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The Times-Dispatch
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Rlchmond. Va. Entered Janu?
ary C7. 1903., at Rlchmond, Va.,
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Aet of Congress of March 3,
1879.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1903.
PARTY ORGANIZATION.
Tho Times-Dlspatch regrcts to know that
the Democratlc Commltteo of Henrico
county has refused to ablde by tho de?
clslon of- tho Stato Central Committoe
ln the Brauer-Todd-Hechler contest, and
that in splto of the declslon of the Central
Commltteo thnt Mr. Brauer ls entltlod
to the nomlnatlon for trensurer, lt has 1s
eued the certlficate of nomlnatlon to
Mr. Wllllam J. Todd.
Thls seems to Us clearly to be a vlola?
tlon of party law nnd precedont, and It
is a defiance of party authority whlch
cannot ba Justified.
The plnn of organlzatlon adopted by the
State conventlon on May 3, 1900, provldes
that the State Contral Commlttee may
decido all questions at issue which may
erise ln electlon dlstrlcts calculuted to
affect the harmony and Interests of the
party, and may, In its discretion, settle
all disputes withln the party rolatlng tc
organlzatlon or nominations whloh can?
not be settled by county or clty com?
mlttees of the respectlve localitles nffect
ed.
Agaln the State conventlon of -901 adopt?
ed a resolution committing ltself to prl
marles, and directing the State Central
Committee to provide a primary electlon
plan for the cholce of party candldates
for members of Congress, members of the
General Assembly nnd for county and
municlpal offlces. The Stato Commlttee
was given full powers to make such n
plan as It should deem best, and lt was
provlded that "the party plan of or?
ganlzatlon lnsofar as the same may con?
flict wlth any of tho above requlrementa
ls altered to that extent."
In obedlence to that Instructlon and
excrclslng the power thus conferrod upon
It, the State Commltteo prepared and
promulgated in August, 1901, a primary
plan, In whlch it is provlded that county
and clty commlttees shall have the di
rectlon and regulatlon of primajies held
for tho nom'.nation of candldatos for tlie
House of Delegates, county and clty offl?
cers, respectlvely, and shall declde con?
tests, Riibject to tho rlght of appeal to the
State Centrnl Committee."
Such ls the party law and thero can
be no two, opinlons nbout lt.
Tho, .Henrico .'Commlttee contends that
its actlon ls not subjoct to review or
revision by the Stnto Contrnl Commltteo,
hecause tho prlmnry recently held ln the
county was held under nn net of the
Leglslature approved March 4, 1KSS, whlch
glves that commltteo a stnnding in law,
and ext-mpts lt from tlie supervlslon of
the State Central Commltteo.
But that posltlon cannot be maintaineil,
if party organlzatlon eounts for any?
thing. It ls truo that tho Henrico pri?
mary electlon was held under the statute,
nnd thls stntuto was deslgiied to give
legal force to the rulos and rc-gulations
under whloh any primary election hold
by any party in tho county may be
conducted. But clearly tlio utatuto waif
not deslgned to interfere wlth tho rulea
and regulations of any party, except so
far as such party rules nnd regulations
mlght conflict with the Hpocifie provlsions
of the law. It makes no provlslon for con?
tests, all such dlsputos belng left, by
Inforenco at leaBt, to be .ettlod by tlie
party authorltles.
In the Henrico primary, Mr. Brauer
recelved the hlghest number of votes east
for any candldate for tlie oflice of treas?
urer. but u contest wna BUbsequontly
made by his opponeuts on tho ground thnt
he had vlolated the provlsions of the
Barksdale pure electlons law. The pounty
Commlttee henrd the evldence, nnd the
argument in tho case, tlien decided thdt
Mi. Brauer was gullty under two _pec|.
flcatlopi of the ohargea and. therefore,
was not ( ntltied to the certlfioate of
nomlnalli n. it nxtxy be mentloned hero,
by the way, that lt has not been the
bustom ln Henrico, bo far &_ our know
ledge goes, to i ue "certlficatea of nom?
lnatlon." Tha fole waa parwa-sed, the
wlnnera were declared, ami tije.-o were
accepted by common consent ats the party
li'iniii.i-f?_. But that ia pelther here nnr
there. Mr. Brauer thought that ho had
not been Juetly treated by the loeai com?
mlttee. Therefore, ho toofc nn appeal to
thc Biutf: Central Coramltlee, n;e higiiest
parly authorlty, ann lhat commlttee
whtcb h&> heen clojhed i.y act of tbe
Btate conventlon wlth iuii power to mi
tle coiittnts revlcwod ihe .vidrnce agalnst
Mr. Jlruuer; hoat d nrt;iinic-iilB on h(,ih
?-Ui(;s and liiiaJiy di'ddcl ibal iho chargoi
ngaliibl iilin were not i-. .Maiu.d, and thal
l,e wiw falrly entltjed t" tha nomlna
tion. But tlie ppunty C'QinmHtae refuuei"
10 alilde l>y the d$cl_l9Q ot u.u biatc Cotu
mltteo, and yesterday declared WiOlam
J. Todd to be the nomlnee.
Thls is a sevoro Mow to party organl.a
tlon lh Henrico. Party dlsclpllno can anly
be rtifll_._-l.-d hy voluntary submlsaion
to pnrty law. The State Central Com?
mltteo has no power to onforce its do
crees. It could not hnvo compelled the
Henrico Commlttee to a'bldo by its dool
slon ln thls cnse, oven If tho primary had
not yet. been held under the statuto. It
Is nll n mntter, we repuat, of voluntary
nequlcscence. It tho stihordlnato commlt?
tees In all parts of thn State should fol?
low tho oxample of tlm Henrico Commlt?
teo and assert tholr nuthorlty ln nll con?
tests nnd refuse to oclinowledgo tho au
perlor authorlty of tlio State Commlttee,
then there would bc an ond to pnrty
organlzatlon in Vlrglnla, and tho Dem?
ocratlc party mlght ns well dissolvo nnd
go out of business,
The Henrico Commltteo dld well in ln
vcstlgatlnir the chargos against Mr.
Brauer and others, and In Inslstlng that
tho Barksdala pure electlons law be on
forced. But ln defylng tho State com?
mltteo it mado a fatal blundor, and the
members will find It out for themselves
by and by.
THE BARKSDALE LAW.
In passlng upon tlie Brauer case, from
Henrico, tho Stnto Centrnl Commltteo of
the Democratlc party of Vlrglnla declared:
"That in arrivfng at thls concluslon thls
commltteo does not wlsh to be understood
.ns ln nny mnnnor condoning violatlons
(,f what Is known as tlio Barksdale puro
electlons law. but on tho contrary, wo
wlsh to see tho pvo.lslons of that lnw np
plled to all primary electlons. ns well ns
regular electlons, atud that no mnn shall
be awarded a eor.lncate of nomlnatlon
us a Democrntlc na-ailneo who has in nny
manner vlolated nit??er tlie letter or splrlt
of that law; nncl that this commltteo
pledgcs its hest effnrts at all tlmes to pro
moto nnd socuro marlty In all cloctions,
prlmnry or generaj, in every part of tho
State."
It Is appnrent frnm thls that whatever
(ilfferences of oplnlon mny exist among
lawyers or others us to whether or not
tho Barksdale pure olectlons law ls now
in effect, thero can Xio no doubt that tho
Stato Central Committoe recognlzcs it as
the law of tho Stato and tho law of tho
Dcmocratic party, __tt_t inslsts that it be
ohsorved by party candldates and party
a.thor-tles.
Senator W. P. Barksdale, author of thls
statute, holds that lt ii.: in force, and cites
as authorlty a letter trom Atiomey-Gcn
eral Anderson, wrltten on July Sth, and
which wns published in cnir news columns
yesterday, in whlch ho says in general
terms that ln hls oplnlon. an act of the
General Assembly, passed durlng the ex?
tra sesslon of 1902-'03, whlch omlts to pre
scrlbo at what tlmo it should take effect,
went Into effect on July 1, 1903.
It may be that thls ques|:Ion will be test
ed by and hy in tlie couits. but untll the
courts bave decided othea-wlse tho law
should be recognl-ed and enforced. ?
Senator Barksdale protasts that there
are no deffcets In the act which could
have been avolded ln the absenee of a
general legallzed primary Jaw. But he
thlnks that tho law can t>e made en?
tirely effectlvo In spite of Its embarrass
menls on thls scoro. Ho contands that un?
der section three every candhflate before a
nomlnatlng conventlon or a pviroary "must
wlthin thlrty days after such conventlon
or primary, mako out and ffle wlth tho
offleer or board empowered by law to
issue certiflcates of eloctlon to such
offlco or place, and a dupllcato thereof,
wlth the clerk of the county or corpora?
tlon court for any county or clty in
whlch such candldate resldes a staXcment
In wrltlng, whlch statement _nd dupll?
cato shall be subscrlbed and sworn to
by such candldate beforo an ofllcer au
thorlzod to admlnlstor such oaths, set
ling forch ln dctall all sums of money
contnbuted, dlsburscd, expended or prom
ised by him, and to tho best of hls knowl
edgo and belief by any person or yter
sons ln hls behalf, wholly or ln i?art,
endeavorlng to securo his nomi_u_ilon to
such ofllce." Ho inslsts that thla applios
to candldates beforo a conventlon or
priniury, as well ns to candldates Iveforo
a regular electfon.
Hn says that he thoroughly conslflcred
thls phaso of tho questlon, but found that
in tho nbsonco of a general legalized
prlmnry lnw he could not reach by this
net tho party autliorltlea whose duty
It Is to cerllfy to tho nomlnatlon of a
party candldate. Novertheless he thlnks
that the party authorltles wlll be com?
pelled, for tho sako ofTionesty and in the
Interest of tho party and the party nom?
lnees, lo comply wlth tho provlsions of
tho.law. He asserts that the candldates
ln all lnstances can bo compellad undor
thls act to flle wlth tho proper authorl?
tles the certiflcates abovo noted. If the
party nomlnee should full to do so and
should afterwards bo elected, under suc
tinn -1 ho would ba deprlved of lu_ certlfl
entoa of electlon, for sectlon 4 provldes,. I
"thnt no offlcer or bonrd authorlzed by
law to issuo commlssions or certlflcntea
of eloctlon shall Issue any such certlfl
cata or commisslon to any such person
untll such statomont or oath shall havo
been so mado, ven'fled and filed by such
persons wlth said ofRcer,"
lie ndinlta that sectlon 8 does not apply
except by lnferenco to prlmary electlons,
Thls seoticn provldea "thut ln nny con
leg| r.ver tho eloctlon of any olllccr In
thls Commonwealth, If lt he ulleged In
the notlco of oont.Htant that tho provi'
KiriiiK, or any of them, of thla act havo
beon violated by the contestee, or by hla
frlend* .-.nn adherents, wlth hls knowl
edije and consent, and lt so appears upon
thn trlnl of sniil contest. then aald elec?
tlon shnll be declared null and yold nnd
of no effect, imless lt also appeura that
ihe loniihlaiit |a entitled U> the olllro
for whlch he ls contcslfng."
Thla clause appllts to regular electlons
only. but Mr. Barksdale anya thut ln
prlmary eontrsta thn pnrty suthorltleg
ln nny county or ct\y could not afford to
Ignorp it and ccrtlfy to tho nomlnation
of a candldute beforo a conventlon or
prlmary who imd vlolated ti.e splrlt or
letter -'f the law ln Improperiy uslng
money to lnflueiir. voiis. To pnt up
bilch a candidate,- ho contends, would ho
to invlte oppositluii ik,i,i tlui othor party
and to iRYlte dulcal; or, if not defeat,
lo jnvite u contest wlth full Knowledge
thut tho ?rll!k_to of elccUun would
bo wlthheld fc?*i tbo iniui elueled^ unu
fho oleotlon Itsnlf dnolnred null nnd vold,
unless lt nhoulfl nppenr that tha oon
tcstrint was etilltlod to the offleo for
whlch ho was ciintnntm'..
Wo glndly proncnl Mr. Hnrksdnle's
Btatomcnt, nnd wo hopo that our nontoin
lioinrlpH throunhotit lh? Stato wlll glvo
It ns much promlnenoo ns prnotlenblo,
for lt Is of supromo lmportnnoo ln tho
Interest of puro polltlcs to havo thls law
rlglrtly en.forced, nnil to havo It cordlally
supported by tho pooplo. ln splto of Its
dofects, lt would npponr that tho law
can bo mndo to nubsorvo Its purposo,
and It ls to bo bopert that hy and by( and
ns soon aa posslble, Iho Goneral Assem?
bly wlll enact a lcgnllzcd prlmnry law,
whlch wlll compcl all prlmary electlons
to bo held undor lta provlslons and undor
tho suporvlslon ot tho authorltles of
law, and which wlll Incorporato tho sub
stantial features of tho Barksdale law.
FOOP FOR SOLD1ERS.
Somo publlc Interest has beon arouscd
by tho test now maklng at tho Shefflold
Sclentlflc School, of New Havon, In whlch
twenty soldlers of the Unlted States Hos?
pltal Corps are undcrgotng diotary treat?
ment, wlth tho purposo of dotcrmlnlng
what foodB aro sultable for army rotlons.
The Rpcclnl dlrectlon takon by this invos
tlgntion rofcrs to nnlmal foods necessary
or unnocessnry ln army eubslstenco.
Wo daresay it wlll be shown that men
can subslst very comfortnbly lndeed for
n long tlmo with little meat. No doubt
sciontlflc inqulry wlll be valuablo, but tho
Ccnfodorate soldler, ln actual practlco,
proved that ho could get along tolerahly
well on roastlng cars or rlce. Tho for?
mer artlcle was Inrgoly depended upon by
tho nrmy upon Its rctreat from Gettys
burg and on many other occaslons, and
at tlmos ln somo scctlons of tho South no
ratlon but rlce was at hand for dnys and
days. v
And then thero was pea soup! No
wrlter, so far as wo know. has dono Jus?
tice to the black-eyed pea as a food elo
ment ln tho struggle for Southern Inde
pendenco. It was tn uso ln all the armles
of the Confederacy for years. Henven
only knows what wo should' have dono
without lt! When pork was at hand, gen
erous portlons of It enrlched tho soup,
but on other occaslons, when llttlo or nono
war, to be had, soup was made whlch hnd
only "a traco" of bacon or pork nbout
it. It Is true poor ratlons did not much
insplro bolllgerency on the part of the
soldler, except in so far as they moved
hlm to flght hls way Into the enemy's
commissary stores, but they furnlshed evl?
denco that hixu'rlous llvlng can be dls
ponsed wlth. ln war tlmes. Now wo near
of all sorts of concentrated dalntles and
substantlals, furnlshed ln tubos and cans,
easy to "tote" and ready to be eaten on
tho Instant.
By tho way, the French Government
has thls year Introduced qulte a now fea
ture ln subslstlng Us men in thelr annual
manoeuvrcs. Tho plan was not to pre
nrrange for commissary stores, but to
test the commlssarles and qua.rtormasters
ln prqvldlng supplles ln tho fleld.
The two army corps selocted for the
experlment were the Fourteenth and Flf
teenth, quartcred at Lyons nnd Marseillos
respectlvely. The troops were marchod
far into the fleld, nnd nolthor ono of those
citles was allowed to bo usod as a base
of supplles. Purchasos wero mado from
tho country peoplo and the villages.
The three foods tbat required tho great?
est attention wero bread, meat and oats.
The' army bakerles, set up and worked
by tho subslstence department, were very
successful. The now Godello ovon, whlch
takes Its namo from its Inventor, turned
out fresh bread twlco a day. Each ovon
baked two hundred loaves, and was served
by ono corporal, two bread-makers (sol?
dlers) and ono stoker, also a soldior.
It ls sald that tho bread-maklng of the
army has been brought nearer to porfec
tlon than ever boforo, nnd we are assured
that thls year's manoeuvres havo resulted
ln a brllllant success for tho milltary sub
sistenco department.
THE WASTE BASKET.
It is said that Kipling throws a great
deal of hls work Into the waste basket,
foeling that havlng won a reputatlon
as a wrlter, lt is his duty to llve up to
lt. On ono oceaslon, wo aro told, lie de?
stroyed a whole book. After lt was flnlsh
ed he asked Robort Barr to road It, and
Mr. Barr's verdict was that "It was as
good as "Plain Tnles." "Not better?"
asked Kipling. "I don't thlnk it is," re?
plled Bnrr. "Then I don't thlnk lt will
ovor bo published," was Klpling's reply.
And tho book was forthwlth destroyed.
As has beon well said, a man's work
ls tho expresslon of hls character, and
no conselontious man wnnts to bo Judged
by a work whlch ho feels to he unworthy
of hlm.
But there or0 other reasons thnn thls
why a wrltnr should occoslonally at
least tear up hls writlngs. Thls is par
tlcularly truo of tlie editor of a news?
paper. It happons that every now and
then in tho courso of tho odltor's career
thnt he flnds hlmself in an abnormal
Btate of mlnd. Ho may be gloomy, ho may
be dyspnptlc, ho may bo laborlng under
some great provocatloii, ho may be
aroused to a pltoli of oxcltement or ln
dlgnatlori because of somo ocourronce, and
ln such a frame Of mlnd ho must give
?vent to his feellugH. The propor course
for hlm to pursue in such clrcumstancos
is to slt down and glvo hls fcellngs, and
lf need bo hls Itmiginallon, full swlng
Ht; should writo ns freoly as thn omotion
nt tho moment siiEgests, und glvo his
pen unbi'ldlod llborty. Ufl should let nll
tlie gloom or tho liltternoss or tlm splte
or tho liidlgnatlon witliln hlm como out
without Ktlnt. It wlll glvo rcllof. But aftor
ho has unburdnned hlmself ho should then
tour up hls manusorlpt and obnslgn It to
tb,_>-w__to basket, and p'rOBoed to iiis tusk
ln bla normal stnto nf mlnd. lf nll ed!
tom would pursuo this courso thoy would
t-.w,-\i them_olve_ much tioublu and huvo
a l*?tlor Btaiidliig with thelr n-udej-H.
But tho rulos should apply to otliers as
well uh to edltors. KomoilmuH wiien ono
hnu rc-c-lvcd a provokli.g letter tho hn
puise is tc rtply ln klnd, and to inako
a bad matter woiao. It may bo u ggod
ruh, tu wrlte lho .splriteil reply und mako
lt as flery us pottslblo, to open lho vialu
ot oiifi'a wiuth, uuii let ull the wjuth flow
out ln thn'lnk. But lt 18 a liettpr rulo nfter
such n lotter shnll hnvo boon wrltten to
tonr 11 up and throw It nwn. nnd thon pen
a reply In oalmnosit nnd nmlnblllty. lt ls
In thls way that ovon n. hlgh tmnpored
porson may glvo tho prnn-orblnl nnswer
whlch ls sald to lurn nwny wrntli,
In short, no mnn ought to oommtt htm
solf to nn oxprosslon ln wrltlng, whnthor
It bo ln publlo prlnt or in prlvate c.orros
pondence, Whon lnborlng undor lntense
omotlon of any sort, ovon though that
omotlon bo altogether prnlseworthy, for
under suoh condltlons one ls not hlm?
self and Is almost suro lo run Into ex
travngancos. A man oxpresses hls true
BontlmontB whon he Is cnltn and In a nor?
mal Btato of mlnd nnd hoart.
THE DAY NURSERY.
Tn lnst Sunday'n papor there wns nn
Interestlng account of tho work whlch ls
belng dono by tlio Bello Bryan Dny Nur
eory. Thls ls ono of the nohlcst Instltu
tloiiB ln tho clty of Rlchmond, and lt ls a
blesslng to womon wlth llttlo chlldren
who havo to go out dny by dny to earn
a llvollhood, as well as to tho chlldron.
But tho lnstltutlon Is In sad noed of
funds, and unless gonerous contrlbutions
aro recelved Its work wlll have to be
abandoned. ,
Wo hopo that thls appeal wlll not be
in valn. Remember tho means must soon
be forthcomlng, or the lnstltutlon wlll
have to be closed. Contrlbutions can be
called for, lf so doslred, or may be Bont
to Mrs. C. P. Walford, No. 802 East Clay
Street, or to Mlss T.lzzle Grattan, No. 15
North Fourth Street.
MANASSEH'S PRAYER.
(Solected for Tlio Times-Dlspatch.)
"And prayed unto hlm." II Chron. 33:18.
Few indlvlduals ever surpnssed Mnnes
seh ln depravlty and wlckednese. Yet he,
ovon he, obtalned mercy. And wo here
seo tho. moans employed for hls conver
aion. Dlvlne Provldenco so ordered thlngs,
that tho enomy Invaded Judah and suc
aeeded: "Whorofore tho Lord brought
upon them.the captalna of th? host ot the
klng of Assyria, whlch took Manasseh
among tho thoms, and bound hlm wlth
fettera, and cairled hlm to Babylon."
There, thus despolled, degradod, ond dls
trossed-thoro tho seeds of truth early
sown ln hls mlnd began to rovlve-thero
the prayers of a plous father began to be
answered. "and. he prayod unto him."
Affliction alone never yet converted
ono soul. We havo known fools who have
been brayed in a'mortar, yet has not tholr
follv gone from them. loo may bo broken
nnd not dlssolvod; a rock may bo broken,
and tho fractloiis rotaln tho same hard
ness as before. Yet thore le a atural
sultableness.ln aflllction to produce tho
effoct. It shows what an evll and bitter
thing sln is. astho procur.ng cause of all
our sufferlngs, : It cuts the man off from
present bemptation, and afforda hlm tlmo
and lelsure for reilecUon; and the want
of thought ls the greatest obstaclo to re
l'gton; hence the Scrlpturo says, "Con
sider your ways"; and hence Davld ac
Knowledges, "I thought on W ways, and
turned my feot Into thy testlmon.es." It
shows the vanlty of the world, and al
fords opportunity'to introduco the p'-o
posal of a better portlon. and lo urgo
tho resolutlon. ?'"iapreforo wlll I look
unto tho Lord; I will wait for the God of
my salvatlon." It befriends confesslon
nnd prayer; therefore says God, "I wlll
go and retum to my place, Ull they ac
knowlodgo thelr offleneo and soek my
face; in tholr affliction they will seck
mo early." Tho bemoanlng and repent
lng Ephraim hs.d been chastlsed. The
famine made the Prodlgal thlnk of heav
en, and resolve to throw hlmself upon
hls father's mercy.
Hero ls, therefore, a very Instructlve
fact tl teaches us that prosperlty is no
proof of dlvino favor. and that adverslty
la not Incompatlblo wlth the love of God,
but may evon tlow from lt. Wo congrat
ulate our frlonds on tholr successes and
n?lngs ln tho world, but frequently, lf wo
cculd seo all, we should rathor bewall
them, for wo should see tholr table bo
comlng a snaro, and thelr prosporlty de
stroylng thom. On the other hand, we go
and mourn wlth them over thelr losses
and trlalB, when, lf wo could look for?
ward, wo should rather rejoico and be
thankful, for wo should seo the Valley of
Achor glven them for a door of hope, tho
plough-sharo breaklng up the fall-ow
ground to prepare lt for the soed of tho
klngdom, tho way hedged up wlth thorns
to keep tbo traveller from golng astray.
How should wo havo pltletl Manasseh,
had we soen hlm reduced from all hls
greathesB nnd thus lndlgnantly and cru
elly treated, But he soon acknowledged
wlth hls plous anccstor: "It is good for
mo that I havo been aillicted," and ho is
now blesslng Cod, not for hls crown, but
for his fettera; not for hls palace, but for
hls dungeon, "Thls man was born there."
Lot us alwayB look bopofully towards
the affllcted. While the physiclan yet ad
mlnlsters medlcine, we do not deem tho
enso absolutely hopeless. Whlle tho hus
bniidman prunes the treo and dlgs about
lt and manures it. we concludo ho has
not yot sald to tho followt "Cut lt downi
why cumberoth lt the ground?"
Oh! what fools are wo to look shy upon
our trnublca nnd be afrald of our trlals,
Instead of vlewlng thom us some of tho
means of grace whlch God has ordalned
to bring ua to Hlmsolf. Let-us not thlnk
of the bltternesB of tho draught, but of
the sweotness of the health whlch lt ls
dc-slgned to produce. "We havo had fath
crs of our flosli who corrected us, and we
guvo them reveronce; shall we not much
rather ho in subjeotlon unto tho Father
of aplrlta and Uve? For thoy verlly for
a fow daya ehastened us after thelr own
pleasuro, but Ho for our proflt, tbat wo
mlght bo pnitakers of Hls hollness. Now
no chastenlng for tho present Boemeth
to bo Joyoua, but grlevous; nevortheless,
afterward It yliikleth tho peacoable frult
of rlghteousnesa unto them whloh iiro
exercised thereby."
lt la oxpectod that the New York clty
lU-publU'un conventlon wlll bo rocon
venad, t,. vacato tluo nominations oi|
Cirotit und l-'niiies, who have bnclwlidi.-d
Into Tammany ond been nomlnated by
that ftstuto organlzatlon. The oltloes
thoy seek ara comptroller and president
Ol tho Koard pf Aldermen, rcspeellvely.
Tlie conventlon adrjourned subjeot to tlio
.-all of Its i-bulrman, and It is now pro
li>o._d that Cii'out'u and Eomes' uomlna
MUNYONS'
tiOSrSOAP
Ia
_
Imby's
soap.
1 ' S' X ? _7'
w j soap.
ls n geritlemnn's sonp.
Us a sonp for ovoryhody who wnnt. the
best tollet soap ovor mndo.
llons shnll bo reconsldorod and other
men nomlnated to flll tho vacanoloa upon
tho ti'ckct ? _
A Now fork sculptor has Just -lnlshod
the model of a statuo that ls to bo erected
ovor the grave of Wllllam Goebel, Qovor
nor-eloct of Kentucky, who waa aosas
sinatcd under clrcumstancos with whlch
tho publlo ls famlllar. The Btatue and
pedcstal wlll n'se thlrty-two feot. Tho
pedeBtal wlll be of granlte, adorned Wlth
a female flgure pf Fame prostrated by
grlof. The flgure of Gocbol Is ton feot
hlgh and, llke the allegorlcal flgure, wfll
bo of bronze. Tho pedcstal wlll be of
granlte.
The Itev, Dr. David Hummell Greer,
of St. Bartholomow's Church, New York
clty, who has been electod coadjutor to
Bishop .Potter, was horn ln Wheellng,
Va., ln 1SM. He was placed ln nomlna
tion by Rev. Dr. Morgan Dlx, of Trlnity,
who represcnts what ls called the con
servatlye "hlgh church" elemout, whllo
Dr. Greer belongs to tlio "broad" school
of Episcopal churchmunshlp.
An lncvdent of the dlocosan conventlon
was tho declaration *by Bishop Potter
against tho projoct to chango the name
of tho.Protestant Episcopal Churoh.
Thoro is a contontlon in England wlth
refcronco to the rovlval of tho peerage of
tho Irlsh barony of Coroghmoro. Edmund
de la Poer is tho clalmant Somo of tho
Dc la Poers marriedi ln thls country.
among whom was Rlchard Francis, who
weddcd Sarah, tbo daughter of Charles
Gordon, of Vlrglnla.
Thero wlll be town electlons in Con
necticut to-morrow, but mo lssues are In?
volved aud tho electlon ls of only local
interest
Socks is "the issue ln one af the oon
grcssion.,_| campaigns ln New York. Jorry
Slmpson wlll probably bo called upon to
arbltrato the trouble.
Theso arcTthe meloncholy days, when,
if you leavo your overcoat at home you
wdll wlsh you had it, and lf you carry
it, you wlll wlsh you hadn't
Aftor all tho loglcal candidate Is the
man who can deliver a good batch of
votes heretofore going wlth the opposi?
tlon. _
So far tbe Investigators havo only
found out that much graftlr.g has been
gcing on ln the Indlan Terrltory. Who
did lt Is yet to be dctormlned.
It is a pity that our North Carolina
frlends dated their "Old Home Week"
rlght along with Rlchmond's Horse Show.
When a solld column stands flrmly
shouldor to shoui'der, no klnd of a "run"
can flustrate lt
The plcture of Mr. J. Tillman, of South
Carolina, has reached the patent outslde
stage.
Tho corn kings of tho country v,'M yet
have to como to the resouo ot the Wall
Street Napoleons of flnance,
Olnoy and Gaston are tho Democi-atic
names they try to conjure with up ln
Masssachusetts. ',._ j ,,
The Law Register. *"'
VIRGINIA LAW REGISTER, September,
1903, George Bryan, edltor, Rlchmond,
Va. J. P. Bell Company, Lynchburg,
Va., publlshers. Price, BO cents.
Tho leadlng artlcle ln the Virginia Law
Register for September is entitled Me
chanlc'a Llens ln Virginia, and ls from
tho pen of Mr. John Garland Pollard, og\
Richmond. In a preparatory noto tho edltor
says that the amendments to the Code of
1R87 on this subject and tho declslons
construlng the sectlons In thelr several
forms, orlginal and amended, are so nu
merous that Mr. Pollurd's artlcle wlll
bo of pessjmistlc valuo to tho profession.
Following Mr. Pollard's artlcle aro
twelve decisions of tho Court of Appeals
reported ln full. Among these are
Taylor vs. Commonwealth nfflrming thu
validlty of tho Virginia Constitution of
1902; Dardon vs. Thompson adjudging
tho pllot laws of this Stato to be not ln
conflict with the revised statutes of the
United States ln thelr exemptlon from
pllotago of all vessels bound to or from
any polnt on tlio Potomao Rl'Ver; South?
ern Express Company vs. Goldberg;
udjudging Bectlon 121B of the Codo of
Vlrglnla to ho unconstltutlonal ln so
far as lt undortakes to prescrlbe rates
of express companles engaged ln Inter
stato oornmercoi Lltton vs. Common
wealth lnvolvlng Important points ln
crlminal law and practice.
Thero are several "notos of cases" of
Interest to lawyers and ln the edltorlal
department thero aro artleles on George
Kelth Taylor late clork of tho Court of
Appeals; "The Amerlcan Bar Assoclatlon"
und tho Vlrglnla Bar Association.
As a uupplument to tho Law Register
"Fuathorstoue's Indox" to the Virginia
corporatlon law ls lssuod.
WHAT CAUSES DANDRUFF.
Greatest European Authority on Skin
Diseases, Says It's a Germ.
The old idea that dandruff is scales of
skin thrown Off, through a feveiiah con?
dition of tlie scalp ls exploded. Prot
Uiiiiu, Ham burg, Germany, European au?
thorlty on skln diseases, says dandruff
Is a germ dlseaso. Tlie germ bui-rows un?
dor tho scalp, iht'owlng up llttle scales
of outicle, i-.nrl sappmg tlio vltaliiy of tlie
lialr at lho root. Tlio only halr prepara
th.n thnt k.ils dandruff geinis is Ne.w
bro's Horplclde. "Destroy the oause, you
removo tho effect" Not only cures dun
ili-uff, hut atops falllng halr and pormits
a luxuriant growth. Dellghtful h;Ur
dresslng, Sold by leadlng drugglsts. Send
10c. ln Htanips for snmple lo Tlio Her.
ploldo Co., Poirolt, Mlch. Oivena. & MJuor
Drug Co., Bi>.clal Ajjonts,
? MMM.H.^H.}
:: \ Under Qrle} fteWaw. J
44Mt.fMVM.f|tiVil.MjM'-*> r"
There ls somethlng dolng ln Vlrglnln..
Without golng Into dotalls or dolng more
than to call atbtnton to the news col
ums for a woek pant, It may be sald
that the signs of the tltnea lndlcato
that tho people of Virglnia aro tn dead
nnrnost about that domand for honest
electlons and purlty at tho ballot-box.
Tho cross-road polltlclan who has beon ln
the habit for many yearB of having
thlngs hls own way and flxlng them be
forehand surrendera to the new order of
thlngs wlth poor grace, but events ln
Henrlco county and elsowhere durlng the
past weok tell hlm ln unmlstakablg ao
conts that ho must surrender. Ho wlll
do lt, of course, ho wlll. It ls to hla In
terost to ln a polltical way, and then, be
sldos the penltentlary Is Just up tho lane
from .a falluro to surrendor gracefully.
Tho horrlblo accldent on tho Southern
Rallway wlthln the corporato llmlta of
Danvlllo, ln whlch ton persons wore In
stantly kllled and a number of others
Injured, has calold attention anow to
tho frequency of accldents on that and
othor rallwaya ln the southorn soctlon
of tho country, nnd nocessarlly lends
ovorybody to ask what ls tho troublo, and
what ls tho romedy. Kvery man, of
course, haa hls own oplnlon, but, perhaps,
aftor tho matter has beon slftcd to tbe
bottom tho correct concluslon wlll bo
reached, whlch Ib slmply thls: Tho rall?
roads aro trylng to mako too much tlmo;
thoy nro runnlng tholr trains too fast.
Tho South is a country of "mngnlflcont
dlstnnces," nnd It takes tlmo to covor tho
dlstances between leading southern
polnts. The rallways aro trylng to ovor
como spaco wlth spoed. It won't work ex?
cept at terrible cost of life and llmb, as
has beon abundantly demonstrated wlth
Ing tho paat fow months ,and especially
last week.
Last Monday Oyster Bay ceased to be
the "capltal" of tho country, and tho clty
of Washlngton once more resumod Its
Importance as tho center of news and
polltlcs. Thls slmply moans that tlie
Presldent has completed what Is erron
oously called hls "vacatlon" and roturned
to tho humdrum of ofllclal llfo at Wash?
lngton. He wlll porhnps not be any harder
worked at tho Whlte House that ho was
at Oystor Bay.
Mr. Carmnck, tho Junlor senator from
Tennossoe, haa declded not to Introduce
ln tho eenato tbls wlnter the propoaed
blll for the abolitlon of tho Fifteenth
.Amendment to the Constltutlon of tlio
Unlted States. Ho does not retroct any?
thing ho haa sald concornlng tho Infamy
nnd lllogallty of that part of tho Con?
stltutlon, but ho slmply thlnks It La un
wlse to make nn eflVirt at thls tlmo to
undo the great wrong that waa perpctrn
tcd whe nthat amendment waa lllegnlly
tacked- (>n to the Constltutlon. Tho Ten
m-sseo senator Is rlght. Tho tlme wlll como
when tho movement for tho repcal of tho
Fifteenth Amendmont will oomo' from the
North, whero the infamy orlglnated and
Ir. tho maontime it ls not hiirtlng the
South. That ls one of the dovlls of tbo
reconstructton ora that wo have succeed
ed ln whlpplng around tho stump. XVo
can very well efford to lot our Northorn
frlonds look to Its repcal.
Tho Jerwlsh year book for the year W.\,
whlch has just been publlshed by tbe
Jowish Publlshlng Soclety of Amerlca
and odltod by Cyrus Adlcr, glvos soipo
Interestlng flgures about , tho numerlcol
growth of tho race In thls country. Now
York now has tho largest Jew-ih popula?
tlon of any of the States, wlth 500,000, and
thon comes Pennsylvanla and Illinols.
wlth Maesacfhusetts fotiTth. Thc total
Jowish immlgratlon through the ports of
New York, Phlladolphia ond Bnltlmoie
for the past twelvo years has boon 7G1,
608. and durlng the past yoar 58,073 ar
rived at tho port of New York alone.
Among these were 80,638 Russian, 18,113
Austrla, 8,314 Roumanlan and only 527 Ger?
man Jews. Tho total Jowish populatlon
of the Unlted States ls now 1,127.208, whila
thero are only 276.G14 ln the Britlsh em
plre.
Whnt some people oail "gallopmg con
sumptlon" has carried off Slr Mlchael
Herbort, tho Brltlsh ambnssador at
Washlngton, very suddenly and unoxpecf
edly at a hotel ln Swltzerland. He was
appolnt?d only last year, and h's pro
motion was understood to bo due largely
to tho Intrmacy with Mr. Roosevelt whlch
he formed whllo secretary of legatlon
at Washlngton In lMS-m Hls mar?
riage to a daughter of R. T. Wilson, of
New York, also tended to advance hlm
In hls dlplomatrc carcer, ono of his wlfe's
slsters havlng marrled a Goelet and nn?
other belng Mrs. Cornolius Vandorblit,
Jr.
The women folks are pushlng tholr
campalgn to have Senator Smoot, of
TJtah, oxpelled trom the Senate because
he Is one of the apostles of the Mormon'
Church, but, as we havo already shown
in this oolumn, lt ls nn effort that wlll
bo frultless. The Sprlngfi'eld Republlcan
says:
"One reason is that tho cxpulsion would
mean the loss of Utah noxt year to
Roosevelt, for tho Senate Ib bo over
whelmingly Republlcan that the Repub?
llcan party would havo to take tho re
sponslbllity for tho act, It ls a safe
prodictfon that Mr. Smoot wlll servo at
least six years ln Washlngton."
A man who gets lntoxlcatod only on
legol holldays does not fall Into the
drunkard category, accordlng to Judge
Harpor, of the Common Pleas Court of
Stark county, Ohlo. In a dlvorce sult
brought by Minnfe Rerick against Wll?
liam Herlck, the nllcgatlon was mado
that the husband is an habltual drunk?
ard. Tho dofendant testlfled that he
got drunk on natlonal holldays only and
that hls wlfe could prove nothing olse.
Tho Judge, fn summlng up tlio case,
doclared the plalntlff had falled to
sustaln her chlef allegatlon, and ho re?
fused to grant her separatlon.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribuno expresses regrets that tlio
"adornment" of the battlefleld of Gettys
burg has been overdone. Ho declares
that tho fleld hos been obscured and its
topography lost by tho labnrynth of now
avonues, so that the old soldier of elthor
sldo, returnlng to the sceno of the con?
flict, is In danger of losing ,1.1a way,
"At Waterloo a great stono llon and
a huge mound of earth overlooks the
field of bttttlo, whlch seems far slmpler
nnd more dignlfled than n forest of
monumonts turnlng a famous battle?
fleld Into a huge graveyard." He fhids
greater satlsfaction-ln tho aspect of An
tletam. Down to 1893, he says, the old
fleld at Antletam preserved "the very
atmosphero of 1862." General Loa'e
hoadquarters, an old brlck house, ro
mained, and "a woman was baking ples
ln tho kitchon, and scareely a stlck of
furnlture had boen changed since the
mllltary occupation, It was posslble to
go out to MIddletown on foot and truco
ulmek through lanes and fields tha up
nroaoli of a battery that picked Its way
ulongslde a wood, filled its buokets from
a stream and galloped Into posltlon In
the dusk of tho evening before the bat
tlo when tlm acatterlng flre of the
plfckets was llko flre-flies flashing In tlie
grass." The wrlter observcu that the
greatest servlco dono by tho Gattysburg
Commlaalon 's tho proservutlon of tlio
eurthworks and tho fleld gun trenches
I oxtending ln front of lhe old cemetery
,?ata. V. B. W.
Constipatedt
tnko
1844 ?SliTOm 1903
I'iril bv AmtHcan 1'hltiKiani ncarlv 00 viort,
Tho ciTorveBcent "tried by tlmo" cura for '
Costlvcneas, Billousness, llendache,, Slck
Stomach. Qonlaini no irritantt or narcolia, ,'
BOc and 01, St Dr-Rglit- or by mall from i
THE TARRANT CO., 21 Jay 8trn-l, NtwYorfc '
OK>svO?o<K>t_m
| JfalfJeour With
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5 Virginia Oditors.\
The Bedford Bullotln, ln an Interostln_
artlclo on polltlcal condltlona ln Vlr.g1_bV
says: j
Although tho whlto peoplo understand
that tho negro ls no longer to be foared,
they cannot see any good reason to vota
the Republlcan tlcket. Tho Hopubllcan
party stands for a centrallzed govern?
ment; lt stands for protoctlvo tarlff; II
Is tbe sponsor of the trusts, and bv hlgh
tarlff leglslatlon hns mado It posslble
for tho trusts to thrlvo and Increase,
Opposed to theso aro all tho prlnclplos
of Dcmocracy, nnd whon thoso who have
voled tho Demoeratic tickot all their
llves go to tho polls for the first tlme
under tho now Constitution, they will not
rorget whlch ls tho party of tho people,
but will voto tho straight DemooraUo
tickot as usual.
Tho Farmvllle Herald says:
If whlskey does got to bo a Btate %fi
nuo among tho Vlrglnlans you may look
out for moro wnnt of charlty than over
rnarkerl or marred a cartvass In tho hls?
tory of tho Stato. Thoro may no* bo
nny good nnd sufflclnnt reason for thls.
but lt ls truo JuBt tho samo.
The Charlotteavlllo ProgTcss says:
Fortutiatcly, our Vlrglnla ports of Nor?
folk und Newport Nows do not depend
solely upon freight rates for tholr par
tlclpatlon In tho cxport trado business.
Thelr gcographlcal advantages of noarer
access to the great centers of productlon
nnd population of the Greut West and
Southwest give them an advuntago that
no compe.titlvo railroad rates can ovor
contravonc. Nevortholesa tlio matter of
low trafllc rate,< ls one that our Vlr
Klnla and Southern rallroads cannot af
ford to disregard.
The Lexlngton Gazotto says:
The Antl-Saloon Lcaguo of Vlrglnla
ls dolng a good work for the causo of
tc-mperance. It works Indcpendently of
polltlcn! partles; Ilrst, to socuro leglsla?
tlon permlttlng local optlon; socond, to
apply that Icglslaiion In small polltlcal
unlts, countles for the most part, and
thlrd, to see that tho laws aro enforcod.
At present moro than half the eountlo.
In Virginia aro undor local optlon con
trol, whlle parts of many of the remaln
Ing countles are In like condition. So
that il (.-an bo safely said two-thlrds of
tho S'.ato havo local optlon.
Speaklng of that featuro of the Mann
law, which makes forfciture of Hconso
tho ponalty for selllng liquor to mln?
ors; the Staunton News says:
Whatcver may bo done wlth tho Mann
law, thls featuro, whlch Is worth all tho
liquor leglsluitlon cornlWned, ought to
be reialned. fn fact, it ought always to
have been tho law. It ls tho most per?
fect guarantee of obedlence to the law
that can be devlsed, and lt works uo ln?
justice, for when a mon goes Into the
liquor business ho Is wuined of the oon
sequonces of a vlolatlon of tho law, and
if ho vlolatos it ho must expect to tako
tlio conaequencos.
.
From the Church Papers.
To make a perfect day Indeed, after
all, one mlght do wlthout tho sunahlno
nTTa tho landscape and tho sweet, fresh
alr. There aro some better things than
nature can afford ln
THB PERFECT her most gonorous
DAY. mood. There aro good
days even when we were
not wlthout care or sorroworpaln. Theday
when duty hus been fully and cheorfully
done, when care has been borne patlently,
when something of triith has been add?
ed, when a new vision has been won Into
things abovo the world, and when one
has given of hlmself, his thought, hla
means, hls loVe, to the help of hls fel?
lows, that grows up into a perfect day,
A day unwasted, dutlful, unsclflsh, grow
lng, loving nll and hoplng all, that Is one
of the I-ord's days to us, happy ln
a good consclence, and a loving heart, and
a hope that cannot fall.?Central Pres?
byterlan.
Tho more wo see nnd hear, tho more
strongly aro wo convlnced that as lonf
ns the Interest ln tho Sunday-school re?
mains healthy wo may look optimlstlcally
' on tho affairs of the
T\H? SUNDAY- church.. The Sunday
SCHOOL. school is the recrultlng
ground. Wo havo Just
read the statement ofa Sundny-school su?
perlntendent to tho effect that slnco 1Si5 he
has had chargo of tho primary class,
that the enroliment has not beon loss
thnn flfty, and that of the large number
who have passed out of thls class, he
knows only three who are not members
oftho church. What a record!?Ralelgh,
Chrlstlan Advocate.
Tho p,esenco of the negro, nsldo from,.
other reasons, makes it necessary for us
to do away wlth the saloon ln Vlrglnla.
Undor the fairost condltioru thls raco, so
clogged by appetite
THE Ni-GRO AND and passion, llnds lt
THE SALOON. dllllcult to got on
well In the worldi
nnd when the negro Is exposod on every
Hand to the Htrong temptations of tno
saloon ho often proves unruly, both aa
a workman and as a cltlzen. Our duty
to tho negro demands that we Bhut up
the saloon wlth its varied lncitements
to vice and crlme.?Religlous Herald.
Wo deprocate the practlce of certaln
ovangellsts, and also of certaln pastors,
who thlnk lt nncossary to spend about a
week at the beglnnlng of revival Bervicea
in donounclng profes*
'_'___ OLD WAY. sors of rellglon, charg
Ing them wlth spirit
ual deadness, and all klnds of hypoorltl
cal Inconslstencles. We do not wonder
that when, after going through a round
of such abuse, a promlnent evangellst
npproaxjiied an .unconverted ,man ana
urgea him to become a Chrlstlan, no
sliould havo replled; "If those Chrls
tlnns are what you represent them to De,
1 see uo necesslty for maklng any
ohange"' Tho fact lfl, there aro fow
(Jhrlstlans who can always malntain the
same hlgh tono of splrltual llfe. Our
dally and necessary contaot wltn tne
world wlll abate to some extont our
splrltual ardor and exhaust our ?P'?t
ual strength. We neod to have .that;m*
dor roklndled, that strength renewed.
This is to bo done by wait ng upon God
tn fervont, Importunate. bellevlng prayer,
lmplorlng tho prosenco and power of the
lloly Splrit.-Rlchmond Chrlstlan Advo-i
cttte.
Woodward & Son,
>n
HARDWOODS, MAHOGANY,
WHITE PINiE, YELLOW PINE.
KougU and Drossod.
Yards Coverlng Seven Aores.
Maln Offlce?Nlnth & Aroh Sta.,