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aa aecond-ciaaa matter nr.der act of Con
.?n. of Mr.rch I.
TH!'<:s:>AY. APGCST 24, It'll.
WITV AM) I.MTV.
rhe special correspondent of the
Boston Globe who saw the installation
pi a Democratic House of Itcprrsenta- |
tlves in the National Capitol last I
April predicted that It would make a.
record for sane behavior and wlsolog
Islatlon. That prediction has been:
verified: Hero Is the verification:
Excellent organization, enforcement
of parly discipline on Democratic lines,
with ample courtesy towards the
minority.
.'Overthrow of the autocratic power
of the speaker.
Refusal to Play politics with reel-1
pr?etty legislation, which a Republican
Congress bad denied its own President.
Troved Its sincerity by Its Unswerving]
support of President Tnt't'a reciprocity
bill. j
KenslMi moderation i:t Its differ?
ence with the President over tho ad?
mission of Arizona und New Moxoo in-.
to tho Union.
Refusal to rut the people of those j
territories ot a disadvantage on ?c-j
count of tho Presidential veto, and I
prompt willingness to admit Arizona
without the judiciary reeall, but with]
the right, nfter ndmlss!*r. to hove one.
If she so desires.
? Initiating prudent and popular leg?
islation, and thereby winning tho fup-|
port of the majorty of the Senate, j
.Abstinence from mere Squabbling
With the upper branch.
^Enactment of a corrupt praotlccs
act
<? Enactment of a new apportionment
of membership.
-Moderation and soberness In dealing
(jdth tl'.e subject of tariff revenues,
:Wd success In obtaining Republican
afipport for the same in House and
Sei.ate. if only to lie defeated by the
Hresident's veto.
?^Reduction of useless expenditures
f& supernumerary employes.
? Trust Investigations conducted with
singular fairness and resulting In tho
a&iuisitlon of moro Information con?
cerning combines than has been oh
tfjjied hitherto by any other method.
Shedding much needed light on the
bureaucracy that has been hampering
if not hounding Dr. Wiley In his ef?
forts to protect tho health of the pub?
lic.
Not only is this n record of which
the Democrats should be proud, hut In
the words of tho Globe, "It is a re?
cord which will prove the strongest
campaign document submitted to the
American people for many years." it
shows what may bo expected in the
way of achievement If the Democrats
prevail in 1?18.
\\ i l l IIbill V \ HI) SOLDIERS.
Proud should the country be of tho
innnnor in which the soldiers of the
eriat manoeuvre camp In Texas com?
ported themselves. When leaving San
Antonio General Carter, the command?
er of the forces there, called attontlon
to tin fact that It hnd been shown that
four or five thousand soldiers might he
poured Into any e.lty and .heir conduct
would be as exemplary as that of its
cllizcns.
No posts Were established ut this
Camp, there wiVe hue-Hentries pnelhg
around H t? hold, the men within.
General Carter says that he "wanted
the men to know that, while they were
soldiers, they woro free to go." They
did not require a pass whenever they
washed ,0 ?0 Ittto Kan Antonio, if
t! .;. wished t,. go there for a glass of
beer or to buy something, they were
free to go. The commanding genera.!
wisliej thorn to know that, because,
they were soldiers, th*ir freedom was
no; denied them. They knew that
tjjey had I ren placed upon their honor
ond their conduct uns "exceptional."
The behavior of the men was unusual?
ly good. They found San Antonio a
congenial station: they liked tho peo?
ple uf the city and the people ?f the
i:ll> liked them. As General Carter
1 ted out. "the men have given no
r. ihle aj.d there nc-vcr has been as
Bfje t tin organisation anywheto In
trailch orders were so faithfully <ar
and the r;r-itn of every one
The proposition that a soldier of the!
United States Army can bo treated as I
a self-respecting and law-abiding citi?
zen a: j be allowed reasonable liberty
ht^s; been adopt* d since ih< Spjuish
-Arnericatt Wat anil has worked ?uc
ce?rf?lly. Ri omib treatment of
11$'"soldier is ail thai bo asks; ,j he
la-treated a!-, a gentleman, he will act
ns a gent Ion; :. sit ., ? * treated as
brute and a slave, h<j urn i,?i,uV? in,?
TUB SOUTH ami 1 mi VP.tilio,
"J am here as a witness to the pei
>rt good will exls'.lni; hetivi ?
0d m gro and the s;. . ? ?
an." That is the tenor of a v.
rillen Intelligent
orh \V> J. Lucoh, of the Vlrgl
? Iversjty, which appears
view which, Is rapidly 1;
i.otig the negroes of the 1 i ?
~t It Is better "to bear those Ills w <
?'? ti : fly to others wo know not
1'?that "racial prldo" is an Indlg
'.nsablo (actor in human progress?
ist this pridii manifests Itself no'
lOJJM Iii the South, but throtiKhout the
orld. As our corrCKpor.dent puts the
-< "The South, fearlessly, manfully,
? - l irr-?. 1111 position, while the North
<>:?*.*, the serpent beneath I ho u>*e.
Ri-.d tlio sooner our peoplo loarn this
tho better "
The lesson which tho colored people
are learning" from these wiser, better
brethren of ours In tho North and the
West Is thnt. after nil. the .South la
the only section In which genuine
good will goes out to tho black man.
The Negro Educational Association
found the hotels of l>cnver closed to
its members, but horo in Richmond,
while the hotels would have dono like?
wise, the convention could hnvo been
easily accommodated by the colored
pei pie of tho city. The South "pre?
eminently" Is tho home of tho colored
man In America; his best friends uro
hero; his opportunities for material
success are here and nowhere else.
The "holier-than-thou" hypocrisy of
the long-hntred Now England descend?
ants of the Mayflower fanatics lias
boon discovered by the colored people !
of the country. Massachusetts has
upon Its statute books a law forbid-j
ding discrimination against colored
people by hotels, theatres, barber shops
and other public establishments, but
fertunato Is that negro who can find
a seat In the cafes, a room In the
hotels, an empty chair in the bar?
ber shop, pr a good scat near tho front
In tho theatre. The New Engl?nders
'bout the colored man ns n prob?
lem, but care nothing for him as a
I rson Of the legion of those who
fought for abolition and screamed]
stridently about the oquullty of the|
rs r . not one was there who voiced
that, kindly, sympathetic attitude of a
great Confederate captain and leader
of the whites In Reconstruction da: 3.
whoso dying words were "Ciod bless
: il my people, white nnd black!"
That sentiment of good-will and
peace )? the one which exists now be?
tween the good people of tho South,
white ana black. They have no trouble
with each other; they go hand in hand,
kr.owlug that thoy suffer and prospor
together.
THE AUDITOR'S WISE POLICY.
Adopting a wise and businesslike
policy. Auditor of Public Accounts
I'onoboe .4ms Issued an order requiring
i-ity unu-.oounty treasurers to settle up
with his ollice on the rlr.st day of oach
month. It will be agreed by all that
this Innovation is an excellent one,
protecting not only the Stuto. but tho
treasurers themselves.
Tho statute authorizes tho Auditor
:>f Public Accounts to require, in his
Uscretlon, Bettlemente every thirty
Says, Its operation will put the
funds of the statu where they be?
long?In the State Treasury?and will
?!ve the use of the public money to
the Stato nnd not to tho troasun r.
Moreover, iho possibility mid oppor?
tunity for defalcation or wrongful
handling of State money will be vastly
curtailed.
There have been' few defalcations on
the purt of the treasurers, but the
custom which Auditor Donohoq hnB
Initiated will remove from thorn much
or the temptation, to handle wrong?
fully the .public money in their cue
tody. Moreover, by tho failures of
local bahka in which State ftindii have
been placed by treasurers for yet.tly
it tf.rvals treasurers have personally
bir.'. much money and ,nui:ll ,lelny has
been suffered by the State In securing
1 eimbursement.
This policy is Infinitely better than
the old one, and will be more satis?
factory to all concerned. It is sys?
tematic, economical, and up-to-date,
Under fear of penalty, the treasurers
Will settle promptly und the State will
possess and use Its money at onco.
ELIMINATING THE EXPRESS IS VII?
One of the trunk lines operating be?
tween Cleveland and tho East has
announced plans for taking- over n
brand;, oi 'ho business now carried
on >,y express companies The man?
agers say that they have figured out a
way they can do the work more effi?
ciently nnd at a lower cost to the p"b_
llo. This is distinct t-tep toward
the solution of tho express problem
and will be watched with extraordi?
nary Interest throughout the country.
As the Cleveland Plain Dealer says,
the.ra Is a growing conviction that the
express companies by "long continued
exactions" have "forfeited their right
to public sympathy; that they perform
a servlco which might be hotter per?
formed by the railroads and could be
performed by them more cheaply."
Several plutiH hnvo been suggested !o
curtail the express evil, but the rail?
roads themselves could Accomplish .1
Krej't deal If they would heed the,
popular demand and solve the prob?
lem from their viewpoint.
That the express evil Is inexcusa?
ble in shown by the fact that no sub- I
Btantlul Jumlilcullon of the existent.-"!
: fin express company haw ever been |
mad<. The pies:; Is practically united'
against the express business as i;t J
present constituted; the people are i
against It. because of years of long
Suffering and oxaotltin, and in due!
time ;t will either be reformed 01
abolished.
OI.A? KAM AS TAXES.
In tho fall of 1012 will take place
the !ir;it clocTlon in the United Btnte.il
wjth the ?iiiKle tax as the paramount
issue. Under a law adopted uhdor
?A\<t Initiative and referendum 111 Ore?
gon in 10io a county may determine
what method of taxation il will Use
to rai*o Its revenues--loc;il option In
taxation, tho fcyslein is termed in
County the renilrcd peji
tlons have been obtained to submit
t" tl e voters the proposition to raise
the county revenues b>> a lax on land
excluslvclj It 18 presumed that the
j King's laxers of Oregon win conccn
trat? or. Clackutnan County with lh<
intention of making this "a connptcti
ous campaign of education
? Ctae.katntts County in in an hgrltul
.tu: : 1 oil Mow will the Hinirl
I land, mainly possessed b>' them, should
be taxed? A pumphlot Issued by tho
agitators shows the line of attnek.
Instead of theories this publication
gives what purports to be tho arith?
metical effect of raising nil the rove
hues In this particular county by taxes
on land values. An examination of
the tax books shows results practi?
cally ob follows for Clnckamas Coun?
ty, supposing tho same amount raised
by tho single tax as by the present
general property tax: Farmers' lands
that now pa> 5132,170 would then pay
$00,169. while farmers" buildings and
implements that now pay $50,107
would then pay nothing. Thus, tho
farmers' taxes would on the averaco
bo cut In two. The Improved city
lots in tho county would have their
taxes Increased by a total of $17,000:
but the removal of tho tax on the Im?
provements would save 'hem an equal
amount, leaving owners of city lots
where they were before.
Where the reform would fall hard,
according to this table, is on farm
lands held unlmp-ovcd for speculation.
They would pay almost double under
the proposed system, and vacant city
lots would suffer almost as severely.
Taxes would fall rather more heav?
ily on the franchise corporations
By this showing the readjustment or
Clackamas County to tho single lax
would he profitable to tho farmer, of
no consequence to tho home owner,
and a severe blow to those who hold
farm land or city lots unimproved for
the sake of an advance In value. Un?
less this latter class Is In n majority,
which is Improbable, Clackamns Coun?
ty will adopt the single tax.
BUY HOME-MADE GOODS.
Scnaitor-eleot Vnrdaman. of Missis?
sippi, has sold at least one good thing
lately In calling tho attention of the
Mississippi farmer to his dependence
upon other aoctlons of the country for
all sorts of manufactured products.
He said:
He gets up nt the alarm of a Con?
necticut clock, fastens his Chicago
suspenders to his Detroit overalls,
washes bis face with Cincinnati soap In
a Pennsylvania wash basin, sits down
to a Grand Rapids toble, eats Indiana
hominy fried with St. Joseph lard on]
n St. Louis stove. Ho sits down at
night to read a Bible that was printed
in Clilcisro. kneels to say a prayer com- I
pose,i in Jerusalem, and covers himself
with a New Jersey blanket, only to bo
disturbed all night by tho howling of j
his dog. which is the only home raised i
product on the place.
There Is o pood deal of homely wis?
dom in that statement, ns well as a
moral that fits any place. It Is: huy
home-made goods when you ran. By
so doing, money is kept circulating In
the community, locnl enterprise Is en?
couraged and strengthened, employ?
ment Is plven to local people, fnctorlos
and other business enterprises are
attracted to tho community, and every- I
body in the community Is better off
Patronage to home Industry is the
best motto for the buyer.
WHAT ABOUT WICK BKS H A M t
Attorney-General Wlokeraham was
most vehement in his opinion that Dr.
Wiley merited "condign punishment,"
and ho held, consequently, thai Wiley
was guilty of some great offense.
The facts show, on the other hand,
that Dr. Wiley committed no offense,
because none wus committed. There
was nothing; that Wiley could be guil?
ty of.
It Ib a hikIi olllce that Mr. Wicker- |
?ham Illls, but ho owes the country an i
explanation Of his position Ha is re?
puted to be ii great lawyer. In the]
Wiley case he sat as a Judge und !
was: severe In his recommendation of i
punishment. If l.e wus mistaken In !
judgment, he ought to say so; if ho ,
was deceived, ho should ndmit it j
The position of :he Attorney-Gen- j
era: in this case has increased popu- <
lar dissatisfaction With the present I
administration of the Department of j
Justice. That administration has made ;
on enormous outlay for special as?
sistants, for whose employment no
lufflclent justification has been shown;
It has permitted lawyers to leave Its,
Offices so that they might lie employed
from the outside at vastly Increased j
compensation; it has expended an j
enormous sum of public money by j
which little good has been aocom- .
pushed. I
Mr. Wlckersbam's conduct <?r his do
partment ought to supply good cam |
Dnlgr. material for the Democrats next j
/ear. Law reform Is needed as bad- j
ly In the Department of Justice as
rnywhere else.
This Is the season of pig's feel so J
r,,r as Americans are concerned?of
|il?'s feet, the succulent delicacy of
ivhlch the Petersburg Index-Appeal
iever Iires', and about which the Vir
jlnlah-Pliot has written a thousand
flowing appreciations. In Chicago
10,000.000 plg"s feet are eaten every I
,-ear. German and Scandinavian epi?
cures really consume more than nny
,.,.!. .-Is/- and pickle Ihchi nnd eat
them ill the yeni round. Even the
jprlngilold Republican thaws down a|
luie when reflecting upon this weet.i
tender meat, lor It recalls the expcrl I
?nee of th<* tnanw ho, upon being]
tci'/.ed with viobnt Indigestion after
?a unit pig'* feet, was Immediately re-i
Ihm .1 by Liking a kIssh of water Into!
which ljbeen drojvfved th?- powder of I
i wldol) idvertlsed "toot case." Wh.iti
i triumph of science wan here!
Yherr in a good drul of merit In the
nieni oi one or our cpntemporar
'? that when the last of the aurvlvlng
.?? ue generals shall have died.
'he tltU of general'' should be abol
ln organisations of veteran's
There have hettn so many and still are
"? many "#et ?-r.ii?i" that'Wo get con.
and forget who the real gen
? Koi IhsLtni e, in an cx
'-'hang? In another Htate we ?aw the
'lent ii I il B, ? i hough I
I > ?' ? i' r. liiN intends* shows
"??? - nk In the mm.* w?s that of.
I courier. Nino out of ten bf the peopl*
who saw It thought that he was. a
gonerul In war times.
Here Is somo more ftvorltc fiction
from the Chicago Tribune:
"Five Dollars Flno for Hiding or
Driving Over This Bridge Paster Than
a Walk."
"Typewriters, Good ns New. Only $9."
"Had Nlckle, It It? Pardon Me; I
Didn't Know 1 Had One."
"Policemen Will Enforce the Dog
Law Without Fear or Favor."
"Take a Seat. Sir: the Boss Will Du
Back In n Few Minutes."
"Did It Scare Mo the First Time I
Went Up In nn Aeroplane? Not a Bit.'
"Yes, Mlssua; I Noticed tho Dish Was
Clacked the First Time 1 Washed It."
"My Dear, I want You to Know Mr. |
Lummox. One of the Rising Leaders
Of Public Opinion 111 Our Ward "
"I Am Delighted to Meet You. Mr.
Lummax."
All of which goes to show that the!
truth Is harder to tell than we think. '
Because it has abolished Its police !
force, "Virginia Boach, near Norfolk,
Beams to bo a model community," de- |
clares the Savannah News. If Vir- j
glnla Beach Is so well behaved, it is
In spile of being near Norfolk, not
because of It.
Voice of the People
The l.nvr'a Injimtlcc.
To the Editor of The Tlmos-Dlspatch:
Sir,? Keep constantly before tlie puo
plo the proposition of paying all county
Officers salaries. No reasonable man
wants more than an adequate compen?
sation for services rendered, and If
this is given it should be satisfactory
and would eliminate the uucerta'nty of
compensation attendant on the fee sys?
tem. On the other hand, the 'people
are entitled to know how much the
public servant receives.
Hut there is a larger matter which
needs legislative attention greater
than the fee system, namely, the read?
justment of fees and Judicial reform.
The court costs of suits, especially
chancery suite, are now so enormous
in amount In some cases that they
amount to a confiscation of property
sold under decree. Even If clerks and
other officers are paid salaries, and
there Is to be a continuation of fee
collections to be paid Into the treasury
"f cither State or county, these fees
should be greatly curtailed and s'mpli
AI a concrete example, take the fol?
lowing: A Milt In chancery was Insti?
tuted In the Circuit Court of Caroline
. :^ on the ? day of August, 1R5S.
The hill Specifically asked for the sale
of eight acres of land for the payment
of a Judgment of $2:i.t">S (principal), and
that If the proceeds of sale of the eight
seres should prove not sufficient to pay
the debt, that then fifty ocres of land,
which had been sold by the debtor af?
ter the Judgment was rendered, should
be rented out to pay any balance and
for general relief. There were only
two defendants, one o non-resident.
There were no answers and no counsel
In the case except the plaintiff's altor
ney, and hence no objections Interposed,
and yet the plaintiff's attorney and the
court allowed this case to drag along
on the docket from 1S9S to 1911. and It
still remains on the docket, the non?
resident defendant having appeared on
the ? day of Match, 1911, and filed a
petition to rehear. In this case the
eight acres of land were sold for $30
and while the bill did not ask for It,
the fifty acres were also sold for 550;
total amount of sales, $80, and the costs
In the case, as appears from the report
of the special commissioner, amount to
fv< f: $l 82 more than the entire pro?
ceeds of the sale?and the plaintiff In
the case, in his anawer to the petition
of defendant for review, stateB that In
addition he had to pay his counsel n
fee. How much did the plaintiff real?
ize by the suit? Had the plaintiff's at?
torney pushed his case to a conclusion,
and had the judge seen that this was
don", the case should have been ended
in twelve months or less, Instead of
twelve years, and It Is still on the
docket.
A very large putt of rosls, especially
in chancery cases, could be saved If the
court would not allow continuances
merely for the asking and would Bee to
it thai suits, when instituted, were
speedily terminated, 1 append hereto
the report of th ? special commissioner
in this case, showing his receipts nnd
disbursements, hot yet confirmed.
Statement of Receipts and Expendi?
tures by Spetjal Commissioner in
the Suit of Hoe vs. Howe:
Cash receive! for the eight-acre
tract .$.3? 00
December H, 1909?clerk
fees, etc.$25 18
Costs of sale, as follows:
Hand bills.$ 1 50
Commission on sale,
f. per cent. 1 SO
Auctioneer's fee. 5 oo
Deed and acknowl?
edgment . S 50
Taxes . 13 72
(Deficiency, $12.40.) $52 10
October Court. 1905?Cash re?
ceived r?. n. rowers.$r.o oo
$so on
Costs taxed by clerk to Oc?
tober, l!?05.$15 47
Costs of sale, ns follows:
Deed to purchaser.. ..$6 r>o
Commission; 5 pet cent. 2 5"
Auctioneer . 5 on
Hand bills. 1 50
-1 I 50
$K2 37
Costs of suit, clerk's fee.
October. 1905. e, 25
$SR 02
A P CHANDLER.
Rowling Green.
Curd Prom Fntiler MnKrl.
To the Kdltor ??! The Tlmes-Dlspatch:
sir. Will von kindly deny for me
the statement ,,f some party, printed
in one of the evening papers of Wed?
nesday, to the effect that I recently
visited the llonrlco County .lall and
.versed th re with some person or
persons conni ct< d with n pending trial?
Nol only have i not called at snld Jail
recently, hut cannot remember having
rlslted .1 conversed with prisoners or
other- there al any time whatsoever.
P. JOS BPH MAORI.
August 23.
Virginia Polities.
'!'.. t ic Editor ..f The Times-DiSpatch:
.Sir. ? is ri"i blindness like lunacy?
the Insatse being frequently sane on
some things and crssy on others'.'
There seems a political blirulnes? af?
fect Ing own Of u ually clear *Mslnn.-\
Is not a lawyer exceedingly blind to
the law and the evidence on the oppo?
site side? He lakes exceptions to the
lodge's ruling if not in hie? favor.
Mark Ha ana was blind to trusts,
but when gotten it: rather an awkward
position, he saitl that Hier? were good
and bad ones. (Jeneral Ruftl" A. Avers
snld In a letter n few days ago that
there was no machine In Virginia.
Soinebodv must have thrown sand in
his eyes, as any one with normal
yi ion can readily see one.
Siuwoso h? desired an office of anv
kind and was known to oppose Sena?
tor Martin. Do you not suppose he
would SCO tho mfichlno before ho would
see the office?
Sum,, try to confound organization
with machine. Organisation Is merely
tho Instrument through which tho
people speak nnd act, delegating cer?
tain men to represent them In va?
rious capacities.
If two or more men aspire to the
same office, the servants of the people
??the organization?will net fairly- and
Impartially, permitting a fair field and
no favors. But when that body of
delegates endeavor to obstruct In any
way an eligible man. they at once
usurp powors that d- it belong to
them, and are dungc ., I to the wel?
fare of the people. " ./ should ho
rebuked at once for niching free men
of their Ood-glven rights. Autocracy
wearing "stolen goods"?.Democratic
livery. ,
As an Instance of this machine work,
mark that Insteitvl of the selection of
the judges of the primary being as
fair for one as another, we find that
one side has all the Judges nnd the
other side without representation In
n supposedly reprevsentatlvc govern?
ment. Absolutely as unfnLf' us If the
Judge of a court could have a special
Interest In a case before him and to
mnkp his side strong would select the
Jury, which was known to he partial
to his side.
Is It honest for a set?of men. It
matters not how high they stand In
their community, to advocate In poll
tics what they would not tolerate If
they occupied the position of those
whose Interest tbev are trying to
blight? If they would be ahove sus?
picion, let them act above It.
Is there any kind of eonte-t on earth
considered fair and honest that has nl'
of th> 'selocted ludpres known to be
favorable to one side? If that 1\ not
a machine that tho people should
crush out of existence. It Is because It
has crushed thP people with Its power
Until their protest is too feeble to
stand against such a malignant force.
If either Martin or Swansdi had the
proper sense of Justice, they would
spurn to accept such disgraceful meth?
ods'; but would tight so. n a rely to gel
honor without taint.
It Is almost certain to bring on s
contested election, as no one hut the
machine and Its cohorts will hive thr
slightest confldsnoe In the result.
Would we permit the Republicans to
have all the Judges In liny election?
would the Democrats permit the Re?
publicans to have all the Judges of
their party? Are there any Democrats
blind enough to think the people ap?
prove of pormljrMng one side of the
party to pack the voting booths with
Judges of their own selection'' Are
there any so blind who can view such
in outrageous net and then say theV ;
lldn't eee any machine? Of course, no
One can expect the Inmates of a bllod I
isylum to see anything, and self-|ni- j
oosed blindness Is Incurable from I
?very Stundpoint.
Such methods should he stamped
nut. root and branch, in a State of j
?talesmen that has by such acts fallen
to the level of mere wire-working
:>olltlctans.
JEFFERSON DEMOCRAT.
Richmond
The Xr?rcp'? Truest Krlend?.
To ihn IJdltor of Ihn Times-Dispatch: !
Sir.?Concornlng what is styled by it
certain Northern Journal as "A Dark
1'roblem for Denver," permit me to
say a few words.
It Is said that possibly l.noo dele?
gates are expected to attend the Negro
Educational Congress, which Is to con?
vene in the above named city now
shortly, and of these only about 500
can be housed by negro families liv?
ing within city limits or near enough
for convenience. What shall be done
about the rest Is the "dark problem"
with which Denver Is now to be con?
fronted.
That the outlook for accommodations
Is anything hut bright goes without]
saying, for few, if any, of the white
hotels or boarding houses, so far as I <
have been able to learn, are showing,
the slightest tendency toward hos?
pitality. And yet Denver has no
?'.Sollthern prejudice," as the few who
Invited us there would have us believe,
"ml that there the Anglo-American I
lion and the Afro-American lamb do
safely lie down together; and. Indeed.
Ibis promise may li<: a sugar-coated i
pill to be swallowed dow n by some of j
my people; nut as for me, I know the;
South, 'Hired and born" here, and l!
am rather Inclined "to bear those Ills
we have than ny to others we knowI
not of."
Certainly I cannot charge the cltyj
of Denver of being prejudiced against,
the negroes simply because they are
negroes, uny more than 1 might lay ?
the same charge at the door of Rich?
mond; but I will date to say that Den- j
vor Is guilty of the same sin. If such i
any one wishes to term it. which Rich?
mond Is guilty of. anj that Is race!
pride, and this |3 and ought to bo j
maintained by not only every city, but
by every Individual. To-day the social
and economical battles are being
fought out on ?the pi?.nciple of tho
survival or the fittest, and therefore
whatever would tend to \yeaketi the
integrity and destroy thu Inherent
pride and ambition of a poople ought
to he carefully guarded against,
whether It be to keep pure the "blue"
blood, or that which courses through
the veins of God's ..lack child of
destiny. There are. and ever will he,
racial lines beyond which no peopleI
may go with impunity, and uny over?
leaping of these bounds awakes "the
divinity that stirs within us"; und
thus the so-called "dark problem." as
It is ever and anon presented to us, Is
not sectional, but universal, and the
only difference in It Is that the South
fearlessly, manfully, declares Its posi?
tion, while the North Is Often the ser?
pent beneath the rose, ami the sooner
our people learn this tho better.
Now, while it does seem hard that
for even an honest dollar a refined
negro may not be able to secure ac?
commodation:- under a roof owned by
another race, yet It is simply a lesson,
which, t" niy mind, teaches that the
best place for the negro, high or low.
Is at home among his kith and kin.
Why not. then, hold this congress at
Atlanta. Now Orleans, or oven Rich?
mond? In either of these Southern
cities homes of people of our own race
in sufficient number would have been
open io the delegates, ind eating
places for negroes exclusively would
have guaranteed every one from star?
vation. And while it Is not my de?
sire lo extenuate any crimes here com?
mitted against my people, yet, as 1
sny. the South Is oulspoknn?she says
what she means, and means what she,
says?and the negro will yet learn that
the South is pre-eminently his homo,
and the home of bis truest friends. The
liegt o belongs to the South as her bo
Otiest to civilisation, and In spile of
what may be said against it, the liner
sensibilities of the blue-veined South?
land arc offering the negro Industrial
ami economic opportunities such as
no scotinn Of the North can boast of.
I conclude by saying, furthermore,
thai neither Denver nor the entire
West have pop.ro teachers to be com?
pare! ill number with those of the
South and East, hence to expect tho
hulk of negro teachers to rro all the
way to Denver to meet a few wise
men from the West, ami al the same
time fleeing frorfl our shadows, as It
were, falls but little short of the
ridiculous.
Thus thanking yon for space, may
1 say th.it as a child of the Old Do?
minion I am here as a witness lo the
peace and good will existing between1
the good negro and the samo kind!
of while man. |
Very respectful'v yours.
W. .1. EUCAS.
Virginia Union University, Richmond |
A Word Frnm Surry.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dltpnteh: j
Sir. ? I observe from to-day's Times- I
Dispatch that yO'J have "turned" Swan
son down as a candidate for the I'nited
States Senate. Now "turn" Martin |
down, and you will, according to my
mind, be?rlght all around.
I have not slopped lo consider the
comparative turpitude of tho offenses
In each case, but It seems [o me that
SWdnfton has the advantage In thai he
did not dispute the allegation, and so
fnr has not falsified himself. Hone
you may soon Identify yourself fully
with the antl-machlne forces.
C. W. ASTROl'.
Surry Courthouse.
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GREEKS REMEMBER
THEIR NATIVE LAND
Hl I V MAIIQUISIS DK POXTBXOY.
SOME explanation >h necessary with
rctjaril lo the will of Marino
Corgialegno, of Mount Htreet,
Berkloy Square, l<vndcii, :i- W.?
a native ol Cephalonla, a naturalized
English citizen, who. tlythg at Saint
Leonard*?, at the age of eighty-two,
has not only appointed the Crownpi Inci.
of Greece as the executor ol his testa?
mentary dispositions, but also one of
u.e chief legatees of hla estate, which
amounts to something In the neigh?
borhood Of $ I.UUl'.OOU.
Thu win. as I will presently show,
serves to emphasize once more an argu?
ment that I have from time to time
put forward In these letters, namely,
that the Greeks, when they leave their
own country, become far more useful
sons thereof tha-n if they had remained
at home. The reason 'or this is. prob?
ably, that conditions abroad are so
wholly different, Inciting them to ac?
tivity" and to enterprise, and calling
forth all the best phases uf their char?
acter. There are nn more respected
ami prosperous members of tho com?
mercial communities of London, of
Paris, ol Marseilles, of Egypt, of
Turkey, of Odessa, of New York, and
of Chicago, than the Creeks, many ol
wh>m are millionaires, while all arc
more or less prosperous. And these
expatriated sons of Greece, many of
whom for business purpose's acquire
letters of citizenship in the land
uf their adoption, never forget their
native' country, are always umongst
the most generous subscribers to all
useful national and philanthropic en?
terprises a! home, and seldom die with?
out leaving handsome bequests to pub
He institutions in Greece.
Thus. Corgialegno bequeathed $.."o.
000 10 King George, to be used at h*s
uncontrolled discretion, for the im?
provement of the Greek navy, and $.'?'>,
000 for the amelioration of tho sani?
tary condition of the military barracks
at Athens. He leaves $200,000 for the
Institution by. the crowriprihee of a
school at Athen.'-, on the lines Of the
English colleges oi Eton or Harrow;
1100.000 to the crownprlnce for Hie es?
tablishment of a hOSplta lat Athens,
)200,0C0 to the > rownprlnce tor the es?
tablishment of an Industrial and
technical school in his native town of
Argosloll, in the island of Cephalonla;
11 10,000 for the construction of a model
prison nt Athens, on English lines;
$50,000 to the crownprlnce, as well ns
bis house al Argostoll, for a girls
school in the island of Cephalonla; |f>o.
000 lo the Queen of Greece, for her
hospital. Kvangelisms. at Athens;
while the entile residue of bis fortune
is to remain at the absolute disposal
of the crown prince, tor use. In his dis?
cretion, "for ib- impi'ovemenl aiiicl
embellishment of the city of Athens,
und the establishment of any Institu?
tion for the promotion of scientific
literary, or moral knowledge or for
the advancement of the arts ami trades,
which he (the crownprlnce) may deter?
mine." in one ward. Greece's future
King. In hN capacity us executor, and
a:- lo ir of Ii,,- fortune Of $1,000,000 left
by CorglalCgllO, is floe to dispose of
tho money as be tees tit, and at bis
uncontrolled discretion, for public pur?
poses, !
Tin- old millionaire likewise be
quonthed ail his an treasures, includ?
ing a priceless collection of SeVrOal
porcelain, dating from the middle of]
the eighteenth century, i" the crown?
prlnce, beseeching his acceptance
thereof, as a token of his affect lohnte]
friendship and deep regard.
Corgialegno was on terms of'con-l
slderablc friendship with the crown?
prlnce and King George who never
tailed to see niuch of him when they
visited England, and who also win fori
him the good will and the marked
favor of King fCdward and Queen
Alexandra.
Quren Olga's pot Institution, the
model hospital at Athens, entitled the I
Evangelleon, which for years she lias!
personally directed, \v>>s likewise built 1
and endOWOd for her by a great mil-1
llonalre, who had made an enormous
fortune abroad, mid who placed a por?
tion of It nl her disposal, with this In?
stitution in view.
Iword Ennlsklllen's second son, the
Hon. Galbralth Cole, whose killing of i
a native suspected of sheep-stealing. j
In, British East Africa, has been en-'
gaging the attention of Parliament In!
London, has been acquitted by a jury,]
after being placed on trial at the Highi
Court of Sessions at Nakuru, In East
Africa. Naturally the Jury was com?
posed of white men: land owners,
merchants, store keepers, mechanics,
artisans, etc., and Inasmuch as all
white people hold together, more orl
less, in the Dark Continent, in dealing
with natives, and an moreover Gal
bralth Cola la a great territorial mua'
nate in British East Ai:.w, und one or
the most Inllueriliul members of the
while community, It stood to reason
that there was not the ?llghtest pros?
pect of his being convicted.
Yet he Shot down the native and kill?
ed hl tu in cold blood: not because tie
caught him in the act of stealing a
aheap, but because he found soots
sheep's wool in his hot, und traces oi
the fact that mutton had been cooked
there. There is no doubt that had the
killing been done In England, und had
the victim v. ho offered no resistance,
been a white man. Galbralth Cole, who
Is a former officer of the. Tenth Hus?
sars, would have been convicted ut the
very least of manslaughter, entail?
ing a heavy sentence, since, according
to British law. it is only permissible
to shoot a robber when entering .1
house, owing 10 his menace of life, but
not when he is effecting his escape, no
mutter how much he may be laden
with stolen property.
Acquitted by it jury of his peers at
Nakuru, it is difficult tu see how Gai
braltb Cole can be. tried again for the
Kam? offense however, strongly Parlia?
ment may protest against his escape
from any punishment Hut the whole
affair points to one of the grout diffi?
culties of colonization in the Dark
Continent.
One of Galbrttlth Cole's neighbor.-. !n
British East Africa Is his brother-in
law. Lord Dclaniere. who married his
sister. Lady Florence Cole. His estates
adjoin those of Cole, and It was Indeco
on his property that lite killing of the
native took place. Home years ago
Lord Deiamere was suspended by the
Governor of Brush East Africa from
membership of the Legislative Council
for his "truculent and aggressjve man?
ner In demanding a change of the
local black labor laws," with a view
to making them more stringent, and a
bitter feud ensued between the Gover?
nor on the one hand, and Lord Dei?
amere, with all the English land owners,
including i.otd Cardross, Captain Van
? lor Weyer, formerly of the Scol*
Guards and Galbralth t'ole, on the other-!
the representatives of the sovereign
being virtually boycotted. In a social
sense, by the entire white society of
ib.- c??ntry. The end was that ho
demanded and obtained his transfer
to another post.
The present Governor of the pro?
tectorate appeals to have taken 11
strong stand against the manifest
misdirection of justice In the trial of
i'.a 1 bra Mb Cole at Nakuru. and It Is
probable that he ?111 incur the wrath
of the colonists.
Lord UnntskUlen is a Knight of the
Order of St. Patrick, has his principal
country seat at Florence Court, Fnnls
klllen, County Fermanagh, has a seat
In the House of Lords an a baron of
the United Kingdom, his vlseounty and
earldom being Irish, and Is descended
from that Sir William Cole who set?
tled In Ireland, in the county of Fer?
managh, in the 1 cign of Janies I., re?
ceiving an Immense tract of escheated
lands, which are still in his posses?
sion, .lohn Cole was raised to the peer?
age of Ireland as Lord Mount Florence,
in 17410, and h's son was advanced to
the Barldom of Ennlsklllon, in itso.
playing an important part in bring?
ing about the union of Ireland and
England. Lord Bnniaklilen, prior lo
his accession to the earldom, and while
still Viscount Cole, figured In a very
sensational role in the famous Mor
daunl divorce case: a case In which It
was attempted to incriminate King lid
ward, hut without success, he being
acquitted by a jury of his fellow cotin
trymen, whereas Hhe then Lord Colo
was pronounced guilty.
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