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MERE PAWN
ON THE BOARD
Cov. Odell's Nomlnee for Rall:
way Com'r, So-Called.
NOMINATION IS REJECTED
Now York State Senators Indulge In
Lnnguage That Would Soem to In
dlcate Tholr Fitness for Mem*
borahlp In a Hlgher Body.
(By Aasoclated PreSa.)
ALBANY, N. Y? Aprll 18.?Not slnco
tho momornblo daya Of tho Cotilcllng
Platt Insurrccllon haa tho Stato Sonato
been tho sceno of moro blttor porsonall
/ tles or of a moro aensatlonal polltlcal
Sj baltlo than that of thls mornlng and
afternoon, when Governor Odoll's noml
nation of Rnllroad CommlBsloner' Frank
? M. Baker to succccd hlmsolf was 10
Jccted by a coalltion of Bonators Brack
ett, Brown and Elsbcrg, tho throe so
called lnsurgcnt RopubiicaiiB, wlth tho
', Democrats, and an lntensoly personal
confllct wna preclpitated botwoen Sena?
tor Brackott and Senator Ralnes, tho
Republlcan prcsldont pro tem.'
It ls not llkoly that tho battle wlll bo
endod to-morrow, whon It Is bXpectsd
. that tho Judiclary Cornmlttoo wlll re?
port tho nomlnatlon of George .Wilson
Morgan to tako the place of John Mc
Cullagh aa aupcrlntondont. of elocUons,
aent In by Governor Odoll to-day.
In oxplalnlng hls voto agalnst Mr.
Baker's conflrmatlon, Senator Brackott
uaid:
"Mr. Baker is slmply a pawn on tno
cheBS board. 1 voto agalnst thls nomlna?
tlon In protcst agaln3t tho sowage and
fllth that is bolng pourod upon the head
of our worthy Goveronr . through tho
ngonta of tho man who Insplred thls nom?
lnatlon, And I vote against thls nomlna?
tlon to emphasizo my dlsnpproval of the
' nctlon of tho man who causeB tho soal of
party approval to bo placed on any mea
Buro when cortain attorneys aro engaged
ln favor of tho blllfl."
In tho cournr A a. bittor roply, Sena?
tor Ralnes sald;
"When It'camo to the nomlnatlon and
clecUon of Unlted States SenatorB. theso
threo posed ns lndci?ndent Ropubllcans?
ffod save tho mark. It would bo moreibe
comlng to their dlgnlty aa Sonatora. to
tholr lionor as men. and to tholr party
obllgatlons to refraln from skulklng he
hlndtheso excusos. from malntalnlng thls
?hollcr than tliou' posturo. Let them
ceaso to bo tho 'Urlah Hoaps of thls
Senate and to occupy a posltlon for
whlch the. Btato and their owp cons u
cntsi are damning thom with a bittcr
condem natlon."
PRESIDENT GOMPERS
IN A BAD HUMOR
(By AsBoclated Pross.)
WASHINGTON. Aprll 16.?Prosldent
GomporB1, of tho American Federatlon of
Labor, to-dny gavo out a stateroent in
reply to the annual report oT Presldent
Parry of tho Manufacturors' Associa?
tlon, whlch waa road beforo that body ln
Now Orloans.
? "If thero wero any doubt that-Mr.
Parry had takon leave of hls roason, tho
roport (or rather haronguo) whlch ha
haa inado to hls convention demonstratos It
hoyond any doubt. If tho Manufacturors'
Associatlon at lts convention at Now Or?
loans endorscs Mr. Parry's unjustlfled,
undlgested and mallclous antagonlsm to
tho effort of tho workors to securo ma
terlal and moral Impr&vomcnt, they slm?
ply wrlto- themselves down to lts low
level and atand commltted wlth him for
ell the injury that must follow from hls
rabld uttorancca, hls venomous and Ig
norant antngonlsm, which must provokb
only rcsentmont and retallatlon."
SPECIAL GUARDS
PATROLLED STREETS
<Ry Assoclatcd Prrwg.)
JOPLIN, MO., Aprll 16.?It was fearod
all day that tho mob, whlch last nlght
lynched a tramp negro hore, burned tho
homo of ncgroes nnd ran alrnost every
negro out of JopUn, would rcsumo the
depredatlohs to-nlght. Mayor Trlgg ls
sued a proclamatlon to-day calllng a
moetlng of good cltlzens to organlzo R)U
vlgllantes for prcserva.tlon of ordor ln tho
clty.
Thls was dono and although throngs
began to flll tho streots by nlght. thero
wns no dlsorder, Tho excltcmont ls Bttll
Intense, but lt is belleved tho. Mayor*s
nctlon has quloted effectually any doslro'
to contlnuo tho rlotlng.
BATTLESHIP MAINE
HAS SERIOUS DEFECTS
(By An?oclnted Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aprll 1.0.?Whlle dony
lng that tho battleshlp Malno has dovel
oped tho sllghtost Btructural weakness,
uslng tho term Btructural ln lts tochnl
cal sonso, hlgh oftlclals at tho Navy Do
partmont aro not dlsposod to mlnlmlze
tho defocts ln tho Malno ns roportod by
Captaln Loutzo and othor offlcers of .tho
vossol. Tho roport of tho chlof englnoor
regnrdlng tho b'ollers, it ls admltted, fur
nlshes ground for groator concern than
tho matter of tho gun foundatlons.
Asslstnnt Socrotary Darllng wlll go to
the Cramp shipyards noxt woek and wlth
Chlof Constructor Bowles wlll make a
caroful Inspectlon' of tho vesscl. If lt
be found that tho bollors are a falluro tha
Dopartment wlll recommend that tb?y be
replacod, but a board of offlcers wlll be
appolnted to Jook Into the question be?
fore auch a radlcnl stop is taken.
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD
BOY SECOND IN CONTEST
(By Assoeiatcd Prcss.)
RANSAB CITY, Aprll Ifi.-M. Dlefen
derfer. of Wood Rlvor. Nob., shootlng
from tho slxteon yard Uno, to-day won
the fourth grand Amorlcan handlcan at
Jnanimato targots, wlth a scoro of 91
out of n posslbla 100. In wlnnlng ho
?vent ho dofoated praetlcally all of tha
expert marlcsmon of tho country, as all
the shooters of noto wore entered.
Max E. Honslor, of Battlo Creok,
Mlch., nlneteen-year-old boy, ahootlng
from the upventeon-yard llne, was second
to Dlefendorfor, maklng a ecore of 93.
DEPUTY SHERIFF
SHOT THE JUSTICE
(By Xssoclated Press.)
OATNESVILLE, FLA., Aprll IB.-As a
result of a dlspute ovor a law sult be?
tween two-negroos, Deputy Shorlff Chas.
Winn ahot Justlco Balley through tho
left thlgh at Newbury to-day, and Balley
has a socond wound In the thlgh, whloh
Wlnn olalms waa Inllicted by Balley
hlmself ln an effort to shoot hlm.
New York Toam Beaten
(By Assoclate'd Press.)
NBW ORLEA^S, Aprll Itl.-New Of
a*o*. a: New York (American^. J,
ASK FOR GREEH T1CKET.
ThIiTlofcatliQivinwIthEvtry
Palr at $1.00 and Owr,
CASH VALUB OM TICKBT 7V3 CBNTS
IN THAOB.
SEE THE NEW PREMIUM UST.
Cconomy Otoros,
311 B. tiroad. 1849 E. Maln.
WILL REGULATE
- CQMPANV STORES
The Attempt, Defeated ln the
House. Resumed ln the
Senate.
The questlon of company stores and
commlssarles ln connectlon wlth great
mMng and manufaoturlng entorprlses,
whlch was a subject of prolonged dis
cussion eartier In thls session of. the
General Assembly, promlses to agaln
occupy the attentlon of that body. Tho
blll on the subject was barely defeated
after a brllllant llght for lt. Now Hon.
A. D. Watklns, rnomber of the Senate,
from Prlnce Edward, has offered a blll
whlch is desljfmcd to suppress oxtortlon
by company Btorcs or commlssarles and
,to requlre payment of salarles or wages
at regular scml-monthly intervals . and
In lawful currency of tho Unlted Statcs.
The moasuro went to a committee, but
will probably be reported. It is under
stood thut the blll ls favored by the or
ganized labor bodles of tho State. Hero
aro tho provlslona ot tho blll, strlpped of
all unnocessary verblago:
1, lt shall be unlawfut for all persons,
firms, companies, asaoclatlons and corpo?
ratlons engaged in tho mlnlng of coal or
Iron, or In tho manufacturlng of Iron or
Bteol, or ln the manufacturlng of any
other artlcle, and who shall llkowise be
dirootly or Indlrectly, or ln any manner,
Interested ln merchandislng, as owner or
otherwlse, to sell such merchandlse at a
hlghor prlco tha nrnerchandise or sup
plies of llke character are sold by other
dealers ln morchandlso In the county,
town or clty, whoreln auch mine or man
ufactory Is located.
"Poraona vlolating the provislons of thls
sectlon shall be deemed gullty of a rals
demeanor, and upon convictlon shall bo
flnod not less than $50 nor moro than $100,
ono-half of sald flno to go to the inform
"All persons, flrms, or companies en?
gaged ln tho mlnlng of Iron or coal, or
ln tho manufacturlng or Iron or Bteel, or
ln the manufaoturlng of any other artlcle,
shall settlo In full wlth thelr employes,
at least onoo ln eaoh two weeks, and pay
them tho amounts due to them ln lawful
money of tho Unlted States; vlolatipn. ot
tho provislons of thls sectlon shall be
doomed gullty of a mlsdemeanor, and
upon convictlon shall bo fined not less
than $50 nor more than $100, ono-half to
go to tho informer."
TWO KILLED
Fatal Wreck on L. and N. Road Near
Montgomery, Ala.
(By Xssoclated Press.)
MONTGOMERY. ALA., Aprll 16.?The
second sectlon of a southbound Loula
viUo and Nashvlllo passengor train, whlch
Jeft thls clty at 12:30 laat nlght, was
wrecked at Castlebury. ten mlles south
of Montgomery, thls mornlng, Two mein
bers of tho crow were killed and the
englneer of tho traln sustalned a frac
turod skull. Tho dead:
H. it. DONOVAN, Moblle, rallway mall
clerk. i
MAJOR KNOX, Montgomery, negro
flreman.
Fatally Injured:
John Wrlght, Montgomery, Ala.
Tho train loft Montgomery at 12:30.
Almost In front Of tho statlon at Castle?
bury the englne struck an open swltch
and plowcd through un empty frei?lu
car. Tho mail and baggage cars, whlch
followed, caught flre and wero entlrely
dostroyed, _
PATENT RIGHTS
JN FEDERAL COURT
Sult Now on Trlal There In
volves Twenty Thousand
Dollars.
The Fodoral Court was engaged all
day yesterday hoarlng testlmony ln the
$20,000 darnage sult for alloged infrlnge
ment' on patent rlghts on air artlflclal
llmb, ln whlch James E. Hanger, a Vlr
glnlan, now of Washlngton, ls plalntlff,
ana A. lt. Petera, of thls clty, usfewl.
nnt. Testlmony wlll bo resumed to-day,
and the caso /wlll hardly be conoluda.1
thon. Thero ls a, brilllunt and formld
able array of counBel in the case and wlt
neflsea aro subjectod to a rigld examlna
tlon and oross-examlnatlon.' .
Mr. Petera loarned hls nrt with Mr.
Hanger yoars ago, and now makos an
artlflclal'llmb whlch the plalntlff clalms
is an Infrlngement of hls rlghts. The
testlmony ls largely oxpert, among tho
wltnessos yesterday belng an oxamlnor
of patents'from Washlngton, who proved
an excellont wltness, standlng tho
searching test of legal Inqulry wlthout
dlfflculty and (answerlng the flre of
questlons with ea3e and clearness. ln
oonneotlon wlth the case drawings and
dlagrams, showlng the constructlon of
artlflclal Jimbs and tho dlfferences be
tween them, wore exhtblted. and also a
number of artlflclal legs and Joints. Tho
case ls a'very Interestlng one.
Evon lf tho testlmony be concluded
to-day, the argumont wlll consume oon
alderable ttmo and lt is not llkely that
the case wlll be glven-to. the jury.
Mr. Hanger, the plulntlff ln tho sult,
becamo an Inventor of artlflclal llmbs
from necesslty, havlng Jost o. llmb by
the exploslon of a shell at Phlllippl, \v.
Va., durlng tho war botweon the Statea,
and whlle he waa but slxteen years
old. He devlBOd a llmb for hls own use,
and H waa bo satlBfactory that he began
tho manufaoture' of them, havlng for
merly boen ln buslness |n thls olty, Ten
or twelvo years ago he rcmovod to
Washlngton, und has slnce conducted the
buslneaa troro, that clty, ,
CLOSING OF
PRESBYTERY
Tho Last Sesslon of the Body
Held Yesterday.
TO MEET AT BLACKSTONE
Next Sesslon September 29th, Next
Report of the Twentleth Century
Fund?Report Is Made on
Home Missions.
.The fourth and last day's eesslon of
East Hanovor Brosbytory was opened
wlth.dovollonal exerclsoa, conducted by
tho moderator, Dr. J. P. Smlth,
Under call for reports from mlnlBtors
not pastors, Rov, 'j. P. Smlth, D. D?
made report of hls edltorlal work, Rav.
Wllllam S. Campbell of hls work aa soc
retary, and gonoral agont of tho Blble^
Socloty of Vlrglnla, and Rov. S. }<.: Winn,
D. D., as agent of tho Twentleth Contury
Educatlonat Fund. Tho Presbytery adopt
td a resolutlon approvlng tbo falthfulnesa
and dlllgonce of those mlnlstors.
Tho rtext stated meetlng of Presbytery
wlll be held at Blackatone, Septombor
29, 1903, at 7:30 P. M.
Rev. D. IC Walthall presented a re?
port on Twentleth Century Fund, show?
lng about $24,000 ralsed ln thls Presbytery
for thls purpose.
A commlttee conslsting of Rev. J. P.
Smlth, ;D. D., Rev. R. P. Kerr, D. D.,
and Judge George L. Chrlstlan was ap
pointed to confer wlth tho trustees of
Froderlcksburg Collego wlth reference to
brlnglng the collgo under control of the
Presbytery.
Rev. H. W. Pratt was . appolntod to
preach tho dcotrlnal sermon at the next
meetlng of Presbytery on "Regeneratlon
by tho Holy Splrlt," wlth Rov. S. K.
Winn, D. D., alternate.
HOME MISSIONS.
The cbalrman of tho commlttee, Rov.
Wllllam S. Campbell, prosentcd the re?
port on presbterlal homo missions. Thla
Bhowed that tho amount recelved durlng
the year for-'thls causo-was $1,G81.ll, an
increase of $627.61 over tho previous year.
On motlon of Rev'. J. E. Cook, Presby?
tery removed tho headquarters of tho
Homo Misslon Commlttee from Richmond
to Petersburg, and appolnted the follow
Ing commlttees to havo charge of thla
work: Rev. W. McC. Whlte. chalrman;'
Rev. J. S. Foster, Rev. H, W. Pratt, Hon.
W. B. Mcllwalno, Mr. Davld Callander,
Mr. W. H. Camp, of Potorsburg, and Rev.
D. IC Walthall, Rev! Russell Cecll, D. D?
and Mr. James G. Tlnsloy, of Richmond.
The former commlttee consl^ted of Rev,
Wllllam S. Caropboll, chalrman; R~ev. R.
P. Kerr. D. D%, Rev. Russell Cecll, D. D.,
Rev. Jero WItherspoon, D. D., Rov. J. C.
Stewart, D. D.. Rov. J. p. Smlth, D. D.,
Rev. D. K. Walthall, Mr. W. S. Robert
son, Captaln John A. Coke, Mr. W. T.
Armlstead, Mr. C. D. Larus, alPof Rich?
mond, and Rov. W. McC. Whlte, of Pe?
tersburg.
Rev. J. E. Cook presented the report
on tho Blblo Causo, whlch showed the
contrlbutlons of the churehes of tho Pres?
bytery for thls cause to have boen $206,
whlch ia $33.75 less than the 'precedlng
year.
At tho nlght sesslon of the Presbytery
Rev. I.1- 8. McElroy, D. D., secretary of
Minlsterlol Rellef, mado an address on
the work of whlch he has charge, whlch
was listened to very attentivoly and was
much enjoyed by all that heard hlm.
The atatlstlcal report presented by Rov.
T. P. Epes, D. D., the stated clerk, gavo
the followlng facts in regard to the Pres?
bytery: Th?ro are thlrty-three churehes,
thirty-ono mlnlstors, 152 rullng elders, 162
deacons, 243 added to tho membershlp of
tho churehes durlng tho yearvon profes
slon of falth, 250 added by letter; total
membershlp, 5,322; baptisms?adults, SS;
lnfants, 102; baptized non-communlcants,
1,093; in Sunday-schools, offlcers and
toachers, 409; scholars, 3,041; contrlbutlons
?forelgn missions, $6,190; assembly's home
missions, $790; local homo missions, $5,846;
colored evangellzatlon, 5313; rellef fund,
$1,577; educatlon, $3,810; publlcatlon. $486;
Blblo Society, $200; Presbytorial fund, $450;
pastors' salary pald, $24,505; congregation
al, $28,374; mlscellaneous, $5,717; total,
$73,234, or $14.70 for oach member of tho
church in the Presbytery. '
VOTE OF THANKS.
A voto of thanks was tondored tuo peo?
ple of Barton Helghts for tho kind hos?
pitality shown the membort of the Pres?
bytery, and to tho organlst of the Baptlst
Church, who moat efflclently preslded at
the organ durlng all tho rellglous exer?
clsoa.
There wlll bb an adjourned meetlng of
the Presbytery at the Second Presbyterlan
Church of thls clty on Aprll 27th at U,
A. M.
Important and Far-Reaching Declslon.
Edltor of Tho Tlmos-Dlspatch:
Slr,?Tho recent declslon of the Unlted
States Clrcult Court of tho casoof tho Gov
ernment agninst tho Northern Socurltlos
Company ls beyond all doubt the most
far-reaclilng nnd Important that has ovor
bofore boen made wlth reforonco to
trusts and corporatlons. It conelUBivo
ly shows that trusts and corporatlons aro
complotely wlthln tho powor of the law
and tho general Idea that they aro above
and beyond tho palo of tho law whlch Is
abroad In the country ls wholly wlthout
ofundation In fact,
On tho contrary a grave and sorious
doubt may woll arlso ln the mlnds of
thoughtful people whather or not the
declslon goes too far ln restralnt of the
power of trusts and corporatlons and ln
restralnt of trado. Tha oplnlon of Judge
Thayer Is able and well consldored; It Is
forfolted by tho law and tlio factB nnd
tha wrltor has noUtho least doubt of lts
corroctness; legally speaklng.
' It Is almost nbsolutely certaln to be ap
proved and sustalned by tho Supremo
Court of the Unlted States; Indoed that
court has ln tho "Addyston Plpe Llne
ense"' already clearly mapped out and
lnterprotod lts declslon In advanoe, and
Is ono ot tho Greatcst Hculera ot tha SIcU on
Karth. Curca all Dlaeasna or ao Cliargo. I curo
all dUeaaea thnt are known to tbo huinan ruce
or no charge, no roatter what your diaoiieo, elck
noaa, or atflictlon niny bo, and n-at?ru you to
uorfect healtli. I curo tho followlng dlaeoaus:
lleiirt PUoubo, Coimuniptlon, {llancl,- Kidney.
I.lver, Hladdcr, I'llea ln any form, Vorligo,
Qulnay, Boru Tliroat, I.unga, Dyipvpalu, ludigea.
tloii, Cointtpiitlon, lllieuuitttl8ia lu any fpriu.
PalnH, and Artiea of any kind, Colda. itrouclilul
TrnulilDB, Kori'?. fiklu Dlaoaaea, all Iteliliig Son
aatlona. ha flrlppo, or I'nuumonlu) Uloor*, Oar>
liiinuloa, Ilolla, Caii??r, tlio worat r.inna. wlth?
out liu uso uf kulfu or liutriiinontH] Eoxumii,
I'liiinlca pli fuco und lioily; Pluliuti'it ot Uliliu-ya,
or Ilrlgbt'a Dl??a?? of tlio Kldnoyn, 1 curo uuy
dUunaa, uo uiattor of whut uaturo, Mud|cii\a
auut to puy addriwi liy iisptoiu. Kor full |iar<
tlouliira aaiid u-li-nnit matr.p for nnaivor, No.
007 I'ouiiaylvaulu Avouuo, SutiUieuia, Wualilu*
tou, 1). O. llnint'li atore, No. 404 Woat Uroiid
UbceaL Blchniond, Va.
ALTERATION
Sale of
Wo nre puttlng a new front
nnd floor ln our storo. Work
tnoti ttro bttsy with hiitnmur
nnd Bftvv, We imist mnko
qulok dlspoBltion of our atook
lof now nnd UseU Pinnos.
f Wo ofler soveral )iHtuls6mo i
deslftnetl Btleff Plnnoa at
great reductlon, Also 6ovoral
Used Planos. '
lOne Hartlman Uprightj
Piuno, beatitiftil rose
wood case,
$248.00.
Terms $7 per month.
One Kingsbury Piano,
u p r I g h t mahogany
case,
$198.00.
Terms $5 cash and $5
per month.
[One
Wellington
right Piano,
Up-,
Terms $5 and $4 perj
month.
Wo have several Squaro
Planos?aorne as low as 520.00
each,
Thls ls n splcntlkl oppor
tunlty to secure a bargain in
a piano.
Judgo Thayer in great part rests his de?
clslon upon tho acton of tho Supreme
Court ln tho last-mentloned case. The
Northern Securltles Company is vlrtual
ly dlssolved; lt cannot vote the stock of
the Burllngton, the Northern Paclflc, or
tho Great Northern nor any other road
In the combination, nor crin lt collect tho
divldonds. Well mjght Wall Street pause
when that declslon caroe upon It liko an
avalancho or llke a clap of thundor ln a
clear skyl The case appears to have
been splendidly ?' argued on both sldes;
lt was one of those great cases whlch ap
peals to tho hightest feellngs of eml
nent lawyors and it was handled In a
manner whlch does inflnite credlt to a
great and noble professlon. It was con
cluslvely proved thr.t tho combination
for tho present at least had worked and
was working for the benoflt of the pub
11c. but the court in the opinlon of the
wrlter, properly held that tho. prlnclplo
of tho combination was wrong.
It is no now concluslon with the writer
of thls paper that trusts and corporatlons
are complotely wlthln the power of the
present laws lf they are properly en
Xorced. The Addyston Plpo Llne case
completely settled this important fact.
Tho Sherman law ls all that can be de
slred; lt only needs to be enforced. It
seems hecossary to the wrlter to sound
a word of warnlng in the other dlreotlon.
The effect of too great restralnt upon the
law of trade may oporate adversely to
tho lnterest of tho people. Every intel
competltlon Wlll ' Vne lo tho rroht nnd
properly rogulalo lt, And lf oompolltlon
should fnll wn linVo tho proleotlng aogls
ot Iho law an not forth In tho Northern
Bocurltlns Company caBo. And thls de?
clslon ought not to dlaturb oapltnlt It tlocn
not hnmpor It oxcopt ln one dlrectloti atid
It dooB It tho great good of dollnlng clettr
ly lts rlghts, |
I rogard tho eucooHaful formatlon of
tho Unlted Statos -Company aa tho great
6Ht triumph of modorh elvlll&ailon mndo
Blnco the dlscovery or Amorlca by Chrlfl
topher ColumbUB. Tho TJomocratlo party
clalms to bo tho party of progroga; l? It
Is to maintaln that clalm It muat fostor
and promoto tho aasoclatlon of capltul.
. CAMM PATTESON.
Bunnyalde Plnco. Bucklngham county,
Va., Aprll U, 1003.
?
lncome,Tax on Stato Officera.
Edltor of Tho Tlmos-Dlapatch:
Blr,?I read wlth doep lntorest your edl
torlal of Suntlny, March 29th, on tho In
come Tax. ?our rensoiilng was loglcal,
your polntfl woll taken, and havlng cnllcd
attontlon to thls Important mattor wlll bo
fltrango lt lt docs not forco somo docldod
actlon. j You mako uae of ono expresslort,
howevor, whlch, ln vlow of other con
struotlons placed upon It, roqulros moro
Ught and olucldatlon. You Bpoak of thls
Incomo Tax aB npplylng only to net Irt
comes; you may bo entlrely rlght, I don t
mean to dlsputo It, but slmply to ask for
lnformatlon. IC tho act ln questlon ap
pllcs only to not IncomoB. why is It that
tho State offlcers or employes In tho btiBO
ment of tho Capltol (1 presume ln other
posltlons nlso) have thls Incomo tax do
ducted from thelr salarles In cxcess of
$G007 I don't mean that they are pald
thoir salarios In full and allowcd to pay
tho incomo tax back, or to construe tho
law llke other cltlzens of tho Common
wealth, but that the income tax ls with
held, and they aro slmply pald thoir sala?
rles In cxcess ot $600 after the Income
tax has been doducted. Now, lf thls ls
tho proper construction of the law, lt
would appear to bo a tax on gross n
comea. lf tho law applles only to not In
comcs. then lsn't tho wlthholdlng of tho
Income tax on salarles of State offlcers or
employes ln cxcess of $000, Ulogal? Isn t
lt slmply an asaumptlon on the part of
the Bta,te that tho salarica In excess of
SCOO are net lncomos to these offlcors or
employes? If logal and rlght to tax State
offlcers on thelr Incomoa . or rccelpts^in
excess of eOOO, would lt not bo equltable
and rlght to place all other cltlzens on the
same footlng? The law Is rather obsctiro
on thls polnt, nnd needs to bc construed
nnd made so plaln thafthero can be but
one construction placed upon lt for all
the cltlzens of tho State. As it is now
tho law is construed for the State offlcors,
whllo lt ls loft to bo construed by the
balance of tho tax-payers accordlng to
thoir individual ideas. The Stato offlcors
aro requlred to pay tho tax on thelr
grpsa incomcs; tho great majority or tne
remainlng cltlzens of tho CommonwenUhl
construo It for themselves, and under tneir
construction It menns not lncomos. AVhat
does It mean? I trust you wlll call upon
tho General Assembly or the Attorney
General to construo thls law, and mako lt
so plaln that allthe tax-payers, whether
Stato olllceorr or not, may fare allko and
bear thla burden equally.
Very roapectfully, R
Aprll C, 1903. ,
[It seems to us that the State ls arbl
trarlly taklng a "rako off" from tho sala?
rles of ita own offlcers, and thereby ro
duclng thelr not salarles when thoy Im
pose an income tax upon the gross Balti
rlea of the State ofllcers or employes in
excess of $000, becauso the law provides,
ln assesstng the Incomo tax of all other
cltlzena. that not only shall $000 be de
ducted from tbe gross- Incomo, but tho
lntorest due and pald durlng the year,
and /also "all sume pald for tnxea and for
labor, /fences, fertlllzers. clover or othor
seed purchased and usod upon the lands
from which vegotables or ngrlcultural
productlons wero grown or produced,"
and "tho rent of sald land pald by sald
person:-If'he be not owner thereof,1; and
"ln addltlon to the sum of $000, nsnfore
sald, thnfo shall be det'ucted from the
income from the person nssessed all Iosses
sustaincd durlng the year."
?We presume that tho Stato has a rlght
to make any terms lt can wlth lts of?
flcors and employes as to what salarios
Bhall bo pald and what deducttons shnll
be made, but lf a snlnry of the samo
nmount as that nomlnnlly pald by tho
State should bo pald by a corporatlon or
rther employor, thnt salary would be
llablo to deductions beyond $000 allowed
whlch tho Stato does not deduct. The
A policoman is trying to arrnst theso two nRhUng men. Do you seo Wml
Sofution of puzzlo in yosterday's Times-Dispatch: A silhouelto of hls fathoe.
ls formeil by tlio boy's cout, if you tuin tho piclma njisido down, ?
llgent man must recognlzo tho fact that
great rosulls can bo obtalnod by tho
associatlon of cupit.al; far grentor than
by tho jndependent actlon of lndlvldunls.
Modorn oivlllssatlon prooes thls fact, apd
that Stato wlll lead ln progreas whloh
wlthln Judlelnus Imlts grants tho must
llbeml chartors to trusts and corpora?
tlons. Our Vlrglnla Leglslatmo mado a
groat and serlous mistake when lt re
fusod to charter tho Amorlcan Tohaeco
Company. The only result of the rofusal
was a great nscunlary losa with nbso
lutely no componsntlng advantago. Dom
agogues, aoulnllsts, ward politlctuns, and
many really good men who do not un
derstand tho stuatlon do great harm by
the Indlscrimlnnte war whlch thej nmka
upon all rrusrs and corporatlons. Thoy
diive away capital, All tho tendoncles
of modorn clvillzatlon polnt lrreslstlbly
to tho greater growth of trusts and cor?
poratlons, , _ . . .,
Thoy aro n norosslty, Groat Invontiona
havo altored oconomio probloms; thoy
havo matorlnlly clmngod the solonco of
polltictil oronomy. Tlmo and Bpneo havo
ln groat jinrt boen pnnlhllatad, If It-mny
uso such a n*rm und Cnllfomla and Vlr?
glnla aro pajiror togothor to-day than
Vlrglnla and Kentuclty woro ono hiin
drod yeara Blnco, Chemlat.vy haa nindo
Bueh glant utrldes that spoolaliatH havo
beciimo noooswiry ln many brunohos of
biiBlnosd, lt doe? not appoar lo tbo
wrlloi* that thot'o ln nny dangor tliut
trusts wlll ohtaln too muoh power f"r
they wlll ulways ho controllad by lugltt
malo compelltlnii. 'I'he inonieat tha truat
nlaees too hlgh a urlco upou uny nrtiule
slmplo fnct Is thnt tho Incomo tnx law Is
ln a stnto of hopeless confuslon and can
not properly bo nsaessed or collected untll
lt la clarlfled by preclse legislatlon on
tho subject.?Edltor.]
? i
A Reply to Mrs. Logan.
Edltor of the Tlmea-Elspatqh:
SIr,?Thero Beems to me to be tho,samo
troublo wlth Mrs. John A. Lognn's artlolo
on tho negro questlon, which tippeared
in a roceut lasuo of your papor, that there
ls wlth lha wrltlngs of most northern
people on that subject, to-wit: a lack of
knowledgo of tho real condltlons ln the
South. I do not questlon tha lady's sln
corlty, or her deslre to be falr e.nd just
to our peoplo, und yet, lt Is palnfully ap
parent to any one at all famillar wlth
prevalllng condltlons, that hor artlcle ls
based on hearsay, or second-hand eyl
dence,
Lot us nnalyzo Jier atatementa for a
momont. She says that "thelr antugo
nlBin3 nro toward the raoo and not to
ward tho Indlvldnals of the race. Thoy
do not curo how l'ortunate nnd sueeoHaeul
a negro may bo, lndlvldually, provided
ho nohlovo Hiiecuss ln tl'olda away from
tho (Uout.li. lt ls tho proBonco of the ne?
gro In an olovatod i>osltlon that exoltes
thelr nnlmoslty." In mnklug the abovo
atutom'ent wlthout quitllfylng lt at all,
Mrs, Logan rtous us un lujustloo,
Our unlugorilBiu ln not urouaed agalnst
tho elevatlon of the negro, unleas lt be
to poNitlona whure he wlll he ln authorlty
over iib, tuicl.who.ro wo, our women ai)d
OUV chlldrcn, wlll be cumuullcit tu> onma
Thttlhlmer,&
Thalhimer's,
Zxtraordinary Jtf/Y QarqaltXS
Our Qreat Juit Sate JVtf Continues.
Aithough the sak of Mts has been utipredecented. as
our patrons have been slow to take advantag* ofthn dls
coiint wa are cjfering tn Ihe J'ult Pepartmmt M have
many cholce styles for your selection. ,
Collarless Blotise Suits, gray and blue mbrtures, trimnied ln
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"Walkinfj Suits, cqlors light gray and( Oxford, collarlosa
blouse, double shouldor capes, blouse silk lined, tuoked sleeve,
flared Bkirt, with yoke trimming, <fr/? /)/)
$20.00 suit reduced to.....?......,;/ 9i9,VYf
Walking Suits, blue canvas witli lnvisiblo stripe, jackets col-1
' larless, tucked, double-breasted eton, triple shoulder capeB, jackei
silk'. lined, postilion back, kilted flare skirt, $26.00 ?*/) qA
suits"reduced to.-.";... y>6V?W
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Headquarters for Pedoatrlan Sklrta
and all the new Idoaa In Vollo, Eta
nilna and Sllk Sklrta.
Podestrlan Sklrta. llght and dark
gray, navy and black melton, par.el
front, stltchcd seams, well tallorod,
, nt. . $2-98
Black Cloth Dress Sklrta. /7-gorod
flarei' each seam laffe'ta trlmmed, $5.00
vaiuea, for.$3.98
Pedestrian Sklrts, gray,' blue and
brown. lnvisiblo plaid. lapped Beams.
flnishod at bottorn wlth straps an.1
buttons, choice..*....$5.00
Etamino Dress Sklrts, full sweop,
panol front, hlp trimming of tafteta
bands, flnlshed at bottoni wlth threo
bands to match yolco, for.$6.43
Silk Coats.
Taffeta Plng-Pong Coats, plaltotl
back and front, sailor ccllar, flnlshed
..wlth scart endsj klmona ^sleevea,'
Btltched wlth whlte'or black, only $5,00
Peau do Sole Plng-Pong Coatu,
plaited front, doublo box-ploat back,
largo, fancy collar, tucked BIBhop
sloeves, trimmed wlth black or whlte
ullk brnld. for ./.$8.48
27-lnch Peau do Sole Box Coats,
pleated front and back, collar trlmmett,
ln oream laco medalllons,. front'ot eoi'.t
flnlshed wlth silk ornaments, rfull
sleeves, for.$10,0D
Elegant assortment. of . Cloth, Cho
vlot and Covert Jackets, from
$5.00 to $20.00
ln contact wlth hlm upon tho foollng ot
an equal. Whon negroes aro appolnted
to pollUcal office ln tho South, whoreln,
to alllntonts and purposes of tho nppolnt
lng power, they aro our equals, then.
and then only, is our anlmoalty aroused.
When a negro, by hls our efforts or by
appolntment, is raisod to elevated posl
tlons whero tho dutlos.bring hlm in dl
roct contact wlth membora of his own
race only, we have napght to say oxeept
to encourago hlm ln hla work.
Take tho caso of Bookor Washlngton,
for examplo. For years ho has beon the
leader.of hla race in tho South, occupy
lng one of the moat, lf not tho most, elo
vated posltlons to whlch any have
achieved, and yet, not a partlcle of an
tagonlsm has no even aroused, nor has
thoro beon the allghtest anlmoslty, hid
dcn or manifest. The people of the South
have stood by hlm ln every effort he haa
mado for the upbuildlng of. his race.
Hltherto, Booker Washlngton has known
his place and kept lt, winnlng the frlond
shlp and esteem of the vory best people
of this sectlon.
Whether tho wtnlng and dinlng ho re
celved from Presldent Boosevelt and oth?
er northern lovers <?) of tho race, wlll
put, any fool notlons of social equallty
ln hls head, remnins to be seon. So far
they havo not, and he still retalns our
respect and will rocelve our ald. Then
take tho mlnlstors of the gospel of the
nogro race, who havo reached posltlons
of promlnenee ln thelr chosen calllng.
Haa aught over been done by a southern
man lndlcatlve of a splrlt of antagonlam
to these? Why not? W.hy havo these,
who havo reaohed tlie most elevated po
sitlins in the calllngs montloned. recelved
only the klndest treatment at the hands
of tho southern pcoplo? The nnswer la
easy, ln no s'enao of the word had we to
deal wlth them as equals. Thelr work
ls among membors ot thelr own raco ox
cluslvely and instead of antagonlzlng
them, we have glven of our meuna, our
tlme and ourlnfluonco to holp them carry
forward the work ln whlch thoy aro en?
gaged. \
Mra. Logan questlons tho wlsdom xot
the colorod race In "Insisting upon be?
lng elevated to hlgh posltlons In tho
South, or to undertako to force the South
to accopt them, notwithatandlng lts pro
judlco," and then says lt would soom
"wiaar to avold oxoltlng these condlcta
and to glve the colorod man rocognltlon
in other fiolds where he wlll not be met
at every turn wlth opposltlon and ln many
casea wltla lnjuatlce," The wlsdom of
the honored lady'a theory is beyond ques?
tlon and should recelvo tho attontlon it
doserVes from those vested with appoint
lng powor, Wo of tho South. who havo
sufferod muoh from tho ralslng of negroes
to "hlgh posltlons" by Fedoral appolnt
mont, would gladly welcomo the change
suggested and hope it wlll be carrled out
to tlie letter, but Mra. Logan falled to
stato tho locatlon of that llold whero the
negro may recelvo recognltlon to elevated
positlons wlthout opposltlon. L'ot's seo
lf wo can flnd lt. Doos she refor to tho
North? How often has n nogro beon ap?
polnted to office In a northern State wlth?
out opposltlon? Does she for ono moment
supposo thut lf Prosldont Roosevelt
should so far forgot hlmself as to appolnt
n negro poatmastor or collector of cus
toms for the clty of Now York, ho would
bo recolvod at all, to aay nothlng of wlth?
out opposltlon? Mra. Logan doubtless
knows tho stato ot the New York pulse
wlth referenco to tho "Brother ln Blaclc"
bottor than that,
Thla Incldent recently ocourred in tho
clty of Now York, and aervos well to
illustrata tho general condltlons provall
Ing thoro,
At ono of tho leadlng thoatres, a negro
troupe wns performlng, overy mombor
bolonglng to the much dlscussed and
highly-fnvored race. The swell negroes
ot tho clty, taklng it for granted that' lf
negro actors wore good euough to por
form ln a theatro for whltos, thoy wero
good enougli to ocoupy tho ground llood
ut thelr porformanoa and lt would soom
to a Southernor that thoy wore rlght.
When they nppliod for sents, thoy were
told wlth many exprossions of regret.
that overy ono on tho lowor iloor was
tuken. and they could only be accomtuo
dated In tho gallory or "nlggor heaven"
as it la oallor thero. From thls vnntugo
polnt, they could catoli oooaalonat
gllmpaes of tho stugo, whero tho actors
woro dlsporting thomsolves for the beno
flt of n small number of whltes nnd a
largo number of empty seats below. All
thls oocurrod ln the Metropolis, where
the "sim" phlnes coutlnually nnd the
"pa^t" stands squurely for the negro race.
The Incldent ls glven for what lt ia
worth. I read it In a Pennsylvanla paper
and presume it ls true. The wrlter of
the artlcle most aasurodly struck the key
noto of the sltautlon when, ln commenting
on the occurronoe, he asked, "can lt be
that we really llke hlm <tho negro) bet
tor at a dlstnnce? Is lt posalblo, after all,
thnt the subtlo fragrnnco of tho Afrlean
Is not us grntoful aa the violot, tho mog
nolla or tho Chorokeo roso? Or la our
natural hyprocrlsy just comlng to the
Bitrface?
Whother our prejudice ls natural or ao?
qulrod wo aortatnly havo lt and It ls be
uomlng more and moro IntensStled ln splte
of ourselves." Kooim't that havo the rlght
rlng to It, und Itn't |t wonderfully ye
froshlng, comlng as lt dooa from a north?
ern pon, ,
liivt to rolurn to Mra. Logan'a platt.
If we cannot got "recognltlon wlthoul
oppoeltlon" in the North,. where shall w?
go? To tbe Eust, to--cultured Boston,
whero our frlend BooKcr, Washlngton met
with stichia cordlal recoption? Surely wa
will flnd lt ln that State whero tho flrea
of abolltlonlsm flrst burned, and the flrst .
move was made for. the negro's free
dom. i
L'at us aeo. When Presldent Roose?
velt' appolnted the negro Lewia to,! a.'
mlnor posltlon ln tho Dlstrlct Attorney'a'
orflce, I helleva It was, dld opposltlon
develop. Wlth few exceptlons, the'press
and tho people from Malne to Califorhln
(excluslve of tho South, milnd you) ralsed
thelr hands ln ,holy horror, saylng H
would nover, never do. And this waa ?
only a minor posltlon. What would they ?
not have sald, aye, and done, had the.po- ;
sltion been a "hlgh" one? True, the ap?
pointment stood, and tho negro ls doumV
less sorvlng the dear peopla to-day, bul
still, lt was not recognltlon wlthout ojh ..
posltlon. .??','?. .v
We have lett only the mlghty Westl
Surely, on her broad bosom there ls room.
and recognltlon for all, and there the poor ?
negro wlll flnd tho deslred haven. Thus^
! far ln the world's hlstbry, no Presldent '?
has soen flt to Infllotiupon the good peo- ;
ple of the West ari appointment that
moots the case ln hand, but thero haya
been Omes when negroes aought honest
work ln that land oE freedom, so we must';.:
accopt thoir treatment as a sample. How
about those poor black devlla, carrled to
the great State of Illlnois to Work in the
mlnes? What of the.treatment they re
celved ln the house of thelr friends? \
Beaten. with many Btrlpes, stoned ana
stamped upon and flnally drlven from tne
State. , '?;???? ?'-'?'S
Opposltlon of a rather Berlous nature
wasn't lt? And thls, too, in tho adopted
State of Abraham Llncotn the great ad-v
vocato of froedom ;for the negro, and. tr.
we mlstako not, th'o'natlve State of Mrs.
Logan. Whero next shall we turn? Wa
have clrcled tho globe; as lt were, wlth?
out flnding that "flold" where tho negro .
may go and "rocelve recognltlon, wlthout ,
meetlng with opposltlon at every turn..
True, wo havo not vlslted every State
of tho soctlons namod, but we eelected
tlre most representatlvo of each,. New
York of the North, Mossachusetts of tha.
Ensi and Illlnois of tho West and havo
a rlght to conclude that tho condltlons
exlstlng ln these, exist largoly ln the
aectlOns thoy represent Isn't that the
?iy the South Is Judgert? Are not Iso
lated casos of mistreatment of the. ne?
gro taken by tho world at large to repre?
sent the general condltlons proyalllng
throughout the South? ??.-.;i .:??<
"Sauce for tho goose. must be sauco
for tho gandor," and we only ask that
wo bo allowod to Judgo othors as they,
judgo ua. :.<'-?"- - _
Ono further quotatlon from Mrs, Lo-1
gan's artlcle. and I am done. Towards
tho close she says: "It has beon astpn- ;
lahing that so many colorod men who
have attalnod promlnonco by thoir In
telllgenco and thelr nohlevoments in' the
North, have gone bnck to the South to
practloo thelr protesstoiiB,. or to pursua
thelr vocatlons, whon thoy knew it would
be imposslble to llvo down tho prejudlces
agalnst thom." '
It isn't so very astonlshlng after all,
when wo remember the opposltlon tha
negro met wlth ln our search around-the
globo for that "fleld"?; Evory negro who
has over come back to tho South, haa
dono so because ho knew, if he behaved
hlmself and kopt hla place, ho would re?
celvo botter treatment and flnd. the -door
of opportunlty wlder open -here than ,???* ..
where undor tho sun. . . . ,.'-,
In quotlng from the arllole ln questlon
I havo trled to do so ln auoh a way as
to glve tho meanlng tho writor intonded]
to conVoy.
That ls, T have not solocted quotatlons
that havo a dlfferent meanlng when used
alono thnn when usod In connectlonwlth
tho entlra artlcle and those who hava
road lt, will, I wn sure, agree thnt noth?
lng of tho klnd has been done.
II. L. R.
Mayodan, N. C.
...... a
Not for Francls.
Presldent Fruncls' doclnratlon to tha
membors of tho Eaatern Mlchlgan Presa
Assoclation visltlng the World's Falr
grounds, to the effect that he ls not a,
cundldato for tho Democratlo Presldent
tial nomlnation ln 1904, and that he wlll
not consldor sitoh an offer, should be con
vlnoing to tho country at large. As pres,
ldent of tha Loufsluna Purchase Expo
sltlon Company, Governor Francls haa
uudertaken to make the World'B Falr ot
1901 the blggast aucoesa ln the hlotory ot
such enterprlses. Tha task demands his
heat endeavor, and ha propoaes to meet
hls obligatlons to tha ful!est Therefora
he servos notico that the adlmnlstratton
bullding on the World's Fair sita haa no,
polltleal Presidoutlal llghtning rod aU
tachod to it.?St. Louls Republlo,
UAUNCHlN"<r7NgTMIUTABY PA?
RADE AT NEWPORT NEWS TO
MORROW, <.
Unlted BUtus .troops. Rlchrnond roill
tary end aelttts from Qanwan wawblp
to parade, |i jound trip vl*. 0. A 0. ?*?
eumloo.