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FKIDAY. MAY fi. 1PU
THE WOJ1EX OF GlXTEIt PARK.
Is tho world Rettins better or
worse? Wc think it Is getting; better
and better every dny, and day by day.
!Men all over the world are being
"brought closer together ui! tho time
and In a multitude of ways! They
lttlOW one another bettor, they sym?
pathise with eacli other more, and the
time Is coming surely, and Js oven now
nenr at hand, when tho spears shall lie
beaten into pruning hooks and the
swords Into ploughshares, and when
the glory of the Lord shall till the
earth as the waters cover the seas.
. Look at the work the great nations
have been doing to bring about a bet
,ter understanding ot differences of
which in an earlier age only the sword
.?would have been the arbiter, und which
are now submitted to the orderly
.rnethods o? a court for adjustment.
"Regard the starving millions of China
r.nd watch the ships on their way
-.across the ocean loaded to the gun
vales with bread for the hungry and
?liclp /or tho dying. Consider tho la?
bors of the missionary bonrds of the
churches In both tho foreign and do?
mestic Held; the churches that have
Veen established, the schools that flour?
ish in the waste places of tho world,
?nnd tho millions upon millions of
treasure thut have been poured out
lor the support nnd extension of this
?work. See the hospitals nnd infirma?
ries and retrents and houses of rescue
that fill tho land, and the enormous
*:iftB that have been made by the well
Inclined for the support of tno chari?
ties that have been established. Last
jjy'caf in this country the benefactions
nmounted to the vast sum of $125,000,
000, and wherever there is want and
Buttering some Samaritan is touched
and a new spring ot charity sends
forth Its healing stream. Only a few
Weeks ago Mr. Patten, the great specu?
lator, announced that he would devote
Iiis fortune to the relief of those who
lire, stricken with that most Insidious
of all the Ills of human kind In this
day, tuberculosis, and hundreds of mil?
lions of other dollars have been given
for the study of disease nnd the dis?
covery of methods for Its successful
treatment, whatever the form of its
development. The world is getting
iiciter!
In 190P, there were SI,720 deaths
from tuberculosis In the United States,
,n larger number of deaths from this
?cause than In any previous year, and
fi-et the lowest on record for tho census
;. registration area. There were more
'deaths because there were more people,
Uhere being an actual decline from
liTS.9 In 1008 to 167.t. per 100,000 popu?
lation. The tight against tills ternl-!
?ble destroyer of the human race Is |
^beginning t<> -vH. It must be made
In Richmond'," afi'd"is being made here, j
,uiid made with encouraging results de
_?;plte the mengreness of the resources
\t>t those who have enlisted in the war
jpgnlnst tho Great White Plague. One
',of the newest of the associations
jformed here for this especial work is ;
,>.tlie Tuberculosis Camp Society, which
[has established near this town Pine
? Camp, whole those who have been
.stricken With this malady can bo cored
'for under favorable conditions. The
?death rate front tuberculosis in Rich?
mond is (arge The purpose of this
.Society is to check the spread <>r the
(disease by removing the sources of
,Infection, and this work, the perma?
nency of which has been assured by I
?be appropriation made by the City, is j
?to be enlarged how by the erection of t
h new building provided by the Gluter
J'nrlc Women's Club. The addition of;
this building will nearly double Hie. \
rapacity of the Camp, nnd thus enable
those who have encaged In this blessed
?work to givo aid and comfort to the
victims of .t scourge which lias i-lain
"its tern) of thousands. The exam?
ple of these eplcndld women of
(Unter Park Is worthy the emula?
tion of 'heir sisters everywhere.
WHAT EX CM S.Ul).
That Aiabamian with the Virglnifi
name, the lion', Culpopei I'xum, presi?
dent of the Birmingham Commission',
which foun of government has lately
(superseded the nntli|iiute,| hlderriianlc
title, test tiled concerning the commis?
sion form of government la?l week in
an Interview published in tue Atlanta
Constitution. Wim? he said burr- di?
rectly on the point.
Each of the three commissioners, ho
pointed "Oit, Is paid ^J.fdiO tlic year,
nnd the lime of each man Is exclus?
ively devoted to the interests of the
city. "At least two of them could
make much more In private life." Mr.
jixun), a sound and prosperous busi?
ness plan. Is one "f ihc commissioners',
of course. The others are Judge A. O
'l>ino. who retired from a Superior
Court judge-ship to which lie had J?aj
been elected, to serve h:.-. oily, and
?James Weatherly, one of ltirmlnghnm?>>
ibest lawyers. Sir. Exum handles the
[city's nnur.ces, general policies and the
j-*f,ro department, in a supervisory sense.
Judge Lane manages the Judiciary de?
partment, having control of police,
health and sanitation. Mr. Woathcrly
looks otter streets and public build?
ings. '
"What Is the Interpretation of com?
mission government?" Mr. ICxum was
naked, and his reply was: "It la simply
power concentrated nnd responsibility
narrowcjl. Under tho old aldcrmanlc
plan It was dimcult to get at the man
responsible for Ineffloloncy and wrongs.
Now It is the easiest matter iu tho
world. In Birmingham we simply run
the city like we would a business, and
that's the secret of the yhole tiling.
Nothing very astounding or Iconoclas?
tic. Is It?"
There is nothing alarming In com?
mission government to any save the
politicians, further asserted Mr. ISxuin.
Undevr the new form, city government
is viewed just as the government of a
department atom is viewed. One hun
drod thousand dollars has already been
saved for Birmingham by the con?
solidation of departments and the
elimination of duplication and lost mo?
tion. Klflclency has not been sacri?
ficed, but Increased. "As to this point,
ask any man who does business inti?
mately with tho city." said Mr.
ISxum. lie added: "I believe any other
city could do what we have accom?
plished in Birmingham."
It can.
"i'uki'aiibi) for this won st."
Brother Charles p. Taft, of the Cin?
cinnati Times-Star, says that "for sev?
eral weeks the impression has been
gaining ground that tho present Legis?
lature is one of the most corrupt in
the history of this Slate. Before the
grand Jury and the courts got through
with tho bribery cases'wo will know
just how corrupt it is. Just now it
looks as If It would be well for the
public to withhold ' Its judgment, but
to be* prepared for the worst!" The
Chicago Trib?ne reports that fifty have
been caught In the bribery trap at
tho Ohio Capital; that half tho State
Senate and many members of the
Houso are alleged to be Involved In
corruption. There appears to bo no
doubt whatever as to the guilt of
somo of tlie accused. Detectives were
employed to got the evidence and they
got It, using sclenllllc means in the
accomplishment of their purpose,* the
sensitive dictaphone nnd tho concealed
stenographer taking down all that was
said.
According to these stories tho mem?
bers accepted bribes to defeat the wo?
men's nine-hour bill and the bill to
admit foreign Insurance companies. Up
to Wednesday'night three Stale Sen?
ators and two Representatives were
indicted, and also tho sergeant-al?
arms of tho Senate. The three Sen?
ators nnd one of t lit? Representatives
pave bond In tho sum of J5.000 for
their appearance for trial, and two
others were released on $10.0110 bonds.
All the men who have been Indicted
will be suspended temporarily from
the Legislature, and Governor Harmon
has instructed tho Attorney-fleneral
"to turn the searchlight on the Legis?
lature, so that nil may be brought to
justice who ore guilty." A bill has been
passed by a unanimous vote In both
branches of the Legislature making
the term In the penitentiary ten years
for legislators who are caught In the
net of graft, nnd it looks rather gloomy
for the Republican party In Ohio.
Governor Harmon has not been mak?
ing much noise about 'the initiative J
and referendum and recall, nnd has
been rather sparing in his speech on
public Questions; hill he seems to have
'the Ohio situation very well in hand.
woititvi.vr; with tiik wool
SCHIRMT.K.
It Is calculated by the Treasury De?
partment that the passage of the
farmers' free list bill, now under con?
sideration in the committees of the1
House at Washington, would affect j
I he revenues of the Government to the
extent of about ten million dollars
annually. The thing to do, manifestly.
Is t.? pass the bill, which we believe
the President would approve, and i/ut
the expenses of the Government to suit
its revenue; as there is no question
that the cost of tho Government Is
more Hi.hi it Is worth. It was to he j
expected that actual figures would be1
produced lo show that 11 Is hoi pos?
sible to cut the tariff without making j
the people pay for It. Just as if they j
have not been paying for It all thoj
time .11 the increased cost of living; j
bill ;t must be ndmitted Hint In tho,
milking "f ?< tariff due consideration 1
should be given to the revenue side
of the problem. It is not surprising,
therefore, that there should be a very
sharp division In the Democratic ma?
jority of the Ways and Means t.'om
1 itiiltee over the wool schedule. Nine
of these fourteen members?Randall,
of Tovs: Peters, of Massachusetts:
i lljin-tson. of New York; Hughes, of
j N'otv Jersey: Kltchln, of North Cnrn
I llri i. Ilu?. of Tennessee; James, of
.Kentucky. Ralnoy, of Illinois, and
I Dlxon. of Indiana?are In favor of
putting wool on the free list al once.
I with a corresponding reduction In
i clutle> oh woolen good-- Underwood,
i ?f Alabama, the Democratic leader in
the House.: Shaeklcford, "f Missouri,
j and Palmer, vf Pennsylvania) are in
i favor of culling the duties on wool by
: about one-half, say to tl cents the
I pound if spceitlc and 20 per cent. If a I
[valorem, and then n y<ar-l.y-year re
I dorthin for half a dozen years, when
'wool would iiB-.' to ihn free'llst nntn
j niatically. Hammond, of Minnesota.
and Braiitleyj o| Georgia, are In favo'r
' of rohtlntted protection for wool.
Speaker Clark is in favor of the Un?
derwood plan of a revenue duty, an.l
they are both said to oppose free wool
on the ground that I he party would
I commit both an economical ahoi pollti*
Inil blunder If ibis policy should be
adopted, a3 it would have a serious
effect on Democratic prospects In the
National elections next year.
"We prefer to believe that they aro
Influenced by the economical rather
than tho political view of tho question.
The same old argument has been made
by tho wool people for the last thirty
or forly years?It has always been the
fear of the "prospects" at tho next
National elections, and the argument
is worn threadbare, It Is gratifying,
to know that only two of tho Demo- j
cratlc members of the Committee axe
in favor of retaining the. protectivo
duties on wool. Ono of these, we aro
a little surprised to learn. Is lirantley,
of Georgia, where tho yellow dog has
been moro popular than the sheep.
Tho Democrats from tho States whero
the wool production is largo and the
woolen manufactures extenslvo are In
favor of cutting off the duties entire?
ly, as. for example, Randell. of Texas;
I'uters, of Massachusetts; Harrison, of.
Now York, and so on. Massachusetts
holds first rank In the total value of
all woolen products, and Now York
leads in the manufacture of felt goods
and wool hats, while Pennsylvania Is
! first in the manufacture of carpets and
rugs. The members from these States
, who have declared themselves against
' ibe continuance of tho tariff on wool
I and wooden manufaotures aro evident?
ly moro concerned about, what will he
best for the consumer than what will
be best for political purposes in the
next National campaign,
j The question is-so important that It
I should be considered on its merits.
The Springfield Republican, an out- ;
j and-outer tariff reformer, thinks that!
"the compromise by which the taxes on |
wool are to be reduced at once, and
then gradually removed altogether, la
a good one, and may well bo adopted
as a part of bhe Democratic policy of
tariff reform"; that "it will make moro
votes for that party ten times over
than It will cost votes." However that
might be, the caro with which this sub?
ject is being studied by tho Demo?
cratic members of tho Ways and VJcans
Committee shows that tho tariff Is not
a question that can be or will be or
should bo settled cut of hand. We
shall doubtless hear a great, deal more
about the "revenue" features of the
bill when the other schedules, such as
sugar and iron und coal and lumber, j
aro reached.
thio MAYOR of BAl/timoris;
Now that the election In Baltimore
is oyer, nnd tho Democratic ticket has
been elected. It is hoped that the -news?
papers of that city, Democratic, and
Republican and nondescript, will sot
tic down Into a reasonable stale of
in lud nnd pull together for the hold
ing of tho Democratic National Con?
vention Iii Rultlmoro next year. This Is
one thing ut least upon which they
can agree. It would be a great thing
for tho town. It would be a groat
thing for tho party, n would make
thousands of new readers for tho local
newspapers. H would make a large
business for the hotels and chophouses.
and. It would give tho Democratic
parly a chance to Und Itself once more
and to organize for victory.
Wii Judge from what our Baltimore
contemporaries are now saying that
tho success of the Democratic candi?
date was really not a bud thing for
the town. Of course, ho lias u great i
deal of hard work before him. He will
have to provide doubtless for many
eoiit'ngcnclos which will arise from
time to lime, and probably he will bo
called upon to pay certain campaign
debls or redeem certain campaign
pledges; but wo should say that he is
not nearly so bad a man ns some of his
opponents thought he was only a few
weeks ago. Mayor Preston pledged
himself from a hundred platforms dur?
ing the campaign to give Baltimore n
clean, economical, businesslike and pro?
gressive administration, and a square
deal and fair treatment to every man
and every interest. This pledge was
reiterated by him Immediately upon
hearing that he had been elected. This
gratilled the Suhpaper very much, and
It now assures hint that in "every en?
deavor upon his pan to make" good he
will have the support and sympathy
of this paper."
We know that Mayor Preston must
be rcihvlgoratcd by such assurances as
this, although wo do not Imagine for
a moment that he will immediately
abandon the party or the influences!
that put him in olllce. That' would not'
be human nature, and It would not he I
common sense. He will have need of
advice, of course, and we have not the
least doubl that those who were moat
bitter in their opposition to him While
he was a candidate, and most hopeless
of his ability to administer the ollice
of Mayor, will bo the most proIIlie In
I their good counsel to him The first
thing for him to do, and the only
thing for him to do, is to keep Iiis own
head straight; to trust all men, but
none too much. This lie will have to
do if he hope to succeed.
Til 15 SKCRliT l>It A WISH IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
[ Depositions are now being taken In
I Hie Federal court building ht Ashe
viile In the case of North Carolina
against the state of Tennessee; the
case involving the accurate dclimltn-j
lion of the stale boundary, incident- !
nllv, wo are told a large iract o? land,
containing 24,000 acres, nnd worth
I about one million dollars, and now
j lying within the stale of Tennessee,
j Is involved.
j Away back in 1^21 the boundary line
j between these l\vO States was sur
| yej'Od, and a man by Hie name of Wll
I Hum Davenport was one of the sur
| voyors. "5v?T so many years after Mr.
j DaVnilpori's death his Held notes were
I found In Ilie secret drawer of an old
?
I desk alleged to have been at one lime
j his property, and these field notes
would appear to Indicate that about
one million dollars' worth ?,f property
which bus been held for the last ninety
years by lhe St ile of Tenneiisoe really
belongs to North Carolina, ami It la
upon thoso field notes, found in n
secret drawer (wonder wlio could iitive
put thorn there?) that North Carolina
depends for ro-ndjustinent of tho State
lino and tho recovery of this largo
nrea of valuablo territory. The United
States Supremo Court has reopened the
caso for further ovldoncc, and wo have
no doubt that the evidence will be
forthcoming. Thero nro lots of old
desks with socrot drawors down in
North Carolina.
Wo wish tho Court would inquire
before determining this case what man
of distinction was born within tho pre?
scribed territory or within Its imme?
diate neighborhood, so that we can got
the facts of history straight upon this
question before tho line is changed.
NEVrort SAY ?113.
Several days ago. the Chicago Tri?
bune printed a . story that Senator
Stcphenson. of Wisconsin, served two
terms in the Legislature of his State
before he was naturalized. Ho hus
taken tho trouble to deny the truth of
the story, and clatms *hot " ho was
I naturalized twice, which shows how
easy it is to get by with this sort of
goods in somo parts of the country.
Mr. Stcphenson has been In politics
since 1851, when he peddled tickets
for Fremont in Chicago, and says that
now at eighty-two years of age he
never felt better in his life, which
shows how tough these old stagers
must be and how long they hang on.
A SHCO.M) THUM KOK SH lilt .MAX.
Former Senator Carter, of Montana,
one of the lame ducks, who has been
provided for by a sympathetic Admin?
istration, believes that James School
craft Sherman will bo nominated for
Vice-President by the next Republican
National Convention. When Senator
Carter was asked how this could be,
when Sherman himself said at Chicago
that ho would not accept a second
term, he replied that it did not mat?
ter what Sherman snid at Ch'cago; ho
would be renomlnatcd. Why not? Why
should he not be renomlnatcd? lie
amounts to just as little now as when
he was named for the place at Chicago,
and there is less harm now in naming
him for Vlce-I'rcsldent than thcro was
at Chicago three years ugo.
Mr. Carter soys that c/r.C in the
Northwest Mr. Taft's rcnominatlon tor
President; "and by acclamation, as
he so well deserves," was long ago
conceded. Mr. Taft, of course, will
not bo re-elected, and that Is the rea?
son particularly wily Mr. Sherman
should bo put on the ticket with hi in.
Wo almost shudder to think what
might happen to the country If Mr.
Taft should die during his present
Administration.
In his talk about this subject the
best thing said by Mr. Curter was this,
as to the so-cnlled insurgents In the
Republican ranks: "Thoso who are not
content with the Republican party,
puro nnd simple, should In all decency
go over and join tho Democrats." Rut
what for? There is nothing in com?
mon between Republican insurgents
and sound Democrats. What they
ought to do Is to organize a party of
their own. Wo have quite enough un?
digested and Indigestible material in
the Democratic party already.
TUR CONTINUING OBAUI.OCK.
Now that the deadlock for the
United States senntorshlp in tho Now
York Legislature is over, many people
erroneously believe that there is a full
Senate at last. Not so. A similar
deadlock exists in tho Colorado Leg?
islature and hns existed for_ many
months. As was the case in New York,
tho trouble is with the Democratic
machine. Tho Democrats havo sixty
eIx votes In the Legislature, and only
tltty-six are needed to elect. Factional
differences havo spill the Democrats,
however. The machine faction is de?
termined to send Mayor Speer, of Den?
ver, to the Senate. He lias twenty
eight votes, while thlrty-eigb-t remain?
ing votes are scattered, all unani?
mously opposed to Speer. These thirty
eight members prefer that tho seal
he unfilled rather than that it he filled
by Speer, who Is a machine politician,
controlled by corporations and faith?
ful to "tho Interests" and to special
privilege. There is a very ronson
nblo fear that tho State will be Lorl
mertzefl by turning Republican votes to
Speer. The tight is bitter, and, If Speer
shall be elected, it Will bp. by Repub?
lican votes. Tito newspapers of Colo?
rado formed on tho line of battle somo
months ago and tho artillery has been
In continuous action over since.
With Speer on tho one hand nnd the
Guggenheims on the othor, Colorado
Is very likely to voto for the direct
election of United Stales Senators.
"The lilac blossoms are now In
bloom." says tho Orange Observer.
"Candidates for matrimony" are "in
evidence" nnd "many were tho soft
words which" they are whispering "In
the willing oars of a number of falrj
Orange blossoms." Furthermore, "thoro !
arc a large number of courting couples,
to be seen dully meandering along our;
many country walks." Ilia spring of
tb" year In old Orange.
What does the Columbia State know
about Caesar's Head that It should re?
buke us for Ignorance? With Baptist
brethren we have stood on that ma?
jestic eminence 'looking across the
turquoise valleys to Stono Mountain
In Georgia, when the Stato was ang?
ling for catfish in the turbid rivulets
of Laurens.' What does the Stale (
know about the crystal waters of
Clear Creek; the peaceful shades of
Cedar Mountain, or about the Burnses,
the. MncGtihns and the Heaths? In Its
discourse nhnut. Caesar's Head, tho
Stale manifested Its Ignorance of It.
by failing to mention that the Head
in fact, the whole mountain?Is the
properly oi Tin man Un|yerslty, n fine
old Baptist College in South Carolina,
where stalwart youth aro trained to
go out and savo tho heathen and tho
Ignorant In Columbia.
Voice of the People |
Jones far Jones.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Blr,?It Is a long time to go back
to bring to tho public attention an ex?
pression of Indignation, of outrage, of
ouo of the foromost men of tho Stale,
at the acts of the railroad corporations
In politics, in tholr efforts to put Into
one of the highest positions In our
hind, namely that of United States Sen?
ator, ono whom It la strongly suspect
ed by thousunds hus unduly used his
inlluenco and power In behalf of those
railroad corporations, but It scorns to
me It Is worth while, us we nro on the
ovo of saying at tho ballot box wheth?
er wo will continue in oftlco longer
the man whom theso corporations must
re gard as their best friend, regardless of
the interests of the people whom he is
supposed to represent, us well as the
corporations.
Editorial from The Times (now
Times-Dispatch). Richmond, Va., De
comber 20, 1893. commenting on the
legislative Investigation of tho first
election of Hon. Thos. S. Mhrtin:
. "iluilroad Members."
"Part of the evidence given yester?
day by C. V. Meredith ought to ,be
read by every citizen of Virginia, and
pondered on deeply. He said that ho
was on the Democratic Executive Com
mittee in 1891, and ho there learned
that the railroads raised a fund and
spent It In the election of members
of the Legislature outside of tho au?
thority of tho Democratic party au?
thorities. Tho outrageous character of
such a proceeding ns establishing a
claim by tho ruilronds on a member
who got tho benefit* was so apparent
to him that when Mr. Ellyson asked
him this, fall to go on the Democrutlo
Executive Committee, he mado it a
condition that this thing was not to
occur again: that tho subscriptions of
tho railroads must come into the gqn
ornl Democratic fund like all other
subscriptions.
"Ho was promised this, but his ex?
pectations were not realized. Mr. Mer?
edith was so plainly right that there
can be no two opinions about tho mat?
ter.
"Tho railroads havo influence enough
without making tho memborB feel that
they belong to a corporation. In some
States it is an offense for State of?
ficers to recolve even a pass from a
railroad. What should be done with
thoso who accept an election from
themV"
In tho language of Tho Times edito?
rial In 1S93, "What should bo dono to
them?" You will soon have to say
What, and you should ponder woll bu
foro voting for one who as a sup?
posed Democrat linn continued to nc
c?.pt outside of the party contributions
aid from the railroads, and whose son
nlorinl committee voted for a $3,000,000
contribution from tho government to
aid the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
In building its depot in tho city ot
Washington, and who has shown nym
his tariff voles ho Is not a real Demo?
crat and ono whom we have tho right
of suspecting of voting with tho Re?
publicans to curry favor with that
Phrty. C. E. JONES.
Carysbrook, Va.. May ?!.
Rxpcrtcnce Needed.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
- Sir,?i was much Interested in vour
editorial, which appeared In yester?
day's paper, under the caption. "Why?"
.Some lime ago I rend an article from
some Journal, which I think answers
your question very well, ami which 1
think Is worth publishing again. I ,
hand you below the artlclo referred to
In full, and hope you will publish it.
"Tliluks Experience Necessary.
"I read rather an amusing short ar?
ticle In a paper several days ago giv?
ing an account of Judge Rhca's lnspcc- ,
tion of the roadbed of the Baltimore
and Ohio branches. Now. Mr. Editor,
do you know whether or hot Judge
Rhen has had any experience at (his
sort of business? Do yon believe any
of our big railway systems would em?
ploy nny one to Inspect track unless,
they bad had some experience? Three [
momhers compose the Corporation Com?
mission, and yet none of thorn have
nny practical knowledge of railroad?
ing. I do not belloVd the power of ap?
pointment to such an important posi?
tion as that of Corporation Commission
should be left. In the hands of the I
Governor, becnuso the Governor will, I
as a rule, nppolnt some ot his political
friends. I do not believe any body of ]
men. unless some of thorn have had I
nctunl experience nlong the line of rail- I
roading, can deal Intelligently with the I
issues which come before them. Mr. i
Editor, do you know anything about
railroading? Could you go into a|
railroad office and find rntes? I want
to know how It Is possible for any
one to tell whether a rate is too high
or too low if they don't know anything
about rates. f want to tell you It
takes long years ot experience to
learn railroading In any branch, and
no one will ever know it from merely
ft theory. We don't need a university
graduate to servo on the Corporation
Commission. What we want Is one or
two men who know railroading. Since
the birth of the commission In this
Stale, it has bcf~\ composed entirely
of lawyers, and while it may not vio?
late the letter o" the law, I think it Is
clearly against the real spirit of the
law. EXPERIENCE.
Now. Mr. Edltor. 1 Udnk there Is a
good deal of sense In this. 1 believe
If we had one or two experienced rail?
road men on the Corporation Commis?
sion it would prevent a yood many of 1
the blunders which are likely to he
made. I am quite sure thtit If wo had
ono or two experienced railroad men
on the commission, it would insure a
square deal to the railroads and nl
the same tlmo protect the interest of
tho people. It Is folly to say ono can
understand these matters without
|some study. You might as well put
n. locomotive, without nny train?
ing. You might ns well let a
man start out to practice law, or medi?
cine, without any training. If there.
Is nny difference, what Is It? None
of them know anything about the
business upon which they nro entering.
Mr. Editor, will you please let us hear
from you again? C. M. C.
Danville.
"Since."
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,.?-Why did you enter Into all the
{Mctionarv definitions Of "since." either
as adverb, preposition or conjunction?
5iirely the trouble was absolutely un
ecessnry. Tho "twenty j-enrs" of
most Intelligent preaching to the stu?
dents at Princeton by Dr. Wilson wns
entirely proper and correct. The po?
litical doctrines expounded were sound
and wholesome.
An npology now gratuitously offered
t< thoso students "sinco" the college
president tins become a politician Is a
g ganllc mistake mndo by the honest,
alle man that Governor Wilson stands
fir nil over this broad lalnd.
jflovernor Woodrow Wilson has no
grjealer, truer, more ardent admirer
Him the writer, but his ardor is now
dijmpened, lukewarm, "since" "the Gov
er irir is willing to undo the political
g<iid and son en ess of "twenty years"?
a ong time to keep strnlght politically.
Ifi wevor. It may have been easy
eh High at Princeton with and in the
oonpnnv of the greatest of modern
Democrats.
'ho writer greatly regrets that the
ab o and honest Governor Is keeping
so close to the "Croat Commoner." As
a business proposition, an equal pnrt
neiship In a stock of "recall and refcr
on< urn" goods will be. apt to politi?
cal v bankrupt the ex-Governor, while
Ihri other partner will smile only at
the) result of tho game. C. A. R.
J ay 1, 1911.
(?verworkln g.
To ho Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sr,?I was reading In 'your paper
son : time ago that tho girls employed
by llfforent merchants would have to
stor working at nights after Easter.
But I see that some of them nro.. still
wor ting. If there Is nny law on this
I ? sh that it would be enforced. T
wls! you would please publish ithls
so tie lawmaker con sec what in going
on ml slop It. HEADER.
Hclnnond.
Duck Grr>.
1. I um told by meffCwhom 1 got the
eggs from) tbiit duck eggs, wbcn you
sot thorn, have to he put on turf, which
la sprinkled with water, every threo
or four days* It thoy are to bo hatched
by u hen. Is that the way duck eggs
ara hatched?
5. 1 am Invited to a church wedding
and reception, out of the cltl, and am
unable to attend. 1 am going to send
a present. How und to whom?the
bride's mother or father? Should 1
send my regrets?
3 Should the hostess at a homo wed?
ding und reception wear gloves?
4. What la tho correct "dress" for a
man at u homo wedding, which takes
place at 7:30?
B, If ho wears a Tuxedo should ho
wear gloves, und what color vest?
Wi S. H.
1. Wo understand that sprinkling the
turf Is unnecessary.
1 2. Send It bv mall with your card ln
I closed to tho bride. It Is unnecessary
to send your rcgrcls.
3. Yes.
4. Full dress, white vest.
6. Yea; black vest.
Uuugnrlnmr.
Am calling on you to settle a raco!
argument. "A" asserts that llungu
rlana aro of tho cauonelnn race, taking
us her authority their right of citizen?
ship, while "13," taking "Myers" Ooneral
History" as an authority, states that]
thoy aro of the Mongolian race. Kind?
ly put us straight on tho question.
.1. S.
Tho predominant people of Hungary
aro the Magyars. The Magyars are a
Turanian people, allied to tho Turks
and tho Finns. There Is a great deal of j
diversity arpong tho authorities aB to,
tho classification of the human race.'
hut the term Mongolian is applied
loosely to that division of mankind
which Is- characteristically Anlatlc and
j had its primitive homo on tho Conti?
nent of Asia. This Includes the ChU
I nose, Japanese. Tibetans and Tartars
i The original horde of Magyars who setr
tied In Hungary were of this division,
rk wore the original Finns, Lapps and
Turks* though witli most of them In
the process of tlmo there has been
a large Intermixture of the stocks ot
tho races with which they have been
surrounded. "' I '
Torpedo limits mid Destroyers.
Kindly decido for mo the difference
between a torpedo destroyer and a
torpedo boat. W. It. E.
A torpedo boat Is a small vessel, lif?
ted to use the to.rpedo as its primary
weapon of attack. The principal re?
quirements of a torpedo boat are high
speed, efficient, moans of launching tor?
pedoes, handinoss and fair seaworthi?
ness. Torpedo boat destroyers are sim?
ilar In general design and aro used
for torpedo attack in the same man?
ner as the smaller craft?from which
they differ little except In size and tho
possession of a battery sufficiently pow?
erful to quickly sink and destroy boats
of u lesser dimension. They vary In
size, from 250 to 000 tons. The torpedo
bout proper carries very few and very
small guns Thoy rnngo from 100 to
2f>0 tons. Destroyers have a speed of
from 20 to 3? knots, torpedo boats
about 25 knots. Torpedo boats can
only hope, to be successful when al?
locking under cover of night or of
thick fog.
Military Event?.
Where may I obtain official Informa?
tion us to military events of tho past?
K. M. C.
If you mean historical events, consult
books on tho subjoct in tho public
library. If von mean events concerning
tho mtlltla'of a State, write to tho
Adjutant-General of tho particular
State., If you mean United States Army
events, write to tho War Department.
Washington, D C.
Two Orders.
When was the Protective Benevolent
Order of Elks founded, find when tho
Loyal Order of Moose? D. W. F.
Ulks In 15vS und Moose In 1SSS.
ADVOCATE ABOLITION'
OF HOUSE OF LORDS
UV LA .MARtllMSIl I)K FONTI3.VOV.
ARLISLE'S new onrl, tenth of tho
\( 1 Uno. is. like hl? father, a Union
I V| differing therein from his
mother and sisters, who are pro
j nounccd Radicals Indeed, they open
: ly lidvocato the abolition of tho House
of Lords, If It refuses to yield to the
popular will, and are ardent advocates
of the political equality of the sex..:,
whereas the new Lord Carlisle, hither?
to member of the Mouse of Commons
for East Birmingham. Is opposed to fe?
male suffrage, and has delivered a
series of speeches In favor of main?
taining' unrestricted the legislative
powers of the peers. Previous tu his
accession to his father's honors, he has
! on several occasions found himself
[canvassing parliamentary districts for
one candidate, where his mother and
sisters would bo equally actively en
! gaged In canvassing for his man's
rival. With all that, the family has al?
ways been a united one. and opposi?
tion on every conceivable subject,
from politics to temperance, did not
prevent the household at Castle How?
ard from being one of the happiest ap<i
most affectionate in Croat Brltlah.
The now- Widowed Lady Carlisle Is
so well known in this country, In con?
nection with the total abstinence
movement, being president of the Brit?
ish Woman's Christian Temperance
Association, that It may be Just as well
to explain that her views on the- sub?
ject aro not shared by her son. tho new
Lord Carlisle, any more than they were
by her husband, the late earl. In fact,
like bis father, he has always deplored
the iconoclastic manner in which she
dealt with the world-famed Castle
Howard cellars, on her husband's ac?
cession to the earldom and the estates.
A daughter of Lord Stanley of Abler
ley, she married her husband when he
was plain George Howard and stood
only a remote chance of succeeding to
the earldom. Indeed, it was not until
she" had given birth to a family of she
sons and live daughters that In 1S.8?
George Howard became Enrl of Car?
lisle and tho owner of great estates,
Including Nnworth and Howard pas?
ties. As soon as she took possession
of these ancestral homes, she proceed?
ed to destroy the contents of the cel?
lars, emptying the vats, and smash?
ing all the bottles of rare old wines
and spirits. All tho precious nectars
went down into tho gtttters, In spite
of the protests of her husband and her
sons, declaring, in answer to their
pleas, thtit the wines should either be
sold, or at any rate presented to hos?
pitals, that alcohol -was responsible
for such a large share of the sorrows
and troubles of life, nnd was so in?
jurious In any form to Invalids?quot?
ing medical opinion as hers-authorlty?
that thr only good thing to he done
with it was to destroy It wherever
posslhle. Under no circumstances
would she ever permit wine to bo
served nl her table, not even If royal?
ty were present, which perhaps is tho
reason why. In spite of the rank of
Hie late earl, his vast wealth, nnd his
popularity, no member of the reign?
ing house ever sought' his hospitality,
resenting as it did the attempt to dic?
tate how it should be entertained.
Another feature which she Introduced
at her husband's two castles in York?
shire' and In Cumberland, and at his
I own house on Palace Green, Kensing?
ton, was the substitution of six-foot
Amazons for the solemn and cere?
monious butlers, grooms of the cham?
ber, nnd liveried footmen. Though a
member of the Woman's Rational Dress
Association, . she. did not venture, to 1
attire her "footmatds" In bloomers. I
They wear bltto gowns, snowy whlto*
caps and aprons of a pattern designed
by herself.
Then, too, the now Dowager Lady
Ci-'rllslo assumed the exclusive admin?
istration of her husband's estates, and
so completely Is her family dominated
by her. save in things political, that
it is Just a question whether the new
earl will venture to dopinnd the sur?
render of her management of the es?
tates'to himself. To what extent her
authority lin? boon exerted In this con?
nection was shown some time ago In
the suit brought in tho London courts
of law-by some urban Council to re?
strain Lord Carlisle from cutting a drnln
pipe, over which a dispute had arisen.
She stated In the witness box that all
the plans for tiny work whatever on her
husbnnd's Yorkshire and Cumberland
shire estates had to be submitted to
her, down to the smallest detail, and
that It wns she. and not he, who de?
cided what should bo done and what
should not be done. Although the.
earl was the. nominal defendant, he
was not even placed In the witness
box, so thoroughly apparent was It to
Judges, counsel and jury that he had
nothing to say about the matter.
With all that, he was far from being
n mere nonentity, but. on tho con?
trary, ho was the most accomplished
artist In the peerage. Ho was the
senior trustee of the National Gal?
lery, wns a frequent exhibitor nt the
Hoynl Academy exhibitions, especial?
ly .previous to his advent to.the family1
honors, and nt one moment there was
iL discussion r: i. o 111 electing him to
membership of the Royal Academy,
ills widow Is a practical agriculturist,
and one of the most successful furmera
In England. She hhs repeatedly won
gold medals for the excellence of (he
cattle which she exhibits ilt the Hoya)
Agricultural Show In London each
year, has introduced the mos.t up-to
date an.) scientific methods of cultiva?
tion on the family estates, has per?
sonally superintended everything, Is
most kind to the people that she em?
ploys, and drives and rides all over
the country in the most unpretentious
fashion, taking a thorough interest In
all thu cottages on the estate, and ac?
quainted with every man. woman and
child for miles around.
Castle Howard Is a magnificent place,
equaling according to some, surpass?
ing according to others, the Duke <if
Majibrirougli's nienhelm l'aluce, and de
signed, like the latter, by the famous
architect Sir John Vanbrugh, A more
majestic pile of Its peculiar style does
not exist in England, and it would not
ho easy to match it out of Italy. The
t Castle Howard estate. In Yorkshire, hns
been In the possession "f the family
of Lord Carlisle sine* the foundation
of (hb branch of the Howard family,
of which he Is the chief, by Lord Wil?
liam Howard, the fourth Duke of Nor?
folk's youngest son, who married the
heiress of Lord Dacre, owner of Sti
wortli Castle, in Cumberland, the an?
cient scat of the Dacre family, ami of
lllndorskclfe, tin1 situ of which Is now
occupied by Castle Howard. This lldrd
William Howard was warden of the
Northern Marches, and. known by the
nickname of "Baivld Wyllle," has been
sung as "bolted Will Howard," by Sir
Waiter Scott in his poems. His W'lfo
was known by her contemporaries as
"Doss wl' the hrawd apron," not on
account of her wearing one of tlieao
garments remarkable for its breadth,
but because of the large number of
landed estates which she had brought
to her husband In marriage, It was
the great-grandson of tills noble who.
having been captain of Oliver Crom?
well's bodyguard during the Civil War.
was created by the Protector nitron
of Gilslnnri mid Viscount Howard of
Morpeth. On finding what a feeble
.successor the Protector had loft, in
his son Diehard Crbniwell, Lord Howard,
wltb was governor of the Castle of
Carlisle, at the time of the Restoration,
sided with General Monk, and helped
to bring about the return to England
of Charles II. The latter took no no?
tice of the Cromwelllan honors accord?
ed to Charles Howard, but about a
year later raised him to the peerage
anew as Lord Daore of Ollslnnd, Vis
oount Howard of Morpeth. and Earl of
Carlisle. Charles held him In high
regard, sent him as nmbnssndor to (lie
Czar of Russia, and also to the court
of Sweden, where he invested Cliarles
XI. witli tho Order of the Garter. Ho
was likewise Governor of Jamaica.
Curiously enough, no mention whatso?
ever is made in the. pages of "Burke"
op of nny other standard work of (ref?
erence, about the two peerages be?
stowed upon Charles Howard by tho
Protector.
The fifth enfl was the guardian of
his relative, the 5.00t Lord Byron, and'
was so ierrlbly scandalized by his
ward's debauchery that on this oc
count he declined to introduce -him
when he look his seat In the House ot
Lords.' This led to a bitter quarral,
which iins been placed on lasting re?
cord In several of Byron's poems. Stu?
dents of American history will recall
that this Lord Cnrilsle, who lives In
(he memory of the Irish people as the
most popular viceroy who over gov?
erned the Emerald Isle from Dublin
Castle, came to this country ?1, 1777 ns
arspecial ambassador from George III.?
to bring about a reconciliation witn
the revolted colonies, but bo wits met
on landing here with tho news thnt tho
United States had effected a troaty of
alliance with Frnnce. Wlillo"In Amer?
ica Lord Cnrilsle was challenged by
the Marquis do Lafayette to fight a
duel, for having In his correspondence
denounced tho conduct of the French
government, as treachery. The peer,
howevor, dccllnsd the challenge, on the
ground that he could pot accept a car?
tel for what he had lone In the dis?
charge of his public duty. The pres?
ent and now Earl ?>( Carlisle Is his
Brent-great-grandson.
(Copyright, 1011, by the Brentwood
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