The times dispatch. [volume], April 15, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

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BT MAIL One stx Three. One
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Dally without Sunday.... 4.0) :w 1.00 .S3
r-r.tfay olltlon only. 2.00 1.00 .SO .IS
Weekly (Wednesday). 1.00 .80 .Si ...
By Tlmea-Dlspatch Carrier Oellrcry Ker?
rie* Id Richmond land luburbi) nnd l'e
tereburg"-. One Wecl;
Dally with Sunday.....IB cents
f)a!ly Tv!thc:it F-.i-'tiy. t? cent*
Sunday only. I cents
Entrrrd January I?. " IPG;, at nirhmor.d.
Va.. ?? aecon..-clasi matter under act of
Concrcci ef March ~. ISlt.
"MONDAY, Al llll. <:?. i-'l
Tili: It Kl'I IM.IT \ \ tt \VK.
Saturday was a bully day for Col?
onel Hoosovclt in Pennsylvania, lie
slugged Boki Pcnroso over Ihr; rope*,
and thoro arc a good many iintl
Hoosovoll people who consider that a
very good day's work f"i- cleaner poll
lira In the Keystone Htute. W in n the
smoke had rolled nwaj'i lite ex-Prosl
dent had raptured sixty-live voles oat
of a possible seventy-six. leaving Mr.
Tail Just eleven as the consolation
prize. Roosevelt has llfly-three vole?
salted dowii, and. n? he will control the
convention, he v. ill the twelve
The Pennsylvania \olo reduces
greatly Toffs lead. Heforo Saturday,
be had 334 votes to KooKCVcH'ti US.
but now the vole stand:; HIT. for Taft]
.Mel lsit fi>r Roosevelt, ?> tllftercnce of
lut )>"0 votes. IJi I'oi'.ette la com?
pletely outdistanced, having but thir?
ty-six vote*, while Cummins tilings In
bis two votes: To secure tie: nomina?
tion Taft now requires 195 more voles
and no.-.acvell n.'.T. An effort to dis?
count the result In Roth Illinois and
IVnnrylvania Is made by the Taft
manager, Mr. McKinley, who point"
out that .it I'm- b>rt convention Mr.
Taft was nominated wlthou' Hie vote
of Illinois. Pennsylvania, Indiana, New
Voik or Wisconsin, but Taft Is tossing
over a rough sea now compared with
the placid ami unruffled waters of 1908;
Taken together, tho Illinois ami
Pennsylvania votes mean that llio peo?
ple In those States repudiate ring rule.
'Ih.' l.orlmor machine In Illinois ami
the Pen rose machine in Pennsylvania
have been smashed by the people. The
"gang" In each of those Stales; long
accustomed to have its way. thought it
could "hog it over" this time, but tho
patience of the people with the ma?
chine snapped at last. Ilosscs liko
i>orliner ami Ponroso cannot nlwnya
prevail. Sooner or later, the people',
stump Out the political mobs who!
work underground ami shun the licht.1
The people arc tired of being "con?
trolled." they are slelt of being Ittg
g.-.l and sohl like so many cattle.
P.veil made boss rub- his pint forth
in Pennsylvania and Illinois. lie
shrewdly tried to play up Tali as al?
lied with Lot-Inter, although tin charge
?was far-fetched. "lie old the same
thing in Pennsylvania, where be hail
more ground for charging, that Tall
and Penroso were in alliance and
sympathy with each other. It was
n plausible case that he made out, and
It appealed to the people most effec
tivi lv, as the ballots shewed.
The last iivii notable presidential!
primaries have given n substantial j
Impetus tii tiie Roosevelt campaign,
but The Tithes-Dispatch sees no rea?
son to change Its bellet tliut Roosevelt
wilt f ill trf'the ,"nomination, Granting,
tor lite' snko.bf argnrrient, that Mi.
? Ilooseyelt could tvrcsl the Republi?
can .Standard from Tuft, we do >."t
believe that Roosevelt could carry tho
country; lie may foul some of the
people nil of the time, but he cuiinot
tool all of the people this time.
Tin: nusiXKSs in- ri. \ ??.
That the furnishing of proper rcc
rentlonnl facilities to tin children of
cities, ami tin- adults, too, has be?
come an imposing business proposi?
tion, is shown In plain dollars and
cents'by a summary of reports receiv?
ed by the Playground and Recreation
Association or America, published in
the National Municipal Review. Some
Idea of the amazing growth of the
"play spirit" it nd t!, widespread
recognition of the fiut that i: is part
of municipal business to furnish
healthful amusement for its citizens,
oan !>?-? gotten from the following tig.
lire*:
The association In 191] received re-j
pot in froth i >ti. :'. v. inch i.tuili
taincd 1,513 plays rounds and ?iniploy
?U 4,152 men, cmtIuxIvc 01 caietnlioiH,
and expended 110,5U6.1 0. Thlityj-six
Of Hie cities employed S7" wOlUcra all
the :??<:??' round. In titles th, piny
grounds won Mtppottol I v city [itads,
lo S3 by priVaie funds and in 7.- \,y\
both; i:i by Slate and municipal
fund.", tii one by county fund*, and In
ono by city and count) funds. In 55
elites, 22* idaygrotinds were open till
the year round, and in }'.: Hier? were.
112 playground} open oniy durlng .Inly'
and August. In ?, I cities there were]
JJT playgrounds open (loin live to ten
months. in iii 111i*? s the grounds
were open on hciuiayn and in 57 on
Sundays. in H<ll there wore 11.
piaygi'ound .1-??? >ns, according in
the Vettr Hook. : . tinvlr.g playgrounds
or recreation commission . ;,n<i :?. )iiiv?
Ing both. Iii '.7 cities (here were 210
grounds Itcpl i ' ? hi tin evening.
Forty-eight eitlen repotted -that tbolv
?chciolhouae.s wen im< i reereallOn
centre'-'. In l*.? cltU-s bund Iss?? i fin
recreation purposes were authorized
during the year lo the ml of ?!.
.445.500..
Richmond cannot afford to );,:; v.
bind Ihe procession of towns who are
ready to spend nearl; , . that
their people may know n finer ami
more Joyous life. Th< movement now
on'fool io secure $1,. for the nui
pose of having a recreation survey
made by an expert from the national
association should appe-.l ai r. very
practical ber.ovolence to publlc-aph It
o& man and women. It >? ntceaaary to
htive such scientific guidance to nvolfl
ttic pitfalls and dangers of misdirect?
ed energy, This money nbould ho rais?
ed, and with the Inspiration and pres?
sure of private enterprise, hacked by
expert outline of the needs and possi?
bilities, (lie municipal government
WO?Id doubtless be ready to give inu?
tile funds for the Inauguration of so
worthy n work.
IIMfllKII \AV.\b OI'TICKKS AT. III? 111).
Tb,- bill Introduced In the House by
i: prcsentative liates, of Pennsylvania,
member of lh; Mouse Committee on
Naval Affairs, providing for rc-estab
llshlng I be grades of admiral a.id vlco
admtrnl find appointing ?hc permanent
olli . ; of (he former and four of the
hitler rank, brings out Mohio Interest
las. not to say startling, facts regard- ?
Ing the shortness of our navy In Olli- )
cers of high rank, as compared with
Ihe navies of other great powers.
Croat llrltain has twelve admirals,1
tiermany live and .lapan seven. Again.!
hh to v!ce-adinlral?, Great Britain has j
twenty-two, France llfton, Germany I
twelve ahd Japiin twenty. I
I Wo have only one admiral .md no
vlcO-ndiiiiritl?. More than Hint, with
j the death of wur only admiral, Dewey,
I in whoso honor Hlld In recognition of
I whoso ;-i.la! ?ervlcss the grade ?as
revived, the offlee trill also dir. Mr.
Hatch's bill Is a revival of n proposi?
tion that was hefora the last Congress;
designed put Hie personnel ut our
higher naval olll- <>rs on a footing of
equal dignity and Importance and in?
fluence with that of th'i higher officers
of the navies of foreign nations mttin
' luinliig (Irst-clns* naval establishments.
But it goes further Hun the preceding
proposition, uiii.li doutemplnted only
thi appointment of two vice-admirals.
Whether there Ik room at present for
four vice admirals, and their appoint?
ment woold not. as Claimed, merely cre?
ate moro "fnt berths'.' for retiring pur-.
poS< S, may he a question. But Ill'Vre
would appear no doubt that, we should j
hti'vb at lea.,t two such oflicers. If rec-|
ognltlori of our voice in circumstances
demanding naval concert, such as the
Hover affair, for instance, Is to ho com?
mensurate with our inaval power and
national self-respect. As It is, Ameri?
can renr-admlrals luivc to bo dcaig
tiatcd to .1-1 iho rluty of vtye-adltllrals,
and nt any time it may occur that the.
position of one of these may bo .subor?
dinated to Hint <if a foreign vice-ad?
miral, oven though American litt'srcsts I
are the greater a t stake. As a conso- I
? nc, |,oth our Interests and prestige
might suffer.
We can no longer avoid ''foreign
complications" in Hi ? matter of play
i 11 u tin- g 11 mo <if nnval diplomacy,
when occasion arises, and It would cer?
tainly scent Incumbent upon Congress
to see that we are prepared to play
it with a I111 ml thai did not put its at
an obvious disadvantage. it. would
1 therefore ap|i<iir that in any evont
'that body should consider seriously
making the Bates hill the bai ls for rec?
tifying the existing illogical situation,
Tili: SKTTIN?! I'OK MI Ml .
Tbc Wednesday Club Is going tijjigrvo'
Richmond a real fcisllvnl "i music at|
Iis spring concerts, lixpcnsc baa,', not
boon spare?! in this end, lior, ?bat I?
niurc needful In lliu arts Utah nf?nry.
good taste tinil esthetic judgment'; The
soloists, llie orchestra and ihe choral
program promise two days of un?lloy
i d delight for lb" musician, the music
Ibvpri and fur those numerous folk
who lind an elemental pleasure lu the
concord of sweet sounds'. Hut .lust. be.
cause th?' muiiu ir, to be of the littest
kind, and the singers, slurs of fnler
nationai brilliancy, the proper sel?
lings should bt- given lb produce a
few hours of unspoiled harmony. And
by harmony we liioun not only thai of
sound, but of all lite other senses.
The body should be at praco and com?
fortable, and tlie eyes rested by all
tin- beauty that can be provided.
The Auditorium is not an opei-a
house, and Its decorations are most
conspicuous by their absence, n is
said that sinilaX and palms and drap?
eries are to bitte Its barren ugliness,
a.nd xve most sincerely trust viuit tnisl
is so. Any part of the money spent
on adorning walls and stage hi not |
spent as a luxury, but as a vital part
o! the music Itself. IVw there are who
are so transport, <| by melody ns to j
forget unsightly benches, harsh walls,
and an uncarpcled ?tage. To see a I
prllna donna in a tiettutlflli gown have
to stop to loose her train from a pine
Splinter In the Mooring is calculated to
wreck Ihe appreciative tnboil of almost
anybody, it is not very pleasant for
the prints ilonna, and it certainly is
hard on the audience. Noble music fin
loosen the emotions that even a sllg.il
mlsliiip may spoil a very jewel (it
'Dim no oiif. foe seated while a num?
ber if. lo ins; given Is so common- i
j.lilcr. a eourlosy of M|V> musical Bath
(I ns liirtt ii shonld heed no cnforcc
iii' hi bnvt in a personal feeling of
? oil liloraiioii toi others. The tack bi
rluch consideration in .< Klchinonil ns
. r nii.ia uT should In so impossible as
t.i inako ilir regulation of the m'niinR
CfS hin n formality. Their efforin lo
hav< ii'i- ? ii service e.ptclally ?tu
: clnnt f?.i- these concerts Is a good
plan. To come lioi. Ilmried ami bclat
ntl io such offerings is not conducive
I in .1 [ii. i: mi frame or mind. Jndced,
there inis t-i bo a division of artistry
!lu good music: the audience hua to
I contribute its share. The most beau?
tiful composition in tlie world "has lo
be beard right to mean much; So let
all the Riirrotihdiii'gct of this festival bo
?o carefully prepared foi that no petty
Jailing nute may break lite spell.
?WHAT liOOl)!
I ?>".k' ?h,?*<= wl'o have roc. liny
I contributed t>? ilio discussion ..f the
proposal lr>- roviao Ihe Itcvlsod Version
ot Dir King .lames Hlbie, Ihe New Tea.
lament in particular. Is the riov. k b
VVcatcott, canon of Norwich, England,
who It strongly In fnvor of the la?
bor'* being undertaken. Especial at
Jtcntlon Is attracted to Cnnon Wcst
cott'a views. owing to tho fact that
his father was one of tho foroinost
among: the workers on tho Itcvlsod
Version. The father was Itov. Brook
Voss Wcatcott. cnnon of Potorbor
ough, rcglus professor of divinity In
Trinity College, Cambridge, and recog?
nized most eminent and painstaking!
scholar, lie was one of Ihe Kngllsh
committee on Now Testament revision.
In a letter Id the London Times tho
son quotes his father as having said
that as tho Authorized Version had
taken a generation to gain accept?
ance, so would It be with the Revised.!
The sou. however. Iluds that tho Re-j
vised Version Is no more In popular!
favor now than II whs ten years ago.
He might have added, with truth, not
so much so, wo doubt not. In dis?
cussing the "defects" of the Revised
Version, ami suggesting how they may]
be cured, the present Canon \Vesl
COtt Buys they are due to the way In
Which the work was done. There
were, lie argues, too many revisers.
Those stood for an effort loachieve lit?
erary results by syndicate, which ran
never be successful. They hound
themselves, he points rut. by some
hard anil fast and uiifortuuuto rules,
such as determination lu represent oi'ie
l.lrock word in all cases by one Kng
lish word, a thing that cannot stand
analysis. This contention, the sou In
dicales, derives all Hie more forco
from Hi" Important discoveries, throw-'
tilg now tight upon the Circch test In
which the Scriptures Wore written, Ihut
have been made since the llcvlsed
Version wns prepared.
It now seems hopeless, the. son
thinks, lo anticipate acceptance of the
laborious edition of 18S1. but ho sug?
gests that "the old might he Ulken In
hand with ii sympathetic tenderness
and Its more obvious Imperfections]
gently and Imperceptibly removed.*'j
Cut bone? I
In far creator part lb1" Revised
Version is, after all, Hille more nor
less than textual criticism. What,
more could revision of the revision be?
It might prove Interesting In certain
directions to philologists and oilier
scholars, lint it could not add one jot
or tittle to the value of tho Scriptures
as tho foundation and palladium of,
revealed religion, or, apart from that!
consideration, to their transcendent
superiority as the world's greatest liter?
ary production, on the i ontrary, It could
but detract from the value of tho Book
Of DOOkS in the latter sphere, as has been
done in numerous instances by the
Revised Version, through Interpreta?
tions of words and phrases that rob?
bed these, as embalmed in the Kin?;
.lame:; Version and consecrated In the;
hearts ami minds of thousands oil
readers, of their unparalleled beauty
Whatever ihe textual Imperfections of;
the Authorized Version, whether due!
originally to tho Massarites, to Latin
and Creek codices, or to translations ot
these that were brought Into re?iulsl-l
lion by the dovot*d men who gayo
It lo us. In ihe domain of literature.
alone it Ir. the grandest heritage of
Ihe English language. This Is true of
it both as regards clearness of ex?
pression and standard' of dCHcrlptiV,
st>|e. Whether in the historic direct?
ness, the lofty dramatic poetry or the
psaimodic music of tho Old Testament.
? ?r in ihe. tender stories of the New, It
strikes a note to which tho intellect
ami tho soul and every nobler senti?
ment of humanity respond, uncon?
sciously, as they do lo nothing else
in the world's literature. It is a note
that cannot bo imitated, but Which
every cultured man who has studied
ihe Bible feels subconsciously tho in
lluciicc of, ami echoes In thought,
speech and willing.
The bend that would touch with a
sympathetic ti nderne'ss the New Tos
tlimr nl narratives, in I he St. .lames Ver?
sion, in order to cure their defects,
would essay lo paint the lily; the
band that would, by textual correction,
improve upon the Old Testament's his?
toric, epic and tlyrical glories, as they
Illumine the version, could not but tall
to desecrate. Tho Revised Version husl
been In print for .something like a|
generalinn. Ms failure to win Its way!
lo popular favor in that time, its
virtual relegation to the library shell
of tho student for reference merely,j
abundantly justify the conclusion that
the proposed revision of the revi?
sion would meet with no better. If.
as much, success. Both In the religious
and the literary aspects of the f|ues-|
tloti experience with tho Revised Ver?
sion accentuates the question, "What
good;"' There would certainly seem rid
prospect thai a revision of the revision
could contribute anything material to
itie sum of human knowledge, that ihe
Revised Version ban not afforded. If
in truth that Work has contributed any?
thing at all to such knowledge thai
colnpchsalcn for what li represents In
the way of. marring the Authorized
; Version.
The (.Tutted Stales may not, as Sen?
ator William? says, be a world power,
but we've got to be powerful enough
to be.
It has In en discovered by the legal
wisdom ot the State that tho bookmak?
ers have every advantage. Wo might
have told the Jaw that this Is why
fncy are bookmakers.
Minneapolis Socialists have named a
woman as a delegate to i.helr national
convention. She win go unlnstrtictcd,
reserving the right. e>f her sex- to
i ehnnge her mind.
That Richmond's policemen have
lain made honorary members of the
Hoelcl> for the Prevention of Cruelty
lo Animals does no! mean that they
cannot be an erne) an need be lo rocla
l< :i (LUtomohlitats.
Let's call Richmond tho "Adjective
City," for all good names are appro
crlata for it.
r '
as embraced in sublime
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Do Vnu Know Tbl? .Mniif
On. his fnco Is writ deep Itiiowlodge.
Ho iu taciturn ami grim.
And -when folks sock Inform! .ion llioy
must ii I ways go to iilm.
Ho'a an expert on psychology and
politics and such.
And what ho Is not well versed in
doesn't count for very much.
A municipal economist he has won
much renown.
And his tlgure Is lantiliar to 'most
every one in town.
When he star ts a conversation those
Who listen get a In at.
And at all the public meetings ho Is
In the foremost sent*
lie could straighten nut this govern?
ment if they'd only lot him try.
As a giant for mentality tor yours ho
has "got by."
There ts not a problem In the world
ho can't settle lu his mind;
He's il live encyclvpcdlui a boon to
humankind.
He enn name (lie [>crmnnt l?nll etui)
confidentially in encli league,
lie can. pick I ho winning liorsu with?
out Hie slightest ot fatigue;
He can toll folks how to tlodgo the
cool of living und grow rieh;
They can take advice or Pave it, and
it doesn't matter which.
On religion he's n wonder, knows it
all from end to end;
In an nrguniuul sectarian nono daro
With him contend. ,
He's ihe lost word on astronomy; law
giving Is Iiis forte,
And he knows how lo untangle every
lcgnl knot in .it.
lie's tin; champion n.llano oracle and
is In great demand.
As upon I ho hotel corner ho assumes
his dally rtund;
Oli, he makes his living easily, and all
he does Is stall.
For his will; she takes in washing,
that's the secret of It all.
Prrnnnnl.
(!. f. T.?Magazine Btorlca should
bo written about two years lu aa
vancc of publication, if you are thintc
Inp; or writing h seashore romance
write It now and .??>-. for publication
during the summer tif ir>i:<. Ml of tli?
coming summer magazines' are already
printed and ready for circulation. if
you p<"inl in a winter story now It may
bo published uevi white -, but this la
extremely doubtful.
Porclval?-You nay she was n benu
|tlful creature nml walking alone tbo
i street with h sin ill dog ni liio end or
1 n I.rass chain. There is only "lie hh
I ?wer. ivrry. She was -in aclorlno and
?will probably be In Hie city only ti row
day*.
Ludwig?Yon ran make enough hus
sonpfeffer for a party sixteen with'
oho rabbit and twelve Cats.
Marguerite?Soda Is good to innkni
the hulr light nn<l fluffy, rr yovi are a
blonde lake vanilla, and if a brunette.;
take chocolate. |
The limit.
If the crop's u failure and trade Is I
slack.
If you have rheumatic in your back,
If, with an actor, your wire elopes.
If dire misfortune wrecks all your
hopes,
If tires explode on your limousine,
1C creditors show their angry spleen.
If some one ;,ell< you :i punk cigar.
If you must stand In tho trolley car.
If jour pel baseball team can never
win.
If you have never cause to grin.
If riots happen to spot! the peace,
lu Itussia or Hindustan or Hreeco,
If cost of living soars to the sky.
If touted aeroplanes full to fly,
II" war Is mentioned In far .lapun,
.lust blathO it all on the weather man.
tYliiit UnUes PciMtlllats.
Trying lo undress lu nn upper berth
Oll U sleeper.
Writing homo* for money,
Kxpcctlng to get a rcllroad pass.
Conversation of n friend who has a
friend who has an automobile.
Trying to pi t rid of tho red ants In
the pantry.
Waiting for the era of political pur?
ity to arrive.
Watching the antics of a Board o{
A-idcrincn.
Throwing them away.
Trying to sleep In n hammock.
Voice of the People
"Is (lurk Available:"
To the Kdttor of Tim Times ?Dispatch:!
]>rar Sir,--Heforring to your edi?
torial of April 4, 1012, under the head?
ing, "is Clark Available'."', I answer
j cmphatlcall} lo> is, and in support of
j this statement let us reason:
We will go back to the Legislature
<>r Missouri lu 1SR9 and taku up his
' record, which shows h?s was a "pro?
gressive" long before the word came
Into Iis present usage,
j lie Introduced, reported and secured
I the passage ..f one of the fust onti
l trust laws enacted by any Legisla?
ture, and this law has stood tho test
in till the cm-is, including thu Su?
premo Courl of the United Stales,
which law has driven several trusts
out of the Stnto of -Missouri and others
have bceii lined several hundred thous?
ands or dollars.
He introduced nnd secured the pas?
sage of Hie Australia ii ballot system.!
II, secured the passage of a law to
compel the express companies to pay
th.-ir just proportion of the taxes of
M Issourl.
lie secured the passage of the first
pure food law in Missouri,
i He voted for tho corrupt practice
I act.
I By settlns tho e.tumpln or having
primary elections in his own emigres
ABE MARTIN
Th' only nay t' find some frllers out
in to call on 'em. Rov. Wiley Tanger
has set Wednesday aaodo fcr amateur
night at th' Baptist chtirch.
THOUGHT PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK.
By John T. McCutcheon.
tCopyrlrht: loia By John T. McOutcheon.1
slondl district, and i>y constantly
;speaking In favor of It. he was large?
ly inllitcntlal In securing tbo passage
of a stoio primary law. including the
nomination of United states Senators
!<>? popular vote. Stich v. as his record
In Missouri.
In Congress he led the fight against
tho Payne-Aldrlch bill, since repudiat?
ed by the American people ill the polls!
lie led ti?e tight against "Cannon
Ism," that system of legislative tyr?
anny that rendered the people
helpless it, (ho attainment of their
will, and was foremost in overturning
the Republican oligarchy of the House.
He led tho minority In a fight against
Republican extravagances, and advo?
cated economical administration, "111111
labor might be lightly burdened.''
He. gathered around h|m na minor?
ity leader all the elements of his
party and unified them until the Demo?
crats becamn potential In the House.
Ho began lighting for tho income tax
many years ago, ami has never swerv?
ed from his advocacy.
Ho fought for Statehood for the
Territories and for their rights for
self-government.
Ho has advocated strict regulation
of transportation agencies and the
abolishment of trusts and monopolies.
He has opposed the encroachment of
the banking Interests upon the right
of the people to control their own fi?
nancial systems, and sllll adheres lo
his opposition to centralization and
monopoly in the monetary system of
the land. .
Ho has denounced, iml stands op?
posed to the extension of the execu?
tive authority, and advocates tho pre?
servation of a constitutional republic,
with the powers of tho legislative,
executive and Judicial b andies care?
fully defined.
He has fought against proposed
laws designed to open the doors of the
country to the cheap labor of the
Orient.
Ho has stood with other friends of
labor in advocating legislation regu?
lating the hours of labor.
He has opposed arty modification of
tho immigration laws '.hat might per?
mit the importation ? >: contract labor.
He has supported legislation provid?
ing for the election of Senators by
popular vote for many years, and has
always voted for the various bills of?
fered.
Hi' has opposed government by in?
junction.
Ho has inslster, In Congress and out
of Congress, upon holding the author?
ity of tho Federal government within
Its constitutional limits.
Now that we havu gone over some, of
tho things that he has done, let me
add:
The Democratic party had been In
the "slough of despond" ever since
Cleveland left tho presidential chair
until Champ Clark appeared as the
lea dir.
AfLer serving with the Democrats
in Congress for twelve years, tney
selected him unanimously from their
members to lead the Democratic mi?
nority. The splendid leading quali?
ties or Champ Clark welded them,
for the first time in years. Into a
united ami aggressive minority, and
he as the leader of that united minor?
ity made "Cannonlsm" ami nil that
"CanhonlivTn" stood lor, odious. He
dethroned Cannon and changed the
rules under which the interests, with
a complaisant Speaker, dominated the
House of Representatives.
So powerful was Hie example fur?
nished the. Democracy of the. country
by tho magnificent achievements of
the Democratic minority, under Clark's
leadership, that the Democratic Sen?
ate, for the first lime In years, also
united and destroyed "Aldrlehlsin" In
the Senate.
While doing these things, Clark at
?the. same lime, hurled the. Democracy
solidly against. tho Payho-Aldrlch
tariff bill. This nggrcssivo and united
Democracy lu the House und Senate,
aided by the insurgent Republicans In
both branches, iihowod what the
Pay ne.-Aid rich bill really was. On Ihe
strength 'Of the record made, the
.Democrats carried the House of Riep*
resontnllvos in tho last election.
President Taft, called Congress to?
gether In extraordinary session, and
Mh\ Clark was Immediately olcc-Ped
Sfir alter of a Democratic; majority; he
wan elected unanimously, something
thai has never happened before in tin
history of our government, in the elec?
tion of a. Speaker in his Ural term.
Congress Is ngaln in session. Mr,
Clark In still the Speaker, and the.
undisputed leader; ngaln he Ib hold?
ing his party unitedly against the
most adverse circumstances.
It Is evident that tho Republicans
1 Intend to* ma"ke the n?xt campaign on
Iho tariff Issue. The pemocrnts. mirr
ly, should be Trillins lo accept thlsi
gage .if battle. With tho larifT an tho!
chief Issue there Is hut ono leader, and
that leader In <rhamp Clark, of MIs
nourl. lie has fought his own way
up. has earned the right to lead, and
we would he most ungrateful should
we fall to acknowledge his wonderful
qualities of leadership and make him
the standard heater of the Democratic
party in the campaign of 1912.
Now, therefore, In view of Mr.
Clark's achievements, In view or his
indomitable aggressiveness, in view ofl
his lifelong Democracy and lu view
of the fact that he Is the one of the
four avowed candidates for the. nomi?
nation that ran go before the country
In November with a clean record and
make an nggrcsolvo ramfriTgn. rather
thnn one of defense ami explanation. 1
say: ].ot us rally around Champ
Clark, whom we hayc tried and always
found equal to the emergency, ir
nominated by the r?e moc.rat 1?: party
ho will lend us to victory In Novem?
ber, even as ho has united the. party
In Congress, in conclusion I contend
ho Is not only eligible and available,
hut In the logical and Indispensable
candidate for the nomination.
Respectfully Sours,
A RUBSClUBElt.
The People's I'nult.
To the Kilitor of The Tliues-Dlgpatch:
Sir.?The Times-Dispatch i.s show?
ing Itself to be a b'tider of the people.
In attacking tho recently adjourned
Legislature, and In holding up to the
light their sins (mostly sins of omis?
sion i.
How Ihis body of Virginians can
call themselves Democrats Is hard to
see. and if wo did not know the mem?
bers personally we should beltov? that
it was bribery which inlluenccd I hem
ill their action in allowing the "treas?
urers'' hill to be put through and In
talking to death th- tnx reform b ii to
create a new Stalo officer?the Taxi
Commissioner-?and lu not appropriat?
ing money to keep our few remaining
veterans nut of tho ponrhouse
Now, 1 do not nccuse them of graft,
but I do accuse them of being faithful
to the courthouse ring and the "land
speculation clique" w*hlcli elected most
of the members to uflloe. I suppose
It wim jhe honest thing to do, to vote,
for tho bills their "patrons" (?) want?
ed passed by the Legislature, and to
lot "tax reform" wait a few decades,
as the old veterans won't burden us
very long anyway. The voters n Vir?
ginia were so indifferent or so little
Informed of the needs of the state that
they sent nun to tho Legislature who
(on account or tlielr social and busi?
ness connect Ions) could not act hi
representatives of the people.
So you see the fault really lies with
the people themselves. Indifferent
Voters create careless legislators.
Let The Times-Dispatch, start the
light right now, and, as' you say in
your comment to-day, "the next cam?
paign tor the State officers is going
to be hot." and "tax reform" will bo
a "good puller" for a candidate.
Here Is a rhyme which will make
a good slogan in tho light:
"Pro ho no puhllco."
Give us equal suffrage, and
Tax Virginia's idle land.
When we have these two Just and
practical measures enacted into law the
main cause of the evils of to-day will
be removed?such horrible rind un?
necessary evils as drunkenness, tuber?
culosis, prostitution, etc.
It is a well-recognized fact In so?
ciology that they are the result of
"economic pressure." due to land mo?
nopoly, duo to crowding men and wo?
men (by process of unjust law).
, . PIEDMONT.
Charlottesville, va.
The Unit Wilson.
To the. Kdllor of The Tlmes-Dlfpatch:
Kir.?The extent to which Woodrow
Wilson has written and spoken Is both
ins strength and his weakness. It
would be impossible' for lilm. in view
of alt that he has written and said
to conceal his r/al nature, while his
conduct as a successful and aggressive
Executive of the State, of Now Jersey
shows what ho will tio ns an executive
officer. But the fact that he. is known
so well will cap.se many people to
turn wlU> Interest to other cand'dates
whose characters and dispositions are.
not so well known to them. It I?
one of the traits of human nature.
In tho recent presidential primary
In Illinois, when something less than
50 ?er rent, of th.e normal voto was
polled. Champ Clark led Wilson by
many thousand votes, and Iiis person?
ality has thereby become interesting
to many people. It. may bo of interest
to compare the temper of 'I hose two
men, as'shbwn by an extract from one
of fHiltrup ("lark's speeches In Con?
gress, reported In the. New Vork (ilohe,
ii ml ihn I. shown by ,Woodrow Wilson
on receipt or tho returns from XIII
nolS.ias set forth In the daily press.
Extract from speech of Chiunp
Clark:
"There are but two men In tho
hoary registers of time that Cleve-,
ifl.ru)'? name ought to be associated
with?Judas Tscarlnt and Renedlot Ar
nob). Shades of Arnold! Forgive tri?
profanation. |fo. at leant. >l 1*1 not
have a substitute lo do hl* fight?
ing. ? ? ? Upon reflection, I think
really I ought to bee, tho pardon of
J lid it a lKcnrlot, because after his trea?
son ho (Cleveland) did not have tlvj
grace in co out and hang hint a elf."
New.-, item:
"Trenton. N. .!., April II.?Governor
IVnodrow Wilson upon Ills return hero
to-day from Ulttshurgrt. where ho
apokc last night, aald that the pri?
mary result In Illinois spoke for Itself
and that he accepted It because he be?
lieved the pedr#j have the right to
express themselves In matters of this
kind.
"Asked if he was disappointed, Tho
Governor said he could not say. he
causd h.- did not know what the real
situation in Illinois was,"
Staunton- CHARLES CATLETT.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Uoingcllst Knapp,
What was the tl'me of the visit to
Richmond of the great old ovaiige|<<t
Jacob Knapp? Is there any account
of the wonderful niectlngw he held
here'. WEST.MORE L?A NI j.
isn",. The Richmond papers proba?
bly contained good reports of tho
meetings, but there was no "wonder"
to retmrt. Knapp was brought hern
by eminent Baptist? Archibald Thom?
as, J, F|, Jeter and more or the promi?
nent men of the day. He failed lo
arouse anything much but personal
animosity towards himself, ruining the
effect for gooil which his talents might
have produced by arraignment of tho
slavery system, repeated in spite c?
every remonstrance. At the close ct
a meeting In the Second Kaptist
Church be was Informed that the gen?
tlemen who had procured bin services
had no further use for them and ha
was spirited away to Washington early
next day.
Dmuiigr to Properly.
To whom shall I apply to know if
the city Is liable for damage to my
property In laying pavement befjro
my home? GROVE AVENUE).
Tho City Engineer.
I'etiHlon for Invalid?.
Is there any pension paid to lnv.\
llds by the Slate of Virginia- or by
the United States? READER.
No.
Collen;? Debate.
Where may I trot "points" for ?! de-t
bate on the Jordan enabling act?
E. R. JAMES.
Write to the Virginia Anti-Sal doo
League, Richmond, Va.
Damage by b'owls.
If my wheat Is destroyed by my
neighbor's fowls may I recover dam?
ages? W.
Unless tho circumstances are un?
usual a magistrate will give you a
warrant under which the facts may
he brought before his court md a
Judgment secured for the amount of
the damage.
Sunrroir Tlootn.
"What were "Suarrow" ihoots? I used
to hear tho older men here speak of
thent. RICHMOND.
Tho dress boots of seventy or eigh?
ty years ago. They reached about
halfway to the knee, were, stiff topped
and cut. at the front of the top In
heart shape and commonly decorated
With a silken tassel. The name came
from that of tho Russian general Su
warrow, who may have worn similar
boots. Military names seem Hkoly to
attach to footwear, o. g.. Napoleon
sole, ?Wellington boot. BlUchcr shoe,
etc.
Christmas null Easier. '
Why la Christmas a fixed feast and
Easter movable? READER.
Uecause the forioor oelebrates an
event, tlxed In date, the ?_,r,th of De?
cember being the conventionally ao
eepled day of Christ's birth, while tho
latter?a heathen feast, instituted by
peoples who were little tied by knowl
edgo of a calendar?was observed at
the time of tho first new moon fol?
lowing the vernal equinox.
Irish Potato.
In tho term Irish potato should both
initials ho capital or?but the ilrst?
,T. O. BI.NNS.
Only Ihe. first._?
National State and
City Bank
Richmond, Virginia,
Solicits Tour- Account.
Capita!. 91.000,000, Surplus, ?800,00u\