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WEDNESDAY, JANUARy SI, W12.
RESPONSIBLE GOVRRX1IENT.
In every Stato governed by the peo?
ple, power and responsibility are In?
separable. A dospot maintains him?
self by power alone; he Is .responsible
only to his Ood and to his conscience.,
A weak democracy, where responslbll-i
Ity Is divided and power Is dissipated.]
has never In tho history o' the world I
endured and prospered. The _ United!
Ftatea of America Is the one consplcu-j
<ius example of a government In
?hloh the division of power and re-j
eponelblllty, or "the separation of
powers," as Montesquieu puts It, has,
not ended IB destruction. Only In tho.
United States and the Spanish-Amerl-j
can repuhllcs does the doctrine of the |
separation of power now exist, and|
the Spanish-American rtpubllcs are;
military despotisms, based upon the
plundering and power of politicians.!
in his lecture on National Oovernment,j
Henry Jones Ford says of the separa-j
lion of powers: "Franco In 17S1 and:
Norway In 1S14 both adopted It Inj
their national constitutions, and bolhj
after violent struggles And distress re-l
jecied 1L In the eyes of European
thinkers this doctrine possesses a
mero antiquarian interest. The Cam-!
bridge modern history, for example, I
curtly dismisses this doctrine as aj
hallucination that hindered the forma?
tion of agencies for the control of
government by public opinion." In
the United States of America, alone
of all the civilized nHtlons, does this
doctrine still have sway, and It pre?
vails to the distress and misgovern
ment of the people.
Tho situation In the Legislature
strongly emphasizes this fact, and
forcibly shows how Irresponsible our
government 16. By force of Intellect
and personality, by hard study, by
effective grasp of public questions,
Speaker Byid is easily the leading i
political thinker in active life tn Vir-;
ginla to-day. Out of the chnos of!
patchwork liquor legislation hei
evolved the Byrd-Mann liquor law?ai
bill that has given satisfaction and!
has carried out the Intentions of Its,
framere. It was Mr. Byrd who tried i
to put through a decent primary law!
at the last session of the Legislature,]
and who has secured t he passage of j
one through the House it this session.j
It was Mr. Byrd alone of all politicians, I
who grasped the real slirntficaiice of
the oyster question in Virginia, and,
tried to break down the . ignorance.i
and the prejudice which have so long'
! ampered Virginia's growth as a sholl
f,.-,h producing State, it v/ai Mr. Byrdj
who was largely Instrumental in se?
curing the paspage of the act creat?
ive a commission to study tax con
el itlons In Virginia at the last sessionI
,?1" the Legislature, and the report of
these investigations is the most illumi?
nating, suggestive and instructive
public do.-tjrhcnt^.that has been pub?
lished lit' Virginia, not even excepting
the work on the- mineral resources of
the State. It Is Mr. Byrd who Is now
fighting to secure- the enactment of
tax lav.- that can remedy some of the|
inequalities and hardships tin
which many of the counties and ell
of the State nt present labor. In'
Kuropean countries Mr. Byrd would bej
Prune Minister. He would havs be?
hind him a responsible parly repre?
senting tho public opinion of the
majority; he would bo able to com
pM his followers to pasr the legisla?
te:, that he initiated as the chosen
leader of tha people, for the power
rioulc not r.e his own. since, a Prime
Minister is at best only a spokesman
of the majority ho r'presents?that la.
h spokesman through whom the people,
can get effective legislation on public
matters.
But, how is ii In Virginia lo-dayV
The Legislature, assembles and listens
to a. homily from th& Governor; then
each legislator olfers such bills as he
sees fit. or amends those of hla fel?
low legislators in accordance with his
own opinions or lack of opinions.
When H ;s all over and done, when
the Legislature adjourns and th?.
representatives go beck to their con
ztitutents, there Is no responsibility,
no man or party to bo praised or
blamed for the result. Sometimes a
State splits on a question like pro?
hibition, and then, when two parties
of equal strength take opposite sides,
the public ca.n be sure of the definite;
carrying out of the public wishes.
But, in Virginia, kji it '.b governed to?
day, and in most of the sister Stiite.s.
no a-jch oondl'Uon exists. if the
Tax Commission bill, for example, la
passed. Mr. Byrd will probably re?
ceive some credit; if it Is defeated, it
T.I11 be extremely difficult to place the
blame; and yet the Tax Commission
bill Is only a type of the difficulties
which every Stato faces where the
government is divided'and Irresponsi?
ble, because sufficient power is not
Intrusted to V.u>rn who are expected
. to do tho work of the government.
There is a deep-seat-:d prejudice
against centralization, i here ?r. a
fear as if there liirked behind this
word a certain promise of oppression
1 and injustice. And yet In England the
'people can innko their will into law
i in six months: In America they may
haggle tor years, arid tho reason Is
the same In both cases. Tn England
t the government Is directly responsible
to the people for the enactment of a
t>-lven measure; In America It Is not.
President Taft for tho national gov?
ernment, and Governor Mann for Vir?
ginia, ought to be elected upon tho
promise that they will carry out cer
I tatn legislation. Of course. this
promise could not be kept unless legis?
lators of the same opinion were
elected with them. But. given this
condition, given a specific promise
from the elected President, Governor
J or Prime Minister, the people must
givo those elected sufficient power to
make these promises good, or the
j hole system of legislation becomes a j
? logrolling farce.
j Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch greatly hopeB
I that the Tax Commission bill may
j become a law. If It falls, It will be
another example of tho necessary' con?
sequence of government where the
leaders aro denied power and re?
sponsibility Is so divided that It Is.
lost!
THE SMALLEST SUICIDE) RECORD.
Richmond shows is.y far the smallest
percentage of sulddcB In tho thirty
four cities In this country of more
than 100,000 people. In 1910 the per?
centage In this city was P.4 na against
?It.2 In San Francisco, 14.6 in Baltimore,
15.3 In Boston. 14.1 in Atlanta, 24.1
In Washington, en<j 18.4 In New York.
The rato in other cities of 100.000
population or over was: Birmingham,
20.S; Los Angeles, 30: Oakland, Cal?
32.4; Denver, 81.C; Chicago, 20.9; In?
dianapolis, 23.9; Louisville. 16; New
Orleans, 21. S: Detroit, 2$; Grand
Rapids, 11.5; Minneapolis, 17.5; St.
Paul, 1S.9; Kansas City. 34; St. Louis.
2S.P; Omaha, 24.C1; Cincinnati, 17.3;
Cleveland, 1S.8; Colu:nbu6, O., 24.1;
Dayton, 23.1; Portland, Ore., 24.4: Phil?
adelphia, 19.8; Pittsburgh, 11.8; Mem?
phis, 22.8: Nashvlho, 18.1; Seattle, 23.8;
Spokane, 23.7; Milwaukee, 23.4. There
were. In 1911, F.590 sulclres In the
Cer.sus Bureau's registration area. Tho
rato is about 16 p<- lOu.OOO of popula?
tion.
The commentary on social and eco?
nomic conditions In Richmond to bo
found in these tlguros Is Illuminating
and Inspiring. The seeds of suicide
are sown by oppressive and evil con?
ditions of city living. Exterior trou?
bles gnaw their way Internally, and
the result Is that largely because he'
Is nn economic victim the seif-slayer
commits his dreadful deed. In an un?
wholesome city there will bo many
suicides; hi r city of healthy and happy
conditions of living, where there Is a
sound senso of community morality.,
the suicide rate Is low. Suicide Is
infrequent In the country; the com
pi exit lea ond difficulties of city life'
arc responsible for most of the self
murders.
Richmond is rot a city of suicides,
because It is a city with a heart, a
city wherein the spirit of the brother?
hood of man has not faded Into a
shrunken saying. Richmond is a city
of homes, not of gilded cafes; a city
of nelcliborllnos? and hospltableness,
not of distrust and disdain. All classes
of people here aro content with their
lot; class lines do not cut to the raw, |
because this is a city where the peo
pie are not too rich or too poor, where
the happy means of respectability ,
anfl true worth is struck: where it is ,
ibelleved that "a little that a righteous
man hath Is better than the riches of
many wicked." The oppressing ar.d
hopeless conditions of New York find
nothing akin here; here our poor peo?
ple are, to a great degree, cared for
and helped to help themselves. Boston's
abominable ''Bohemia" could not exist1
in (he clear, clean atmosphere of Rich?
mond; here smoke and foul air and I
orowxl 1 tenements end filthy hovels
do no make living hideous. Whole?
some . ng is In the very air here.
Hero people make friends ar.d neigh?
bors easily, and here friendship is real;
here the citizen la not alien to bu- !
inanity and kindly deed. Here the
comforting faith caught at a mother's
knc? is not forgotten, and here the
mandate of old, "Thou shalt not kill."
I? a living thing, not an antiquated
and outworn precept tburte<j in u moth
eaten tome. Richmond, with all Its ?
size and strength, Is not a place
where men will forfeit community re?
spect by reckless disregard of de
cency and morality, and tho self-con?
trol to Inculcated holds the evildoer
In check und stnys th? hand that
would kill.
Wholesome living, right living un?
der sound conditions and among a
kindly people?theso are the things
that make our suicide rato tho small?
est "For a good tre.- bringet:? not
forth corrupt fruit: neither doth a '
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. '
, Por every tree is known by his own ;
j fruit. For of thorns me-n do not
I pathrr rigs, nor Of a bramble bush '?
I gather they grapes "
WHY SURPRISE! OR UBVKl.ATION f !
I A London special cablegram of '
"jfewi and Reviews" suggests that Iti
may surprise the world and fai
seeing men to learn that Great
Britain, which In the matter of the
"Hay note." Inviting tho powers to
subscribe to the principle of the main?
tenance of China's administrative und
territorial Integrity, acted as mentor,
is now unwilling to Interfere with a
realization of the cupidity of European
nations and their ambitions to ex?
tend their possesalons at the expense
of China and other Par Cast helpless
countries. Tho "Hay note" alluded to
is the Boxer movement note of the
1'iilted States .Secretary of :>:ato to
the principle of which all the parties
to the Joint Intervention subscribed.
The suggestion in the special cable,
gram of "Nows ar.d Reviews'' was in?
spired by ii speech made by Sur icd
ward Grey, British Foreign :;. cre
? I tary, at .a meeting at "an obscure
j hamlet," In which, responding to press
and mass-meeting attacks on the grjv
or.nmt-ut's foreign policy, ho proclaim
eil in effect a passive attitude towardi
Russia In respect of both china aril
Persia.
j Among other things. Sir Edward Is
j reported to have said thai if ore.it
j Britain is going ;o Interfere In Con
trnl Asian questions far beyond the)
Indian frontier, she would Incur not
only a very heavy naval expenditure,
but a vastly Increased military ex?
penditure a? well. Also, ho doclnred
that such a policy. If carried out.
would lenve her without n friend In
Europe, nnd that It was the duty of
any government, whether Liberal or
Conservative. ? to resist It. This ??reve?
lation" makes it clear, says the cable?
gram, that Sir Edward Is willing to
sacrifice former principles In order
to secure a continuance of Russia's
friendship. So it would appear.
But why a surprise to tho world and
fnrseelng men, and why a revelation?
Any one who will take the trouble to
examine tho map of Central Asia,
mark where the Uno of Russia's latest
aggression touchos Tl-.'bet, and note
the delimitation of the spheres of In?
fluence of the two powers ?n Persia,
together with the conformation of the
"neutral rone," will readily perceive
that under tho Anglo-Russian pact re?
garding Central Asia, Great Britain
received more than a quid pro quo, no
loss In area of "protectorate terri?
tory" than In the matter of strategic
considerations. Indoed, seeing the ad?
vantages Great Britain secured and
nor interest in being in position to
insure "her share" in the event of the
necessity of partitioning China proper,
It Is difficult to avoid the suspicion
that whon tho agreement was entered
Into Russia was permitted a tentative
option on Mongolia and Chinese
Turkestan and absorption of Northern
Iran.
The truth is that no matter In what
euphemism they aro expressed, orj
under what pretense thoy nre 6ojght
to be disguised, whether "commercial
exploitation," "advancement of civil- l
lzatlon," "humajiltarianlsm," or what'
not, tho policies and purposes of Great
Britain regarding Thibet are on all !
fours with those of Russia touching!
Mongolia and Chlne3o Turkestan. As
to Persia, n recent cartoon aptly il?
lustrates the situation, in depleting
tho lion mid tho bear propping each
other back to bade, and winking into
spa-ce. and both sitting partially on]
a woe-begone expiring Persian coiU
As we have previously pointed out,]
and as is generally conceded, every
Russian approach, in whatever guise,
towards tho northeastern border of the j
Forbidden Land must and will be met
by a similar Anglo-Indian approach.
The expression of Sir Edward, "so
far beyond the Indian frontier," was
signlllcant, for so far us menace to
India Is concerned, the relative posi?
tions of the two great landgrabbers
In Persia, and as represented in the i
sts.tus of each in Thibet and Mongolia
and Chinese Turkestan, respectively,
place Russia, farther from the Indian
frontier than In long years before. More?
over, Great Britain's "beneficent" and
informal protectorate of Thibet would
serv? her all the stead she could de?
sire If events should elictate that
China must be divided. From Lhassa
she could not only demand fair terms |
from Russia in parceling out the spoils,
but effectually check French advance j
Into the empire from the south.
In oil tho circumstances the only
surprise Is that it sh'ould be seriously
thought that the world and farseeng]
men would be surprised at a "reve?
lation" which. It would seem obvious
all farseelr.g men might have Mit'cf
pated.
WHO IS IIEIIIMI Tin; LIBRARY
MOVKJI EXT.
Wbo wishe-s a free public library1
for Richmond? "Who Is backing the
movement ?
?villa' organizations are interested
in this project? Here they r.re: The
Civic Improvement League, the Cham?
ber of Commode, the Council of Labor
Workers, the V. M. C. A . the V. W*. r,
A tho .Te>hn Marshall High School
alumni, the Teachers' Co-operative
Association, the Associated Charities,
the Woman's Club, the Council of
Jewish Women, the Equal Suffrage
League, the Nurses' Settlement, the
"W C. T. V., the Temperance League,
the Art Club. Ihe Mechanics' Institute
board, the Ministerial t.'nion, the
Richmond branch of the Southern Col
lego Association, the Retreat for the.
Sick board, the St. John's Circle of
King's Dnughtors, and a great arrav
of workers for elv|c betterment, repre?
senting the most varied Interests and
touching our community life at many
points. These are not all there are
to he heard from. There are other |
organizations which could properly in?
dorse this project: The Business Men's!
Club, the Travelers' Protective Asso?
ciation, the educational Institutions cfl
collegiate grade in the city. Rich- I
?nor.d College for instance, and the many
benevolent and fraternal associations
ol the city. Every organization work- I
ing for the good of man should record |
itself in favor of this movement.
What neordo arc behind this project?
Those who have not, through financial '
Inability ot other raiiiie. completed
Ihfir education; those who feel that
they are r.oi too old to learn: these
who like to read en.I have small book
facilities; those who are unable to
have prlvnto libraries of their own.
Then there aro the ambitious young
men of the city who are trying to lit
themselves for better things, trying to
cultivate themselves and to receive
that polish which only wide reading
can give. There are the fathers and
mothers cf Richmond school children,
who know that their children have
moft unsatisfactory and Incomplete
library facilities, and who realise that
the city Is not Oblng its full educa?
tional duty to its school children until
a free public library Ie supplied, where
such pupils can do the research work
nnd outside study ref|it|red of (horn.
Some of these school students, by the
i way, have fathers In the. c'ty Council.
There are ihi jad, who lubov. all day
? with their hands, and their elder
brother tollers, who would like 10
spend their evenings profitably and
pic .(-ar.tiy In reading. Therr are the
young Women of tho rity, especially
those' who are poor, who would lind
the library a soured ol unceasing en?
joyment and profit. Tn< re are the
efderly people of the, city, who would
Und the comfort and sola: o of old
l?ge !)?. good book:, nov'hero else te> be
, line),
I "ihe true University these ?!;-?>.? i:.
a Collection of Books," said Carlylo.
who ngrocd with Milton that "a good
book is tho preolous life blood of a
must ? spirit, ombaltn?d and trcasurod
up on purpose to u life beyond life."
/ froe publl- library is a university
for tho people, und tho poopte of
Itlchmond demand, as they have a
right to do. tbut Buch an Institution
bo established for their education and
for their help. _
A MAN'S FAULTS.
What are the ten Ohler faults of a
man? A foreign r.owspapor offers
prizes to Its feminine readers In the
form of millinery valued at $150?a
rag, a whalebone, und a, hank of
brlstloB?for the three bost selections
of man's ten most glurlng and com?
mon faults. A list of masculine fall?
ings suggested by tho newspaper In?
cludes: cruelty, greed. arrogance,
despotism, cunning, injustice. Jealousy,
cowardice, Immorality, niggardliness,
envy, pedantry, vanity, hypocrisy,
sloth, etc.
Some one suggests as a good list:
Impudence, carelessness. Irascibility,
awkwardness, gullibility, fickleness, Inv
pattence, denseness, unpunctuallty and
untruthfulness.
Doubtless the suffragists would add
"bone headednese." especially when
thinking about the obdurste states?
men at the Capitol.
.?'ho that heard Colonel Watterson's
peace talk at the Jefferson Auditorium
a short while ago would have thought
that he would soon be talking heated?
ly about coffee and pistols?
If this weather keeps up, that old
Panama will have to be cloancd again
next week.
'Sdeath: tho Solons will not suffer
suffrage!
Now that the Forty Immortals of
I the United States have hson chosen,
; who are tho Forty Immortals of Rich
i rnond?
Voice of the People
Uou't Put It nt the University.
To tbu Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?1 luclosu herewith a copy of
an article that I have this day mallod
to the editor-ln-chlef of College Topics
Of the University of Virginia, in ref?
erence to tliu proposed co-ordination or
coeducation at the university. This
article 1 wrote after reading au edi?
torial from Topics of the 27th Inst.
favoring such a plan.
WAL H. GAIN ES.
Edltor-ln-Chlef College Topics. 1907
ll'OS.
Doar Sir,?I am absolutely and unal?
terably opposed to any bill providing
for either co-ordination or coeducation
at the university, and for the follow?
ing reasons:
First, let mo o.uote tho opening
paragraph of your editorial of Jan?
uary 27. 1012, which reads as follows:
"When legislative provision is made
I for the higher education of women in
Virginia, a woman's college ought to
bo establishes under the administra?
tion of the University of Virginia. And
the new college ougiit to be establish?
ed oilier at or near this institution
.i? n co-ordinate department of uni?
versity life."
Lot us go upon the proposition that
higiier education for women would be
(beneficial and wise, then 1 fall to see
why and f?r what good reasons such
a proposed Institution should be placed
at the university. Why should the |
university be bound or what good
would result from ihe adoption of such
a Bister li.stliuilon If such become a
creature born of legislation?
As one of your arguments In favor
of the establishment of a college for
women In connection with the univer?
sity, you cite as an oxumple that of
the failure on the part of the gov?
erning board of the university
to accept the Introduction of a State
polytechnic school within her doors;
you speak of the golden opportunity
lost.
Is not the State of Virginia, suffi?
ciently rlth, :s not. Its treasury ade?
quate to meet the demands for the
maintenance of both of these lnetitu
tlons, that Is. the University of Vir?
ginia and the Virginia Polytechnic In?
stitute? I think It is. and, in fact, this
State does appropriate largo sums for
i both of the above mentioned institu?
tions, and still Virginia is far from
being a bankrupt as the result.
The university has long held *tn
I enviutble position In educational ranks
for the high star..lards maintained In <
her profcisi"s :.ools. 1- e.. law and
i mvdicine. The courses required In
both of these departments require a!
Standard second to none In the land, j
To maintain the high standards in |
these two departments s.nd at tho same
time to foster such a hiRh-grade aca?
demic or collegiate department Is auf-1
nclent for any ins.;'tutlon of learning.;
V. P. I. is, I i!.:nk, rightfully and
properly placed for tho good of all at
Blacksburg, where unhampered It hns
been able to establish one of the best
scientific schools tr. this country.
For this same r> ason I oppoee the
establishment of tho women's college
In connection v.lth the university; not
that I am opposed to tho creation
of such a college, :<t 1 am not, but I
am not in favoi of naklng It a part of
the University ot Virginia.
When such an Institution Is eon
tcmplalcd It should be with the idea
of making M entirely u separate und
distinct placi < t learning, and not
attempt to combine when such a com?
bination Is contra to the wishes of the.
greater ;mr; of the alumni of the uni?
versity, against the traditions and
customs of the university; opposed to
the very essentla ,. that have always
lent such a dignified charm to the life
at the university, u life that Ir. sacred
and dear to Ihc memory of every old
student, and ri memory which you
would have wiped out by legislative en?
actment.
Vou Stoic (n your editorial of tho
Abe Martin
1 ??' ol ng > <? don't git skinned
?n lh< .. . mince 0' prevention- !
N1 ?? ? I i, [hidul?CSl from our;
high school with high honors lust I
laltln u post 'graduate course I
; hi . pollia', 1
THE DEAR OLD FARM AND THE
JOLLY CITY LIFE.
By John T. McCutcheon.
fOopyrlctrti 1?U:
WHAT THE FARMER SAYSt
By John T. MoCulcb*on ]
"Staid inbodtlll nearly
5 this momtng because
ix? don't haiX) to get up to
early In the winter time."
WHAT THE CITY MAN SAYSt
"Great gantl arm all thg
windows open? /#*? a?
cold at Greenland In thtt
flat. The man that called
thlt a tteam-heated f?at
wot a poor describmr,"
"Scraped the frost off
the window to't I could
get a squint at the weath?
er. Looked purty winter
ith."
"Boote/rose ttiff. Cuett
I forgot to grease 'em last
night. They slipped on
about as easy as a section
of stovepipe."
"Well, I hate to get up,
but I suppose I must. Not
an ounce of steam In the
place. And just listen to
the crunch ?f those
wheels out there. I'll bet
it's a hundred below tero.
"Cook Is goro. Soya she
Isn't used to living In on
tee house. / never saw
such haughtiness."
"And you arm Urft orlth
your tube* filled with
bronchitis microbes, and
your heart filled with
horn i cid a I tendcncl&t^
Natural gas low. No hoi
breakfast."
"Woodpile covered with
snow so I had difficulty
getting kitchen fire start*
ed. Finally got enough
hot water to thaw out
pump."
"Then had nothing to
do but watt for daylight
and breakfast. Had hot
fried mush, hot ham,
some good coffee, and a
couple dosen buckwheat
cakes. Seemed to agree
with me."
"Carried In some fodder
for the stock. Latch on
barn door to dad tasted
cold it pulled the skin off
my nigh hand. Curried
horsos, etc."
"Shucked earn all
morning. In afternoon
repaired rail fence on the
east eighty till dark.
Then took some nourish
ment in the shape of
boiled ham andcaboage."
"Haoe a horrible cold.
That's the trouble with
these steam-heated flats.
About the time you get
acclimated the furnace
goes on a strike."
"Trolley broke and had
to stroll downtown. Cot
to office late and was
called down. Many are
called down, but few de?
serve It."
"Bote oays fftcf tt
mustn't happen again, t
hope It won t."
"Sat around awhile.
Hated to tackle the cold
sheets, but finally tt got
so late that I had to turn
in, though I couldn't get
to sleep till after 10."
"This city lifo ain't
what it's cracked up to
be. How I envy the farm?
er. He's his own boss and
doesn't care how often
the trolley breaks."
r
"J Wish 1 Lived in Town Where I Had Some of "I With I Lived Out on Some Pleasant Farm
the Comforts of Life." These Fine. Crisp Winter Days."
same date that "Ti-.e lesue has arisen
and opportunity la afforded. Either
me university must seize it or let u
pass. For myself, and voicing- what
I Ibeliev? to he tho general sentiment
or most of the alumni, certainly of
those in my section of the State I
say "iet it pass." for tho good 'of
tho university, her life, her traditions,
and her welfare, and for the good of
the institution proposed. A separation
or these two Institutions would, In mv
opinion, bo beneucial. and a combina?
tion of the two most detrimental "You
also stata that "Students and alumni
regrot the issue which has arisen." It
la only natural that they should <jo so. I
should the proposed co-ordination or
coeducation become a fact It would
mean the death of the old Uwe that ?e
who went there have all learned to
love; It would mean the passing of
cherished memories. You state that
the life of the university must chance '
to meet conditions: this they must ccr- !
talnly do when conditions reach such '
a point that they demand a change,
but not until that change is necessary
and Imperative should we forsake old
memories, thoughts and traditions In I
the mad race towards modernism. Be- ]
cause Michigan and other universities. I
outranking the university in numbers
alone, have coeducation, is there any
reason that the university, practically
the father of them all, should follow
blindly in their footsteps, contrary to
the wishes of the greater part of her I
sons?
Quoting from Thomas Jefferson, as'
you, we find that he says: "A sys?
tem of general instruction, which shall
reach every description of our citi?
zens, from the richest to the poorest."
Can the wildest and most vivid
imagination conceive of our illustrious
founder meaning a coeducational In?
stitution, when he declares that every
citizen, rich or poor, should kji en?
titled to equal educational advantages
at the university? Ruch a remark from
him was nothing more than an expros- I
sion of those democratic principles for
which he stood, and to interpret llie
Word citizen to mean women Is some
thing that I cannot comprehend.
Therefore, I nay perpetuate and keep .
Inviolate as far ns possible those cus?
toms and Ideals, the embodiment of'
the thoughts and Ideas of the father of
the university, nn<3 by doing so help
the university, consider the wishes of !
thousands of her sons who have gone I
forth from her walls, having learned i
to love and cherish the memories us
they remembered them, and also carry j
out the wishes of Thomas Jefferson,
whose master mind conceived and :
created the University "f Virginia. |
Verv sincerely,
WM. H. OAINES.
Udltor Topics. 1P07-0S.
Rosslyn.
La Marquise de Fontenoy
Sit: ROBERT AFFLECK'S extrdor
dlnury lawsuit in London ogulnst]
certain of the officers of the old j
Cocoa Tree Club, the oldest in 1
London, dating from l"4?, serves to,
call attention, Unit of all, to the linan
cial difficulties of that time-honored
Institution, in fit. James's Street, and.
also to a very peculiar problem of
club ethics, namely, as to whether the,
member of a club is jusiided in charg?
ing a commission for u loan which he
negotiates for the club.
Sir Robert, who has nn extensive
acquaintance among loan-mongers ?f:
every description, lin-ting llgured in the
bankruptcy court, succeeded at a mo-.
mem of crisis In the llnanclal affairs'
of the Cocoa Tree, in obtaining n loan
for ii. of $."..00". .\? the difficulties of
thr. Cocoa Tree were u mutter of no-:j
toriel*. In clubland, the terms on which,
he Obtained the loan were rather oner?
ous: and when after that he himself]
came and demanded a commission of'
$400 for arranging tlie loan, the olll-i
cers of the club naturally demurred.;
It Is In consequence of their failure
to pay lilin this commission that lie Is]
now suing them for tho amount, and
revealing to the general public Its pre- |
carious condition.
Sir Robert Affleck is the head of a]
branch of the old .Scotch house- of
Auchlnlcck, and the baronetcy rlutosi
from I ho great naval Battle of Guod-I
aloiipe, where Admiral l-=lr Udniund |
Affleck distinguished himself as nee-,
ond In command to Lord Rodney. It
U a Xainily that has certain American J
associations Thus. Sir Robert's wife.
Lady Affleck; has been employed by
Cordon Selfrldge, of Chicago, to take
charge of the dress department of Its
great drygooda 6tore In London, and
there have been several matrimonial
alliances with Americans, among them
the marriage of the second baronet to
a New York girl, daughter of Thomaj
Clark, of thut city, and wldo.v of Rich?
ard Vassal], of Jamaica.
Formerly Sir P.obert owned Dalham
Hal], a place burdened with a curse,
like eo many o; the other old-time
monasteries, which were confiscated by
Henry VIII. at tho time of the Reform?
ation Kor a time It wat the resi?
dence of the Anglican Bishops of Ely.
But they found the place too heavily
weighted with the blight of its former
monastic owners, and sold It. some of
Its subsequent proprietors, in the days
of Kir:g William und Queen Mary, en?
deavoring to get rid of the 'll-luck by
almost entirely rebuilding the mansion.
But this proved of no avail, and the
A Alecks, who bought Dalham some 200
years ago. were pursued by misfortune
from the moment that they entered
upon possession thereof, there not be?
ing a Mingle Instance of Its descending
from father to son.
The present baronet was overtaken
by ruin, and landed In the bankruptcy
court some few years after his suc?
cession to the lltlo and estates which
latter, remaining ip the market for
som'a time, was purchased by Cecil
Rhodes, the South African colossus.
He di?d not long after its acquisition,
and since then It has gor.e through
the hands of two of his brothers, and
of a nephew.
Lady Arileck. besides her connection
with Rclfrldge's London store, which
brought no end of advertisement to
the latter, as well ns to herself, is
entitled to fame as having successful?
ly vindicated. In the highest courts of
judicature in England, the rights of
tenants to break their leases If, In
taking possession of premises, furnlsn
Cd or otherwise, they find them Infest?
ed with what are euphemistically de?
scribed as "insects." English people
have a delicacy about using the word
"bug," hvhlcli If so frequently cm
ployed on this side of the Atlantic,
and throughout the proceedings in the
various courts of law. both high and
low, the ohjectlonable vermin was not
referred to once by its actual name,
the nearest approach thereto being
when one of the counsel ulluded to it
as j "B Hat." This avoidance of any
mention of the name of the insect was
all the more remarkable when It Is
borne in mind that the lauer constitut?
ed the sole subject and theme of those
long and costly processes of law.
XVItli regard to the Cocoa Tree Club,
volumes have been written about 't.
as the earliest of oil the clubs that
remain in existence to this day.
Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of
George 111., was one of Us founders
and original members, and his grand?
son. George IV. followed bis example
in spending vast sums there, as Prince
of Wales and as regent, In gambling.
fine of his chief associates at tin
card tables, and Indeed one of the.
pillars of ihe club, was Charles How?
ard, eleventh Duke of Norfolk, who
whs the first member of the House of
Lords to abandon Hie pigtail and the
hair powder of ;he latter days of the
eighteenth century. He played reck?
lessly, drank heavily, looked more like
a butcher than tho premier peer of the
realm, and oil the occasion of tho ter?
centenary of the dukedom announced
hl.? Intention of Inviting to dinner at
I the Coco* Tree Club nil the llvlnfl
male descendants of tho ilrst duki
But he was compelled to abandon ?
project when he found that the clalih
i ants to that distinction .lumbered over
i $ 000.
; King George's brotiu.r-itj-law, the,
Duke 01 Fife, who Is now lying ?0
! seriously til at Wadal-Halfa?hi* III
I ness being undoubtedly among the re.
suite of his experience on the oc?
casion of the. shipwreck of the liner
I Delhi, off the coast of Morocco, wnlle
I on lila way from England to Egypt
1 with the Princess Royal and their
I daughters?ie a man of sixty-three
1 years of ape, that is to say, near a
I score of years the senior of his wife.
'He visited New York and other cities
I in (He United States, as Lord Mac
duff, in ISTfi, at the time of the Phil?
adelphia Centennial World's Fair. Dur?
ing a portion of his stay in New York
he was a guest of the late Ned Sothern,
at the Gramerty, and was likewise
frequently seen on hla way to the
Jerome Park races on the box scat of
Colonel De Lancey Kane's drag Con
I sl.defable admiration was esclted by
Lord Macduit among his friends here
by the skill which lie displayed In
making mixed drinks. Some of hie
trlumpliB, It |s said, were enough to
; maku a Hoffman House bartender turn
, green with envy.
j Elke every other foreign vifitor of
; distinction, he mado a point of visit?
ing the slums, and was especially
I struck with tho negro quarter. In
| deed, he declared that he had never
I been so touched by music as when hi
; listened In Thompson Street to s num?
ber of old-time darkles singing tha
pathetic songs of their race, of "Do
? Days IJcfo' do Wan."
As Lord Macduff, he was a Jun'or
partner of the well-known London
hanking house of Scott &. Co., und af
; terwards was associated in various
banking enterprises with his friend
and crony, who Is now I^ord 1'arquhar.
' Roth were umong the most Intimate
? associates of King Edward, as Prince
; of Wales, and much at Marlborougb
.House and at Sandrlngbam. So that
] tile Duke of Fife may be said to have
, known his royal consort since het
I childhood, lie succeeded to his fath
; er's honors in 1S70. married his wife as
Larl of Fife, and was. created a duke.
, by Queen Victoria at the wedding
, breakfast, when she proposed the health
I of the newly married couple.
The duke has long been n total ab
j -stainer, und has oven forbidden the
I sale of any liquor oh his estates. I
I must explain, however, that his tee
i totalism Is; of a different kind to that
I of his terribly convivial old father,
'?? for whom Queen Victoria had always a
I sort of kindly feeling and pity, ow
I ing to his wife'.'! behavior. In fact, the
i Queen would constantly invite him to
I dinner When she was at Balmoral. On
one occasion, during a pause in the
conversation at table, lie addressed the
Queen ns follows: "You will be gl.id
I to hear, Ma'am, that I have given lip
' whiskey." The Queen, who had fre
I queniiv expostulated with Lord Fife on
! the subject of his unfortunate taste for
j drink, beamed with satisfaction, and
! replied how delighted she was to hear
I it. "Yes," continued the earl, "the
\ doctors have recommended me, to take
I brandy instead, and so I drink nothing
else."
(Copyright, 1912, by the Brcntwood
Company.)
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