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S! "VI >.\ V, FEflUARY I. 191,2.
BtSINISSS JIBX AM) Till'. ADMINIS?
TRATIV H HOARD.
When Richmond begins Jo operate
flj form of modified commission gov?
ernment, the most serious dlfllculty
that will confront tho city Is the
choice of the men to curry out this
experiment. The difficulty is Increased
,1iy tho fact that the law as passed by
IRi Legislature Is at best only a make?
shift; !t looks towards a centralization
oi power and authority, or. If the word
centralization Is disliked, a placing of
power in the hands o? those whom the
citizens' nt Inrge trust and respect.
The power, however, will be so
hedged about that It will require un?
usual lalents for administration nud
dlplomnoy to seeuro at tho outset those
radical and needed improvements
.?which this city fondly ox;.ects. For
tht first election therefore, under the
iifw plan, it 'Is vitally Important that
the right men be chosen. If such a
choice Is made of and accepted by those
that the people desire, Richmond has
every prospect of paving the way for
a modern and successful administra?
tion of tho city aftalr.s.
With a wrong choice the whole plan
will be discredited, and Richmond will
find itself in that state of disgust and
dlsheartenment which Norfolk feels
to-day. Tho problem is how to secure
the men the city wants. This choice
should not be left to the haphazard,
hurly-burly of u rough-roll-and-tuni
blc primary. Tho business men of
Richmond forced through tho proposed
.amendments to the city charter, and
ihp business men of Richmond miin
cho'ose the men to carry out those
changes or suffer the results of their
own Inaction. Already, the Richmond
and Chesterfield Business Men's Asso?
ciation has adopted a resolution eitll
iiiK on the business organizations and
the Central Trade and Labor Council
to appoint a committee for the pur?
pose of selecting and recommending,
to the voters men well Qualified to
cbmpotia the Administrative Board
This recominendatloii has In it the
very essence of representative govern
ment; no man who tails in the recom
lili ndatioil is precluded from offering
himself as a car.didutu; but those who
have tills Indorsement wilj go before
the voters with a strongth and stand
It,u that nothing clue can give. If
the business meii und laboring men
Cannot calmly and quietly ehooso th
five citizens who are best qualified t
forth the Administrative Hoard, then
that choice cannot bo made by nay on<
The Timcs-Dlspatoll believes that
Richmond bus in it men who can and
Will devote their time and talents sue
cessfully to the development and Im?
provement of this city. Tin task lies
in choosing those men, and that is
work for deliberation In '.he choice atid
ifpr lnduceuie}it.it6:ihoae that arc chosen
to secure their services. No more im
p.,riant work lies before the busincs
organizations of Klohmoiid at present
ihnh tho carrying out ?^f this recom
Til 13 GERMAN It 13 ICH STAG SITUA?
TION.
The full and exact returns from tin
Reichstag elections verify the fore?
shadowing r,t the first balloting, that
the blue and black "bloc"?the Con
Hervntlyo and Clerical combination of
ti.e government?would ns a majority
bo wiped out. The best these groups,
how i Li; opposition In English par?
liamentary parlance, will bo able to do,
cdnsldured as a distinct party, win be
to muster 101 votes ns between them,
lia a certainty, with a possible 19s
through opportunists trading on oeea
Hiohs with the Independent and free
lance factions. Against these the So?
cialists and Liberals and Radicals will
hi- in position to n?irnhnl 199 voles, a
majority of l, the number of repr??
sentatives of the ?hree groups, respee
lively, being: Socialists, ill); Liberals,
47;"Rndleals, 42. However, this |5 far
i.'wn rn earn lug such defeat or cmbar
hs would appear, oh casual calcula?
tion. For In the peculiar situation
|rnd circumstances Ihe government still
Isolds the bnl?Tice of power, upJ,
Jihrewd politician that he is, it will
y,e ?iio.:l surprising if the Kaiser docs
?jnot tun, that advantage to telling
The remnant of his "bloc," thlrlyrflvo
.<,.?; ihan a majority, he can triint 1m
rpiritly, .and the various legislative
questions that will toino tip in the
'Oiriclistag, together with the diversity
of interests they represent, will af?
ford him exceptional opportunity fur
playing the Liberal und the Radical di?
visions one a gain's! tli.t- other, ami
iioth against the Socialists. Among
these questions are continuance ,.f o,,.
i.-'ovcrnineiifa military and naval
plans tad policies, lowering the
?t. riff, ministerial responsibility to
Vurliamont, control by tho Reichstag
Vif foreign affairs, r< dlstrlctim; the em
viie for the purpose of cllniinntiiig
.tiif present (TlscrJmlnatliig electoral
p> ti-m, woman's suffrage and nu
incrous minor . propositions that arc
tainted with tho Utopian virus of Mars.,
socialism.
Save for a few of tho last named,
tho Socialists are untied on all these
Issues, and counl on being sustained
by a majority of tho Radicals and the
extreme left wing of tho Liberals, nut
on the other hand. It la conceded that
tlie government is assured of enough
L'boral votes to curry through it."
army anil navy scheme, while It is
conceded that, touching tho general
Socialist progrnm, there Is auiriclent
division among tho Radical and
Ubers] contingents each to Justlly the
government in relying on substantial
backing from each. In crises, In re?
sponse to material concession and
compromise initiatives. i
Then, too, bearing In mind that the
main, paramount and foremost Issues
arc. after nil, political1 and economic
Issues, respectively, tho first as em?
bracing .progress towards true repre?
sentative and parliamentary rule. In
contradistinction to quasi absolutism;
tho second comprising industrial pro?
gress and enhancement of property
opportunity for the masses, it must be
recognized ? that the Kaiser, In the
record of what Professor Munstorberg
lias termed, "the new Germany," has
yet to n great extent tho whip hand.
11c can (brow into tbo scale the econ?
omic issiio as ii potential Influence
against the triumph of the political, In
respect of rendering Impotent and
putting oh the dofenslve tho govern?
ment's "bloc," and its tentative in?
dependent auxiliaries.
Included in the record referred to
arc th? Impressive fncte, among others,
that early in the eighties more than
"00,000 Germans came to tho United
States every year, partially to escape
mllHary service, but more especially
on account of tho Increasing difficulty
of making n living at home; thai elnco
then, although tho population of tho
empire has Increased enormously, the
emigration has declined to about one
tenth of Its former proportions; that
It has been demonstrated tha.t "In?
dustrialized" German life is capable of
ma'ntnlnlng crt.noo.oon people, and that
virtually thei*o are now no slums '??> I
the German cities, and, In ?oute of
them, literally no pauperism.
When the economic significance of I
this revolution shall have been con?
stituted :i parliamentary defense ot \
tho government against Socialist on?
sets, nnd 'used as tin appeal for the
government's support, small surprise
them need bo If It gives the more
practical Radicals n.nd Liberals se?
rious pause und proves, In essentials
nt least, the Instrument of turning
government defeat Into victory?that
is, until stich time a? socialism shall
have emerged from the chrysalis
heti rogcneousnessi nnd In tho form of
true, full-winged democracy towards
which, year by year, it lias been grad?
ually evolving. When lhat timo shall
have arrived, the Kaiser will dls
credil bis reputation for political
neuteness and farsightedness and
power to insure the personal loyalty
of his subjects, If ho does not accept
the situation.
ci.osico boon Fon lucnsiuxn,
in declaring against nil open market
?for Richmond public servants the
Doard of Aldermen baa flown straight
In tlie face of modern forces. Mr. Taft
will be defeated next November be?
cause ho and his party, In putting
through the Payne-Aldrlch tariff,
stupidly withstood a national demand
for lewer prices. ThoreforO, -Mr. Taft
will be turned out ot office and his
protective legislation will bo kicked
lifter him, for It If not Will In politics
to unthrlttily combat a popular de?
mand based on Bound reasons,
Tttd action of the Aldermen conies
under thin unthrifty classification. It
is not ft question between Messrs.
TralTord and Winston as to which shall
bo City Klcctrlclan. it is n question
between 'he- citizens of Richmond and
the Aldermen as to whether the city
shall be free to choose ltH servants
where It will or be compelled to take
only-what small pickings may ho found
among the registered voters. Already
Mr. Trnfford'a perquisites have cost the
taxpayers $23.000, and that little T:
pbr cent, commission is still running
on. Hero is money enough to pay
for a first-class man. ah1 If a better
one is in Barton Heights, or Baltimore,
or Boston than Richmond, why should
not tho taxpayers have hlinV
The nldcrmanic reasons iur making
a closu season for Richmond oflice
seekers have not been made public.
They need not be. The tide of oommon
sense is sweeping out to sen till such
narrow and restrictive i eg ulatlons,
This Hoard of Aldermen may not sec
lite handwriting on the wall, Inn thja
Board Is neither perpetual nor omni?
potent. The city will outlast tin
Hoard, and the demand for an open
field will be granted, if not by thia
Council, by another.
MIGISI.ATIVII w.vi t imi:.\.
It if, no trivial tusk to :!l In Judg?
ment on almost 200 men and hold them
accountable for the acts of a period In
which their Amt concern was; to serve
themselves* the State or :. number ol
corporations, and their second concern
to leave as Imperfect n.n'tl b.ifillng u re?
cord as possible of their fjcrvicc.
This Is what tho Legislative Vm. rs
League, of Chicago, Is seeking to do
very much as the Gor.d Government As
Rociatfoh in Cambridge a:.d Boston in?
vestigates the record's of-counellmei
j and reports thereon to ihc people. Tin
j Chicago Organization c'aiinoi use ih<
plain speech of a grnnd jury indict?
ment, ami yet It must endeavor to re
| port to the various legislative constit?
uencies of the State the ?Vay In whlcl
the men choBOn to represent them it;
I the Lt ulslaturo- act.
.Sometimes a man is ?rediied with, tti
net, which wiiH In effect one of p?i,ii
j service; nnd in motive ivits one of potl
jtical expediency. . 11 |s lii.nl to set ill
I absolutes standards by which men uro
I to b'o Judged, hard to keep track of
I thorn through Intricate lcglBlattvo
stratagems and hard to value them
even by what they accomplish.
The Chicago Tribune ssys that the
Legislative Voters' League "has estab?
lished itself us one of the effective
checks against the General Assembly,
one which the legislators respect to a
much ereatcr extent than they will aid.
mit, and one which the voters will
come to depend upon Increasingly as
the years of Its service grow lu num-j
. ber."
Tho report for this year has been
1 Issued with reference to Senators and
Representatives whose terms expire,
jit la a frnnk, honest an 3 careful et-,
I fort to present to voters the character!
j and record of their lawmakers.
The report Is written in readable.
! colloquial style. It Is much like the
j report a shrewd observer would bring
home to his neighbors to indicate to
them what was being done by the men
1 they had sent to the Capitol. For ln
Stanoe, the Hon. Benjamin .M. Mitchell
? Is described thus: "He is a clamorous
I fellow." Another is referred to as "nn
i honest old urenlleman who missed two
important roll calls." Another is pic
j tured its "the greatest individual Vac
i tor in legislation In the General As
[seiilbly to-Uny. There oa.n bit no ques?
tion that ho uses his in.mouse Infill-'
jencc ns chairman of the Appropriations
j Committee to affect the general course|
of legislation." Characters are sketch?
ed considerately, records nrc briefly
given, and the judgment readied in
most cases will be uphold. The re
rorts are reliable and go tar with the
voters In the respective legislative
communities.
The principle of this public-spiritedl
vigilance iu tho public interest is u
good one. It serves to bring the peo?
ple closer to their representatives,
malting the responsibility of the agent,
to the principal direct, clear and un-|
avoidable. The system puts tho voter;
in touch with hia hired man In the'
Legislature and makes the latter nioro
likely to be responsive to the will Of!
the former and to the demands of good!
government.
TI1F. VALUE OF GAMES l'lt 11sf.H V A
'I'll) A'.
A casual examination of the Mon
cure und Rutherfdord game bill, pro?
viding for an executive head for our
county game warden system, Will re?
veal tho fact that, other than an In?
hibition against the sale of wild tur?
keys, there are practically no restric?
tions in addition to those Imposed by
the present game laws. This being
SO, It Is logical to expect the Gen?
eral Assembly to enact this bill into .
law, for there enn bo no valid argu?
ments against the enforcement ol
existing laws. If out- present laws are
to remain dead letters, at least they
should be repealed. Then.- |? no doubt
that they are at present utterly In?
effective.
The principal vocation of our peo?
ple la agriculture, one of the most an?
cient and honorable ans known to
man. L'pon the yield of our Holds |
depends tho happiness ami prosperity '
I of our citizens. When our crops
I arc' abundant and our garners
j aro full of golden grain, "die anthems
Of contentment and the cadences of ]
Joy resound throughout our realms,
and all tho world seems set to u tune
that Is played by happy hearts."
We are assisted In making good j
crops by an army of feather, d friends
that work for the husbandman wlth
j out pay. The part that bird;? play In
protecting farmer:' from the ravages
Of Injurious Insects that prey upon the,
crops and orchards would be well an- j
tlerstood If nil the bright colored,
harmless songsters of the trees and j
llelda should become extinct, ns they
now b'd fair to do. The meadovvlark
or each one of a bevy of quail In a
ten-acre wheat, corn or cotton field,
each earns ?r. in a. single season as
an Insect destroyer.
Yet, while every precaution Is taken
by na to prevent a thief from stealing
even tho most trifling of our posses?
sions, we are almost oblivious of any
effort herotofore to stop the promiscuous
Slaughter of ihe creatures upon whose j
I existence depends our livelihood. Let j
the pcoplo ?f this State unite every
I energy they possess to save our
I fr'ends tin- birds from destruction:
I ll wo do this, soon every bush will
I contain a sinner, and every tree a
choir. Legitimate sport will 'n no
way be restricted. <ui the contrary,
j the old-time Joy of the spaniel and the
I gun will be revived.
coxsci f.xce.
(Selected for The Tlmca-pispntchO
"And Jacob was left alone, and there
!I wrestled a man with him until the
breaking of the day."?Gen, xxxil. 21, ;
These words bolongcd to a very
eventful incident In the career of
Jncoh. Twenty years before Ilm date
j of It he had sinned agnlnsl and tie
I flauded his brother Ksau of his. birth
! right; and now he Is returning rieh !
'land prosperous to his native laud
ijwltll the expectation of meeting thai
ijdefrauded brother. Ami while in hia
solitude upon the margin of the brook
I .labbnk he is meditating upon the pos?
sible result of that Interview, he i,e
I comes aware of the presence ?f some
,1 antagonist, mysterious and. powerful,
whose grappling form he can feel, hol
' is not able td see, and wlio.se name
he ,l(,es not know. All night long the
desperate encounter lasts, and finally
1 the antagonist prevails, but in icon
? '!".? ring he blesses, anil by subduing
? r hi makes strong. When the day
r< turns .lacob perceives that the pcr
.? with whom; he bad boon wrestling
. is not human; but divine, ami he call
t ed the place l'enlel, "for I have sooii
' God fee.- In face and my life is pro
! served."
I It Is a curious story, bill It in both
j human and true, for It symbolizes nnd
mnken reni Hie enduring powers of
? conscience. When .1-rtooh returned nf
'. ti r a ?..-'ose of years everything else
wus forgotton but bis ?Ins und tho
consciousness oC Ins wrong. And
there wrestled with him throughout
the night something he doos not call
conscience;. It seemed like something]
alive and In parson like the wrestling j
of u man. And when night Is over !
he Is made to see and know that It I
wns something personal; that It was
In truth the personal God who had
been wrestling with htm, and that Is
conscience. It Is some other part of
ourselves?It Is the God part of our- I
selves; It Is wrath wrnstllng with j
us. And that wrestling of God with ;
men still, goes on In all the world. '
There ure times Indeed when wo do
not seem to feel It very much?long
times, covering perhaps a period of
many years. Hut there are other j
times, and they are sure to come, when !
they d? feel it, when some sight or j
sound or memory or nnnlvorsnry bears I
In upon tho soul the overwhelming
consciousness of sin or slnfulness, j
Then everything else disappears, and ;
the wrestlers tire left alone with thotr
sins; and God seems to come and .
wrestlo with them and will not let
them go. And some day it will ?11 be ,
seen that tho story of Jacob In the]
book of Genesis is our story, too; that
that wrestling with you of conscience; |
that wrestling with yon of duty, j
i hough It may not be understood In
the bewildering night time, will stand i
forth when tho night i.- gone as the ,
wrestling of God. and, like Jacob, wo
will say(*"I have seen God face to
face."
There is a conclusion to this story,
the conclusion that came to Jacob
when the angel touched him In the
hollow of bis thigh, "and Jacob's
thigh was out of Joint." So do the
times seem out of Joint to-day. Sor?
row and suffering and disease; death
and loss and separation arc facts that
must bo acknowledged and faced. Yet
may it not nil mean, nnd, looking at
It in the light of Jesus Christ, docs It
not nil mean this; that life on earth,
no matter how circumstanced * nnd ro
latcd. Is out of joint until It is Joined
to the liv'ng God. and that through
these many displacements, dislodg
ments, discomfitures, .He Is trying to
bind it more closely to Himself, to
develop more and more what Is God?
like in it?
And whatever loss does that, no
matter how sharp and painful and Ir?
reparable It may appear at the time,
will prove in the end. when the strug?
gle Is over and the night is none and
the day breaks, to have been our best,
greatest and most enduring gain.
At last when tho conflict of Jacob
was over, as our conflict will be over,
he said: "Let me go, for the day
breakcth." Wart it Jacob or was U
Gort who said it? It was the ("lod In
him who said it. Ihi Gotl part of him?
self, wrestling with and conquering
the other part of himself, the same
divine. Imperishab]? God which will
some day say to this ear; lily hous-,
and tabernacle: "My work in you is
done, my wrestling with you Is over;
lot inn go, let me go, for the day
Tireaketh?tho day nf cloudless beauty,
the day where there Is no night, the
day In which thoru is no conflict and
no loss; Its morning light has coma
at last?let me go, for the day
breakcth."
Harvard loses the service of a. bril?
liant Virginian in the resignation nnd
eventual retirement of Henry A.
Christian, A. M., M. n. a native of
Lynehburg, dean of the Harvard Medi?
cal School, a position which he usstim-l
ed at tho atr.- of thirty-two. The Bos?
ton Transcript says of him thnt htsj
departure "?111 deprive the institution!
of a teacher of tho ir.?M inspiring!
quality und an executive of rare abil?
ity." Dr. Christian becomes bead of
tho New Brlgliam Hospital In Boston,
where be will doubtless add Increasing
distinction to his already remarkable
record. A graduate of Rtilidolph-Ma
con and of Johns Hopkins, he studied
also at Harvard and was an Instructor
when, by a speech made at the Harvard
Southern Club at a banquet in honor of
ex-Governor Montague, of Virginia, ho
attracted the attention of President
Kliot, who shortly afterward had an
influential part in raising Or. Christian
to tho headship of the medical depart?
ment of Harvard.
"Many do not want paid agents of I
trusts to control the floor of tho
House, and the people at largo do not
want the member's to waste time inj
useless discussion, but let all their
work toil for the public good," declares'
the Chariot!,. Gazette.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
I Amberst County.
Clin von i_-iv nie any of the history
and goograpli; of Amtierst county, Vn.?
ST. C.
I Nothing likely to bo of service to
I you. Since tlM. nply would have to he
I brief, nnd wc cannot guess what points
. ydll wish t.i cover. There is in Howe's
i History of Virginia enough matter on
I each of thi counties to satisfy tho
average Inquirer, and the county elerk
of Amtierst can almost certainly send
yuu some recent publication touching
bis county.
tiertilltn 'I'ntor.
Can you give me the address of some
person ,r all.ud to leach me German'.'
MISS A. S.
Your bi st plan is to place a "want
hd" In Th, Times-Dispatch,
i Mil lllcliiiioitilcr*.
I'lense give such Information as you
can about John II. PotuOiec (1700);
William Koushco, Jr. (180X); Austin
Brockenboroiigh nsoi).
J. I* WARING.
. Will sonn- reader furnish this?
Confederate Cross.
What steps must one take lo secure,
the Confederate "cross of honor'.'"
? A R13ADEB.
The bestowal of these crosses Is in
the- bands of the chapters of Dauhg
tors of the Confederacy. Communlcato
with the" chapter located In your
community.
l.ee'x I.CKloti.
What was about tho numlfoer of
troops under the command of "Light
IIOI'SO" Harry Leo?
A. W. GRAHAM.
i'nnsli tietlvely, la,000. Tlio number
varied grenlly ut various tlmfls.
Voice of the People
Let SoructhlnK Good lie Mold.
To tho Editor of The Tlmcs-Dlsputch:
Sir,?In Romans xlv. amour; the man'y j
lessons Is one very clearly taucht,-and
that is wo should not judge one an- i
othor. Wo all Itnow to do bo is in !
direct violation of the Dlvluo com-!
maud. Yet liow few. If any, of us are !
fret: from this common sin, und worse
Still, wo try to tako God's holy word
and Interpret it to the',Justification of
our disobedience. W'o can all so aptly
remember tho Saviour's words wlieu
He said, "Whorofcro by their fruit yo
shall know thorn." But is there uny
thing In this to Justify our Judging,
even ir WO do frptrv them? Did not
Jesu.s kno\, that Juuas would betray
Him? Yet ho was permitted to remain
In the little fumlly of our Lord and
to enjoy the sacred and blessed privi?
lege 01 eating the last supper, and re?
mained a trtisieip ollleer in that little
band to the very lust. Hid Jesus set
us this example fur naught? If llu
came not to judge the world, where In
'His teachings old He Instruct us to
become judges one of another? lie
came to reveal unto us God's will, and
who will substitute the words "to
judye" for "to love one another," so
plainly taught us by the .Muster? Pos?
sibly some will say to talk about one's
acts which everybody knows anj talks
about |s not Judging. Hut what do we
learn from tho I'suimlst when he aslta
this important question: "Lord, Who
shall .mid,., in Tnv tabernacle: who
shall dwell in Thy holy lull?" I'nrl of
the answer to that question reads thus:
"lie thai buckiblletb not with his tongue
nor doe.tli evil to Ills neighbor, nor
lake-lh i/p a reproach against his
neighbor.' Does the Psalmist say
thus,- who talk about the shortcomings:
of their brethren, who set at unugnt I
a brother because we think ourselves i
more righteous than they? Can God's'
Holy Word be a lamp to our feel If wo
slim our eyes to Its plain teachings?
Win ii Hot er wanted lu know of our
blessed Lord what was John to do.
the answer was rathe) a rebuke: "If I
will that lie tarry until I come, what is
that to tl.ee? Follow thou Me." The
great thing for us to do |s to follow
Jesus ourselves; shape and pattern our
lives like His; not to-concern ourselves
so much nlOOUt what 'we think or pro?
fess to know about some one else's
shortcomings, but first get the beam
out of our own eye, then perhaps wo
may sou more clearly to help'get the
motu out of our brother's eye. "l.ot
him that Is without sin cast at her
the first stone." Whin a lesson We
huve here: In this case there was no
question as to the guilt of this poor,
weak ?woman, nur of the law by which
she should be Judged, or of Its penalty, i
But what was the teachings of Jesus?
Did He judge and condemn her? No; but
with a In-art full of love and compas?
sion for as in our sin and degradation
he snld: "Neither do 1 condemn thee,
go and sin no moro."
Oh, that we could learn to be more
like the Master. Not that we should
condone sin In any one or In any way.
Hut when the church of .lesn.s Christ
becomes perfect It will have served if;
purpose, an^ w'i'' nu longer be needed.
It was not perfect in the days of its
Infancy, when composed of only twelve,
and will not be perfect when Jesus
comes. There will always he tares
among the wheat, and WO are taught
by our Lord to let them grow together
until the hnrveat time, when He him?
self will attend to the separation. >\'.
shall not be Judged by the standard
set by the world and society, and w<
train nothing iby striving to make our
llves conform to that standard; but
rather let us strive to make them more
like Christ, even though It bring upon
us the same reproach that befell Ulm
the hailing of our bodies to a tree.
We will never improve on or raise the
standard bf Hi,- ijo.lv ?l Christ by
criticising each other, by talkingaboui
another'* shortcomings, even in confi?
dence. Bather by far be found al?
ways defending One another and mak?
ing excuses for them. Lecru to never
listen to oi discuss anything having
th,- slightest sound of scandal, which.
of all themes, is the most delightful
to the mouth and ear of the world. Let
us remember that each of us Is dif?
ferently constituted. What Is a great
temptation to me Is none to you.
wherein 1 am miserably weak, you are
strong. God alone is comi.cteht to
|udgc us, for He knows our frnme. Let
us learn to try mid love each other
Into strength and grace. Should one
of us fall, lei nil casi about him th.
mantle of love, lift him up with the
hand of sympathy; don't damn him
out of the church: Why not make this
Utile organisation one to which all
will love to come and to claim as their
owji?a place win re love and sym?
pathy controls every heart, and whore
crnei criticisms and the setting at
naught biic another may never be.
known, if we do have some bad peo?
ple in the- church the world has m< '.
and we hove a better chance to refoi ni
them with us than wo would to drive
them n way out of reach of our Inf Ilt?
en. ,? and love. Let us learn to make
God's word the guide of our lives? to
live by It. rather than to Judge others
by it. But the rather Judge this, that
we do not put a stumbling block In a
brother's wny. The following lines by
James Whltcomb Ftllcy seem appro?
priate here:
"When over the fair face of friend
Or foe
A shadow of disgrace shall fall,
instead
Of words of blame or proof of Inns
and so.
Let something good be .said.
"Forget not that no fellow-creature
i yet
May fall so low hut love may lift
" his head.
F,ven the cheeks of shame with ten is
Is wet
Let something good tie said."
?And so I charge you by the thorny
crown
And by the cross on which the
Saviour bled;
And lay your own soul's hope of fair
renown
Let something good be said."
C. L.
Who Was tin- Confederate!
'I'o the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.? You will confer n great favor
on me If you will ptlbllsh the follow?
ing:
wiilie the Union army was stationed
on the Itappahannock River nbove ral
m??th a Confederate soldier op tin
other side of I .in t river waved a paper
;il us. anil I answered by waving all?
ot her in token of exchange. We met
In the middle of the river and ex?
changed our papers. He had the Rlch
mohd Examiner of bCcember 2. I8C2.
HIHI I Harper's Weekly. It occurred en
the 3d clav of December. I SGL". If this
should meet the eye of the gontlcnuin
?Who piet hie 1 hope he will address
me. Ir .'lie sli,mid still he living f
would he very happy to hear from him:
I belonged to the Flfty.-scyenth
Regiment, New York Volunteers. I
served in Llhby Prison. Belle Island
and Salisbury for six months in year
1SG I.
STEPHEN BRJBLTE,
Second A rmy < !bi ps.
1 20i West Highlit St.. New York City.
How to Peril the Birds.
To tiie Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch:
sir,?please suggest to my brother
farmers, and all other lover- ,,f birds,
tu use sugarcane seed, millet, oats
or peas in feeding Item on SHOW. If
the cane seed are on the brush and the
other grain in Ihn hull, so much 'the
bettor; they can Und It more readily.
So far birds In this section have come
through fairly well. A little food will
help them greatly.
JOSEPH H. OWAT1IMEY.
Betilahvllle.
For Teachers' Pensions.
To the Editor of The Tilmes-l.ilsp.itch:
Sir,?A bill recently Introduced In
the Senate by Senator- Bowers, of Culr
ipepor, has for its object the with?
drawal of the State appropriation of
$3,000 i awards the teachers' pension
fund. Senator Bowers states, accord?
ing to th* newspnper reporta, that Ihn
law Is defective, and- that It ls an net
of Injustice to require young teachers
I to pay l per 'cent, of .their, salaries
.Into n fund from which tho largo ma?
jority of them will never derive any
bonollt, and therefore the State should
not appropriate any money towards
this fund. Ignoring Um nbsoluto lack
of logic In hl? position, and addressing
myself to the point'at Issue, as an ex
school teacher who has contributed to!
und who does not ex.-v t.
betiollt from the pension fund, i strong?
ly urgo that Inu mate continue its
small appropriation, and that the. law
I as lo the collection of the l per cent,
of tho salaries remain In force. Not
one teacher in a, hundred, including
those who continue in the work, ex?
pected lo keep it up as a lifo work
when he or she started In II. There
seems to be un element of risk In the
profession of stnylng In. und those
who ars so unfortunate as to stay in
It too long gel the bonollt of this fund.
We pay tire Insurance, not with the
idea of getting anything back, but In
the event of tho destruction of our
property we will have something to
fall hack on. a man would be foolish
lo stop paying his Insurnnoi premiums
because ninety-lilue bouses out of a
hundred are not burned. As matters
stand now, Virginia has bigger Induce?
ments to offer towards keeping her
own" good teacher* an,! towards at-'
trading outside ones than -ver. Tho
teacher getting old has the COilSClOUS
ness that her work is In some small
measure appreciated, and that she ean
finish her life without beim; a burden
to friends and relativ ?>. efforts to?
wards strengthening our school sys?
tem should be welcomed and pushed
along, and those of the opposite kind
should suffer the fate of that perni?
cious Love bill of the las! session.
<;. 11. i, winip.ky.
ltlchmond Coline-.
.Some Ttis Siiu-.reNtlon-.
To the Kill tor of The Times-Disputen:
Sir.?in the report of th.- Tax Com?
mission to the General Assembly it Is
recommended that an examination of
the transfers of land be made for the
two years prior to each reassessment
of lands, and from them made an esti?
mate or the actual per acre price at
Which the land has been sold in Die
county, and the average value at which
standard lots ale sold In the City, and
that the Tax Commission IIX an aver?
age per acre average for .each county,
and to require each district to show an
average valuation equal lit tho uverugo
sales' value of land.
This plan does not appear lo tho
??vrlter as equitable. Tho land that Is
most In demand and which la mostly
sold is generally the most valuable.
Tin -alue ..f bind In Norfolk county,
ami I suppose in other counties, v.irles
about as much as In cities. Some ?I
It Is not worth $10 an acre, and othei
{lue. $200 or $500 an acre.
Suppose the transfers f?>r the two
years show an average value of the
land transferred as $25 an acre, 'a
there anything equitable in assessing
land worth $10 an acre or lan-! worth
$100 an 8i re at *?.-,? Should lint land
be assessed on the basis of what it
can tarn or produce by ihp usual
methods of agriculture, or If near cities,
what could be realized for it If sold
lor residential or commercial purposes?
1 Sa'on of land In any section should
be an aid and guide In assessing land
in that section, but equality of nsresi
tnenl cannot be obtained by an average
vain ; per acre of an entire county or
I district?that Is. If the district was ot
any considerable area. Some laud
! would necessarily be worth u sum per
.?Ii: considerably above tin; average,
and other land worth considerably be
i low the average, and such a method
would not provide all equitable asscss
ii.i nt nor a fair market value.
What Is a standard city lot'.' The
value of lots varies in ?itlca from a
few hundred dollars ;o thousands of
dollars per lot. Lots should be as?
sessed on a front foot basis, taking into
consideration corners and dIstnncc froni
corners nnd block by block, and on
what the property earns or could ho
made to ontn.
Provision should be made in the pro?
posed change In the tax laws to pro?
vide for a gradual reduction In the
tax inte or assessment of buildings
and improvements. This plan ha*
worked well In Vancouver and |n other
cities where it has been tried. There
Should also be a provision for the re?
duction of the State as Will as the
county and clly tax rates on land,
based on tin- total increase In values
in the State, county or city.
t The State should require a proper
itona! reduction In all tax rates unless
the q?nllflcd voters vote to continue
f present rates. No recommendation
] seems to have been made by the Tax
I Commission as to Inheritance taxation.
Several States, I believe, have a pro
j grcsslvo inheritance tax, which pro
I dun-:! considerable revenue.
J. Davis REE?.
Portsmouth.
Sonnet?To .My Mother.
Needs must ! make to thee a littlo
.verse,
Mit.' lasting and more venerate than
stone.
I Sweet mother, may these halting line::
rehearse
My jove and set thee on a golden
throne.
That precious heritage 1 hold In fee?
The llosh imprint of fairest mother's
health,
That valued capital convey to nie?
The woman's privilege, a nation's
w.alth.
? Pol' where Is coined gold like children
got >
i ii- gems so lit t? deck a queenly
crown?
I'm- whet Intent Is death, if it be not
To rich the soil that liner se-ed bo
grown'.'
j s,i w.an's wit transforms- Die flesh,
I und we
I Are wise or foolish, as the ease may
be.
HD MO ni> PON tain >?}.
i Charloitesvllle, Vu? De-comber, 1h08.
LA MARQUISE DE FONTENOY
i NO LAND'S House of Lords, sitting
'. |_. as the supreme tribunal of the
' f Cnlted Kingdom of Great Brit
i aln and Ireland, has lust Issued
I a decree in final appeal, denying Uli
I application of George Godwin Hai n?
ham Swifle for a declaration that the
I marriage betwetn bis parents, Godwin
Swifle and .lane Anne Hopkins, In
I is-IB, was a lawful marriage.
The denial of this petition establishes
his Illegitimacy, and incidentally con
I firms his' half-brother, Godwin Duller
Meede Swifle, ,n the possession of ihr
Swifle estates in Ireland, which lire
situated In County Kilkenny, and which
comprise. Swifte's Ilcntli, ono of tile
grandest country ucnts in tlio Emorald
Isle. Tlio grout extent ot the posses?
sions may ho gathered froju tlie fact
that ilioy ylehi an estimuleii revenue
of some ll&U.OOU to $200,000 a year, und
were granted by Charles II.. after tho
Restoration, to Godwin Swlfte, Attor?
ney-General of the Faiatinuto of Tip
pernry, und uncle and guardian of the
ruinous. Jonuthuu Swllt, D*un of St.
t'atricK's, ami author of ?'Gulliver's
Travels." In tho library of Trinity
College, at Dublin, Is still preserved
the original manuscript of 'the witty
dean's account of "The Fumlly of
Swift," In which lie has much to toll
of the romantic loyalty of Its mem?
bers' to the cause of too Stuarts, and
one of whom, tlio ltevcrond Thomas
.Swifle. ' who acrompaiii.-d James It.
Into exile, married a daughter of John
Drydon, tho poet.
The Godwin Swifle. of tho era of
Charles 11. ivua a gtundnuphew or
I Iain ha m Swift.-, who was member of
Parliament, and afterwards Secreiury <fl
?iiii? in me reign oi Cnarles lo who
bestowed upon him the Irish Hanno
of Cu.rllngford. Dying unmarried, it
: became extinct nt his death; ill spite
of which, several or in.; descendants
! have put forward pretensions to it,
though they have never been admitted
I by the Committee of Privileges of the
' House of Lords, or by tin, crown. Thb
J sun which has Just been brought to
! a cb.se- by u decree of the House of
! Lords has, however, no relation to the
' pn tensions of ihc present and past
owner., of the great Swuto estates 11?
I the Barony of Carlingford.
, It arises from the matrimonial
? vagarli s or (lie late master of Swifte's
) Heath, whose name was Godwin
I Swifle, but who used to style hlmeelf
. Lord Carlingford. He was tno father
? oi the present owner, and was married
I three nines. The nrst marriage took
j plai .- in lays, In Klschdorf, In Austria,
j and y as solemnized by a ltoman Cuth
| olte priest, the mdy being Muria The
I resa, Daroncss Wetzlar, a Kornau
Catholic. She died In 1859.
i In 18.45 Godwin -Swlfte went through
i a ceremony of marriage with Juno
Anne llopKlus, daughter of Captain
Hopkins, of the Seventy-sixth Itegi
ment. at St. John's Protestant Church,
Liverpool. His marriage with Baron?
ess Wetzlar had not been annulled,
( but Godwin Swlfte assumed that his
. marriage to her had been no muri l?ge
1 at all. owing to tho fact that ho was a
. Piotistunt, and that the Irish laws
? then In force declared that marriages
betwetn Protestants und Catholics, colo
. bra ted by Catholic priests, wore Illegal.
I This second wife after bearing two
I chlldten predeceased Baroness Wetzlar,
and in lsij" Godwin Swifts married a
; third wlte, Miss Jam. Ciai ke, by whom
I he had a son, Godwin Butler Mo ado
Swlfte. whom ho made his heir, and to
whom be left hU entire property. It
bcli.g pointed out lo the old man be?
fore bit death that a very grave doubt
|i\ist.d ah to the legitimacy of his
I two elder sons. LongUeVllle and George
1 Swltte, by the second of Ins three wives.
! As so often happens In these nulls.
I all hinds of charges have been made
' on both sioes, arid George Swlfte ln
| slats that wlu-rea? he and his brothel'
J had been extremely weh treated by
their stepmother as long as their fu
[ ihct was alive, she behaved abomin?
ably to llietn alter ills death. Hud cut
inrsi.lt and her son adrift from them.
! Longuovllle, the elder, became a Dub?
lin policeman, fell Into bad health, and
? y.i ntttally succumbed to brain trouble
in the Dublin poorhotiec.
' George Swlfte, the petitioner, ha?
! been a sailor before tho maet for the
j greater part of his life, und insists
tin t hl? stepmother used every effort
whon In was u boy to get him Inilen
tured oi board the collin ship, "Sand
rlngham," which foundered with 700
coolies on board. He subsequently
served before the mast in the royal
navy, on board the frigate "Monarch,
and after leaving the eervlce, settled
for a time in Oanadu, where he don
not seem to have succeeded very well,
as ail tho proceeding! against his
half-brother have been carried on-m
forma pauperls.
lie begun by suing Godwin for the
i possession of the Swlfte estates, but
found himself burred by the Statut-;
I oi limitation:'. II... thereupon und f< .
a declaration of legitimacy, undei tin
legitimacy declaration act of iv\
I praying that the marriage between his
? parents. Godwin Swift.- and Jane Anne
Hopkins, In i-i.". sho'tild be declared a
lawful marriage. Of course. If this
could have been proved he would huvc
Ii.i I a right, at any rate, to his fa
I tiler's entailed property. Ills appltca
j lion was deni' d by the- Irish courtf",
and carried to the Heiute of Lords, aim
j has rtiw been disposed of, once and foi
'all time, by the hlgtu-s.1 ttlbunal ot the
i land:
I This tribunal holds that tho Hi Ht
I marriage of the late Godwin Swlfte.
I io Baroness Wetzlar, was perlectly
legal, since the net rc-nrtrring void
, any marriage of a Protestant to *
Catholic, celebrated by a Roman Cath
? olic priest, only applied to such unions
when effected in Ireland, nnd had no
bearing upon mixed marriages abroad
As the lorei high chancellor said, th*"
: act was never intended to prescribe
; what was to bo done, or not to be
'elone, by an Austrian priest. In Austria,
and that since the marriage was valid
in Austria It was, IpSQ facto, valid in
i England.
Godwin Swlfte has had the good
sonsc to refrain from adopting Hie
title of I^ord Carlingford, which was
last borne. It may be remembered, by
Chlehostcr Portescue, iviio was no re?
lation whatsoever of the Swlfte family,
but who was Secretary of Ireland, and
a minister of the crown during the
relKn of Queen Victoria. It was she
who bestowed U upon him. In 1874, on
the occasion of his promotion to the
rank of Lord I'rlvy Seal. He was tin
husband of tin: famous Franc's.
Countess of Waldegrave, of Strawber?
ry Hill, and as their union remained
Without Issue, the Carlingford peer?
age of tie- Victorian creation became
extinct at bis death, some eighteen
years ago.
Godwin Swifte, the owner of Swifte's
Heath; was born In 1864, a few month*
before Hie demise of his father, He 1*
a deputy lieutenant and magistrate
of County Kilkenny, and has served
several terms us high she-lff. He be
Jemirs to the Klldaro Street Club, iu
Dublin.
Voting fount George Festetlcs, who
has just been transferred from Paria
to a secretaryship of the Austrian em?
bassy In London, is the only son anu
heir" of Prince Tassilo I-*esi*tlca. the
head of the entire- l-Ystetics family.
It Is a peculiarly appropriate, nomi?
nation, for the young count Is half
an Rr.gllshman, Ids mother, the Prin^
cess-Feslellcs, having been Lady Mary
Douglas Hamilton, only sister of the
lute Duke of Hamilton, her provlous
marriage with the Prince of Monaco
having been dlssolve-d by law and
niuiiulled by the Church of Rome. He
1 has royal blood In his veins, his
1 mother's mother having been a prln
; cess of the reigning house of Baden,
' while bis great-grandmother on the
maternal side was that Grand Duchess
' Stephanie. of Baden, who was a niece
1 of Hmpress Josephine, and an adopted
daughter of the first Napoleon.
The voting count's elder sister is
1 married to Prince Charles Fuorston
1 berg, now Austrian ambassador at St.
j Petersburg, while his second sister Is
the wife of Prince Charles Wlneliseh
I grant?., whose brother, Otto, married
i Archduchess Elizabeth, only daughter
:- of the Ill-fated Crown Prince Rudolf,
' (Copyright, l!il2,- by the Brentwood
1 Company.)
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