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WEDXESDAY, SKPTE-4LBER H 1904.
Politics and Business.
The Republiean party is a business or
panlzatton and tliereforo denls lnrgely
?with materlailsm. In this campaign as
ln other campalgns of the past, lt ap
peals to the greed and selflshness of tho
voters. It tells them that under Re?
publiean rule the country ls prosperotis
nnd that lt would be poor business to
xna-ke a change ln the admlnistration
of public affairs because such a change
mlght dlsturb business and check pros?
perlty.
_t ls a cunnlng plea. Say what we
may about patrlotlsm nnd high ideals,
the main question wlth many peopio ls
"What shail we eat and 4vhat shall we
drink and where wlth all shall we be
clothed." This does not mean that such
men are necessarllj- sordld and^hase. lf
a man has a llttle huslness of hls own
upon which he is di-pendent for support
for himself and his family. naturally he
ls opposed to any polltical change whlch
may dlsturb the gehftral condltion and so
Impair hls business. lf a man ls work
ing on a sniary and is dependent on hls
pay for the means of support for him?
self and his famlly. naturally he is op
posed to any polltical change -whlch may
throw him out of work or at best re
duce hls wage. The Republiean lead
ers know this characteristic of humanity
and play upon lt, saylng to the busi?
ness ninn and the -worklngman that it
, js--hetler to lst-well enough alone; that
it ls dangerous to make n change in the
admlnistration when e4-erythlng is mov
Ing along well in business circles.
The nucstion of morals In g04,ernment
does not enter into the nrguments of the
Republlcaiis. PreskVnt Rocse4>elt him?
self treats the tarlff .jue.Ulon as a ques?
tion of oxpediency, utierly Ignoring the
rnoral prlnciple Involved. He caats aslde
as un44'orthv of notlce the fact tha,t.the
tnrlff schedules are made up by the rich
manufacturers 4vho go to Washington and
hob-nob wlth the Commlttee on Wnys
nnd Means. He casts aslde the question
that the tariff is a means of g04,ernment
hy whlch a favored clnss Ib permitted to
Jevy a tax upon tho 4vhole peoplo that
the proflts of the favored class may be
lncreased. He casts aslde Iho great prln?
ciple of Democracy that lt is lnfamous
for tho governi4pfit .to, use its tnxlng
power for nny' prirpbso other than that
bf "mlslng re4'enue, and that lt is in-.
fanious for tho go4,ernmcnt to lend Its
nid to one class for tho benofl! of that
class and to tho dotrlment of tho whole
people. Wlth great guslo he declares that
the manufacturiiiK interests have been
built up by the tariff; that Its eonllnu
ance ls necessary to thelr prosperlty, and
that the prosperlty ot Iho manufacturlng
class is necessary to tho 44'clfiiro of the
farmer. He oppeals to tho greed cf the
mnmifncturer nnd to tha jjreed of tho
farmer. Ho tells them lhat tho hest
government !ls that whlch makes for
materlal prosperlty.
Matorial prosperlty is swoot. Thero Ih
inuoh to be sald in favor of commerclal
lsm. It ls oommorclallsm tliat makes us
a rich nnd poworful natlon. nnd onables
us to nialntaln our lnstltutlons. But
there ls somethlng better than conimer
clal prosperlty and the pnrty whlch Ig
nores Uio welghtlor matl.rs and makes
Its appeal to the greed nnd self-lnterest
of humanity is n party of porruptlori and
lt ls not worthy of ihe Bupport of a
righteous peoplo, Wo di-ny that It is
the main purposo of government lo pro
(mote materlal prosperlty, Tho funo
tion of government ls to esto.blf.ri llberty,
to protect men ln thelr indlvldual rlghls,
to promote public morals and to nialn?
taln Justlce, The.governriie.nl hns'no right
to ald or hlndur men in the conduct of
thtlr business affairs. Jih funellon Is
to _ee thnt all men have nn oqual chance
before the law and that cacli man has
tho chanee lo work out hls 04411 talva
tlon by hls own braln anl brawn. Tlils
plea of the Republiean pariy is haso and
debasing, and lt Is a plea yyfilch wo hopo
tho Democratlc maasca of Ihls country
will rebuke ln the comlng electlon.
JDebauching the SufTrage.
ln hls spceeh at Chegteiflbld Courl
h'ui.-e Monday Oovernor Monlague ex
pre*~-d Ihe oplnlon tliat every man con
vlclfcd of selllng his vote should bo eyer
l_*tingly ? ilisfraiifhit-c-d. We have often
oxi'ieontiX the aame oplnlon .nid urged
that thln be inade the penalty for the
' b'i4 >ug of brlbes and the laklug of luibes
at liJectlon.. The rnan who sets so low
411 ?-.-.iiiii.iti- on hls vote as to sell lt
. Um tt price la unflt to V<He tuuX the rnan
who purchascs the voto is even worse.
for ho ls n corrliptlonlst. The brlhe-tnkcr
may in many cases plend lp.nora.ncc.
Tl.ero nro men ln certnln envlronments
who do not rfallte what a dlsgrnceful
thing lt Is to sell a vote, but tha bribe
giver can make no such plea. He knows
full well what be Is about, and he is
nn ngent of the dcvll and nn cnemy to
good government, nnd no punlshment p
too severe for him.
A well lnformed eltlsen of New York
recently sald ln our presencc that In some
pnrts of thnt State votes were reguiarly
sold nnd bonght nt from $1 to J5 nptece,
nnd thnt lt wns ln Ihls way that^ tho
Repullcans tnrrled the day in mnnv pre
clnels. He wns nsked for an estlmate of
tho number of purchnse.able votes ln the
Emplro State, nnd he said that lt wns
not Iess than sixty thousand. He wns
askod If there wns nb law In New York
to punlsh voto-buylng and vote-selling.
Ho replled that thero wns, but that In
Republican districts where the court of
flcers were all Republlcans lt wns next
to imposslble to secure a convlction ln
any case.
AVe do not vouch for the stntements,
hut they wera made by a newspaper man
who hns llved many years tn New York
nnd who ought to bo In a pos't'0" t0
know whereof he spenks. But whether
or not the stntements are exnpgerated,
all know thnt large sums ot money flre
used ln nll pnrts of the country nnd ln
all close contests to debauch the suf
frnge nnd we do not sny that the criml
nal prnctlce ls conflned to nny one pnrty.
It is one of the most sorlous questlons
of our form or government, and the plty
Is that some ln hlgh standing believe
that in some instnnces lt Is in tho interest
of good government to buy up the pur
chaseable vote nnd control it. It ls need
less-to arguo with such men and the evll
ls not to be reached. by ^callng with
them, for as lonjj ns there Is votes to
sell, thdre will be purchasers, and ln or?
der to root out the eviljsritlroly, we must
root out the purchaseable vote. The -way
to do this ls taV dlsfranchlse every mnn
who?.ls convicted of havlng sold a voto
for a price. And, of course, the same
punlshment should be meted out to those
who buy.
The Negro in Virginia.
"We nsk that we be Judged ln publlc
oplnion and in law as other men aro
Judged," is the plea of the Negro Busl?
ness Men's Leegue. which recently con
cluded Its meeting at Indlanapolls.
AYe ask the Intelllgent and fair-mlnded
negroes of Virginla. if they are not so
Judged In thia State? The line, between
the races is'''.sharply drawn.Jrand'-jmust
be so drawn ln all rtattirs of soclal In
tercourse. In the interest of peace, lf for
no other reason, there must be separate
.otels, separate churches, separate sehoois
and, as fat; as possible, separate publlc
conveyances for the races. .
It ls true that ln Virginia many ne?
groes are disfranchised because they are
lncompet'ent to vote, but such negroes
are not disfranchised because they are ne?
groes, which ls proven by the' fnct that
the negroes who have shown themselves
compete*nt~are ad"ni'ftfe'ai"*'lo The *vot I ng
class. Tt is a foct that the'negro who is
brought into court upon a crlmlnal lil
dlctment does not always have in Vir?
ginia the same standing In court that
a whlte man has, but tho reason. ls that
there are so many crlminal negroes and
there are some crimes to which negroes
are sd pr-,ne that when a negro 1? pve
h-cnted for aucli a crinio. neces^orlly. and
perhaps unconsclously, ine, presu.nption
in the mind of the- Jury, ls against him.
But that'isi not because the uesro is a
negro. ' '.. ?.] ?
AVe ask the intelllgent and fnlr-mlnded
negroes of Virginla lf It is not true that
the negro who conducts hlniself ns a
good eltlzen ls treated with respect and
conslderation? We ask them ir it Is not
true that the negroes who are Industrlous
and honest and competent may not al?
ways flnd profltable omployment in Vlr
llnin. AVe ask uiem If lt ls not truo
that the hegro Is as secure ln hls prop?
erty rlghts as the whlte mnn, nnd It It is
not true that ln all clvlll actlons ho has
as fair ohow ln court as the whlte man
hns?
Un flno, wo ask lf lt ls not true that,
whh tho quallflcatlons named, tho ne?
groes of Virginla nre judged ln publlc
oplnion nnd In law as ihe whlte man
ls judgofl?upon hls merit, upon hls con
iluct nnd upon hls eharncter?
Watson's Ambition.
Tom AVatson la havlng a great deal of
fun ln runnlng for President. In a let?
ter to a Georgia paper, he says;
"I am dolng my level best to orgunizo
a really Jeffersonlan movement ln the
.South whicii wlll gather into Its ranks all
truo-hearted Democrats and drlve into
Republlenn ranks those so-called Demo
crols who believe in Republlenn prin
clples. AVhen people whose convlctions
uro confllctlng try to act together in
tho same polltical party the resuit ls
that of drlvlng a halky horso. No set
ot men should be allowod to run the
Doniocrnllc party in tho Interest of Re?
publlenn princlples, A thlrd pnrty haa
no right to cxLtenrn lf holh the other
two are not wrong. The very fouiidalion
upon which n thlrd party must stand
is that both the other two partles nro
wrong, This being so, a thlrd pnrty is
necessarlly a lwo-.dt.od sword. It cuts
both wuya. 1 haniiru-r Roosevelt as an
open enemy. 1 haminer Parker as a
false prctenso, a hypocrlto, a man wear
Ing a tnnsk. Bryun declared thnl Porker
was 'nn artful dodgcr' totally 'unfll for
tha. Democrnltc nomlnnllon.' I have not
snld many hnrder thlngs of him thun
tliat. 11ns Mr. Bryau ri-tracled tliat
languago? lf so l have not heard of lt.
True, .Mr. Bryun Is now '.iiipporilng
Parker nflcr a fnahlon. lf any cxplana
llou of that apparent inconslalency Is
due at nll 11 ls certalnly not dun from
me.''
hut it is not nll.fun wllli Mr. AVatson.
Ht- belloVGo thut thero wlll he a tl.ird
party of eonalderublo proportlnns in tho
n.-xt pri-sidenllul conlest, nnd he ls evi?
dently irylng to imt hhnself ln llie line
of H'fidershlp. J-le is evidently trytng lo
forestaH Mr. Wllllutn J. Bryun.
- i'li-Hlita-iit Roosevelt has many of tbe
cliairinu-rlstlca of a king. He iu on arls
locrnt. He ls un Imperlallst. He says
"My'i.riny"- and "My navy." He llkes
the poinp nnd clrcuinsiance ol klnga
touru, Jla= Uut-r ?. .V/ong B?vernmtiit.
' H*'like_'aa much power aa possible, and
aometlmes ho Is not restrnlned by the
Constltutlon. Bcsldos nll this, ho pro
clalms ln hls letter ot aceeptnneo that ho
"can dp no wrong.'
The Oll Clty Derrlck, the orgnn of
the Standard Oll Company, declarcs that
that company Is not ln polltlca ln West
Vlrginla or elsewhere, and wlll not ln?
terfero ln the .present polltical campalgn.
Its employes wlll bo left perfoctly free
to vote aa they please. Thnt Is Important
If true.
We note that the church cholrs of Rich?
mond are organlzlng for thelr fall and
winter work, and 4vo bid them God-speed.
It l? a plty that aome churches do not
pay as much attentlon as they should'to
thelr cholrs. Good mueto ln church hei s
to draw the congregntton, nnd helps those
?who go to enjoy the service on the other
hand, poor muslc In church ls llke' the
proverblal "fly ln the ointment."
In vlew of tho mosqulto lnvaslon and
the plcrclng rays of the September sun,
the pllgrlms who have returned from
tho mountalns nro of tho oplnlon that
they ha%*o crowded the senson some
what,
Tho Blue and the Brown mado a right'
good record to last a day or two, but
on the same fleld, the Blue and the
Gray mado hlstory that wlll bo preserved
and read untll the world burns do4vn.
There Is a veln of arrognnco' nnd blg
?'F' runnlng through Mr. Roosevelfs
letter that somehow sounds very much
like the "speec.hcs'' that Queen Vlctorla
used to have road to Pnrllament.
The sum and substnnce of tho Roose
velt letter Is stand: pat on every thlng
and let tho other slde find out h04V
far we are blufflng. Tho other slde ls
golng to do that very thing.
Now, let Mr. Parker come right along
with hls letter and. we wlll proceed to
open the campalgn ln dead earnest just
as If Messrs. Davls and Fatrbanks wero
not In lt.
They are now talkifij^-ln sojnejquarters
about compulsory ?rmfcdlatl6n-, bet4veen
Japan and Russla, but wo would like to
know who ls golng to 'do the compell
ing.
Much rain fall after much cannon shoot
ing In Manchuria will revh-e the weaken
lng falth in the bellef that cannons and
po44-der can break up a drought.
Mr. Roosevelts letter ptii not contain
any oll to gb. on';.th.c.v.trQMpied waters in
WIsconsln. ' '???????? i ?.*;....?'.??
And now Newport News proposes \o
open eaeh session of Its Council with
prayer.
The mosqulto army seems to be enjoy
Ing the September sun ln Richmond very
much.
The sora hunters are now holdlng a
monopoly on the output of the yarn mills.
Candiuate Roosevelt. lt wlll be notlced,
stands pat" on the negro question also.
The State of Malne has not surprised
anybody. It has done just as usual.
The llvellest part of the campaign so
far is up in llttle Delaware.
Personal and General.
C. Utterbeck, representlng the Carnegle
Museum, of Plttsburg, has made what is
regarded as the greatest prehlstoric dls
covery in Tecent years In Montana. He
has found the petrlfied body of a dino
saur, welghlng 2,500 pounds.
Professor Wllllam Reln, a famous Ger
man authorlty on pedagogy, head of the
Pedagoglcal Department ln Jena Univer
slty, has salled for America.
Arnold Shanklln, of St. Louls, startcd
several days ago for Mexico 4vith a spe?
cial Invltatlon to President Dlnz to at
tend the Exposltlon. 3t is planned to de
llver tho invltatlon in person on the Prcs
Ident's blrthday, September 15th.
General Waltef'Vyman/jo^ the .Marlne
Hospltal service, and.rnany. other Wash?
ington scicntlsta, will go to Chllenext
Mareh to attend the International Sanl
tary Convention of the Amertcnn Repub
11C8- _ IS
Rov, E. J. Vattman, for twenty-seven
years on army chaplaln, twelve of whlch
4vere spent at Fort Sherldan, has reached
the age limlt nnd wlll retire this month.
He ls the sonior ot the eleven Roman
Cathollc chaplalns ln the Unlted States
army. ?
>- ?'
Trouble All 'Round.
A pauper ls a man 'at al'ays worrlos
qulte a lot
Beaause ho ean't accumerlate no
money,
The plutercrnt he worrles fur fear at
what he's got
Wlll gh n4vny from hlm. N04V, aln't
lt funny?
?Phlladolphla Prcas.
Original Scripture.
The Ne4v Testament was orlglnally
wrltten in Greek. It 13 not. clnlmed that
nny of the mnnuscripts wrltten, by the
Evarigellsts themse-lves are in oxlstcnce,
but numerous early coples ln use ln the
Christlnn churchos ln Europe, Aslu, nnd
Afrlca are preserved ln thn Vallcan ll?
brary, in vnrlnuB monasterloa and other
places.
\rzrr.v? '-.
A CLEAR SKIN NECESSITATES GOOD
BLOOD.
About flfty per cent. of the people of
tho Unlted Staies have some imperfection
of tho skin?duo solely to Irnpure blood,
Many persons uro Ignorant of tho great
puilOIng quulltles contalr.ed in sulp'nur.
Hancock's Ulquld Sulphur, NnUire's Great?
est Gormlcldii, Is bo compounded that il
may be taken Intemully or applled dlreetly
to the skin, to bo abaorbed through tho
porea.
Hero Is 4vhat Miss Evnlyn Gnrst, of
Solem, Va., thlnks of lt!
Three years ago I had a rough place
on my cheek?lt 4vould burn'und ltcli. I
4vas feurful ll mlght bc of a caneeroua
nature. 1 uaed dlfferent prcparatlnns, bul
nothlng ever helped lt. One bottle of
l.iquld Hulpiiur huu cured mo ei,llrely. I
rc-couuuend ? ll to i.voiy one havlng any
aklri dlseuse.
The. ./aneoek Mquld Sulphur Co., Bai
tlinore, Md., inallx free booklot descrlb
lug sulphuris heallng qViulltlea.
O A. m T ?_> _P_. _c ___..
Bcar? the ^sf 11* Klnd You Hare Always Boughl
The Old Man Cftl.Is It tli' Cutcst
Litthle Campalgn on Reeord.
Chafing-Dish Suppers Instead
of Barbccues ? Rip-Roarin'
Fire Eaters Turncd Into Ca
nary Birds. j
By Henry M. Hyde.
(Author of "Tho Buoenneers," "Peter
Potter,'Buslness Privaiocr," etc.)
"This in the eutest llttlo campolgn I
ivir saw," sald old man Hogan. "Ivry
body on both Kldes Is Jest aa?swpot fls
they can be an* there aln't enough har-r-d
feelln's beehune thlm to supply wan
meetln* av fV Unlversnl Peace ? Asso
elatlon. '?Pltehfork Bln' Tlllmnn has Inld
nslde hls, custhomnry wenpons nn' is
usln' a hat pln nn' Uncln Joo Cnnnon
?ls chewin* flno cut Instead nv plug to
bacco-th'" latter beln' too coarse itn' un
ladyllko for th' purposes av th' plndtn*
Bthruggle.
"All th' old wnr-r-r horses hnvo been
thraded oft for Shetlnncl ponles that nln't
ntrald av th' throlley enr-r-s ,nn'.;nr-r-e
perflctly eafo for n. chlld todrh*; Th'
dogs av- war-r-r are wenrln' niuzzles nn'
nothln' more snvnge than a ra't-terrler
ls allowed to -walk out exclpt.on h. chaln.
"Instld av rnllyln' th' unwnshed an'
unterrlfled to attlnd a gr-r-an.l bnrbncuo
?with three whole steers roasted ln th'
open alr an' twlnty bnrrels av beer on tnp
?th' Dlmmycrats nr-r-e slndln' out Invitn
tlons to chafln' dlsh suppers,. to bc
follyed be th' slngln' av a tinor solo
nn' th' distrlbutlon nv llmonade nn'
lndy-flngcrs.
"Instld av th' bloody shirt th' R.iypub
llcnns nr-r-e wnvln' lace handker'ch'iefs
nn' offorln' prlzes for th' bist.decorntcd
bnby carrlage in.thelr pnyrados.
"All th' candydates ar-r-o actln' 1lke
lovely young gints? nlvlr for a mlnuto
forgetln1 thelr manners an' doln' anny
thing rude. Hinnery G. Dnvls has been
dlsportln' hlmself among th" summer rn'y
sorts av Virginla, lendln' >h' germnn nn'
makln" other plays for tho forelgn vote,
though 'tls sald hls figgers have been
somewhat dlsappolntln' to th' treasurer
nv th' campalgn commlttay. Ctinrley
Falrbanks has h?d a mllo nn'a half nv
hls photographs took he n movin' plcturo
man, him beln' In the act av klssln' hls
hand to you?th' sweet young thing!
Hereafter, unthll th' campalgn's over,
Charley'll bo wan av th' suppor-show
nttractlons at th' pollte nn' rayflnofl vnu
dyville theatres, along with th' movin'
plbtures av th' Munroe-Jeltries prlze flght
an' other slmllnr pleasln' slnsntlon.-s.
Judge Par-r-ker hns been holdln' an nf
thernoon rayceptlon to th' mlmbers ar th)
Dlmmycrat Chorus Girls' Campalgn Club
an" Presldunt Roos-felt Is doln' nothln'
more strenuous than dictatln' lltthlo
plnk notesr to Bekltary Loeb an' playln'
.rlrig-round-the-ro'sy with chubby lltthle
Kermlt.
"Aw! 'Tls jest lovely! An' the cam?
palgn orathors ar-r-o aflllcted th' same
way.
"AVhln Slnitor Joe Balley, av Texas,
used to go catnpalgnln' flre eome out
av hls eyes, ears, nose, an' mouth, de
vnstatin' th' Jnimy an* blastln' all th'
vegetatlon within thi soun<j ri.v hls voico.
" 'Vote fer th' RoJ-publlcan,' he'd yeli,
'nn' destroy th' raypublic! Arote for him
an' bring ruln an' dlsgrace to this falr
land! A'ote for him?but lf you do'nlvlr
agaln dare to look an honest man ln
the faro!' ,
"Thin he'd Jump up Into th' air an'
crack hls heels toglther an' th" a'ug
ence'd rlse on Its hlnd legs an' give th'
rebet yeli.
"But now Slnitor Joe gits up with a
sad, sweet smlle on hls face an' a tubo
rose in his button-hole.
" 'Th' honored candydate av th' oppo
sltlon,' he says, 'Is a dear, sweet young
felly. If 'twasn't for hls. unfortunalo'
taste for takln' lunch with brunettes, th*
chlvalry av th' South'd have no fauit
to flnd with him. An' mebbe,' he says,
'he'll outgrow that ln tlme.' /
" 'Tis th' samo way with thlm rlp
roarin', hell-snortln', rampagin', old
Raypublican spellblnders, like Grajidpa
Grosvenor, nv Ohlo.
"In th' la.?ht two campalgns grandpa'd
brcak th' speaker's table to pieces with
blows nv hls flst, chase th' promlnunt
cltlzens oft th' platform an' scare rail?
road thralns off th' track with hls yllls
av dnyflance an' Indlgnatlon.
"But now he spakes In soft an' glntle
whispers, like a blushin'" young; glr-r-1
readin* her graduatln' cssay.
" 'Judge Par-r-ker,' ho saya, 'Is -a
charmin' an' lovely chnrncter. 'Twould
bc cruel to drag him away from th!
flowers nn' vines at Rosemount to m'fn
gle with lar-r-ge, coarse, polltlclans who
nr-r-e lookln' for Jobs at th' "AA'hlto
House.
? "Th' only bnd break so far has beon
made be Champ Clark av MIssourl. Ho
thought fer a mlnuto he was takln'
par-r-t In'a rea] polltical campalgn a'n'
threatenod to cut a la-a-d's throat frorn
ear to ear fer Interruptln' hls spoache.
Chalimaji Thaggart promplly npologlzed
for him. howlvir, an" alnt Champ book
to th' Ozurks, where they sthlll plck
tholr teeth with bowle knlves an1' ar-r-o
ablo to appreclate a harmllas blt av
innoclnt ploasantry.
"Evln th' campalgn commlttoes are
beln' as pollto an' lndyliko oa lf they
wero runnln' a prlze votln' contest to
plck out th' Queen av Beauty for the
Rthrcet falr.
"Chairman Thaggart has succeeded in
hlrln' at a lar-r-go oxplnse twinty-four
darln' aaslstants who ar-r-o now engnged,
ln rendln' th' complote wrltln's ln proso
nn' verso nv Thcodore Roosovelt. Al
rlddy they havo dlscoverecj that 'at wan
tlme Ih' di.-iingub,ht'd author dayscrlbed
th' lynehln' av' a horso thlef by a biinch
nv rowboys ln Montana, thua prnvln' thnl
nt heart th' President la In fav.or av
bumln' nlggors nt th stnke, ' , ,
"(flinlrmnii Cortlllyou ls slltln up nlghts
engnged In perusln' all th' coort de
clslons handed down be Judgo Far-r-ker
slncfj he was flrst ellcted Justlco av th'
Pc-nce, An Immlnse sensatlon 1ms beon cre
ated be th' nlnrmln' dlscovery that wnnco
th' JurJge d.iyclded a enso against a Jew,
thus dlmonstraiin' that he ls th' Bworn
Itiliny av tl)' Hebrew raco.
"Thlm ar-r-o th' two leadln' isslilos air
th' cumpalgii up to th' prlstint momint,
An' luther iii.'iv'ii bo moro nv th" samo
kind.
" 'On page two hundred an' wan av
Roosevelt's \Vnr-r- ay 1S12 thero ur-r-e
tln dae-hea nn' alvinteen exclamutlon
points, thus provln' that th' President
is a mnn av Inipetiious, slncutionul an'
unsufo dlsposlilon,' siiya th' Dlmmycrat
hiillotln.
"'In 1882,' says th' Raypublican coni
tnltiuy, 'Judgo Par-r-koivflneil a enrpon
ter-,r-'threo dollurs nn' costs fer gottln'
driink. losln' hla Job an' thin kickin' in
th' face nv th la-u-d that tuek h'e piuco.
This will certalnly loso him tii' voto
av th' labor unlons?thlm gr-r-und un'
noblo aggrcgatlona av th' brawn nn' brnln
av th' rnypul'llc.
"Be it ).i, if Bv-ne llfe-slzcii mua Jou't
ff..no out Into th' opln alr an' aa/ some
ihln' on wan slde or th'- other, I'll be
drove tp votln' th- Prohlbltlon ticket.
Wnihor muy he weak, but milk un" \yath
er ls worse still. An' thlm prohlbltlon
.la-a-ds know what thoy stand fer &a'
HOfiAN ON GOOD FEELINO.
aln't afraid to any so. 'Tls hnr-r-d to
tlll whlch ls th? worst hor-r-rors-thlnt
prodticqd be drlnkln' whlekoy qr bo lls
tcnln' to iirohlbltlon campalgn spaches.
But li'd rnther die av th' thcmors thnn
llsten for slxty dnys to Ih' long dln
tnnco gosslp av n couplo nv oTTI women
qtinrr-llln over th' back flnce."?Copy
rlght, 1901, by Joaeph B. Bowlcs.
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS'
, Hendqtiarters,
? Stule Demncrntle Commlttee.
Tlio followlng nppolntmonts for epank*
Ing are nrtnotinced:
JEFFER8CN WALLACE.
Nc4v Kent Cnurlhouse, September 8th.
Chcslerfleld Courl house, Snptember 12th,
' H. ST. OEORGE TTJCKER.
Loulsn CotirthousR, Soplember 12th,
WlLLIAM P. BARKSDALE.
Campbell Courthouse, Hentnmber 12th.
WILLTAM A. JONES.
Bowllng Grcfiri. September 12th,
HON. W. OTT. .MANN.
Bo4vllng Green, Siiptombor 12th. 1
L C. GAlRNETT.
Bnstvllle, September 12th;
JOHN.IiA.Mn.
New Kent Courthouse, September Sth.
Chestorflold Courthouse, September 12th.
CARTER. GLASS.
-Camphnll Court.hous.e, September 12th,
AVTLLTAM KtNCKLR ALLEN.
Alleghany Court. Serttember 17th.
Nelsoli Court, September 2fith. /
DON P. H'ALSEY.
' Campbell Courthouse, September 12lh.
JAMES R. CAT0N.
Campbell Courthouse. September 12lh.
A. C. BRAXTON.
Lchnnon, September Oth. i
Pulnskl, Snptember lvth.
Snlem, September 19th. (nlght). i '
JOS1DPH E. WILLARD.
Woodstock, Sopteinber 12th. .
' Mnlhews Courthouse. September 19th,
Bedford Clty. September 2Gth.
C. C, CARI.1N.
Stnfford Courthouse, September 12th,
Culpeper Courthouse, Septomer 19th.
Orange Courthouso, September 26th.
JOHN G'.VRLAND POLLARD.
Ne4v Kent Courthouse, September Sth.
Chesterfleld Courthouse. Sentcmbcr 12th.
AVTLLTAM A. ANDERSON.
Staunton, September -fltm
H. D. FLOOD.
Nolson Courthouse. SepTember 26th.
JOSI3PH BUTTON. Secretary,
J. TAYLOR ELLYBON. Chalrman.
The Ninth District.
The District Commlttee for the -Nlnth
Congresslonal District makea tho folloi4"
Ing announcements:
Hon J. C. AA'ysor .Democratlc nomlnee
for Congress ln the Nlnth District, w*ll
addrees the 4roters of the dlatrlct at tho
follo4ving times and places:
Ginde Sprlng. September 12th. nlght.
Llberty Hall. September 13th, basket
meetlng.
Green Sprlng, September 14th. bnsket
meetlng. ** ?
Mead04v Vlew. September 15th, 11 A. M.
SaltvillQ. September 15th, nlght. -
Jonesvllie, September l?th. courthouse.
Pearlsburg, September 26th, courthouse.
Pembroke. September 27th, nlght.
Newpprt, September 2Sth. 2 P. M.
Trlgg. September. 29th, nlght.
Mechnnlcsburg. September 30th, 2 P. M.
New Castle, October 10th, courthouse.
Harlon, October 17th, courthouse.
Ablngdon, October 21th. courthouse.
Wythevlllc, November 7th, opera house.
Hon. P. AV. Campbell?
Hon. G. H. Fudge?
Llberty Hall, September 13th, basket
meetlng.
Green Sprlng, September. 14th; basket
meellng.
Llberty Hall, September 13th, basket
meetlng.
Green Sprlng, September 14th, basket
meetlng.
Ablngdon, September 19th, courthouse. i
Hon. Harry St. George Tucker?
Ablngdon. September 19th, courthouse.
Hon S. W. W'llllams?
Clint4vood, October 17th, courthouse.
Hon. A. C. Braxton?
Pnlaskl Clty, September 19th, opera
house.
Other promlnent speakers of the dla?
trlct and State wlll address the voters as
folle'ws:
Bland, October 17th, courthouse.
Wlse, November 7th, courthouse.
Come out nnd hear the Issues of the
day ably dlscussed by strong men.
P. F. ST. CLAIR,
, I District Chalrman.
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Fire Insurance.
Edltor of The Tlmes-Dispatch:
Sir,?As the subject of fire Insurance Is
under dlscusslon In Tho Times-Dlspatch,
wo beg leave to present a fe4v thoughts.
Tho Southeastern Tariff Assoclation has
been referred to as lf It were a "trust,"
dlsposed to be oppresslve, exactlng,
tyrannlcnl ln the conduct of business, de
mandlng unjust tribute of the people,
possesslng. Ill-gotten gnins, hoardlng up
m'lllons of dollars. Wo are surprlsed. In
deed, amazed that gentleVnen of business
esperlence, many of them beneflclar|es
of fire insurance companies, should say
nught agalnst an Instltutlon so. thorough
ly attrinstic, so fully phllar.throplc, nnd
so entlrely hiimanltnrlan ln nll its meth?
ods. It may be possible that In a few
small towna where heavy losses often
occur, wlth bulldlnga of such a character
nnd ln such posltlon ns to compel an In?
crease of charges, rales may aeom to be
too hlgh, and in fact, may, with proprle
ty, admlt of somo reductlon. In such
event, the 8outhP,ostcrn Tarlff Assocla?
tion ls ready, 4viiling and deslrous to
h'c'arcbmplnlnts, and If at all reasonablo
and ivlthout jdotriment to its business In?
terests, ',-heerfully reduco such rates.
Suppoao "on nccount of the rulnously
small not revenues 4vhlch accruo to flre
insurance compnnlos, all of them should
bo compelled to wlthdi'aw from business,
ls lt possible to calculate tho 4v|despread
mlsfortnne, whlch 4vould be occosloncd
thc-rehy. Mllllona of homea, dostroyed by
flre, * never rebullt; thousands of mer?
chants forced Into bankruptcyj hundreda
of cnpltallsts reduced to penury. It ls a
duty, 4vhlch every good cltlzpn, owning
lnsurable property, owes to hla famlly,
to. the conununlty In 4Vhich he llves and
to hlmself, to give patronnge, ald and
encouragement to flre Insurance, ln ap
preclallon of lha. prlnciple lt ropresentn.
We trust flre Insuranco companies wlll
not be ombarrassed with such leglslatlon
aa reduced their profitB even below Iho
small fium of about two per ennt. per
annum, net on premlums, the results of
thelr buslneas ci'fcrts for so innny past
years,
Thoro aro good "trusts;" thero nro hnd
trusts. In its edltorlal columna, as 4vell
and correct ly explained by your corre
Bpondent. "E.'iporJonro," In irsue of Sep?
tember Sth. "Tho Insurance Trust," bo.
cnllod, waa not fonned to ralso, but to
flx rates, Inapoctlng property and there
by Intelllgently and Justly equall.e
charges, G.
Buffnlo Llthla Springs.
?
1 Public Nuisances.
Edltor of The Tlmes-Dispatch:
Sir,?i 4vas. struck 4vith two Uems or
news In your to-day's losue. Tho first
4vas tho "Latoat AVar Nowa'1 aa doplcted
by Roatrup'a cartoon in whlch "General
Mosqulto Has Cuptured Richmond." The
other states that "Messrs. Jullua Strausa
and AVIIllam Glbaon, Jr., were re-elected
nieinbors of tho Board of Publlo Intor
eats," nnd adda that lha "Board haa no
dutiea nnd never meets. It occurred to
me, Mr, Edltor, that If you could get
"General Moaqulto'' ttnd this "board" ln
troduced to one another, that there would
bo somethlng Uolng for suld board. Thore
la certnJnly no doubt that there aro moro
lnosqultoos ln this clty right now than
over before. ' The reaaon ls not hard to
find. Ono of the flnest mosaulto-breedlng
.stabllwhments ln the world can bo found
at tho Boulevard, Floyd Avenue and Main
Stroots. Ono can Htand there and /woe
them tuke fllght from this mlasrnlo pond
hy tho nilllloiis. It does aeom to me
that thla nulsunca ahould be abutod, even
for tiio looks of ll lf nothlng el_e. Right
on tho moaf promlnent drivewuy of our
suburbs, thla eyesore haa eniltted Its foui
odors for months and inontlia. Nobody
seems to caro and lt seenis nobody's bua
Anotiior thlng thta (Board ot Publlo la
"MAKES tlFE'S WALK'EASY*
lTt.ADK.MA hlt.
Ymind men wha nre cereful of their apprar
ince will r4pnrec.1v.le lha drettineia of
Croiielf Shoes. Older men will acknowlttlje
Iheir comforl.
J/ t/our Ataltr Vtet anl kttp them, wrUt me.
1 ll-lll trll vou Wlioitoet
LCWIS A. CKOSSETT. Inc.
A'orlh Ablnglon, Ma,..
^SFTT _ COrWf
SEPT. 14TH IN WORLD'S HISTORY
258.
Thascius Caecllius Cyprlanim beheaded; Ho Avns Blshop of Carthnge
and a prlnclpal father of the Chrlstlan church.
?107.
John Crysoslom, one of the most. IlluBtrloiiu fathers of the Chrintlrin
church, dled. /
1.121.
Alghlery Dante, a celehrnted Ttalian poot, dled. HIh most cel?brated.,
work ia the "Inferno.'*
1 1490.
Vaseo De Gama landed at Ltsbon from hls immortal advenlure.
1000.
A French expeditlon, conslstlng of twenty-eight companies of foot
and all the mllltia of the colony, marched from Qunbec for the purposo
of destroying the Mohawks. This formidnble army entered tiie Mohawk
country after a march of 700 mlles, nnd lald waBte their villages; tho
Indians, retlrlng into the woodB with thelr women and childrtfn.' eBcaped.
The expeditlon was commanded by M. de Tracy, then upwnrds of seventy,
years of age.
17J1.
The Brltish fleet irttended for the reduction of Canada havlng m?t
with numerous reverses, arrlved at Spanish Rlver Bay; a council of land
and sea officera, consldering that they. had but ten weeks' provlslons. nnd
could not depend upon a supply .from New Bngjand, concluded to return
home and abandon the enterprise.
1720.
The Senecafl, Cayugas and Onondagas stirrendered to the Engllsh
thelr habltatlons and country from Cayahoza to Oswego and ^ixty milea
Inland. mm
Burgoyne, havlng cbllected about. thirty dayB' provlslon, and thr own
a brldge of boats over the Hudson, crossed and encatnped on tho helghts
and plalns of Saratoga.
1814.
The French advance guard. uuder Murat and Beauharnals, entered
Moscow. No defense was made except by the populace ln the Krqjnlin,
who fireH the palace, and the whole clty was wrapped In ilamea. Of
*000 superb stJnevhouses. only 200 remained; of 800 churches. all were
destroyedlor heavlly damaged. and of-8,000 wooden hot.ses, about 500
CSCaped- f 1830.
Aaron Burr. ex-Vlce-President of the United States, dled agfid 81.
. 1847.
Battle ot Gareta Sam Cosme, in Mexico, which preceded the entrance
of the Amerlcans into the city. ,
James Fennimore Cooper. a dlstlnguished American novelist dled,
azed s&v-twcHe was born in Burlington, N. J.. graduated at Yale nnd
SSptld the navy a. his profession. He stands at the head of nautlcal
novelistB, and is the author of hlstorlcal Avorks besides.
The world-renowned Duke' of ^ellington, dled at Walmer Castle.
in Kent, Bngland, aged eighty-three^
Battle of South Mbuntaln, Md.; Unlonlsts, under Mc?fa^J"t&
the battle lasted all day, when the Southern forces fled in the night.
Here General Reno was killed, wlttjihout 350 men..
Geneva arbltrators anounce their' awai-d, the United States to recelve
$15,000,000 in gold. , ,. ,
? President McKlnley dled.
rharles J Bonaparte appolnted to take charge of an Investigatlon of
the Sascandals ln indlan Terrltory. The Colombian Senate approred
a blli authoK the government to negotiate a new canal treaty with
the United States.
teresU mlght do Ia to Inspcct'the slaugl?
ter pens whlch stand over agalnst Lee
District and see lt the use of ?me or
aome dlslnfe-tant would not abate he
awful odor whlch we resldents of tho,
district have waftcd to our noatrUs on
eYery brecze from tliat direction Some
Urnes it ls ao bad that the ladies have
to rcsort to smelllng bottlea for rellef.
And say, the Chemlcal Works odor
whlch Church Hlll onjoys, can t touch
our slaughter Pen odor. Remowber
Measrs. Board of Public Interests, that
every western breezo brings ua Lee Dis?
trict folks an awful bunch of mosquitoes
from the Boulevard pond nnd every nortn
ern breezo remlnds ua pt the slaughter
nen. Can't you find somethlng to door
6omethhlng of Interest to the clty whlch
would juatify a meetlng? ^^
Richmond, Va.
Horse Sense. '
Edltor of Tho Times-Dlspatchl
Sir,?Recently you requeated that cnses
in whlch horses have dlsployed unuBiini
senao be reported io your paper. Ihe
followlng I think such a caae;
In 1873 I rode noraebaok from Guada
loupo county, Texaa, to Carollne county,
Va' After leavlng Senatobia, Miss.,, I
travelod forty-one days. I dld not atop
a day during that tlme and I tra4-e ed
thirty odd mllea tho last day, whlch
wna the tonth of Decomber. The horse
I rode wa* never on any part of tho
road that he troveled that day until tho
followlng November, and he then travelcd
onlv a few.hundred yards of It flftoen
mlles'from my home. The road he tray
eled ln November wna atralght, whlle the
one he went over ln December entered
lt at a right nngle, AVhen he returned
over the aame road three days lnter. lio
turned when he got wlthln flfty yuid>i
of the road' he traveled ln December.
and trled to reach lt by golng acroaa n
Held, ao na to save the dtstance down
to the corner. I turned hlm back into
the road. AVhen it occurred to ine that
he wlahed to go home by the routo ho
travolad In December, I gave hlm tho
relns, when he reached the road and he
turnod Into It, atanyu off ln a trot and
left tho hora? my brother waa rldmg witn
whleh he stayod when at home. DD
Etna Mllls, Va., Soptember 9, 1901.
.-.?'?? ?"?? "
A Tip From the Sun.
If Judge Parker 4_tfl not go upon Ihe
stump, rt least he shouid mako hlmaelf
moro atfteaslble and give the falthful bet?
ter traneportatlon facliltieu than Esopua
offera. So many of the Democratio breth?
ren think. The peoplo are many and
the porch I- small. lf Judge Parker wlll'
not go to the people, can't tho people go
to hlm?
The edltor of The Richmond Tlmes
Dispatch records tha feellng of affectlnn
which the Judge stirred ln ? tho, boaoms
of nll tho edltorlal excurslonlsts to Ttose
mount: ?
"EA-ery edltor who met fell In love wltb
him and went away wltli the feellng that
Judge Parker was his personal friend. At
least that was the general cxpresslon.
He dld not gush; he did not try to bo
ngreeabie; he. dld not exert hlmself to bo
pleasunt. He waa slmply natural, and
It is hls nature to be all that a kind
heartod man should be."
AA'ell may the Democrats ask, "AVhere
fore aro these thlngs lild? Wheroforo
havo these gifts a curtaln bofore Vm?
Our Rlehmond enthiiainst makes a ft'^t
ful suggestlon:
"If ail the voters of tho country coirttl
go to Rosemount ond meet Judge Parker,
as the edltors met him on Tueaday, he
would heyond doubl bc elected by a tre
mendous majorlty, for he Is a man of
the people and a man tho peoplo would
glaally support, could- they seo lilm nsr
ho Is."
There ls a practienl plan hero. AA hy
not induce the Judge to como to thla
town, make hls headqunrtors in Madt
s'on Square Gardon and meet as ninny
votorB na cnn be transportod from tholr
homes and back beforo electlon day?
Tho bulk of tho campalgn fund could ha
uaed fnr this purposo, AVo dare say thnt
evon the soulless rnllrond corporatlons
would make a cheap rate. Only votora
from doubtful Statos to bo Invlted.
No questlon of dlgnlty ls Involved. It
Is Just ns dlgnifled to meet voters In a
hlred house ns In ono's own. Transpor
tatlon, filieltor and subslstence for the
doubtful voters nro tho only problomn
that .the headquarters thlnkers would
need to pondor.?New York Sun,
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A Big Job on Hand.
Tho Uon. Tom AVatson, of Georgia, ln
golng to try to reortranlze the Popullst
partv ln the South. Kmopatkln's task.
beside this, ls chlld'a play.-NashvJIla /
American,_'_
r SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
Vla Atlantlc Coaat Line to Peters
burg.
Round'Trlp 40c.
Good golng and retuming on regular
trul.iK.' Commenclng Sunday, Muy 15 tb,
1901.
SEABOARD AIR WNK
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS TO
PETERSBURQ.
40 Contt for Round Trlp.
Tlckets good on. iill regular oundny
tiulna, bcgliiniiiB May IS. 1W4.
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
VI* Atlantlc Coatt Line to Petera.
burg.
Round'Trlp 406.
Good golng and' retuming on rogulnr
trnina. Commenclng Sunday Muy ibtli,
1904,