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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1012.
THE ULSTER MCH'I'MAHE.
The Ulster ?civil war" has possed
Into history us simply a "piost dis?
tressful" and yet In somo respects,
grotesquely humorous national night?
mare. The- "morning after," thn United
Kingdom awoke to a realization that
it had merely been u dreamer of hor?
rid dreams, What didn't occur was
about everything that the vision or;
prevision embraced ns occurring. The
only contllct that took place in Belfast |
on the day appointed, in the harrowing,,
somnolesceutly inspired phantasma?
goria, for the frightful hostilities to be-.|
gin, was a battle of the elements, which!
"doused' the city, and, on lue theory!
that "a wet chicken won't liuht," was
well calculated to take all the pugnac-j
Ity out of the people. And It appears
that it did this, und most effectually. |
Winston Churchill, the government's
homo rule speaker, wau not mobbed, i
the war cor respondents who were rush?
ed to the scene In anticipation of ma?
terial for highly sonsatlonul copy, did
not find so much as vldelte skirmish
to report, and not ovon the DonnybrookI
diversion of breaking u lieud with Ui
sh'-ilulah was indulged In. So far osl
disorder was concerned, the occasion
was "flat, stale and unprofitable" fur the
newspapers, while for such rampant
lioml astes Kurl 03 0, cloudy bridles,
Unionist agitators as .Sir Edward Citr
son, it was overwhelmingly confound?
ing.
J-'or the rest, the sldo that coiti
manas serious treatment, Mr. Churchill
B~urcd a triumph, ills speech wuefully
und absolutely discredited those who
have been so sedulously endeavoring to
inculcate the belief that the proposed
home rule would mean the breaking
of the last link that binds Ireland to
l^ngluud. on tlic contrary, lie showed
tl.ul it would not only leave some ot
the strongest of these links unimpair?
ed, but could not but strengthen oih
eri. The government's scheme, as
he outlined P., so far from being
"unikal," la exceedingly moderate. In.
VOlving not a scintilla of danger of
?VOlviug conditions that would even?
tuate in dissolution of the Union, as
tho uncompromising Unionists huve no
freely charged, In their misrepresen?
tations of me "concessions," unu the
Kedmoud-Asqullh bargain.
Under the bill, religious freedom in
Ireland is thoroughly safeguarded! t>o
also Is the supremacy of the 'imperial
legislature as respects imperial af?
fairs. Otherwise, Ireland is to occupy
substantially the position a State holds
in our own Union. She Is to bo practi?
cally paramount as to domestic con?
cerns and Interests, a most Important
consideration being a very free bund
In taxation; In a word, us .summarized
by a cable dispatch, the measure
separates puj^iVy. Irish affairs from im?
perial affairs,.Hransferring the former
to regulation by' an Irish Parliament,
and leaving the latter to the Parlia?
ment at Westminster. It embodies the
principle that while control of the army,
the navy, the customs and the general
finances is properly and rightly Impe?
rial business, equally properly and
rightly looal administration In ire
land and Irish finances are Hie busi?
ness of the Irish people. The Imperial!
government will continue to bear the!
responsibilities of the old age pension
system arid the Irish lund purchase
acts, and Ireland will be accorded an
annual subsidy from Great Britain of
SI0,009,000 a year.
The religious freedom guaranty cuts!
the main ground of opposition front
under the feet of the Ulster Uniotilntu.l
the other provisions not only do ihe
same us to their other objections, bull
leave the an t, hon, rulers elsewhere
hardly a leg to stand upon. That the Mil.;
which grants Ilo inoi c- of stdf-gtivcrh
moht to Ireland than wiis accorded tlie
Heers only a few years after the close
Of t!.e Anglo-Boer Wi r?If, liidccklj it
grants as much?is it's acccpiubh to
the Irltdi Nationalists in common
sense a!.;! teuton it ihould be linob
Jc-ctionable to tlte UnibiilrtSi would
seem plain from the fa-t tljat In speak?
ing from the saint: pin!*'<irm with Mr.
Churchill, the Irish leader Itcdmond,
righting Ulstcrlsta in the Ulster civil
wt:r which did noi mntcrliilir.c. were
completely ?ilanivl. and so were their
auxiliaries ihrolighoiil the rtut of liu
United Kingdom.
A 'I 131 KI.1 MIlbVAOl:.
In his latest mo sun go to I lie law?
makers, Governor Mann makes a iimil
appeal for the liegliiiiliiK ??; tin
lishmviH Of the HUlaiy Mildem of coin'
I-.eiisatlng comity ami '< ill iiilioers lit
Virginia in lieu of the antiquated and
linjtinl fee ?ystt-in now In force. This
in Ihe second strong arid comnicndi.ble
official utterance of the Governor i<
ihe I.CgiHlntiift, on -this subject,? lhi.il
eating plainly ?bat lie fools lh< Inn ns
Injustice of the fee system and woil'.i
do nil in hl? power to remedy it;
nrongl The prophets and soothsajrei
declare thai m; remedial legislation nf
f-ctinp the fee system Ih in he enact
*U at this sesi.ion of the General As
aembly, but It is not yet too lato. Thera
aro left a fow days In which u bill
embodying the Governor's recommen?
dations con be offered. "'I venture, be
cuubc of tho importance of the subject,
to again call your attention to tt (the
salary system), and to recommend that
at least u start bo made, If only tho
cities are dealt with at this session,"
siiys Governor Mann In his second mes?
sage on this subject. The question Is
Important, there 1b lmporutivo need of
reform, and thore 1b an opportunity
here for a popular light If somo fear?
less legislator will have tho courage to
Introduce a bill In accordance with tho
Governor's suggestions.
In his message, Governor Mann com?
pletely destroys the subterfuge used
heretofore by the Goncral Assembly
as hn excuse for takln;;- no affirmative
action as to the fco system. The old
dodge usod at this session was that
reform of the feo system Is inadvlsublo
because sufficient Information cannot
bo had, and because the salary system
would be difficult to apply in every:
county and city. Governor Mann de-'
Clares thut he "foresaw this difficulty,"
and for that reason limited his recom-'
mendatlons so that tho salary system
should at this time be applied only to
cities nnd counties of more than CO,- ?
000 inhabitants. It would take little
tlmo to fix a salary rate that would
work In these cities and counties and
achieve greut economy for the State.!
If' the system operated effectively In
such pl.tcos. It would be extended grad-'
uully to the entire Stute. Everybody
sees through this old "lack Of lnformn-|
tlon" gag. Nobody but the fee of?
ficers themselves know the amount ofj
fees they receive. These men keep no
records. It Is to their prollt to re?
fuse to roveal their earnings. They
will never tell as long as the present
system oxlsts. This "information'' will
never be forthcoming-.
*Tho Governor squarely meets the
problem with an adequate solution. lie I
would allow sularles "commensurate
with the duties and responsibilities ofj
the office dealt with," payable out of I
tho fees received at the particular ol'-l
flee, If tho amount Of the salary Is paid;
In there, lf'thc fees aro not as milchi
as the salary allowed, then the salary
Is to be cut down to the amount of I
fees received. In other words, a inuxi-j
mum salary basis Is established. The)
further recommendation Is that the bill
require, under penalty, that uecuraie
fee books be kept and tho feed collect?
ed turned Into the treasury monthly.
"Tho .State could nut possibly lose
revenue under such a bill, and a sys?
tem would be established which would
fun,Ich the Information desired by tho
General Assembly um to territory cov?
ered, und Information us to the other
counties could be obtained in such a
way us should bo (learned best,'" ar?
gues the Governor with groat force. If
the system Is established, It will ex?
tend Itself und settle all questions, tt
It Is wise and practical as we believe
It to be*.
Tho General Assembly ought not to!
evade its plain duty anil let go UllheCd-l
ed this repeated recommendation trom
the Governor. Certain members of the
Genoral Assembly were ulecied last
summet on an tintlfeo system platform,
and they ought to have the courage to
respond to the cull of the Governor
and introduce u bill embracing his sug?
gestions. Is the voice of the fee of?
ficeholder more powerful than that of
the Governor of Virginia?
"A MUNICH*At, TOXIC."
Madison, S. L>.i 1? to vole on the
commission plan of city government
this spring. A communication In the
Madison Sentinel ut-serts that In all
?South Dakota cities Wlilch have adopt?
ed the- commission plan the city gov?
ernment had become so corrupt that a
change wus absolutely necessary. A
corrupt condition, it is argued by the
author of the communication, d"es not
ux'st in Madison, and, there-lore, the
plan should not be adopted.
.Although tin- commission governed
city iu free from many of the politi?
cal evils, of the bid ward system, that
cohiMt'on docs not apply to as great
..n extent In tho smaller towns. The
bonoiits of the plan nr.- constructive
otld are sought in the de-sire to secure I
u more businesslike administration of
city affairs. Thore are thirteen south'
Dakota towns operating under the
commission' pluh; and the Sioux city]
Tribune says: 'It is a mistake tu us-I
sfime that all inade the change be?
cause of corruption In the former city
; The cumiillijstoit plan is not a com
pli lc guarantee iignliisl official mis?
conduct, i.ui It simplifies admit.istia
| t.iou nnd wipes out many of the evils
61 t).' ,.bi ??wiird hector" pystfin. The
! IbWli M ull-on) like a thousand oilier |
'ti'wli.i scattered over the land, tali j
i deiiiv'i: .ell benefit lion. adopting]
?.?otiiliiiiji Oil inn. -in. uven though
iu pie'tu.'iil guyerhuicht Is neither cor?
rupt nor inc'impetent: As the Tribune
? <? uptly pills It;" tip commission plan
i- -i hiujiii ;?);(! tome ..a w.-|| <ls a
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I
'. \ t Us ! Ill) VMUNIl.tl K.VI
.i n ii. i, . i.. ? i , I
reported tlm Ituthyrfoord game bill.'
'.but not w thonl n mos, ai.M.it r.tnehtl
I in. nt. There can bei but one piirjnir.ii
i:: this amendment, nnd that is to kill
hllei of the proposed law the bill
'Milt fort? license of ll to be pr-.bl by
?'? i'i-.y reHidentfl to hunt In their own
or any county tidjtiec-nt th-reto. Cliy
. . <-. tdeiitt iirtt.rvquli.il to ():??. a license
? "? v'fi anil .ui oi"- : a: anything to
shooi "ii his own hm i The license
baa two objects In view: first, to ?up
i.port. a sftatej commls'slem, "an.I, second,
r to dehni thousands' of pot-hunters.frniri
.jthe.fr.-. privilege of Hlm.ghtftrinsj ...ir
? birds.and kiup?.
j The object ot the ilcuilSO is not,
therefore*, merely to raise rovonuo. Yet
the amontlmont provides that the li?
cense feature 1b to bo optional with
the county UoardB of Supervisors.
The absurdity ol the proposition lies
In th d, that no county or counties In
the State will support n tit a. to game
commission for the benefit of all the
count'es when any of them may shirk
their fair share of the burden for the
gcncrnl cause.
Tt Is not known who proposed the
amendment, but whoever did so en?
tirely lost sight of the second objoct
of the lloonso, that is, disarmament of
the ruthlcasi horde of louters who now
Infest our Heids and woods from No?
vember 1 to i'obrunry 1.
Kxperlenco. In county gume protec?
tion has been bad In Virginia for many
years. Now 1r Iho time to turn the
matter over to the Statu, und we foel
sure that no member of tho Legisla?
ture who takes tho time to read it can
rail to vote for the bill and against
this absurd amendment.
H i.i Inconceivable that any one
should oppose the passage of u law
which has been copied by twelve
States in tho past four years, and
put Into effect by Georgia the pusl
fall, especially ivhcn tho evidence :s
overwhelming as to tho universal sat.
("faction with the results in these
States. Every Slato in th0 Union has
II yame commission, but six. All but
fourteen require a hunting license,
and the only reason tlicv do not Is
because the public funds are sufficient
to support th0 department. With such
facts available the opponents of tho
Albncure-Rutherfoord bill huvo noth?
ing left to stund on.
A UOOD WORD FOH Till-: SUNDAY I
SCHOOL.
"O, what's tho use of going to Sur.
day school to-day?" Is a question'
which one sometimes hears fro'm boys
and girls. Judgo Fuwcctt, of Brook?
lyn, can answor that very well. In
sjiitonclng a nlneieen-year-old boy to
prison for burglary lost week, he said
to tho lad: .
"1 have seen your friends who
wished to speak to me about you, and
I lind Ihul ull attempts to have you
go to Sunday school huvo failed. In
the live, years 1 have been sitting on
this bench I ihiive hud 2,700 boys be?
fore me for sentence, and not one of
them was an attendant of a Sunday
school. Und you gone there 1 nm sure
you would not be before mo to-day."
That is an overwhelming argument
for Sunday schools and the work that j
they do. It ought to be enough to '
make the Sunday schools every where, ]
have overflow meetings. It ought to
convince every Sunday school worker
that he Is doing a line service to hu?
manity In an humblo way. It ought
to arouse parents to the worth of ]
Sunday schools and to the necessity
Of seeing to It that their children go
there. Iflew, It any. cities have better
.Sunday schools than Klohmond, and
none have abler or more zealous Sun?
day school workers. That so great a
source of morality and of the proven- |
lion of youthful disorder and crime !
exists hers should be a mailer of pride, j
lo our citizenship.
Uli, \\ At ICEE SOCIALIST UOWSPALI, I
roit EC A ST.
.Tn lh" ensuing Milwaukee municipal j
election, tue Socialists will be c?n
fronted With a solid opposition, the
Republicans and the Democrats hav?
ing combined in selecting a non
partlsan ticket. That this forecasts
Sot. lallst defeat would seem to go j
without Hie saying, since, us. will be
remembered, the parly was enabled to
get control of the city government, |
owing less to Its numerical strength
anil the popularity of its doctrines
than to general disgust or tho better
elements of all classes at the corrup- i
lion, liicomnctency nnd extravagance
Dial hud so long obtained under the ?
Old order.
At the last' the Socialist triumph!
represented fur more of a protest j
against these conditions and evils]
than an indorsement of socialism per
sc. Now the party, having served the .
purpose of a somewhat hazardous ,
means to a good end, ns might have !
been expected, especially in view of]
Its blunders und sign:.I failure to
keep inosl of Its promises of reform, !
the auxiliaries that assisted In setting!
It up have united i? pull it down.
Nm 11s we gather from the Mil-J
win.hoc press, other than the Socialist,
the municipal organ, is there any
doubt that the combination will prove
Strong enough to do so. especially j
seeing that the administration has j
disappointed und made enemies of
many of the more conservative voters '
in its own camp.
If the hntltrealing bill goes through,
another obsolete phrase will be, 'Name
vor plzctl."
Delegat.: Keith B. W ise, ihe young?
est legislator, says in iii.i home paper,
tin- LouilOun Mirror:
"The House is crippled this week be
cause of the number of delegates who
went up i" Washington to liuorm lion
Thomm. .Muriin and i-lon, Claude Swan
soh that they had been elected to the
United States Semite'. Sixteen mem
be is from the two branches of iho
i<cgisln tun were required lo go upon
ibis mission tn Inform I hose gentlemen
? ?r something whielv they probably
knew a year figo. If yotl say unythitu'.
about tills ?ort of Hiing, though, some?
body will tell you that 'It don't make
any dlffercnco;'let the hoys have sonic
itin.' If a number of Jusl stich cus?
toms ilH these Were cu.t out tile people
of I In.- .--1..ic would llnd that ii would
in,i lake so* milch to run the State gov
c r ii in .'It t after nil."
N< w whal do you think of Unit?
if there Is trouble In Mexico our bei.
Ii.:> rent Governor will not, go with Hie
troops i" tiro battle line. !,,,, wjjj lp<.
there io greet iht'iu whim they come.
Whal has hecoinc of the bill to al?
low OoVombf Mttrin an Archie H?tt?
Where In the old-fnshlolied man. Who
Iboilglil ?> Legislature worked r.,i tft? ?
good lor Iho Stole?
WASHINGTON
By Roy K. Moulton
A. (irccuhoro In Wiishliijrton.
Washington, February 12, 1912.
Dear Editor,?Tbc House of Repr??
sentatives is a body of muii who euro
nol who wrltoH Iboir nation's songs,
so long as thoy can distribute h*r
garden scuds, or words to that effect.
A blrd's-eyo view of tho lluuno front
tho press gallery, which 18 hung up
near tho roof, back of the Speaker, Is
most interesting; to ono who Is horo
gathering Impressions at some one
else's expense, the same as 1 am. H
is certainly a snap to collect Impres?
sions when somebody else Is paying
for It. and 1 might mention In tills
connection, not at all as a hint, but
merely as a llttlo side remark not ger?
mane to tho Issue under discussion,
that tho check to which I have so feel?
ingly alluded lias not yet arrived here.
There is n sort of old-fashioned rough
and tumble, free and easy democracy
about the Mouse that one doesn't IIlid
In the Supreme Court or even yvt In
the Senate. In tho Senate the worst
thing they do Is to lalto sinilf, and I
will tell you more about that later,
while in the House the) chew tobacco
and they don't always hll the cuspidor,
either. There are eoinc remarkably
poor marksmen In the House. 1 no?
ticed this almost at a glance.
A Congressman at home uud_a Con?
gressman ul w asiuni;ton tue Two dlf
leieiit and two distinct kinds oi Con?
gressmen. At home tno Congressman
rises with u carnal ion in his u'.itton
I1010 and un attentive body ot ener?
getic Honorary Vlco-preSlduntS Mann?
ing him on me stage 01 tue village
opry house, and wtiv. - me starry bus
nor until It is frasttlcd ai the cd:(c
like some of the higu-toned lingerie
we occasionally sou In the Ladles'
I Homo -lournal. The people make a
luss over him. When hi pauses and
Italics a drink of pump water that In'
; doesn't want and lau t use 16 In ordet
to give a grateful constituency time to
applaud him, the constituency ap?
plauds.
.When he speaks 111 the opry hoUSO
at home, evorybody listens When
he speaks In Washington, nobody lis?
tens, und tho man In the next seat
cannot hear him without an ear trum?
pet.
There was n real n!-.-looking gen
tluinu.ii from South Dakota, who worn
a celluloid collar and a . red necktie,
trying to suy something yesterday, und
1 strained my ears to hear wnat ex?
cuse u man with a celluloid collar
end red necktie had for saying any?
thing nt all, but I was unsuccessful.
Tno Ladles' Sowing Circle on the nrst
meeting alter tho minister had eloped
with 1 be alto In tho choir could not
have made more hotSo than the Rouae
did whllu that celluloid patriot was
trying to save his country troth Some?
thing or other. Ciuiini? Clark made
three mistakes while trying to cull
ihu gentleman from South Dakota by
name. If the folks buck In South Da?
kota only knew that: Such Is fame.
When 11 nets away from h?hte,
Jt is no Joke nbout the celluloid cel?
lar. I counted four of tliem |rt the
House yesterday, und a man from a
Philadelphia paper, who sat next to
inc. said It was tt poor Jay for cellu?
loid collars at that.
A very distressing Incident occurred]
to-day as my valet and myself wero I
changing hotels. The last hotel was I
not expensive enough for my valet. |
aiid we nave moved into a place
now where it costs SS lo look at thl? I
clock. We were passing from the tax
Icab into thu new hotel when Aomin*.'
my valet, handed two silltcnscs to ?? j
colored gentleman in a brilliant unl- :
tortu win. was standing tu the door?
way, slipped the iatt.r 60 cents and '
said: I
"Hustle this baggage In. you sun- |
burned rascal, und be quick about It."'
Of course, It wasn't our fiitill that
the colored gentleman in the uniform
did not happen to bo a hotel porter, 1
but did happen 10 ,>,! the envoy extra?
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary I
from the republic of Liberia, lie hud '
no business standing there. The uni?
forms are no much alike that one can
hardly tell, it is sab! that Interna?
tional complications nie likely to de- I
velop, and 1 understand that Secretary
of State ICnox I- very angry about the
affair. This country Is hardly In a
position to go lo war with n foreign
power with Captain HohFon ubsentl
from Washington and those Dewey ;
cannon scattered all over the country-;
in village park:-.
Voice of the People
Prohibition and Suffrage.
To the Editor of The TImes-Dlspatoh. I
Sir,? 1 urn a constant reader of yout I
valuable paper. While the majority
has given Its views from a worldly
standpoint, with a few uncertain quo?
tations from fScrl] tire. I will try to
observe in my remarks the situation
from a moral iind 11 divine standpoint.
Lei us llrst lake n moral view Of Ihr
situation. Some piohlhltlonlsts claim
thai the gambling llabll is acquired by
young men frequenting barrooms. Let
us admit that In part thai may bo
true, und, on the other hand, let us
pay n Utile visit to 1 lie homes of the',
oms who lay the fault upon liquor'
houses, and what du wo W.id? Whin'
und card games of all kinds, leaching
their little .boys and youths the art of j
card playing, an ! when grown lo man?
hood they test their skill In a gam?
bling den. What next? Here conic the I
Par. nts with prohibition stamp ml
the face and all the venom of thoj
llcry darts 01 Hades hurled tit whiskey
for a thine dor:, hi their own fireside. I
And again, allow their boys to roam I
the streets until !;,t.- hours of night. I
When Carrie Nation began her !>ai-|
room smashing in Denver. Col., a few,
years ago slur kindled a flame 111111'
spread from tin- Pac'flo to the Atlantic,
Wlilcli lias done mdro to destroy the!
peace and serenity "f our old Common- I
wealth than tho Civil War and days of
Reconstruction c mhlne'd.
The prohibitionists make bold st.i'e
monts and claims to the effect that
whiskey is the en 1.... of a large per
? eht. of ib.- erlni? committed 111 Hie
State. Let them look back fifty years
und make a comparison between Ihn
present dat.? and timt time. fifty
years ago whiskey tvas sold at nearly
every hamlet and cross roads In Choi
country, hrtd ;> price within the
Ahe Martin
A earn d' Aprllc eggs returned hsre
[ yiste-ntay, I wonder If any o' t?
twouity world's trrcateml women would
take III' trouble t' look over her hus?
band'.- underwoai wh;n it glt-s hack
from th' wash un' aow lh' buttons on?
REFORMING A SMOKE NUISANCE.
By John T. McCutcheon.
[CuVT rljtlit. IB1J: ]if John T. MoCutctoooa. 1
reach of all. A man working for CO
cents per day could buy a gallon
with the price of a half-day s work. A
great many farmers kept It by the bar?
rel. Still crime wan very rar?. I won?
der If they wuuid .my that whiskey
caused Cain to murdei l?s brolliei
Possibly ne had an Ulb it distillery, as
we ttiid nothing in Scripture to snow
that whiskey caused mm to murdei
his brothel. 1; Is the propensity of
mankind to n/nlii that which is for?
bidden him. The lesson taught 'n
kid en proves the correctness of 1114
statement. We will pass over the
??vents from the creation, und review
In bjiol from d's commandments
Id Moses on .\lc it Slnul on down to
the birth of Christ, nnd ail tnrough
Uli ministry while on earth, and ?vc
win nnd that the omy commandment
given by God and ills Son, Jesus
Christ, on drinking is tills, that no
drunkard shall enter Into the klng
ilotn of heaven. God placed man hero
a tree agent, and any sensible reader
of the Ulblti will sou that sin Is ad?
missible. 1 herein chaHoiigo any mln
Ister or layman to snow me where
tile Divine .Master has ever compelled]
a man to obey ills commandments.
lie placed goon uiiu evil here, allow- ;
lug man to chOoSu between the two ,
also tells him the consequences of both
disobedience ami obedience. Why can
man lie so wickedly presumptuous a <
to attempt to no that which the Divine
Creator ami Ruler over all tilings lias
never done'.'
It is enough to cause a blush of !
shame to overshadow the whole unl- !
Verse. All of the lawmakers in our
broad land can uevoi efleet luws to
stop tile use of whiskey. If State-wide
Prohibition becomes a law our law?
makers will have muds more law
breakers than everything else that has
ever been done by legislation. If God
has never taken privileges from man?
kind, now can man dare to assume
such a course?
Our Clue: Executive, the Hon. Wil?
liam Hodges .Mann, lias clearly em?
phasised the fact that local option Is
Hie best solution of tue liquor problem,
and i most heartily agree with him.
ami why not let well enough alone? I ?
earnestly pray that the members ?l 1
both branches of the General Assembly i
will weigh Ulis mutier well before
casting their ballot on the Jordan en?
abling act. I
I wish to say In the plainest and
most humble way thnT if our law?
makers wish to have peace ami good
government in our land, keep wotnun
and preachers out qf politics. A groat
niuny ministers of the gospel (soCull- I
cd) are dabbling in Hie liquor ques- i
Hon. while If they would carry on the
work of a true minister of Jesus Christ
they wOUld be among the wrotched
drunkards!] pleading in kind and gen?
tle words, pointing out to them the
terrible consequences of sin ami
drunkenness, instead of frying to com?
pel them through legislation to obey,
tin: mandates of the law, the preacher,
und the women. i
There are a great number of good,
humble, God-fcnrlng ministers or tw i
gospel to-day who are preaching the
true gospel of Jesus Christ and lollo-.v- I
lug Ills example In visiting the sick,
the nfllicled, the needy, tne widows
and orphans in their distress, the
drunkard, pleading with affection such
ns .a father would bestow upon n way?
ward son to turn from his evil way. !
That it: the course the true and hum
Ide minister of Christ fa pursuing,
while the others are preaching society,
politics, prohibition, woman suffrage
ami the affairs of the world generally
I have a preachi r by my side now,
dictating (In purl) tni.; willing, .??.ml
that preacher is the Holy Blblo, the
preacher whose word cannot be dis?
puted. State-wide prohibition is the
whip that lashed the woman suffrage
movement into existence, the leaders
<>f thj movement claiming that the
conditions of the present day demand
it. I cannot see iluit conditions de?
mand it or need tho volt- of women
any more than the conditions of a hun?
dred or a thousand years ago needed It.
'I'll ' prime object of woman auftrage
Is to accomplish one particular end.
thai of State-wddo prohibition. It is a
bold Insinuation'= that the good und
honorable men whom wo have ohoseii
to enact laws for Hie good of all are
not competent 10 fulfill the duties of
legislation. Thev ure actually belit?
tling the gentlemen they should honor,
ami. above all. Ignoring the will of the
great Creator, by and through whom
thev have their very existence.
1 l have inst recolvcd to-day's Issttt
I of The Tlntcs-Dlspntch and noted Hit,
recorded vote in the I If use on woman
suffrage, and will say. "Well done
good and faithful servants; do So or.
State-wide prohibition and savo our
Common weo 1th!"
Before closing I wish to mako ft
brief statement In re-nrd to my quali?
fications ns it writer. I am only :\
i*>iln countryman, with "Only t very
limited education, but If I car. Ir. an
humble way contribute anything to
I the good and welfare of tho muesos J,
um .-vi least willing to try. ami for the |
benefit "f those who have known nk<
lor a Ion? lime, and for the purpose |
j of meitlng tholr criticlsmo, should
( there any urlse, I wish to mate thai
I am not fighting State-wide prOtilUlf 1
! lion for my Individual benefit. While
, I have In times past been a dr'nklng '
man, It has never caused me to commit
j a misdemeanor of any kind. I have
always been a law-abiding citizen, and
by the help of God will continue so'
I until the end of my course here. I,
wish to drop another small hint to ?
those who know me. it Is an 111 wind1
that never changes. I
S. it. BUCHANAN.
Caroline county.
Protect the Forests I
To the Cdllor of The Times-Dispatch
Sir,?In order not to be mlsunder
stood as to the few questions which
1 asked Dr. Motcalt before the VI
nance Committee of the House on th
chestnut blight hill, ( wish to say that
regardless of my opinion on the chest?
nut blight, 1 should. If askrd as an
outsider to express my views tin lh<
bill, approve It heartily. Whether thu
rhonov accomplishes the special pur?
pose tor which it is to he appropriutid
will not measure Us value. 11 proper?
ly expended, thai will accrue to the
people of tiie state.
Of all the States south of the Po?
tomac, Virginia, 1 am sorry lo say, Is
most backward In appreciating and
harlng for its forest wealth. fills very
bill I am sure will stimulate Virgin
lans to an awakened s-nse of the valuu
of their forests. And there can b'i
no greater obligation of the present |
generation to the- boys and girls now j
growing up than that of handing over j
to them a Virginia with opportunities
nquai to those that the present genera?
tion has enjoyed.
THOMAS P. IV1.
Forest Engineer.
The .Jefferson. February 12, 1312.
Woman's Afi.icrtlon of Equal night?.
To the ICdltor of The TimJS-Dtspatch
Sir.?Djar old Goldsmith, In his "Let
tor? Prom a Citizen of the World to ill?
Krelnds In the Hast," expresses much
wisdom on various subjects in his most
ei lighlful manner. In Detter D.XH h'
says.: * ? '"Women famed for their
valor, their skill In politics, or theli
learning, leave the dunes of thuli own
sex In order to Invade, the privilege? of
ours. I can no more pardon a fair on.
for endeavoring to wield the club ol
Hercules than 1 could him for attempt?
ing to twirl her distaff.
"The modest virgin, tho prudsnt wife
or the ehrefuj matron, urn much more
serviceable In life than the petttcoatee?
philosophers, blustering herlones, oi
vlragb queens. Shi who makes het
husband and her children happy, win '
reclaims the one from vice and train!
ut- Hi,- other to virtue, is a much greal
er character than the ladles described
In romance wh0S3 whole occupation ?'
to murder mankind with, shafts frorr
their quiver or their eyes.
"Women. It has been observed, are
hot naturally formed for great cares
themselves, but to soft-n ours. Their
tenderness Is the proper reward foi i
tho dangers we undergo fur the'r pre- |
scryatlon, and the ease and ch .-e rf ill?
ness of their conversation our itesirabl* 1
retreal from the fatigues of intense ap?
plication. They are confined wfthin
the narrow limits of doin:-stlc assiduity,
and when they stray beyond them they
move beyond their sphere, and conse?
quently without grace."
1 have not seen tho above Ideas sx
pressed quite so well by any one else,
therefore, take the liberty of .- mdlng
you this. COUNTRYMAN.
I Interior.
1'rulsos Legislature.
To Hie Kdltor of the Tlmos-Dlspntchl
Sir,?All honor to the Virginia Legis?
lature composed of brave men. T1:,
dntlghtors of our country should find
their duty in the homo, not by voting.
FATH1SIVS DAUGHTER.
Grange county.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
UuOerlcsM .Milk,
Plea.-, Ir.lorm ni': w..y ithe milk
from one or my cows will not make
"utter. SUBSCRIBER.
.State all the clroumstahoia in a let?
ter to the .State Veterinarian, Blacks
burg. Vs.
Mnart Monument ami Major tlcClellnn.
Cm you inform me It Major 1J. it
McClcllun Ik livlr.tr, and tell me tit*
date of some Journal containing "n
account of the unvolllng, etc., of tiic
Stuart Monument, on Monument Ave?
nue, in Richmond? DORMOUSE
lie is not.
Times-Dispatch of May 31. 1907.
VV'lllliini Mniifii.
He good enough to give the main
facts in liie life of William Maxwell,
who was once president of Hampdcn
Sidney College In Vlrginlu.
11. It. HOLT.
He was lio.-n in Norfolk February
27, 1784. where hi spent the ilrst thir?
teen years of his life. Ho then went
to school in Kensington and Wolcoti,
Conn , and entered Vale, where he grad?
uated in 140: tfcj studied jaw in Rich
ihond, and commenced the practica i:
Norfolk. Jn he undertook the
editorship of the New Vork Journal
of Commerce, resigning in a few
months and returning to his practice I
In Norfolk. Te was elected 10 the
House of Delegates In 1S30 and to the
Senate in 1831. He became president
oi Ha mpdr-n-Sidney in 1S3S, and re?
signed and moved to Richmond In
ls-it, where, until his death. In ls57.
ho was most closely ldentllled with
the Virginia Historical Society.
The Naval Academy.
How may on.- barn all the fact.,
about entering the United states Naval
Academy, <iut>s of entrance, condi?
tions, pay. etc.? D. C. B.
Write tho Congressman for your dis?
trict
rirm itellRlotis Weekly.
Please inform me what was the
earliest relti;ious wcjkly issued In thl.
country. L. L. D.
ll Is considered that the Religious
Remembrancer was the earliest. It
was edited and published by John \V.
Scott, :!''. North Sixth Street, Philadel?
phia, and ran from September. 1813.
to August, 18:19 Scott was a Prcsby:
terlan elder, but tiic paper was con
feasedly neutral on points on which
"evangelical Protestants" disagreed.
Slarrlitgie Bond,
Exactly what was iho ''marriage
bond" of which one hears SO often III
the older records? TIDEWATER.
A formal promise to forfeit to the
King or lh-> government n stntcd sum
In case any legal r?ason arose to pre?
vent the. marriage for which the bonds?
men were obtaining permission.
Old Coin*.
C. M. S., Mug and A". V. V. send nuei;li 1
about the value of coins. None^ls
value except Iho coin described by
V. V. V. That, in line condition, should
bring about $0. ,
I national State and City Bank
RICHMOND, VA.
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