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FRIDAY. [MvBItUAUY IP. 1911.
I.UOlvlNtS O.N IN ^ VSHtNUTOX.
. lobby of a hotel in Washington
on it wet 11 'a 1winter tune, when
Cbngrt-R;- ?;- in session, is worth seeing.
q;liai lall handsome man who has just
passed' by on his ?'nv tu the baggage '
iomti i s t'Jcorge iiriiy; of Delaware,
former Senator when great men were i
s^ci t ;<? that body, and now *t dtstih
^>;1 .. ,i j tdgc of the United States?, !
trusted by evoryhtidy because of his
ln-eproaehable character as a thtih and!
bis line senSe of justice. Tin rather
ylioi i and stout geiitleihah just over I
there is Kdwiit'd H. Butler, owner und!
editor 01 the Buffalo News, reminiscent :
oi Chiturtcey Depew and militant still I
in hh) ftephbi^lcanishi of the t?l<l Cluarii j
umI, and utterly dlsgiistc? with the
<.-,-i cpiratorSi who have striven s" hard j
to (Viscreiiit lite present Adihihlsirhiidn;
ri i .. very alert person in ilic brown
fiiit. with hat to niatch, talking in
short; crisp sentences about sou let hing
in which !:<? is ilecply interested, his
Hn< eyes and bi^ lighting jaw keeping
mi, 1?. so lb "ay, with Iiis tongue; is
I'ou Seitr.. ?hie of (lie most successful
iteVvspaiVer managers in the United
States, and holding both bowers and
ii handful of trumps, whicii he is play?
ing all the time for Pulitzer and the
p ?o'ple. Coining in through the storm
do'oi ?lt tite North there appears "the
man with the hoc," John Norris, who
has been working on the w?o?-ptilp
pile for the newspapers of this coun?
try with n zeal and industry that have
hailed a| no labor, that have disclosed
i>:i(> of the most monstrous and Inde
fen si hie of all the trusts, and thai
have tinh 11 y brought him and the peo?
ple he represents within hailing dis?
tance of victory.
Little men and bit men are bobbing
In and out all the time, busy as ber
nbout something or other, and all in?
tent on tlie.lr quest. The man with the
hioad-hrimmed "ltd',' of the wool-hat
order slips over in an unconcerned
way every now and then to look at
the tape machine which is ticking
tiway for dear life i;i an eff?ri to heop
tip with those who Uro selling in New
York what they haven't gut to those
down South and all over the country,
v. bo Wouldn't be able to keep what
really isn't if they had it.
The elevators are running all tlie j
titio. with people going tip and coin?
ing down; there are boys In"Uniform
at ov. ) y point of vantage ready with
whisk broom to "brush, sir," and, down
below, many blows are struck for
liberty, tlie engagement being kept up !
ttje livelong day. Alorip, towards even?
ing; when the stars arc coming uui In
Ilieliniohd's unapproachable heavens.
''Pc-fccoek Alley'' begins to blossom like
n garden in Paradise, w hich is to say,
like .i gardenJly? itlchtnohd. They are
fill lhere, cir, typ. .hlftltt Of tii?-m-maid
and matron, blonde and brunette, fat;
Riid lean, long and short, dainty and
dumpy, sill> and sedate, cut high and
cut low. Und in the confusion of
tongues even Babci would bow itself i
f''!t It doesn't matter about the
weather, there is only sunshine in the
Alley; hilt out in the lobby there are
punches of men with their heads to
i"-tiier counting the gudgeons they
nave caught during the day and con?
sidering the bait they shall use to
inori-ow; hot at the hotel, of course,
tml ir,:- ihr big fish tliat are swimming
ai-?uml cp at tiie Capitoi,
* * *' iiiiKi topic oi conversation yes?
terday wa> the reciprocity treaty l>?-.
tv.(.f.u the United Slates and Canada.
*jn.d 'a '->? lobby at the hotel and all
fc"o:it the Capitol "the interests''
<tn<j |hejr agents were gathered to?
gether. The two Httie fellows, .sittiiu;
al pa
t
fiv.
otlier foreign markets at ? lower price
than they will sell tin. s;imc quality- of
I?apej to American iiublitihers, and they
go to Waahlngion and plead for the
protection of Anglican industry! Th..;.
fcre just now yeiy much t^Vncifirhe'j
about ihe treat'.- with ('auada beeatisi
it would give ihe publikem a llvin;
crjanoe, an-) tliey tire pulling . .. ?
f iring i *> help them jiojii on. tu, ?rih
i p.'.per provision >,<i thij ,. clprm :\?
treaty i? as follows..
/?iiij. oi tvood, iTie'ehanivally gioujul
pulp oi V "o l, i'!i< lliit :1. l>'.. .| ,,
unbb .<< ii? "i, news punt prtper ,,j;,i ,,u,.
P-?P' : ;<tnl"paper board, iunt)ufa< ihii
from mechanical wood jiulp <ir fi oj
cl|eirtieal WOoji pulp, or of vyllicji i?ue
pulr> Ih a |,'oiriponeiii mate.rmi of ? |ji<
value, eolored hi the pulp <?: iiul co
orcd. and y?lu'?.d iti not iiiore titan
?e'ntd ? pound, noi tneiuding print'
Or liecorfttyd wall pit per, free.
F/'oVitieti, That"such papci ailti boai
valued at I rents n pound or loss, and!
wood pulp, being ilia products ?f Cah'r j
tidu; when imported therolJroni direeify
into tlx United States, shall be adihit
tcd free of duty, on the condition pre
qedeni (hal no export duly, export
license fee or other oxporl charge of
any kind whatsoever (wholhor In tho!
form of additional churgc or license
fee or otherwise), or any prohibition
or restrletion in any way of (he ox-j
poriution (whether by law, order, reg?
ulation, contr.oto.il relation or other?
wise, directly or indirectly) shall have;
been imposed upon such paptir, board!
? >r wood pulp, or i bo wood used in tho.
manufacture of such paper, board or
wood pulp, or the wood pulp used inj
the manufacture of such paper or board.
Provided, also. That such wood pulp,
paper or board, being the products of'
United States, shall only be admit-!
t'.l free of duty into Canada from the
?'nit. .! States when such wood pulp, j
paper or board, .being the products off
Canada, an admitted from ;:ll parts of!
Canada free of duty into the United.]
Slat--S.
That seems to be an entirely fair)
proposition. It does not mean (hot.
the paper makers in this country will!
be driven out of business, but that the
consumers shall have a chance to live. J
Utforts have been made to change the j
text of this provision, but only in the!
int 'rest of iJu paper makers, and the
representatives of the trust are making j
desperate efforts to pull the wool over j
tli,. eves of both Administration and
Congress; Some short cuts have al?
ready been taken to destroy the rebi- j
prOeity quality ol the print paper pro-:
vision; and yesterday there were agents;
of the trust out in the open, and incog- j
nito, working to deceive both the
Uxc 'uive ami Legislative departments;
of the Coycrninent. It is not believed
that lhe> will succeed, now thai Con-1
grcss lias been apprised of their pur-t
pose
Will the t'.i ipro-'ity treaty goa
through'.' That's the i(uvstion of the i
largest present moment in Washington.
There js no doubt that it w'll pass the!
Utilise; ami those who have counted]
noses believe that it will pass the .Sen?
ate. Tile President lias determined
thai it shall pass, so far as he ran'
ihllttence legitimately the situation. As;
one of his most steadfast friends suhl j
yesterday: "The old man has his back |
to the wall now. and he's going loj
make it go1 if he ??an. If there is any:
failure, it will not be his." Nothing1
that he has ever done has brought to]
him such Popular strength and hope. I
With tin- exception of tin paper trust
ami the Grangers of the Unstern Slates,
who have been misled by the paper
makers, and the codfish contingent of
Hie New Kn gland coast, and the Pro?
gressives, who have ??welched,'' (he peo?
ple of tile country and the newspapers
of the country tire with .Mr. Taft to tho
end ??! the fight lie is now making with
such courage in the interest of the peo?
ple. The American Newspaper Publish?
ers' Association. representing three
hundred of the most influential journals j
in the United States, stand ready to'
hold up his hands in his struggle
against the combination of fin per niak-i
CIS.
If lite Treaty shall fail at the pros-!
etit session of Congress, it will win at
an extra session, which the President I
will call together immediately after]
the adjournment on the fourth of I
March; Canadian reciprocity will be J
foughl out on the lines of this Treaty
it it lake all summer. j
lilt VAN WIN v
With .1 margin of a little more than
fiOt) votes, Nathan 1'. ?rynh was de?
clared on Wedn.-siay by the State
Democratic executive committee of
Pi or hia to have been .-beted United
States Senator from that State to suc?
ceed th.-. late x. p.. Rrbward, who was
prevented by death from taking the
oath of onicfc. I! van is a brother of j
William .lames Kry.in. wiio began his
service as United States Seiuittir from
Florida only to be cut down just a? he
was beginning that career of which
his abilities and attainments gave so
line proiuish. The present Senator
re eived jo.ji'Ol votes to l!?;:5S] for Wil?
liam A. Hlount. >Mie rest; 11 being doubt?
ful until (lie last hour;
Bryan is distinctly a progrcsfdV?j- a
j youitg man of clean life. physical a net .
Intellectual vigor, whose1 chief political
Kassel has been his energy. ijii<|Ues- ;
tionahly, he was a belter man than his j
competitor, Mount, who was alleged!
I to be the Candidate of certain c-u-po
: rate and railroad interests in Klbrlda'.
I No one hila chained that Bryan repre- j
I sciUed in aiiy way any interest; he Is j
las much of a progressive in politics as;
| L'lbtinl is .i r< 11 I iotiary. There is every
j reason to bell? v.- tha-1 Bryan will til! j
twio.ntv-i-'ivt: vm.Aiis up Tiic
ritoi.bin',
Cthlimchtihg on iiiis, the Savannali
"It vvas not until 1VS7 that Cue lirst
b:' Hie Stlhet ear was successfully op-1
i'a'.tMl. That Was in Uichmotut. Two
o.!.4 inch, "! i i i? name of .Sprague
.id Cibsby, v. r i-, tii<- inventors and
irotabters, Their names are now sei
Iolh ineiitJibneti i-i connection with frol
? y jiiViSi hut tliev were the lathers of
ii!s fly: tehi ui propulsion. They had a
?nd time interesting people with
rib hey in like prisslbiiities of their
ijcheiiie. NojihcVr go.t rich from its ailili
ess. but lots of tithi i people did "
0 monet vvttai invested until
. Spi .ILMM -I 'rosby (bjinoiisii iVr
Richmond. Sinei- that time
1 i u: portal Ion has grow n like
r.s g<iurtl;*' At tl.c dliiiM-i col
t: elirtUlbi) in New York; a few da.vs jigii
f j l.u .'i ep , i, i, railways were ( . pre
?Is,i,t. a. and i hey alone operate ::?;..cm
,1 ",n1 ,,H,?? ,,,mui ??","???
i hbth Sustain ov. The avert ye trollej
I, {line Is, therefore, abuui ihlrjj miles
Tilt" trolley- roads last your transported
approximately lO.JOO.UOO.OOO passen
."?'is. It is estimated that in ten
year.-: the trolley roads of ? lit- nation
will 1)0 carrying 20,OOO.UOO;000 passen?
gers the your. 11 Is further prophesied
that in a decade electrical transmission
over a distance as grcal as 500 miles
will not only be practicable, btit com?
mon. This will mean that many roads
now operated by steam will adopt the
new power.
All of the steam roads now billig
their trains in!" New Vork City with
electric motors. 'Phi:; change has been
made within the las! live yens. Now
it is possible to ride from Now Vork to
Boston by trolley, and this; too, has
be.mi made possible within (he litsl five
yea rs.
'I HK IK KSTIDV or si3natou.
When Sehalor .lohn \V. Daniel died
last summer, the legislature nol being
in session. Governor Mann appointed
Claude A. Swansoii to nil the remain?
der of his unexplrod term ending March
1911, at which time Senator Swan
son's term will expire. Mis successor
will bceleetcd by the Legislature..which
will not meet in regular session until
.innnary. 1012. i: will not lie neces?
sary io mi tiie otflce unless there shall
be an extra session of Congress, of
which there does nol appear to he any
certain prospect. We know, of course,
that the next regular session of the
United States Senate will convene In
December next, a month before (In?
state Legislature will assemble; but
with the holidays in that month and
the work of organizing the Senate, I he I
State would not suffer for the lack of
a Seil a tor during Hint brief period. ft
would be of the largest importance,
however, to have both seats in the
Senate tilled in case "f an extra ses- j
Si on; which will he e. tiled, if .alle,1 at j
all. to act upon questions of immediate
moment.
There nr.- I wo ways in which the {
place coil id lie tilled in such an einer- j
gently?first, by an extra session of!
the Legislature, whicii could elect for j
the full term of six years, or by Ihe j
designation by the Governor of some !
one to serve until the tegular session1
of tin- Legislature, it not being within |
th" power of i In- Governor to make j
other than a temporary appointment.]
There' will !?<? more I ha n one candidate
for the office, Manifestly, tho Gover?
nor should not "take sides" In a eon- ;
lest that is to be settled in his party
and under the rules of the party, and
should not prefer Smith to Brown, or j
I'a munkcy to Powhalan.
There has been a good deal of talk
about whom the Governor will appoint
in tho event of an extra session of
Congress; but it would seem that if
any appoint then I must be made it
should be made from among those
who are in no sense candidates for
the office. There Is plenty of g?ori
Senatorial timber in the State. There
is ilobert 10. I.ee. .lr.. of Uhirfax; Caper
tori Brax tori; of Staun ton; Joseph K. ,
Wiliiird, of Biciuhohd; Kppa llunton. j
of Warrentoii, all good men and true, ;
inch of ability, of experience, of char- !
aeter. sound in their Democracy ami!
I
loyal to the State. There are others I
in the State of the same quality , none j
of whom is a candidate lor any ?filcc, ;
and any one of whom would doubtless;
be- willing to serve Virginia in such ;
an emergency as that which an oxtr.i j
session of Congress would cause.
rut: mishits or i;im:ii\Mi:vr nv
COMMISSION.
Oswald Cyan, of Harvard IJnivei'sity,
presents in the current number of tlie
A hier loan Political Science Itovlew the!
results <il an able, searching and frank]
Inquire into Die merits ami defects of!
municipal government by commission. |
This study won tiie Paid win ICssay
Prize offered by the National Municipal;
League for the best article on some
subject connectetl w ith municipal ad-j
minist rii tlorii
"It is as a phase of a general ten-I
deiioy, ami nol as an Isolated experi?
ment. I hat the movement is to be prop?
erly regarded." says Mr. Kyan, wiio
declares that the weakness of the
typical city administration in lite
United Stai.es is due to tin- fact that its
government was mtttle analogous to
that of lit"- Pedcrai Gpvcritnient; and
the features of a separation of powers j
and a bi-cameral governing body cop
led without any regard to the essential J
difference between nation. State and l
city. (Mi thi.; point the- author .'-ays:
"By incorporating those iirlheiples in
tl'te municipal charter which the rapidly
growing needs oi the urban populii
lion brought into existence during the
Nineteenth Century', the State Legisla?
ture- sowed the seed <>t miiriicipal in- I
etlieieney, which was destined to Pear!
fruit in * 111 r- one conspicuous failure
oi the American people.' , . . The
iibiisoqiieiice of iliis senseless diffusion
? >f pow.-rs among various hoards and
oilii-luls, which iooe.lvod its widest dp- j
plication during the last half of the]
Nineteenth Century, was to reniler al- j
ni'-st impossible the proriijM .mil o 111 -
eient performance of municipal func?
tion^. The principle of checks ami,
iialanees. intended as a curb on the ar- 1
biir.try and ill-advised aei j of puhilc
ollieials, became instead an obstacle to.
Die wise und salutary measures of |he I
I nn ii who had it heart the best inter-]
esis of the people. Moreover; siii.ee
the concomitant of iho divlsioti of!
powei is division of responsibility, it;
became impossible to fix ihe blame for
j ineflhiieuey and corruption, \yhich he-!
can- < v, r present factors in city ad-j
miuisti at ion. Scarcely less sinister in
its jesulls was the principle of a rep-|
Vi sen tat I ye Legislature The belief inj
! '?' ' 'ioi'.ii repieseniatioh Was doubtless
, "???? ?'< upon ihe assumption (fiat the dlf
'?eient parts oj a city possessed differ
? t.i .-iisi,, as tliiTeieni States soine
Unies possess diverse interests.. L.\
perionce proved, bou.v.i. (hhi there
wa.. no mh.i, division of Interests aa
\vih-i supposed; nul the inunici'pal Coun?
cil, instead of regarding the general
mt-resis ,,i the city, eathe to represent
special int.-rests of pnrlicUla?
\Vat'ila. V IdliMl adliel . lice ;<. principles
Whiel; ),;:,| . out ribuieil to the success
"' '' " National Government, besides
openlig ib. ,v..v to cm ia vaga.
wastefulness ami Inertlcleni v, gave deiri
?ikokii iiolltli luns ii ii opportunity to ex
plo.ll the public Interests, and thus l>rc?
I pared the way for the spoils system in
Ideal government."
Tho logical result of i Iii.-, cumbersome
system was to bring about in the dos?
ing years id the last century a counter
movement toward th.htrnllziitlon of
administrative power inid responsibil?
ity in city govern men I. as opposed to
the decentralization of such power and
responsibility In a bi-cameral govern?
ing body and a separate executive de?
partment. The present movement for
commission government is. therefore,
really a logical result growing out of
past conditions. As Professor YV. B.
Munro, ?if Harvard, has so well said:
"The system of government by com?
mission must he regarded not as a new
experiment, successfully conducted by
a few scattered cities, hul as the cli?
max of a well defined movement from
the influehCa of wlticlt hardly a single
city in the country has been exempt."
The commission Idea Is really not as
new as it would seem to be. Its prin?
ciple was curried out to a certain ex?
tent in the famous New Engl und town
meeting,? in the old form of govern?
ment hi Boston, with its small Council
tind concentrated administration; in
the Memphis Commission alter the yel?
low fever epidemic in l>7 1, and in the
D Uriel of Columbia Commission, In
effect since 1S7S.
What are the merits and striking re?
sults oi commission government?
There has boon "a most marked
chance"' in the administration of city
rlnaucos, ti department which has ''with?
out exception responded to the expert
efforts of the commissions." Barge
lloating debts have been extinguished, j
Sinking funds have been created. Pub
lb- credit has been restored. The policy
of resorting to bond Issues to meet
current expenses has I.it abandoned.
The public funds have been lot out to
llnanelal institutions and have thus
afford'd a source of considerable in?
come. Expenses in uli departments
have been cut down. In .some instances
the tax rate lias been reduced. There
has been a decided improvement in the
various public services; under commis?
sion government there has been secured
purer water, better streets, more ctl't
cient tiro and police service.
A higher grade of men have been i
attracted to municipal service. This
is so because there arc no bosses to
eater to before being able to gc< elect?
ed. Curtailment of councllmnnlc pow?
er and Its distribution to boards and
Ollieors iias made a Council seat little I
wanted by high-class men, because
they desire an ofllcc of considerable
power and responsibility. "The expe?
rience of these years itlie last of the
last cchturyl proves beyond all doubt
that Ihe character of olllce declines
aci irding to the power associated with
it." As bi\ Charles W, ISliot has said:
?"I'hete arc ;tlwhys' numerous good can?
didates when power, responsibility and
other considerations are attached to It.-'
??aq >ou sm| luoutu.io.voS uoiKSUiiuto; >
and is not always In change of men
of exceptional ability. The success of
the piah is not dependent upon the
presence of experts on the commission,
though experts are necessary in the
city departments. The function of the
commissioner Is supervisory, not ad?
ministrative '-The people are always!
competent to choose a supervisor, al- j
I hough they seldom succeed in choosing |
expert ad minist ra tors."
II has been found, loo, that there is
an <-)evalion of moral tone in cities!
iislng the. commission form. Gambling,
policy shops, disreputable places and;
other forms of vice arc largely if not j
entirely eliminated. Gnlveston is a ,
case i:i point Before the city adopted |
ihe new form ot municipal rule it was
greatly influenced by lawless elements.
Now law and order prevail.
one of the powerful features of the
commission government is its central?
ized character. "The winde course of
municipal history points to the truth
that administrative skill and eflieioncy,
to be cite, tive. must be centralized."
Tin truth of this statement is found j
out liy comparing tlie European cities
with ihose of the 1.1 nited Stales. The J
principle of centralized government for{
eiti s has been successful in Europe. {
and the violation of that principle has
heeii responsible for incllicJcnt muni?
cipal rub in this country. City govern-!
men! is largely n matter of business!
manag? men I, aim lb get successful bus?
iness management there ittu.st be an
administration f,ni table for conducting
business operations. The commission
form reaeiubies the board of directors
of a priv'ale corporation, permitting
promptness und t tlieieiioy In .tin.- trans?
action ui city business; In the case oi"
frahi he commission form has
pi""...i unusuall.. .satisfactory, and cor?
ruption hi ::c urlng franchises has
Mi. reby beet ? ?-. cod to a minimum.
A fttrihei met it of the new system is
i centralization of ofiicla] responsi?
bility. "Tin most important lesson
:: li ir tit Ipal experience leaches
is ihat hbiiest) am] eflieioncy in gov
ernmeni are hut idle terms when re
|)Oiisibiiiti is divided, and it is no ex?
aggeration i. . that whatever Im?
provement Ihe past few years have
witnessed in our cities has Involved'
?nine recognition of this plan.'.' In Ike
commission plan, responsibility is ccn
iralizcd in i few oloctivc ollieors, who!
haye ho mi ti s ol evading if. "The
citizen of the commission city knows;
who is responsible for the impure vvu-i
, ihr, Hi-, andean streets or the negll-j
; gcul polii ? ? , and may direct his
criticism ;, ihe doiiiuiuenl. oni?
cer." ('oJi.sclotisiiv;S.s of this ever. prcs
.eiit,pubii( scriitlnj will keep commis?
si..: .| responsive to the public will
.iiel eliminate negligence and Incnm
01 i ourse, an "enlightened
pijbVii -ntii,.!,. is Indispensablo in
i ? com nissioners lie'ty straight
It" ihe ;ine.
I i ? .llitj i -..vcrnmcnt la an addl
Munal merit <>r Ute system. Stute ijOff
Islatures jinvo usurped the power of
llxlng tlie details of elty administration
ti> such ;tn extent that it takes some
time for cities to seeuro changes in j
their government^ The Legislature j
knows little about city government
ami is not as well lifted to prescribe
action In a sp?cillc municipal matter
;is Is tho city affected Itself. |
Such are. the principal reasons furl
commission government, as given by
Mr. Ityan, and such uro Hie tuuin mer?
its of the now form uf municipal rule
which is spreading sir rapidly and suc?
cessfully throughout the United States. |
A CHIUMT TO Till-: I II UAC15.
The Southern Workman, the period?
ical published by Hampton Institute,
declares that out of 1,120 graduates
of thai institution only two have ever
been Imprisoned for criminal misdeeds.
The school has on tile reports from
more (hitn 2.aoo non-graduates, ami out
of this g'reui total only r> arc known
to have ever been in jail. We agree
with the Providence Journal that "this
is a remarkable and. it noes without
Haying, a highly commohtlable record.
It is suggestive, also, as showing how
susceptible the negro is to good in?
fluences. The peculiarly fortunate
fuel about '.lie Southern blade wit" has
had a fair educational chatice seems
to be that, instead of backsliding, lie
maintains himself at a respectable
level of personal conduct. This Is true
fit least where the education is of the j
practical Hampton and Tuskegco
type." i
Precisely so. An education that fits j
men and women lor real work, for I
useful service, for a life that, means
self-rospe< t and self-support is con- j
ducivc to the hcsl results. The colored
man who works and attends to his
own business makes a good record;
the idler ami tile hyper-educated ono>'
are the stirrers up <>r strife. The ree-ord
of Hampton is a sulllclcnt argument
for the sott of education it gives to
the colored people of the country.
'ITJACllIXt! .MX lt\ M.1SM.
That tue colleges and universities are
unxlous to afford adequate preliminary
training for students expecting to make
newspaper work their vocation is evi?
denced by ihe fa?t that sixteen stub
institutions arc now offering journalis?
tic instruction in their curricula';. Some
offer much more detailed work than j
others and much longer -courses, but
each of the sixteen gives a fair amount
of instruction.
According to the latest report of j
United States Commissioner of Educa?
tion Himer Kllsworth Brown, those.
Institutions are: University of Michi?
gan. Ohio State University, University
or Wisconsin. University of Illinois, In?
diana University, Iowa State College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Unlvor-l
slty of Kansas. Massachusetts Agrlctii- !
turn.) College. University of .Minnesota,
University of Missouri, University of j
Nebraska, Columbia University, Miami
University, University of Oregon, Uni?
versity of Washington, University of
Wisconsin.
Within the last year the faculty of
the University of Michigan voted to j
establish "a general course in journal-j
ism,'' leading to the bachelor's tlegreo, j
and a number of special courses for;
!
tlie benefit of those who desire to pre?
pare for a particular kind of writing
or a special department of the news?
paper. These courses are to Include
such studies as rhetoric, practical
newspaper work, English, foreign lan?
guages, history, government, economics,
sbcibiogy, philosophy, law, science. In?
ternational law, music (for would-be
critics). There are various classes in
bach of these subj.-cts which are taken
iu successive years. The Michigan
Dally and other student and university
publications will lie utilized for prac?
tical newspaper experience.
The Ohio State University, has re?
cently added to its Faculty Harry P.
Harrington, a practical newspaper man.
as assistant professor of English, with j
the understanding that he will givo
courses in journalism. This addition
was made in response t>> a demand for
.specific Instruction, designed to develop
proficiency in this profession.
A course in agricultural journalism
is being given .it the University of Wis?
consin, and it is designed to meet the.
needs of students who wish to become
contributors to or editors of agricultural
journals or bulletins. The work in?
cludes lectures, practice in the prep?
aration of articles i>f the various class?
es, editing, proof-reading, reviewing,
interviewing, preparation of special ar?
ticles and practice iu photography for
the press A seminar in practical edit?
ing provides for conferences on editing
ami publishing, circulation and adver?
tising, with special reference; to the
student Farmer, a local periodical.
At Harvard, Vale. Columbia, the Uni?
versity of Virginia, Washington and
Lee, the Virginia .Military Institute, the
Virginia Polytechnic institute, tho
University of North Carolina and many
ill bar institutions, students get valu?
able experience in connection with the
college newspaper, as well as iu the
preparation of the weeklies and maga?
zines issued by tho student body. It is
a rule in the case of a number of these
papers that the applicant for n posi?
tion nipst make good on assignments
before lie can get on the staff. The
editor, or "president." of the- Harvard
^Crimson, a daily paper, receives a sal?
in'ry of ?l,ihhi the year, and the paper
Is well off. its circulation being about
I S,IH)0.
Wiillc no one will have the hardi?
hood to say that tho instruction in any
of these schools or on any of these
papers will supplant actual newspaper
work, the Instruction afforded ihr^lgji
such .sources i? 0,f practical use ihe
man expecting to enter the newspaper
profession, in the last analysis, how?
ever, the man's the tiling.
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didn't stand up as they
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RINGHAMS FOR YEARS
FRIENDS OF IRELAND
i>.\ ii.Mtui im: de koxte.yov.
GSNERAL the lion. Co?ll Ring?
ham, who has jus I married Airs.
Kam nol Sloan Chuuncey of Now
Vork, daughter of Colonel ?lont
gomcrfc Can, of Louisville, Ivy., and
slateji r.r Lady. Ncwborough, bo longs
to . ii t?hi Somorsotsiilrc family, which
r.uriilshed h Bishop to Salisbury, in the
person ?>:" Robert Ringham, in 122?, and
whleli h.is been identlliod with Ireland
since tlio reign of Queen Elizabeth. Its
chief is the fail.or of General Ringham,
tin- Karl of Lucan, whose own father,
the third earl, commanded the cavalry
the Crimean War. and was In a
mi isu'ro responsible for the charge ol
the Ljght Brigade, wlilch his brother
in-I i'.v, i.ord Cardigan, commanded.
This i bird Lord Lucan used to claim
brotherhood with tim twelfth Duke of
Norfolk, oh grounds that were, to say
the least, peculiar. It see ins that Lady
Elizabeth Bciasyse, one of the two
daughters and heiresses of the last
Carl of Euucdnberg, fell in love with
Captain Richard Ringham, who later
became the socond Earl of Lucan.
Shortly afterwards a. proposal of iuar
rlage was made for her hand, to iiet
father by Bernard Edward Howard,
afterwards twelfth Duke ot ? Norfolk.
Lady Kllznbeth informed Captain Blng
lllim of Ibis, and expressed her fear
that she might be compelled to obey
her father's commands in the matter.
Captain Bihghapi suggested an elope?
ment, and pressed for a decided answer.
It was finally agreed that If Lady Blfzii
I>cHi would consent t<> this, she was
to send a message to Captain P.lnu
hnm, through her sister, on a particular
evening, when arrangements would lie
made. Lord Faueonberg in some way
got on to the track of this, und being
ai the opera with his two duuphtors,
prevented any communication between
them. Captain Ringham, believing that
he was rejected by Lady Elizabeth for
Bernard Howard, retired from the
seene, and Lady Elizabeth, rinding her?
self abandoned, married Howard, the
only son born lo the union eventualis
becoming fourteenth Duke of Norfolk.
After four years of marriage to How?
ard. Lady Elizabeth Hoped with Cap?
tain Blngham, and on being divorced
by act of Parliament In 170-1, married
to captain, who subsequently succeed?
ed to the Earldom of Lucan. created in
favor ol Iiis father. The eldest son of
this second marriage of Lady Elizabeth
Belasysc, was the only cavalry com?
mander of the Crimea.
To tin- late Lord Lucan belongs the
credit of solving the difficult problem
.?f admitting .lews to Parliament. The.
House of Commons had. not once, hut
soycral times, voted in favor of the)
a d mission of professing Hebrews to
Parliament, but on each occasion the
measure was defeated by the House of
Lords. Lord Lucan thereupon Intro?
duced a bill in the House of Lords pro?
viding that each House of Parliament
should have tho rig'ht of determining
the question of admitting Its own mem?
bers, and, thanks to this, the Jews were
admitted to Hie House of Commons, on
the .vole of the latter, without sanction
by the upper chamber. This act of
Lord Lucan, which remains still tinro
peal id, will enable the Unionist major?
ity of the House of Lords, If It sees tit.
to deny admission to the large hatch
of Radical peers which the present
government intends forcing upon I lie
crown, In order to secure the passage
of its measures by the House of Lords.
General the Hon. Cecil Blngham, who
has just married Mrs. Chauiuey. is very
tall ami good looking, and, save for a
brief term of service with Hie Third
Hussars, has spent his entire military
Service In the Household Cavalry, which
he now com mauds. He was assistant
hdjutan-t-goncra.i to General Sir John
French, the commander of the caval?
ry in tho Boor War, and was one of the
members of the special embassy to
Ihnp'-ror Menellk of Abyssinia, of which
Sir Renr.ell Rodd, then his hrothor-ln
law. and now British ambassador at
Koine, was Ihe chief. The former Mrs.
Cecil Pingham, who died three years |
ago, was' Lady f^bdd's sister, '
Emperor William's general order, just
issued, milting a stop to the innumera?
ble reviews and inspections of troops
by high personages, and directed to the
commanding officers of the various
corps into which the entire Centum
army Is divided, Is aimed at ihe petty
j sovereigns of the Confederation, who
! theoretically are his allies, but In real
i ity his vassals. If there is one of diese
petty sovereigns more than any other
! whom ihe Kaiser had in view in Hie
matter, il is ihe King of Saxony, who
no| long ago toolc it into Iiis head to
visit Alsace and Lorraine, which are i
subjected, uot to Prussia, hut to the
German Empire as a whole, ami to
I insist, as oiu' of the rulers of .tho, em?
pire, on passing in review the garri?
sons of Motz,, of Strasbourg, and of
other parts of the Relehsland, This
gave great., annoyance to the Kaiser.
Kor although the King of Saxony has
l Ceolvct' a military training, lie is very
lit He . a soldier', and is a man of i
Ki'/ifi intellectual li nil I a I ions.
-'-ill these petty German monarchs
have orders of knighthood and decora
lions to give way. and the result is
thai whenever (liny take it into their
load lo travel about In ihe empire,
the generals aipl colonels commanding j
the troops of the locality which they
may happen to visit are only too ready,
in the hope of obtaining a decoration,
lo order out the troops in honor of tho
more or less royal visitor. As there
are near a score ol those petty rulers,
w ho, tn order to escape tho. terrible
eii no I of I lie lif-- In llielr capitals, are
constantly traveling about in Germany,
and as they are all bitten with tlie
inllitary bug, owing to the ract that
they have been Invested with the rani;
colonel "i general in the C-cnukh
army solely by reason of their occu?
pancy <>i a throm-. the number of these
reviews and inspections In their honor
has become ??. great as to develop
into an intolerable abuse, constituting
a' great hardship on the rank ami Hie.
who have been constantly ordered out
to parade for this or that petty poten?
tate
Emperor William, in his capacity of
generalissimo, has now ordered that
the soldiers should be relieved of this
perfectly useless burden, which is cal?
culated to render military service un?
popular, and from henceforth sanction
will have to he sought at Berlin before
any troops 'an he reviewed by any ol
the German ?allies'' of the Kaiser.
Sir Archibald Douglas, who has lust
received from Kltig Ooorgc the Grand
Cr< hs of tie- Order of the Math, and who
will arrive in America during the next
two days froni the West Indies, Is one
01 the most popular admirals of nie
Brill?)) navy, and enjoys the advan?
tage?In American eyes, -of having
been born on this stile ,.f the Atlantic,
namely, at Quebec, where he also re?
ceived Ills early education. Ho saw
some sei-vi'e on the Canadian lakes
in isf.?'.. at the time of the threatened
Keniari invasion, and while at the head
ot the Imperial Japanese Naval College
at Tokio was brought into contact
witii a number of American ofneers,
who held professorships under his
direction, and who had been supplied
by HtlClc Sam to the Mikado.
Sir Archibald, who also commanded
the British naval forces in the West
Indies and Northern Atlantic for several
years, is now retired from the navy,
end is a widow.;!-, ami the fact that Im
should have been thus honore-' shows
that he is held in particularly kindly
reniombrani o by ids sovereign.
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To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir, ? As a constant and continuous
reader and subscriber to your valuable
paper, will you permit me to have a
nhort say in its columns by way of
indorsation of l'r. Ferguson's plan to
"destroy rabies by legislation"? The
constant fear of being attacked our?
selves, as well as our helpless and de
fenscless children, by vicious dogs, an
well also as those affected with tho
rabies, Is a menace and nuisance to
our Commonwealth, and a reflection
on its people, especially on those who
have the making or our laws- It is
cited by Dr. |<"ergusori, a worthy mem?
ber of the State Health Department,
l hat the law requires all dogs to be
under police power in England, Nor- .
way, Sweden and Denmark. I would
call attention 10 the fact that here In
oti!- own country, in the state of New
York, dogs are nol allowed to run at.
large and, therefore, hydrophobia
among its people has been greatly ro
d need.
In New York Slate, not only in
largo cities like New York and Buffalo,
are the dogs muzzled and then
when on the streets have chains at?
tached in the hands of their owners,
but also in small towns like Niagara
Falls, .Jamestown and other places. It
is a fact that here in our midst lh?
average politician or man in publlo
ofllce >diiins the responsibility of laws
respecting dogs as they would deadly
poison. They say don't tackle any
"dog law": that will kill your politi?
cal popularity. 1 don't believe this
is true. Anv Councilman or Alderman
thai will conic forward with any ordi?
nance or dog law requiring every dos
to wear a modal anil collar with Hie
name thereon of its owner, and also
to l>e muzzled if at large on the street,
and then require the owner to be re?
sponsible lor the dog. will receive the
support, substantial and moral, of our
best, citizenship. I say "beware of
dogs." and thereby eseapo hydro?
phobia, dread and fear, and let tin
have a feeling of security, peace and
happiness. ' - W. B. SUTTON,
Richmotid.
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