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WEDNESDA Y APRlE^, 17.. T?i ~"
.MAN'S I.OST TITAN.
What a mockery was the name
"Titanic." There was nothing titau'c
in >.or pnve a lust for size, for* speed,
for luxurious splendor, in her bulk
alone r.nd the gilded trappings of a
sensuous ease lay all the hope of
security that lulled forgetful pas?
sengers Into a false ? est. She was
a show-ship. 11 defiance and n cockle?
shell when the Icy peril that dwells In
the deep thrut-t Its relentless fingers
through her paper sides, and the old
ocean sucked her down among Its
quiet forests, two miles beyond the
sight of ninn, forever. And there, like
a broken toy, crumpled and tossed
aside, she trill rest, while the algh't
less monsters and the tiny life of
submarine allencos flit through tho
tapestried salons and inlaid parlors.
She was three city blocks in length,
they say, and carried ... small city on
her decks. Hut the frost that
wrought swift ruin was gathered from
the bUllon leagues of uncharted space,
And the law she obeyed like a docile
sorvant was tho eternal law that
men has not conquered, but just for?
gotten. Tho titan was a pygmy. Tet
even as she stnk. there was forth?
coming evidence of the ono titanic
fact In the universe?the unconquer?
able spirit of the human soul. The
men on the doomed vessol stood aside
while the women and children wcro
carried to safety. No eplo contains a
legend of heroism to be compared
with that simple list of survivors,
with Its defiant lists of names with
tho unitdornod poetry of "Mrs." and
"Miss" nnd "'Wife end Children."
While tho women and children come
first, vessels may sink and cities fall,
but tho race still clings to Its
heritage of valor nnd undaunted
faith in the future.
This Is not chivalry. It Is not even
brivery; it Is tho formulr. of a itreed.
A thousand lives may be lost, but
among the saved must forever be tho
mothero who shall keep the raco
alive until It shall have learned lo
use tho laws that for a time threaten ?
to ext'ngulsh It. Pampered million
sires or penniless Immigrants, both ;
unswor to an instinct that knows no j
nation and no religion.
This Is tho one clear lesson from
an overwhelming disaster. Men who
go down to the soa In ships still risk
their lives ss of old, but no law of
ice, or witter, or darkness can steal
or kill their faith In to-morrow. This
alone can afford any consolation In
the face of n r.ato.st rophe that has
brought grief and desolation Into
hundreds of homes. No single lifo
has been lost that In some way can?
not be replaced: no talent has porish
ed that cannot be found again; and
the priceless^ knowledge that the
heart of thv rrrcn 1? sound is added
to keep alive the 'flame whereby wo
lighten the darkness that surrounds
us.
The loss of this last symbol of
man's snuggle to win the sea as a
path for his use, on her first trip,
bearing pleasure seekers and rich
men, filled with the pride of their
materlul possessions, has something
? n It that makes Ood seem near tit
hand as If moving on the face of the
waterB, to check with tetrlble swift
he rid our Insolent content with the
gifts of the earth. It recalls lines
from Rossettl'a "While Ship":
"And under the winter stars' still
throng,
From brown thro.it=. white throats.
merry and strong,
The knights and the ladles raised a
song.
'A song?nay, a shrlt k that rent the
That leaped o'er the deep!?the.
grievous ciy
Of the hundreds living that now must
The ship was eager and sucked
a thirst,
ny the stealthy stall of the sharp reef
piere'd:
And like the moil round a sinking
cup,
The waters against hrr crowded up.
With prayers in vain and curses In
vnln,
The Whit- Ship sundered on the mi l
main :
And what were men and what was
ship
Were myii and splinters in the
grip."
I.ICT IIKCK ti.o.vi:.
The Council Committee on 0 dIi
Charter and Roform reflc ted the
merit of th 5 people of Richmond
tachlrig a practically unanimous
vprnhle i-epdrCpfp the vicious an
necessary Oilman onll'lance, Thi
dlnahce proposer! a m w forth of .j
from the decision of th.- Huildhi
specter. Tho Hoard pi Public :
adequately dials with such appeal
certain builders and property ??
wished to constitute, the appellate
of ordinary, unskilled arbitrators
proposition w;.s to rflfer the de
of a competent man to an Incoiiip 1 .
and partisan hoard, und. was utifu
und dangerous lo tht public s.ifei
The safety of the people should neve,
be a matter of compromise. .Individ
ual rights must b? subordinated to so?
cial rights; a f?w disgruntled men can?
not bo appeased to tho ditrlmont of a
whole olty. If tho officials who com?
pose tho Board of Publlo Safety cannot
bo Intrusted with the right to judgo In
building cases, what officers shall ws
trust at all and with what? Tho argu?
ment that tho board will uphold the
Building Inspector because officials
stand by officials Is mere poppycook.
Tho opposition to the present method
of appeal could not glvj a slnglo con?
crete Instanco whore the working of
the present ordinance destroyed prop?
erty or Infringed any rights. When
tho building cod 5 was first framed the
builders said It would be Impossible to
live under such n law, but building
operations havo Increased under it from
less than 000.000 a year to more than
$C,000,000 n yenr. One of the nrchl
t >cts testified nt the committee hearing
that all the changes suggested In his
Pinns by Building Inspector Beelt were
for the benefit of his clients nnd for
the protection of their property. That
BOims to be tho sum and substance of
the testimony of fnlr-mlndcd builders
and owners, who have felt the weight
of Mr. Beck's decisions?that however
much they felt aggrieved nt first, ex?
perience proved him right.
The City Council should ad ipt the
unfavorable report nnd In quick order
throw out tho Oilman ordinance. It
has never been worth n t^nth of the
time wasted In its discussion. It should
be killed without debate, so that the
chronic objectors to the workings of.
an effective and adequate building code
may understand thnt their Interests are
negligible when weighed with the pub?
lic safoty. Richmond has n good build?
ing law nnd a good man to enforce It.
D?t well enough alone and lot Mr. Beck
alone. There never was a good law
yet that did not make somebody howl.
CAN HUGHES BI5 TTniPTEDt
The Republican, referenoos to a com?
promise candidate for President refer
to Charles 32. Hughes, Associate J-us
tlco of the United States Supreme
Court. Ho was Mr. Taffs chief though
nomlnnl opponent for the nomination
at the last convention; nt one time
preceding that convention there wns n
substantial boom for him.
Could Justice Hughes be prevailed
upon to accept the nomination? Would
he heed tho unanimous volnp of the
convention? It seems unlikely.
Only one justice of the United States
Supreme Court over reached out for
the presidency. Only one justice over
intrigued for a nomination. Charles
B. Hughes will hardly follow In the *T?
fat od footsteps of Salmon P. Chase.
Of course, an unsolicited nomination
would he another matter. Even at
that, it would bring the bench of tho
loftiest judicial tribunal in the world
Into partisan politics, and no Judge
ever hnd a nicer regard for the dig?
nity of his oOlce than has Mr. Hughes.
Circumstances can bo coocalved of
In which It would be the highest pub?
lic duly of a justice Of the Supreme
Court to nccopt a presidential nomina?
tion In the hour of a national crisis
he might be the only man to whom
the country would instinctively turn
for leadership, but that crisis does not
now exist. Those who suggest Justice
Hughes hut nsk him to leave the bench
to .save his party from deserved de?
feat. There Is no battle over a great
principle of government, hut simply
a struggle to retain thi spoils nnd
keep on the pay roll the army of Re?
publican officeholders.
President Taft and Justice Hughes
differ little in political principles
Eminent lawyer, learned Judge nnd
profound student thru he Is, Justice
Hughes would naturally he aligned
with Taft Tnlhor than with Roosevelt.
Tho only advantage In drafting the
Justice Is a belief thnt he could poll
more votes than Taft.
That argument will surely have lit
tle weight with a man like Justici
Hughes.
THE MAYOR IS IUCUT.
The decision of Mayor Richardson !
that lines Imposed upon members of'
the police force for violation of depart- !
incut rules cannot be us?d to pay the j
salary of officers raised to higher rank '
by the Police Board Is as commendable]
as It Is unassailable. The Police Board
A'lshcd to promote Detective Peter A.1
J Helton to a delect I vo-sorgenncy. There j
was no objection to th> promotion, but'
the. board realised that It could
j not order the Increase of pay i
out of the regular appropriation !
. for the Police Department, It was
agreed to pay the difference out or the
; tines Imposed upon members l,f the
'( force for violation of the rules, such
|i money usually going to the Police
1 Benevolent Association, Ma vor Rich
violation of the law. taking the ground
that it would amount to an excess of
the appropriation allowed the Police
lit.iird. This decision was clearly right
and In accordance with law. The Po?
le. Board has no warrant to do linli
ejinnot UsiirP 'in- appropriating power
of the City Council, as It uttemptad to
In which city salaries should bo raised.
rill, in: Mi l in v i im.]),
nit tlo'es a chllil think and feel"
men tit I ist*. Bui in fact, they Hiinlt
do with the heart. Tho New York
I Evening Po-t gi\as_ n list Of impres?
sions made upon the minds of London
'children while oh a fortnight visit to
jthe country mi wards of a fresh air
[society, In Hum rial hum in docti
j meut* there it> u strange mixture of
the grossly material with the natural
poetry of tho human souL Faots are
aooopted at their faoe value, and de
duotlons of otartllng Inoonsequonoe
made from them, Just as might he
done by on unspoiled savage, uncon
tamlnntcd by education or altruism.
Food Is a baste and lno/oapable
foot in nil the Infant philosophy.
Even Naturo was measured by meal
time, for "the sea always went out
at dinner tlino, and came back when
tea was ready." This preoccupation
with eating, we think, most mothers
will admit without argument. But
we do not know whether tho pootlo
side of chlld-ltfe ha? been impressed
upon them by such rough Jewels as.
"The trees ? seemed so happy they
danced," or "Tho rainbow Is made of
j raindrops and the otin. tears and
j smiles." Yet many a small soul must
j fool the majestic mystery of space as
(ltd this one who writes; "When I
l looked Into the sky n;,? night, you
; could hardly see nny of the blue, for
j It was light up with stars."
j Some convincing; scientific observa?
tions were made, among them tho
I facts that. "Tho cows 1 saw wore
lazy; they wero lnylng. One was a
hull who 1 dare soy had been tossing
somebody." or "There were wasps
which was yellow and pretty, but tin
kind." The unkind wasps might live j
i In literature, with tho bull whose life '
was conceived as ono long saturnalia ;
of tossliiK somebody. All the epigrams
seem concerned with the business of ,
practical life. "Stinging nettles are a
nuisance to people who havo holes ln>
tholr boots." "Only gentlomon are
nllowod to shoot phoaaanta, as they
aro expensive." "Butterflies don't do
much work." These maxims Illustrate
the utilitarian viewpoint of the little
Londoner.
Most pathetic of all the lessons to
bo drawn from their reflections la
that these children had already known
the sordid cares of life. Their Xros
dom from responsibility for younger
brothors and sisters came upon them
like a shook. The feeling Is summed
up with bitter, natural, yet uncon?
scious truth. In the sentiment, "I '
didn't havo to mind no twins. I think j
thorn a nuisance. I wish mother had
not bought them." This Is a stern
Judgment, of society?to have Its
youth regard babies as nuisances. The
heart of a child Is a wonderful thing,
but the hoart of man more wonderful
that In this day he has found no way
of sending children Into a beautiful
world to re.lolco with the vision of
poets Instead of burdening them as
premature mothers with duties beyond
their years.
In North Carolina counties where
the parties are well divided the I
triumph of ono party over another '
largely depends on what manner of '
man the chairman of the county ex?
ecutive . committee is. The Winston
Sal piti Sentinel rejoices editorially
that Gilbert T. Stephenson has been
chosen to that ofllco becauso of his !
ability, his energy, his character, and j
his staunch Democracy, t'nder his
leadership the Democrats expect to.
win a splendid victory, and they will. I
Hero Is a young man of unusual edit- I
cation, a profound scholar, and the
author of a masterly volume of re?
search on the race problem, who be
llevos It his duty to go Into politic;
and do his share a worker. When
more young men of his type take an
active Interest In politics, we shall
have belter polities.
"Colonel Watterson called Colonel ,
Roosevelt a h?1 roaring horse." But j
then "the Colonel of tho first part was
a long way off from the Colonel of
the second part when he did It," Is
the caustic comment of the Stras?
burg News. Come lo think about It,
did you ever hear of Morse Henry's
cussln' anybody anywhere near html
After he turned loose the tabasco on
Woodrow Wilson. the Kentucky
Colonel "heat It" to Florida.
The Columbia State lifts the follow?
ing as the "Ten Most Dispensable
Writers' ;
Thomas Dixon. Jr.
I'lllnor Glyn.
Cale Young nice.
Heina t il Sha W",
Arthur Brisbane.
Frederick A. Cook.
i>r. Hark hurst.
Chartas Edward Russell.
Lincoln Steffens.
The vote Is unanimous. j
I'ncle Simpson Popper says the best
iuble de hoty he knows of is the one
Mi- Nature sets out for the fanners. 1
Secretary Knox Is learning what the
diplomatic t Tin pertona nop grata
means at first hand.
Colone) rtoetovelt may b0 all rigltt
at promoting .niernational peace, but
the home brand doesn't seem to appeal
to him.
Taft will have to get a now model
steam-roller to pave his way hack to
tho Whit* House over landslides.
Ida Us are unanl
thai good govern
ipends upon their
t un to olli,
Tii.- principal social event of the
season for |hc small hoy is tho open?
ing of baschnii
Is l he re going to ho music In th,
narks :ius summer?or Just hotnens
and silence?
Those new feathery while things In
women'* hula lire called "stick-ups.''
So also are certain p'ickp'ockot's. Cialh
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
The Garden.
Rako, rake, rake.
In my old buok yard, Oh gee!
Till It Booms that my back will break
And the neighbors look on in glee.
Hako, rake, rake,
Where tho tin cans of yesterday
Lie thick on tho garden plot
And the ashes blow every wuy,
I
Rake, rake, rake,
And spade and harrow a:i<j hoe.
When I know down In my heart
That the garden will never grow.
Personal. *
G. 55.?You say you object to tho
folding chairs that they liuve at fu?
nerals because they are so uncom?
fortable. Well one does not go to a
fuhcra) to bo comfortable. To go and
sit on one of those little sack-breakers
lends extra sudncss to tho occasion,
and helps make everybody sorry thnt
the man Is dead. We cannot in all
sincerity start a crusade for more com?
fortable funeral chairs, and beg to be
excused.
II. D.?Yes. Indeed, It seems as
though there aro daya when a man
can't lay up a cent, especially when
the collectors wait out In the ante?
room und take their turns us In a
barber shop. Ante-room Isn't so bad,
either, como to think of it.
A. L. U.?According to the best ad?
vices obtainable, the, man who In?
vented the odorous sulphur match Is
dcud. His present whereabouts,
therefore, must be guessed at. You
have ono guess. That's all that's
necessary.
From the lllckcjrvllle Clarion.
The editor of this great palladium
of life, liberty and pursuit of happi?
ness doos not want to name no
names or to get personal, but be
would Hke merely to euy that the
cross-eyed galoot who operates tho
livery, feed and sales stables next to
the Hardshell church had better re?
turn tho nineteen rods of wlro olothes
line that he stole out of the back
yard adjacent to our sanotum sano
torum one evening; this week, as his
Identity Is known and tho slouth
hounds of the law will be plaoed on
his trail, n account of his family
we will not mention tho gentleman's
name. A word to the wise la better
than two In the bush.
Grandma Purdy, who has been
falling rapidly for nine years, and '3
at present In a very feeble state of i
health. Is able to do only light work
now, and has accepted ? lucrative po?
sition running a gang saw down to
Ainu Hilllkcr's mill.
Miss Amy Pringle, our village mil?
liner, has gone to the city to look
over the now spring styles, and Und
out whether sho dares spring 'cm
here.
A traveling gentleman from Racine,
Wls., is registered at the Huttel
Hlckeyvllle. Ho represents n safety
razor concern, and ouk'm to do real
well In this town, where the boya
shave every other leap year.
An optimistical looking gent
blowcd Into this town the other day :
with a line of hymn hooks In which
he hoped to Interest the deacons of'
the Hardshell Church. After selling
'em an order he entertained 'em In
his room at the huttell, and left town ;
that night with >2:-;7, three pair of
pants, seven pairs of link cuff buttons, I
two derby hats, one fancy silk vest and i
three watches and chains. Deacon j
Pringle says ho believes that hymn !
books are sort of a side line with that !
gent, for when he got to Juggling the
pasteboards ho ncted like a regular
gel dum slicker. The hymn hooks
have not yet arrived by express us
promised.
Some Things We lluvc Never Seen.
Valedictorians \. ho ever made
money.
A woman who didn't like "Hast
Dy ime."
A gold mantel clock thnt would
keep time.
Thin man who didn't wish he was
fat.
Fat man who didn't wish ho was
thin.
Grand opera tenor who didn't wear
ii fur-lined overcoat.
Bass fiddle player who looked as;
though he enjoyed life,
Fight over will ..f a deceased news?
paper man.
Voice of the People
Deal met Ion of i'?rk Trees.
1*0 the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?In reference to the shameful
Icstruction of dogwood trees In Wll
Inm Hyrd Park Sunday your notice in
it-day's issue says, "No blame was
odged agulnsl the narkkeepor, for tho
bason thai he could not bo every?
where at once."
? me of the charms of this park is
is trees and bushes. The dogwood
ilossoiiis lend In n large degreo to
his attractiveness, Their wanton de
itructlori is strictly in line with tho
irovlous acts ..; many of ihe Sunday
?rowds who do !,.,: hesitate to dcviis
atc both city und private property
n the locality mentioned, us well'as
ii other localities.
These pillage ra have not confined
heir operations to William By id Park.
Properly owners in the neighborhood
>f Lakeside. Wisthampton and Forest
Hill have suffered, also, and each year
<e, s an increase of the disgrace. Dog?
wood trues, cedars, honeysuckle vines
? nd other ornamental growths have
?cell torn away Iii many Instances
Ihe very parent stein itself lias been
i p root cd and annihilated.
The Times- !>i-p.,t, ii article mentions
ABE MARTIN
Al fash. o' th' "No Hand Out?
stretched i' s:i\.- HurV company, 1H
vlsilin' his ihotlu r, who works here.
Th' irinri cigarettes cost th' more
they smell like a hot lead pencil
eraser.
WHEN DAD WAS A BOY.
By John T. McCutcheon.
tOoprrtg-htt iffia, jf7 Jc&a T. UaOuteb*oB.J
f'Dog fona ttl
th*y hadn't found hmr UUtuftcr *h<z batebalt ttaton.'
among the tree-robbers In Byrd Park
"Brown people, business men, who
should have known better." In the
majority of Instances tho purloined
uro always grown people. Wo cannot
pe aurprired, therefore, when chil?
dren commit these acts; but surely we
havo a right to expect betfer conduct
On the part of their elders and sup?
posed exemplars, in the interest of
law, order, honesty und decency we
have the right l -'demand a cessation
of thes,, acts of thofl and obllte?at-on
of tho community's assets of beauty.
The man or woman filching these pub?
lic park adornments could, with equal
propriety, hammer off a section of tho
bronxc statue of Lee as a souvenir or
to sell.
But what are tho parkkeepers, city
und county police for If they cannot
Immediately make a vigorous fight
nguinst these outrages? What Is In
the way of the William Byrd park
keeper plucing a few signs of warn?
ing and making a few arrests? And
where are the mounted police on such
occasions? A few .Sundays In l<ila
spring season spent by the. county po?
lice in moving around In the wooda
that are private properly and a few
arrests and Hues would force some
consideration of Vhe rbghts of the
owners as well as tho right of the
law-abiding and na'Uro-loving public
PUBLIC BIGHT.
The I'volutliiu of "ilnn.
The rotund Earth doth roll Its con?
stant course,
The silence of the tomb to covor all
Its pnsl;
No record showcth when 'twas made,
save such
As Chance hath writ on tablets burled
deep.
Tho lightning 'lumes the distant moun?
tain peaks,
Ho flare the Chambers of the Soul with
light.
When Science with her il?lcnt, golden
torch
Unwinds her tangled skein?the thread
of Knowledge.
Man?the human animal?gazing on
the Sun,
Fell down 'n fear and worshiped. Su- .
perstltlon
Was his religion, ages long beforo j
lie had a language, or a soul aware.
Natura was his companion; flcrcu and
gaunt?
A step removed from the wolf?the
panther
Was not so swift to seize and rend his
prey
As the man-beast, made In the mould
divine.
He grew in statue, and to him was
given
Dominion over every living thing
L'pon the earth, the waters, and tho
b'ids
Which winged their curious ctim'brous
shapes in air.
He learned cunning from the fox. The
serpent
Lying in her glittering spiral rings i
Was not so swift to strike. The
tronch'rous tiger
So cruel with her Hashing fangs and
claws.
Unknowing lhat be had a Soul, the
thing
Was growing In his breast. The animal
Was changing as the sand upon the
shore:
As heave the mountains on the, breast
of Earth.
L'pon a day. In the great depths of
lime,
Sweet, heavenly Hope was born?a
thing divine:
And Kalth, the proved armor of tno
Soul;
And Conscience, with his still, small
voice of power:
And I.ovc, the lever which dolh move
the world.
The human flesh shall feed the flumes.
ami eiich
Atom shall fly to combination new.
V, i these shall live, and 1111 the heav?
enly Joy.
The great oak shall fall to dust, and
each
Atom shall fly t<> combination now.
The seed shall spring to (lower In l?.ii
dilti lime.
Ami 111! Its cycle ever fresh and young.
Froth tin? expanding bud of Thought
and grim
Cxpei'lencc came Knowledge, child of
Tim e,
Begoi of human struggle?graved on
Hie stones:
So Wisdom was the son of blood and
tears! .
Who m easu roth I he mind: and wno
j in;, y sound
The depths of Consciousness? tor 'tis :>
deep
Of troubled waters ' heating oti the
shore
Of Actuallity. The. peering rye .
Of Science ?cos but that hath been
before.
The. bedrock of Kxpt-rience was bu'lt
By oth.tr. men. of other limns. The
sun
Dolh shine on nothinc new. save Sin.
How shall wo wrtte tho Soul??'or
Mind Is but
Tho rnlrror which can nhow the sleep?
ing sense
This vast possession.
Tho child-man grew, and filled his
cycle full.
For time, untold he worshiped only
Nature:
Not knowing whence he came, the god.
like Hun
Was his divinity, each stat. a fate
He knew not fear save of the unseen
spirit.
The herdsman sang his song beneath
the stars.
And nnmod Hie Constci'.latlons for hla
flocks;
His simple wisdom was a thing of
soul.
And wiser than he knew, ho was a
Poet.
Ambition came, and bulldcd cities
great.
Tho Pyramids are monuments of Pride!
Their chiseled stones cry out aloud
tho groans
Of men, and tell a tale of tears ano
blood.
Empires were bulldcd. Avarice. Wealth
and Power
Filled tho earth. Drunk with their
lusts, they drank
To their undoing. Soon the sons of
Nature
Tore them from their marble halls.
Like Babylon,
Fell Pom,-, before the falr-halred Tcu
ton-Ooth.
Art was destroyed. Tho hairy savage
In
Hla bearskin strutted in the stately
Foru nt.
Where centuries before the singers
lute
Had sung the victories of the Roman
Legions:
So Natur..- turneth back the wheel of
Progress.
And blotieth nations from the book
of lifo:
So Pride Is overtaken In his power.
When Death shall strike his silent seal
on Folly.
And MAnhood llveth In his nakedness
Of Truth?for 'tis the 3tuft which
n'ourlshcth
The Soul?the sign of Life. which
maketh men.
The jrjon may die, and marble turn to
dust.
Yet doth l lie pendulum of Progress
swing
Its silent, ceaseless stroke- Slow east?
ward, fatofull ;
Westward, dcathfull, making gain or
loss.
For Death and Lifo are close com?
panions. Each
Doth swing the other as tho day and
night;
Tho splendor of the Hun Is added to
When twilight trallcth in the sky u
prom Iso
ED.MOND FONTAINE.
Charlottesvlllo, l!)lt?.
L'siirpntliiu of the Federnl Courts.
To the Editor of the Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Sir,?The question of States rightii,
so tenaciously clung to and so prolific
oi discussion before the Civil War,
while restricted and abridged by the
surrender at Appoinattox, by no menus
received a death blow. The Constitu?
tion under which these rights were
contended for Is still the organic law
of thu land, and the same safeguards
ami limitations of that Instrument slill
exist, although tho political party
which has had control of the govern?
ment for forty years has sought In all
its legislation to limit and control the
rights and powers of tho State; to en?
croach upon nnd control the machinery
of State government, not only In the
matter of thu elective franchise, but
also In the weakening and disparage?
ment of the State Judiciary.
The Constitution very definitely sets
forlh the reserve rights of the Stale
and people: "The enumeration In the
Constitution of certain rights shall not
be construed to deny or disparage oth?
ers retained by the people.Pho
powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution, nor pro?
hibited by it to tho States, are re?
served to the Stales respectively, or
to the people."
Now tho same .supreme law Indi?
cates dearly and specifically the lines
in which the Federal courts shall
work; also the character of parties to
,<n action mid the nature of thu action
to be tried In these tribunals. Not?
withstanding this. U Is a noted rni.-i
that the Federnl courts for many'years
past have been broadening their ?Juris?
diction; The Governors ,,f a number
Of Western States assembled in. New
York this winter, isi'poiMlcd a com?
mittee to go to Washington and call
attention of the President to tills, mut?
ter With powers and duties so :i>latn
iv set forth In the . Constit ul Ion there
la no justification ? for Federnl 'inter?
ference In the judicial affairs otf tho
Slates. When it Federnl law a to lie
construed or Federal rights invaded
then sncli Interference Is nnthort/.ed.
The lawyers of the country, .notably
in the ?onth and Wesf. quick to ol>.
serve this disposition on'the part of
Fcdorsl Judges, arc ever ready, upon
various pretexts, to claim and Obtain
I-ederal jurisdiction in both ctlmliml
and civil cases, which have been tr'rd
In the State court." a:;d the decisions
there given have proved disastrous to
their hopes. For some years i>!ist
nearly every case of any Importance,
both civil and criminal, has. before In
close, been carried from th* State lo
a Federal tribunal on some far?
fetched, very line and attenuated tech?
nicality. Of course th cal uluti I
to weaken tho authority and disparage
the power nnd Influence of the st.it.
judiciary.
There are many Instances; parlleu
larly la the Western and Southern
Stales, in which th*s tendency ol
United Stales courts to extend :.
Jurisdiction !>i plain and manifest,,
thereby discrediting the state courts
and Jeopardizing the tights ?,r cft.l
sens under State laws. Slate sover?
eignty is something more than a
sounding phrase. I: It does not s.-i*
gcsl and Imply supreme authority over
locnl afftslr.-! ;t suggest* nothing, and
the Interference of the Federal au?
thority except on lines clear and un?
mistakable Is to be deplored and re?
sisted.
It cannot be denied thai the act of,
a United States court taking cogni?
zance and ruling upon the conduct of
county and municipal ofllccrs, whether
their duties arc properly or Improp?
erly disoharged, is certainly a refuta?
tion of our lorm of government.
A vigilant and determined main?
tenance of tho lines dividing the Fed?
eral and siate governments, especially
With reference lo the jurisdiction of
tho courts, is of the highest import?
ance If WO would sustain and preserve
the political system handed down by
the fathers, who, in wisdom nlmos-t
Uodllke, laid tho lines of the Consti?
tution ?loci) and enduring to last for
all coming time.
JEvery American citizen, whether
Democrat or Republican, cannot watch
with too Jealous an eye those lines of
demarcation between Federal nnd State
authority, or bo too ready to give tho
warning cry that these, lines nro be?
ing crossed. JAS. C. RKNSHAW.
Oharlottesvllle.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
White" nsh.
Please publish a good Tecelpt for
whitewasn which may bo sprayed on.
T. W.
Slake one barrel of lime In a tight
cask, using Just sufficient water, and
stilling in one peck of salt. Cover
this paste and nllow to aland for three
days. Thin with water to about con?
sistency o? milk If the wasli is- to be
used with a brush. Your sprayer will
require thrj wash to he made some?
what thinner.
At the Virginia Penitentiary a for?
mula used to he given which,was a*
above', except that, there was a small
quantity of tallow usad. Lately this
seems lo have, been omitted. .Most of
th; Inquiries about whitewash refer to
that used at the penitentiary. The con?
spicuously good results obtained there
come, It is said, moro from repeated
application than from any special ex?
cellence in tho method of preparing
I he wash.
?I.nsf of l.eiinpc." .
Please inform me who was tho au?
thor of -The Last of the Lenape." and
tell m ? something of him. A. F. G.
Samuel M. Janney;' born Loudoiin
county. Va., January 11. 1S0I: member
Of a prominent family of-thai rcpio.-i;
a Quaker; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs, and author of several works?
"Tho Country School House." "A
Teacher's Gift," "Life of Penh." "Life
of Fox," etc., etc.
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Richmond, Virginia,
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