowspapers In the Stato, and
the two papora mako a Btrong and desir
nblo comblnatlon,
STATE BOARDOF TRADE.
Wo are gratined to know that the-Vlr?
glnla Stato Board of Trado haa beon or
ganlzed. Some, tlme ago thla paper took
occaslon to speak of tho Importanco of
aueh an organlaatlon In Vlrglnla, and lf
tho btislness men throughout tho Stato
wlll only glve lt thclr aupport they wlll
nccompllsh good thlngs for themaolvos
and for tho general buslncss of tho Btnto.
Vlrglnla Is rlch ln rosources, but somo
how our pooplo aeem to thlnk that It Ia
not neooasary to put forth any organlzed
cffort to develop thom or to adv^ortlso
thom. Tho tlme haa como, howovor, whon
ovon tho'.most flourlshlng States and
cltles (Ind lt necessary to odvertlso, nnd
if Vlrglnla Ib golng to kocp up wlth tho
pnicosBlon wo muat adopt tho inodern
methods. The Btato Board of Trade la a
tlmoly organlnatlon. It has a work to
do, and wo hopo lt wdll do lt wo.lt.'
The Elks~o7~Baltlmoro cxpect to havo
tha blggest plcnio .bvor seon ln thla coun?
try. It wlll take placo July 23d at Lovo
Polnt, and lt la expected that 60,000 peo
Plc1 wlll attend. >Two hundred "colored
mammles" wlll be employed to cook crabs,
and eaoh one?each mammlo, not each
crab-"wlll woar a red bandana and be
assisted by two llttle black plckanlnnlcs."
Crabs wlll bo cooked In every etyle.
Not only the momhers of tho Grand
Lcdge of Elka, "but ovory man, woman
nnd chlld connected wlth the order wlll
be Invlted to tho plcnic." Prlzcs wlll be
offered for the bost unlformed and march
Ing lodgos, &c, &c.
Whllo tho crab wlll be tho dazzllng
fcature of the plcnic, lt la understood that
thoro wlll be .other provender for thoso
anclent and honorable Elks who llke va
rlety ln their blll of fare._
It ls weirfor~the"master of a shlp to
kocp cool. On Monday tho ateamer John
H. Btarln left New York for New Haven,
and nothlng was heard of her untll Wed
nesday nlght. Frlends of tho people on
board of her were In great alarm and dls
tress, thlnklng that aho may have been
lost In the violent storm that had boen
raglng. But no great harm had bofallon
hor. For safety's sako her master had
run her out of the storm lnto Locust
Grove harbor, and thero aha lay for
about twonty-four hours. But tha cap?
taln took no palns to sond a mesaaga to
the nearcst 'phone or telegraph offlco.
At longth throe passengers, flndlng that
ratlons were gettlng short, walked ten
mllea and communicated the nowa to the
world. ?, _
Not long a"go the prosence of a rlng of
boodlers ln th'e St. Loula Board of Al?
dermen waa dlscovored and some of them
wore sent to tho penltentlary. Now it
appears that thero lsanothor such rlng
ln tho State Loglslature. It la charged
that many mombera have been brlbed to
Influenco tholr vofes. In most casoa tliou
sand dollar bllla were used as; the clr
culatlng medlum. The grand Jury Is now
maktng an Investlgatlon, and the cloaeat
sort of inqulry ia promlsed. Hlgh offl
clala have boen aummoned aa wltnessea.
Some of tne"^llsslaslppl papors note the
fact that thraro haa been a marked do
creaaa in the number of lynchlngs in that
State of lato. A comploto oxplanatlon of
tho chango Is not furnlshed, but lt Is
thought tho promptnesa with whlch mur
der and nssault caaes aro now trlod and
tho tendency to adminlster the doath pen
alty havo hnd much to do wlth lt.
Baltlmoro has juat awarded corrtracta
for tho coal that ls to be used ln the
various dopartments of the clty govorn
mont for tha onaulng twolve months.
The prlces averngod about 13 per cent.
hlghor than thoso of last yoar on all
grados of bltumlnous and nnthraclte.
Tho people of Now Orleans aro trying
to raiso n fund of ono hundred thousand
flollars wlth whlch to provldo for the en
tertalnme.it of tho Confsdorate vetorana
at tholr grand mootlng to bo held there
next month, and the pro-iV-oola are that
they wlll Buccoed.
A promlnent rallway offlclal of thls clty
declaros thnt Hicks ls the only rollablo
weather prophet, and whon Illcks pro
dlcts fltonna and heavy downpours thls
offlclal gets roady to look after washouts
and floods nn hls llne.
All a Democrat has to do now-a-daya
|n order to beoomo ;'a promlnont candl
dato for tlio Prosldentlal nomlnatlon ls
to got elocted maypr of somothlng or
othor.
Tho wholo country l? waltlng to aeo
what Provldonco la golng to Instruct Mr.
Baer to do wlth that 800,000,000 tona of
n.ithraolto coal Just dlscoverod in Penn
sylvanla.
Thoro ls ns much dlfferenco of oplnlon
In the Btato as to the real etfects of tho
Mann llquor law as there ls ln tho coun?
try at largo as to what conatltutea Jof
forsonlnn-Hnpubllcan-Doniocracy.
Pollco olllcora suem to bo tho favorlto
largot for tho bad, whtskey-eoakod negro
rowdy 'and hls gun.
What about Adlal Btevenson as a can
dKlato on a plutform donounclng scoroh
Ing wlthout tho oonaent of tho scorched?
Tho esteeinud Nows ond Roglator, of
Harrlsonburg are ongoged lb restralnlng
trado, Thoy havo niergod.
Tho "long Biiaaon In Mivy," that tobacco
planlors talk so much about, Is havlng
Ita Innlng In Aprll tbia year,
Mr. Cloveland is gettlng at- '-.htened
out on tho negro problem.
Aprll weathor ntlll Inslata upon trying
to mako us thlnk It ls W8rc!^
Tho Newpnrt Nowa carnlval'-Beoma to
havo boen washcd oyerboard.
iJtalf JftourWith i:
Vtyinta Gctttors* !:
Tho Roanoko World In a oolumu and
a half artlole ably defenda thls 'propo
SttlOMi
Tho onao'ttnenKof tho blll now pend
Ing Ih the Leghjlature provid Ing for
a tax of one dollar on every hundred
dollars' value of ooal and mlneral mln
Ing output would, ln our Judgmotit, provo
a most hurtful and costly exporlment to
tho peoplo of thls fetate. Comparatlvely
speaklng, thoso lndustrles ln Vlrglnla aro
'but as yet In thelr lnfanoy and should
bo afforded all the fostorlng oare nnd
protoctlon that the govornmont oan pro
porly extond.
Tho startled Alexandrla Qaaette says!
Wlll wonders nevor oease? Hon. W. J.
Bryan and Senator Hoar were speaklng
at a dlnner glvon in Washlngton laat
nlght, And both agreed-that lhomaa
Jefferson was a great man.
The Salem Sentinol sayst The Rloh
mond Tlmes-Dlspatoh says Mwport
News .Is golng to havo a klnd ot douHo
barrellod curnlval. Tho ones we have ln
thls sectlon are regular blnsls-that ls,
they blaBt buslness whllo they aro golng
on.
Tho Lynchburg Advance says: It 6an
not bo many yoars before tho oheap landa
and gonlnl cllmato of tho South wlll draw
from tho Northwost thousands of wldo
awako, Intelllgont farmers who wlll have
the means to purchaso choap homes ln
thie Bec'tlon and contribute by thelr ln
dustry to tho dovelopmerit _of our r ch
nntural resources. Populatlon ls l ke
water, It wlll gravltato ln tho dlrect on
of least reslstance. It ls only a questlon
of tlme when the Soulhern ^?J.*M
be as donsoly peopled as tho North.and
Northwcst.
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A FEW FOREIQN FACTS.
Tho only anclont gold dlggings yet dls
covered whioh are of sufflciont magnl
tude to bo those ot tho Ophlr ot Davld
nnd Solomon aro those of the Zambos!
reglon. Tho gold contributed by Davld
alone to tlte bullding of the temple belng
"3,000 talents of tho gold of Ophlr,
would bo ln value ever $S0,000,00O.
Sho Masuda, a female sorvant of Nlwa
gorl, Japan, has had a green rlband con
ferrod upon her by the Japanese Bureau
of Decoratlon for romarkablo fldellty to
tho famlly tl?at employed hor. She is sald
to be tho flrst domestlc servant who has
ever been decornted by a govornment.
Tho flreproot ault of a Frcnch-Cnna
dlan Invontor conslsts of a smock ot as
bestos, wlth gloves, cap and boots of tho
samo materlal. The asbestos mask Is
flttod wlth a klnd of rosplrator thnt en
nbles tho wearor to breathe wlthout lnhal
lng dangerous vapors. In thls costumo
a man has rofnnlnod ln a burnlhg bullfl
Ing, performlng tho work of a flrernan,
wlthout lnjury or sorlous dlscomfort.
Dr. Samuol J. Motzlcr, a Borlln phy
slelan, has come to the concluslon that
nll mlcrobes may bo kllled by a serles
of vlolent shocks. He seems. to have
proved hls theory?at least to hls own
aatlsfactlon?by. attachlng to tho walst
of a glrl a number of bottlea of soup
fliled wlth mlcrobes and maklng hor sklp
and dance untll she was almost ex
hausted. By that tlme the mlcrobes were
well nlgh oxtormlnated.
Evon tho Jaded tapto of the ParlBlans
Is rospondlng to tho sensatlon of seelng
a chlld Hon tamer ln tho person of TUly
Bebo, a frall sovonteen-year-old glrl. Sho
dominates the savage beasts by affectlon,
nnd although she bears ugly acratches,
says that none was glven wlth mallco.
Thls modern TJna ls sald to sleop wlth
her llons frequently.
With a Corriment or Two.
Vlrglnla now has an acute Senatorlal
sltuatlon.?Memphls Commerclal-Appeal.
Hadn't heard of lt here.
Tho Rlchrnond Tlmes-Dlspatch Bays:
"Whon a man holdlng a 'Blg Four'
can't wln out In Cinclnnati thero must
be Bomethlng wrong with the rulos of
the game ln that town."
It takes a good deal ofjblutr, though, In
nny clty to wln on a "blg four" flush.?
Nowport News Tlmes-HeraM.
It has come at last?about thlrty days
behind schedule tlme. But It la here. We
rofcr, of course, to tho klck agalnst tho
now oyster law. It comes blonnlally, and
though late thls year It makes up for
tardlness In vlg'or.?Ralelgh News-ObBorv
er.
And so our frlends over in North Car
cllna have thelr oyster troubles as well as
wo "Vlrglnlans,
Tho troublo wlth Mr. Bryan 1s that ho
wants to blow all the horns ln the band.?
Rochester illernld.
And work tho blg bass drum wlth e
foot spring.
Personal and General.
Mlss Cornella R. N"ash, of Now York,
who rocently shnred wlth John D. Rocke
fellor the paymont of a dobt on tho Bap
tlst Church of Lakowood, N. J., mado
tho church an Easter glft of a plpe organ.
, Edward Elgar, whose muslcal settlng
of Cardlnol Nowmnn's poom, "The Dream
of CoronteuB," has Just boen heard for
the flrst tlme In Amerlca, Is a Roman
Cnthollo, an orgnnlst by professlon, and
was a groat frlond of the Cardlnal.
Rev. B. S. MoKenzte, roctor of SL
Jnmos' Eplacopnl Church, In Mncon, Mo?
seems to have settlod the empty pow
problem. For slx monthB laymon from
tho local congregatlons havo occuplod tho
pulplt at Sunday evonlng servlces, and the
church has beon crowded.
Another Utorary Inndmark of Boston ls
soon to bo torn down. The house ln
Boylston Flneo, whore Motley wrote hls
hlstorles, ls to givo plnco to a tnll ofilee
bullding. The house has been occupled
for twenty-flve yoai-3 by tho Boaton Ll
brary Soctety.
Klng Victor Emmanuol, 'whose great
hobbv Is colh collectlng, 1b JiiBt puttlng
the flntshlng touches to hls magnlllcent
work on tho colns of Ttaly, tlio cost of
whlch wlll be J30.0OO. Tho Klng's collec
f.on of colns conslsts of 00,000 spochnens,
August Manns. tho emlnent muslcal
conductor, contributed the followlng llt
nny to the Loudon "Chronlcle," whon
lu-ked for a eentlment: "From ambltlous
slngers wlth bad volees, from flddlors
who play out of tlme, from Wagnar dls
ciples wlthout talent. good Lord, dellvor
us."
Rev. Pnul Rador, pastor of tho Asbury
Mcthodlst Eplacopal Church nt St. Pnul.
I?- Ipslng hls eyeslght as a result of In
jurles recelved last fall whllo ongaged ln
playlng foot-ball.
a
Qrnve Offence..
Colonel Wattorwon calls Groyer C|eve-.
land an "arblter ln modo." If the Colonel
should throw that at anybody ln Kon
ti.cky tnero would be'a street duel.?Kan
aas City Journul.
..THE MAN..
ABOUT ?
TOWN
Harry Tucker
DABLY CALENDAft.
lW?-Blg Btohe Gap dtsoovered by the
Myatlo Shrlho.
lOTfr-Stlll BUfferlng from the effeots.
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Wo'd llko to seo old Bolotnon,
Who shlnes for all allko;
We want to tako a stroll ^i-iO^Sj^
Among tho woods and down the piKO.
Wo want to ohaao the hopporgraaa
And rldo the old whlto mules
Wo want to sook the rocky pass,
Aa waa our wont and rule. ,
When we wont barefoot on tho green,
A lanky lnd at school.
Wo want to seo tho chubby glrl.
/Wlth oyes so brown and brlght.
Who used to'meot us at tho brldge,
Who waa our guldlng Hsht
We want a gourd of buttermllk,
From out the old stono Jar{
We want to bo far, far away
From tho sound of trolley car. ,
Wo wnnt tb droam amld tho forn,
Among tho bubbllng sprlnga;
Of all thoso that wo want to-day.
Thoso aro somo of tho thlngs.
Nobody would, thlnk, to look at hlm,
that Mlstor Frnnk Anthony wrote thls.
But ho dld.
And wo havo boen rollably informod by
Mlstor H. Clalborno Eppa, whoBe name
we havo promlaed to wlthhold ln thls
matter, that he haa a lot of thlngs llke
the above laylng around on hla desk In
tho llttle holo ln tho wall.
Aftor thls, whonover wo wiah anyi
sprlng br summer pootry to flll ln wlth
we Bhall call upon our frlend, and wo feol
aure that tho pooms wlll bo forthcomlng.
Thls one abovo oohoos our eontlmont
precisoly, !and wo foel much obllged to
our frlond. ". ,
From now on he should ba known as
the Poat Lauroate of tho Blka Homo
Club.
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We have dtscovored a brownTeyed glrl
at the Cinfedcrato Bazaar.
Thorefore, whenovor wo are misaea
from our haunta around Murphy a or
Campbcll's, or tho Bosomary Llbrory. or
tho gallery of tho Sonato, or at Georgo
Lelgh's desk at the Lexlngton. or Ed
mund Pendloton's offlco, or the ataU* en
trance to tho Academy. or Jako Wells
prlvato offlco, or Cohon's bargain coun
ter or John Wood's aoda fountaln, or
Branch Allen's clgnr stand, or Boatock-s
monkcy cage, or tho headquartors of the
Manchestor Flro Departmonl, or Chlet
Howard's offlco, or Portner's browary,
or Klrkwood's cafe, of Seltz's barher
shop, or Lonnlo Moore's, or tho Brond
Street Bank, thon wo wlll bo found at
tho Bazaar.
Wo aro not oourtlrtg a dlscovery by
some people, for thero aro aomo wo hav*
been dodglng for somo tlme.
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W havo not seen our good frlend, Con
nlo Johnson, for a tlme.
Our last rccollectlon of hlm ls that of
a man in a Tuxedo and a dlamond pln.
And he waa looking for a cheeso snnd
wlch. , .. .
Wo aro unablo to atate whether he
found the sandwlch.
Wo couldn't flnd one, we remembor,
and wo have a dim recolloctlon that Mla
ter Gilbert Pollock offered ua a ham
sandwlch.
But It's a ohceso sandwlch or nothing
wlth us. . . ,,
So If Mlster Connle sces thesc fow llnes
we would be glad to have hlm communl
cnto wlth us.
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And that loads us up to Mlster Archle
Burko, who haa Just returned from Bal
tlmore, whoro ho went to engago a sweot
of apartmenta, or worda to that effect.
It Is statcd on good authority that Ar?
chle got 13, or 3. we forgot whlch, rooms,
wlth a beautlful vlew of the surroundlng
landscape.
Those rooms wlll bo used as hoadquar
ters durlng the Grand Lodgo meetlng,
when Archlo hopes nnd expects to get
olected as Grand Secrotary of tho Elks.
Wo hope he wlll, and wo aro gettlng
ready to be on hand to wake up Bal
tlmoro upon the aforosald occaalon.
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lt tho follow who lost an umbrolla nt
Tonth nnd Brond Streots the other nlght,
whlch we found, don't hurry up and como
nftor It wo shall feel compollod to prlnt
hls name.
Wo wlll return It to hlm wlth reluc
tance.
North Carollna Sentlment.
? Tlio Balelgh Post tacltly congratulates
the Presldont on one polnt. It says:
"We bellevo It 1b a aolemn fnct that
the Yellowstone Park or Beaervatlon la
the only apot ln tho Unlted Statos over
whlch thero Is a power that can put up
at tho ontrance, thus far nnd no farther,
bo far as tho publlc Is concorned, whon
lt has a mlnd to.
"And It ls because of thls that Presl
deirt Boosevelt ohoso lt aa a retreat for
elxtcen daya, whore ho could bo absolutely
f.ee from the Intruslon of offlce-aeekera
nnd others. It waa a happy conceptlon on
hla part, and no doubt wlll result In good
to hlm."
Tho Greonvillo Roflector, ln a eympa
thetlo mood, rlses to romark;
"The North haa the sympathy of tho
South ln Ita race troublea. Tho only ao
lution of tho problem sooma to bo for
elthor the nogroea or whltea ln tho North
to como South, whero elther race wlll at
leaat bo allowod to earn a llvlng."
Tho Ashevlllo Cltlzon ls In somethlng
of a dtlemmo. It says:
"Many communitles of the South havo
found their rosourceB fotterod and their
progross Btlflcd by tho presence of thrlft
lesa negroea, and ln the aolutlon of tho
altuatlon two questlona havo boon pre
aented: G) How to get rld of the negro,
and (2) How to get aiong wlthout hlm as
a laborer."
Tho Ralelgh Tlmos emphaslzes thla blt
of phllosophy.
"If you would measure the real strongth
of a man's character, seo how ho behaves
himsolf whon ho falls ln hls efforta for
promotlon. It ia oasy to bo clovor nnd
liberal when succoss and prosperlty Is
present, but when fallura and dlsappolnt
ment appoars, thon comas tho real taat,"
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Boauties of Science
The dlscovery of an Antarotto chaln of
mountalns by Captaln Scott does not
soem to creato much excltemont.' When
comparod wlth tho thrllllng talea of dls?
covery lrr the flfteonth century, the lattor
day oxplorers' auffor. But thla la duo to
the exactness of sclenco, by whlch much
can be flgured out and whloh leaves llt?
tle to bo speculatod about, whlle ln the
early doya lt waa a Jump In tho dark,
wlth tho chanco of landlng on farne and
tho probability of hltting rldlcule.
Wlll Not Turn Hla Back.,
It la underatood that Qeneral Mlles' re?
port on hls tour of lnspootlon ? In tha
Phlllpplnes renews aomo .of the recom*
mendatlons mado by hlm durlng the Span
tsh War relatlve to the method of supply
ing beof.to tho army, and that ho makes
varlous'other sharp crlticlBms of the pres
ont.administration of tho army. General
Mlles goes on the retlrcd llst ln August.
He ovldontly ls dotermlned/to rotlre wlth
hla faco to hla foea.
MR. COBB IS
APP01NTED
Headof Lcaf Department o
Blg New Trust
HE' LEFT FOR DURHA/W
Much Speculatlon Over tha Movement
of,the New Factor In the Tobacco
World-The Brltlsh-Amerlcan.
The T. C. Wllllami Sale.
Mr. J. S. Cobb, asslBtant general man.
ngor of tha leaf doptirtmont of the Amer*
Ican Tobaoco 'Company, of Rlchrnond,
has beon, appolntod hoad of the leaf
dopnrtment of tho Brltlsh-Amerlcan To*
bacco Company,
In tho futuro tho headquarters of Mr.
Cobb wlll bo in Durham, N. C, for whloh
placo ho loft Rlchrnond yesterday, He
wlll tako hold ln North Carollna at once.
Ho wlll aflsumo enttro chargo of the leaf
buslness of the Brltlsh-Amerlcan. Justi
how the oftlcos willjopontto cannot now
bo ascertained, .but lt is supposed that
it wlll be undor the gonoral euporris.'on
of the Amorican headquarters.
Tho resldenco of Mr. Cobb In Rlchrnond
has dated from about a year back. Dur
Ing thls tlme ho haa been asslatant to.
Mr. T. J.'Walker, general manager of
tho leaf department for the A. T. Com?
pany in Rlchrnond.
OETTING TO WORK.
Tho Brltlsh-Amerlcan Company is a new
ifactor ln the tobacco world and lts movo
ments Just now aro of exceedlng lnterest.
It la a combination of the two glant to?
bacco trusts?tho Consolldated of Amerlca
and ho Imperlal of Great Britatn?through
whlch combination these two concorns !n
tond to capturo the trade of the world.
lts rocont organlzatlon rnakos it some
wlmt of an unknown quantlty and thero
fore af partlcular lnterest.
Wlthin the past fow days the Brltlsh
Amerlcan. fho< trade of which wlll be
wholly export, has Indlcated that It la
propnring to settlo down to work in doad
oarnest. Tho purchase of tho T. C. Wll
Uams Company, of thls clty, the largest
lndependcnt co'ncern In the Unlted States
Indlcated thnt lt would go ln for lt on no
mean scale. Tho appolntmont of Mr.
Cobb nnd hls doparture yesterday llke
wlso shows that the new trust ls gottlng
lts organlzatlon Into shape,
A quesi^jn whlch is now belng very
generally dlscussed Is whothor or not tho
now concorn Wlll have buyers on' the
markots. Independent from thoso of the
A. T. Company and the Contlnental. Thls
means much for ln the graduabconeentra
tlon of tho tobacco InterestB competitlon
upon whlch tho trade depends Is removed.
The Brltlsh-Amerlcan would bocomo one
of tho most Important buyers in tha
world. It could not be learned yesterday
that any plans had beon mappcd out, but
It ls generafly felt that the Brltlsh
Amerlcan wlll havo lts own represontaa
tlves on nll the markots.
THE T. C. WILLIAM8 COMPANY.
?
Several promlnent tobacco offlclals aro
atill ln thla clty, and thelr prosence here
keeps current the report that the aftalra
of the T. C. Wllllams Company havo
been wound up and the negotlatlons for
tho salo olosed. Thls, however, Is not Jhe
case, Mr. Wllllams was seen agaln last
nlght but he stated that thero was noth?
lng new. The acoountnhts of the Brltlsh
Amerlcan, who aro examlnlng tho books
of the T. C. Wllllams Company, have not
yot suhmltted thelr reporL Mr. Wllllams
'statec^hat it would be ten days yet be?
fore they would bo through.
There ls not the sllghtest doubt, how?
ever, thnt fbough tho deal hnB not been
formally closed. ovoryrhlng ls -settled.,
A slgnlflcant fact is that after an absonce
of several days a buyor for tho company
has appeared on the raarket again.
riAY FAIL OF PASSAGE
Big Fight Brewing Over the Insurance
Bills.
It begins to look a3 lf thero may be no
leglslatlon at the present session of the
General Assembly looklng to the creatlon
of a Bureau of Insurance ln the State,
so strenuoua seems the opposltlon which
is developlng to the pendlng bllla havlng
thls object In vlow. Tho Senate has
passetl a blll offered by Mr. Sale on thls
llne, and lt was advanced as far as tho
calendnr In tho House. But on yesterday
lt was recommltted to the'Commlttoe on
Roads nnd General Laws, along with a
substltute offered by Colonel Caton, of
Alexnndrla, whera both wlll be consld
erod to-day. It is understood that a larga
number of Insurance agehts nnd attorneys
wlll appear beforo tho commltees thls
mornlng and urge thnt whlchevert lf
clther, of the bllla aro reported, shall be
so modlfled ns to more nearly meot the
views of the opposltlon. Colonel Caton
wlll speak for hls substltute and Colonel
Sale wlll advocato hls orlglnal blll.. The
vlows of tho Insurance people wtll llkely
be exprossed by MaJor W, H. Sands, Hon.
Eppa Hunton and others.
MR. HALSEY HONORED
Lynchburg Senator to Speak before
Medical Students.
Senator Don P. Halsey, of Lynchburg,
has accepted an lnvltation to dellver the
flnal address before the graduatlng olasa
of the Unlverslty College of Medlclne on
the evenlng ot May 14th, ln thls clty.
Sonator Halsey, who ls a most captl
vntlng orator, ls the youngest man upon
whom tho iwmor has yet been conforred,
nnd he ls expeoted to measuro fully up to
the requirements of the occaslon.
Lnst year tho flnal uddress was dellr
ored by Hon. John Ooode, thon presldent
of the Constltuttoiinl Conventlon, and tha
faculty always chooses a man of publlo
dlatlnctlon. Senator Halsey has acqultted
hlmself with great crodlt on many occa
alons ln the General Assembly, ono of hla
most brllllant elforts havlng been hls
speech ln favor of hls blll to place a,
Btotuo of Lee In tho Natlonal Capitol
bullding at Washlngton.
Lavish Complltnents.
?Llttle Mlss Paullne Welsh, who played
nt the BiJou laat week wlth the Fawcett
Company, has been the reclplont of many
lavish compllmonts by those who attendefl
upon her splendld nctlng, The llttle tot
ls but slx yuars of nge, and was the
object .of much admlratlon on the part
of tho guosts at Murphy'B, where she
atopped wlth her niothef durlng her stay
hero. Mrs. Welsh nnd hor llttle daughtor
left yeBterday lor Norfolk, where the com?
pany Is now playlng.
GO WITH THE SOLDIER BOYS
To Newport News To-IVIorrow,
La'unchlng Orulser Wt-st Vlrglnla. W
round trip vla O, & O, Leavo lilcto
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