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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911.
TAFT'S CIVII, SERVICE Ol VI.
I.ENUE..
In his speech at Detroit <>n Monday.
President Taft boldly challenged Mr.
Bryan of anybody else to "tell 'the
public what particular contract or re?
straint of Interstate trade he would
condemn which would not be condemn?
ed within this definition of the Court"
?the definition laid down In the de?
cisions in the Standard Oil and Amer?
ican Tobacco cases'^ Of course, Mr.
Bryan will accept the challenge, and
??hat he ? ill confuse the issue we liaVo
the least doubt. There was another
tierige, however, in the President's
at Detroit, touching upon in
entlioly different matter which we
Should be pleased to hr.Vrt I he Demo?
crats accept at Ibe next session of
C;ipyiess. II Is ti challenge "to. In?
clude in the civil service every col?
lector, deputy collector and everybody
connected with the internnl revenue
?ystem In local collections, and put the
whole service on an effective. non
Partisan basis." The President chal?
lenged those who have charged hltn
with using the patronage of his of?
fice to accomplish something "to come
forward and .loin me In legislation
which will enable nie to put every
local of?oer, he he postmaster, inter?
nal revenue collector, customs collec?
tor ??!? anybody else tilling on office of
the United States, In any of the States
of the Union, under the classified civil
Service." He would do this because
* It would be a source of economy,"
and "would give the President more
time to devote to other duties." lie
said that he knew "it would nave a
good many Congressmen their seats."
und "would lend to the elevation of]
the public service", but he did not
believe the Congress would do It.
In his speech, Mr. Taft said: "They
have charged me with using patron- '
age to accomplish something: If I
hnvr, 1 am not conscious of it." The
Baltimore Sun Is Inclined to doubt
this statement, and does not under?
stand how the President could have
beon unconscious of the alleged fact1
that he cut off the Federal patronage;
of the Republican Insurgents In Con?
gress who refused to support the Ad?
ministration bills without amendment.
In support of Its opinion that the
President must have been conscious
of such use of his patronage. The Sun
Papc-r quotes a letter written by the
President's Secretory, Charles D. Nor?
ton, in September last year, In which ]
he said: "While Republican legisla?
tion pending In Congress was opposed
by certain Republicans, the President
felt it to be his duty to the party I
end to the country to withhold Fed?
eral patronise from certain Senators
and Congressmen who seemed to be in
opposition to the Administration's ef?
forts to carry out the promises of th?
party platform.",T0r.'.Norton did write
such a letter, and yet the President
in his zeal for the accomplishment of
his own pledges and the promises of
his party platform might not have
been conscious of using patronage to
attain his ends. We have sufficient
faith in his good intentions and sufll
clent proof of his disregard of par?
tisan considerations In the larger
things of his Administration to ac?
cept his statement at Detroit at itt
full face value. He did not use the
Federal patronage, certainly, for Ad?
ministration .purposes when he ap?
pointed Edward D. White, of Louisi?
ana, Chief Justice of the Fulled Stales
Supreme Court, when he placed Lof?
ton, of Tennessee, and Lamer, of
Georgia, on the Supremo Bench; when
he appointed Connor, uf North Caro?
lina, to the Circuit Bench, mid Smith,
of South Carolina, to the i >is11 i<-1
Bench. Besides, In the mutter ns
noted by Mr. Norton, lie was deal?
ing with a condition In his own party
and not with a theory of the wisest
end best means of attaining the end
Of pood government.
leaving this Incident o\u o( further
considers lion at present, the chal?
lenge for adequate legislation Hist
will remove, nny' future use of Fe<?
trtil patronage I? perfectly clear and
has the ring of the true metal. What
will those who have charged the Pres?
ident with the abtut? of patronage do
about it? Thnt is the question of im?
mediate importance. \\'C have not the
Hast doubt that the challenge wa- i
sued in good faith At the close of
1910 there wer?- nearly :'.00.000 em?
ployer of the Government In th-.
classified civil service. A year ago
Mr. Taft Issued an Executive order
placing In the compe'.ltlvu classified
servlco the assistant postmasters ' In
post offices of the flr?i und second
classes. In a speech to the League.
'Of Republican Clubs In New York Oily
Just October he recommended the ex?
tension Of the merit system Hr post?
masters of the. first, second and third
classes., to collectors of Internal i eyx
nue, to collectors of customs, sur
yeyor.il of customs and appraisers. Hi
urged Congress In his message Inm
December to enact a law providing,
that the President should have tht
power to Include In the classified, ser
1 vice all local officers outside of Wash?
ington whose appointments now re?
quire confirmation by. the Senate. Ho
hus also extended the merit system to
the diplomats and consular service,
and his record on the question of civil
service Is. as The Colonel would say.
"As clean as a hound's tooth." We
are all quite ready to lake the Presi?
dent at Mr. Norton's word; let us tako
fclm now at his own, and go in with
him to reform the civil service of *.hs
Government by takln* it out of any
sort of politics.
Grover Cleveland was the flrsl ami
most effective of our Presidents in
making th<- civil service .1 live ques?
tion in this country. Democrats of
I the Jacksonlnn school "to the victor.?
? belong the spoils," will not, of coursje;
I but the question now Is not whether
Mr. T?ft whs "conscious" In his deal?
ing with the Insurgents of his own
party; but whether we are conscious
of the opportunity the President now
offer* of his help In taking patron?
age away from him and his s icces.
or> in office.
LOOKS A LITTI.K "WET" NOW.
it will not be known before October
S definitely und exactly how Main
voted on the prohibition iiiiestlon
Since the elect loh last Monday week,
it has been ''wet'' one day and "dry"
the next. Tlx- flrsl returns 01
sotnedtihk like 1,500 for the
repeal of Constitutional prohibition
were whittled down and whittled
down until it had been converted In?
to n majority for prohibition of about!
.600, and it is now decided that the ma?
jority for repeal Is 2fi. Altorney-Gen
j eral Pattingall is said to have express
led his belief that corrections that are
j to be made will show n considerable
majority against repeal. Corrections 1
j can be made up to October 9. In the
meantime, the blind tigers and holes
ln-the-wall and the boot-leggers and
open saloons in the cities are doing
business In the same old way and at
i the same old stands.
j People on Hie outside who do not
know the ways of Maine have heen I
j puzzled by the present remarkable sit-1
juntlon: but It is explained by the Bos-]
ton Transcript that "humanity is pretty!
evenly divided on almost any political,
economic or moral Issue"?'specially In;
j the State of Maine, which, although \
1 generally supposed to be hopelessly
I Republican, has. In fact, since lSfiv!
been n very close State. The highest I
percentage <if the popular vote cast for I
I a Hepubllcan candidate for President
In forty-one years was cast for The
j Colonel In 1901. when he received < ly
50 per cent, of the total vote cast.
Tin- lowest percentage of the vote of
Maine cast for o Democratic candidate
for President In the long period of
I years covered by the statistics of The
Transcript was in 1904, when Judge
Parker received only 37 per cent, of
the ballots polled. In H'OS Mr. Bryan
received -1,1 per cent, of the total vote,
the smallest vote cast by Maine for;
the Democratic candidate for Presi?
dent, with the exception of the Park-|
! er vote In 1904, In forty years. The 1
people of Maine have a way of vot- j
ing as they please. The Democrats!
stayed at home in 18SS end Harrison!
was elected. Four years later they
j went back on Harrison, reducing his
pereentage from 47 per rent. In 1S8S.
tf 1 42 per cent, in 1S92.
These figures are used by our Bos?
ton contemporary to show that It is
really no new thing for the result In
Maine to be very close at elections In
which the people are really Interested.
One of the reasons that there has been
so large n vote in Maine for the repeal
of Constitutional prohibition is not
that' the people of that State are less'
given to the cause of temperance, but
because prohibition as the laws have:
heen administered has not prohibited. (
j UNITED 'poll GOOD ROADS. j
Easily the most nolable gathering
In Bichmond for several years will bo
the first rood congress of the Ameri?
can Association for Highway improve?
ment, which takes place November 20
23. Charles I'. Light, chief field rep?
resentative of the Association, in an
Interview elsewhere to be found do
tolls most strikingly the purposes of
this body. The congress in Blchmond
will bring Ilie lending highway build?
ers of the country and many other
men of nation-wide celebrity. As a
inonlfestatlon ?>f his interest In and
approval "f this great work, the Presi?
dent of the United States will be pres?
ent at the meeting.
Trie problems of construction and
I maintenance of highways will be fully
I discussed at this flrsl rond congress,
i All that will I.- said and done will be;
along practical, helpful lines. The
time-worn platitudes about roads will
not burden the air?action is the aim
of the Association. The necessity for
the Association must be appareut to
all who arc familiar to any degree
I with the roiid problem, which is u na
t onal problem Just as there flioull
be uniform laws and uniform legal
procedure in all States, so there
nhotlld be ?htform methods of road
niiiklng and road-malnlenanee In all
of thorn. Theie must be correlation of
effort so that all road bodies may
I work together harmoniously, without
I waste or overlapping. There must be
I a general movement to arouse public
sentiment for better highways and
for wise and equitable rond legislation.
Efficient rond administration In the
States and Iheli subdivisions. Involv?
ing the employment of skilled super?
vision, and the elimination of politics
from the road question. must be
brought about.
M?sl Important of all these purposes
Is the continuous and systematic maln
, tenance of all highways, the elasslfi
r| cation of nil rosdn according to the
; I requirements of traffic. The prlnel
? jple of State aid and Stale supervision
! must bo adopted In all the States. All
road construction should be so corre?
lated thnt the Important roads of euch
j county shall connect- With those of the
j adjoining counties, and so thai the.
j Important roads of each State Bhall
connect with those of adjoining States.
: Joint State action In the matter of
highways Is much better than Federal
( action, and will bring results far more
I quickly. By Intelligent co-operation,
j the States may thus be brought clos
i er together commercially and socially.
. an end devoutly to be hoped for. Thus
! would be established trunk lines serv?
ing sectional as well as State pur?
poses. In fact. Joint state action In es?
tablishing Interstate roads Is the only
practical method for accomplishing
j this great purpose.
Virginia, for example, would benefit
; immeasurably by the adoption of a
I continuous and correlating plan of
road construction. Road building
along Improved lines has been too
sporadic and Irregular in this Com?
monwealth. There are some counties
j Which have fine stretx-hes of Improv
j ed highways?there are others which
(.cannot boast u single Inch. There
should be continuous highways
sii.Mchlng through nil the counties ann
joining them, while there should bo at*
? least one great main road through the
: State, a chain made of county links of
I good roads. One-fifth or the Virginia
j counties have voted $3,SG8,000 as spe?
cial bmid issues for highway construe
; lion since the State Highway Commls
j sloq whs created?and much of this
; hns been voted in the last twelve?
month. This Is a good showing, but
the counties without good roads
should arouse themselves to the
tremendous value of good roads to
the county and Its Inclusive communi?
ties.
The American Association for High?
way Improvement has to do with n
great work which concerns the people
of the whole nation. Its first con?
gress here will bo a notable event,
calling the attention of the country
to the far-reaching significance of the
road problem. and the Importance
which is attached to it by the lead?
ers of American thought and action.
"U1-13ED IN G K.1X5 A S."
Governor Mann Is going to Kansas
this week to take part In the cele?
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the admission of that State to the
Union. He will make an address by
special request, and It Is hoped thnt
he will "make the punishment fit the
crime." so to say. From the days of
John Brown down to the time of
Stubbs, Kansas has been making
trouble for all the rest of the country,
having retained In Its blood many of
the* evil traits of the Indians and
Spaniards and Tcxans. who were Its
first Inhabitants.
Coming to the X'nlled States as a
part of the I^ouislana Purchase and
by cession from Texas, the theatre of
Indian foray and massacre, the border
land between the Irec and slavery
States, the territory In which John
Brpwn, of Ossawatomie. did his most
brutnl work, and at present held so
curely. It would seem. In the hands of
Stubbs, It would have been bettor for
all the rest of us had It never beer?
born. There is no heresy that is too
strong for its political stomach, no
form of violence In which Us people
would not engage, and no excess of
righteousness which they would not
claim. We would suggest that Gov?
ernor Mann take the Virginia Bill of
Bights with him and read It for the
information of the people of that land
of cyclone pits and sandy wastes and
riotous politics to the end that they
might be saved from themselves ana
the impossible, leaders whom they
have followed.
BEVERI.BY RANDOLPH WBI?LFORD.
One of the most notable of the old
school of Virginia lawyers pos3cd on
Tuesday, when Judge Beverley Fan
dolph Wellford obeyed the summons of
death. More than eighty years old, ho
had lived as a prominent figure In tha
annals of Virginia for many decades,
serving Virginia with fidelity and
honor. For more than thirty years hs
sat upon the circuit bench In Rich?
mond, adoinl; ; it with his masterly
learning, his xalted character, his
noble and Just qualities. He tried
thousands of cases in Iiis tenure of
oftlce, and surrendering the. chair be?
cause of old age, departed with the
record of one whose work was well
done, and who was faithful to the trust
reposed in him. Secure 1b his name in
the Judicial history of the Common?
wealth; enduring Is his work. Serene
and patient he awaited the. end, con
scious of duty well done and of a life
nobly and finely lived, as becumo a
Virginia Judge of the old school,
BUCKING THE BRONX.
A Manhattan cocktail Involved Vice
President Fairbanks In unlimited trou?
ble In the very midst of his period of
high political hopes. It is to bo hoped
that the Preslde.nl will remember this
when ihe visits St. I/OUls Saturday, for
the ominous Bronx cocktail In all Its
green-gold allurement will meet him
there, Some of the St. Douls preachers
have tried to remove It from his path,
but to no avail.
There was cautious debate as to the
Bronx mixture Monday at a weekly
meeting of the Baptist ministers of
the Mlr-Rouri metropolis A resolution
wan adopted protesting against the
serving of any Intoxicant at the Taft
breakfast Saturday morning. The min?
isters did not protest against the cook
tail at any other meal, but simply
fought Its use at hrenkfaat.
AI the conference, the Rev. S. E.
Ewing asked whether a Bronx cock
tall is necessarily intoxicating. "There
are cocktail* that are not Intoxicating,
and It may be that the Bronx |? one
of them," he said, perhaps thinking
of the clam and oyster cpoktalls. "Its
name Indicates that It comes from New
York." Interjected the Rev. George
Stecko? "and I am persuuded that It
contnins whiskey." "How do you know
that it does?" naked Brother EwlnB,
and Brother Stceke replied: "Well, tho
W. C. T. U. would not have written
asking us to protest agalnH it if it
were not an intoxicant." Tho ques?
tion was finally "referred to the Rev.
Clalr E. Ames, a train dispatcher
preacher, and he "stated positively"
that I tic Bronx cocktail contains whis?
key, though "he wasn't naked where
he got his information."
Despite the testimony of Brothor
Ames. Ihe ministers were still disposed
to be cautions, and the resolution
adopted referred to no speclllc cock
tall, but protested generally against
Intoxicants.
At the conference of the Presbyte?
rian preachers the same question was
raised as to the Ingredients of the
Bronx. The Rev. Frank Magill suld
that he had read In a newspaper that
It had some jiggers In It. lie was
askeil how many, but he confessed he
did not know. "They were Jiggers,
whatever that Is. and one of them had
whiskey or something In It." Imme?
diately a condemnatory resolution was
agreed to, pointing out that Mr. Taft
Is a total abstainer, nnd asking Ihe
banquet committee to "follow his ex
i ample."
I A l.yncihburg informant says Ihut
the Bronx cocktail contains gin. vor
month and orange Jutce or orange bit?
ters. Bo that as It may. It has been
decided that the Bronx will stay put
and be In evidence at the Taft break?
fast.
GETTING BETTER A 1,1. THE TlMFJ.
Richmond Colloge will bogln its
seventy-ninth year to-day, with one j
hundred and fifty students In attend,- !
ance. They come from many of the !
Southern States, and there aro also j
representatives of the West and East..
Their certificates show that they aro I
better prepared for college work than
ever before, the most of them having
completed a four-years' course In the i
high schools. Sixteen candidates for j
the ministry among their number have '
been accepted by the honrd of trustees,
and will receive aid from the fund set
apart for this purpose.
With a corps of teachers of excep?
tional ability, and under the superb
direction of President Boatwrlght, the J
promise of a year of brilliant and sub?
stantial achievement is particularly
encouraging to the friends of this most j
worthy Institution.
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THE SOITHSIDE.
A foreigner visiting the United States
Is sojourning In Virginia, nnd In writ?
ing his Impressions to the New York
Sun Is most complimentary. He Is vis?
iting In Soythsldo Virginia, where he
finds "comfort and contentment," but!
"no hurry." He says that he has never
henrd the word "money" since he has
been In that putt of the Old Dominion,
nnd "talk of real estate and mortgages
Is evidently taboo." Moreover, he ob?
serves that "If men or women go be?
yond their tether In a strenuous way
their fate is polite Coventry, which
moans nothing more than a bow on
meeting or banishment." He odds that
he doesn't mean that the neighborhood
Is full of Admiral Crlchtons, but that
people take respectability more Into
account "than anywhere else I hove
been in the States." Every one, he
soys, seems to know every one else,
though the line Is strictly drawn. "You
shake hands with Mrs. Soandso and
merely bow to Mrs. Somebodyelso, but
you acknowledge them all, good or bad,
In some way." We doubt If there are
really nny bad people In the Southslde.
but aside from that the foreigner's
Impression Is very complimentary toi
a section of Virginia famed In song
and story.
Why Is It that persons who use the
telephone do not use It right? For
example, in ringing up an office to find
out If some particular person Is In, In?
stead of Haying, "Who Is this?" why
don't you soy, "This Is Mr. Dub; Is
Mr. Rub In?"
General Felix Agnus ought to have
a talk with his excellent cartoonist,
Thorndlke, and reason with him about
sending up the President In a flying
machine. In view of the fact that the
President is already up In the air, it
would he Just as well for tho Republi?
can standpatters not to Indulge In sug?
gestions of this sort.
It looks bad for Mr. Taft; another
comet lias been discovered, and when
two comets occur In the same month
the year before the Presidential elec?
tion, It 13 always a sure sign that a
Democrat Is to be chosen.
"Meet me at the Fair."
The Hon. W. .lasper Talberl has an?
nounced hi.- purpose to opposo Son
ntor Tlllirvin for re-election. But
"how come?" We have been laboring
under the Impression that "Jap" wps
dead, and we think he is; but why
I his effort at resurrection? ft has
been nine long years since anybody
hos heard of him, and a politician who
has been dead nine years could not
be voted even In the Democratic pri?
mary elections In Norfolk County.
Voice of the People |
A Flue Tribute to Cnrrlngton.
To tho Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?I read your editorial in The
Times-Dispatch of Tuesday, Septem?
ber 13. 1911, headed "Carrlngton at the
Penitentiary." I fully agrco with you
us to the reasons why Dr. C. V. Car
rlngton should he retained In his pres?
ent position as physician to the peni?
tentiary.
It lias been my belief all along that
lne position above referred to should
be filled only by one fully competent
In every pattlcular to fill it. From
time lo time the public has been given
to understand that the one now aUlBtc
It Is fully competent, and that he has
made good in every lnstanco In the
cureful und palnstuklng discharge of
his duty. I understand that politics
has nothing to do with tho position,
so far as controlling it Is concerned;
thorqforc, I tako the liberty of making
this expression, and Indulging tho
hope that Dr. C. V. Carrlngton be re?
tained In bis present position, upon
the ground that he has made good
In that position In tho past. It is my
candid opinion that, with accumulated
experience from tho constant practlco
of medicine. Dr. G. V. Carrlngton (if
retained) will be able to show even
greater results In tho future.
It Is with no sinister motive that I
write these lines, but ns one of more
thun 10,000 negroes In this munici?
pality, I express my dcalre to have the
very host thing done for the medical
welfare of the unfortunate inmates
of the State Penitentiary.
Could a better thing be done than
to retain a man who has proven him?
self worthy of tho responsibilities
placed upon him? Trusting that your
suggestions may have wolght with the
appointing power, 1 am yours very
truly. W. T. JOHNSON.
Itlchmond. September 20.
What WUI He Dime About Iff
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?Your editorial of oven date, I
"Ah Outrage of The Daw," was so'
apropos, that I am sure It will stir!
the hearts of your thousands of read?
ers? It ought to stir them to action: \
The community will he shocked, as it
has been for lo: these many years, at i
the inhumane treatment of youthful;
offenders. Put will the excoriation of:
the magistrate by you lend to uwaken j
the community, or will we go on from
?lay lo day unmindful of the fact, us
you have pointed out, that the sen?
tencing of a child under seventeen \
years of age lo Jail shall not be done?;
The law Is plain, and ought to be well;
understood by ull of average Intelll-1
1 gence. It Is a gross perversion of the,
I law. and, In the case of .lohnte forden, j
:'.n Inhumane act. which should bring
Hie blush of shame to every' cheek In
this Commonwealth. This case is not
an exceptional one. A gentleman who
knows told me recently that the law Is
being broken every day In this matter.
The press does well to point out the
Inexcusable and wanton treatment of
youthful offenders, and It ought to
find Its fruitage In Buch action by tho.
community as common humanity de
inands at its hands. Will the people
net or forget It? Nous verrons.
LOUIS L. PA RH AM.
Richmond, September 20. i
Books In the Public Schools.
To the Editor of The Tlmos-Dlspoteh:
Sir,?An editorial In The Tlmes-Dls
patch of yesterday should roBUlt In
colling attention to the many changes
In* school (books made by the State,
Board of Education. It Is becoming
Increasingly difficult for a poor man
to give his children an education, free
public schools, nhotit which the aver?
age politician Is so blatant, exist In
the imagination only, and there are
children In the State growing up Ig?
norant because their parents are too
poor to buy the many book3 required
of them, and too proud to ask the city (
or county board to give them. At the
beginning of each session new books i
have to ho purchased, books which
are only partly used, and at the next
session they nre discarded and the!
publication of another publisher or,
the same publication slightly changed
Is silbstltuted. Thus. Eryc's grammar
school geography Is so changed that
the Illustrations on one page are
placed on another,' and presto! It bo-;
comes Frye'a high school geography.!
and pupils possessing the former work
are not permitted to use It. but must
purchnsc the new. Furthermore. It has!
come under the writer's observation!
that pupils in the Richmond public
schools have been required to buy
books that have never been used nt;
all. simply because those books were
put on the list by the State Board >
of Education. It would be Interesting;
to-know exactly what connection thero ;
exists between this State Board of
Education and the publication houses.
The entire plan of selecting the school i
books for use In Virginia's public
schools Is so wretchedly absurd as(
to call for an Investigation at the]
hands of the Legislature. By means of!
the schemes now In operation tho peo- I
pie are vearly gouged out of money. '
which manv of them can 111 nfford to
spare. In order to enrich a few pub-,
Ushers possessing some strange In?
fluence over the Slate Board of Ednca-,
tlon. ' READER.
Richmond. September 19.
A Political Pnrnble and the Primary.
T6 the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?I noticed on your editorial page
Of the past week, an article written ,
by the Hon. R. T. W. Duke, Judge ,
Duke, of Charloltesvllle, and in his ,
reference to the machine he calls It |
the threshing machine. Now, if he i
moans to say that the new machine j
as he calls It has done the work of
our modern separator, I think that he
has paid the Insurgents the highest
compliment they have received during
this fight. We all know that the
golden groin of earth's harvest enters
the mouth of this machine, and from
It comes the straw, chaff and the wheat.
Look at the great mountains of
stroAV and chaff. The bulk, the
plurality, the majority?It goeth where
the machine llsteth, but the wheat?
tho minority?fulletli to the ground; but
wo soon see it rising with Intrinsic
value and rewarding tho farmer for
his labor, and then, flowing Into
the channels of trade. It feeds the hun?
gry multitudes; but it Is very Impor?
tant that we take care of the majority,
put It back on our lands, that we make
a better crop next time. So let us get
together and see If we can do any?
thing for the betterment of luws, for
the advancement and Improvement? of
our laws with economy. Let us hear
from Judge Duke on the piimory elec?
tion; that primary which denied him
the privilege of running for Governor
a few years ngo on account of the
great expense one would have to bear
to run. It appeared to him At that
time, when ho was contemplating run?
ning, thnt It would cost, by the ni.nl
conservative estimates, between $12,000
and $15.000 to get through. He de?
cided after, getting these figures dhat
he could not afford to take that large
amount from his private fortune and
risk It on nn uncertainty. Now, as one
who has great admiration for Judge
Duke and one who would have sup?
ported him If he hod run, I ask him
to tell us what he thinks of this ex?
pensive primary under which only the
rich can attain to high office.
?T. C. GOODLOE, JR.
Oordonsvllle, Va., September 16.
On the Rood to Angonlrme.
(After "Locksley Hall.")
In the dim and distant future.
When the lights are burning low,
I hope we'll get to Angoulome?
1 say, "I hope," i do not know.
On the rond two tires were punctured.
And the lights refused to burn,
Motors, when they do run well,
Are not worth a single dura.
In the east the moon rose brightly.
And traversed the starlit sky;
The automobile, like a i>cnst,
Resolved to kill us or to die.
In the road the automobile.
Lightly skids from aide to side,
And the chauffeur most politely,
Curses at "that-? carbide."
At the cross-roads where the sign?
posts.
Dimly point In even' way,
Ross must Jump down and decipher
what tho French words mean to say.
At three o'clock we readied tho city.
As the east was growing light;
Daybreak only breaks at morning,
Automobiles break all night.
August 8.
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duction of 25 per cent, from the
marked prices.
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Daily Queries and Answers
Vote In Washington County.
Ploaso give tRii number of votes
rast In Washington county for each of
the senntorlul candidates In the recent
primary. X.
.Martin. 1,433; Jones, 31; Swanaon,
1.439; Gluss, 32.
Surviving Members of 1'nrkrr's Bat?
tery.
W. McK. Evans, a survivor of Par?
ker's Battery. C. S. A., desires the
address of the woman who wished In?
formation as to that battery.
This address wc do not possess.
Trust.
What Is a "trust company," as ap?
plied to savings banks? M.
The word "trust" In connection with
the ?uvlngs bank means that the bank
acts In the capacity of a trustee tor
those who desire to Intrust them with
their business.
llroluto.
1b there imp such word In the Eng?
lish language as "Dromlo," and what
Is the mounlng? E.
It Is used by Shakespeare tn his
"Comedy of Errors" as the synonym
for twin brother. *
Schooner.
What are the names of the masts
of a six-masted schooner? F.
Fore, main, mlrsen. Banker, Jigger
and driver.
FAIRFAX CARTWRIGHT ?
BITTERLY ATTACKED
BY Ul MARQUISE DE FONTBIJOY.
SIR FAIRFAX CART WRIGHT, the
British ambassador to Austria,
who has bean during the last few
weeks the object of such bitter attacks
In the German newspapers, owing- to
his remarks criticising Germany's
Moorish policy, made In a conversation
with the well known Austrian Journal?
ist. Dr. Slegmund Munz. and published
by the latter In the Vienna "Ncus Freie
Presse." Is persona grata at tho court
of Emperor Francis Joseph, and in
Viennese society. He has a very strong
strain of German blood In his veins.
For hlB grandfather, Sir ThomuH Cart
wright, who died as British mlnlstor
plenipotentiary at Stockholm, In .1S60,
was married to Countess Mario von
Sandlzell, daughter of the grand mas?
ter of the court of King Muxlmlllon II.
of Vavarla. Sir Fairfax's own mother
was also a German, a Frauloln Clomen
tlne Gaul, who had been the companion
of the first wife of his father, William
Cornwnllls Carthwright, of Aynho.
Banbury.
The Cartwrlghps have been seated at
Aynho ever since the days of Richard
Cartwrlght. a successful lawyer, who
bought the property early In the sev?
enteenth century, and whose son mar?
ried the daughter of the famous Parlia?
mentary genernl. the second I^jrd
Fairfax, who commanded nt Marston
Moor. It Is from this general that Sir
Fairfax derives Mb Christian name
When he was at Rome he married the
youngest daughter of the Marchese
Chi gl, a member of that historic and
princely house of the old Roman patri?
ciate, and the head of which Is here?
ditary marshall of the Holy Roman
Church, and guardlon of the Papal Con?
clave: responsible as such for all the
arrangements for the election of Popes.
Through his wife, and through his
grandmother. Sir Fairfax is thus re?
lated not only to most of jhe great
patrician houses of Rome, but likewise
to meny of the old families of the
Austrian modlatlzed nobility, such as
the Sayn-Wlttgenstelns, Th\irn and
Taxis, etc.
While minister nt Munich. S'r Fair?
fax became," a great favorite with the
Bavarian royal tamlly. especially with
Prince nnd Prlnces.t Leopold, and of
their sons and daughters. Princess
Leopold being the eldest daughter of
Emperor Francis Joseph. Indeed, It
was the Interest which Princess Leo?
pold exercised In his behalf at Vienna,
that led her father, the Emperor, to
ask King Edward to have Sir Fairfax
appointed ns ambassador to his court.
Sir Fairfax Is possessed of very am?
ple means, that is to say, a very large
allowanco from Ms father, and this, to?
gether with the fact that he as well as
his w<fe. are Roman Catholics, renders
his position among the diplomatic
corps on the banks of the Danube, of
a very privileged character. Nor Is It
In the least degree probable that the
clamor In the German press will find
any response on the part of the Vien?
nese court and government, or that any
demand w-lll be made by them for his
recall, nlthough it cannot be donled
that for so clever n man he has been
somewhat unfortunate In his relations
with the press. This is not the nrt
time that he has made the mistake uf
imagining that he could mako use of
the Continental press for political pur?
poses, and without his confidence being
betrayed, and himself compromised
thereby. Perhaps his tendency to take
journalists Into his confidence Is due
to the fact that he has done u good
deal of writing himself, being tho au?
thor of several tragedies, of review
articles, and even of one or two books
He has probably Inherited his literary
gifts from his father, who is the au?
thor of a very erudite history of tho
Jesuits, and who for some time was
the Liberal member for Oxfordshire.
Rome's action in giving the name of
Crispl to one of Its principal through
fares, without exciting any protest,
but, on the contrury, approval, even
from those organs of the press which
were most bitter against him during
his lifetime, demonstrates the extra?
ordinary revulsion which public senti?
ment has undergone ,ln Italy towards
King Humbert's all-powerful premier.
Tn fact, the Italian as a whole, seem to
have at length reached the conclusion,
formod long ago abroad, namely, that
Crispl was tho greatest statesman pro?
duced by Italy in tho nineteenth cen?
tury, next to Cavour, and Leo XIII.
Crlspl's countrymen have likewise
ended by appreciating the fact that
in nridltlon to being a statesman Of in?
ternational renown, he was also In
every sense of the word a gentleman,
and a very chivalrous ono at that, de?
spite hie origin. The one great mis?
take which he made, was h|s associa?
tion with the xtnscrupulous woman who
I? now receiving a pension from the
Italian government as his widow, but
who Is execrated from one end of the
Peninsula to the other, and through?
out Sicily, under the-, name of Dona
Linn He did not marry her until the
eve of the wedding of the daughter.
whom shs had borne him, and to whom
he was devoted, and In order to enable
the girl, Gtusepplna, a particularly
lovely woman, to become the wife o.
the fourteenth Prince, of Llnguagloasa,
hcsd of one of tho most ancient houses
of the Italian nobility.
Dona Lina was a woman of particu?
larly unfortunate antecedents, and not
satisfied with the scandals In which
she had become involved prior to
knowing Crispl, some of them figuring
on the police records of the Sicilian
town of Syracuse, she continued, a.t
ter becoming flrut his companion and
then his full-fledged wife, to Incrimi?
nate herself in nil sorts of unsavory
affairs, from tho consequence of which
she was only saved by her husband's
I name. He was rendered responsible for
moat of these misdoings of hers, espe
| daily those of a financial character:
whereas the fact has since been brought
to light that al; that he did was to
endeavor to shield her from the con?
sequences, sacrificing for the purpose
all that he had gut. and dying not only
penpllosH, but even In debt.
As an instance of his generosity of
character. It may be recalled that one
of the principal charges against him
was that he had obtained from King
Humbert tho Grand Cross of the Ordor
of St. Maurice nnd St. Lazarus, for the
French scientist and swindler. Cornelius
Hen, who played so evil a role In the
Panama bell broth. Crlspl's fots did
not hes'tate to assert, from the plat?
form and In print, that he had re?
ceived 100,000 lire, that Is to say,' ?20,
OOe-. for this order, from Herz. Criupl
never took the trouble to deny this,
or to exculpate himself. But among
his papers there has been found a
letter, written on the official paper of
the French president of the Council
of Ministers, ana In the handwriting
of the French statesman. Do Freyclnet.
who was Prime Minister of Frunce at
the time when he atlixed his signature
to the document. In this letter De
Freyclnet entreats Crispl. as a personal
favor, to bestow the Cordon of the Or?
der of St. 'Maurice and Lazarus upon
his friend Herz, tor whom he himself
had already obtained the Grand Cross
of tho Legion of Honor. The produc?
tion of this letter so many years after
Crlspl's death, has hod the effect of
oauslng the well known Italian editor.
Vlco Muntegazzs. to regard himself as
released from a promise which he gave
to Crispl, to maintain silence about
it, and in an article Just published in
the Roman "Corrlore della Sera" he
relates that once when Crispl was lying
ill, not long before his death, and af?
ter he had retired from ofBce, he hod
shown Muntcgazza the letter in ques?
tion, extracting from him a pledge to
make no mention of It, and explaining
at the same time that If he had never
used it to exculpato himself from the
charges brought against him In con
nect'on with Herz, It was because It
would have been a breach of confidence
towards De Freyclnet, capable of ruin?
ing one of France's most prominent
statesmen: ono who seemed likely at
the time to become once more Premier
of the Republic. Crispl added to Miin
tegazza, that If he were to use the let?
ter in order to clear himself, he would
regard himself as having been guilty
of siving a stab In the back to De
Freyclnet.
This Is only one of many of such
traits of Crispl which are now becom
' ing known and which explains the ln
I slstando of his daughter, Princess
I Llnguaglossa, to have his letters and
correspondence published: convinced as
[ she was from personal knowledge, that
j It would show her father to his coun?
trymen In an altogether new light, and
completely clenr his fair name.
1 may add that the princess is now
separated from her husband. For when
he found that her father had left no
money, and that all tho wrongly ac?
quired wealth imputed to him was a
myth, and that he had sacrificed oven
his restricted private means to save
his wife, the prince vented his disap?
pointment on the princess to such n
degree that she was compelled to seek
Judicial separation.
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