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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER S. 1911.
YESTERDAY'S FLECTIONS.
So doubtful Is the result in several
States as to the election of many of
yesterday's candidates that no general
assertion can be made at this time, es-'
eept that the Democratic party has, on
the face of the early returns, held Its.
own. At the time of this writing, the
only known total reverse suffered byi
the Democrats was In New York, where'
a DfmocrJ'.l" majority In the Assembly
of twenty-fcur has been changed Into:
a Republican majority of thirty. Tom-I
many was largely successful In New.
York, but did not "come back" In Its
accustomed form.
Rhede Island, us was expected, re?
mained in the Republican ranks.
Pothier. the present Republican Gov?
ernor, has made an excellent record,
has been constructive and progressive.
His Democratic opponent. Lewis Water?
man, instead of making his tight on
strong local Issue?, went far afield and
took up the initiative and {referendum
instead of pressing reforms n< fter
home?and his name is writ in water.
It looks like Foss in Massachusetts.
If he shall prevail, however, it will
be by greatly decreased majorities. The
campaign In Massachusetts turned
largely on the tariff, and a Foss victory
will indicate that Massachusetts fav?
ors the Democratic program, rather
than Mr. Taft's Tariff Board ideas.
Woodrow Wilson has probably won
again. The indications are that the
new legislative delegation will contain
a majority of Wilson supporters. If
this shall be the case, Democratic fac?
tionalism, as much as Republicanism,
will be rebuked.
Maryland and New Mexico are In
great doubt. The mayoralty in Phil
iulelphla Is very close.
The Democratic successes In Cincin?
nati. Cleveland anJ Columbus are very
encouraging signs Despite the fact
that Mr. Taft openly supported the Re?
publican machine in his home city, his
party lost.
By returning to the Democratic fold.
Kentucky cuts off a strong hope of the
Republicans thfct the Blue Grass Sta.te
would be the opening wedge through
which the solid Democratic South could
be broken. The Kentucky fight was on
strict party lines.
In Virginia, the situation remains
about the same. The so-called "Inde?
pendents" made negligible gains, as
far as can now be learned. Many hot?
ly contested county offices are very
doubtful.
A DECADE <T tiu *T?.
The whole country if standing on tip
lor awaiting Mr. Wlckeroham's next
move with regard to trusts. Twelve
years ago the country also was keyed
up about the trusts, but for a very
different reifcf/?. Then new trusts were
bom every tV*y? a ?vi tri? public scram?
bled for shares a'r.d underwriting!,
as the p'sblie always does.
was on a much firmer foundattct ;.- n
the South Sea and. Mississippi bubble,
but the same public Interest was wn
end the same wjid drcsms of marveloui '
returqs) were common Even trie pre
fe.fc.sors of economy emerged from theli
sweet sec'usior. and de'ltred that the !
day of old-fashioned competition was I
cone, and laid <"',wn the proposition t
?hat "the manufacturing business ?l the ' '
future eould be conducted Buceeatfuliy
in no other way.*'
No wonder the Protect? re ar.'i corn,
binatior. creators ?! z. .c- ago wer? 1
regard**: aB the magical wleldeVs of '
somt new and wonderful set-:. ? y
power, ar.d tnoije who mainta.ned that
the old 1?-as l,i political economy bad
not been superseded by this .? . ... ., .
latlon were promptly and uproariously j
laughed to scorn. Beca ig? Du : .-.!..
had found it advantageous, to giil froh
Hun Frnr.c's*o to New york In ont I' .,
man, without changing baggage and'
cars at every orlginu un< ?
the conclusion was hastily r, ? ? .
the day of the small and Ih ). ;.?..--.:..
manufacturer was and ought tti be
passed, if the HhermBii la ?? v.
meinbered, It waa Uni; lecalUd i .?
Icule. Even Mr. Roosevelt, u ,..
serene heights ..f his ex a Red powtr*
for wise action and construe: he leadei -
ehlp, found no harm in the steel ;i .... .
acquisition of the Tennessee Coal a:..;
Iron Company, and the seed that v as
sown by Hanna, nourished bv M Klnli
and watered by the Dlngley tariff
eeemed destined to grow into a tree
that would overspread the whole Ian :.
The day of personal government teas
on us; laws were disregarded *and an '
Attorney-General was Instructed by
Mr. Roosevelt not to enforce the law
and not to answer the requests from!
the Senate for Information a hont ?h..
?teel trust, ar.d a'.l tr.e combinations
were. In their mind, to be happy and
prosperous forever.
Then came Mr. Taft nnd declared
that the law muat ).* enforced, -r,,,.
?i American Tobacco Company ind the
Standard Oil Compenj have r?iad>
been haled to court un.-i !,a\t admitted
the force and efficacy of the 8h
' law. In tho meantime the steel trust
, haB been threatened, and all the lesser
lights of wealth by combination have
, been put on notice.
! No definite plan has-boen evolved and
no definite plan will be offered for some
time. The whole problem of dealing j
with the trusts is one of evolution. It
is not a question of size, as Mr. Bryan j
seems to think, for a bad little trust
can do far more harm than a good bis j
one. It Is fundamentally u question of j
I trying by law to re-estabilsh antl reas
Isert the rights of the Individuals, that J
have Ions: been overlooked and dlsre- |
garded.
Because The Tltnes-DispatCh believes
In the good sense and sturdy morals
of the American people, we are satis?
fied that this trust problem will bo
worked out In a way that will malte j
for better conditions than this country
has ever known boforo.
Meanwhile, Isn't Ii ? little unfair to
abuse Mr. Taft for playing polities,
when, as a matter of fact, he begun his
attack on the illegal trusts us soon as J
he entered office, and has continued It
ever since, though he must know It is
unpopular with a very large and Inllu
entlal part of the Republican parly?
THE PUBLIC AS THE JUDGE.
Oregon is getting its tlrst taste of |
tho recall of judges. The proceedings
are aimed at Judge John i-". Coxe, of
the Second Judicial District. who
gained tho in will of the community
by presiding over a trial at which a
very unpopular defendant was ac?
quitted. The defendant, one Roy Mc
Cla'.lcn. was charged with murder, and
pleaded self-defense. It was shown
that McClallen shot his victim in the j
back at a time when the victim was
unprepared to defend himself. In spite
of popular sentiment against McClal
len, who was a very rieh and lnfluen- j
tlul citizen, the jury brought In a ver?
dict of "not guilty." It was then that ,
the petition for the recall of the Judge |
was circulated, on the ground that he j
had shown "gross Incompetently and !
unfairness" In giving uis Instructions j
to the Jury.
It may bo noted, as the New York |
World points out. that the charge Is j
not made against Judge Coxe of cor?
ruption. If that was so, he could be
reached by Impeachment; nor is It
charged thnt he Is wilfully misusing
the powers of his office, In which ease
also he could he reached by Impeach?
ment or tried for nilsJemoanor.
"Incompetency." and that In the sole
opinion of a chance gathering of men
In the street, is the ground on which
i Judge Is to be removed and the ad- 1
ministration of justice Is to be swayed. 1
5\*hat do those that were not even at
:he trial know abou; the judge's In- 1
itructlons. and why should a mere
fathering of citizens, without previous !
raining or experience, undertake to 1
>as? on lcgel questions and to make ( 1
heir Judgment effective by removing 1
i Judge from tr.e bench? Here is an 1
txample of the recall in full Forking 1
lower, and It Is enough to make even l'
he West pause for reflection. '
Pew things are new under the sun. 1
ind we are satisfied that the people 1
vlll go back sooner or later to the 1
tile the Romans made two thousand 1
?*ars ago, that no officer could be in-,
licted or tried, even for crime, during ! 1
iis term of office. We have made many j s
idvances since the Roman republic j '
vas founded and the Roman empire '
ell. but if we are going to put the
ecall In use some of the steps ot ?
?modern progress" will have to be ?
?etraced. ;
I OH BEI I i n CITIES,
few of us here in Richmond realize )
he tremendous importance of the sev- I .
'nteenth annual meeting of the Na- L
lor.al Municipal League and the nine- .
eenth National Conference for flood L
"itv Government, which will be in ses- L
lion l.eie for four days, beginning No-j ,
rember l?. In attendance upon this),
neeting will be some of the most emi-j,
i?nt publicists in the nation, rnep of ,
?our.iry-wide reputation and fame. .
The obiect of the meeting is: (
To multiply the numbers, haimo- i
i.ize the methods and combine the
fortes of ail who realize that It Is only j
v. tinned action and organization that 1
eood. citizens c:;n secure the adoption j I
?1 Kood law* and the selection of men',
of trained ability ;<nd proved Integrity!
Sr all municipal positions or prevent1'
the success of incompetent or corrupt;'
candidates for public office; to pro- 1
mote the thorough Investigation end! j
riitcursSon of the cone itlons and de-1
tails, of civic .?.drninl.strai.on. und of |'
methods for selecting and appointing'"
la's In American cities, and of laws j i
snd^ordinances relating to such sub- ,
?Rf/'r ? ' "?*?>? motive Impelling
" ''"' ' to corne together here.' ,
?Sfader.ts of t iiy administration, ex-J
pertH on municipal rule, present and I t
'?na.t- elfv officials, Cabinet officers,;.
?frOl'*-" r-f'-f' ?".rs -feil will me<'t on'.
' ? i.'Oint.'ior ground of civic zeal.l.
' ?'?'?'> irovernnient fo? titles in a para* j
rooqtii political question to-day, and j
liuridre'lH of representative Americans <.
?
'Jn i ? program there, are r.~>< h men I
t? Albert Bushneil Matt, profexsor of ,
lilBtoi i in Hrtr-.ard University; Dortnah{,
" '"'" ' orof essor of government in! j
Hie Ham* ir.?tltuilon; Welter L. fisher, j
i?>?? .?<?!:,i v of the ?iitenor; William Lud-jj
ley roulke. r,f Indiana; formet Attor-',
*?????? J. BonapilU, of |,
n-ltlmoro: Hkhard if. Child*, Mayor,
' of Memphis iMwaori r-MrdyJ,
"f -?? B'-ard of fa**, and i
? Msments. or New \ory. Protttn?rk
Robert <:. Brooks r.jf i>... t ....,,,_;.? of:
Clhclnnai|. l'ir vv iu k. ,i
.?.!.../ , OI.i
I Johns Hopkins University, * m?m)>M i
I of the National Commission on Kcon.f
omv and ICfTlclency: ..r. I \, RUrkl ;
dl.rectoi oi ihe i--.ii. d. H )>t
MnnlflPrti ittsenroh; Proftf ,.j Charles
I !'} M*rri?itil, or the Culver! |ty .,? 4.'?j. I
Icngo, who came ver> near bolbg ?ircted
Mayor ol the Windy city luxi ,.,n.'
j Director Charles p. Oetleroy, of iimj
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor: John
M. Walton. Controller of Philadelphia:
' Thomas H- Mawson. of Liverpool, tVng
j land: Robert Treat Pulne. of BostTm;
[ Odos F. WIlcox, franchise expert of
j the Public Utilities Commission of New
i York City, and others of like note.
A glance at the subjects about which
these men will speak sliBwa what the
meeting will think about and discuss:
"Effective Municipal Government:"
'?'i lie Thraldom of Massachusetts
Cities:" 'The Problems of Small Cities,
Particularly of the South;" "City Gov?
ernment bv Commission;" "Antitoxin
for Municipal Waste and Corruption;"
"Municipal Civil Service Reform;" "Ex?
cess Condemnation and Special Assess?
ments:rhc German Imperial Un?
earned Increment Tax:" "Improvement
of Methods of Municipal Administra?
tion:" "Is a Standard of Municipal
i...iclrncy Feasible and Desirable'.''
"Economy and Efficiency In Municipal
Health:" "Housing, Health and Mor?
als;" "The Swiss Ele oral System:"
"Preferential Voting;" "Civic Surveys."
?The Outline of a MoCel Street Ruil
wav franchise;" "C'vlc Education;"
"The Police Problem. With Special
Reference to the Social Evil In Its
Relation to Municipal Government;'
"The Prohibition Movement In the
Sou in."
The assembling of this body in Rich- j
tnontl ut this particular time should
be an event of intense Interest to the!
people of this city. Wo are not with?
out our municipal problems, and the
erratest of these relates to such a
chance in our form of government us
will make for efficient government, the
excision of duplication, the fixing of
responsibility, she abolition of log- '
rolling. for economical expenditure
and improved met hods, livery citizen
who takes an interest in the city gov- j
eminent of Richmond ought to attend
the sessions of this body, so as to In?
form himself widely nnd fully as to |
progressive Ideas and principles In
city government Attendance on this!
convention will amount to a good edu- !
cation In good municipal government, j
THE MAN AMI THE OCCASION. |
The recent native riotous domonstra-I
tlons at Cairo ngalnst Europeans argue
pretty concRisively that the appoint
ment of Lord Kitchener to be "admin?
istrator of British interests'- In Egypt
was none too soon. Moreover, they ac?
centuate the wisdom of selecting for
the position a man entirely opposite in
type and in concept of the best meth?
ods ot dealing with the Egyptian situa?
tion und Its related problems to S.r
Rvo'.yn Gorst, deceased, whom Lord
Kitchener succeeded.
The demonstration throngs, quickly
? uppr.ssed. were symptomatic of a
ivldespread unrest, partially polftlcal
:nd partially religious, agulnst which
Lord Crotner warned the home govern?
ment before he retired from tnc admin?
istration, but which Sir Evelyn Gorst
rhosc to parley with and make conces
iions to, somewhat after the manner of
Lord Morley In the litter's conciliatory
md ill-advised advances to the Indian
?na'.contents. The result appears to
lave been that the Egyptian unrest has
.eon feeding upon ltselt and has availed
tself of a grave crisis to throw out a
significant feeler. The crisis has been
brought on by the Turko-Italian con-,
llct.
We take little stock in the predictions
5f a formidable holy war in the inter- ]
?st of Turkey. The Arabs, from whom, j
it the last, the Egyptians and Soudan?
ese and the various tribes of the Har
)ury States hinterland are in danger of
jelng infected with the spirit of open'
wid serious revolt, have never taken
jverzealously to Turkish hegemony in
he Mohammedan world. They have
lever forgotten Hiat the Caliphate of
(slam was won for the House of Osman
through force. They have a rankling,
?ecolleetlon that Sellni, the grim, who. I
ivith fire and sword, virtually annihl- ?
u-ted the Mameluke power, compelled ,
:he representative of the old Abazzld ]
'amily, who was living at Cairo In splr- I
tual peace and content, to make over I
:o him and his heirs the privileges of
juccessors of Mohammed, and wrtsted j
'rom him t the same lime the relics ?
,'. the prophet, these relics Including !
ih<-- sacred green banner, which had*,
tieen handed down to him by his fore-1
fathers. Since then, about 1517, thai
/?anr.'-r has been In the Seraglio ut Con
itantlnople, !,nd the Arab Mohumme
lans have accepted the Osman Caliph
He. But this acceptance has been more
iomindl and perfunctory than real. It]
s due rri'Tt- than anything else to the
'in t tr.H' the Turks were the custodians
jf the urk of the Isiumlc covenant*
".'one the less, considering conditions
ieveloping '>ut of the Italian venture
>?? bearing on Egyptian unrest, there
ire two salient factw that cannot buC,
?e regarded an exceedingly ominous,
it is. undeniable that a serious iiioyo
eii I led by a religious fanatic, Ih In
ir ogress in the. desert reaches sou tri 61
Tripoli, having for its purpose the drlv
r:f: ojit of the CJI?ur, Equally undeni?
able I? It that the rebellious Arab*, of
V. ??.'!, have suspended hostilities
gl .-,rt trie Young Turks. Whose gov
rnmehtdl regime they repudiated,
lave suggested J* truce and have Of
'?red to reinforce their co-rellglonlstM
In Africa against the Italian*, in the
:?*./. i of the movement awakening the
sympathy of the Arab followers of the
prophet generally, it in easy to under
?Land ihat, what with-" the TrlpoH'tan
hinterlsnd, the ?oiidan gjiti Arable.
i'K>p' ?i : i,,. hemmed in on three sldoi
bv s*>*}.iiir>ue iirit1u#tiv4> ?!??< ?r.-nircd
tr.-i *n< u iragtid to revolt egalriat hei
? .?.? art irid that ihn man demanded
In thei contingency must be one who
v.. i strike hard and crush uncompro?
misingly,
h .?? rnnn '* l^fd Kitchener/.
un and the occasion win have
inet, ?houM there be anything like n
concerted Egyptian uprising. N*or Is it.
Ikel) that th? meeting will end inj
11 sh-formal ahne x ? fl?rT of tho I a n A
of the NUo. which. 111 tho minds of
/nuny British statesmen, has been foro
shadowed as Inovltublo over since tho
British occupation. To-dHy Great Brit?
ain Is no noaror to completion of tho,
tattle she eel herself to perform In
Egypt, and which Lord Salisbury de?
clared would, upon completion, be fol?
lowed by evacuation, than sho was
when she undertook It. She I? further
from It, for It has grown und must
continue lo grow with time.
TRAVEL ICHS AM) TIPS'.
The National League of Commercial
Travelers, a powerful and widespread |
organization, Is the last entry in the |
lists against tho habit of tipping. This
organization estimates that Its mem?
bers spend 1350.000.000 a year In trav-,
ellng expenses, and disburse of this]
amount some $50,0(10.000 a year In tips, i
"If this were swept awny," said they, j
"why. then, it would be grand" But
tho trouble Is that even If the tipping
were cut off the hotel keepers would
put back tho cost on the traveling 1
public by raising the salaries of the'
bell boys, waiter.", porters, doorkeep- !
ers and all the rest of that organized
band of obsequious extortioners.
The real way to reach the error of
tipping Is not to bind over and berate I
the lavish handed traveler, but rather
to mnke the waiters and porters a
Class who will not receive trips?and!
this transformation will not be in our :
day. It used to be u: -American to tin
and receive tips, and the people of the
United states amused themselves by j
laughing at the situation abroad, where'
nobody but tho King or the Duke of
Norfolk was above cheerfully accept?
ing a sixpence or a shilling. Appar?
ently. America In rapidly sinking to
the level of Europe In this matter, und
the only way to eradicate tipping is.
to pay a man a decent wage and then j
develop his spirit lo a point where he'
will not accept gratuities from any
chance passerby who may have dined ,
or rested well It is only then and
under such conditions that tipping
will disappear.
A California Judge has decided that
a woman mny become a widow either
by the death of her husband or by ;
Judicial decree?that Is, divorce. The !
statement of the case that evoked the
decision Is this: Mr. Jones had left un ,
Income and half of his estate to Mrs.
Jones while "she remained a widow." '
Subsequently tho couple were divorced,
yet, under the Judicial ruling noted, the 1
divorcee is entitled to benefit by the j
Will. But since It Is clear to the mind ;
of the layman that Mrs. Jours Is doubly :
the widow of the dear departed, or de?
tested, the interesting question arises:
Isn't she entitled to double tncome and
the whole estate'.' Logically, as We see
it, she is.
It begins to look as if the "Temple of
Peace" at The Hague had been trans?
formed into a Temple of Janus, with
tho doors propped wide open.
Expedients resorted to by preachers j
for the purpose of attracting people
to the c hurch are numerous and of j
unending novelty, but the Alexandria!
Qaxette tolls of some devices that;
are new to us. The. Rev. John Cava
naugh, once of Alexandria, formerly ,
used a cavalryman's bugle and sound?
ed the assembly call before he began
his street preaching. This was not bo
strange, for he had been a bugler In
Stuart's cavalry. We are further told
that Ihe Rev. James Axtell caused a
sensation In Ccntralla when ho was
carried through the streets In a cof
i'.n a.- If dead, was "resurrected'' at
the most prominent corner In the city
and preached to the hundreds who
aatliered about him on "A Voice from
Hell." After the sermon, he was taken j
back home in the eoflin.
It Is a sad corollary of the truth that
the cost of living Is higher that the
dog, like his master, must be less well
fed than heretofore. .This Is borne
out in an incident related In the West
Point Weekly News about a line ca?
nine who lh the property of the pur?
ser of the steamer Louise. The hun?
gry animal one night recently ate a
congressional directory, and on the
following evening dined on nine dozen
eggs and a pack of playing cards. The
congressional directory must have fur?
nished some very toothsome tidbits,
for example the voluminous autobi?
ographies or the Hon. Adam Little
page and the Hon. Napoleon Ronapartel
Thlstlewood. It must have been hard
lo swallow the Republican boaats of
achievement.
T. R. Covlngton Is the author of a|
most peritilml?tlc letter to the 1'red- :
erlcksburg Star, In which he. says
that there are too many churches, that j
Virginia Is not as fair as Commissioner
K'olnt r hi painted It, and that peo?
ple, wiio have bought Virginia farms
have given them up. The last sent?
ence of thin writer, however, is an
optimistic anticlimax: "Frost has not
even hurt Ihe sweet potato or tomato
vinos here vet, and all Is as green us
May." That's always the way In Vir?
ginia-?no frost to hurt anything, and
everything lovely and green.
Alas for Henry C. King, of Falrneld,
III., ami again alas! Needing u wire,
and not knowing exactly whore to
turn. Mr. King naturally reaorted to
the advertising columns of the dally
nev.'sp";.i-rs with such good effect that
foua weeks ago ' he married Miss
THE LAX.rOS WAT.
If you had a medicine that would
slrensthan the llvtr. the stomach, the kid?
neys ?nd the bowels, and at th? tame time
make you strong with a systemle tonlo,
flen't you bellsvc you would soon be welll
Thal-? "Th< Cav-Fos IVay."
We uftW you to buy the firm liottlo on the
Binney-bark plan, and you will ask you?
tr ;*<;??' to sell you the second.
It hasps your whole inside* rlfht.
There la nothing else made like Lai-Foa,
atsmamhas Jds*. nsmamTiHf aaTftaV >
Bessie Pou there, of Centrovlllo, Ky.
Tlic honor wan grent, for Miss South
ers won the prize of Mr. King's hand
In a competition of B8G entries. Pour
weeks of married bliss orowned Mr.
j King's advertisement; four Bhort
j weeks, and then, like some world
worn wanderer, he sot out from Fair
j Held to Centrnvllle, whither he opined
j his young bride had fled. Nor did
King follow in Rnger nor in love; all
he sought was the arm of the law to
rid him of his bride, "and," quoth ho,
"by hock, to think that 1 hod 5S5
chances and then drew a lemon."
Voice of the People
l'ralse? ?The Long noil.**
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?A Virginia woman, the daugh?
ter of a distinguished Confederate uf
llcer. has written a book which Is
unanimously conceded to bo the gieat
est and most accurate historical novel
yet written dealing with the Civil
War; a book which is a magnificent
contribution to the literature per?
petuating the principles and IdculB of
the confederate Cause. Thut it should
have been written from ? Southern
standpoint, und shnul,| have received
such universal commendation as "The
Long Itoll" has received from every
portion of the United States, its well
us from England, Is tne strongest tes?
timony to us genuine worth und lit?
erary ubUlty. In Its pages are set
forth by a master hund the true atti?
tude of Virginia towards secession,
and 'he causes which lorccd her front
the Union; the atmosphere of culture,
refinement and hospitality which per?
vaded the private life of the people of
Virginia; the kindly and uffectionate
relations existing between the whUo
people and the negroes on her plan?
tations; the patriotism, devotion, our
ege, endurance and wonderful moral
tone of the Southern armies us a
whole; the privation arid suffering
voluntarily borne, not only by the sol?
diers, but by the women and non
conYbatants of the South, nnd the he?
roic, devotion and high purpose which
supported them throughout the un?
equal struggle.
Vet this is the hook wh'ch his re-1
cently been the subject uf unworthy
Itlclsm ar;<! censure among the peo?
ple who should feel moat gratitude
to Its author. A few of the crlt! Isms
have been mude in u kindly spirit und
with due ipprcclatlon of the great
value of the work as a whole; but the
most salient fact presenting itself to
the mind of a roader of the moi?- re?
cent unfavorable comments which have
been made public is that the critics
have not read "The Long Moll." u la
certainly neither Just, generous nor
right to attempt t" pass Judgment on
a book which one has not rend; yeti
this IS. exactly what 1 lern d,.ne In!
this csse Needless to say, such untn-]
formed criticism reflects more dis- t
credit upon the critics than upon the
novel or Its author. There is som?>- :
thing ludicrous in the Idea that some
Of the people who should most value '
and appreciate this work are prac- 1
tlcally the only persons vho have not
prulsed it.
Though to some individuals Miss
Johnston's delineation of General
Jackson may not he entirely pleasing
and In harmony with their own con?
ception of him. yet this cannot Impair
the historical accuracy of the b< <>k.
and It Ik Inconceivable that so careful
und thorough a student as the author |
is known to be would have represent?
ed Jackson other than as she found
him In the sources from which she
drew her ?lata. Certain It is that from
the moment (Stonewall Jackson ap?
pears upon the scene in "The Ixmg
Roll," until the hout>->f his death, th?
reader's confidence #1 and admiration
for htm increase, until he stands a
figure of colossnl propcrtlans, endued
with almost superb iman strength,
courage and endurance, a man of un?
faltering devotion to duty, brilliant
genius, and, with ail his Iron strength.
Intensely religious and hcvlng n ten?
der ami compassionate heart beneath
a stern exterior. See him stop an
army on u forced march and hlmso'f
supervise the search for the son of
an old woman. who has presented
herself at a country crona-rond with
a busket of good things for her sop,
who she knows Is somewhere in Jnclc
sonV command. More than one read?
er has been heard to sny, "1 never
loved Jackson until 1 burned to know
him In 'The Long Roll.' '
The book is too great for criticism
in hurt It. Since Its publication It
has ranked at: one of the two "besi
sellers"; |t Is going to live and he read
and praised when its critics are long
dead; but Ih It not better for Vir?'
glhlans to show themselves capable
i.f appreciating a real service to Ihn
i 'onf. d.-i ate Cause und a nol-jle piece
of literature written by a Virginia
woman, than 10 ccfltlntie searching for
minute and perhaps Imaginary flaws
in "Tiie Epic of th- Civil War?"
A LOVER OF BOOKS. ,
Richmond.
I pon Visiting Hehre?? Confederate
Cemetery.
So many souls both young Hnd brave,
Israel's pride, lie here at rest;
It matters not |f right they were.
Bravely thev (ought and did tlieir :
best.
The times adjust both right and
wrong:
A kind and patient cure is time.
If wrong they were and saw it not.
Let's praise their deeds und ring the j
chime.
STANLEY BERO. ;
Richmond.
Woman's Suit rage.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch; 1
Slr.--J said to my wife and to my
daughter; "Do you want to vote'.'" I
"No," they both replied In unison, and
thi n said to me, "What are you think- I
ing about, any way?"
Ask your wife or your daughter or,
your sweetheart if she wants to vole.!
and doubtless you will receive just as ;
decided n "no" In reply.
California has recently voted to give 1
her women the right to vote. How it!
came about, we do not have to thlnlcj
very deeply to reach the right co:i ?
elusion. A few suffragette agitators,
reinforced by a few men 6r uncertain
minds, just enough to till dppointmi nts
to speak at important points In that:
Slate, brought the matter about
"Gained 11 victory for the women." But
was it 11 victory foi them? Who
knows?
Brown knew his wife did not wish
to vote, but he was told his neighbor's
wife did. no to bo obliging, he voted
accordingly, smith was told the same
thing about Brown's wife, and ho, loo,
voted for woman's suffrage. Thus, the'
so-called victory there came about.1
And now it has been wired to the
world that the women there refuse tu,
register, unless the registration books
are brought to their homes. Will they '
want the polling booths taken to them1
also?
Now, as to our own State, Virginia?
God bless her!?She has the agitator,
too, for woman's stiffrago; a present
fad. maybe, that's all.
Governor Mann hue said, so It hus
been published, "that the women will
vote in Virginia within ton years.''
Hut, you know, Governor Mann is a
ladles' man. And he is always saying'
something, he thinks, to pleas* th.i
hull cs. 1
Seriously, it is impossible for mo to1
believe, even think, that our Virginia |
women want to -bo given the right to
vote, which carries with It every privi?
lege, or right, or duty obtaining with ]
the men. The duty to serve on Juries;
to enlist in the army; to stand guard
In the darkness of night, when it be?
comes necessnry to do bo. The right
to go before the mast on shipboard;
the right to serve ns brakeman on a
railroad. Tn fact, the right nnd the
privilege, to do everything 11 man
does, it was never intended.
Oh. fair, lovely und beautiful women
of Virginia: Yon do not wish these
things I know. When I think of your
exulted position; when I think of the
deference and respect and gallantry
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the men have ever treated you with,
or. woman, you are looked upon as
bi liiH higher, nobler, truer than man!
All, thon, what better? A vote will
only, ultimately, surely, take from you
that respect and deference now vouch- j
safed to you by man. And, may God
forbid that this Sita)] ever come, to
Pass.
If the test la ever to be made in ,
Virginia, by a vote for or against
woman's suffrage; then I would sug
uest that the tt be made between
the women themselves. Let the Gen?
eral Assembly pass nn enabling act
granting the womon. and the,
women only, the Privileg?1 ot
voting upon tbj question of. for op
against woman's suffrage. And. then
only, such women to vote whose father,
husband or brother la qualified to voto.
Thin act should also provide for the
necessary expense!1 of such election,
and set aside a certain dat.i and d;.y
upon which It Is to be held. Then )-'t
thf women decide it.
It Is not desirable thnt Brown shouldj,
decide It. be .?au. e a suffrag' tt<- agita?
tor t. Iis hltn that his neig!.tier's Wlfej
desires to .vote.
BURUYAN P.EI'Ii BANKS.
Ciitremont
BARON VON ROBECK
ARRIVES IN AMERICA
?V LA MAIKll OK I'OM'KMIV.
BUlON VON ROBECK, who has just
arrived In America, from Ireland.
Is, although a member of the
Swedish nobility, and tho pos?
sessor of a Swedish title, nevertheless
ah Irishman, that Is to say, it being
horn and bred in Ireland, wit;: *ev
eial generation* of Irish forbears, Is
enough to make one a son "f Erin
His patronymic Is Fork. But it :.> his
t.:le of Baton von Kobeck thai will
sound more familiar to the people of
thin country, where his great-grnnd
father, John Henry Kock, Huron von
Itobeck, played an important rblti In
ilgntlng fur the American cause In the
War of Independence. He entered the
Swedish army as a cornet of cavalry,
and thereupon obtained permission of
?. ie then Swedish King to join a French
diagoon regiment under orders for
America Here he served under the
ommand of the Comte de'Rochambeau,
was aide-de-camp for u time of the
D?ke of Lauz?n, and was badly wound?
ed at the battle of Gloucester, Re?
turning to France in I'M), he received
from tiie French government a pension
<f 1,600 1'vres a year for his distills
gulshed services in America, and b-.ing
Invalided out of tiie French army, re?
turned to Sweden.
Having fallen In love with a beauti?
ful Irish girl, daughter and sole iieli
csa of the Hon. Richard Fltxpatrlok,
younger brother of the Earl of Upper
0 - ?ry, he emigrated to Ireland, se?
cured naturalisation by act of Parlia?
ment as a subject of Ueoige III., and
became, through hlB wife, pos*cs?ed of
all her father's, grandfather's and
uncle's property, including their ?n
uestral home, Qowrah Grunge, nenr
S'aas, In County Klldare. He died leav?
ing only ?ort, who served throughout
the Peninsular War under the great
Imko of Wellington, and was twice
married, the first time to a daughter
of Lord Cloncurry, and subsequently to
Miss Emily Fitzgerald, niecn of the
third Duke of Lelnster. The late bi .'
on also served In the army, and so, too,
lias his son arid successor, now In this
country. In fact, the present baron is
a lieutenant-colonel on the retired list
of the royal artillery, and for a time
chief commissioner of police in Dub?
lin. Ho Is married to one of the Alex?
anders, of Straw Hull. In County Car
low, and has several children. There
is. be; !,lr-5 the original parent stem of
the fainilv In Sweden, also a Russian
branch, the head lit which Is Lieuten?
ant-General For.k, who distinguished
himself In the far Orient In connec?
tion with the defense of Port Arthur,
during the war In Manchuria.
The Right Hon. Walter Runclman,
who has Just become Minister of Agrl
culture, Is, "with the exctption of Win- i
stop Churchill, the youngest and only 1
Wesleyan member of the Asqulth Cab?
in"!, and. curiously enough, they were
formerly the bitterest of political ad?
versaries, Runclman defeaiinr Win?
ston Churchill at Oldham. in 1899, While
Winston Churchill secured a Blashing
victory over him In the same constitu?
ency Just twelve months later. The j
Runclinans haM from Scotland, and al
though one of them was president ,f
Hin Royal Scottish Academy at tiie |
close of the eighteenth century, the
father of Walter Runclman may bo ;
described as a self-made man. For ho I
went to sea at the age of ttvelve, work- I
ed up through all grade.-, from ship boy I
to muster mariner, founded a steam- j
.ship line known as the Moor line, and
alr.o the great shipping firm of Runci-|
niHii & Co A brother was James
Runclman, the litterateur, and Journal -
1st on the staff of the London "Fall ,
Mall Gazette." In the days when Lord I
?Morley of Blackburn was its editor.
It was at James Runciman's house,
hy the by. that Walter Runclman
made Hie acquaintance and became the
friend of Robert Louis Stevenson. As
befits a man who can boast of having
had two grandfathers lighting In the
battle of Trafalgar, and who prizes as
his mo?t valued treasures the medals j
which they won on that occasion tin- I
dor the command of Nelson, he Is de?
voted to the sea. and fond above every,
thing else of the sport of yachting.
There Is no doubt that if he had had
his choice of office., he would Infinite?
ly have preferred becoming the First
Lord of the Admiralty, instead of Min?
ister of Agriculture. That his former
adversary at Oldham. namely, Winston
Churchill, should have obtained the
post, merely goes to show that In spite
? t their being oolleagues of the ?ain??
administration, t!:erc Is still a certain
amount of rivalry between them.
Perhaps on..- of the reason* which
have prevented the premier from tak?
ing Kuncimati Into consideration f"r
the admiralty. !? the fact that he still
owns the Moor steamship ant-. ?>(
which he controls the business: a busi?
ness, thanks to which, he Is one of the
richest members of the Cabinet Me la
an excellent speaker, and Is gifte. 1 n t
only wlt'h a keen sense of humor, but
also a quickness of repartee Thus,
when one of his constituents siten i I t
to heckle him. on the question -.f the
disestablishment of the Church ..f
Wales, ami commenced. "Now. air! at
this moment I have a school In my
eve -," Itnnrlmun quickly Interrupt?
ed Mm at that particular point with
"No: pardon me; only one pupil!" And
this turned the laugh to such an ??\.
'em upon the heckler that he at on< ?
subsided.
Young Lord Torrlngton. whose fin?
ancial affairs ;ire engaging the atten?
tion Of the London Bankruptcy Court,
has been for inoj;e thun two year* pas|
In l!:o hands of the money-lenders, and
although In a recent suit against hint
by a professional money-lender, the
latter whs shown to have charge! him
Intf rest at the rate Of CO per cent., yet
Sir Walter I'hllllmore. the Judge of the
King's R?tich presiding the trial, hel.l
that the demands of the usurer wero
not excessive. In iflew of the great
risk entailed by loaning any money to
the viscount, and gave judgment
against the latter for the full amount.
Lord Torrlngton will now forfeit ill
seat in the House, of Lords, and his
rights as a hereditary legislator. *>y
reason of l.is bankruptcy, and having
as a peer no electornl frnn:-h!se. will
thus be debarred from any voice In the
affairs Of the nation, lie may lie said
t.i have commenced his public career
by officiating as p:ige of honor to King
Edward, on the occasion of th* lut
tor"s coronation. He i? chief of the
historic house of Byng. and Iiis fath?
er, fhc late Lord Torrlngton. eighth of
his line, find a veteran of the Indian
Mutiny, was one ..f the favorite and
trusted members of the household of
?jueen Victoria. It was her absolute
refusal to dispense with his rorvlces as
lord in waiting, that led to the In?
auguration ?>f the present system,
whereby one lord In waiting remains
permanently attached to the service
of hi* sovereign, in the late reign it
was Lord Annaly, and since George v.
lias come to the throne. It Is Lord Wen
luck.
Lord Torrlngton married a lilt!.'- over
a year ago. an actiess of the London
Gaiety Theatre, Mis0 Eleanor Souray,
which entailed the resignation ?<( b's
commission In the army. Mis ances?
tral home. Votes Court, near Maldstono,
In Kent. Is now rented. It Is a beauti?
ful place, surrounded by some of the
grandest trees In the county. the
house being stocked full . of family
relics, including the cabinet in which
the unfortunate Admiral John Byng,
fourth son of the first Viscount Tor?
rlngton, was shot. In 1757, after 'icing
s> n'.enced to death by oourt-martlal.
The court, wl ich was composed of ad?
mirals, acquitted him of the charge of
cowardice, which had been brought
against him, but issued a verdict to tho
effect that he had not done his utmost
to relieve Minorca, which a. us be?
sieged by the French fleet. According
to the Articles of War, the court had
no alternative hut to sentence him to
death on this account, and though they
strongly recommended him to mercy,
George II., with Ms traditional ob?
stinat v, declined to listen to a word
in his behalf, and the admiral was shot
down by a tilo of marines on the quart?
er deck of his own flagship, in Ports?
mouth harbor.
The first Lord Torrlngton was Ad?
miral Sir George Byng, so famous for
his victory over the Spaniards, nnd it
is from another of Ills sons, P.obort
Bvng. Governor of Barbadoes, thut the
Earls of Strafford are descended. Tho
late Earl of Strafford, it may be re?
membered, married the widowed Mrs.
Samuel Colgate, of New York, who was
Miss Cora Smith, of New Orleans.
(Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company.)
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