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The Times-Dispatch
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Klchmend, Va.~ Bntered Jan
uary 67, 1903, ?t Rlet_n_?nd,
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TURKEY AND OTHERS.
:Very frequontly ono hears the Inqulry
,Wb_t li all this row wlth Turkey about?
?Why efcould there be any expeotatlon of
^nternational dlmcultlos are not to be-ex
fced tn a word. Chapter aftor ohapter
ZbL wrlttento set forth the.roasons
that lnduced the South to mako lts strug?
gle for independenoe, and though wo hope
L malnaprlng of that actlon la now
iretty well understood, not a month
Josse3 wlthout some man otfo^or less
promlnence coming to the front,wltl a
new paper whlch ho thinks statos the
questlon better than any one else has
?Ud.it. But, asyet, tho country has
i'not acoepted any glvon formula cxplaln
_8_ why tho North fbrced tho confllot on
the South, or why tho SoUth accepted the
Ohall'enge.
And though tho Boer-Brltlsh war has
been over but a llttle whlle, how few are
the peraons who know how it orlglnated?
iiow much more excusable, then, should
'the publlo bo for not knowlng much about
the slns of tho Sultan, the grlevances of
tho Macedonlans and Bulgarlans, and the
dlscord ln tho "concert of Europe. In
deed. we doubt lf tho masses of Amerl
. Cans- would concern themselves muoh
Bbout the Turkish sltuatlon, but for tho
fnct that thls country, in a mlnor way,
1b now a party to lt.
Wo AmericanB are not ln tho "oon
cert," but aro watchlng ovents very close
ly 'our conBul at Belrut. waa not kllled
ne our mlnlster at Constantlnople report?
ed, but ho was closo enough to tha flrlng
llne to causo tho Presldent to sond two
warships to tho vicinlty of the nlleged
bloodshed. Thoso shlps belng there we
are now a pnrty ln interost to the con
fllct which seems possible. But to loarn
preciaely what nll the trouble ls about.
stacks of encyclopedias and acros of dic
tlonarles would have to be studled.
It ls the old story of conquered peoplea
giown restlvo and rlotoua under the heel
of a hoartloBs conqueror nnd of a hatred
intenslnod by rellglous differencea. Large
ly, lt Is a confllct between Mohammedans
nnd Chrlstlans ot the orthodox Groek
Church communlon; a warfaro between
the Crosa arid the Cresccnt, nlthough
there Is laok of unanlmity on each slde,
espeolally upon tho part of the Chrlstlans.
For instnnce, Greesjj -is not encournglng
the revolt of Mncedoitla', but Bulgaria is.
A Turk resldent in tlils country ln a
letter ho wroto reeently to a New York
paper. sald that the exlstlng hoBtlllty ls
ln conslderable part the legacy ot Europe
from the tlmes and wars of the Crusaders.
And eo lt would seem.
Turkey holds more or less sway over
a vaat acreage ln Europe and Asla, too, but |
Bhe ls bossed by the flvo great European '
powerB, of which Ruasla of late haa been
most demostratlvo.
It would be a good thtng for clvlllatlon
if the powera would can. Turkey up,
but it seemB that thoy cannot agreo who
?hall take the.breaat, and who tho logB
and who the wlngs, ete. And then, too,
thla sly old blrd noods to bo actually
trappod flrst. The Turks are flne flghters.
By some lt ls sald that tholr Infantry ls
the finest ln the world. Turklsh soIdlorB
hold out bravoly, and dle cheerfully ln tho
battle'a front.
Bulgaria ls a vnssal of Turkey, and ls
nnder a Prlnce, Fcrdinand of Baxo-Co
burg who BeRTns to be as much afrald of
hls subjects aa he Is of the Sultan hlmself.
Ono of tho latest rumors la that he 1b
ready to flee tho country at a mnment's
notice. It is gaid that England has offered
him an asylum Bhou'd he need It, and that
ehe wlll place a war vessel convenlently
near for hls use |n cnse of noed. That
the Bulgarlans have alded the revolt of the
Mncedonlans soems to be unqueatlonablo.
Hence the suggestlon that drastlc mea
rurPH be adoptod by the powerB to dleci
pllne Bulgaria. It seeme to be belleved
that lf Bulgaria could bo restralned from
uldlng tho Mncedonlans, Turkey could
easlly subdue the MacedonlanB, and no
doubt she could.
At present the IndlcationB aro that the
powers?an envlous, JealouB and dlvlded
jot?wlll not allow thelr syinpathleB to
control them, but wlll be Influenced by
"fcuslnfcBS." In that event Bulgaria wlll
be held In chet-k, and no one etso wlll
respond to the Maeedonlan cry. How?
ever, the general re?ult inost probably
w|ll be that the condltion of the Suitan's
Chrlstlan subjects, wlll be amellorated In
some way, ln some degree.
TOBACCO IN JAPAN.
It ls not- generally known that tobacco
U both cultlvated and coiiBumed on a
***** ?cale ln J?f>au, but that la a fact.
in the last l?tM o* the HW** jj JJ*
there ta ? tranaiatlon from La Na-ture
pnrls. whleh'tevlew. the mibjoot, and
s?tes that the tobaeco plant waN Intro
duced into Japan -t the bsglnhlng of tho
seventeenth ^ntttry by tht **%&??
The hablt of atnolthi. axtehded rapldly ln
splte of the edlcts.of fc soverelgn ?,who.
llved ln 1612. The plpo that Is ln'general
td th'erft hns n very amntl howl, "Whlch
must be fllled nt frequent IntervalB..
Followlng tho example of-some Bure
pean countrles Japart has motmpoltaed the
tobaeco Induatry and exercleea vthe eole
rlght to Introduce forelgn tobaeco. It also
purdhases the entlre preduot of thenatlve
planters and setU the leaf,. forelgn and
domestle, to rriamifactuw? i -rid mer
chahts. t
Concornlng the natlre/tobfteeo crop La
Nature ha? thla to sayi , ,!!'.:
Thero Is ft flrst crop of tobaeco ln AUn
gust and n. aecond ,ln Set>torr?bar. Tho
best quallty, whlch '.comos from. Kin-sin,
IS yollow and llght and ls adap.ted for
maklng clgarettes, whoae uso '"^egln
htng lo bo common among the JaPa"e"e'
Accordlng to the lateM flgures .thatwe
have been able to flnd, the aren? devoted
to the oulture of tobaeco ?*?
tares (about 76,000 acrea), jrtvtngr 3? to 38
mlllion ktlogramB (about 400,000 tons) of
lenvoa. These flguros may eaally varj,
because tho government has the rlght to
order tho dlmlnutlon of the nrea uBed
for growlng tobaoco, when a large> food
Bupply Ib neoeseary. A curlmis fact la
that tho Japanese havo establlshed lm
portant manufactorles for the maklng of
clgnrcttea, whlch thoy export ln great
quantltiea; the Murla faotory, for in
stance, haa Installed the best Amerlcan
machlnery, and haa agencles ln all tho
Important cltle* of the empjfe, and ln
the Phlllpplnes, Indla, Australla.
Natlve agents of the Japanese govern?
ment and of tobaeco manufaoturtng com?
panles located there have from time to
time vislted tho factorles and flelds of
Viglnla and North Carollna. They have
beon very deeply IntereBted, we belleve,
ln cigarette factorles and in the cultlva
tlon of the leaf best sulted to that trade.
THE FLAG DECLINED.
What ls called "the flag Inoldent" ls at
tractlng ? much attentlon from the news
papera, ' A young. lady of Boston, of
Frenoh desoont, Marlo Coateau by name,
spent days and weeks In maklng an elabo
rate flag of the Unltod States, whloh
when flnlshed ln the hlgheat type of the
neodlewoman's art, was aont by her as a
present to the Presldent. How shooked
she was may be "bettor Imaglned than
doscrlbed," when the profferea glft ,wai
returned to' her, through the handa ,of
tho Proaiuent's secretary, Accompany?
lng the flag upon its return waB the fol?
lowlng explnnatlons
. "I beg -to atato that whlle tho Presl?
dent groatly appreotatas your oourtesy
ln sendlng hlm the onclosure whlch you
forwardod, he has felt obllgod to adopt
a rule whlch prooludos hlm troxn accopt
Ing a present from any one."
The young lady seems to have lost her
tempor and Bald splteful things when
she found that her gi'ft was rejected. In
hor rosontment she Bald it looked llke
stralnlng at a gnat and swallowlng a
camol for tho Presldent to aocept the
ubo of a spoclal railroad traln for woeka,
but to draw the line on a flag made by
a. patrlotlc ATnerlcan-glrl. However it;
Becms that this glft waa made the oc
casi'ori by tho Presldont to announco a
policy which wlll be generallly approved
by the publlc.
It ls to bo regrotted that the "llne"
had "to bo drawn" ufton| a| glrl and
upon such an'. InoffanBlve preeent as a
Unlted States .flag, but tho, poh'cy,, enun
clated 1b a goqd ono. ? , '.. jg *?
For some wooks past the New York
Sun has beon caustlcally commontlng up?
on tho PreBident, beoause he-made nt
tacks upon the groat railroad corporatlons
at tho vory tlmo ho .was thelr erueBt?
when ho wns onjoylng tho hospltallty of n
speclal traln, equippod with all the com
forts of bod and board of.itho Waldorf
ABtorla Hotel. This "deadheadlng" pro
ceodlng of the Presldent, 'ih'e Sun has
played upon tlme and agaln.'
The Boston lla? Inei'derit rriay be con
sldored as an nnswer to the:Sun's critl
cism, but lt ls further Bald by frlends,
in bohalf of Mr. RoobovoU,. that ln ao
ceptlng tho cpurtoslcs of tho railroad com
parles ln hls tour to the NorthVest he
only carled out a program whi'oh had been
orranged by hls predooeBsor In offlce.
Tho Inslnuatlng, yot inclslvo, edltorials
ln the New- York Bun must be vory
galllng to tho . Presldent lt 18'a Re?
publlcan paper and perhaps he oountod
upon Its hearty support In his campaign
for re-eloctlon For all wo know tho Sun
may support him, but, we daresay, it ls
making hlm vory unhappy Just now The
gravamen of Its charge agalnst hlm
Ib that tho' Prosidont by hlB aasaults
upon trusts nnd saourltleB companles has
Injurod the huslness of the country,
nnd it holds hlm up to rldloulo for belng
such a dlslnterestod patrlot whlle he waa
receivlng costly favors from the railroad
company
Henceforth wo presumo the Presldent
will nccept gifts from nobody It may
he assumcd that the rulo laid down ln
tho Ilag incldent applles to everythlng
In the form of a donntlon, Rhodo Island
haH always furnished tho turkoy for the
Presldent'B Thankaglvlng dlnner. But
some of our contomporarles nrgue that
ovon that Binnll donatlon?but big turkoy?
wlll not bo recelved ln tha future.
The judlclal rnlnded Phlladelphla Ledger
sums up the flag lncldont as follows:
Ab for those personal glftB wln'oh havo
been pourlng tn from the ProBldent'a
adrnlroiH, they wlll ceasn; Mr, Itoosevelt
hns Bioppod them, Stlll, It ls unfortunate
that Mr. RooBevelt Bhould havo ohOBen
the offer of a glft of suah beautlful prn
priety ns a natlonal Ilag, wrought by the
flngors of a poor glrl, who mado patrlotlc
fiaerlflceii to furnlBh tho Prosldnnt what
Bhe deemed would ploaso hlm. There Ih
a senllment about a flag which does not
attach to speclal tralns nor to pift sad
dle horBcs. It mlght almost eeom to bo
the one thlng that a Presldent mlght,
wlth perfect honor, acoept.
True. If he would not aoeept a Oag
he would not accept anythlng. Probably
that Ib the Informatlon he wlBhes to con
vey by this Incldent.
THE PITTSVUVANIA CASE.
AA'o glve Bpace In another coltimn to u
communlcatlon from a frlend, elgned,
"Democrat," ln crltlclBm of our crltlcl*in
of the contest ln Plttsylvanla, county
growlng out of the recent Pmooratlo prl?
mary election.
The facts are slniply theBo: A Mr. Bun
ean defeated a Mr. Vttden, tho Inctitm
bent, ?fe-f-thn nomlnntion lor cotiniy trens.
uter/ DUhaan_ majorlty beln* 144. Vaden
contestl tho eUotldh"6f Dtlnfcrth, mnking
ehnrges of IrregularltlflB Ih .tho manner
of'hoidlnrf "trie.primfcry'nnd vlolfttlons of
tho BitrkBdale pure electlori law, under
tho Rplrlt of which the'prtmAry wttfl sup?
posed 'to hnvo been hold. The Tlmos-Bls
pnteh vcntured to comtnoh't on tho con
ttMti deflllnif only Wlth the lAtt6t\phaee of
It.that Is the charges of.vlolntlons of the
,pure.eteetlmv low. Theiio <ati?tg64 we ttn*
dortook to show wero frtvolous nnd ln
tetided to bririg tho prlmary system lnto
rldleulo a'nd ; dlsrfeptlte.'; :,W-.(mS.d6 thla
Btatemont after cnrefully readlng Mr,
A'nden's blll oMndletmcnt.' '.
So far,as the, Irrogularltles Inthe man?
ner of the hotdlng of the ..prlmary In
Plttsylvnnifi. aro 'conee'rriorl we'were and
are of-tho oplnlon tKat'thoy/were only
such Irregularltlea'.and mlntakes.as mlght
lnwe been expected jn any..man's flrst
oxperlenoe in tho fransaotlon.pf>, strlctly
new-btlslnes*. ThlB wfis the i1rBtrprlmftry
over hold;ln the county, the Instructions
of the'dommltteo i>y Whoee;ord?t8 It wne
held were elaborate and eomplloated, and
the wpnder 1? that there'were not more
error's and lrregularltles. For theso ron
sons we thlnk' the, ohargee unde? thla
head wer frlvolotis also, and the con
testant wlll doubtlesis flnd lt dlfhcult to
provo that they wero mallolouB, parthtan
or in vlolatlon of the eplrlt of.any law
or commlttee Inatructions.
The epoclftoatlons that are expected to
BUBtaln the conteatant'g dharge ,that the
Barksdalo law waa vlolatd are, ;or were,
In the doctiment we read. two ln number,
and wore oonflned to one bottle or Jug
of whlskey that wai alleged to have been
found ln the Buccessful oandldate _ buggy,
nnd two bucko'ts of lemonade purchaeefl
and drunk at or near the scat'pf a re
llglOUB meeting. Wo havo Mr. Vaden's
word for it that he laid much Btore by
the lemonade bualnesB and epected to
prove that lt was used, or at least forty
odd conU woMh ot it, to influence aroters.
If red lmonade, aweetened Wlth brown
sugar wlll buy the votes of people lh at?
tondance upon a rellgloua meeting ?ln
Plttsylvanla oounty, lt ls ln order to aek
for Plttsylvanla's degraded electorate.
the prayem of ,the entlre congregatlon for
for the prayers of the enttro oongregntl*>
The Blmple fact ls that the eucceBS
fui candidate and a frlond had rlddon
ln an open buggy on a hot July day many
miles, and reachlng the lemonade Btand
near tho church the natural thlng to do
WM to buy and partako of the cooling;
beverage. A number of frlends and ao
qualntanoea of the two gontlemon wore
Btandlng near, vand old Vlrglnla custom
and common dooency naturally suggested
the old tlme Invltatlon that the' frlends
Joln thom, and that's all there was In the
lemonade InOldont at the church. Tho
I whlBkey charge, which by the way, the
sucbcssful candidate donles, wa?, in our
oplnlon, equally as frlvolous.
The Barksdale law ls, lndeed, a Just and
a good law, and has the unquatifled sup
port of thls paper. It was lntended to do
away wlth tho buying of votes and the
hlrlng of hoodlnma tp do the dlrty work
of offloe-seeklng pojltlclans who seek po?
sltlon by such mothods rather than be?
cause of merlt ond abillty. but lt was
nover lntended to make the pollteness and
the courtesy that havo always prevalled
among Vlrglnla gentlemen, felonles and
mlsdemeanora.
We dld thlnk and thlnk now that. such
allly oontests aa that lnstltuted lh the
county of Plttsylvanla aro well, calou
lated, lf not lntonded to brlng the Barka
dale law and the prlmary election system
Into rldloule. Tho vlgorous and oourteous
lotter of our Plttsylvanla frlend has not
convlncod us of error.
Ex-Judge"Campbell mada a gamo flght
and fought llke a man who belteved he
was rlght. J-Ils county poople. have sald
that he was wrong, and whether ho likes
lt or not ho muBt acoept the 'verdlot. It
would have boen bettor for hlm If he
had accepted gracofully the verdlct ren
dored ln tho Legialaturo and retlred to
the privaoy to whlch that deolalon sought
to relegato hlm. In that caso tho -world at
largo would never have known what lt
knows now, that he ls repudlated by Am
horst county whoro he was once so power
ful.
In ox-Judgo Campbell's caso there ls a
IcsBon for young mon now comlng on the
stago of actlon, and pust at thls time
when puro electlons and puror polltlcal
methods are bolng demanded and ex
pooted, lt ls a lesBon, that wlll surely
mako an lmpresalon ln old Vlrglnla. The
warm contest ln Amhorst waa not ln
valn.
Vlrglnla dld not do so ivery muoh wlth
wheat thls yoar, but there ls no dlsoount
on her bunker oorn orop. Tho wheat
ralaerB of thla State mado enough for
home oonsuraptlon and wlll not have to
ko on the market for flour, and so they
oan congratulate thelr western brothren
on the brlght outlook for dollar wheat.
Tho lateat Informatlon that booats the
hope for dollar wheat oomea jfrom the
Hungarian Mlnlater qf Agrlculturo, Who
flgures out a ahortage ln the -world's
aupply of flfty mllllon buahels. Wlth
onough or nearly enough wheat ln tho
barn to take hlm through the year, and1
a crlb overflowlng wlth corn that wlll
come ln mlghty Jiandy whon the flour la
out, the average Vlrglnla farmer wlll not
begrudgo hla brethren of tho WeBt the
dollars thoy got for every aurplus bushel
of wbysat they may have.
It now transplrea that tho death of
tho lato Pope, Leo, was eausad by oan
cer. And bo hls phyBlclanB dlagnosed the
case nnd thoy mado It a mattor of record,
but Cardlnal RampOla, the Papal Secre?
tary of State, objocted to havlng lt made
publlo,
At the time of the Pope's lllness the
oorroapondent of the New York Bun at
Rome cablod that tho Pope was dylng
i of cancer, but hla statoment waa de
nled by somo of tho Vatlcan authon
tlos.
There comes a report to the effeot that
Thomaa Taggarl, of Indlaha, who haa
for some time boen the ohalrman of tha
State Democratlc Commlttee, has bean
plcked out to aucceed tho Hon. Jamea
K. Jones bb Demooratlo natlonal chalr?
man. und, aa auch wlll be the manager
of the natlonal oAtnpnlgrt ne*t ***? ":'**
mlBtnlto ihot, Mr, Tnggfli't l? nno of *,
olaae that iMr, _ryan somcttmo? rouhdly
ftburee, and that he himi-s lnl? ft hldeom
maas Under. tho Ronornt nnme of "H??*
ganlssers," Here |S ft straw for J'dth
If It hadtShe~MlS"i"of th6 **?*
tuolty that BtUok on tho witye W8 wollid
not have been surprlacd, but for -tho
Mfl'ryiand 16 be afrald of the wator. ,1s a
llttlo pUMlttlg. . " ' j)
lt l's fully e*plaltied. The,tfl??* Welted
on the way, got oul r-f *ho way *n?
the Maryland cotlld not get away al
.togother. as ellek as gronso- ^
The old/oT(ToTu^?tTonr"r''<'B a h8n Mt?f
slts 18 agaln up. for dls?.ssion ln New
York papersv ' 0o fnr lt ha? only b*en
docldod thattho avcrage hen Ib "mlghtlly
sot" ln her waya. _
They do ' _?jr~ that" hi's yeftr'8 croP ot
eggB In Vlrglnla wns a rooord-breakw and
the IndUBtrlo'uB hens have returned
from vaentton nnd resumcd buslnoas with
sprlngtlme vlfor. _V,
Those Vir^iiTiarmerB who frayefl for
a wnrm SeptOmbor were no frlends of
tho olty tolick who hurrled back from
the mountalris. ' . ' ?
In St. JoeepirMTs*sourl, The ploklo mak
ors aro ona strike. Thoy have bocomo^
Bourcd at prevalllng condltlons, as lt
were.
The alleg>riTtn7*~oT'Consul Magels
son haa been nnrowed down to a toy
plstol incldent wlth no lockjaw atter
math., .'.''.
Blrmlngham Age-Hernld": A natlon of
homea ehoujd.not bo turned Into a natlon
of flata. A flat la not a homo, no matter
how many convenloncea^ are put ln-lt.
They are~old!ng a fashlon Bhow at
MadlBOn Sqiiaro gardon ln Now York..
We are going to hold one in Rlchmond,
beginnlng about October 13thj_
The young man who promlsed hlmself
to'bulld up a small bank account thls
wmter probably forgot about the horse
show and Patt!..
Mr, Charles M. Sohwab has totally dls
appenred, as totally as that other com.et
that Borelll foNwd._
Sherlff Simon Solomon ought to be a
happy man, and, dpubtloss, he l's Just
that. - -_ _
A Tennesaee. Senator will s'tart the ball
ln motlon to knock out the FIfteenth
Amendment. ? .Good luok to the ball. ,
Wlll wonders nevor cease? Wllwaukee
Is blddfhg for .tho next natlonal Prohlbl
tlon convention,
Even coh^plpes aro noW- allowed at
West'Polnt. ????'
"Thank yo"u^T"wui"ilngor longer," says
tbe good old summer time. _
EJven cob pipes aro now allowed at
West Polnt, ?'? l\_
WltWnComment or Two.
Children 'shut1' but bf eotiool are more
oxpenslve -tp .tho'. olty .Jn"---the -long-run.
? tha* children admltted -to the publIc
sohoola. >Tt pays to oduoate.?Blrmlngham
Age-Herald. '" ' ' . ?*-'? _ ,
That's a slght of phllosophy shut up ln
four llnos. _
It Is about time for tho corrospondonts
In the collego townB to begln reportlng
?'the largest froshman class ever known
at Whatyoumayoalllt unlverslty."-Boston
Globo.
The samo rulo, applylng to every oross
road school, apnlles ln theae parta.
In the Btruggle between capital and la?
bor the consuijier ls flndlng Wmselt the
wrsfed party.-Nashvlllo Amerlcan
That'a accordlng. to the good old Dem?
ocratlc doctrlne. Tho consumer pays the
tax. _ .
-War cloud agatn l?wer9_?ver.,tho^i1?
kans" Why not have substantlal walls
bulu." steam-heatlng apparatus put_!? and
make that war cloud permanent?-St.
Louls Globe-Domocrat
There has boen no questlon about lts
pormanoncy for the laflt'flfteen or twen
ty years. _/
Professor Langley should build hls next
North Carollna Sentiment.
Tho Smlthfleld Herald says:
The temperance forces ln North Caro?
llna are not Idle th'ese days. They aro
panded together so strongly and aro> work
Ing ln such harmony that. they are mak
Ing thomBolves felt ln almoet every sec?
tlon of tho State. .
Tho Greenvillo Reflectof belleves to?
bacco ls a good mvestment. It says:
The man who has nerve enough to
buy tobacco now and store it ror an?
other day may never becomeaNapo
loon of flnanco, but he. wlll some day
know how It foelB to walk along tho
Bunny sldo of easy atreet.
Here Ib a wlnd-lndleatlng straw plcked
from the parngrnph colu'hih of the Wln
Bton-Salem Sontlnel: . .
Senator SlmmonB 1b u?ml?t?k?hly for
Senator Gorman. nnd the.North-Caroltna
leader ls good at ploktng out wlnners,
The Wllmlngton Star saysi
The byster appears on the inenu card
this eeapon under the unappetla'na; French
tltle ot "hultres." That 18 too ridlculous.
Tho.Ashevlllfi Cltlzen sayst
Among recont ovi'donces of how bad
some of tho Northern Statea don t want
hlm, Jt ls now unnounced by an Indlann
edltor that he' wlll publlsh ln glarlng
type .the name of overy whlto. employor
of negro lubnr ln hla county. Thls la, of
courne, lntended to hold these men up
Rb examplos of thoBe who, for thelr con
duct, deserva publlo eoritempt. Who
would have oxpectod thia so,soon from
tho land of Durbln, who so recently ox
changod such charming letters on neRro
lynchlng wlth the Presldent? _
'AAet
Class
The World'* *??*
: JtwarUi for quallty _?_, /]9m~
THE B. B. TAYLOR PP'?
Exclualvo Rlchmond A?,_"__
1011 e, Main et. 9 B. ?ro?" ???
$ Virgtnt'tt?dtt^s$%
?.<*K?'t?ri,b?l'? fnW-Appea! iayas Now
that Mr. Maftln has spoken In, behalf of
the pHrnary, ahd In no uncertaln tone,
lt la ln order for other senatorlal enndl
tlatos to do IikewiBo and urge tholr
frlends, tb refram from seeretiy stabblng
tho prlmary by Injeoting the B'eiiatorial
Issuo lnto the present leglilatlVo cam?
paign. ..,'.,.
Tlie SoutliBlrU sontlnel ?ay?8 Tlte.Ckiv
ernor ls a> young man, and hla frlondB,
both In Vlrglnla nnd elsewhere bellevo
that, there are brllllant poasibllltles be'
fore hlm, hnd many ot them tvduld hot
deslre to aee hlm shelved wlth a nomlna*
tlon for the vice-presldonoy. however als
tlnguiahod mlght he doem tha temporary
honor.
This Is from tho Norfolk t*d|fert The
propoaod Vlrglnla peanut exhlblt at Ht.
Louls wlll be a very pronounced im
provement over our appla exhlblt at Buf
t alo. __ ,
The Roanoke World ?ayflt The aeandalB
In the Postoffloo nnd Interlor j Dopart
monts of the genoral goverfimetit show
nn alarmlng extont ot corruptlon ln cer?
taln elrclea of the Admlnlstratlon; but lf
Presldent Roosevolt 18 as strenuous in(
dlaooverlng Und ptlnlshlng the gullty n;
ho hns beon ln upholdlng the rlghta of
negroes to hold offlc_ ln the South.be
ought to be BUccoBsful In brlnglng about
the needed reforms. ? ,. >_
Tho Roanoke Tlme* sayrtt BY UB tn the,
South, of course, Mr. Graves spoochea
aro oatlmated.at Just about thelr true
value; the rndlcal utteranceB of a mor
bld doctrlnalre, not worthv of .second
thought from those famillar wlth tho
situation as lt oxlsta. When,,however, the
presa aBsoolatlon and the toafllng Jour
fials of the country g ve hljn P"""'"*"0*
ns typlcal souther* theorlut and thinker
the South pays the penalty ln the way of
reeelvlng hurtftrl nnd mlsleadlng adver
tlsement. Jft W a P?ty ^V_^2___ __&
but it la true and conetltutea afcout tho,
onlv featuro of Mr. Graves' raoe-separa
tlon oSafgnS that deserveB 8*rlouB at
tentlon from the southern press.
Personal and Oeneral.
Dr. Edwln Maxey, of Washlngton, D.
C, has been ohosen as the new profes
eor of law at tho West Vlrglnla Unl
vorslty.
Congressman-eloot. BonJamln P. Blrd
sall, who succoods Speaker Henderson,
from the Thlrd Iowa Blstrlot, wlll be a
notable oddltlon to Washlngton lltorary
clrcles, for he ls a studont of literary
subJectB and a book lovor.
C. M. Mallory, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
has not been dlscouraged at hla fourth
dlsastroua attempt _t a flylng maohlno,
ond has gone to Snn Franclsoo wlth the
Intentlon of bullding hls flfth machlne
on the Poclftc Coast.
Presldent Harpor, of the Unlverslty of
Chicago, has left Constantlnoplo, after
havlng seoured valuable concesslons from
the Sultan In connnbtlon with the explor
oitlon of the nelghborhood of anclent
Babylon.
Tlie Massachueotts Fronch-Amerlcan
Hlstorlcal Society, at lts annual mootlng
thls week, elected M. Jusaeraud, tho
French Ambossador, as lts honorary
presldent, and ox-Repreaentatlve Hugh
A. Dubuque, of Fall Rlver, lts aotlng
presldent.
Rev. Alexander Fran-cts, paator of the
Anglo-Amerlcan Churoh at St. Pelers
burg, has reslgned- He Is going to South
Afrlca, He managed the Amerlcan fam
lno relief fund In RUBsla InlS91-'92 and
partlclpated In the Flnnish rellof work
thls year.
.gSlWwdflyului R74 8qVotelol oplhMrrEf
A Few Forelgn Facts.
Sport ls apparently not consldorod a
necossary olement ln a Fronoh school
boy's educatlon. A flat has Juat come
torth from the rector-general of the
elementary sohools forblddlng mastors to
allow thelr pupils to play loap frog,
foot-ball, rounders, tops, hop-scotch and
other gnmes.
Four groat coal statlons are about to
bo explolted ln South Afrlca. _?.o most
southerly flold lles betwoen Ladysmith
and tho northern boundary of Natal.
These reglons wlll ln tho near future
supply a largo part of the world's de?
mand for ooal. Natal exported 204,000
tons In 1001,
Thero are now ln custody In England
nnd Wales, undergolng terms of lmprlson
ment for crlmes, 626 allens of compara
tlvely recent lmportatlon. An Investlga?
tlon Into the anteoedenta of those crlmt
nala bIiowb that ln a majorlty of in
Btances thoy were drlven or asslated out
of thelr own countrles and entered Great
Brltaln unchallengcd.
The most hlghly situated monument ln
Gormany wlll bo that now belng erected
on the aummit of the Zugspltze, ln mem
ory of Dr, EnzenBbergor, the lll-fated
member of the Oerman South Soa expe
dltlon who dled ln the Kergule Ielanda.
Tho monument wlll be loeated at a
hclght of 10,240 feet.
A comparlson of tho ocoupatlon of the
populatlon of the followlng countrles la
of IntereBt: The per cents. ln Hungary
are: In agrioulture, 88; ln Induatrles, 22|
ln commerce, 8. In Great Brltaln the
flgures are: In agrlculturo, 15; ln Indua?
trles, 64; In commerce, 10. In Scotland
thoy run 14, 68, 10; ln tho Unlted States,
SO, 24, 16. lt Ib notlceable that tho pro?
portion of ogrloulturlsts ls smalleBt lu
Scotland and largest ln Hungary; that
Scotland has the largeat proportion ln
lntlustrlea, and that the Unlted States
haa tho largest number in commerce,
THE PITTSYLVANIA CASE
A Ripstaving Reply to a'Tlmes-Dlspatch
Editorial.
Edltor of The Tlmos-Dlapatch!
fc'Ir-Durfng tho o.anvass in Plltsylvanla
county to nomlnata oandldateg for State
nnd oounty offlces we were treatod to
many surprlses, some of them humlll
ating to every lover of puro polltlcs;
but ono of the most aatonlshlng and un
oxpected appears ln your editorial of
tlio sth Inatant on the Vaden-Duncan oon
test, headed "The Prlmary Plan Agaln,"
Tho TlmoB-Dlspatoh advocated the Barks
(lulo puro eleotlon law, rejolced ln its
pussage, Ond we hoped wlth. you that 1_
augurod a better day tn Vlrglnla polltlcs.
What a bltter fllaappolntment noW to
neo thls same paper beilttilng and ridl
cuilng the effor'ts of a man who ls trylng
to upliold thls noblo law! ?
Wo are at a loes to understand your
poaltlon. Have you ,been mlslnforimod
and based yOur editorial on mlsreproson
tutlons? We would thlnk ao, but you
speak wlth the apparent knowledge-*i
ono that has read tbe Indlotment. Then
you cannot but, know tha,t troatlng to
lemonade la not the malncount. Indeed,
lf thls had been the only thlng or .the
mnln.thlng we dareaay the contest wbuld
never" have been made, The contoat ls
bnsad malnly on auoh charges as the use
nf whlskey, the uae of money, and uis
regard of Inatructlons by tho Jiidgos at
n numbor of votlng plaoes. Theae are
tho ohlet grounds on whloh the conten
tlCH mSuabtabe<!admltted, howeyer, that the
uae of lemonade to gajn votes is a yio
lutlon of the puro eleotlon law, for Jt Is
not a queBtlon solely as to the degree or
tha arnount of wrong, but whether any
wrontf at all was prnctloed. But -we have
heard that the lemopade Inoldent was ln
troclucod aftor aoma hesltancy, for the
very reason that H W? fi0nsl,derS2 *
amall matter. We. ?>ret PUWlfd-to kjmy.
why you velloq from the publ o thai prin
clpnl charges and exposed the ? troatl .g
to lomonade as "the moot damaglng and
Btiu-iilng" count 111 tho lndlctment, then
iwceedod jMi.tnis P.^^ffi
ean'a reply, ,"lt doas not w**m to us thnt
several pageB of typewfttteri, Iftgfll e<u>,
would,.be nocessary to rldlettlo Mt.
Vsden'a Umohado dooUmoht otlt of coUtt"
We: *re not assertlhg ?U thlB time thftt
the ohargea fcgalnst Mr. Duncan w II
tlUMly Btandln court.,'thottgh tholr truth
fUlneBi ,1b vouohed for by eome qf our
hott cltltens. The polttt now Isi It they
nre.true, and Mr. Vaden belleves, they,
are, what must be dofto? Your edltorlal'
does one of our mpstshonost ,and lilgnly
respeoted follow oltl?en8 a great Injus
tlce, artd the cause ha.rind others tfi
proHcht gr6at hartil. It la',Ju_t bUcIi af
tlclfls that dlscourago those that are
trylng to uphold and etiforco the law and
embolden unscrupulous polltlatans that
trnmplo It under foot. , ,,
How oanwe hope eVer to hav? a brlght
er atld purOr polltlcal day, when, If a
bold Btand ls taken agalnst.oertlfled po
lltleal corruptlon, ona of our lendlng
State papors nuts to Its mouth tho truitt
u?t of Hdlcuie nrtd eeeks to exolto coti
tomptuoua Iaughter all through tlio
Stato? You say yott "tnontlon thlB re>
markable oMe to show that effprts aro
belng mado In Various parts of the Stato
to bellttle the prlmary plan adopted by
the. Democratlo Btate Conventlon, nnd to
dlsoredlt It wlth the peoplo;" but that " t
oannot be downed ln that mannor, lt ls
a. good thlng. ? ? ? * lt has ootne to stuy
and frlvoloua contests by defeated candl?
dates dannot bring It lnto dlsreputo.' Is
a contest basad on credlblo charges of the
use of whlsltey, money aud fraud, fHvl
We wiah to say, furthor,, that nothlng
wlll dlscrodlt this plan wllh th? peoplo
and bring lt lnto dlsrepute like corrupt
mothods-denlal of the rlghts of votors
and candldates by machlnery or other
wlse, and the division of thelr offorla to
secure thelr rlghta. Tho Domoorats have
been long.yoalllng for- pure eloctlonB, ;'a
free balloi aiid a f&lf- oourt." Wlth tlu)
colored voter ellmlnated thore ls no'som
blance of an excueo why they should not
havo them. Every effort to this end
should be encouraged, and those that
know of vlolatlobs ot tho law should
speak out wlthout foar or favor. Now, lf
ovor. ls the tlme to enrorco the new law.
If dlsregard of It ls tolorated or urt
notlced now, lt had Just as well bo burned
anu better. Every ono oan see tho dlB
advantage tn' such a case, to which an
taonest, truthful, and consclentlous man
would bo put It opponed by nn unscrupu?
lous one. It would become a law only to
blnd the honoat man and leave tho dls
honest man frea to resOrt to every d?
vlce, even shameful vlolatlons.of the law,
tq succeed, and sucoess wlll freojuehtly be
hls. Then when hldcous hydra-headed
fraud ls unmanked; what muat the hoiiest
man do??quletly and , tamoly submlt'f
Lvcry true-mnn wlll Bay nO.
AVo hope, thoroforo, the pross nnd the'
people wlll elther advocate and Inslst on
the enforcement of the Birksdalo puro
olectlon law, or advooate its speedy re
poal.
Now we know you favor pure electlons,
but your edltorlal waa excoedlngly unr
fortunate. Much of what we havo sald Is
not meant to be llmlted to the Vaden
Duhonn contest, but is ln bohalf of Jus
tlce and rlghteousnesfl In polltlcs through?
out the State and elsewhere.
The cause ls more than a man.
DEMOCRAT.
Chatham, Va., September 10, 190S.
Law and the Qospel.
Edltor The Tlmoa-Dlapatoh:
Slr,?I was greatly Interested ln your
odltorlal reference to the Minlsterial Con
ference and the conSenaua of oplnlon .of
thut asaembly wlth reference to the de
ollno df aplrltual llfo ln the churchea. I
am far from belng a peaaimlat and would
not be understood aa censuring the GobdcI
mlnlstry, for I havo Impliclt Talth In tho
Bavlous's declaratlon that the gatea ot
H'ell shall not pervall agalnst Hla Church,
and If thoro is a clasa of pooplo I do
Bincerely love more than any other lt ls
tho mlnlatera of tho Oospel. Aa an
humble lftyman I wlah to amen tne opln
lor. of the conforonce that whatevor
measure of splrltual deollno or lack of
proper Bplrltual forco may bo manlfest
ln the church at large, ls largely due
to the fact that fundarnontal doctrinai
preaahlng has, of lato years, been too
muoh neglected. By fundamental doc
trlnes I mean human dopravlty, hell for
tho glnner, blood1 redemption, hoart rc
pentaTice, Justlflcatlon by faith through
the Savlour'a atonement, sulrltual blrth
and growth, aalvatlon from the gullt, con
soijuences and power of sln, reaurrection
ot. the body nnd cverlastlng lifp., It ls
not that all of theBe Btble doctrlnes aro
at any tlmo serloualy noglected by
orthodox pulplts nor any of thom thus
neglected at all times; but rathcr. that
all of thom are not genorally stirtlclor.tly
dwolt upon and alressed, especlally ln tno
loglcal order of thelr aequences. A .??.
liflo source of harm I concelvo to bo tho
tondency to prosent what Js tormed tho
goapel ot love to the consequent noglect
of the dynamlcs of tho Bmle. I belleve
tho "hlgher crltlclBm." sp called, that mu
tllatos the Book of Books is not near bo
harmful as the lnsldlous Ingonulty in or?
thodox churches, whlch mngnifles the lovo
of God to the dlBparagemcnt of tno jus
tlce and aeverity of Ood. There ls
nothing more beautiful and attracme
than the manifostaUon of dlvine love ttiat
securod human redemption; but tno
beautv and power Is not adequately com
prehohdod apart from a reallaation of
tho awfulness of nln. whlch made such a
sacrldce necessary ln order to salvatUjii,
"and the personal conaclouaneas that was
ln me" If I dd not repent of mv slns and
bo cleanaed by tho blood. I do not aee
that preachlng on the text "Wha must I
do to bo aaved?" ls offectua to the. oav
Ing of souls who do not reallse that they
are lost! And there ls nothing tha. so
beBUrs tho sleeplng soul as tho thunders
of old Sinaii
The condltlon of membershlp ln Jotin
Wesley'a "olasses" was a "deslre to fleo
tho wrath to come!" AVoal know the
wonderful frults of ' Wesley's awaken
lng campaign and how teemlng thou
Bands of the wrath fleers were led up tho
helght of falth and sanotlfled experTence
to Vhold the glorlea of Calvary's sac
rlilce. The c arlon volce of John tne
Baptst as he heralded the comlng of
the lovlng savlour, proclalmed the neces
Bity of personnl repentnnco and fruits
meet for repentanco"-for the '?xe was
ald at the root of the tree!" Old John
was Dreaohtng a dlfferent doctrlne from
that of a unlversal salvatlon. arbltrarlly
heatowed through love. Paul "roasoned
of sfn rlghteoufneBB and of Judgment to
come." He know something ot both
?he "goodness and severlty of God." The
Savlour gave warnlng of "the demnntlon
of holl" and exhorted" that lt be better to
pluck out an offending eye than to be
oast lnto hall bodywhole. He<,.a 80 de?
elared the "wrath of God" abldeth In tho
unbellever. And yet wo are so prone
teT presume on the goodness and mercy
of God. and when a mlnlster who deolaroa
the wholo counsel ot God preaches to tho
unconverted -the herlousneBS of tln, the
corialnty ot a personal Judgment and a
rta hell as the^nortlon of the unropent
ant how often ls there a protojt that
he b preachlng the old fashioned hell-ftra
rellrion. and W the dlssenters love
to gather about the ovangellet who,
preaches the to'tfiMM
tipon those who wlsh to be Baved to hold
up their hands!
o* thii atonement are. approprated - by
the TwakanVdTand t^fe^^au^
invflfl one ls then n his .father a houso,
Snrt h. wlll Vocve Hlm wlth Joy and
abTdnaas ln a Vlove that caeteth out'
fiS?"? but even then lt ls well to rernem-,
w tne rernark of old PaUl, who, aerv ng
Go'd wlth subllme aaorlflce and lovlng
faith thouaht lt peoeBaary "to ke.ep. hls.
body' under lest whlle he preached to
otlWB"he hlmself should become a cast-j
a Ftatly. there ls an underourrerit ln the
ohurches towarda the shoala Of unlver
Balltrn. Eternal punlshment ls ? not be
Heved hy many. Holl 1b held-to^be an
allegory hy those who ta 1k louOest of,
the Blorles of a real heaven. The good-!
ness and love of God |b nll rlght, but the
wrath ot God and personnl Judgment and
the pVlson houae of hell are antlquated
doctrlnes But the old book that has
stood the test of tlme and tho flrm of
mallgnant persooutlon. aa well aa the
?hi_her orltlolsm," yet deolarea thttt, at
one tlme Ood repented that Jfe made
man and aotuallv swtipt hlm off tlie face
of tha earth wlth the exceptlon of Noah
and hls famlly, that the ''wrath of God!
abldeth"" W the unbellever and thnt "he
Bhall be damnedl" Sln must be an auwulf
thUJg. its penalty an awful thlng and
Bavation muet be a grand thlng that
was purohased at/such a prlce Ati the
etifferTng and death of the bfessed Son of
God! tet the grand old truths of re
deemlng love, pardon, salvatlon, eternal
flfe beever proclalmed from the, sacred
de?k, but never to the peglect of the ac
_3iimahyin_ Blble doctrlnes of mso ?_Pff
co"dPltlon'ngth510^
Inofe"ewnhonnvVnortlaac ept'tfsalvatlJn
that it ^qulred such a prlpo to purchase.
pardon of alnala (iilo.thMg tnd MtvMtai
from ulii la andthor_thll.it. JBee-tito ___??
fiad boe? aJrtUof WlTd?ftr? ipMft_hlnt
about sanritlrtcAtlOh orthollM?*,Mli b*
catiso some trtlndK do not dlftnrlw nftt* bfr*
twnen limblllty to sln and salvntloh ttoM
tha power or sln Ts ho roaabh that the
Lortf cttnnot nfld does not a&vo from slnl
"Thou shalt o*U Hlfl,name.Je.BU|. fdf H?
havo rtomlnlon over you." "Yo shall not
bo templed beyond that yo nre nbie to
henr," "Fnr as mnny ns aro led bv thi
Bptrlt of Godlhey are tho "ori* of God/|
,"For ,tho lovo ot tho Splrlt, of llfo ln
?Chflflt Jesus Imth.made me ffeo frotn
the love bf sln nnd, doath."
Sln daitms; ^'^%^%1CKmna.
Rlchmond, Vn.,
.-? '?'?_?
A Correspondent'a Ruply,
Edltor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch! ,
Blr,?Any saemlng orror Ih the oplnlon
of Tho Tlm?VDlBptaeh, In whlch f ma?
have fe.ilen.Jn. a-recent dlsousalon o|
riegro eduoiitlort, la hot to be rertretted
by me, Inaamueh as on August.Wth lt
called forth from that papor an abie edl.
torlal regardlng the status of tho negrn
undor tho Southern system of slaver*.
1 could wlBh the editorial ln quoatlon to
rench tho mlnds and hearts of all North*
orn people, for, lf tho Inmn of truthful
experlenee Is worth anythlng, lt mlght
prove ,or lnflnlto value ln sottllnf the
present voxed negro problem. 1 could
wlsh that auch editorial could be em?
bodled, aa a page wrltten wlth amblaa
onod chnractei-H. In our school hlstorles,
to be raad by every chlld In tho SoUth*
As monumenlal ovldenco thut the Inatl
tutlon of slavory, as lt exlated ln the
South, nceompllahed more for tho truo
welfaro, hnppfneas ana clvlllsatlon of th?
negro than any other plan now wlthln
tho power of man to devlae.
But When commentlng ln a prevlous
paper upon tho expressed sentlment of
tho chlof oxeeutlvo of the Hterary edu
catlon of a county, taken from ^h*. offl*
clal orgnn of tho Hterary educatlon of the
State, I commlttod no orror In hnvlnB
failed to glvo to the term "cduoatlon^
the broad slgnlllcance glven by Tha
TImos-Dlspatoh ln lts crltlclam, and I am
sure thnt The Tlmes-Dlspatch wlll do me
the .iustloo to coneedo that In a dlacusslon
of sald cxpreaaed sentlment. I was ,con
stralned to glve to the term Its restrlotod
sense, bellevlng as I do, under clrcum?
stances. that the word admltted of no
other constructlon,
If tho pubilc aehools for tho negro, as
they are now conducted, or as thoy. mny
hereaftor bo conducted under any other
practlcal plan, can by any posBlblllty of
a chanco approxlmatoly achleve for the
negro what waa dono for hlm In tho daya
of slavory ln the llne of clvlllaatlon,
moral, rollgloua and manuai tralnlng, I
would gladly wlthdraw my feeble oppo
sltlon, an oppoaltlon ,ln whloh I dlsclalm
any projudice, hatrbd or onmlty, but
rathcr olalm to be the negro's beat frlend
ln deallng honeatly and candldly wlth
hlm. Here let mo pause to asaert that
tho pollclea of the whltcs towards the
negro, stiperlnduced by tho natlon's or
ganlc law, and thereforo compulsory ln
a moasuro, ln ao far as tho people of th?
South aro concorned, ara a spccles of
reflned criielty, In awakenlng fn hlm n,
hopo for that whlch cnn never be at
talned by hlm, ln arouslng In hlm asplr*
tlon, whlch, llftlng hlm out of the uae
tul walks of llfe for whlch he aeems bo
pecullarly lltted, must brlng hlm In con
taot and compatltlon wlth a mlghty force
before whlch ho must evontually perlsh.
It oannot bo deniod that the publlo
schools for the whltea aro the thresholds
of hope for tho attalnment of the eml?
nont and exalted posltlons of earth so
much doslred and sought for by men. But
for tho negro the door of hopo must nec
easarlly bo clOBOd lt; respect to every
thlng that tho schootn may do for hlm.
Somo men wlll tell you that thla oondl
tion of things la the rosult of race nhtlp
athy and projudice. Whatever ono may
clect to call It, lt Ib somethlng so deeplv
rooted In tho naturo of man that no ful
some theorle's wlll evor be ablo to eradl
cate lt; not local, but common to and
exlstlnjc in llko degree In all sectlons.
I notloo that our Northorn frlends love
the negro, but under clrcumsatncea ln
whlch "dlstance lends enchantment. to
tho view." But, says Tho Tlmes-Dls?
patch, lf to the moral and manuai traln?
lng which the negro recelved In slavory
could have been added a book cducatlon
he would not havo -been hurt thereoy.
That may be true. but lt does not enter
thls dlscusHlon. . The . State haH estab
llahod7-ptlbllc aehools . on the ground or
expodlency and proflt. Whllst wo nave
no doflnlte data by whlch wo may fuliy.
detormlne that the educatlon of tho ne?
gro as achlovad In tho publlo aehools
I_ actually harmful. yet tho pereponder
ahce of ovidence ls ln favor of the afllr
matlve. I can here adduco the common
disposltion on the part of manktnd to
Bhlrk the ordlnary dutlea of llfo for
whlch ono may bojHtefl, ln valti and IdJo
quest for somethlng comportlng moro
wlth ono's dlgnlty as tho ppBacsaor of a
llttle learnlng. Such prlnciple octed upon
by tho negro la moro than llkely to fur?
nlsh for tho State a crlmlnal vagabond
than a useful cltlsen, Thon. agaTn. tho
old plantatlon, ao Juatly lauded by Tho
Tlmes-Dlapatoh as tho ono-time sohool pr
most excellent merlf. la stlll largoly In
evldenoe, and much ln need of attendanoo.
But tho negro seoma much to prefer tne
modern methoda provldod for hlm by tne
tnxes of tha owners Of tho plantatlon.
In conclualon. I would say that I oheer
fully accord honor and credlt to a rew
klnd Northern frlonds, who, thlnklnj
that ln one way they may be of help to
the negro by advancing hlm ln tlio^ alm
plo lnduatrlos are maklng expcrlmeni
wlth thelr own meana.^ y WATK1Na
Jefferson IVIemorlal.
Edltor of Tho Tlraes-Dlsptach:
Slr.?The Thomas Jefferson Memorlal
Assoclatlon of the Unlted Statea was or
sanized on Aprll 13. 1602, ln tho clty of
WasWngton. Tho solo object of-the or
ganizatlon Ib the ereotlon at the NatlonM
Canltal of an approprlate and truly na?
tlonal memorlal to tho "author.of the
DecmVaUon of Indopendence'? Thomas
JofTerson. none now exlatlng ln that ctiy,
?In? oVderrto ralae money to ereot the
proposed memorlal lt' *" .unanlmouolj
agreed to. dapend abaolutely upon_tha
people, whom Jefteraon loved ao welU
for a wllllng and llberal reaponae when
asked to contribute aa beat they could.
that the memorlal should bo a trlbuteof
the maBses.-of young and old, and thae
no appeal ahould bo made to CO ngreas
for money, as has been too frequent y
tho oase fri the eroctlon of meraorlals to
others. It was further undorstood and
agreed by tho organlaers that the aaso
cmtlon should be non-part_an, membeM
of all polltlcal partles to be appealed to
allke It haa beon declded that the pro?
posed memorlal shall be a bulldlng. of
some proportlona and of tClaaslo?rohl
tocture. The Parthenon at Athens has,
therefore. boen accepted as the .tentatlvo
neslgn. The estlmated coat wlll bo at
"easT J50O.O0O. The trlbute wlll be ln de
slgri and cost fully ln kooplng wlth the
. mft_tiiflcent character of the man and tne
SpoTtance of the dooument he wrote, da
claring to-.the world ln "nmlatakable
i*rrnu* "That all mon are creatod equal}
tha? they are endowedby thelr Creator
-w th certaln inallonable HgW; that among
these -are llfo, llberty and the Pn?"'*
nf haDDlnesa- that to seoure these rlghts
goverSmenta' are, InstUuted among men.
Serivlng thelr Juat powers from tho eon
seAt of the governed." It seema to me
that- all Statea in the Unlon. our od
cTmnionwealth, ahould reapond freely n
m-opoi-tlon to hor meani% to thla laudabla
; nfiBrtaklna' for the ereetlon of auen a
^"nnfl mamoriaV-to one of our noblest
fnn?4nnd V?rglnia should take stronuoua
na?nsnot to lot lior slster Statea do moro
than she to perpetuate tho memory of
?i,? irraatest mlnd ot many centurlos.'
TMi_n1Sn_ you. Mr* EdJtor. for your klnd
nttenUonandVour.valuable apace, I am,
attenuuu *.,u v truly _youre,
, ??> ROBERT C. KASEY,
Ttenreaentatfve of the Asaoclatlon.
. rtlc^mond, Va., September i, 1903.
The Boyhood Frlend.
wafore lie'was eleoted to be the chlef
TUxecutlve of the Old Domlnlon. Governor
S^Mtn-ue. of Vlrglnla. met an old class
nlate on the traln. Thoy had not met
Rr years. Mr. Montaguo was a candl?
date for governor and the other a plaln
country lawyer wlth a small Incomo.
'Av^at'csn X do for you when I'm Gov
ornorV" sald the candldate aa he PUt.WJJ
arm around hla frlend. ''What can I do
%uys?tUVhadt youVv. done now." qulet,
ly repllefl the tawyer, ,
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