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FRIDAY. AUGUST 11. 1?U.
SLIPPED I P <>> TUB COLONEL.
The Colonel has opened his mouth
again. This time he is tnllng in The
Output, of which ho Is Contributing
Editor, about how we should take care
of Ainska and of how It happened
that he eliminated 3i,000 acres of land
?valuable water front at Eyak and an
Valdez Arm?from the Chugach Forest
upon the advice of Garfield and Pin
chot, never dreaming for a moment
that lh( Guggenheims had any inten?
tion of getting their fangs fixed Into
It. As In the case of the Tennessee
Coal and iron deal, he assumes entire
responsibility for the Guggenheim
transaction, because "at the time the
eliminations at Eyak and Velde* Arm
were made, no suggestion had been
made to me from any source, nor was
.there any public knowledge that there
was the slightest danger of the Gug?
genheim Syndicate, or any other syn?
dicate, obtaining control of Alaska, as
the developments during the past
three years have- shown to be the ease,
und .is has been a matter of public
notoriety for at least two. years."
Moreover, "when these elimination?!
were made, there was not a vestige of
evidence to show that v.> should he
on our guard to prevent such a mo?
nopoly as Is now evidently threat?
ened" If either Garfield or Plnchot
knew anything about the Intentions of
the Guggenheims, neither told him*
about It. - but in any event, it was of
no possible consequence, because ..t
that time nothing had developed to
show that they (the Guggenheims)
had become an exploiting syndicate
tending to establish a monopoly?aside
from the fact that It had never been
suggested, as it lias rlriceNbeeh proved,
that they were expecting to be the
beneficiaries of what has since been
declared to be a fraudulent transac?
tion. The difference between elimi?
nation In one case and In the otti-'r
teems to me to be sufneiontly obvious.''
It will be noted that this latter ref?
erence is a pot shot'at Taft, who told
nbout the 33,000 acres of Alaskan land
eliminated h>' The Colonel when he
was President.
!: "vould look from The Colone]'.?
Present statement that the Guggen?
heims slipped up on him just as Gary
Jtid Prick slipped up on 'him In the
Tennessee Coal and Iron affair, nnd
if they had only known how soft ho
was, doubtless other of the syndicates
ir.d malefactors of great wealth would
have obtained yet other favors from
..Jjim. As It was, lie appeared to be on
??'tv good terms, for a whUe at least,
luring his Administrations with some
.if the gang, as the letters of "My Dear
Uarrlman^'ysnd the unpaid accounts of'
carious., njid- sundry railroads would
jeehi to show-. However that may he
it nv.ist be understood that the Con
Moller Cay business and the Eyak and
i'aldez Arm business do not stand on
vll fours, and each case, we are now
issured, must be Judged on Its own
merits. The Guggenheims appear lo !
oe securely planted on the Eyak
reservation. having got in there
before The Colonel reullzcd that they
were in the syndicate business, and
they ore so well fixed, it would seem. I
ihat there Is no way of firing them !
without breaking the good faith of!
:h? Government which permitted them
Kb get in when The Colonel opened
^3,000 acres of the public domain, or
vr. much thereof as they could use in 1
their syndicating work. It is d-lf
'erent at Controller Bay, of course',
thd Ryan ought to be watched. There j
?re about II.00ft acres of the elimi?
nated area at Controller Bay, out of
i possible 12.J.00 acres, that he has not
^. .'.iken up, ar.d that nobody else on the
face of the earth seems to want; but
President Tuft, with the warning he
has had in the exposure of the Gug?
genheim transaction when the great?
est watchdog this country or any oth?
er has ever known was on guard
? must see to It that Ryan does not
lake all of the unoccupied Bites for
r.illroad terminals nt that point.
Of one thing The- Colonel Is con
rlnced: Alaska must be developed. He
Is willing that the Government should
iwn and operate the railroad In that
country, and so are we and so would
be the Guggenheims and Ryan, prob
tibly, If they could get out what
they have put Into the projoots they
have undertaken. Just why The Col
sneJ should have written anything at
til on the subject, and particularly
jvhet he has written, hafjles our com?
prehension. We fear that the Rollo
Boys are not editing the "copy" of the
Contr'butlng Editor as' carefully as
they should, for his t-.-ikr
MIGHT DO BETTER, NEXT TIMES.
Terterday there was a discussion In
a little circle here about the avail?
ability of Mr. Bryan as a candidate
?for President, and we have been asked
for the figures.
In 1?56, there wore seven candidates
for President. Mr. Bryan counting
twice, en he was the oaridldnto of both
n.o Democrats and the Populists. Thu
total popular vote that year for Presi?
dent was 13.923.102. .McKinley re?
ceived 7.104.779 votes; Mr. Bryan re?
ceived 6.502,925 votes.
In 1900. there were eight candidates
for President. The total popular vote
was 13.95P.653. McKinley received 7,
207.923 votes: Bryan received 6,358.133
votes.
In 1908. there were seven candidates
for President. The total popular vote
was 14.S8S.449. Taft received 7.67S.90S
votes; Bryan received 6.409.104 votes.
In 1S96 McKinley received 271 Elec?
toral votes and Bryan received 176. In
19O0 McKinley received 292 Electoral
votes: Bryan received 155. In 190!?
Taft received 321 Electoral votes;
Bryan received 162. The only candi?
date for President who received a plu?
rality of the votes for President, and
who was defeated was Grover Cleve?
land, who in lSvS had a popular plu?
rality over all the live candidates run?
ning against htm of 98,017 votes.
It would appear from these figures
that Mr. Bryan was beaten the three
times he ran for President not onl/
by llio popular vote of tho country,
but by tho Electoral vote also. Ho
might do better, however, If he should
have another chance.
THE DAH ASSOCIATION AND THE
CI.IHIKS.
At the meeting of the State Bar
Association on Wednesday a resolu?
tion was adopted providing for the ap?
pointment, of a committee to inquire
into the matter of the fees paid to the
three clerks of the Supreme Court of
Appeals, with the view of asking the
General Assembly to place these ex?
cellent officers on a straight salary
basis Instead of allowing them to b?
compensated for their services by the
present system of fees, which Is a
hardship upon the litigants in Ihnt
Court
We wish the Bar Association might
have extended the work of the com?
mittee so that It could also have
taken cognizance of the fee system
generally; but It was dealing with the
question as directly affecting the par?
ticular'Interest represented by the As?
sociation. Its exatnple Is worthy nf
nil imitation by other organizations
In the State which are engaged In
business enterprises of any sort.
Moreover, the taxpayers generally are
directly interested in the reform of
tills great evil, and they should move
In a body for Its removal. Public of- i
ticers should be paid welt for their
services; but the people who pay them
should know what they are paying.
N.'Xt week there will bo a meet- '
Ihg of the Clerks' Association at:
Staunton. and doubtless the subject
will be there discussed. They are a i
very populur and generally deserving
set of men; but that is no reason why
any of their number should be paid
more than the highest Judge in the '
Stuii- nnd more than the Governor
himself receives for his abundant la- j
bors. Cut out- the fee system! It is j
goins. and going fast. In other States, j
and It ought to go In Virginia.
XAfiEI.'S COMMON SENSE.
Charles Nagel Is Secretary of Com- I
mcrcc and Labor In President Taft'a. j
Cabinet, and halls from Missouri. Ho
Is said to be a tolerably good sort I
of man.* as Mr. Taft's men go. and so
far he has escaped much notoriety at
the hands of the correspondents and :
muck-rakers, and has at very Infre- |
quem intervals, If at all. been report- ;
ed as on the point of resigning his
portfolio. What will happen now, in
view of Wtckersham's alleged endorse?
ment of Judge Gary's plan of creat?
ing a Government Board to fix the
price of steel products and other
things as tho necessities of business
shall seem to require, we do not know, j
Lust Wednesday, Secretary Nagol
made a speech at tho quarter centen
nlal of the Michigan School of Mine?;,
In which ho expressed his disapproval
Of the Gary-Wickersham plan, saying.
In part:
"It Is all very well to say: "Let the
Government fix prices; then they can
be made low enough for us." but when ,
1 wc undertake to fix prices for the |
consumer we must of necessity fix !
prices for tho producer; then we must
tlx conditions nnd wages In factories;
and the result is that the Government
controls every Industry nnd when It '
controls It, It owns It."
There seems to be a good deal of !
common eenso In that as In some
: other things Mr. Nagel said and par- j
tlcularly on the subject of corpora?
tions and the treatment they have re?
ceived from the lawgivers of this
great Nation. In till opinion, we have
gone at the business of regulating and i
controlling these combinations from ?
\ only one side?that of the prosecution
,of the bad without any thought for
I the protection of the good. The United
, States Is a commercial nation, and In
j Its competition with the other com- J
mercla) nations of the world, and na- i
j Hons with which it must compete if It j
Iis to stay In the game, combinations of
capital oro vital to the success of com. j
petition. "At present." said the Sec?
retary, "wo boast of our exports and I
denounce our exporters; a corporation
cannot learn whether It may go ahead
with business safely without nrst get
ting Itself sued to determine whether
It Is legal I believe tho Department '
of Commerce and Ijabor should act
constructively. It should he ablo to
say what 1b legal and whal In not;
j to provide a form Into which an ln
i ?iustry may be passed without a suit
and a decree. My title Is the Secre?
tary of Commerce and Labor, but lot j
niu say rit;ht here that I am the Sec- I
rotary of I-abor, but so far as' com?
merce Is concerned; I'm hardly in the
game."
That ?ort of talk Is absolutely re?
freshing, and refreshing as unexpect?
ed, so thoroughly has the considera?
tion of public measures nnd public
remedies for manifest abuses been si?
lenced by the nolpe and confusion of
the multitude \v<- do not know how
becmary Nagel will Justify his utf.
. fcronco with Secretary Wlckersham on
' the question ot the Government fixing
the prices ol commodities; hut that
Is between them, and far tie it from ua
! to interfere; but Secretary Nagel has
] done the country a good turn In sug?
gesting that the time hns fully come
when some rational plan must ho
I adopted for the control of combina?
tions of capital so that the business
of the country, foreign and domestic.
! shall not be impeded by legal obstruc
| tions that are not designed in the
public interest, but are really Invented
for the bonetlt of the drotu-s and dem
y
? ugogucs "in our midst." Wo believe
that the business of this country rests
I upon u most substantial basis, else it
could not huve withstood the ussault*
? that have i,een made upon It, and it Is
hoped that when the Democratic par?
ty comes into power in .1913 it will
' enter upon a constructive period in
I the affairs of this country. The op
I portunlty is great and the necessity
j vital.
I COLONEL astoh's ma1uuage.
j Colonel John Jacob \stor has not
j abandoned his intention of marrying
j Miss Force, and there uppenrs to be
I no way to prevent It except by force.
I The Episcopal Bishops und other
j clergy in New York. Philadelphia and
I other communities In which the di
! voice business has been prosecuted
with grout energy for many years ure
' almost a unit in their condemnation
of this match. Bishop Greer said the
other day: "1 trust some day our
Church. like the Roman Catholic
Church, will not recognize divorce or
any marriage after divorce." That is
a good wish, and that would be the
proper thing lor Bishop Creer's Church
to do; but we dodbt that It ever will.
Besides, in this day and generation.
: vain will bo the protests of the Church
: so long as the. State permits divorce.
As a llrst step towards the success
I of any ecclesiastical position Bishop
Greer's Church may take on the sub?
ject, we would suggest that lie and
all his clergy and their fellow-cliurch
mori encourage the adoption of the
South Carolina policy of no divorce
; for any cnuse. On this subject the
Palmetto State occupies a unique posi
i lion among the American Common
j wealths In that State from Its foun?
dation. e:.COpt during the period of
negro and alien governme/il. there bus
never been any divorce, and we ven
: turo to say that it is second to none
in the domestic happiness of Its
people.
If Bishop Greer and his fellow pre?
lates hud always been as active in
expressing their horror of the divorce
ei'11 as they have been in the case of |
Colonel Astor, the reform for which
they now pray might have long since
been accomplished. There are a num- |
her of cases, we heliovo, in New York
where there has been no difficulty inj
obtaining the offices of the Church In ]
the marrluge of divorced persons.
Tin; LAUGH ox lodge.
Among the amendments oifered to
the Farmers' Free List Bill the day
? t passed the ?enato wu* the follow
Ing by Senator Dodge of Massachu- j
setts:
"To ud?j to tho free list bill the fol?
lowing: Rice, cleaned; uncleaned
rice, or rice floe of the outer hull and
still having the inner cuticle on; rice I
llour, rice meal, and broken rice; pad?
dy or rice having the outer hull on,'" I
Immediately, tho Hon. Jeffries Da-!
vis, Senator from Arkansas, offered
the following as a fa! rstand-off to:
the amendment of the Senator from
Massachusetts:
"To add to tho tree list bill: 'Bos
ton baked beans, black beans, string
beans, raw, dried, split, or parched;'
also codfish, skinned or unskinned, ,
fresh, or served in calls." "
That |a the cleverest thing Jeffries'
Davis ever did. and it was worthy of
a better man. We didn't know any-:
thing like that was in htm. and he:
should be praised for the way in
which he squelched the bean-eating
statesman from Nahant.
THE GOOD CITIZEN'S OATH. !
Denver Municipal Facts publishes an j
oath of good citizenship which has been
us*d as a motto in n?any cities. In
Newark, Now Jersey. It was learned
by heart to be recited by thousands of
school pupils. Here it Is:
I am a citizen of America and an
heir to all her greatness and renown.
The health und happiness of my own'
body depend upon each muscle and
nerve and drop c: blood doing its work
In Its place. So the health ana hup-'
piness of my country depend upon each
Citizen doing his work in Iiis place.
I will not liil any i>ost or pursue any!
business where I e*n live upon my
fellow citizens without doing them
useful service in return, for I plainly;
see that this must bring suffering an!", i
want to some of tflim. 1 will do noth?
ing to desecrate the soil of America;
or pollute her ?lr or degrade her chll-:
dren, my brothers and sisters.
I will try to make her elt/Ja beauti?
ful and her cilixtns healthy and happy,
so that she may be a desired home for
myself now and for her children in
days to come.
We agree with our Denver contem?
porary that this may well be taken
for a motto by all students and citi?
zens.
ROYS AND ROOKS.
Or. Frank Crane, the eminent
clergyman und author, has been pub- |
llshlng a series of ftrtlclos advising'
boys how to succeed in tho world
and become useful and honorable clil
I zens. j
In one of his articles he advises!
I boys emphatically against the read
' Ing of current literature to tho ex?
clusion of masterpiece's which hove
undergone . successfully the test of
time i
Hi re is a list of books which Dr.
Crahe urges every boy to buy and
make the niicloas of his library:
Homer's "Iliad" and OdysseyM
Divine Comedy." Mollore'i
r>Wys, Shakespeare's piavs, words.
WOrth't poems, Diekens'? novels
Emerson's Essays Gibbon's "Rome."
tbo "Axa.blan Night*,? Vlrall's
"Aeneld." "Wilhelm Melt-tor." "Eos
Miserables," Tennyson's poems. Scott's
novels, Bacon's Essays, tho Bible,
"Pilgrim's Progress."
Dr. Crane tolls his young friends
that these booltu will be "hard rend?
ing." but urges that they be read care?
fully, since nil efforts expended on
them will yield returns which could
not he secured through the reading of
; current books. Dr. Crane agrees with
Emerson that It Is a safe rule to read
mainly booka which uro more than
; twenty-eight years old. We must say,
however, that precocious Indeed Is tho
boy who could read with profit Emerson,
Wordsworth. Bacon or Tennyson ? In
fact, wo entertain serious doubt If the
average college student could really
appreciate these authors. When there
; arc green fields nearby and purling
streams. Emerson Is punlshnVftnt for
i tiie average lad.
For lighter reading Dr. Crane sug
j gests the following novels, which ho
\ thinks are worth any boy's time:
Stevenson'? "Treasure Island." "John
j Halifax, Gentleman." Samuel Johnson's
"Hasselas." Dumas' "Count of Monte
? Crlsto." Colllna's "Moonstone," "A Bow
\ of Ornngu ltlbbon." "Uncle Tom's
: Cabin." Poo's Tules. "Quo Vadls," "lien
Hur," "Vathek," "Marble Faun." "Fool
. of Quality," "Clolstor nnd Hearth,"
McDonald's novols. "The Fair God."
"Hypatla," Bbers's Novels, Mark
Twain's books.
in a time like this, when the moving
' picture show claims more attention
'? than the library, Dr. Crane's udvice Is
appropriate, except as to "Uncle Tom's
? Cabin." Much good would result were
I it possible for every home in this
' country to be supplied with the books
, he names.
; The Nashville Tenne.= seean says that
j some day a philanthropist will appear
who will make It his life work to give
young boys und girls worthy hooks?
books In which they may write thejr
names and have as their own. Such
a benefactor would, indeed, do a great
work, one of inestimable beneficial
results.
Few boys who. hnve read Cooper,
Scott and Dickens care much about
. the thrilling adventures of "Dick Dead- '
eye" and "Frnnk Merrlwell." Cheap
detective stories have no charm for
the lad who has read Conan Doyle's
, immortal stories of the sleuthing of
; Sherlock Holmes. No Wild West
; stories can rival "Treasure Island,"
I "Huckleberry Finn" and "The Last of
i the Mohicans."
We have all been trying to exeuBo
tho Weather Bureau at Richmond for!
the temperature readings of the last
two months or so; but putlencc and1
philosophy have almost been exhaust- ;
ed. Another day or two like yester
day will requlro that a victim be
found somewhere, and we shall know ,
where to look for him when the time I
' comes.
"Bill offered by Swanson. Adverse
j to tariff revision bill framed by Demo?
cratic House leader." This headline
was printed In the Journal yesterday,
and it conveyed a wrong Impression.
What Senator Swanson really did wns
to present In behalf of the Senate Com?
mittee on Finance Its report on the
Underwood cotton revision bill, and
asked that it be made unfinished busi?
ness. It was a purely mechanical act
on his part. We do not know how
he stands on the question, but assume
that he Is for the Underwood bill. j
Hero it Is, again?"them who has,
gets." On a tract ot land In Colo?
rado 'almost entirely owned by J.
Plerpont Morgan, of New York, a
coal vein a mile long has been dis?
covered which "expert coal men suy
will yield millions to tho ownor." What
steps the Government will take to
alienate this property from Mr. Mor?
gan has not yet appeared; but some?
thing will have to be done. No man
should bO allowed to own a coal vein
more than half a mile long.
An esteemed correspondent sends
greetings from the Bluegrass and
asks: "Did you ever hoar the chem?
ical formula for Kentucky politics?
P I H equals 'politics is h?'?" Re?
ferred to tho lion. Henry Watteraon
with leave to explain.
Voice of the People
"Ily the Newspapers."
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Sir,?An old reader, subscriber and
contributor requests apace to comment
briefly on a quotation from your edito?
rial.
"It comes back, therefore, to the
proposition we have laid down thnt
the press of the country Is as good
as the public of the country. This
in not saying much for either." This
statement Is happy nnd logical, the
analogy Is complete, and by this same
token the writer would Inquire, are not
many of us heartily tired, wenrled,
nauseated with our newspapers In this
SEASHORE TRIPS
MADE CHEAPER
The Norfolk an.l Western Railway
has put on a special cheap rate ticket
to the seashore, Norfolk and Virginia
Beach, good for week-end trips. These
tickets are good on any trains Friday
and Saturday going to Norfolk and
Virginia Beach, and for returning until
the following Monday. Tho fare to
Norfolk is only $3 for tho round trip
and Virginia Beach only 13.25.
WOMEN
It's a wise woman who puts a
little money In tho savings bank
regularly No woman can tell when
she'll need money pretty badly. The
National State and City Bank has
many women among its deposi?
tors. Why not prove your thrift
and wisdom by becoming one of
them?
National State and City Bank,
RICHMOND, VA.
Win. 11. Polmer, President,
.lohh S. Eilet?, Vlee-Prealdeut.
Wm. M, Ulli, Vlce-Prcaldcnf.
J. W. Slnton, VIce-Prcsldent.
Julien Ii. um, Cashier.
Good old city of Richmond In tholr
manner of treatment In tho exploitation
of a young woman of sevontc.en years
In connection with an alleged murderer
of twenty-six years?
Only to-day there appears four pic?
tures of the young woman on the
tirst page of the paper: It seems to
the writer this Is overdoing, over
working the Vices of a very wicked.
Ignorant young woman who, I am told,
is happy, really hilarious, over her
shame and notoriety. The writer if
the very lust person t>> assert that
the press of the country Is as had as
the public; he believes It Is better In
many ways. In fact. 11 should be bet?
ter, since- It tills the position of teach?
er, guide, moral exemplar; the public
Is accustomed to look to the Standard
newspapers for Opinions on all sub?
jects of ethics and morals, and in the
domain of politics the word supremo
Will doubtless never be supplanted.
The newspapers may claim that they
?;lve the publlo a bountiful supply of
the nauseating stuff expected and de?
manded; this argument has limitations
entirely within the bounds of a monoy
value, the value that yellow Journalism
llrst established in the large cities of
the country, and Which at one time was
heartily decried, almost execrated, In
the leading cities of the South
The writer . thinks it possible thut
the press of the country Is making
a fatal mistake In lending its high po?
sition and great Influence in thus pan?
dering, catering to the worst demundrt
of any public where, supposing auch
public to exist, the very antipodes of
a healthy and Inspiring morality is
either dormant or hopelessly dead. It
will be a sail day for any community
in ahy country when Its newspapers
emulate vice and decry virtue. The
press must represent, and express the
,best thought In the best manner: It
must not exploit Immorality. It must
not even suggest It. Even Dr. Dodd
must have no excuse for slandering
Hie press. The press must be better
than the public, and this condition
must be shown, proven "by the news?
papers" all over this broad land.
With every banner bravely spread.
And one loud shout for victory
August S. 1911. C A. R.
Itnther rnrtlnl to Kltcbln.
To the Editor of The Times-lMspu tch:
Sir.?Referring to your several com
' ments on the senatorial candidates of
this State. 1 agree with you that ex
Governor Aycock stands on a political
level. Just over the reach of the other
three. His mental equipment is prob?
ably less than either of the others,
nnd there is some reuson to believe
that, if elected, he mlaht not last to
serve the six years' term.
As you su^Ki-nt, Senator Simmons
; has hurt his chances of re-election by
his votes and activities In this present
j session. He was sent to Washington
i as a reward lor previous activities, and,
j If at the end of his term he should
! prove to be politically dead, his loss
I to the State would not be material.
A judge on the Supreme bench ma
: noeuvrlng for political preferment
makes the "recall of Judges" by pop?
ular mandate seem desirable. To he
smart without ethics la the qualifi?
cations of a burRlar. Knowledge and
brains, dominated by ambition and
self-interest, do not "make for states?
manship: but If allowed to run their
? course they produce a first-class dem
? agogue.
Of the other aspirant. It may be said
; that he has steadily crown In ability
I since he first came before the publ'c;
I he Is giving a satisfactory adminis?
tration as Governor, and If he has
sometimes learned by making mis?
takes, as was the custom of St. Peter,
he has gained on each occasion kn?wl, I
edge tn the science of government and
broadened his views on public ques?
tions He gives promise that In the
Senate North Carolina would find her?
self more vigorously and creditably
represented than for mnnv years
LOUIS DE LACROIX.
Oxford, N. C-. August S.
Came From Pcnns; Ivnuin.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispute ?:
Sir,?1 have been a reader of Tho
Times-Dlsputch ever since I came
South, six years ago. I, like Mr.
Howard C. Miller, of Norton, Va., have
never been able lo fully understand
just where this paper stood, politically,
especially so since the present editor
came here from Charleston. S. C.
1 am u Democrat, from the Stute
of Pennsylvania, one of the worst, or
probably the worst, boss-ridden Slates
in the Union, where a man is a Demo?
crat becauso he believes In the prin?
ciples that democracy stands for. The
plum tree In that State belongs to the
enemy.
Why the editor of this paper Insists
on vilifying and abusing William J.
!Rryarj, who was thrice our candidate
for President, I cannot see or under?
stand. Each' time a majority of tho
delegates chose him as their leader. ,
Had tho Democrats, as a whole, sup
ported him in his first campaign ho
would have been victorious.
Mr. Bryan at this time Is no can
dldate for the nomination, ho I see no
reason why you should fret about him
as you are doing.
If The Times-Dispatch really stands
for democracy and the editor Is a "sure :
enough" Democrat, take a little advice
from ono of the rank and file and try
to promote harmony, Instead of sow?
ing seeds of discord.
The Republicans whom I know find
great pleasure in any article printed
by you that alms to belittle one of the
greatest men of to-day, namely, Wil?
liam J. Bryan.
All his "so-called" hobbies have '.
boon stolen by the Republican party,
save that of free silver. Let the enemy
pick out the flaws In democracy, If ;
any are to be found, while you, with
your large circulation, teach Democ?
racy to become united and sweep all
before |t to victory.
On the other hand, if you are really
Republicans (which many think you
are) and want President Taft re-elect - |
ed. be manly enough to say so and
come out for him and advocate hls|
re-election, you will feel better for 1
hnvlng done so, even though you may
lose two-thirds of your subscribers
after the mask is laid aside.
In conclusion, let me ask whom do i
you want the Democrats to nominate
as their candidate for President??,
Harmon, who stands close to the "In- '
terests." or Wilson, who stands for
the people on the same platform Bryan
stands on? j
WILLIAM TILDEN YOUNG.
Richmond, August 9.
The Ilculnb Illnford Plcturca.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch: 1
Sir,?Allow mo to congratulate Eu- j
gene Mussle on the stand that he has
taken in regard to the "Beulah Blnford
Picture business," which the press of ;
this city has seen proper to Haunt In |
the eyes of decent and moral citizens.
Like him, I think it degrading your
Columns to cater to this kind of bust- j
ness, but, above all other things to be i
regretted, is that It tends to lower !
the standard of womanhood and man- :
hood In tho State. Whilo I sympathize
with all In nftllctlon, yet there are
some that should be placed In ob?
scurity Instead of giving them noto?
riety, which is simply advertising them
and their vices. God protect our man?
hood end womanhood of the present !
day, for it needs nil the sustaining
and upbuilding that the press ?n.d
ovcry other influence can give.
I have been a subscriber of your
paper for years, and am sorry to say
that within the past week or two I
have been ashamed to havo it In the
houao for my daughter and son to
read. Let tho law tako Its course, pun?
ish tho guilty, and for the sake of
womanhood, lot tho name of Bonlah
Blnford be forgotten.
All praise bo given to Mr. Mussle for
his noble thoughts.
C. W. MORRIS.
"In the Name of Purity."
To the Editor of Tho TImes-Dlspatoh: 1
Sir.?Another set of pictures of '
the Blnford girl?a woman of 111
fame?tnken" In adultery with a I
murderer! In the name of purity
and ordinary decency, I write to askJ
if this scandal can't be stopped? Do
clean people have to ba offended soven
days in the week with the wretched
stuff as a leader, for the sake of a
few* or many readers, who desire to
feed their minds on those filthy de
tolls? Yours very truly,
ALFRED T. GRAHAM,
pastor Presbyterian Church, Lexing?
ton. Vk.
>i >ra i VT 1 LI " j. a. morris *c?.. D!*rib?i.r? h
Begets Health Ij^.jfj^^JI
TRIED TO KILL KING,
NOW AN ALDERMAN
HV LA MARQUISE 1>K ?TOXTKXOY?
T< HE relations between Orettt Brit
uin und Belgium, which since
the accession ot King Albert
have been on the menu, cannot full to
receive a severe setback by the elec?
tion of Slpido tguilty of the only at
tempt ever made <>n the ilte of Ed?
ward Vll.) to the omen of aldcntian
of the city of Brussels. As such, he
will be called upon to assist the mayor,
or burgomaster, In welcoming foreign
rulers to the Belgian capital, it may
even fall to his lot to replace the
mayor, in the event of the letter's ab?
sence; and were George V. to go to
Brussels, he would run the risk of hav?
ing the municipal welcome to the Bel?
gian metropolis extended to him by
j the very man who shot at his father
?? and mother.
The attempt on their lives took pluro
? on April 1, 1900. K.ng Edward, then
l'rlnce of Wales, and his consort, were
: on their way from Calais to Copen?
hagen, nnd wlille t heir special train
was halting for about thirty minutes
at Brussels, '.o admit of the change of
locomotives and the dispatch and re-1
Ceipt of telegrams through the Eog
llsh legation. Slpido. then seventeen
yours of age. approached the car and
tired two revolver bullets at the voryi
spot where the British heir apparent
was seated at the window. One bul?
let missed the prince"s head by about
half an Inch, as shown by the hole In
the window, while the second went wide
of the mark
Slpido was arrested, und the police!
had r.o difficulty in ascertaining that
he hsd three Anarchist accomplices,
who had Instlgutcd him to make the
attempt on the life of the then Prince
and Princess of Wales, pointing out'
to him the fear of the Anarchist causft
that he would inspire, the world-wide
notoriety which he would win by the;
attempt, and the necessity of doing!
something to help the Boers, who wero j
then fighting for their Independence In;
South Africa.
Of course the attempted assassina?
tion would not have taken place had.
It not been for the fact that despite
the warnings of the English legation
at Brussels, no measures had been
taken by the Belgian authorities to as
sure the protection of the Prince and;
Princess of Wales during their brief j
stay at Brussels, by preventing the
public, and especially people known to
be affiliated with the Anarchist cause,
such ns Slpido, to approach the royol 1
railroad car. To the Indignation ofj
the English people, which was shared I
also on this side of the Atlantic, and ,
in many parts of the Continent of Bit-j
rope*. Slpido wns acquitted, largely ow-(
Ing to the Indifference manifested by 1
the Belgian government prosecutors,!
which encouraged the Jury to decide j
in his favor, his three Anarchist accom?
plices also escaping ajl punishment.
Instead of retrying him, the Bel-j
glan authorities, deaf to England's i
strongly worded diplomatic protests'
against "the grave and unfortunate
miscarriage of Justice." set him at
liberty, of which he made use, first of J
all to make his way to Switzerland, j
nnd thence to Franco. In the French j
capital he became at once Identified
with the very worst Anarchist element,
and having had his head completely
turned by the notoriety derived from
his attempt to assassinate the Prince
and Princess of Wales, made up his
mind to seek fresh laurels by an at?
tempt on the life of some other royal
personage. He made no secret of the
fact that he had resolved to make the
late King Leopold tbe next object of
his regicldal attentions, and when ar?
rested at the Instance of the Belgian
government, by the French police, on
a warrant of extradition, he was in
the act of leaving Paris for Brussels,
armed with a psrtlcularly wicked
looking polgnnrd and loaded revol?
ver.
The Belgian government, instead of
placing him on trial, committed him to
an asylum for the Insane, where he re?
mained until the age of twenty, when
He was Incorporated In the army, with?
out any protest by the men or the of?
ficers of his regiment. On completing
his term of service, he went into busi?
ness as a dealer in butter, tea, etc..
and ?turtln?; as n salesman, ?IM so well
that he w<im able to marry a girl with
some* money, anil to establish a bust*
hesa of tili! same hind of his own Ho
Is now twenty-eight year? of age,
prosperous and. needless to add, hat
been nhlo to command the suffrages
of all the Anarchist, Socialist and
Labor clement In the district of Brus?
sels in Which he resides.
iir cotitse King Albert'? government
cannot be hold responsible for his elec?
tion. But in view of the fact that tho
independence of Belgium is guaran?
tee! i>>- Great Britain, which on two
occasions has threatened war If her
neutrality were disregarded, and which
last year virtually compelled the Dutch
government to abandon tho furllftca
llon of the Dutch mouth of the Bel?
gian River -Scheldt?Holland ur.tlng in
the matter at the instigation of Ger
I many?the Belgians may bo said to bo
I dying in the fucc of I'rovldence by
I affronting their very best friend among
I all the foreign powers. Edward VII.
' whs so affronted by the acquittal of
j Slpido that he never visited Bruisold
again as long as he lived.
Official announcement has been mado,
at Madrid of tho faot that Queen Vio
torla Eugenie, expects another uddltlon
I to her family at about Christmas)
time. She has three children, the*
Rritice of the Asturlus, now In hla
fifth year; the Infant Jaime, who ha*
Just turned three, and the Infanta
Beatrix, aged two. Last year, in mid?
summer. Mho gave birth to a still-born
son- From now on. consequent upon
this ofilclal announcement, prayers w'll
1 be offered for hor safety, and for that
of tho child to be born. In evory churoh
in .Spain. The young Qut.cn is now In
England, with her husband; and tier
eldest boy and little girl havo remained
With their grandmother, Queen Chris?
tina, at San Sebastian.
Old Dean Gregory, who has Juit
been gathered to his fathers, at the ago
bf ninety-two, after being connected
witn Bt Paul's Cathedral, In London,
first as canon, and then as dean, fdr
a period of nearly forty-five yeara,
introduced many Improvements In tha
great Basilica of Sir Christopher Wren,
intrusted to his charge. Among other
things, he inaugurated clactrlc light?
ing, the expenses connocted with
which were defrayed by J. Plerpotit
Morgan. His dcuth followed by llt
tlo more than a week that of his
daughter. Emily Mary Batcbelor, wife
of the \'lcar of Letcombe Bassall, and
who, hersolf well .advanced In years
at tho tlmo of her demise, was one of
the earliest and most successful gradu?
ates of that school of nurses which
was formed by Florence Nightingale,
after the latur's return from the Cri?
mea, with t^ie money which had been
raised for her by popular subscription,
in the nature of a national testimonial
Her earliest activities Were in tho
parish of St. Mary-the-Less. In Urn
beth, and after that, in St. Thomas's
Hospital, and In Edinburgh. When
she was thirty years of age, she was
sent out to Madagascar, to start a
smallpox: hospital. There she found
a stale, of aqalrs hardly conceivable,
since any one found to be suffering
from the disease was driven into tho
depthB of tho forest, away from all
human habitations, to live or dlo. Miss
Gregory forced the natives to throw
up soma mud huts, to eorvo as a hos?
pital, und to bring the sufforeri thith?
er to her, Instead of driving ihem away.
One dark night a patient died, and n?
one dared to bury him. But Nurse.
Gregory, exclaiming. "Are you going,
to lot the white woman do it?" should?
ered a spnde, ar.d started to dig tha
gravo herself. This action of hera
broke the spell. The panto was stilled,
the man was burled, and the whlta
nurse's reign established. Singularly
enough, she escaped the disease, al?
though she epent several years In nurs?
ing, and eventually roturned to Eng?
land, with her comeliness unimpaired,
to wed tho Vicar of Letoombe Basaott,
whoso vicarage comprised the garden
in which, in 1714, Dean Swift wrote his
"Free ThoughtB On the Present Stats'
of Affairs." '
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