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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1911.
A SIOMIMCA.VT VICTORY.
By sin almost tinunltuuus vole, the
Council Committee <>n ordinance, char?
ter and Reform last night recommend
cd to the Council the adoption of the
proposed form of government for
Richmond. The ordinance j,-ocs to the
main body unaltered In any par- \
tlculnr, and with the impetus' which
n favorable report always carries with
It. The revelation of the session was
the remarkable vote in favor of the
plan. On the four-ward proposition,
the vote was 11 to 1 favoring; on an
amendment which would have im?
paired the chance of the passage of i
the measure the vote was 7 to 5; and |
on the proposition to establish an ad?
ministrative board the vote was 10
to Even th-' most optimistic advo?
cates of the measure were In doubt
us to the result when the committee
met last night.
There was not a single attack or.
the theory of the- new plan. That In
itself Is a striking and notable fnct.
The objections that Were raised, only,
to be defeated, ?litl not go to the es?
sence of the proposition, but had lo |
do wltli subsidiary features of the
plan. The principle was never as?
sailed; the procedure was. No man
rose to deny that the plan is best for
Richmond.
What docs It mean? That the plan
goes to the Council with an excellent
chance of passage? Yes?ant\ more. It |
means that the members of the Council
have been won over by the reason of j
the plan, and, considering it alone and
free from all personal considerations,]
have come to tile conclusion that It la
best. More than that, they are renlia- I
lug that the people of Richmond want
a 'better form of government, and that 1
the business men of the community
nrc backing the measure because It Is:
practical. Improving, economical and
beneficial to all.
The advocates of this "better form j
Of city government have beep tremen
d0U8l>* heartened by the action of the '
committee last night. They can but
believe that it foreshadows like action
In the Council. That the Council will
speedily consider the plun and adopt
It unaltered Is their earnest hope. The
ibroad and patriotic spirit displayed by
the Committee on Ordinance, Charier
and Reform last nicht will be com?
mended by the people of Ibis city, be?
cause the committee rendered them ii i
ftplcndlri service last night by Its over?
whelming approval of n measure for
the greater welfare of Richmond.
~ "* . I
Til E TIIANKSniVINII SPIRIT AMI
Ylll-Nt; WOMEN.
When we people id" Itlchmond think
and speak of Otir city Wo do hot al?
ways put Into words tli"se possessions
that mean the most lo us and to i
Richmond.
It Is wM . enough to increase our!
hanklng? cavKal* and surplus by some
six millions 6*r lidd ich? of thousands I
to our population, or to double the :
capacity of the Gas Works, or decrease ,
the number of dentils, All these
achievements are marks of a very real
and very desirable growth, but even
those statistics do not tell the whole,
or even the l.iiger part of the story
<>f what makes a city great. If real
power dc pen tied on Hie census of !
population ami the bank1 examiners'
reports of capital and deposits In iSti.".,
Richmond would huvc Iom its place!
forever. Bin power is: of men's spirits J
-?not of men's pockets?thill is why,
in 1S6S, when Richmond was burned,
decimated unj Impoverished; when her!
trade was ruined, her customers gone j
and her prosperity destroyed, this
city did hoi despair. Hei sonn used:
that spirit of courage, resourcefully
lino optimism which tiiey had received
from the||- fathers and developed in
the fierce struggle Ol Hie Civil War !
- to rebuild the waste place* mid repair
the wreck of war.
It was the spirit oi the people that >
remade Richmond in IK05; it it the
spirit, of tlii' peopU Hint helps Itlch?
mond kindly, charitable, large-hearted j
and public-spirited to-day.
K?r nliic iiaj|? u ciiinpiilgii for the;
Y. Wi C. A. Ins been going on, and
Richmond has shown the same iplrlt
In this period of wealth und power that
marked her j,, tlic dark hours of pov?
erty und we knes?. Tho upp*>u| has
been made io tin. heart of Itlchmond
lor a cau:te that appeals lo the |n.
tt-lllgence of ibis ivlioh community.
The simple prob ems uf d ?maller city
have been replaced by the large and
insistent question, ,t will Itlch?
mond do to protect', <!? <,?;, and wise?
ly care for the thousand) of young
?wojuei- who die earning |hi-ii dully
- breed In the ?hop?, factories end
counting houses of tbi> city?
The personal touch Unit, answered
in old.-r and smaller ? Itter: will not
meet tlii). Isr-.u*. Organised work, from
a suitable centre,' is th< only way to
deal effectively with these condlttont,
' That is why Illiblnond. which saw the
fnct Jong ug? and w.'? the first city u,
the fiontli to have a V<?ung Women's
Christian Association, along older lines,
.will be the iirit to meet new condi
tlons by new methods and an enlarged
Held for work.
To-Utty Richmond will give thanks
for many, very many, morclcs, and
chtcfcBt among them all Is the spirit
or this city?a spirit which war and
sorrow could not break, and pros?
perity has not dulled.
Xor will Richmond be satisfied with
giving thanks alone, it will add work
and thought and money, so that the
young women of this city may, on
next Thanksgiving nay, rejoice in
giving thanks because they, too, are
citizens of this city.
I'OYk'lSlt OP PUBIilC sbnt1mbnt.
Public sentiment has driven James
O'Loary, the groat gambler of Chicago,
nut uf business. Ills palatial gam?
bling resort, with Its bowling alleys,
bar room, reading and club rooms,
and. above all. with Its steel wnlled
card and gnmbllng rooms upstairs,
where the guests could break the law
to their hearts' content without the
risk of being rnldcd, 1ms been put up
for sale, and will be bought for an
emergency hospital.
For years this gambling joint ran
wide open In the stock-yard district, j
ami It seemed as if O'Lcary would
never be molested. Then enmo the
wave of Virtuous reform under Muyor
darter Harrison, with Its searching"
into the police and gnmbllng and vice
conditions In Chicago?and a miracle
took place.
Chlcngo found that its citizens really
wanted clean government. The fierce
white light of publicity was more than
even 0'l.eary could stand; his business
was ruined, and his plant is for sale.
No form of vice can oxtst where
public sentiment Is n wakened and the
llglit Ik turned on, and .Mm O'Leary's
gambling house Is .lust one moro indi?
cation of that fact.
THE KBDUBST NATION.
in this century of civilisation and
enlightenment, it is the UnltaJ states'
that leads the whole world In its j
murdrr-rnte. In unpunished murrior-|
er.?, as well, this nation Is first.
Useless technicalities. outrageous'
inlscurrlagr-s of Justice, woeful iihusf:
of the pardoning pow-r, antiquated
judicial procedure?these nre sonic of
the causes .if '.Iii? disgruenf il .llstlnc
tUi'n of bur republic.
In the latest Issue of Collier's Week?
ly, Carl Snyder draws a terrible In?
dictment against the United States. He
shows that in this country the annual
murder rate is seventy to eighty per
million. In Italy it Is less than fif?
teen per million. In Canada it Is lesp
than thirteen per million. In Oer
many it Is less than live per mil?
lion. In Great Britain, less than nine
per million.
Mr. Snyder ?eures that in the
United SlntcR not one murderer In
ton ever sees the inside of a peniten?
tiary. From such a calculation he
deduces the following strong Incite?
ment to murder and immunity from
consequences extended people toy a
lax administration of justice in this
country;
"If you commit a murder, It is a
better than " to i Fhot that you will!
never he brought to trial.
"it Is a bettor than in to 1 shot that
you will never he sentenced to the
penitentiary.
?'It is a better than SO ] shot that
you will never lie hanged or electro?
cuted."
.Mr. Snyder quotes President Taft as
saying thai our enforcement of crim?
inal law Is a "disgrace to civilization.'
11 is shown that In "the tyranny of
technicality" Missouri leads, since the
Supreme Court of that State lately re?
manded a murder conviction hecnuso
a "the" was missing from the Indict?
ment.
The Atlanta Constitution Wakes the
striking comment that "America's
supremacy in human butchery among
nations Is condoned by the shadow of
law. and that in a nation pretending
10 the highest standards of civiliza?
tion and Christianity."
A sound public sentiment is the
only cure for the present infamous
condition in our country. Technical
KV must be barred. Precedent and
procedure must be altered for the
law's sake. Delay must be denied.
Trivial appeals must be thrown out.
Tli.- pardoning power must he exer?
cised onlv in rare instances.
V SRW IIAl.l, OF FAMft.
Andrew Carnegie has made up a list
of the men who have moved the
world and done things that improved
ih.- condition of mankind." Tnose
named are Shakespeare; Morton. dis?
coverer of ether: .Tenner, discoverer ot
vaccination; N'ollson, inventor of hot
blast: Lincoln: Robert Burns: fiuton
hcrg, inventor of printing: R'dlson:
Siemens. Inventor of water meter:
Bessemer, inventor: Mushet, Inventor
? if steel process; Columbus: Walt; Reil,
inventor of telephone: Arkwright, in
ventoi nl cotton-spinning machinery;
.1 1. Murdoch, first to employ coal
. Illuinltiiint; Stophenson; .Symington.
Inventor of rotary engine; James
' Beaumont Wilson.
I.vldontly Mr. Carnegie thinks that j
most oi the great men of the world
have been connected with the steel
j business Shukespeare md Robert
Burns are the only literary men on
Hit list, and these, with Columbus and
; Lincoln, are tt,e only men on the list
. who were not mechanics in some sense
or other.
\ \bki>i:i> Mnri.n icATiox.
I ipubtlesM many .,f our legislator**
elect an- casting about for a bin to
present on the opening day of the
Oencrsl Assembly, The Northern Neck
New- suggests an amendment of the
law which some progressive member
?he legislature might well frame
\ny> a bin and send to th? clerk**
desk.
The News suggests a simplification
of the method ot certifying allow
uncos made by the courts to be paid I
out of the State Treasury. These al?
lowances uro to wltnoBsca and Jury?
men for attendance upon the court
and discharge of duty. When the term
of court ends, the Judge Is naturally
eager to get away?often he has to
leave hurriedly to open court some?
where else. The clerk has only en?
tered the orders and hardly had more
than n chance to read them over to
the Judge und havo hint sign them.
The clerk then has to list them und
send this list to the Judge, who signs
It and forwards It to the Flr6t Audi?
tor. Tho clerk then must copy and
attest each order of nllownncc verba?
tim, und he cannot do this until the
list has been forwarded lo the Audi?
tor, or If he does so and the order
reaches the Auditor before the list
signed by tho Judge reaches hhn. It Is
turned down and has to be rccoplod
and uttestcd. This, procedure con?
sumes much time and often results In
delay and Inconvenience to men who
have come a long distance to the
courthouse at a considerable expense,
which some of them are unable to bear
easily.
Tho News would have a simplifica?
tion, saying:
"We would suggest a law requiring
each clerk to keep what might be
known as an allowance book, made out
somewhat as a warrant-book Is made,
with a carbon sheet between each of
the pages. Then when an allowance
was made, the only writing to bo done
would be for thu clerk to write In II
what It was for and the date and
; amount and to sign It and have the
j Judge countersign it. The book
I could be so made that tho carbonized
i coplos could be detached and for
| w ? ixlcd day by day to the Auditor,
while the originals could bo deliver?
ed at the close of each day of tho
term to those entitled thereto. Tho
stubs of these warrants or allowances
would bo sufficient record of what whs
done and a great deal of annoying de?
lay would he saved."
This change, If written Into law,
would certainly work a simplification
of procedure and would be a reason?
able convenience to grant to jurors
and witnesses. A3 In many other cuses,
there Is hero too much red tape, and
It will do no harm to snip some of It
off.
A ONFS-MAN NINE.
Some men are liars nn,| sonic are
college professors. The latest is from
the University of Chicago?as It al?
ways Is?and this time It is the learned
Professor W. F. Moulton, who docluren
that only one man would be needed
to play n game of baseball on Phoebus
??one of the two moons of Mnrs, and
not the place In Virginia. This state?
ment is conditioned upon that one
man's existing In a place without at?
mosphere. The worst thing about Ihis
Is that the professor told It to a church
society.
The one-man tesm would first step
Into the pitcher's box, says Professor
1 Moulton. He would throw the ball
horizontally. The ball would "go all
the way around the moon," which,
I conservatively speaking, would be
I nlbout as far an Home-Run Baker
would ordinarily knock It or us com?
pletely as Christy Mutthowson could
Curve It. In the meantime, the one
man team would have tlmo to get to
bat and strike at It. "If he missed It,
he could take his three strikes, then
put on his mask, glove and chest pro?
tector und catch himself out when the
ball came around tho fourth time."
Home slow ball, that:
In case he hit the ball, and it
bounded, the one-man team could field
by picking up the ball as It came
bounding: aroun<| Hie moon. He could
then throw to first mid catch himself
out on the base as the ball came
around ngain. If he hit a fly Instead of
a grounder he might draw on his
glove and. playing the part of oentre
fielder, catch himself out.
"A strong batter," says the profes?
sor, "might score a home run." This
would mean that he hit the ball so
hard that It went beyond the attrac?
tion of the moon and struck on the
planet Mars, "ft would <be what we
call 'over the fence." " Quite bo, quite
so. What an acquisition that map
would be to the Giants?a man who
could knock the hall clean over the
moon Into another world! The only
trouble about this game on PhoebuB
would be that the young man who
started out chasing the slow moon
ball would be tottevlng into his grave
at the end of the ninth.
The Greensboro Record says:
"With Virgin's luw ns to the selec?
tion of a Jury, ond especially with
.Indite Watson at the helm, that Mc
Namara trial would have about been
completed, whereas the box has not
yet been filled."
And yet they speak of "progressive"
California.
Sure as fate. If Virginia wins the
football game to-day tho Tftrhools
1 will claim that every man on the
ChnrlottesvllU team was born In North
(Carolina
"We haven't any nghl to make on
Superintendent Wood. He's a fine fel
Ihw. and wo Tike him," sayB the New?
port News Cress of the Superintendent
of the Virginia Penitentiary.
Maine Is dry, they say, but as the
Maine folks wlnkthgly suggest, "Ask
your druggist."
T)r- Charles Alphonso Smith, a North
Carolinian, who Is professor of Eng?
lish literature In the University of
Virginia, on Monday night. In address
ins: the North Carolina Tdterary nnd
Historical Society, voiced the doubt in
i the mind of every Tarheel by asking,
"What is history? What shall a State
j history for the public school con
j tain?" Nobndv rose to assert that Ihe
i so-called Mecklenburg declaration of
Independence was history; no one per?
petuated the mendacious fable that
Andrew Jackson was horn In the Old
Worth Htnte- It must have been an
Impressive scene; not a one in all that
assemblage of the Intellect or North
Carolina knew what the history of the
Stnto should contain. No wonder; in
such a Jungle of labyrinthine myth
and fablo as the history of North
Cairoliua everybody hopelessly founders.
The Equal Suffrage Leugne Of Vir?
ginia meets here Saturday. Thore
could bo no more approprjotc tlmo for
the holding of the long-awaited dc
bato betweon Brother Addison, of the
I>ynchburg News, end Dr. and Vioo
Prosldent Anna Olount. of the Chicago
Equal Suffrago League.
Another North Carolina myth will
he exploded nt Broad Street "Park
to-day.
And now comes Into the court of
compurgators a noted archaeologist
to vindicate, p.ftor some three thou?
sand years, the name, fame und repu?
tation of Sappho. On the uuthorlty
of fragment!! of Sappho's works dis?
covered in a storehouse of papyrus
manuscripts in Egypt, he asserts that
Sappho was not a poetess of pasaton.
shady as to character, and an un
dutlful daughter, but the stuid and
prim principal of a reputable young
ladies' boarding school that flourished j
in Mltylcne about 5S0 B. C, and that
she treated her folks as a good girl
should.
'But we do not know that this makes
matters any clearer as to Sappho after
all, considering that, according to at
least three authorities, there were two
Sapphoa. The discovery, therefore,
leaves one as much muddled as do the
conflicting accounts in tho classical
dictionaries, w,hlch bewilder the reader
ns muoh aH tho up ono side and down
the other dissertations on a given
grammatical point in old Father Oonld
Brown's Grammar of Grammars. Which
Sappho?
It is said that tho coming session
of Congress will be so thrilling that
the Congressional Record will get out
an extra.
At the new Pennsylvania Station in
New York 377,71 1 questions were
asked the bureau of information
within the year. No less than 377,713
of the quostlons were "What >s the
curliest poaslblc train I can get for
Richmond?"
Voice of the People !
Spelling' Reform Fetich Acnln.
To the Editor or The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?The shot, shell and shrapnel ot |
ridicule and of sonorous summary i
squelching, which your editorial of!
Tuesday morning fired Into the camp of
the spelling reformers, must certain-!,
ly demolish any crumbling fortlllen-1
tlons which the quoted article of the
London Saturday Review may have left!
standing. To borrow the model of I
language reform therein suggested, any j
foolhardy detlcr of these thunderous
denunciations will doubtless be prompt?
ly Jackjohusonlsed an<j utterly john
sullivanate,! Into Infinitesimal frag?
ments of preposterous presumption.
Nevertheless, in the humble opinion'
of your correspondent, while youty
praise of the Review's lnelslveneaa of.
sarcasm is merited, if it is convincing, I
the fact is to be deplored. True, Its
"reasons are no less cogent than Its,
logic is flawless." Together thoy .stand.'
but likewise, upon careful examination,:
together they fall Into very plausible
fallacy.
If the editorial writer will compare
s .standard work printed In the ortho?
graphy of Shakespeare and one in the
propose*! conservative simplified spell?
ing, he will lind that the former varies;
as much or more than the latter, from |
the literary standards of lo-rtny an
exemplified in his own excellent edi?
torials. This means that the Eliza?
bethan orthography has already been i
"Joshbilllngalzed1' quite as much as j
the spelling reformers seek to revise
It; and it has not been done In the I
direction of uniformity, nor yet of.
increased historical or poeticul signi?
ficance. The Introduction to the new i
International Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary says of current editions of
Shakespeare and the Bible, that "the
spelling has bnen modernized and a
number of obsolete forms hove given |
place to thoso In present use; thus moe
is changed to more, slth to sineo. ...
If works prlntnd In Shakespeare's day |
appoar strange at first vlow to the
modern reader, It In chiefly owing to
changes since made in the spelling. |
which did not become fixed unit' ni
cer.tury later. Unfortunately these j
changes are far from having made the i
orthography of the language simple |
and consistent. . . . With a multitude I
of signs for the game sound and a mul?
titude of sounds for the same sign, it
poorly fulfils the original and proper
office of orthography to indicate pro?
nunciation; nor does it better fulfil
the Improper office which some would
assert for It, of a guide to etymology, i
It Imposes a needless burden on the)
nntlve learner. To foreigners it sen-!
ously aggravates the difficulty of Re?
quiring the language, and thus re?
stricts the Influence of English litera?
ture on the mind of the world."
Fear not that it is tho sacred ortho?
graphy of the sixteenth century that
is to he simplified. It Is that of to?
day. Every extended glossary of
Shakespeare contains several thousand
words whloh have so altered in form
or meaning as to need explaining to
modern readers. Tn fact, the immortal
dramatist's own -orthography was soj
unsettled that it is said he Bpellcd his:
own name in fourteen different ways'
and he performed some very effectual
permutations with other worus. To?
day there are several hundred words
In common ubo on which the Undon
Saturday Review and The Tlmes-Dls
patoh cannot agree.?witness labour,
cheque, honour, utid tho like. It Is a
safe guess that there are more variants
among the classic. Elizabethan wrlers. 1
or among good present day usages, uvl
Abe Martin
SOMETHING LACKING,
By John T. McCutcheon.
[Copyrlirht: 1011: H7 John T. MoCt>t????a.)
between the one and the other. Hun
there are changes proponed -by tho con?
servative reformers, Mut the latter are
nil toward n more rational and offoc
live language, the foi incr'towurd noth?
ing but chaos.
The development of the present Eng
llsh spelling Is a long, sad tab- of uc
oldents and blunde rs. ICverv law nf
nattiral derivation or historical sIrMII
ennce lg violated time and again. Note
tho spelling of alignment from line,
height from high, ele., ml Intinllum.
What do the masters ,,f phllologv say
as to tho orthographic "storehouse pi
history and poctle suggestion?" Ktis.il
the same convenient source just quoted I
for an authentic declaration as to the
great loss to poetry and falslllcitt<OP ?.':
history through our present n:iy spoil j
Ins. which was developed hi a period
of great confusion arising from for?
eign Influence and luelt of accepted
standards?a condition ..ill: largely
prevailing.
Now as to the "Ignorant dialect
form" by which the simplified spell?
ing advocates "would make the mun
terploces of the Knglish language ridi?
culous." can the editorial writers of i
these grent dailies say .lust who nro!
these "literary and educational Phil?
istines" whose work la "trending un?
erringly nnd logically lo the evolution'
of travesty upon true education and j
mockery of culture?" Are they aware i
of the nature of the changes proposed'.
It Just happetiH that the advocates of
the "Ignorant dialect" Include the fore?
most educators, literary critics and'
writers, ' phllologlans and high-grade
publishers of tho world. The prcsl- I
dents of our greatest universities ere
perhapa must conspicuous among thnsoI
Who bow to this 'grotesque fetich."!
Tho reform proposed by the Carnegie
board gives very careful considers/:
tion to historical ami structural signifi?
cance of our words, as will he seen by
reading a paragraph printed under
their plan.
Hut perhaps the most surprising
phase of your editorial Is Its pedago?
gies. It Is unexpected In view of the)
educational progressl VenesS of Thei
Tlmcs-Dispatch. We have not noted,
any complaint on your part that the
hoys and farmers are becoming "Inoc?
ulated with the virus of gei-corn-tiulck
and-cMsy Innovation." ltetter educa?
tion, like all Improvements, rests
fundamentally upon getting results
"qulck-and-rasy." rtut let It be edu?
cation, genuine, thorough and ever bet?
ter; not superficial glossing over new!
theories, nor yet wasteful droning
over obsolescent mistakes and moth- I
ods of the past. Pray, why should we
not teach the child to talk, dress or
conduct business. Industries, nnd even
newspapers In the Elizabethan fash?
ion? Have we no use for a Inngtlhga
of to-day and to-morrow, (hut in ibis
one thing we must keep o.ir faces hack
ward? it Is one thing to keep sacred
our history nnd traditions, quite a dif?
ferent thing lo cling to cumbrous. Im?
perfect methods or Instruments when
better are available. Why should not
n more efficient spelling bo as accept
uble in tho newspaper olllce as a bet?
ter type-writer or press?
Is It possible that there Is noth?
ing better than spelling to suggost for
the gratuitous furnishing of "triable.
Industry and the application of the
mind" In the tasks of the overburdened
school-child of the twentieth Century?]
Every teacher will agree that tho.ro lsi
nothing In the whole schoo) curriculum'
so irrational, uneducutlvc and Inovitn- i
bly "parroty" as the English spelling.
No human mind can learn it otherwise!
than as a "mere mechanical tread?
mill." But the proposed revisions of!
spelling to which you ascribe those
pedagogical effects are all In the line
of affording that "mental digestion,
assimilation and expansion" which you,
fenr will bo lost. The ettioionoy 0f i|1L. ]
educated man depends upon tho econ?
omy In his education. Economy and
ridding It of superfluous lumber which
wearies, deadens and confuses, but
fulls to train in logical or systematic]
thinking or afford interest or Insight j
Into the future or the past. This Is ex?
actly the burdensome grind of our I
chnotlo spelling, as the vordlet has been
pronounced by those who best know the
problems of tho mind anil of the school
nnd those who best know nnd love their
Milton and Shakespeare,
H. E. BENNETT.
AVllliam and Mary Collego.
For a Purdon nonrd.
To tho Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch:
Kir,?Kindly permit me space In your
paper to express an opinion and offer
a suggestion with reference to the ex?
ercise of clemency toward n condemn?
ed criminal on the part of the State.
No one ^ho Is familiar with the cir?
cumstances surrounding tho "Bentlie"
oxecution will fall to, sympathize with
our goof, Governor Mahn. Ills was'In?
deed a,trying and, to my mind, a fear?
fully responsible ordeal. On the one
hand Importuned by those who felt that
In view of things recently brought to
light a stay should be granted, that
certain important Investigation be
made. On the; other hand, stern. Im?
placable, unyielding duty domanded
that ho must not Interfere.
Those who differed from the Gov?
ernor began to criticize (perhaps un?
kindly) his sincere action. Now. 1 sub?
mit that the Governor of the State
should not be forced to occupy this
unenvlnhln position. No one hut Gov?
ernor Mann nnd others who have pre?
ceded him know how hard it is to stand
firmly by what'they conceive to be the
right in the midst of tho tplcndings and
1 Jojtrs. often tears of mothers, .fathers.
wives and children of condemned crim?
inals 1 would suggest that this ho
altered.
1.01 our Legislature enact a l/w
creating a hoard of pardons. etc.,
WllOSl) ditty It shall ho to pass upon 1
all questions of clemency asked for In)
behalf of all criminals. I respectfully
offer these few ideas in hope that some
one better prepared than I may write i
more fully on this subject.
Itlchirtond. ^VERIT?B." |
LaMarquise deFontenoy
E-, ARIj ORKV l.s about to be prcsent
I ed with the freedom of tip- city
. of t/ondon, In recognition of his
services as Governor-General ot
Canada. Just In the same way that It
was bestowed upon Lord Cromcr, on!
Ills finol return from Egypt, and upon
Lord Our/on on the termination of his
Vlcoroyaity of India. Tlie lour other
survivors of the nine governors-gen?
eral who have heb! otllee at Ottawa
since the confederation of Canada into
n dominion. In 1867, will be present,
namely, the Unite of Argyll, who ns
Marquis of Lome was governor-gen?
eral In 1!?7.x, the Marquis of I ,a llsdo? tie.
who was governor-genera) In ISS.t, the
Kurl of Aberdeen in lt>!<:i, und the Harl (
of Mlnto In I SOS. Lord Mohck, who
was governor-gcni'ral In 1S07. Lbl'd
Llsgar, who followed him in 1888, the
late Mttrstlls of Dllffurllt, who was gov?
ernor In the early snvontlioj, and the
late Earl of Derby, who tigured at ut
tawn as Lord Stanley of Preston, have
all since been gathered to their fa?
thers.
Lord and Lady Oroy are now es?
tablished hi Howiek Hall, their country
seat in Northumberland: a grand bid
place, which has been In the possession
of the Northumberland Greys since Sir
Edward of that Ilk, who nourished In
the reign of James 1. it may be add?
ed that lie was even In those day's re?
garded by his contemporaries oh chief
of one of the most ancient houses ...
England's northernmost shire. Ho?
wiek Hall stands In the midst of u
beautiful garden, and of an extensive
park stretching to the sea. Jt Is
about forty miles from Newcastle. 1
Tho earl has found one family treas?
ure missing from Howiek Hall since
he returned from Canada, namely, the
portrait of Benjamin Franklin, which
thb Ill-fated Major Andre, while solv?
ing on the staff of the first Lord Grey,
one. of the principal commanders of
the.British troops in tho American War
of Independence, took from Franklin's
house in Philadelphia during that con?
flict and gave to his chief. This paint?
ing, which hung In Howiek Hall for
considerably over a hundred years.
Lord Grey, during his term of ofllce as
Governor-General of Canada, presented
to the United States government, on
the occasion of one of his visits to
Washington, announcing the gift at
a banquet given in his honor by the.
Society of Pilgrims at New York, anil
at which Senator Boot, then Seerc
, tnry Of State in the Roosevelt adminis?
tration, was present.
Nowadays peace reigns nr Howiek
Hall. But this was not tho case when
! It belonged to l^ord Grey's uncle and
1 immediate predecessor, a very odd
' character. He had no children. Rut
j his seven brothers, and five sisters.
with their numerous children; were ul
| ways welcome at Howiek Hall, which
was Invariably chock-full of guests,
j every one of whom was either a hroih
| er or n slst.er, or nephew, or niece,
i sometimes even a grandnephow or
; grandnlece, of tho old host. SOmo
! how, with the. exception of "'Bertie!'
karcy, the present earl, they had till
I Inherited the disputatious and quarrel?
some disposition for which the Greys,
of Howiek, have always been celebrat?
ed; so that the scenes at table used to
be exceedingly lively. They called
one another by their Christian names,
the children never dreaming of ad?
dressing their parents, or llielr uncles
and aunts, otherwise. Indeed the
smallest--boy would,call the old earl
"Henry," In spite of his advanced age,
his Knighthood of tho Garter, his rank
ns a former Cabinet minister, and his
verv lofty Idea of his own Importance.
There is ono ordeal which Lord and
Lady Grey will havo to face, now that
they aro commlttod to upending Christ?
mas at Howiek Hall, after so many
years of absence. It Is an infliction in
the form of the celebrated Howiek
Chrlstmns pie, of which both iiro.ox
pectod to partake liberally. The pie,
which weighs some 200 pounds, is
, nine feet In circumference, and so huge
that It Is fitted neatly Into n wooden
cane, on four wheels, so tliui ll can b<
wheeled round (he table. An Wen of
the. richness of the |ile may be gath?
ered from u list of some of the In?
gredients. According to the recipe
' which dates buck to the middle of Ho
eighteenth century; that Is to nay, sonn
i].*)0 years, the pic Ih made up oi i'dv
I oral bushels of Hour, twenty pounds hi
I buttor; tour geese; two rabbits; six
I wiiil ducks; six woodcock; a dor-en
I-snipe; three br.i<-o of partridges; twe
nnats" tongues; seven black birds; six
pigeons; and six curlews; the latter, It
Is said in the recipe, "by way of flavor.
Vice. Admiral Prince Alexander Lie
i ven, who has just been appointed chief
1 of the general stuft of the Russian
navy, is the olllccr who, commanding
the cruiser Diana al the outbreak oi
the war between Russin a ltd JapUni lr
; 1901, took part In that gallant dush
i out of Port Arthur by the Russian
Warships In harbor, In deference Id
peremptory Instructions received fronl
St. Petersburg, It will be recalled Hint
I the Russian ships were either driven
j hack Into port, damaged almost lit
: yond repair, or else sunk, by Admiral
! Togo. Only one of them got away,
' namely, Hie DlnnSi owing to tin
[superior senmnnsh'p of her cuplulu,
! Prince Alexander Meven. Fighting oil
; and escaping ib" Japanese cruisers
l sent In pursuit, Lloven managed to
i navigate her In surety to the French
, p?rt of Saigon, thousands' of mites
I away, where she was dismantled. In
I accordance with the requirements of
ithe laws of neutrality, to be held un?
til the end of the war.
While nt Saigon. I.leven was joined
I bv his wife, who had made her cm. ape
from Port Arthur, through the lightly
I drawn Japanese lines of tin- besieging
I forces, by distinguishing herself as a
I Chinaman, anil under the cover of a
blinding snowstorm. In fnct, her ex?
traordinary ntlvehlur.es, and the roman?
tic features of her escape, appealed so
powerfully to ihc treat people nt Si.
Petersburg, thai they havq since ilieti
forgiven \wt husband for marrying her;
their former objections to her hav?
ing been ilue to the foet that she was
n divorcee, and a woman of birth far
I Inferior to his own.
I For Alexander Lleven can trace his
?ancestry In an unbroken line to lleh
[ ry Llcvc, who was a fcudnl baron.
I vassal to the Archbishop of Riga, in
l tin thirteenth century. The Licvcns
owe their title of prince, and their
prefix of "Serene Highness"?enjoyed by
so very few of the princely houses of
' Russin ? to the fact lhat the widow of
! Oenornl Count otin Lleven was gover
j ness of the children of Czar Paul; nnd
j that Emperors Alexander I. and Nicho?
las I., as widl us the CzafOVll of Coil
I stnntlnc Paulovileh, who waived his
! rights of succession 10 the throne in
? favor of hi.-, younger brother, mi three
regarded her as their second mother.
Although the representative of Sir
F.dwnrd Orey, Hie Inder Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, was careful
i to explain, at the time of Lord Kllch
j oner's appointment to the position of
minister plenipotentiary In Egypt last
j slimmer, that his duties there would
j be Identical with those of his prede
! ccssors, that Is to say, purely diplo
; tun tic and civil, yet It Is apparent, from
j the general order Just Issued by the
I War Dopartmoni in London, Hint Lord
j Kitchener will, as Held mnrflhnl, have,
I do facto, supreme command of all the
I military forces not only In Egypt find in
I the Soudan, but also In the military
i district of the Mediterranenn, compris
I lug Malta. Gibraltar, nnd Cyprus, in
j the first plneo. it i:-. ordered that Hie
j Governor-General of the Sotidnn, the
. Sirdar, or British generalissimo of the
j Egyptian army, and tho English gen -
j ornl officer commanding the British
I army of occupation in 'Egypt, are to
be directly responsible lo Lord Kitch
I enor. Moreover, General Sir Ian
! Hamilton, who Is pot only Inspector
j general of the forces beyond the sea
but also the eommandot'-ln-chlef of the
Mediterranean. Is directed to submit
lo Lord Kitchener nt Cairo, nil his
views on strategy and defence, and nil
the measures Ihnl he proposes to lake,
before communicating Ihcm to the War
Department In London.
There are several other paragraphs
In the. new general order on the same
I lines, all tending lo make It nulte
clear that though nomlnnlly Ixird
Kitchener Is merely Rritlsh minister
plenipotentiary In Egypt, lie Is In re?
ality in supremo command of all the
military forces In Egypt, and In L'ng
lund's various strongholds In the Medi?
terranean.
(Copyright. 1911, by the Brcnlwood
Company.)
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