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SATURDAY, ?Pitlb ?. 1912.
IJ.V-CiOA EI1-XOH IIUNTAtiL'E'S AX
.NOUXCHMU.VT.
By entering the eonK.rcssinnnl
primary, ox-Ciovcnior A. J. Montague
las effectively answered tho often
advanced statement that Rood men
will not offer for ptthllc service. In
his term of office Virginia made her
t:r.-t prcat Btrido In education, and
1 x-itovcrnor Montague earned and de
servos the title. ?'Virginia's Educa?
tional Governor.-' Furthermore, In
his administration he Set n standard j
tor economy In expenditure, for far- |
Elatedness In panic, for pure patriot
Ism !n appointments, ami tor real
constructive work Unit left him -with j
the best record as Governor made I
since Ttend.tustrr days, hut no doubt j
he suffered In popularity by reason i
cf the very fidelity with which he
administered Iiis high office, it is !
said that tho people do not remember |
in Virginia, hut they have not for- i
gotten Montague's administration.
J:i l^On. single handed anil alone,
ex-ttloverhor Montague poliert 86,807
votes against Senator Mart'n'a 16.691,
S difT<rence of a few more than te.000
votes. In 1311, Senator Martin ovor?
Whelmed his opponent, the Hon. Wil?
liam A. Jones, by a majority of nrt.TOO
v t- . and the efTort to drfc.it Senator
Martin was stronger In organization
and division in 1P11 than In previous
clc-ct'ons.
These figures, and. nbovn all. the
Intellect nnd force of character of ex
Govcrnor Montague, which have com?
bined to tnake hint one of the fore?
most personalities In America, and
which have ph<-d lustre on the Com?
monwealth, will assure hint n power
'fttl and representative following In
this campaign. The Times-Dispatch
fully understands the weight to be
ptopcrly attache*) to Captain Lamb's
l?rig service. The t^sne that will be
raised between Congressman Lamb
ithd cx-Goverhor Montague will, how
r r. be one of present fitness n.nd
ability to represent the Third District
In the Congress of the Tnlted states,
?f.d. the Anal judgment of that Issue
Is to he handed down by the voters j
of tIll's district.
SO MYSTEUY AFTEH ALT*
The "mystery" of the sailing south
from Honolulu In February "of Ad
mlrai Southorland on the AVe.it Vir?
ginia, and the complications with
Great Britain ??likely to arise" there- j
from, are tit Jn<:t explained. There
was no mystery about the voyage In '
Itself, and no such complication as
suggested Is at all llltcly. Th? only
thing mysterious conncet?-d with the
t.ffalr developed after the admiral cot
where he wa^ ??going, and consisted of
eome mysterious letters cut In the
bark of trees, tho only complication
Involved wns a complication of jungle
the admiral encountered upon landing
at li's objective. Tho ?'mysterious'1
letters may supply some enthusiastic
Bacon! te with further cryptic proof
to his own satisfaction und to render?
ing his cult still more ridiculous be?
fore the, literary world, that "the
Wisest, brightest, meanest of mnn
itlnd," wrote .Shakespeare. The com?
plication can easily be cleared away
with ri.ts in the hands of a f. w
husky sa'llormcn, and doubtless a pnrt
it was subjected to that process,
teeing that the admiral Indulged lit
?v little "exploration.1'
UM this apart, and to the main
lory and the explanation. In 179$
Ctltnund Tanning, an American skip
discovered a group df Islands,
rets and Inlets, hing about a thou?
sand miles south ?f Hawaii, which
Jlvst became known as the Fanning
Islands, und subsequently another
A n. r Mean sailor. Captain Mackuy,
sa'lcd up against th. assortment. In
sotn'j way tin principal island chine
to be cht list encO Palmyra Island, and
by Captain Mat hay as
inlUs long with two
one of which there U
depth of twenty fathoms.
In described
"being, nine
lagoons, in
vratcr to th<
over n
cort?! tu..I sandy bottom." In
1X19 Or.
Bfli
vent through n
vague sort >?'. forin of annexing
Palmyra island, hm previously; in
1SS2, It had been proclaimed a part of
Hawaii, Our annexation of which givea
us a prior cla'in, Thai claim, as wu
understand, Great Ilrltaln will rec?
ognize upon the ?n ; of formal
proof, which. It Is tif.t questioned, the
Washington government ran adduce
In the Interval between t'..
Hawaiian proclamation and n nnito
recent date, the group i beer, ? s , ,
-of derelict and virtually "no ?.
land;" but the opening r?f the Panama
Canal will make it of decided
Strategic value to us. Admiral South
Miami's voyage was one of'invcstlga
it'oh us to whether the in'.arein * ??.,..,
now {nhabltoi, and for the pun ose i
making preparation's,, to 'confirm out
title In tne event that some.?thi fia|
-o-M fouT.d flying over tr.em Alt.o.
th? expedition designed looking Into
tho habltablllty of tho group Its re?
sources, otc.
Fifty-two islands ami IsletH were
visited. One Island, called No. Kilty
oim, it I3 stated, i.s thickly wooded;
Palmyra Itself Is an Irregularly
shaped coral Island Inclosing three
distinct lagoons, with n harrier reel
of coral surrounding li and a shallow
oiitr;'iic? from the west. The llora of
the group Includes coaconnut anil
palm trees, and n trco like the Aog
wood, but growing after the fashion
of the scrub oak. Many birds were
seen, but the quadrupeds that had
been expected were not found. A
mysterious initial "M" was discovered
carved on trees, mid elsewhere the
latter "A" appeared. No evidence
was found of any nssi rtlon by any
other power of sovereignty over the
Islands: however, suspicious and
isignificant signs of comparatively re?
cent Japanese visitations were dis?
cing, d, which in themselves alone
would seem to Justify "'is govern?
ment In taking time by the forelock
by rc-roglstortng American posses?
sions.
This appears to he the whole Story
of the West Virginia's stilling south
from Honolulu, and while tin- \o\age
was devoid of any element of mystery.
It was nevertheless an 'nti resting ami
Important one as things turned out.
rilAHI.!?;??> lt. ttYOOCK.
'?How Is the strong staff broken and
liio beautiful rod:" the Old North State
may will exclaim In her present hour
of supreme sorrow. The foremost
North Carolinian of his generation,
Ex-Governor Charles B. Aycoek, Is dead,
and an admiring people will lay him
to sloop heneath the purple tlowsrs of
unfading remembrance. It was a sig?
nificant coincidence that "North Caro?
lina's educational Governor" .should
die Just as he was facing an audience
of- teachers to addrjss them on the
tliemo that was nearest his heart, "Cn1
versal Education." For many good
things .'ought Aycoek, but the greatest
of all was education for tho people.
With wholesome and whole-heart id en?
thusiasm for that cause, he gave him?
self unreservedly. In ofllce and out of
office, to the encouragement of educa?
tion. He spols J In the valleys, ho
spoke In the mountain fastnesses. In
every section, pleading tho cause of
the common schools and appealing for
n greator popular interest In them.
The 'educational revival In North Car?
olina dates back to the. constructive
and inspiring administration of
Aycock. 11? was a unique au<i bril?
liant character, a mnn of splendid ab'l
ttles, genuinely ?ervine tl?c people,
because "Ills h"art found tho h'iurt ol
iho people on tho same platform, on
the same bnsis of ii common Interest
and a common destiny." Ho was not a
demagogue, but an Inborn passion for
the dominant rights of the maesjs hreil
his soul. As a friend ha.', written ot
him, "None was so steeped in poverty
or covered with crime that ho could
not reach htm by his gentle minis?
trations. None was so lofty in posi?
tion or crowned with honor that he
could not take from hltn some word of
warning or som > counsel that cheered
und lent encouragement."
Charles n. Aycock was a statesman
and not a politician, an Intellectual
general and not a political captain; ii?- '
was greater than his foes. Here war.
a man who believed in tin people, wild
served them with a master passion for j
thdr uplift, and yet who probably
would ne ver have received the crown- i
Inj? honor which lie was seeking from i
thii people when he died, because he j
had neither the means nor the machine
to elevate himself to the .-"etiate of the '
United State.". Aycock was the ablest
mnn the Old North Stat 5 lias known
sines the passing of 7.eb Vance, ana ;
well may the prayer bo uttered that
men of the mold of VhriCa and Aycock
may spring up;again to lead the com-I
moti people Into their common heri?
tage. !
DRAIN, NOT LIDOS.
If you are Interested in getting the
right men for the Administrative
Board and the Common Council of
Itlcbmond, you can profit by the nd
\ice of the Voters' League of Chicago
to the electorate of that city. That
organization has made a canvass of
the candidates for the Council Of Chi?
cago and lias prepared a list of those
tit lb vote for and those unfit to vote
for. it insists upon two ti.lngt:
honesty and nbll'ty. On this point
the report says:
"It Is not enough that the candidate!
he Itoncst. Many citizens think any!
mail who won't Vteal, who ban good
leus for limning errands, and who has I
the proper party laffe.l is fit to be i
Alderman. Yet these same citizens
complain loudly of the shortcomings
of city government in the matters
where it lou lies' thorn most frequently
in the ward?such as the conditions of
itrccts, garbsg< and police They do
not realize, thai the Alderman who Is
simply to ran errands could not
remedy those conditions; If he hud as I
many legs as a centipede. What the 1
Council needs [. brains?not legs."
Get the idiu? It Is that In Rich- ;
mond v. e need for the transaction of
tie city's business something more
than a man who won't steal. Kloct
the man who knows what tho city
i needs and how to go at supplying
j such needs integrity is essential, but
integrity Is Ineffective if It can't make
Itself felt. We n*ed men who com?
bine clean hands und strong brains,
yOT;B9 ion WOMAN !-t l l'lt.Vtii:.
Second In importance only to the
presidential election Itself will be the
result of the balloting on the sains
day In November, in six States, on the
adoption of constitutional amendments
I giving women the vote. hi On 'Ron,
Nevada, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan
; nid Ohio the question will then he Hub;
I mined to the electorate, nml an af?
firmative vote would in almost iili
there cases be llnnl. The necessity for
maintaining * campaign so widely
scattered as thl? will divide the yit
fruce itscurces In tho Tay et speak
era mid nuances, but it Is likely that
tho Interrelation of these contests will
add strength to the cause.
Oregon votes on tho question blcn
lllully. Irately tho friends of surrrngui
seoni to have, booh losing ground, but
they need only ono victory, whllo de
fcal Is merely n postponement.
Nevada Booms tho most likely to
adopt the amendment of all tile group
In which the test Is to be made. Call'
[forniu Influences largely domlnato Ne-|
j vudu. and California ts a suffragist
stronghold, where the women have se?
cured the ballot already. Thoro are"
many women at Ueno .vho do not wish'
to be divorced from the ballot.
The light will be red hot In Wlscon-I
sin. |,n irollctta will lake the stump|
for suffrage, and he dominates the;
Stale. There is a largo German vote.l
however, and if 11 Is In sympathy with!
the sentiments lately reflected in the.
Reichstag, the State might stand pat. j
I Ohio will have a strong sufTrago bat-i
tie. Radicalism Is rampant there. j
Kansas already extends a qualifiedI
suffrage to women, and may decide to
give them the whole loaf.
Tiie participation of Michigan Is'
traceable to tho presidential prima?
ries movement. Tho l.cglBluluro was
convened In extra session to consider
u hill for such primaries', but, after
refusing to do so, permitted a popular
vote on suffrage.
A momentous chapter in the history'
"f woman suffrage in America will bet
written in the success or failure of thoj
November ballot. Seething agitation
will start up, and the sovero looking
female With the square jaw und the
glittering eye will mount the hustings
in numberless communities. The sntl*
suffragists will rise In reply, and the
country will bo treated to a continu?
ous performance of mental hair pulling
and euphemistical epithets for "hussy"!
and "cat."
THE i'icui'.iiAL in Ii.dim; mi a ii.
I lore lire. Just a few samples of the
pretenses <>t Congress lo favor
economy of appropriations supplied
l>y tho debates in both branches rela?
tive to the erection of Federal build
Injrs. Some Idea of the extravagance
contemplated 'h appropriations Is to
he gained from the following scale!
of appropriations for towns of less
than ?.,:.?o population:
t tub.
a ppro
Town. Population, prlatlon.
Eureka .sin; $C0i?0?
St. George .1 TCP 30,000 I
Vt'yonilng,
Sundance . 2S1 jj7.-,,nA0 ;
Newcastle . P7.1 CT,500
Tlierm?pdlis .1621 Ofj.000 j
South linkotn.
Canton .?. .2103 ?$ ,,,".00
Madison .3137 ?f.,o?o
Vermilion .21S7 *7,500
Texas.
New Braunfels .s 1 r.r. w.ooo
C.ilmer .list ?6,00.9
?Site. 1
Here are ten Insignificant villages I
dciAandlng Mu appropriations for !
f'cdcrui buildings. pup In Wyoming
with "SI Inhabitants wishes more
than any of the rest of the lot.
a Miie, test of the sincerity of the
gross extravagance running through
the whole bill. The Senate and the
House are equally to blame In this ?
pork barrel grab. The scandal has
grown so great that Senators Kenyon,
of Iowa; and I,ea, of Tennessee, have
attracted the severe displeasure of
their colleagues by protesting against
such waste of the public money. They
have offended "senatorial oourlcay"
which means that If n Senator sees a
colleague plundering the treasury he
must keep quiet with the understnnd
lllg that he will be permitted to help
himself when his turn comes. It's a
ease of, "Let me have my plums and
I'll let you have yours."
Spring hag overslept again.
Colonel Roosoveit's chances soon to
be fading In the soap-box primaries;
At any rate, they look pretty blue.
It is time to put rtho words "probe,"
"pact" and "ileff" In the moth halls
and got out our old friend "general
humidity." <
The St. Louis girl who took poison
when shs received on April Fooi lot:
ter f r" in her sweetheart saying: "I
iiavb married Bnorher," might get even
by suing for breach of promlte.
Si iciitlfie farming In thn back yards
has already doubled the crop of blis?
ters.
livery aviator carries with 'him an
unseen but terrible passenger whose
destination Is tlio valley of the shallow.;
Abe Martin
TV n;'ire toller loves his wife IV
inor- It .Ofts him 'IhlF has been R
awful -..inter f even bathe t<ir a low
neck droio.
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Hope V lii-iul.
Ua folks ain't worried any more
About high prices at tbc store,;
Tho cost of llvln' Is passe,
liecause wo've tigured out n way
To got rich ami kiep ciittli'. l?n? ?
It's something every one should do.
The trusts don't worry ui< at nil.
Because we'll surely have by full
A bunk account, bo" fold* of means.
And have some louse change In our
Jeans.
Financial trouble now will pass?
Ws'ro raisin" our own garden sass.
We've used a little common sense,
And spent our coin for Implements
To till tho ground and make things
grow?
It's cost us fifty bucks or -o;
Hut what 1h that? It's not so grave.
Couslderln' what wo will save.
With radishes five coats a bunch,
Wo'vs somehow got a llfcslzbd hunch
That wo arc going to lay away
A big roll for n rainy day;
A fortune surely we'll amass
By rnlsln' our own garden sa:;s.
? ? ?
We've spent a lot of cola for steeds,
And all we've raised so far Is weeds;
Hut pa says Just to watch his smoke,
He'll make ihv. hucksters all go broke,
or course, he's said that every spring
Until he quite believe:- tho thing.
Last year wo got three onions and
A radish that was simply grand;
On gardening our mother's quite
A passimlst; her Interest's slijcht;
For years she's seen a 1 rop of grass
Grow up Instead of garden sass!
Caught ou the Fly.
Report suy? grand opera pays In New*
York. It would be more nearly correct
to say that the pcopl" pay.
The pcopl? of Ecuador tnke no
chances. They have shot, beheaded
and btimed one ot their generals.
They aro getting even with Colonel
Usury Watterson at last by mentioning
him for Ylco-Prealdent.
Deluwarn Democrat; favor Alton B,
Parker for President. All three t?"
them do.
Champion Jack Johnson's creditors
an- after him, and they Will doubtless
lie more psrslstcnt than the recent
bunch of "white hopes."
At any rate, Senator Cummlns's
presidential candidacy will Elve htm
advertising for the lecture Held next
season.
A report says blondes are disappear?
ing from the stage. Yes, every now
and then one disappears with a mil?
lionaire.
New York grocers ate locking their
butter up In tho safes and leaving the
money out on the sh> Ivci nights.
Even Luther Burbanh ould not pro?
duce a crop of politicians with wings.
According to Uncle .Minor,
TV.o physiology says that every
seven years tlie "'ntlr- body, Is mado
over, but Hank Tumiiis says it Is u lie,
fur he has the same wart on his nose
that he had forty years ago. ami It I?
a dum shame to |>Ut such stuff Into
scboolhooks.
When you see a feller lnokln' at
himself in a plate glass winder. It Is
only another proof that nature makes
a mistake oneo in a while.
Socrates was a wise old owl, but
It's dollars to doughnuts he could never
have kept a C?k? furnace fire going all
night.
There is nothing jiilta as dlscourag
ln' us goln' to the ptlSt-OfUce for five
weeks expcctln' to get a letter, and
then get a catalogue from 3o'ne. mall
order house.
What has becoms of the old plush
photograph allem,, with iilckoiplatcd
corners, that used to stand on the
centre table?
Ill llugglns Is so stingy that he stole
a hum so that Ho could bo sent to the
county jail and get a hair-cut for noth?
ing.
I Voice of the People |
II eel ares > irulnln for Wilson,
To iho l?iitor of rhu Times-Dispatch:
ftir,?I have read with Interest the
communication from J. C. Parker, of
x .anklln, Va., printed in your Issuo
of April 1, In relation to thu presi?
dential situation.
1 atiltd agree wiih the writer that
"there has been an unusual lack of
discussion 'n 'the Virginia papers,
editorially or by correspondents, of
tho fitnes.s or availability of the dif?
ferent candidates for the nomina?
tion." i do jioi agree with Mr. Park?
er that there j -very little crystal?
lization of opinion in the minds of the
publ'c as to whom the Democrats
[should nominate." It is true that
j there la a diversity of opinion, but my
observation, correspondence and In?
formation lead me to the conclusion
Hint Governor W ilson's candidacy has
met with the most favorable reception
I by the- Virginia people. I n-pprednio
jtlint there are many of our leading
politicians, and a great many of the
rank and (lie in the Democratic.
I party in Virginia, who have not yet
comm'ttcd ti.i tuselves to the. can
j.diidacy of any one.
Various roasoirs are assigned for
this situation; the true explanation is
; noi difficult. Those gentlemen, popu?
larly, or unpoptilariy, termed "tho
organisation" have expressed the
opinion that It would ho unwise to
instruct the Virginia delegation for
any one. As , conscoucrico many
Democrats win look for political
gu'dnnco to those leaders, have not
uomo out for nny candidate. These
leaders have not, as Is usually their
fpractiCO, given out Interviews, and
carried on oxtcnslve correspondence,
With a view to securing the support
of the people for tho candidate tltoy
may favor. Tl is accounts for what
.Mr. Parker torms "luck of discus?
sion." . \
Upon rending the communication
one must admire tho alacrity and
facility v. Uh which Mr. Parker dis?
poses of the cnudMacy of Harmon
and Underwood, Cut with even less
consideration ?loci. ho eliminate
W'ji,.rmv Wilson. Those who favor
Wilson agree with tho writer (except
the "probably," ami "possibly") when
he says. ''Wilson Is probably the man
of broadest culture and possibly of
ihe biggest bra?n of any of the can
didatos." We beg to dissent when ho
further says, ' I .lo not believe that
he would make the strongest can?
didate or President," Vor this con
? lu: inn he assigns the following rea?
sons: I
(l) "Ifo Incite experience In public
life." j'or complete .refutation of
this argument otic nood only consider
what Wilson accomplished In New
.le-Hby; to nxumiiie the Icing desired
legislation which under his loader
ship tho I o i'(itic Legislature of j
that State put upon Hie titatuto books.
Wilson has in a few years done what
many men have striven a lifo-timo to
tCcompUsh, and > et In the end failed.
He lacks that p-illt'cnl oxperlence
iwh'ch comes from long association
[with (politicians and machine metb,-.
THE GOOD FELLOW IN POLITICS OFTEN MAKES
A BAD FELLOW IN OFFICE.
By Jdhn T. McCutcheon.
[CopyM?hti 1913: l-r John T. UoCutoheon.]
lie guts jobs fur friends on city pay rolls or on
corporation pay rolls
But he doesn't use his OWN money
to help them.
He helps get taxes reduced for his friends
But his own taxes are never And his finish is almost
paid? always thus.
jods; but thin will not servo to em
| barrars him when he presents Ills
cand'dncy to the people. Cor_struo
tlve. or rather reconstructive states?
manship, Is iho order of tins day. If
this be radicalism, it Is only another
statement of a return to rtrst prlncl
I pies. And while upon thl.? subject
'may I Inquire of Mr. I'jurker what
ev'dence has been offered that Speak?
er Clark's long service In Congress
ha* equipped him for the great re?
sponsibility of the presidency? it Is
true that he has nerved faithfully and J
well, according- to his ability; but so
far as I am advised he has never
originated, nor strongly ndvocated. ,
any policy or measure that was of
national Importance. The mero oc?
cupancy of? a seat In Congress does
! not of necessity Increase mentality,
nor Is one likely to acquire by Wash?
ington association a very tender re?
gard for tile .people, generally. 'Mark
is only the nominal head. Underwood
and his lleutenniits have taken an In?
coherent majority; and by masterly
ler. lershlp conycrtwl It Into a
! harmonious organization. Clark**
<>nly had break since his reciprocity
speech wan leaving tho Speaker's
chair to have his vote recorder! In
favor of tho latest pension Iniquity.
Ills. Mr. Parker's, second objection i
to Wilson hns not so much merit as
his first. "He has already aroused
.much hitter personal antagonism
Within the party." It I? a fact that
the New Jersey "machine" and a
number of the "Hoger Sullvnns and
Ouffeys," the practical' politicians,
who have so skilfully nnd frequently
accomplished the defeat of Demo?
cratic principles, are opposing Gov?
ernor Wilson. Theso gentlemen be?
lieve that the control of (patronage
and the furthering of personal am?
bitions are more to be desired than
the furtherance of democraoy, nnd for
the opposition of this element of the
party let us all give thanks.
Thirdly, says Mr. Parker, Wilson Is
demagogic. Hurely &Ir. Parker has
not read the measures which Gov?
ernor Wilson Insisted he made the
I law of Now Jersey. Xn one has been
[accused of demagoguery In Virginia
, heca"te lie advocated child labor
laws, corporation restraint, nonlcas
Ing convicts, factory inspection, nnd
primary laws "with teeth." The
initiative and referendum Wilson care,
fully explained, anfl defined his ap?
plication of the proposition to the
I time when, In tho opinion of a ma?
jority, it becomes necessary to return
\ to constitutional limitations. Wlth
I out invidious comparison Clark's vote
on the pension hill was a rlear-ctif
hid for a large vote. For he must
think that If nominated ho can rely
upon tho South, and can go into the
Northern States with his ipom-Mon bill
. vote.
j Lastly, Mr. Parker concludes that
"Wilson is not acceptable to a very
large conservative clement among the
Democrats." To this objection It is
sufllc'cnt to say that Judge Parker
was nominated by this clement. Tho
disastrous result we all know. If the
"conservative element" were called, In
the main, the "subservient clement."
the terminology would be more nearly
correct. For tho conservatives of
both parties have the most tender re?
gard for "infant Industries," the plans
and policies of the "big interests."
However much some of tho party may
orposo -J.r. Bryan ns a Democratic
c- nd'dnto for President. It will be
conceded that tho party cannot hopo
to bo successful this year unless
Bryan gives his hearty support to the
nominee. Wilson has the confidence
of Bryan, and In tho final struggle
before and In the convention ho will
come to the aid of Wilson. Not per?
haps so much for friendship for Wil?
son, but beennso of his record as a
Democrat. Tho primaries will dis?
close that Wilson Is the choice. In
most Instances by majority, In many
by plurality. If th's be found to be
true ho should have tho nomination.
It does seem that tho [people may, be
trusted to decide. Let the pol'tlclans
stand aside for a time and follow the
j instruction's, of tho people. He.cottso
I a man may become a Congressman,
yes, even a Senator, la no grave rea?
son why his Judgment^should bo In?
fallible, or his wIshoB controlling.
I unite cheerfully with Mr. Parker
in requesting that our press lot us
have its views of the ?linat.lon. May.
hap an Interview or two from our
leading Democrats would enliven the
campaign even though no particular
l'ght be tihed. It net-ma that our
political mentors have relapsed Into
sepulchral ellcncc. la it possible that
they have no preference? Tho policy
of negation, of an unlnrtruottjd dele?
gation. |h not finding great favor.
Now '? tho time to make deliberate
choice of tho man best fitted to l>?
our chnmp'on. The delegates to tho
Stato convention nhnuld know tho
sentiment of tho people; let them then
mako the choice. Baltimore will ho
no place for deliberative cholcu and
.considered action. Sentiment and ln
ftuonoo may Rot In their deadly work
as In tho past, and the great oppor?
tunity that we should avail ourselves
of, thus rludo un.
AJ,UA_N d. jONEB.
Newport News.
Tivtuarbt.
The Shadows ato falling, the end, draw
eth near,
Swc-Jt voices are calling, long hurt'ned
to our car;
Old, friendless and wee.ry, -re sigh for
the peace
That comes when n'.l dreary, hard toll?
ing shall ceaso.
That ten,pie up yonder, all glorious and
bright,
We glimpse oft and wonder, slnc-i God
Is the light;
The silvery river that flow? hy ltfo'r
tree,"
In fruitage forever, In visions we see.]
The whlte-robod Immortals tha.t throng !
the highway
Pass oft our own portals, s;em not far
away;
These visions remind us we'r>e ncarlng
the strand.
And soon far "behind us iwlll stretch
sorrow's lond.
Tho -way ofttlmes cheerless, not much
bright sunshine,
But few leagues were rtarlcss along
the whole line;
The twilight Is cheering our old
hearts grow light,
Foretells us we're nearlng tho day
without night.
'Tis balm for our sorrow, for henrt
acho rjllof.
Assures us to-morrow we'll bo beyond
KTlcf:
He where there's no sadness end never
a sigh.
Where lifo Is all glnxJness, and none
evsr dir?.
ItEV. D. IT. KEXNKY.
Philadelphia.
'iMie Voice of Natur? In SPrlnKllnie.
Whcnaa the greening earth gives ear
and oyo
Such satisfaction, and sweet odors Ho
Upon the sense, th?n all Join In the rev?
elry.
Merrily sings he, in his bush so free.
Just back from the warm South,
Tu his constant mate, his most ardent
state.
Stringing the notes from his mouth.
Ho! laughs the num. as little buds peep
out:
Tho waters murmur, chlldrm dance
about,
Swcot birdies trill their little hearts
'most out.
What do they care, tho' their nest be
bare,
Can they not build anothor7
Homes bought and sold, homes built
with fold.
In such homes love will smoth-jr.
Hop! goes the robin, and tho porky
wren
Cocks up her eye In prayor like pious
men,
Aha! the cast wind sings, and all Join
In?
A home, for two, just me and you,
And possibly nmothor;
My heart's deslr.\ the heavenly fire
Of love shall live forever.
KpMOND FONTAINE.
Charlottesvlllo, April, 1910.
Jefferson Hotel Arrival*
'8. R. Fuller, Jr., Balttmoro; H. M. Brown
and wife, JJuffalo, N. Y.; H. T. Brown and
wlfo. New York: A. B. Comer, Nashville;
C. H. Smith. Chattniiooca; W. M. Sleet.
Atlanta; A. Tultlc and wife, Atlanta; J.
II. Williams. New York; Mrs. W. O. Hall.
Boston: Clarence Tfl. Hall, Boston: C. 13.
Btanellffe and eon. Elmlra, N. Y.; H. J.
I'eot and wlfo, Chicago; .1. Itr>;? notiluson.
Toronto; A. K. Nultloton, Syracuse, N. Y.;
Alice 10. Ncttlnton, Syracuse, N. V.; W. H.
Chatfle'ld, Cincinnati; Mm. John R. Towle,
Chicago: Mrs. G-corge. M. Slump. J'orry
vllle, Md.; Miss K. V, Stump, Perryvllle,
Md.; Branch Johnson. Norfolk; W. P.
Kchnnfele and W. N\ Lewie. Clevelenfl; B.
Yi. ntttenhouee. New York: A. C. Whent
Iry. HalUmorct Tt T| Briggs and wife,
Washington. I>. 0.; Dsnlej Deckwlti sad
srtfe, ProTldente, R, Hi. A, J. Oos. Nsw
Vork City; .\4 r. Null. I.vncMiurt-? V? ;
i'olon?! Thomm N. Wood, U. K. Marlcea:
L*011 Abelca, New York; C. A.. PoMr-ion
.nid wlf-. New York; Jot r.rrr.aa ftr.d J.
RpiMtorn, Cincinnati; r;h?r!?? Miner. New
1 Y..rk: R, <? Frltta, Front Kot?!. Va.; J, U.
, Hornier. Philadelphia,, Pa.j MW? Alaxandct
lliudrmt, New York.
Carter Furnlshee Hall.
Percy <;. Carter, who war arr-i^d. tri
Ilo.-u-.ok. U.ii ?r?ek on an tr.dtrirn*-nt her?
charging !dm with a statutory offence, was
reksnaeri on ball o? Wbreaterday bv Jy<li?
K. II. Well? |n the )t'lMlni;i i'onrt. Hon*
vai furnished by John II Gsyle. Carter
wmt brought to Richmond Falurday nts-ht
by Detective-Sergeant WlS-y. and -jtum con
nrod In the City Jail. I!!, ca? tv!]| prirtia
bly b? trltd noxt month
READY TO FIGHT
FOR DELEGATION
fContlnuod From First Pago.)
a list of candidate! for delegates To
i the Chicago convention and the itoope
yclt committee fulled to till a. vacancy
i in tii.- l-lrsi District, but will seek to
i win with stickers. Taft candidates ap?
pear In all districts, independent ran
dldaloa were also named In several
districts.
There Is no provision In the primary
law for so-called "circle," voting for
any group or delegates, ami voters
will ho rtftulrcd to mark for o|Kht
delegates and eight altornatos-at
large, two district delegates and two
alternates, and to express a presiden?
tial preference.
Await Official Canvas*.
Milwaukee, April S.?With Champ
I <'lark sure of four of I ho Wisconsin
delegates to tho Democratic National
Convention, with two dclcgatos from
the Ninth District In doubt and with
WIlGon certain of twenty delegates,
complete figures will not he known
until the official canvass. Itetums in
one county were sealed and forwarded
to the Mate capital, hut tho election
ofllciuls there ure not willing to dis?
cuss tho result.
OGLING OF JURY DENIED
(?iil Suing College llenn Defended
I Against Flirting Charge.
Chicago, 111.. April 5.?Attorney Bv
orott Jsnnlngs, counsel for Miss Esther
Mercy In her $1 ?0,000 slander suit
against Miss Marian Talbot, dean of
women at the University of Chicago,
to-day delivered the closing a'ddress to
the. Jury In Judge I'omeroy's court..
Attorney Jennings rof;-rrod to the
attacks made by Attorney Walker on'
Miss Mercy.
".Mr. Walker has vilified this girl by
charging her with ogling and flirting
with you gentlemen of the Jury," said
Attorney Jennings. "You know that
the charge Is untrue. 1 know this girl
did not, and could not ev:-n If she tried.
Influence you gentlemen In this case.
All we want Is Justice.
"Miss Mercy was dismissed from
the University of Chicago to prevent an
Investigation of tho disappearance of
tho algrattcs from tho young woman's
hat. She was wronged by this power?
ful institution and is entitled to dnm
'nges."
NEW TORPEDO FIRING RECORD
finnd Work Hone by Destroyers Trappe
aud Monnghun.
Pensaeola, Fla.i April S.?A new
world's record In night torpedo firing
was mndo last night In this harbor by
the .United States destroyers Trappo
and Monaghan. Every torpedo Gent
from the tubes of theso vessels struck
the bull's-eye of tho target.
The entire group of nvo vessels made
an average of 70 per cent, of hits,
which Is above tho average for even
daylight firing under favorable weathor
conditions. Ixist night's conditions
were not good.
The flo?t of torpedo boats, composed
of four groups, hns been here for a
week, outraged In firing with both
torpedoes and guns.
National State and
City Bank
Richmond, Virginia,
Solicits Tour Account.
Capital. ?J.000,000. Surplus, $600,00*