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THURSDAY, JULY 0, 1911.
"II Alt mom l/.I .Mi" Mit. BRYAN.
There is to be n great Jefferson din- ]
ne'r at Columbus. Ohio, on August 11,
to which all the Important people in
the Democratic family will be invited?j
Champ Chirk. Woodrow Wilson. Wil?
liam Jennings Bryan and others. Some
curiosity is expressed by the newspa?
per correspondents as to what Mr.
Bryan will do to Governor Harmon
when he goes into Harmon's State.
?Theit are many," says the Washing?
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
? who think his opposition to Harmon
would be a severe, if not a fatal, blow
to the nspiratlons of the <~?hio Gover?
nor. Mr. Bryan hns already come out
in opposition to the Harmon boom In
the columns of The Commoner, but the
Hrirmon contingent Is hoping that if
Rryitn cannot be won over, his hostll
tl'y will not co beyond the statements
alrsady published."
Nobody can tell, of course; but we
rere inclined to ngree with the Char?
lotte' Evening Chronicle that "two
things ought to be In Harmon's favor
?one Is the opposition to him growing
out of his war on machine politics: the
other is the notice given to the Demo
irats of tho country by Colonel Bryan
that Harmon will not do." Probably
Mr. Bryan does not understand, and It
might be worth while for "the Harmon
contingent ' to explain to him in what
respects he has misunderstood Harmon.
It would be embarrassing, r0f5S|llly, to
tiovernor Wilson If it Fhould eventuate
that Harmon wgs really nearer to
Bryan than he: but for the sake of the
partv It is desirable that the misun?
derstandings in Ohio should be removed
before the lines are drawn for the great
hnttle next year. A heart-to-heart talk
between Mr. Bryan and Governor Har?
mon would be In the interest of the
:>nrty and the cause of good govern?
ment. If a working agreement could
Sie reached' between them it would he
possible for Governor Wilson to re
sum? the study of the Inltlntlve and
referendum questions In the privacy of
his library, with the result that his
?.ist view <>f these grent questions
would he confirmed ns the true view.
> We resent the suggestion of the
' 'Jha.'lotte paper that the dinner at Co?
lumbus will afford Mr. Bryan "an op?
portunity to further discount Governor
Harmon, should he fee! Inclined to do
lo." There is no reason why he should
.lo anything of the sort, and. besides.
Mr. Br.vtn knows the proprieties as
well as the next man. The Jefferson
dinner at Columbus is- not t.. encour?
age further differences of opinion In
the party, but to lie hJI the ends tc
gether, so that when we go forth next
year to smite the Philistines we shall go
forth In Berried ranks, and not bo de?
ployed as skirmishers. .If Mr. Bryan
only knew Governor Harmon better, he
would prob/itjiy .like him more.
IIOMi l?M BS FOB <;0(H) ROADS,
Major A A. MncKethan advocates
the issue <>f $200,000 In bonds for the
purpose of building good roods' In Cum?
berland County. North Carolina, because
it Is cheaper to issue bonds for road
building than it is to build roads by
direct taxation, in Cumberland Coun?
ty the amount expended on the roads
has aggregated in three years $30,!>48,
rir an overage of 510,315 annually. A
bond issue of $200,000, nt 5 per cent.,
would cost SI0,u(Hi the year In Interest,
or $315 less annually than the county
has been paying for the last three
gears. "With $200.000, under contract
.system, we could build good roads for
the whole county In a short time, und
nt lesr cost than.we are now paying
Vor rrlle."
That appears to lie a very business?
like statement on a very Important
question. The sentiment in favor of
building toads by the bond plan Is
spreading In North Carolina. Not
long ngo Iredell County voted a bond
Issue of $400,000 for this object, nnd
ither counties Will'follow Its example;
ndeed. as the Charlotte Evening Chron?
icle says, "a few year* hence we ex?
pect to see counties- voting bonds as a
matter of fact" Why not? There Is
no other question that touches nil the
people more directly than the question
of ,?ood roads. They are a necessity
fur' the farmers They are used every
day by those Who srfl engaged In mer?
cantile- pursuits; they nre of the larg?
est possible benefit to the general trav?
elling pul Ii. . who aro compelled to use
the public highways In the transaction
of business or for the purposes of
pleasure. The issue of bonds would
distribute the cejst pi their construction
!?>? compelling the rich and the poor to
pay for the roads according to trijolr
hieans.
In the State of Virginia bonds for
ifjad building ?have been Issued In a
i number of counties. They should he
issued In all, and the money derived
from them should be expended tinder
the immediate direction of a general
?ta:e Highway Commission, upon a
consistent plnn lor the development of j
a general h'ghway system for tho
State. Work of the higgledy-piggledy
sort 1b not effective. A good road for tho
benefit of a single community would ho
a good thing so far ns It went: but It
would not go tar enough to bo of any
special advantage to the larger com?
munity outside of township and neigh?
borhood lines. What Is needed In Vir?
ginia and In all other States Is a sys?
tematic plan for the benefit of the
whole people.
THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AO.VIX.
A correspondent, who is much In-J
t eres ted In the welfare of the city of I
Richmond, directs attention to one of i
the conditions in tho offer to transfer
the Memorial Hospital to the city, as
follows:
"The city Is to pay a debt of $40,000
on the Institution anil to provide for
Its maintenance. In the event that
the use of the property for hospital
purposes ceases at any time, the title
reverts to its present owners. That.
I understand, to bo another condition,
and It makes no provision whatever
for a return to the city In such case
Of the $40.00.0 Which tho city is now
asked to assume, or of any other ex?
penditures the city may in the mean?
time have made."
We suppose this feature of the prop?
osition Is thus fairly stated; but we
do not think it material. If the city
should accept the property, It -would
not be fair to divert It to any other
uses than those for which it is offered
to the city, in whlrh case the city
should suffer some adequate penalty
! for Its failure to carry 'out Its con?
tract, and nothing would be fairer
than to require the surrender of the
property and tho payment of all
charges for its maintenance and the
loss of the $10.000 paid by tho city In
discharging the present indebtedness
of the Institution. Suppose the city
should nccept tho gift, and after con?
ducting it as a hospital for a number
of years with disadvantage, should
then convert It Into a publlo library or
i n. municipal skating rink, or to any
other purpose, the city would be act?
ing In the worst possible faith.
The only material objection that can
be made to the proposed gift is the
placing of the management and con?
trol of tho Institution In the hands of
n bonrd In no sense responsible to the
city for the government and admin*
1 Istratlon of the hospital. That condi?
tion removed, the city would bo very
fortunate to obtain possession of this
great establishment, and the generous
givers would he entitled to the lasting
gratitude of the community. Owner?
ship carries with it control: there can
be no actual ownership without con?
trol.
DETTER INSURANCE AGENTS.
At the recent thirteenth annual con?
vention of the Virginia Association of
Local Fire Insurance Agents held nt
Cepe Henry, there was tit least one
subject discussed of very great Im?
portance to the general public, and
thnt was the subject of the nine's of
the agents for tho work they have In
hand. "Under the present system."
ns President Tierce snld. "no qualifi?
cation, training or experience is neces?
sary to any agency appointment; many
agents are appointed who have little
or no conception of their power or
responsibility." The public Is not to
blame for this: but the public Is to
blame when It does ' business with
agents who do not understand their
I business. The public, however, rarely
I understands Its own business, and it
I is not to be greatly wondered at, in
I tho circumstances, that the public Is
willing to do business with almost any
agent that comes along.
The views expressed by the- Presi?
dent of the Association were admira?
bly accorded by Ooloman Wortham
In n particularly clear and able ad?
dress on the "Qualification of an Agent."
His work Is very responsible work;
and besides possessing good manners,
good judgment, Independence and at
the same time proper consideration for
those whom he would make his clients,
the ngent should know what he is
doing He should know how to draw
n contract, how to copper fasten it
for the insured, how to make It in
I all its terms ho clear and explicit
that in the case of loss by tire the In?
sured would have absolute protection,
thus building up a reputation for tho
company which he serves and for iho
persons whom he insures m Us name.
There is great responsibility In the
ngent. It is the habit of the Insured
to take whatever policy is prepared
for him without any thought appar?
ently, that it Is lu fact n contract be?
tween the Insuring < ompany and tho
policy holder, and to give himself no
concern about the terms In which the
policy Is written. Upon this point Mr.
Wortham said:
"Should there bo a lire and recovery
be Impossible under one's policy be
I cause either the agent has fulled to
properly draw the contract, or he
cause unintentionally the assured has
broken some of the conditions of the
contract und consequently vitiated it,
the Unfortunate policy holder goes
about damning Insurance companies.
If the same policy bolder had bought
a piece of property thut cost him only
S 100.00. he would not accept his deed
until lie was satisfied that his title
was clear und that there were no con?
ditions existing detrimental to the
property.
"The public must be taught the
value of a properly drawn hro Insur?
ance contract, and wlu-n they are so
taught they will require that tho
agents with whom they place their
business aie capable of not only prop?
erly writing a policy, but represent a
j company whose contract Is good In
I case of n fire. .lust so soou ns the
J public requires capacity In the agents
I the companies will require It. en
; pablc agents will be producing agents.
i and until this comes about we will
; continue to have multiplicity of agents,
dissatisfaction .of the public, drastic
insurance laws and anything but
smooth sailing In our business."
How the character of ihe- agent Is
to be Improved, Mr Wot* than) sug?
gested when he said that tho qualifi?
cation of nn agent should be the hnsls
of his compensation. That would kecD
undesirable and careless men out of
the service arid It would assure bet?
ter protection to the Insuring public.
It looks like a simple matter to write
a lire Insurance policy, and It Is In a
sense, because the forms are provided by
the companies: but it Is harder by far
than It looks if the interests of tho
companies and the interests of tho In?
sured alike nre to bo safeguarded. Ex?
perience counts for a great denl, but
character counts for n good deal more:
and as Richmond Is one of the greatest
insurance centres in the South, the
efforts now being made by the Vir?
ginia Association should have the en?
couragement of all who aro Interested
in the Integrity and progress of thv
business.
THE DHtECT ELECTIONS HUMBUG.
William H. Fleming, formerly a
member of Congress from Georgia,
protests that the Democrats should
not object to the Brlstow amondmcnt
to the bill providing for a change In
the Constitution submitting tho elec?
tion of United States Senators to a
direct vote of the people. He holds
that the Brlstow proposition carries
no now, vicious or unreasonable prin?
ciple: that the Federal Government
could exercise supervision over tho
Senatorial elections without tho Brls?
tow amendment as well as with It, and
that ,,if Southern Democrats stick to
their position they accept the respon?
sibility of defeating a National de?
mand at the dictates of what is a
'soctional bugbear,' rend primarily a
non-essential."
There Is probably a good deal In
what Mr. Fleming says on tho sub?
ject; but wo have never seen the least
necessity for the proposed change In
the method of electing Senators. We
believe that the people are better Tcp?
rosented and as directly represented
by the present Constitutional method
as they would be by tho so-called
"dlroct" plaji, and that tho demand for
the suggested change Is In no sense
a "national demand," but the demand
of politicians, who think that it would
be far easier to carry out tholr selfish
schemes by appealing to the preju?
dices of the people at a general elec?
tion than by trusting rhelr personal
fortunes to the more responsible Judg
| ment of the direct representatives of
! tho people In the State Legislatures;
more responsible because of better op?
portunities for an Intimate study of
the Qualifications of the several can?
didates for Senatorial honors and
emoluments.
The objection to the direct elections
amendment to the Constitution is fun?
damental It provides for a radical
change In tho American method of
government, The Sonators represent
the States, as such, nnd not the peo
ple, as such. Population Is not the
basis of representation in the Senate, j
Each State Is entitled to two United j
States Senators. Nebraska, nvlth a
population of 1,193,214, has two Sena?
tors, or ono Senator for every SDfi.000
of population, w,hlle New York, with
a population of ?, 113,27?, has only two
Senators, or one Senator for every
4,556,000 of population Nevada, with j
a population of only S1.S7S. has two ]
Senators, or one Senator for every
4<V>3T of population, while Pennsyl?
vania, with a population of 7,065.111,
has two Senators, or one Senutor for
' every S,S32,655 of population. The,
basis of representation in the House
of Representatives is population. The
House Is the "popular" branch of tho!
Congress; the Sennte represents the
States ns political entitles. The fig- '
uro? wo have given show It so clearly
that argument Is not required to es?
tablish the Inequity of the plan that i
Is now proposed. The proposed amend?
ment would strike nt the very root j
of our system of government, and i
Should be defeated.
?SOOR roil GOVERNOR MANX. j
"if representative government does1
not meet the needs of the country, it
Is not because there is fault In the '
system, but in Its execution." That
was what Governor Mann said in his |
address at the laying of the corner?
stone of the administration building
of the new State Normal and Indus?
trial School for Women at Fred pricks -
burg on the Fourth of .Tilly. The day
and the occasion made this statesman
.like utterance and what followed par?
ticularly appropriate and Impressive.
The country has many great problems
with which to denl. and these prob?
lems must be considered In the spirit
of '76. not by resorting to dangerous
experiments In government which have
failed elsewhere, and which would re?
sult here In the destruction of the
foundations upon which this American
republic was founded. Governor Mann
spoke so well that all he said upon
this point should be repeated, as we
now repent It, for the sober considera?
tion of all good citizens who are In?
terested in ihe perpetuation of our
Institutions. He said:
"if representative government does
not meet the needs of the country, It
1? not been use there Is fault in the sys?
tem, but In its execution. If good men
are selected to represent the people In
' State Legislatures nnd Congress: if
j good, pure men are selected to act us
?Judges ami eon-true our laws: if men
of high character and eminent fitness
j are made our executive officers, laws
i will be made for the good of the peo
! pie. \vll| be construed by the courts
to effectuute tho purposes for winch
they were enacted, and will be so exe?
cuted thnt peace, good order, happiness
and progress will distinguish our eoun
try its one blessod of God.
'It these conditions do not exist,
I the responsibility Is on the people. The
power 's thelts. and they should see
' to it (hit official life .should be a mark
I of moral as well ns Intellectual dis?
tinction. There should be no dodg
! lug of the question, no resort to doubt
j fill expedients, but a stern resolve
j that our representatives and officers
' shall measure tip to n high stau lard <>f
efficiency.
"I bellevo *Ve have little to com
; plain of in Virginia: I know of no
graft in the official life of the Sta'e:
I know of ho spot upon Ha Judicial
ermine; I beiove the onVcrs. legisla?
tive. Judicial and executive, as a rule,
arc striving to moot tile responslbill- !
ties placed upon them; thai the stnte;
Is making substantial progress in edit- j
cat loh, industrial and manufacturing
pursuits, and In tho advancement of
the groat agricultural interests, and
what I have Mid ore not. therefore,
words of reproach, hut are intended
nr. a stimulus and Incentive to higher
Ideals, hotter laws, and a more faith?
ful and efficient administration of
them, to the end that Virginia shall
set nn example safe for the Other
States to follow, and vindicate repre?
sentative government nnd the wisdom
Of our fathers 4n establishing it."
There Is nothing that enn be taken
from that and northing to be added to
It.'as a sane, safe and patriotic vlow
of our present system of representa?
tive government, the government I
founded by tho fathers, nnd that has j
boon the defense of their children j
down to this present generation, j
Thero Is an Interesting story In the ';
I Book of Kings SibOUt tho fate which :
! overtook the Israelites because of j
their running off nftor strange gods
that Is pertinent to these times:
"They forsook alt the precepts of the
Lord their Ood: and made to them?
selves two molten calves, und groves
and adored all the host of heaven: and
they served Baal. . And they
gave themselves to divinations and
soothsaying*." And they were taken
away oiit of thoir land to Assyria.
I'll 10 DEMOCRATS IN POWER.
On his recent visit to South Carolina |
ithe lion. William Jennings Bryan spoke
at a number of places?at Due West, at
la prayer meeting In Chester, in Orange
burg, we bellevo, and at Newherry, the
homo town of the Honorable Colt-man
Let-Me-Alone Blease. Standing room
was at a premium In the city opera
house of Newherry, when Mr. Bryan
"held spellbound n Chautauqua audi?
ence" there. His magnificent lectuie,
"The Pr.'nco of Pence," was the main
staple of the occasion, but the most in?
teresting part of the programme at
Newberry was Mr. Bryan's' address of
thirty minutes' duration on national
poli-.ics?an "appetizer," so to say, for
the lecture which followed. Some mil?
lions of people have heard the latter?i
still other millions would like to have j
heard his curtain-raiser, for in what!
he said on the question of politics ho
touched the heart of the masses. lie
rejoiced exceedingly that "there arc so
many Republicans who are making the
speeches that we Democrats used to
make that we don't have to spend so
much time on politics as we used to."
Mr. Brian said that ho had been en?
joying himself 'he last few years more
than ever before In politics, although
he admitted that he had had a reason?
ably good time all his life. "Ever since
Mr. Roosevelt began to show familiarity;
with the planks of our platform I have |
been feeling good." No wonder, for, i
as he said, "the Democratic measures"
which have been taken up by the Re?
publicans Include reciprocity, the elec?
tion of Senators by the people, the In
I come tax nnd the farmers' free list, and
Mr. Bryan was delighted that on the
day before his speech nt Ncwberry
twenty-four Republicans "voted with
us on the wool hill." This was an im?
portant admission. In vlow of the fact
that it was this self-same wool bill
which threatened not long since lo
cause a brencli between Mr. Bryan and
the Democrats In the House Mr. Bryan
would not leave his audience under tho
tmprerston that he considered himself1
as entitled to any considerable amount
or part of the commendation that he
tlrst received from generous Democrats
because of his share in the light. "My
prut." said be. "bus not been so im?
portant as friends have Imagined. It
Is In poll tics as it Is In the army?the'
generals get the glory, whlie the en?
listed men die In tin- trenches, and I
have been in a position where I could;
get the benefit of the praise, while!
those who have labored as earnestly as
I have, and with greater sacrlfl.ee, and I
have often been required to exhibit
more moral courage?these have noti
been known: those have not had their i
share of the praise; and 1 have been
unloading and trying to give theni their
share "
I This view was Illustrated by the dis?
tinguished speaker, who described the
, photograph of a star taken at an astro
j noniiral observatory in the dry nlr or
I South America, nnd when the photog
' rapher'a plate was examined it was
I found thai this heavenly luminury .was
not a star, but four thousand stars.
And "so If you take n photograph,"
said Mr. Bryan. "Of whnt they used to
?all Bryanlsm In derision, and now
what they call Bryanlsm and do not
make fun of so much, you will nnd that
1 it dor s not reprOHenl what I did or what
I any one present did. It would repre
1 sent the work of about six million and
n h.ilf of people In this country, und
all of uh have reason to rejoice. There
is glory enough In the achievements of
our party to-day to divide, and enough
for nil. for while the Republican party
? lias been in office, the Democratic party i
I has been in tfower f?.r the lust fifteen!
! years."
This Is nn encouraging view to take
of the situation, and particularly of!
what lias been accomplished during the 1
I last fifteen years, We have been un- j
.?ler the impression that the Republicans!
'were In power, and if they have not
Ihren, the Democratic party has t'nr:
J more to answer for than we are willing1
j that It should assume; but as it is prln-'?
! i ipies and not men for which Mr. Bryan ?
i nits been contending all these long and
I weary years. It is not to bo wondered
:.i that he should lie satisfied with the
genera] results. It is true that tho
Republicans have stolen a good deaf of
so-called Democratic thunder, but the
Issues they have appropriated have not
been Democratic Issues. That Is why
we wish so Blhccrejy that the Reoub
I Deans shall be defeated st the next
general election. If II were otherwise.
It would not matter very "much whethc
i the Republicans or the Democrats were
In power; lor there could not bo rnueh
difference between the Republicans car?
rying out Democratic policies and the
Democrats themselves carrying out the
same policies. It looks to us ss If this
Is a logical conclusion from Mr. Bry?
an's premises.
Several days ago one of the men's
furnishing houses In Birmingham tried
to make a run on shirts, and got rid of
Its entire stock before the nun had
yet reached high noon. The Age-Her
aid, Barrett's paper, carried the "ad.," I
which road In part ns follows: "Men's
2 soiseite shirts for $1.00," instead of
".Men's $2.00 soi8ette shirts for $1.00."
There was a rush for tho shirt counter,
nnd Abou Ben Barrett led all the rest,
taking tho whole of the stock, sixty
nine shirts In all. for the sum of ?nt.so
cash In hand and no hard feelings.
Then, In order to brer>k oven, the goods
[were auctioned off at "whatever they I
would bring, the sale being promoted j
by the service of coetllng drinks of the |
"near"sort to anybody who would take ?
a shirt,or who looked as If ne needed!
such n garment. Mayor Culpepcr
Exum acted ns one of the auctioneer"
Yel some people In Montgomery do mil
think that there Is anything much In
the commission form of government. i
Xo sooner did he take his seat as
Governor or Georgia than iToke Smith
announced his candidacy for Cnltefl
States Senator to fill the unexplred
term of the late Senator Clay. This
appears to he a combination on Mr.
Smith's part In restraint of anybody
else In Georgia having any share In
the high places of that State. Why
would it not bo a good Idea for tho
Legislature to give him both offices?
A now use has been found for the
guinea pig by an enterprising Eng?
lishman, who found by experiment that
this queer little creature takes the
place of the lawn-mower, and does
far better work without making any
fuss about It Down in Kent It has j
been -tried on the lawns of rhat beau?
tiful country with surprising results,
destroying the noxious weeds first and
keeping the grass cut as close as If it
had been done with a safety razor. Se\'.
ernJ experiments are now being made Oh
a large scale, and the promise Is that
no well--regulated family that has n
lawn will he up-to-date that docs not
possess a colony of gulnen pigs It Is
hoped that the Britons will have bet?
ter success with the pigs than the
Mississippi planter had with his mon?
keys a few years ago that he had Im?
ported with the. Idea that they would
make first-rate cotton pickers.
The sun-bonnet Is coming back Into j
'"tho style." and we arc delighted It
is the most attractive and sensible'
head-gear the women have ever worn.
It mskes a homely face look charm'ng,
and affords an artistic setting for
beauty.
It takes this sort of weather to
bring out the best there Is In the Con?
versation Club at the Chesterfield, and j
the things that arc said would fill a i
book, and a mighty Interesting book '
at that.
I Voice of the People |
?'The Commoner'* and the Press.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch: j
Sir,?The sentiments expressed by )
Mr. Glass In the editorial article from
his paper, the Lynchburg News, of
July 1, Which 1 attach to this note.,
nr.- merely just nnd truthful in regard
to tho editors of the vast majority of ,
American newspapers, but if they be
the reul opinions of Mr. Glaas, the \
widespread accusations of corruption
and press bribery that appeared In j
the columns of the News a few week;
nyo In regard to those Journals that
failed to support him In his campaign .
must huve been n result of the med- ;
d?ng ot Mr Glass's "hired man." who
has given so much trouble to hl.t em?
ployer. Suppose he be dismissed, and [
then we can tell whose sentiments are I
represented in the tutorial columns
Of the News OBSERVER.
Starunton, Va.. July li,
Discreditable.
"The Houston Post and the Rich- !
iriond Times-Dispatch are greatly of?
fended because Mr. Bryan said that I
when he was a cundidate for Presl- '
dent he was embarrassed by the pres- i
e-nce of traitors In camp. There Is i
no occasion whatever for the hired
men on the i'ost and Times-Dispatch
to tuke offense."?The Commoner.
This Is unworthy of Mr. Bryun. It!
Is not'like him. It Is small. It Is j
common. It Is n species of detestable 1
personality that finds no possible Jus
llllcatlon in the coda of hlgh-mlnde-d,
broad-gauged Journalism. Should the.
Commoner see (It to assail tha attl- j
tude or the policy of a newspaper?
and to do so vigorously, aggressively
und relentlessly, no cause of com?
plaint is furnished. But to sneer at
the character of the editor in order
to discredit the character of hi* seir
Vlcefl?to deliberately intimate that
an editor's conviction* t\tt purchasable '.
and hays been actually purchased
?represents a tendency altogether re- ?
ptlgnnnt to decent newspaper stand?
ards. .
Understand us.
There is no eauso for reproach in be- j
ir.g n hired man. All the world's work- '
ers are more or less hired men?but in
furnishing service for n stuted com- i
perisatl?n, ihey consummate, no trans?
action whereby they barter their sense ,
of rl;;ht or their standards of hon?
esty. It being so. however, thui an >
editor not only undertakes to write- j
editorials, but to also express a policy ?
Which to him appears sound nnd rea- !
Bonilblc and iust. the intimation that
is n "hired man" he will pursue an
editorial course which selfish Interests
dictate, regardless of his own con?
victions?Is n very, very petty pice- of
business. The News holds no brief
for either the Richmond Tlmes-Dls
patch or the Houston Post. Indeed,
we may he guilty of unwarranted
Intrusion in entering upon this mat?
ter iU all. But In o'lir" Judgment the
method pursue.i by tho Commoner In
attempting to belittle the ertltO'.'a
of these great public Journals is a
matter 01 general newspaper concern,
and deserves general newspaper re?
buke.
Daily Queries and Answers
Svrastlkn.
Will you kindly give me the name,
meaning and origin of the mark or
m?n I have seen so much Iii the Bast
and noticed It ho frequently In dif?
ferent parts of tho world. Have been
told it was called "Swastika." and that
It meant "May tho tour winds of the
earth bring you luc k." An answer In
tho Query Column will oblige.
READS) R.
Swastika Is :i fylfcit or ??four-fool"
cross, a monogrammutic aign having
four branches, or which the en 's are
bent, generally tit right ungles It is
a siun of benediction or of good lurk,
nnd In one form or another has l><S*ll
used as a symbol of welfare from
a Very early time.
It may be safely assorted tint In?
vestigation of the records of every
known raee has revealed traces of the I
Swastika. It has been found on the
pottery of the mound builders In Mis
Blestppl, showing identity of design I
with symbols from India, in what Is I
Called the Swastika?sitting position
of the Hindus?and those from ?.icoi - I
gin SHOW similarity of design with '
those of the Mayas and Aztecs, while
In tho remains of the prehistoric *nc?
of lake dw.Mleri in Switzerland tilt Sts
tres 1? Identified with the staff of
jingling hcllR held in the hold r,{ .1
Statue of Buddhu lo India on A'hyso
bi'se Is o row of Swastikas.
Ii appears on the foreheads of gods
In temples anil on the walls n't Iho
c?ve temples In India, and also on
Brahmin monuments. It Is plio' ?? !
the breast of the dead In Thibet.
ornaments the petticoats of tho wo?
men of that country, it la nhowii In
the ruins of Algeria and on the i>r it
ingots of aborigines in Ashnntee. in
our own America numberless i ilns
l-lve.s testiiuotiv to the antiquity >f this
symbol.
In 1001. Dr. Berson. a German :.i
vnnt. discovered the ruins ??f un A/.t ???
t> mole In Which he reports "cons! iitly
tirdlng the Swastika In Its primeval. In
Its derived and in Its hlghl\ advanced
forms," In his opinion positively Iden?
tifying them with an aee prior '?> "hat
of Enoch.
"In the collection of rare pottery dis?
covered by Sldl Mahomet Taolber In
the Navajo reservation manv world
known symbols fire found, as the Swas?
tika nnd other cross forms, also the
character that Is found on the hOad
of the Sphinx In Egypt. In the col?
lection- of the cliff dwellers' remains
is found the Egyptian or Thor's ham?
mer, with what Is evidently the throe
m rood Swastika, probably referrelng
to tho year of three seasons.
"Some of our American Indians of
to-day use tho Swastika as a sacred
symbol, particularly the Navajos. Zunlr?
nnd Pueblos riaie l.V Sn-.lthi'onlnn
Reports ''4. shows a beautiful bend
necklace This 'luck' Is not worn by
those trlhes who worship the sun 11* a
deity, bu*. by those who Worship the
sun as a habitation of deity "
'1 he Tnlilnet.
Name the members of President
Tart's Cabinet." K C
Philander C. Knox. Secretary of
State; Franklin MacVeagb, Secrotaryof
tin.- Treasury; Henry L. Stlmson, Soc
ii l u v of War; George W. Wlckorshani,
Attorney-General: Krank II. Hitch'
cdck Pontmatter-General; George von
I. Meyer. Secretary of tho Navy; Wal
Iro Fisher, Secretary of the Inlorior;
Jnmus Wilton, Socrctury of Airrlcul
tuio; Charles Nagel, Secretary of Gam?
men ? arid Labor,
Horses In 1402.
Were there any horsey, In America
at the time Columbus discovered it?
yv. k. 11.
No.
Men of Military Age.
What Ik the greatest nuinlior of men
liable to military duty in tho United
States, Great Britain and Gormanv.
roofiectlveiy S. h.
Neither the United States nor Groat
Britain have any conscript laws, and
ret rOlts for the regular arm-- aro se?
cured only by enlistment Dot many
has 620.000?rcgular soldiers Mid :!,S00,
000 reserves Grehl Britain la esti?
mated to have l.Tn'i fii, tn> i, availablo
for military duty, hut that1 dees .tot
Include the soldiers that might bo had
from India and tin- colonies The
United states has probably l< CCO.OOO
men of military age
l'"rn tnuollcn.
"Was It Frn Angellco who painted
?The Trinity.' now in th<- Brasil Mu?
seum; London, In which God th Fath?
er is represented as an old mat 't top
? ?f picture, clouds and cherubs ti ?und!
God the Holy Ghost as a dovo I ?' be
low. and Christ as a child. T" <
mother on one side and .loser the
other?"
We think not. The only
picture In England the ui
work of Glovani Fiesolei th
priest of the fifteenth ,-enr.- ?
morily called Frs Angeii.-o. 1?
Christ with the banner of t
rect'.on and a multttnin e<f m
It la hung In the l.rnd.m '
Gallery.
The llnvln rurally.
fa) "In what year d'.d Mar
est daughter of JefrVrson De
Addison Hayes ar,d where
ceremony performed?"
(h) "In what'i-ear did Wi:
go to Kurope Ao receive >
tlon?"
(r> "In what year did
Jefferson die. and where?"
(d) "Was Mr. Davls's p
confiscated"" Wnpn't he me.
by the war?"
if) "When did he witr
move to Beauvolr?"
fa) In 1ST", in Memphis
th) Mrs Davis went (
1 i7V and left her daugh
n'hoo! when she return*
tc) Jeff.-r?on Davis, Jr .
low fever In Memphis In 1
Ham Davis died" In 1S74.
(di Mr Davls's fortunr
Impaired by the war.
fei In 187".
?rty all
iroti? In
there nt
I of yel
Tg. Wll
preatly
AUSTRIAN PREMIER
SON OF CIVIL SERVANT
UV LA MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
ALTHOUOH Aubtria is the one]
country in Lurup? where raste
and blue blood play a more im- j
portaht role tiian anywhere else |
In the world, yet during the Ion? rufen ,
of more than half a century of ;ne ven- }
crablc Emperor Francis Joseph, bis!
prime ministers have as oftentimes!
been cho.-.en from the bourgeoisie, as!
from the aristocracy. A ease In point I
is the new Austrian premier, Baron]
Paul Gautsch. Von Franke nthurn. The!
fact of his bearing the title of baron]
does not Indicate btuenetis of blood, j
For he Is the son of a civil servant of)
the government, the Chief of Bureau,
m one of the Stute departments at:
Vienna, who ut the close Of a long1
car<er 0f nearly fifty years, wan grant
ed On his retirement, the third and
lchvost cltss of the Order of the Iron
Crown, which endowed him with the
nobiliary prefix of "von" to his name.
This was lung utter his son. the pres?
ent premier, hud attained manhood.
The premier commenced life as a
subordinate clerk In the finance depart?
ment, and then became a teacher and
USher of an Institution maintained
partly by the- Emperor himself, ari
partly by the State, for the educa?
tion of the sons of indigent noble?
men, und badly* paid public officials,
in course ot time he- became Its direc?
tor This had the effect of bringing
htm into personal contact with Ids
sovereign, who was so much pleased
with him that he appointed him direc?
tor of the celebrated Military Academy,
the Thereslanum, where most of the
Austrian officers of noble birth, as
well as a large number of royal per?
sonages, Including the late King of
Spain, the- present khedlve, Prince
Louis and Prince Anthony of Hour
bon-Braganza, and a number of the
princes of the house of Orleans, notably
the King of B-'lglum's brothel-in-law,
the Duke of Vendome, received their
education.
The late Count Taaffe, On the advice
of the Emperor, appointed Paul Gautsch]
Minister of Education in his cabinet j
In ISSS, and may be said to luve been,
initiated Into the seorets Of statecraft I
by that cleverest of wily politicians.]
Wie n eight years later the Taalte,
cabinet was forced to resign. Gautsch,1
who had meanwh'te been created n>|
baron by the Emperor, and appointed
to a seat In the House of Lords, went !
back to his former post as Curator of
the Thereslanum, became Minister of
Education again In Count Badenl's!
cabinet, nnd eventually succeeded,
Baden) SS premier, greatly to the sntls- ]
faction of the fair sex of the Empire. !
For he had used his power as Minister]
of Public Instruction In the Taalte and j
Baden! cabinets, lo secure the admls- .
slop of women to the various universi-j
ties, and alaei the right to practice
medicine and law. He- hud likewise
obtained a substantial Increase In the'
salaries of tha university professors.;
and masters of government schools,
thus converting every one of those men
into his warm adherents und support?
ers.
Si-ice then, Biron Gautsch. who re
sombles In u measure Arthur Balfour,
the Kngllslt ex-premier, being very tall
nnd thin, In fact almost angular, husi
been on two occasions premier. He Is
now entering upon his fourth term of
ofllce as such. He has a honor of red
tape, has always stood aloof from!
Nationalist agitations- -which Is rare,
among the Metres of Emperor Francis
.los.-ph? -ami has he. n somewhat un- ?
justly credited with Anti-Semitism, ow- |
Irig to his friendship with the late Dr.
Lueger, the Anti-Semite loader, who!
died while occupying the office of
Bur-.-omast' r ef Vienna, which It Is.
generally admitted he would never!
hnye attained, without the support of ]
Baron Gautsch^ LOI nie add that!
Gautsch Is' extremely clear-headed, cool, I
tuctful/find adroit, especially In the nil j
of arranging compromises, nnd this
It <=t named art |n ene that In necessary,
nbove nil others In Austrian politics.,
owing to.the racial Rnfmosltlc* of the:
Innumerable Nationalist factions Into!
which the; Austrian parliament Is split
up. The baron I? married to the]
daughter of n riih manufacturer of thei
untie of Bchlumberger, and on'- of his1
daughters is married to Count Alex-'
under Zedtwits.
?'' B.rrbn Blener'th* the outgoing Ann- 1
triun premier, has been appointed to
the Important and lucrative post of
Governor of Lower Austria', which |n
clii les the metropolitan district of
Vienna, and this ft r>s-loci to th- retire?
ment from that offlct of Cou'ni >Z ic
von Kleim?nn?ajg, who hae ftl'ed tho'
post for twenty-two years, and who
has been one of the mosl conspicuous
figures In Austrian life. His long
term of governorship had rnl y one brief
term of interruption, about tiftecD
years ago. when for el; lean month!
he filled the role of Prei oi Austria,
buhsequently returning hli gover?
norship. His wife hai even a htlll
more notable figure a Vienna life
than himself, und has- ?.?er. for the
lust two decades the let rival of
Princess Pauline Met'.. :.u.h. In the
mutter of the soveri.inty Of the
?Revels.
At the time when I >untess Klel
tnanaegg first came >., on the scene In
this connection, the vrlncess was m
deeji mourning for her husband, and
then for her daughter, Cpuntesa Wa'.d
btcln, who died in such ;> tragic man?
ner. Afterwards the p.'lnccsi herself
wus prostrated by lllriese, and when
eventually she resumed Ihtr sceptre aa
Queen ot the Petes, ntio found thai
sno had a competitor ?:j ihe person of
the wife of the governor, who had by
virtue of her husband's olllclal posi?
tion, ussumed the leading rc-.e In the
organisation of all ote fetes, of u
charitable nature and [otherwise, that
endow with so much ualety and brll
ion
the
Vienna gained t>
Princess Paulino. For
ensued between thf.
having her own sei
bourgeoisie and th
: rad tally Nocking a l
While the Old uristoil
to its allegiance ter
No sooner did I'rln
organl/e some great
with the object of (cr
es?, than the lauter
vised home still git/in
talr.mcnt. for the l)ui i,
Ing in th
success
have always beenl
talent! " as amatebaj
of Princess Metier
In this country,
of the eountess,
surpassed hersel
return of
a merry war
rb ladies, euch
followers, the
artistic world
id the counter.
.? remained true
incess Pauline.
B8S Metternich
opular festival.
Mug the count
nmediaiely do
r public enter
ise of obllterat
? Viennese, the
Both women
,wned for their
? tresses. Those
are famed, even
regard to those
y say that she
a memorable
rlty fete at lhcc??j nlstry of Foreign
A fairs, when the! 'JSunl was premier.
Ho achieved a ft el -'?rd?..!* success with
a number of conflth songs of his own
composition, botjth is regards words
and music, which* sit gave in a burles?
que role, while l^ wjiwlfe danced, sang
and acted, with |t .n'.table grace and
chic, as soubrettC
The countess ;! Russian by birth
:, for the iiui
:he eyes off
Of her rSVI
rer;
the daughter~*of
nr. me of Lebedi
around Klshlnet
he- lack of blu
her foreign ong
at the hands of
Viennese aristcj
to cold shouldc
not until the E
stowed upon h.
the palace, lha'
nlzed position :
had until then
of her husbnndf
cd. -however. t|
i lie star Cross,
the office of
for which ge
and Roman C
pens:- ble.
The Klein.;
from Schleiw
wards fronn
letty noble of the
,.f the district
nd by reafcon of
i of blood, and of
ias much to endure
1 great ladies of tho
who attempted
Indeed, it wua
a year ago. bo
J;:e rank of lady of
fie acquired a recog
urt, from which she
barred, In spite
office She fail
K-ceive the Order of
?i. usually goes with
of the palace, but
gleal qualifications
lc faith are indis
gs hall originally
?lstoln, and after
rtover. Countess
Sophie Klelmj AJft&'g, wir?- of Count
?lohn Adolf Ki| \7isegg, figures In tho
as the unpopular
sorgo I., was nlck
fngllsll people "tho/
-to her elephantine!
gdd age, was created!
? lounti bs or Darling
. peerage, and was
l vitriolic pen by
The old castle of
he Flscha, In Lower
lcl1 i !.e KielmnnsegS
title, was destroyed
eet S the occasion of their
nna, and has never
further particulars
jgg family, I would
it.. torn Hood's faml
klclmansogg and Her
annnls of En
sultana of Kf
named by t".
Elcph ant'
proportions ii
by her roy
ton In th
portra yed
Horace Wnl
Klelmahsogg
Austria, fro
family take
by the Turi
Innt siege i
been ri I) lilt
of the Kiel
refer my re
liar poem. "
Ciolden Leg
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