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TUESDAY, MARCH 2?. 1911.
"1 TOOK THE CANAL ZONE."
In his address at the Charter Pay
exorcises of the University of Cali?
fornia. Colone' Theodore Roosevelt
spoke of the Panama Canal as his own
peculiar achievement. He Is interested
in It because! he "started it." He told
tlie young men <<f the University: "If
1 had followed traditional conservative
methods I would have submitted a
dignified State paper nf probably two
hundred pages to Congress, and -he
debates on it would have born going
on to-day. but 1 took the Canal Zone J
and let Congress debate; and while
the debate goes on the Canal does
nlso." Ths.1 was a truthful but shame-!
fill confession, and hot a thing to .be'
boasted of, we should think, by any ;
honest man careful of the reputation
<d his country: but it is exactly what
inlirht :-.ave been expected, except that
most persons who commit dishonorable
acts seek to conceal them rather than
to acclaim them as achievements of
great in^rit. j
It is true, ."ts the New York Times j
says, that the act of Mr. Roosevelt in
t"he Canal Zone was an act of perfidy,!
arid that "It has had a lasting effect j
iti engendering in all the South Amer- |
lean republics a sleepless suspicion bf
cur motives and alarm at our policies
whenever we have had occasion to
make a move in their direction." There
was never a truer thing sain than that.
?\\'e boast of our national honor eoh
stimingly, and wo boast likewise at
th.-? same tithe of our national perfidy.
'The nations, and particularly the na?
tions, or countries, of Central and I
South America olstrusi us naturally
because we have not been square with
tnem and with our treaty obligations.
As the New York Times points out in
Its discussion of the Colonel's confes?
sion at the University of California,
the United States was under solemn
j-covenant with Colombia to git a rah tea
its rights of sovereignly and property
to which it had succeeded in the settle
men; of Us differences with New
Granada The Isthmus of Panama be?
longed to the Republic of Colombia
The United States guaranteed tho se?
curity of this property to Colombia.
The United States violated this moai
solemn guarantee and encouraged tho
insurrection which resulted in the- es?
tablishment of the so-called Republic
of Panama. This was done by a de?
monstration of force, and it was done
in defiance of n 1 ? the rules controlling
the actions of civilized governments.
3; was done by Mr. Roosevelt, Presl
drnt of tlie United States, who, without
any authority whatsoever from Con?
gress, accomplished the alienation of
this country from its rightful owners
r.iid by force and arms sustained its
revolutionist 3 in their disloyalty to
Cu-ir own country until it came to
pass, as ? olonc-V Jtooft'cvelt assured the
tit'idehts of a great University, that
nothing so becomes a great nation as
the art of stealing when It Is success?
ful. "I took the Canal Zone."
We arc not surprised Hint the people
from the lesser Americas should dis?
trust its in our international relations.
They have abundant cause. Look at
Hawaii. H was stolen from the gov?
ernment of its own people In vary
much the same way that the Isthmus
of Panama was stolen from the Re?
public of Colombia. The Hawaiian'
Islands, formerjy tho Sandwich Islands,
lie away our in the Pacific Ocean, 1\200
miles southwest of Kan Francisco.
Their people probabiy came from the
Polynesian Island.-, and they were
passing up by sure but steady steps
lr.tr, a civilization of their' own and a
high civilization at trial; Then, had
>-etn many differences among them, pi
? o'irse. and the:-e differences were eri
c on raged naturally by the white people
who obtained a foo hohl among them.
A committee of thirteen revolutionists
ia IS!*?, passed resolution declaring
bt to be their sense that in view oi
the unsettled conditions of affairs then
One Week.
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^prevailing the monarchy should he dls-]
??stablished and the Hawaiian Islands t
lit annexed to the l olled States, .lohn!
Ii. Steven?, t hft United States Minister
then stationed at Honoiu'-u. had u forci
hi one hundred ai:d fortj soldiers arid
marines landed from-the' United States
?hlp "Boston* for the so-called pro?
tection of American interests and &t'
once recognized the provisional gov-j
crnment on behalf of his own. This
provisional government, as a pan or
its scheme <?! plunder, sent commis?
sioners to #ihe United States to nego?
tiate a tre?ty of annexation, but with
but wafting for the action of. his home
government Minister Stevens, on hlv
own responsibility, declared Hawaii to
>hc under the protection of the United
'i-jtatcs. President Harrison submitted
10 Congress a treaty of annexation,
but upon the accession of l'rc-s blent
Cleveland Hie treaty was withdrawn,
1 he Minister's action disavowed ami
n special commisalonei v...s son) to
the Islands to report upon the situu
ilun. 'I hi* commissioner reported that
? the action of S to Yen 8 had hern un<
warranted, and that the landing ?>r
tlie United States marines had made
tho success of tho revolution possible.
Tho Republican party was rcetorea
to power later and the theft of the
tluwallan Islands was accomplished in
regular form.
Wo are not surprised. In view "3f tho
stealing of tho Hawaiian Islands, that
the United States Government under
the administration of a Republican
President should have cheerfully en?
tered upon the theft of the Canal Zone.
We are not surprised cither that the
people of Central and South America
should seriously question the good)
faith <if -the United States. Neither Is
It to bo wondered at that Mr. Roose?
velt should boast of bis perfidy In the
seizure of the Canal Zone. The Unitod
States is a great and powerful nation
of more than ninety million people,
unlimited in its resources and strong
In its lighting ability?strong enough
we should say tr> be honest: the sort
of common every day honesty that Is
hot less honorable in a great nation
than it Is in a private citizen. Doing
acts as President that impugn the
character of the country which has
honored him far beyond his great de?
serts is not a tiling wo should think
11 it even the Colonel would boast of,
and particularly in the presence of
young university students who arc
being educated for the duties of citi?
zenship and not for tho service of tho
snob. i
THE JAPANESE.
A gentleman in Richmond, now liv?
ing at The Chesterfield, who has spent
n good deal of time in Japan and. is
thoroughly familiar with conditions in
that country, cannot understand why
tho Japanese should insist upon acquir?
ing landed property in the United
States, when they will not permit any
foreigner to acquire property In fee
simple in their own country. Foreign*
ers are permitted to lease property
therfi for as long a period as 999 years,
blit they cannot acquire actual owner?
ship except by marriage with the Jap?
anese. In tlie circumstances, it would
scfiu to the ordinary Western mind
that the Japanese should not object, to
the point of going to war against us,
to the Indisposition on the part of the
people In some of our American States
of giving them rights in our country
which they withhold from Us in their
own.
Wc .lo no: t->.ke tlie least stock In the
talk about war with Japan. In the
first piace, Japan does not want to
flgui us, and. in the second place, we
do not want to tight Japan. Japan is
In po condition to engage in hostilities
with the United States, and the United
Stales is not exactly ready to tight
anybody just now. Besides, we are
assured by the Administration at Wash?
ington and by the Imperial Government
at Tokio that the recent treaty be?
tween the two countries has estab?
lished very friendly relations between
the two nations?friendlier relations
than have ever existed, and which we
all hope will continue forever.
THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CARO?
LINA.
Under tho Code it is made the duty
of the Governor of South Carolina to
appoint special Judges to hold special
terms of the. Circuit Courts in that State
upon the recommendation of the Chief
Justice of tho .?Mate Supreme Court. It
Is the duty of the Governor to appoint;
it is the duty of the Chief Justice to
recommend. The language of the law
is clear and explicit. It says "shall,"
not may.* A special term of Court was
ordered by the Chief Justice lor Union
I'ounty. and as there was no Circuit
Judge disengaged who could be as?
signed to this service, the Chief Jus?
tice, an required by law, "ra'spectt'ully
recommended'1 to the Governor that
he issue a commission to Ernest Moore,
of Lancaster, "learned In the law, as a
special Judge to hold ih0 said Court;'*
Tho Union County Bar Association re?
quested the appointment of Mr. Moore
R. C AVylio, a lawyer of Lancaster,
happening to lie at the State Capital,
was asked by Mr. Moore to visit the.
offices of the Governor and the Secre?
tary of State for the purpose of ob?
taining Information as to whether or
not the. necessary commission had been
issued, and did so, taking with him
I a letter from Mr. Moore explaining his
! reason for writing, so thnt if tho way
were clear he cbuld leave his nome
In Lancaster on Sunday in time to
reach Union for tho opening of Court
on Monday morning. Tho Governor
would no: read, the letter from Mr.
Moore, and when Mr. Wylio called on
"His Excellency*' Saturday, "His Ex?
cellency" said, as reported In the
Columbia State:
"Ifa B. Jones (the Chief Justice? can
mandamus or God-danius or do any?
thing ho pleases. I am not j.:olng to
I appoint Ernest Moore as special judgn
for the Union County Court. You can
take back these papers'"
That wars a fine thing for the Gov?
ernor Of tho State to say; hut it was
about what Governor Blcase might
have been expected to say, comporting
as it dors v:\in his seme of official
dignity and responsibility. Moore la
o lawyer of high reputation and Judl
rial mind, lib; appointment was re?
quested by the liar 01 Union County.
Blcase claims that the Bar afterwards
withdrew 113 ree.ommendation, but hi.';
statement on this point has not been
confirmed. Tho Supreme Court may
take some official notice of his mes?
sage, but it can hardly hold him for
contempt. Please has said that ho in?
tended to ''stand by his friends," that
j he would not show any consideration
for his enemies, Gnd ho has kept ills
pledge down to this time lie baa
pardoned ever so many convicts In the
penitentiary; but he has treated with
the utmost discourtesy the Supremo
Court and sei at defiance all sense <<t
decency in the administration of his
office We do oof know what Ira B.
.lones will do abuu1. tin.-, la lest irisull
to tl>e Court; hut we wish he could
J And <"? Way to .?hut the mouth of this
I demagogue and tvach him that the do
cent people of South Carolina have
some defense. It would he fur moro
to tho purpose, however, If articles of
Impeachment should be brought against
him nt the noxt session of tho General
Assembly, so that the State might
got rid of this disturber for the good
of tho State. Probably his Impeach?
ment would fall; but If It should the
Infamy of the Blease administration
would then be shared with the repre?
sentatives of tho people and with tho
people.
the CARDINAL'S JUBILEE
Next Juno the golden jubilee of the
ordination of Cardinal Hlbbons as a.
priest of the Roman Catholic Church
and the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his elevation to the dignity of Cardi?
nal will be celebrated. Now the senior
of all the Cardinal Bishops except Car?
dinal Oreglia, it is the desire of the
faithful to distinguish his anniver?
saries with come adequate testimonial
to his service to the Church by the
building of a Memorial Hall on the
Catholic University grounds that can
be pointed to for all time as worthy
of him and of tho cause which he has
honored by his work.
When Cardinal Gibbons began his
priestly career there were about 0,000
priests in the United States; there arc
now 10,000 earnest men who have i
given their lives to tho Church, and
to his example, rather more than to
the lnlluenco of any other of the great
men of tho Church, has tho work pros?
pered. On his deathbed, Archbishop
Ryan recently pronounced this eulogy
upon him: "1 am now, as I have evei
been, profoundly convinced that you are
the instrument of Providence for the;
promotion of every good thing for our
Church and our country." An appeal
has been made to the Catholic people
In every diocese In the United Stales
for contributions to the Memorial
fund, ami we can weil understand why
there should be a most liberal response
to this call tor so worthy a purpose.
We cannot speak, of course, "as one
having authority.' but we can speak
and do speak for the separated
brethren that no honor could be be?
stowed upon Cardinal Gibbons that
would be too 5:igh for him, n?r any
distinction at which tue people of this
country would not rejoice; because
whatever hi:, ecclesiastical position,
ho has proved by his long, honorable j
and useful life that ho is not less a i
good American because, he is priest
and Cardinal.
REAL ?'HUMAN BEINGS."
United States Senator Owen, of Okla?
homa, believes in women, lie admit?
ted to an audience of a thousand peo?
ple of the People's Institute, in Jersey
City, Sunday afternoon, that "they are
human beings and should have the
rights of hitman beings. Men make
laws," said he. "that will take the
life of a woman, and why shouldn't
women have a say as to who shall ad?
minister those laws." Warming up to
his subject, Senator Owen then de?
clared .
"There are more educated women
titan men. Men sometimes fancy they
know morn than women, and they do
about some things. And women know
more than men about other things;
Women arc more moral than men.
They have taught men all lite.manners
and morals that they know. If It
were riot for women 1 believe that
men would he barbarians.
"1 was glad to see that women exe?
cuted the ballot wisely in Seattle by
putting the Mayor nut of oftlce."
With George Harvey holding the
right of the line on the Atlantic, arid
Senator Owen in the centre, and ex -
Senator Patterson safely entrenched
in the fastnesses of the Rockies, and
a lot of reserves waiting only to see
how the cat will jump, It begins to
look ns If there is to he more or less
of a demonstration ail around and
about u.s before wo know it.
500 places to be killed.
Congress will convene In extraordl-1
nary session next Tuesday, a week
from to-day. Trie Democratic caucus
will be held next Saturday, anil Wash?
ington is filling up fast with an army
of ofllce-seakers. They conic from the
Cast and West and the North and the
South, a Southern Congressman told
the Sun correspondent Sunday that "1
never saw anything like It." They all
want something. There are five hun?
dred places, or so, to he lllled, and
there ore Democrat:-, enough In tho
country to nil them. There are five
hundred Republicans holding office*,
and there are Democrats enough to
take them and to fill them better than
they have- ever been tilled./ No mis?
take about that; They all say so, and
we know that it is so. These Repub?
licans have been drawing three-quar?
ters of a. million dollars annually out
of the public treasury, to which the
Democrats contribute more than thcii
fair share, arid 11 is time thai they
were getting something out of It.
Tho Southern Congressman referred
to lives fo-.ir miles from Washington,
firid says that more than :: hundred ot
his constituents have written to him
urging him to secure them jobs oi one
fort and another about the House.
There will be 2t>7 Democrats in the
new House, and If their constituents
have not neglected their opportunities,
as the Sun shines it out, there, will
he 26,700 aspirants for the 500 place:-,
anil tlie odd? are not so great that
' any one should hesitate to . risk at
j 'east a. 2-cent postage stamp on this
j es. \\ ,; esteem it tho duty of
every Democratic voter who ' would
like to be on the Federal pay-roll to
write immediately to the member from
his district. It will be like news from
h?hte. It will make the members* ot
Congress feej j ha I UiC> have not been
I forgotten j / H?tt the people "back
I home" are -till thinking about them.
I Three-quarters of a million dollars bj
i? heap of money, ami the Democrat:!
j have not had any for a long time.
I Why shouldn't they want ?', and ash
for It, and Insist upon getting their
share or it?
Ab Virginia is so near to Washing?
ton, it ovvohld not l>e a bad Idea for
those living within this State to "run
over to Washington" to see what they,
can do about It. The Congressmen
from this State will be glad to see
them and take them around and show
I hem the Treasury, where all this
money Is kept, and how they will he
I paid off regularly when they get their
jobs. The trip to Washington would
not cost much, and there is nothing
like "a personal Interview" in such
matters. Our advice to all who
would like to get positions Is: If you j
can't go. write to-day. Tho distrlbu- j
lion of the places will be agreed upon >
probably next Saturday, and those;
who are successful will want to make!
their arrangements for leaving home
during tho Besslon.
if vor WOULD IN in SIXKSS
thrxvk, A by but I S B.
H. N. McKlnney, of tho N. W. Ayer
Advertising Agency, of Philadelphia,
spoke to the graduate school of bus
iness * administration of Harvard Uni?
versity one day last week about "What
Advertising is." It is a great business,
requiring great business sense, if it
is to be done right, .its main purpose
Is to create thought and to direct it in
the right way. its success depends
upon an accurate knowledge of human
nature. "Given an article to adver?
tise, tho capable advertiser asks if
there is already a demand for it. If
not, how can a demand be created? If
there Is. how can It be Increased? Who
Will buy it? Where do they live? How
do they think? What argument will
appeal to them? Through what me?
dium can they be reached?"
Once these questions have been prop?
erly answered, the intelligent adver?
tiser will immediately prepare his
?v.opv," with carbi so as to reach the
public he is after, and take it to the
newspaper, in Rii htnond, to The
Times-Dispatch, preferably, with carc
tul instructions as to the matter of
display and to "position." "First," as
Mr. McKlnney told the Harvard gradu?
ates, "the article (advertised) must
possess real merit, meet a real need, and
he sold at a fair price, and afford a
satisfactory profit. The advertiser
must have i> sales organization to in?
sure the distribution of his goods,
wherever the advertisement goes, j
Truth and honesty arc the only foun?
dations upon which a worthy advertis?
ing structure can be reared, but with
tills granitic base upon which to build,
no other business is so inspiring."
This is one of Hie ' trade secrets." so
to 'sny, upon which successful adver?
tising is done, and when it is well done
it. cannot be overdone. Long time ago
the church or courthouse door or some
convenient tree near the place where
men were accustomed to gather war,
used to placard the "notices" of the
community; but that time has passed.
The newspaper Is now the accepted
channel of communication between the
people who have something to sell and
the people who hnv* money or credit
to buy. Manifestly, the thing fr?r mer?
chants and bankers and manufacturers
and real estate dealers and railroads
and all the rest of those who are en?
gaged in business is to keep the news?
papers filled with attractive statements
of what they are doing and what they
would like to do.
as it Used to tie.
One of the elders of Prince Edward
county, .1. W. Cruce, has been telling
the Farmvtllc Herald about the good
old days in Virginia. Among the
things commented upon by Mr. Crurc
was that Ions s<cro a mistress of the
old school who had unusually crisp
and brown wafiler. for breakfast would
wrap some of them In a napkin, plnce
them in a covered dish, entrust them
to a small darky who could run fast,
und tell him to hurry with them to a
certain neighbor. Though that neigh?
bor rriigl t be more than a mile away,
the wattles usually got to their des?
tination hot. When the little negro came |
hack he was given all the waffles and I
molasses ho wanted, which, of course, j
explains his speed in delivery. "That |
was an act of gentle and generous
courtesy which helonged only to by- j
gone," ays the Herald. It was a
pleasant and hospitable custom typl- i
cal of that neighborly spirit which
has always been so strong in the Old
J 'bminibii.
The ManaSsas Democrat calls atten?
tion to tho bell in the Presbyterian
Chorch at Fr e d e r 1c k sburg, saying that
It "has a history of which many people,
should be proud." The placing of this
bell in the steeple in 1870 had a
direct connection with the War for
Southern Independence. Workmen were
lately repairing the Church arid in so
doing their attention was attracted to
the inscription on the bell: "Blessed id
the people that know the joyful sound.
Purchased by the ladies of Frederick Bi?
burg >n IS71) to replace the bell freely
given In i $62 to the Confederate States
end molten into cannon, our land, our
law. and bur altars to defend." Somo
day some one will write an interesting
book about the many historic bei!?
In this country, and, when It Is writ?
ten, this -.id hell of Fre.derlcksburg
will be Included, testifying as it does
to the patriotic and consecrated spirit
which has ever been characteristic of
i the women of I i-edcrlckshurg.
I_
SunMci oh Hie Pcnkii of Otter.
Over Hie edge of tho wide world's brim,
Into the slant of the sun's red rim,
With the solemn tone of an evening
by inn,
The daylight sinks in glory:
And the shadows speak to each gilded
peak
A s.trnhgo and wondrous story.
Silver and gold and sapphire tints.
Matchless shades and marvelous glints
on the mountains shine reflected,
whence
The 'olios fadei in telling;
Thru thJnj* called Art, of Life a part,
? ? i Pot : ? compelling.
Set Hi the oriel of the West,
Heavenly choirs and Beauty's best,
Mako music for our nightly rest?
Decani and Cantoris;
or n time tin rung and things unsung
in tho navo or Heaven boforo us
n, , H ., EDMOND FONTAINE.
Chariottesvlllc.
Voice of the People
Comraanlcatlono must not con?
tain more than 800 word*.
When ihls limit Is exceeded let?
ters -?Till he returned.
No anonymous communications
will bo accepted.
A stamped envelope, vrith tho
writer's nddrrna, must accompany
every communication.
.Uagiuclttcs und the MallH.
% ,G 1l:dHor of The Times-Dispatch:
I? Vwi? f ,.t.,be tr,J^>? as 11 undoubtedly
... that without the profit on advor
?slng magazines (and newspapers as
\fc aC I"0**"1- subscription rates'
would bo Impossible propositions, is'
L not then equally true that an in-!
pleased postage rato on the advertising
pages would be just exactly; no iribro.
no less, a "tax on education" as an
increased rate on the reading matter
or on the whole magazine would be?
? hat difference could it make whore
or how the increased rate fell? Would
it not be a tax on the whole? Were
you tho owner and publisher, would
your Income Show any better of worse
cost of production and distribution bo ,
affected in the least, by any change
In tho portion of the business on which
the additional tax or expense wn? '?
Placed?
Carrying anything whatever for any- I
body through tho mails, for less tlmn 1
cost may be wrong, both in theorv I
and practice, but let us be fair to th" .
magazines, and amongst other things
quit, balling them a "trust." when thev
arc- not.
Furthermore, where is tho justice,
and is it sound public policy, to per?
mit the trashy magazine?., so called,
to dump two tons per Issue Into the!
mulls at the cent ti pound rate when ?
all the reading matter they carry Is
of the cheapest, vilest anel sorriest, and !
only meant as -a cloak for advertising i
matter which their readers would be
Vastly bettor off never te> see?
Dublin, Va. .1, M. WEISER.
The I.cngriic and Alvnh Mnrtin.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
!>ir,? In recent issues of your es?
teemed paper there have appeared nu?
merous Interviews with Mr. C. R- Gar?
net t, styled as "General Manager" of
tho Virginia Democratic League, the
mirpo^e Ol raid league being to purge
the body politic.
At the outset nf this organization
these new apostles of civic righteous?
ness presented to the public a vast und
comprehensive plan of reform; the
State boundaries being the only limit
to its scope, but as yet all other issues
appear to have been subsidized to the
?sole criticism of political affairs In
Norfolk county, Anel the above pen
t Ionian is apparently devoid of ideas
here, for he only makes a grandstand
play In ridiculing the donation of $7
000* made by Mr. Alvoh 11. Martin,
clerk of the Norfolk county court, to
the School Board of his county. Any
erne who knows Mr. Martin knows this
offer to be but the generosity of u
public-spirited citizen to provide the
chll/lrcn of Norfolk county with ade?
quate school facilities for the remain?
der of the present term. The attempt
thus made to impugn the motives be?
hind the gift will, in my opinion, find
few sympathizers, for this Is only one
of the many benefactions which Mr.
Martin has made to Norfolk county.
Mr. Garnett also raises a great
hullabaloo about the ability of Mr.
Martin to retain the clerkship by
means of what he calls "fusion votes "
To any well posted man on political af?
fairs It will not appear so strange
when it Is shown that, the normal vote
of Norfolk county is almost equally
divided between the Republican and
the Democratic parties when no I oca}
issues are involved, so. therefore,
what must be the choice of that
large body of Independent voters when
a most popular son presents himself?
C. M. D.
Richmond.
V Ban ElMoh'h History.
To the Editor of The Tiriics-1 .Msuatch:
Slr,~Ybur editorial of the loth on
Roarioicb College history was approved
and appreciated by every trite South?
erner who loved the Old South as well
as the Now South. But imagine our
surprise when your paper of the 11th
brought us an editorial, the quotations
therein deceiving and misleading.
Now. as I understand the facts, the
president of Roanokc College and the
faculty indorsed the so-called Elson's |
History and did all in their power to 1
have "the board of trustees, at the
meeting held In the college on March
1911, Indorse the faculty and the |
history, and when it was developed j
near the close of an all-day meeting
that the majority of the board favored j
removing said history, then the, presi
dent of the college brought in the j
resolutions finally adopted as a sub
slilute to the original resolutions of- j
i tered by Joseph D. Dogon.
The last, or ninth, resolution In a
manner ordered the book out of the
college, but left the class without a
history, allowing the professor and j
students to read any history In their i
preparation for class or lectures.
As the class was already supplied ;
with Elson's History, they naluraWy
.?so lt. and it is said the b?ok Is often !
seen in the class room. However, tnis.
?s hearsay.
On the morning of March .$. when
the faculty and students were called ;
".o worship, the students were called j
.-m to indorse, not the resolution.-. I
adopted by the board of trustees, but ,
?..hose adopted by the faculty; thus re- j
mediating tho true spirit and In ten- |
lion of said board. _ |
Now, will you ask the president and I
/acuity of Roanoke College to state, '
;heir opinion of Elton's History, and
:f they would not have continued Its
ise had not the board ordered other?
wise? Ask them if It la true that it
at present tho only history in the
ass used by a majority of the stu?
dents in their preparation on the sub?
ject for class lecture.
Nothing short of the to tri 1 destruc?
tion Of this book will satisfy the peo?
ple who oppose its use. CITIZEN.
Salem.
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CASSIOBURY ESTATE
BY LA MA HQ l. I SIC lit: F?XTENOY.
CASSIOBURY/; which ha.s lust b'< en
reined for tii?? summer by Otto
M. Kuhn, of New York, from the j
Liirl of Essex, and from lila
American wife, who was .Miss Adolo
Beach Grant, of New' York. Is situate )
In the heart of Hertfordshire, and hau
been the home, of the Cupels since the
reign of King Charles 1.. when Arthur
? '.pel, who was raised to the peerage
by his ill-fated master as Lord Capel
married Elizabeth, sole heiress of Sir
Charles Morrison, of Cassiobury. and|
thus came Into the possession of this!
beautiful country seat, ft has, always,
however, been a residence of the (treat
of the land, and not only figures as
such in Doomsduy Book, but la known
to have been the home of Cnsslolanua
in tin reign of the Roman Emperor Au?
gustus Caesar; I. e.. some ton centuries
before the compilation of Doomsday
Look In Saxon lime:; the manor Cas
sib formed part of the endowment of
the Abbey of St. Albans, which had
leceived it from its founder, Oft'a. Kiftur
of Mercia. On the dissolution of the
monasteries am) religious orders by
King Henrv VIII.. he bestowed the
lordship of the Manor of Cassio, which
hud meanwhile become Cassioburv
upon Sir Richard Morrison, whom he
had employed In a number of diiriu
ma tie missions, notably as his ambasi
fiudor to Emperor Charles V., on which
occasion he was accompanied bv Loner
Ascham, the scholar, Latin secretary
to Queen Mary and to Queen Elizabeth
and who taught their brother. King
Edward VI., how to write. It was the
grandson of Ambassador Morrison
who, dying without male issue, be?
queathed the place to his daughter.
Elizabeth, wife of the first Lord Cape!,
end the'r son became the first Earl of
Esses of the present creation, this
earldom having nothing whatever to
do with that of Queen Elizabeth's fa?
mous lover of that title, who was :t
i e\ ereux:
The Capots were originally London
merchants, and the first one of any
note was Sir William Capel. who was
lord Mayor of London in 150;!, white
his son. Sir Giles Capel, distinguished
himself so greatly at the Battle of
Spuis. that he was knighted then and
there by King Henry VIII.
The Ilrst Lord Capel was beheaded bv
the followers of Oliver Cromwell for
his loyalty to Charles I., and his son
and heir, the first Capel Earl of Es?
sex, who had inherited Oissiobury from
his mother, met with an equally tragic
i nd. Having been lodged in the Towei
of London on the suspicion of bolnc
concerned with the celebrated Lord
llussicl] in the so-c9lled "Fanatic riot.'
he was found there one morning, with
his throat out. nobody knew bv wlioni
Among his visitors at Cassiobury. pi lot
to his imprisonment, was John Evelyn
r '.? famous for his memoirs, which con?
tain a description of his stay there.
The tlfth Earl of Essex of the present,
line tore down the entire house and
f.'iused it to be rebuilt in 1800. bv
.lames Wyatt. architect of the Fpnthil]
\bbcy of Beckford and of-the restora?
tion of Windsor Castle. wyalt seems
to have taken Tennyson's lines?
"Round the cool srreen courts there ran
a row
Of cloisters, branched like mighty
woods,
Echoing all night to the sonorous flow
Of spouted fountain lloodsi"
for his in.-piration in laying out the
present Cassiobury. It stands on high
ground, fronting to the west, over a
downward sweep of the broad park, to
where the lazy river Gade and thf
neat canal run side, by side. The statt)
apartments- are on the south side, look
Ing out upon the dark cedars, thai
shade one of those lawns such as one
sees in England In prardens and parks
that have been In existence for manv
centurien. Along the efist side are tho
private rooms, also opening on to
lawns, while the north side of th;*
quadrangle bobl.v. the. kitchens, the
servants' quarters and the great clock
l? Among the features of this beauti?
ful manor, or rather castle, are tho
series of cloisters around the Inner
quadrangle, and the gardens, as well
as a superb avenue of ancient trees,
have been laid on*, by that celebrated
landscape gardener. Le Notre, the
creator of the gardens and pat k of
Versailles. This fifth Earl of Essex,
the author of tho Cassiobury of to?
day, married as his second wife, al
the age of over eighty, the famous
ballad shifter and actress. Kilty Sle
phouH. of the Theatre Royal, who died
as dowager countess, universally be?
loved and respected, some forty years
ago, and whose beautiful memorial In
the neighboring churcti of Watford,
boars 11?*- inscription:
"Rest undisturbed within this peaceful
shrine.
Till auK<-!s wake thee with a note
like" thine "
Contrary to gcnei ?1 belief, she left
no children, and the -*;fth earl wort
succeeded by his nephew, grandfather
of the present und seventh earl.
The latter served for a tinto in th<
Grenadier Guards, and has been twl e
married; his first wife having been
Miss llarford. mother of Ids son an -
heir, Lord Maiden, formerly an officer
Of Seventh Hussars, arid married to ii
Very p-otty woman, with little or h ?
money. The earl's .second wife is, as l
have Stated above. Adelo IJefiCh Grant,
of New York, who was a conspicuous
member of the late km.; ..
ana was foririerly engaged to be ?nt>
Tied to the late Earl Cairns, familiarly
known as "Gumboil," but iiiuiir .
match on the eve of the wedding) an l
after the completion <>i '*'?>??? trounse
?wl?g to his preposterous demands fnr
pecuniary settlements upon himself.
Cassiobury |g within easy motoring
distance of London: indeed, an Ideal
suburban home, the stately park em?
bracing nearly a thousand acres, ami
has frequently been lot. to rich min?
isters of the crown, whose cabinet and
departmental duties necessitated their
being much in London, despite their
predilections for country life. Indeed.
Cassiobury has been rented to strang?
ers almost uninterruptedly since Miss
Adelo Reach Grant married Lord Essex,
owing to the fact that neither she nor
!?.? :? husband are rich enough to retain
the place in their own hands, or t"
! keep It up.
i They hod hoped at one time to hene
; lit largely under the will of the late
Lady Meux, who was through her mar-;
i riage a near relative of Ixird Es.-cx. and
I thus to DOT placed in a position to make
their home at CassJobury. But Lad}
Meux Instead Of leaving. as every on',
had expected, the hulk of her property
to Lord and Lady Essex, cut them off
with a legacy of $I.".,000, and selected
as heir to her great fortune, and es?
tates, one who was in nowise related
to her. namely, Lord Durham's sailor
brother. Admiral Sir Hedworth I*amh
ton. of Ladysmlth siege celebrity, ex?
plaining her testamentary dispositions
j with regard to Lord and Lady Essex,
i by the assertion in her w ill that neither
oi thcrii hud ever known how tp treat
her with due consideration and respect.
Poor Lord lluntley. the premier mar?
quis of Scotland, and who as Lord Mcl
; drum. In the peerage of the United
Kingdom, is entitled to a seat in the
House of Lords; is again debarred fron?
occupying toe latter, or from voting as
u hereditary legislator ut Westmin?
ster, owing to his reappearance in the
bankruptcy court: this time at Peter?
borough. He has been brought be?
fore the bankruptcy courts of the
United Kingdom .'it least thlrtv times,
since his marriage to Amy. daughter
and co-heiress of the late Sir William
C. Bremkes, over forty years ago. and
It was financial trouble that compelled
him to abandon his office of lord in
waiting to Queen Victoria,and of cap?
tain' commanding her gentlemen-at
arms, under somewhat sensational clr
ctt instances.
So strong, however, is the sentiment
ol popular regard in Scotland for
the great nobles of ancient descent,
and for the chieftains of tho principal
clans, that despite his insolvency, he
was repeatodly elected Lord Rector of
the University of Aberdeen. His niar
qu Isafe dales from the year 1559. and
to-day he is wholly penniless, being
entirely dependent on what he receives
from his wife. who. herself is to a
great extent disinherited by her multi?
millionaire father, owing to her hus?
band's extravagance, and forced to
content herself with a relatively small
annuity.
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