The times dispatch. [volume], April 23, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

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TUESDAY. ADRIli 13. 101?.
s rII.I. SliUOTi.VG BLANK CART?
RIDGES.
There was more wilful muddying ol
the water last nlshi tit the mooting cf
the Hast End p'lt Isens' Association.
The candidates an 1 some et tit sir allies
t.: to :. '. tit th..t tlio plun to have
n primary for n convention to nominal?
the Administrative Board is r. usurpa?
tion of the people's lights. The same
brand of d< ry that haa been
liandi d out at many other such moot?
ing;? was handed nroiihd last night.
The very men who deiiotiiiiced the con?
vention plan as a trlclt of tin' "politi?
cians'' arv about as seasoned and
aetuia "polltlcltms" an there are on
the tiirf to-day. They did not <telii>e
the Issue; tlicy doalt in denunciation.
There was something sinister and sig?
nificant In the unanimity of their av
These polltiJlnnr, dodged completely
the fact that tho proposed convention
is to i>o based upon a popular primary.
They try to malte tho voters believe
that the convention propos;d is the
old styio of convention, when the con
vent I on suggested Is based absolutely j
upon tho primary. Tho peanut publt- '
cists mislead the pcopla in their at- j
tacks upon conventions, because tlicy |
fall K> point out that the old style con?
vention wns controlled by the bosses, I
while the people themselves, through j
the primary, control such a convention
as suggested by Chairman Miles Mar?
tin, of lllo City Democratic Committee, i
The old kind of convention was the j
Instrument of tin boss: the new con-j
vent Ion is the mouthpiece of the poo
pie. No one proposes to Substitute (
oven so popular a convention tor the;
primary; it is sought simply to use the
convention in a case where the pri?
mary is so Inflexible us to menaca the ,
people's Interest.
Some of the citizens' association"
have recorded themsulvss against the
nominating convcnlloii, but The Tlmes
plspatoh beiloves that they have done
without hearing and understanding
b ?Iii sides of ths Question. The only1
uctlve opponents of the convention arc ;
the poiltici.-uis and their friends. The
great silent voto has not spoken; the
patriotic and pubile-upirited pcopla of
Richmond are not yet heard from. The i
politicians who obstruct the convention
plan nie afraid to let the people think, 1
und they are trying to choke off this j
issue bafore ihe people have had time
to understand It. These ward states- '
men assail the press of Richmond, but ;
the press has a record of protecting
the rights of the people and promot- J
Ing progress in city government, In |
which respect It differs from Its assall- i
tints.
The politicians, with their blank
cartridges, mnl'.e o lot of noise and ?
smoke, but Mtfiej- 'cannot scare the
PROTECT RARE DOCUMENTS; |
One of the most flagrant Instances!
or tho inlocked stable door within our
knowledge Is the jirese'rit Itifinmmnble.
housing of tho precious collection of
fcirtorlo manuscripts in the Virginia j
F:.:te library. That thou: documents.
eo valuable that no real prici! can be. i
set upon them, should ^e ! ft .it the'
mercy of any chance fire that might
break out In tho building In which
ih ..? >:.-. kept can only be explained!
fc y
worth Neither the legislators of Vir-'
rlnla nor the citltona seem :o have the!
remotest Idea of th a heritage of his-!
torlc material left dur::..; (1 . g nera-I
Ron in their careless keeping, Vet i
outsiders who are informell In such !
matters, and who have enj y'ed the,
??:
acquiesce in I ?? j si iriiig of :
what should bo a sfi red trust. \v.
publish elaowhere a very point-id and'
Illuminating letter from it Kentucky!
gentleman, who I1U3 felt called upon to!
protest, with dignity and ju licej
against tr.e possible loss of this treas?
ure. It is a harsh and bitter common- '
tory upon ?tat? pride nr.d the sense'
of responsibility of out legislators
when ii stranger can tell th... truth
that hurts.
Yet every word In this letter Is true
and we welcome (.he criticl m Iri tin
hope that his words may hear sting
enough to arouse .1 sentiment that win
result In the proper protection of this
library of original tourers. 'Ihe ;,re.s:
ent condition is duo to no lack of
earnest and persistent effort by the
llbrury authorities to secure aUcqust?
fireproof ttorage for these, documents.
They asked for efi.UOO to prov.de metal
shelve* for this matter from the In: t
JUgloiature. Rut a short-sighted pol-'
U'-y of economy, polities and the ?
riiontloned lgnor.ir.ee d 16tatcd that this
item be 'struck out tjf the appropria?
tion bill at the very last moment ii
apparently did not enter the co::.
nrss of the "S'.'.cm" that, regardless
of the inter ist? of Virginia,, they might
owe a duty to the rest of the Country,
?0 much of the record of whose his?
tory, la partiy inclosed in thc.su p&para.
They WT? bo much Interested In the
rather Small-print foot note they were
I mldlng to history thut they forgot the
I very much more important chapter?
that have already been written by fnr
I greater men. Yet at any moment all
j this noble Inheritance may become a
I>11 a of ashes, and the outcry at the
1 loss Will be nothing but a clarion
i proclamation of folly. The relentless,
i habit llmo has of not repeating Itself
; means that, once gene, those records
; arc gone forever. As our correspon?
dent points out so forcefully, the loss
i or a $30,000,000 Capitol In New York
wa.s rogurdcil as a light calamity com?
pared with the loss of the unwritten
history that vanished Into nothing?
ness, is there no wny In which pri?
vate bcnellconcc or public spirit can
move toward the safeguarding of this
treasure?
THE < IIIE1 EST V mum. in IMi
CltlTES.
Nowhere has the habitual hypocrisy
?.f Theodore Roosevelt been better
shown than in the cioc of the New
York primaries. The publication or
the expenses of Talt and Roosevelt
for their campaigns 111 preparation for
the primaries shows thai the lloose?
veii campaign cost the good round sum
of $."?!?.120\75. while 'Jail's coat less
than a tentl'l of that sum.
Throughout the country Roosevelt
hui been bellowing that the New York
primaries were u fraud and a farce;
that under the law they amounted to
nothing:, und that the sweeping Ti.it
triumph in the most important State
in tiie Union was without slgnlileunee.
it th,- New York primary is really
i- ticp, less and unimportant us Itooso
vclt wishes to have the nation consid?
er it, why did Iii- managen spend
169,120.7s under such a law In New
York City alone.' Or has the Roose?
velt campaign been so lavishly financ?
ed by men liku Hanno, Munsey and
Perkins, who hate Taft becuusu he has
interfered with their special privileges,
that $69,000 seemg a negligible amount I
to Hoosevolt?
It Is the samo old bare-faced hypoc-l
risy that 1ms been the cm> consistent
trull ot tho Roosovolt character. This!
monumental falsifier, who can do no
wrong;, ought to profit from the ob?
servations of Zophar, the Nuumathilo,
who said: "The jo>' oi iho hypocrite is.
but for a moment. Though his cxccl
loucy mount up to the heavens and
his head reach unto the clouds . . . tic
shall be chased away us a vision of the]
night; though wickedness bo sweet In
hi:, mouth, though he hide It under I
his tongue; though he spure It and
forsake It not; but still keep it WithinI
iiis. mouth: ... It is tho gall of asps'
Within him."
1^ A 1.1 lilt \lt\ I'OSSlHLlif
It is to be hoped that the question {
Is a public library for Richmond pos- '
Bible contains in itself whai the logt
clans 101 in a roduetlo ud absuruum. it
Is ubl uird and ridiculous, oven pitiful, I
that such a question can be asked. For.
a city <jt U'O.U?U people. In tills day and !
generation, not to have a public library
Is impossible. Tito evidence to be pre- i
tented this evening by the represent?
atives of various civic organizations
to a committee of the Council should
sweep aside every other consideration]
save the practical one Of how the >
library is to bu secured and how g>on|
;i ca.li be doing Its untold service to
the whol) community. The very char?
acter of tho supuort Ibis movement Is
receiving proves how deopseated Is the ,
demand. Education and labor will?
present their claims mis -evening. ?
Tin.su two elemental forces In tho pur- :
suit of u moans of spreading bouuty
and truth cann>t bo sloppuJ or turned;
aside. Thsy are the foundations of!
till civic greatness, und whut they it.ik
will ultimately i>e given them.
.No moic important movement toward
building the Greater Richmond can be
.tglned. A library extends its enlight?
ening lnltuonce luto every oilier activ?
ity ot human life, it furnishes a guide j
and an Inspiration for Increase:! wealth,
and beyond everything ilse, for in-1
creased happiness. There is not a;
single siul In the entire city, of what?
soever race, color, creed or iigj, who
would nut be benefited by sucn an In?
stitution. And thlo for the simple rea?
son that It means more truth. Lor ex- '
ample, tilers is at present jio collection .
of books on so. lological and municipal
questions open to the people. Veil
every agency in the city is grappling
with lhe solution of new und puzzling
Issues' of social service and bitter gov
eminent. Would It hot be wise to pro- i
vide tho means of learning what others
have done in these matters? Mut why I
argil}? When the peop) Want a'
library they will have lt. Tue meeting
to-night means they want It now. If
SOU desire to help, your presence would
aid llit Council to decide.
TIIU WISDOM OF MOHGA.V.
11 :i a good thing to learn something
of how a great creative financier val
llfo from the vautng? ground of
largo wealth and ripe years. J. lMor
pont Morgan Is not often Interviewed,
j but the Tllniilc dtsastei moved him to1
Ibrenk bis silence. His .voids are full
of pith and wisdom, Uli opinions ore'
large, bold, going] to tho roots of life;
for their meaning, and untouched by
st nttrhontallsm.
"Oh, some oho pays," he snld, oon
ucrnlng the loss of the Titanic. ?There
Iis nji such thing ii!> money losses in
existence. Think of th* me* thai have
been mo/srod down and tho terrible
rt< 111 Tho man who has spent his
years III the creation of money values
knows that wealth in only a symbol,
I and that life'is what counts. .Yet , he
i is not unapprcclallye of what it win
ihuy. Ilia single visit in the town where
he goes to take tho baths Is to a florist,
Shop, In three minutes. It Is said, he
gathers the best of ail it contains. Of
course, ho misses the fun of raising
the flowers, hut It Is a healthy sign of
human feeling to love them. 'Mils
'same devotion to beauty has character
Ized much of the declining years of his
life. Regarding his generosity In help?
ing in the rcHtorntlon of the Campanile
In Venice, he declared. "Money devot?
ed to repairing works so lino und So
unique Is not n gift; It Ib a reparation
Tho Campaftllei hnd to be restored."
That Is n lofty nnd sincere attitude of
mind. Ureat works of art have to be
prcservod. Qenlus of any kind resolves
it.-eir at last Into simplicity and dlreot
i noss.
And In every case tho occupation
' with large affairs and long knowledge
I of tho world brings tho wisdom of set
ling the family affections abovo alloth
or rewards. Gray and old and embat?
tled, with his face towards the sunset.
Mr. .Morgan answered the query as to
bis greatest Joy In life, us follows:
"Work und my twenty-eight children
and grandchildren."
I The vanity of riches Is what the
! wise rich learn. Morg in In iris epi?
grams seems pretty human. And of
I the many Americans who frequent
Kurope us a playground or a health
. resort, he Is not the leust In dignity
! and hard sense.
============
' ?. V ACCOMMODATING IIRAR-ADMI-I
RAI..
The Navy League, which, as the New
York Nation tersely but comprehen
slvelj obsjrves, believes "In forced
draft battleships-?paid for by forced!
drafts ii|>on the tax-payers?and in xi |
: merchant marine nursed lino being and j
kept alive by artificial food." recently
asked Rour-Admlral Chadwick for his
views as to the restoration of our mcr- !
' CllUtlt fleet. Admiral Chad.wlck proved
accommodat ing?too accommodating
for tho oomfort of thei leaguers, H
would appear. Tho louguo received an
answer, but not mioh a on?, It is en?
tirely competent to Infer, as It desired.
Hero Is tho Initial declaration In tho
admiral's reply:
"I would say that I am not In favor
of subsidies of any hind. I think that
all that Is necossary to restore our
Shipping Is to abolish the Cromwellian
laws which now stand on our statute
books, and thus glvo our ship owners
a chance. Our overseas carrying trade
has been protected to death, llt?rally."
This somewhat ruthless and evident?
ly surprising bloiw at the league's fet?
ish tho admiral follows up with an?
other, which he lands on about th >
snme tender spot. Thus it Is deliv?
ered :
"All Um subsidies, nursing and cod?
dling in tH* world can't avail against'
our present brutally ignorant and un
buslhess-llkc system. I hatM had these
opinions many years, and to-day am as
strong In the Opinions 1 here express
as ?vor."
However. Admiral Chadwick, having'
gotten his "righting tacket" on and
his hnnd well In, w is not disposed. It j
seems, to stop short of giving complete !
Satisfaction. He therefore proceeds to j
hammer Into demolition the arguments ,
in favor o; their cause the American;
BUbsldiStS have based on the British
subsidisation polioy. Ho proves by
facts und figures that the premises of
our BUbsldlats are false and their de?
ductions forced and absurd. Tho Uril
ish government, he affirms aaiJ demon?
strates, does not subsidize at all, in
the senso In iwhlch our ship builders i
would have us do In this country.
Finally, and to adapt u part of the 1
Nation's review of his reply, the adtni- j
rul "quotes the seorstary-generul oil
the Hamburg-American Line, Jterr llul
demann. as citing the experience of
England und Germany to show that
??\ Ith virtually no eubsidies?the small?
est per ton of merchant fleet of any in
Europe?England and Oer many couiu ;
'immensely Increase their llects' In the
deeado. prior eo lSuP, England by al?
most 5,000,000 tens, and Germany by
more than 2,000,000 tons. Herr liulde
mann ssen clearly that tho lack ot
growth In other countries must In part
be ascribed to the falte educational j
Influence the system of subsidies Is ex- j
crclslng by the faot that it makes ths
receiver of the subsidy a government
pens-loner and (.-pares him tho trouble
of earning his bread by his own -ef?
forts." "
At the last, the solution, and the
only solution, of the problem of restor?
ing our n?< reliant marine lies, as Ad?
miral Cha .wick makes unchallengeably
plain, and. as the Nation ramlnds us.
dr iver Cleveland held, In free ships j
and In opening the doors to cumpoti- |
live ship building.
And U> Hint complexion there lsgriit- ,
H ying evidence It is coming, since I
: ome of the most porfervid subsldist
members of tho Chamber of Commerce
of N. -,v Vork, at the lato meeting of
the body to oonsldsr the free ship 1s
llie, admitted that tho hydra-headed
ship subsidy monstor had been prac?
tically wounded unto death.
Tlio Manassas Journal must b/? cred?
it?! with an original suggestion for a
Virginia State flower:
"Virginia has no flower emhlematlc
of iier aWeetness und beauty, but she
Is not alono In this, us a number of
.-' tej have net. If any Suite, how?
ever, would adopt a flower. It should
be Virginia, the Ohl Dominion, t'ne I
V i her of .States. In this connection,
wo would suggest the sweetly scented
,-aolnth, ope- of the earliest flowors
of spring. Virginia being tho scat of j
tht first English eetllement, tho first
. ? te to bud and blossom in this great
Union, it la llttlnxly appropriate. It;
i ild seem, that she ndopit ft flower
all the freshness of a hurst of a
nerw season."
An Irreverent North Carolinian has
i la the mean suggestion t-hat the
n or .iatii.??to-.vn weed should be
the Virginia Mate fiOW*r, since this
A tie exotic hart Ha origin In this
I oonntrj- at Jamestown, where It sprang
< ur> on h*aps-of ballast and otiher rub
? bls-h discharged fron? vessels.
"Jim Mullen's, whom Ilomco Oos?
at Castlewood Saturday h--fore
Christmas, has Just about recovered
jftorn Hm three pistol shots. H6 .Is
still In Jail f.- Violating the revenue
lawjt," says the 1-cbnnor. K?-*? Was
i lb .?. a Juliet at the bottom ,>r It:
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
I Grsndpaw.
When grandpa lions .us old square
specks and sits Mm down to
rouU
About Iho politics that vex and what
tile LKoplo need,
Tho family all sit In state until lit;
has got through
And almost anxiously do wait to hoot
what 'he Would do.
i He folds ihu paper carefully and then!
for hail' an hour.
1 lie stares up ut the celling with n
look that's mighty sour.
, When he huu got ii uH llirougiit out
ho gives us all u treat,
' In way of caustic comment that's
more forcible than neat.
! Ho slums tin, politicians and he lilts
reformers hard;
lie digs up ancient history ond
sprouts it by lite yard.
The way ho stains the modern fads
and fancies is u fright,
But after all is said ami done grand?
pa's most always right.
Cnuarkt ou the I'ly.
But there is one consolation. Nei?
ther Ecuador nor Paraguay can send
its revolution around the vaudeville
circuit.
A New Jereoy Democrat has resign?
ed an ofilce after holding it llfty-two
years. He is believed to be the only
Democrat on record who was allowed
to hold an office that long and the
only one whoever resigned an offiei
of any kind.
A Kansas Judge rules that no man
who makes only si u week hue a right
to get married. 'No, indeed: Not un?
less his bride Is a stenographer or a
manicurist.
Tho old gentleman who tmed to brag
about tho severe winter of J s7 I seems
to bo strangely silent tilts year.
The price of golf balls bus been ro
duced. Everything seems to break just
rig lit for John D.
Perhaps, In the Lorlmer Investiga?
tion, perpetual motion hag been found
ut last.
But there is no law ln Kentucky
OEulnst tipping the liquor Jug.
According- to l-'ncle Abner.
Old HI Porklns always tells how
Bryan would havo done fr If ho had
been president, and the" worst of It Is
nobody oan contradict Hi because no-j
body knows What Brynn would havo
done. I
Uflcle Bz Harklns says n good eold
; bottle of beer won't hurl nobody, but i
Hank Tumma suys Uncle Hz Is a Rnr,
I for ho was Knocked I sensible with
i ono once when Ehe bartonder throwed
It nt him down to the saloon.
When I sec a feller that don't take
no Interest In baseball?well, I ain't I
never seen one yet.
Miss Euphemia Perkins hns started
to commit suicido by starvation. She
hns tnkfn up poetry wrlttn' for the j
magazines. I
A family has moved in next to Hod
Petcrs's place, and Judglri' bv their;
wnshln', they must be some folks.
There was live white waists and a suit
of pajamas,
Mr. HI Huggtns. our popular spearer
and dealer In frog legs, reports thnt
the market Is on the .lump. Ill's wife
collects rUlmony from three former
husbands, nnd that, together with the
frog leg business, puts HI on easy,
street.
Miss Amy Pringle our popular mil
llnor. Is going to have three front
tooth tilled with gold and la having
the gold leaf signs removed from 'ler
millinery emporium for that purpose, j
Avoid TUese.
Woman who volunteers to entertain
the company with a song or two.
Men who wear bangs.
Bed .Manne! underwear.
? 'heap hammocks. .
Seventeen dollar automobiles
Cafe quartets.
Alfred Austin' poetry.
Mall order store teeth.
.Spindle legged golden chnlrs.
Designing momma who has seven I
daughters.
Smoking tobacco that they give
away.
tune time (f
squarely Into
os.. Judging f:
teranoes of a
For some Urn.
cnlly settled ih
Virginia State <
tiirht between tl
ernor Woodrow
Wilson o. the llooaes.
To the Editor '?!' Tho Times-Dispatch:'
Sir,? It seems to mo that certain
newspapers In Richmond, as wen m
elsewhere in tho State, are wont to j
lumbast everything that savora of
bossism, nnd then at u most ojvj>or
the bosses) play]
hands of the boss- I
recent cdltori.il ut- |
? of these papers, '.
they are now In tho act of repeating!
this trick as regards the presidential
situation.
it has been practl
,t the fight nt the
nventlon would be a
?? supporters of Oov?
Wilson for nn in?
structed delegation, on ono /land, and
the Opponent? ol Wilson, who favor an
unlnstructed delegation, on the other.
It Is a fact tor, apparent to admit of
discussion that me sentiment of Vir?
ginia Democrat |s largely In favor
r.f Wilson no t::- Democratic nominee
for the preside.-,, v. Hence tho oppon?
ents of Wilsen :? avo resolved to tight
for nn unlnstructed delegation to the
Baltimore ei m ? tion, as they renllfto
the utter futility of trying to secure
the delegation for any one of his op?
ponents.
Strange to say, the newspapers who1
profess to be nt variance with every?
thing that tends to bossism concur In
the scheme hatched In the fertllo brain
of bosses whn masquerade ns Demo?
crats. Admitting that Wilson 13 the]
APR MARTIN
Ulfe IIa.I lias returned from Oregon
greatly enthused over th' possibilities
there an' will return if he kin sell
bis mandolin, it hdlnt boon ho long
ii w .. an' event when mother
put on her honnol an' palsloy shawl
un' went out thro' th' front, gait.
choice of the Virginia Democrat* for
the presidency, why should not their
sentiment bo reflected at Baltimore?
Democracy Itself means a government
by the people, und when this bed-rocK
principle Is discarded as an absolut?
relic of the crude past, the very es?
sence of lifo Is removed from out
purly.
For over two years all of the candi?
dates now mentioned for the Licmo
cratlc nomination for the presidency
have been In the limelight; lh? people
have bad a chance to Judge Of them,
and of the principles which they
represent Now why at this late duto
say we have no preference, and t'aat
the question of a standard bearer
lurks off In the hinterland of party
pulley ?
1 or what do we Lend representa?
tives to tile national convention? Is It
not to reflect our sentiments and give
voice to our thoughts? When we
commit our Interests to the delegates
it in presumed thut they will be true
to our Interests and net betray the
trust reposed In them. Wual would
wo think of u canuidute for Congress
or any othor legislative oflKo who,
asking ior our suffrages, would sal:
"I shall be bound by no code of prin?
ciples, but win bo governed by policy
alono"? We might have an abiding
confidence In his lutegrity, but would
we care to run the risk of having
him us our representative? Nay.
verily!
1 believe that the Democruta have
a most excellent chance to elect the i
next President But I do not think I
thut a- reactionary can be elected, oven j
though professing to be a Democrat.
To win we must have a genuine pro- |
gretslve Democrat us our leader. The
free elements of thought In the coun- I
try are now assorting themselves with ,
remarkable seal, inut will Inevitably '
work profound changes and murk this
as a most noteworthy era In the his- |
tory of American politics. The greut
Democratic landslide of 1010 was not
an earnest of future Democratic suc?
cess. Uut on the contrary It meant
thut If the Democrats of the country
showed an ability to grasp the magni- i
tudo of the situation, and inude an j
honest effort to relieve tho people of
the Intolerable turliT burdens Imposed !
by trust-controjled lawmakers, then
that record should be taken as a
criterion for further confidence. The j
people want a change?not from Re?
publicanism, but from oppression. ,
They will brook no candidate who does
not honestly believe lu u relorrnatlon.
They have
"A weapon firmer set and better than
the bayonet?
A weapon that comes down still as
snowflakes fall upon the st?i;
Yet executes the frecman'B will as
lightning docs the will of Clod.
And from Its force no bolts or locks
can shield you?
'Tis tho ballot box."
To my mind Woodrow Wilson Is pre?
eminently the logical Democratic enn- i
dldate. Ho represents tho principles !
: . whloh tho people are clamoring for j
enactment. He Is a genuine progres?
sive, and ono whom none but tho bosses i
and special Interests need fear. Ho
would add lustre to the already bright
galaxy of Virginians who have ocou- I
pled the presidential ohalr. The proof i
of these assertions Is found In the fact
that he Is being so violently oppqsed
by the memlos of a fieo government.
Itosses an<l manipulators have been
busy slnco his name was brought for?
ward as a presidential possibility try
? ng to derldo and defame his name,
rhey have with glguntlc strokes and
malevolent precision hurled maledic?
tions at his head. Bui after all this bis
genius shines forth with adamantine
brilliancy. Dong after the bark of
'.boss little, flees shall cense to fret
*.ho circumambient air, and oblivion
A-Ith a charitable hand shall have cov
ercd their trail, Woodrow Wilson will
be canonized as one of tho grontest
Democrats, nnd his teachings will bo
laugh t to the rising gonoratlons.
In conclusion, lot mo ask shall wo
Virginians bo modo n part and parcel
?>r the cabal now being attempted t<J
lellver the Democracy over to tho Wal] i
Street interests? Khali wo counteiuine0
inch a base Intrigue? Shall Virginia
add nnother to chariots of mystery |
bound for Baltimore, nlong with such |
rlngstern as Charles F. Murphy, of N ew
York? I pause for an answer.
W. IS. BBVERLiY.
Rocky Mount.
Memorial for Tltpnlc Heroes.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?The Chivalry of our forefathers
lias found expression In untold acts orj
such unparalleled heroism that thO|
world emerges from Its sorrow:
with tho great gift of new In?
spiration for such deods of undying I
fame In a tragedy "as and and!
deep and dark ns can bo wovon
of the wnrp nnd woof of mystery and
death.''
No tragedy in action can equal the
Glorios as told by the survivors of laut]
Monday morning. No story can or will
be written of greater manhood. Men'
went down to their death, obeying u.'
last law of ir.au, tho unwritten law ol
tlio sen. And they met death square?
ly, fucu to face, as only brave men can.
They bore with them only tho con?
sciousness of a duty, well dono ur.ii
faithfully performed. This it m that
makes us men, inut faUrs our bled
and urges all men on. Ii awakens men
to the fact thul tho chivalry of thu
dark ages la not yet a thing of the
past, but iillll au.oldur." In our bre '
to be llamed into living lire, when- need
arises. It leaches men that tho Anglo
Saxon race places something ubovo ?
moro lifo. And It teaches them other
tr.lugs; It teaches them of love and
devotion, of the love Which I6fuece
tnparulion, a love which clings to love
until death itself doth part. It brings
thu message of self-control, of mastery
over mln? und matter, even as the
waves enveloped tho souls of the fate?
ful us the ship slowly boro them to
thuli grave.
l'or the band gathered on Ihe deck
end played "Nearer, My (Jod, to Thee, '
for the comfort of those who could
hear. These could face death unflinch?
ingly; they were men. No pen could
portray a mo're dramatic closa than
this simple, but Impressive act, to u
tragedy us aaa and deup and dark. *
It la uaelCBs to dwell further upon
ll.o details und Incidents of It all. Long
since tboy have become Indelibly Im?
printed upon our minds and souls, to
be carried with us as u reminder of
our heritage.
The Question arises, should not We,
Anglo-Saxons, admired tor our hero
worship, should not we. as u fitting
completion to Iho sacrifices 01 the men
in their obedience to that "law" of tho
t.ea and to the lovo und devotion of
those who Went down to their death,
refusing life rather than life without
loved ones, und to thu oanu who corn
forted the dying with a tnought of the
lifo to comu, thC/Uld not wo erect some
reminder of thtBo acts of heroism and
of thu heritage which is Intrusted lo
the cure of tiio generations to follow
us utter our death?
Let us one and all unite in tho ef?
fort to erect some permanent murk of
esteem for such deeds us displayed on
last -Monday morning
JAM KS A. RODGES US.
Ashls-nd, V.l., April L'o. 1912.
V li-u luii..'? Unprotected Mumiacrlptn.
To the Editor of Tho 'ITraeg-DIspaich:
Sir,?Will you permit even a str.inn?
er from Kentucky to call attention to
What sueiiis u serious shortcoming of
the state of Virginia?
I think you will ilnd tho motive an
entirely friendly one.
1 have several limes had occasion
10 Inspect your manuscript collection
in tho Virginia State Library In Rlch
niond?thu most valuable historic mine
in America?and to me Its crowded |
condition und Imminent danger from |
lire are amazing?even appalling. Sure?
ly your Legislature can have no con
ceptlou of its value, or it would not I
permit it to bu doomed tu destruction, |
as Ii will be ii It rcma'ns where and
its It is.
Tho building In which the manu?
scripts are kepi is In no sense fireproof.
Fires are liable to stin t any day in tho
ol?ecB On the lower Hour. The manu?
script room has not only wooden ii.s,
door and window frames arid shelving,
but is closely packed with inflam?
mable books, muguzincs, newspaper
files.
When recently the New York State
House nt Albany burned it was r t
lim loss of tho S^o.oOOvjOo hiitld'ug
that was most deplored, but the de?
struction of the rare historic manu?
scripts tliero. Millions could not have
bought them. Millions cannot replace
them,
Yet that loss was small compared
With what not only Virginia, but the
nation will probably suffer, if your
unique and priceless collection should
continuo In anything liko Its present
dangerous situation.
The library officials are plainly pow- I
ericas, us things are at present, to
improve the conditions. The only thing |
to bo dono is to provide for the hous?
ing of this priceless collection In an
absolutely fireproof building, furnish?
ed throughout with metal shelving,
lillng cases and other furniture. This
building should bo situated at n ins?
tance from any other building?unless ]
a fireproof one?and nothing of an
inflammable nature (besides ihe manu?
scripts themselves) should bu allowed
In It. It should bo amply large both
for the proper classification, arrange?
ment and display Of tho present col?
lection, and for the proper accommoda?
tion of accessions for generations lo
come. With a suitable pl&CO for their
reception, most valuable accessions
could very shortly bo obtained, con?
sisting both of private collections nnd
of documents now In tho possession Of
the several State departments. But
leaving nsldo tho possibilities of
growth, and considering, merely the
collection as It nt present stands. It
seems to mo that Virginia owes It to
herself, to her great past, to her great
historic names, to her remotest pos?
terity, and also owes It to the nation
nt large to care properly for this great
treasure received by her as a sacred
trust from past ages for future ages.
TEMPLE BODLKV.
, Louisville, Ky.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
l nslgned Loiters etc.
There have been severs.! doze:, Pu?
ters destroyed because they have no
signature or ask to have business ad?
dresses published in tins column. One
might support mat (the statements
have been made often enough for any
one to understand that no letters will
b* noticed unit as they have real sig?
nature, and that no trade addresses
win be given here. Still correspond?
ents go cheerfully along writing to
u.'k toe, address of the Jones Jewelry
Company or tbo Smith Shoe Store und
sending In notes with no signature but
"X. Y. SS."' or ' Dully Header."
Ulil Library HelonaiUK".
Please Inform roe who will buy a
lot of excellent old books, plot urea and
pamphlets. MUH. B B. N.
Gladly, If you will eend stamped and
addressed envelope, Business addresses
cannot he published here; it Is tuo
much like free advertising.
Ilriicik Trout,
A correspondent asked some time
ago whether there was Hill a at! cam
In Virginia which would furnish spoit
for the trout fisherman. I know such
u stream In Highland and will write
fully about 11 it jour correspondent
will write me ul Hlghtown, Va.
JOHN H. HBVBNT3R.
Mr. Havener's mall Is likely to be of
the "endless chain" variety if all who
ar? Interested In auch a trout stream
write to him.
Mr. C'nrueKlr's Address,
Please give mo Andrew Carnegie's
address. A. 8.
2 Hast Ninety-first Street. New York
City.
Physics.
Can water rise !r. n p!p<* higher than
tho level of the reservoir from which
the water comes? Would it make any
difference whether the '.ody of water
was large or small? II. V. W.
No. No.
Colonel Withers.
Please state date of birth of Colo?
nel Withers; tho Kentucky trotting
horse owner. Whore was he educated?
Did he. serve In the war? A. D. W,
William Temple Withers was born
January 8, IS-.'.. In Harrison county,
Ky. lie was educated at Bacon Col?
lege, liarrpdsburg, Ky.. volunteered
for service In the Mexican War. rose
to rank of lieutenant and received two
bullet wounds, ultimately tho cause
of his death. He practiced law as
partner with Jusl'ce Sharkcy, of Mis?
sissippi; entered the Confederate ser?
vice at the beginning of the Civil
War: organised the Mississippi Light
Artillery, which he commanded ni
Colone; during the war. !!<? returned
to Kentucky In lS'Tl aipl established
tho Falrlawn Stablos, which soon be
came famous._
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