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MONDAY. ANGUST IS. 1913.
Tin-: ii.kjiit ok tiiaw.
The spectacular lligtit from the Mat- i
I
Asylum of ll.tiry Th.iw Is,
f ?nictlung' more than the startling I
< imax to a remarkable story of ail- j
vmture. It l? a shining example of
ihe possibilities to which our lack of
Interstate l:;?' may l^ad.
1'nder existing statutes, there is no
?a \y by which Thaw can be returned
to X. a York from the State to wh'cli
h? lias fled. Ulil'PS ho is arrest*.1 i:i
1 '5 now habitat and convicted of
lunacy. In such circumstances he
would not properly be a charge <>n the j
Stn t? ? it. which he might he declared
Ir.sa:1. for the second lime, and might ?
* retrnrd. thouuli New Vork would)
r t be c npelled to take him. As a |
tn. tt - ' courtesy, however, lie would I
be received. But as Ions as he is
r< ,i: l i i sane in the State to which
he h pone, there is no Federal
ttit.it. by wh'ch h>- may bo returned.
The dangers of 'his will bo obvious
to <mr wim recalls that the laws of
mans Stat- s imw provide for tho per- !
inanent custody in an Institution of j
Insane crlniinnls who. If sane, would ^
b v ? ti dentil. In tiiis sense, the
lun.'iti at law a criminal, and as
??:. ;? tni'th: b-. rei-;trd<'d as a fugitive
from Justice, and returned by extra
diti n. But this is a new view, which
has not round acceptance at law. ;
Til :e ari-. of course, peculiar case? i
wh re nur failure to enact laws for
the return of the insane is the means
of saving .. man from injustice; but
there are m<\ny more rases where the
pn -tit la k ?f legislation may give
freedom to men who do not deserve
It Tin need of interstate comity and
Federal statute Is. therefore, manifest
bey,.: d question,
W< American people, of the older
Commonwealths at least, are hrni be
lievers in the rights of the States, anil
we. ar, convinced that upon the main
tenance ol these rights the safety of
the <v. iiutry depends At the same
titn-. oar v.. .il to protect the inter
est of a single State, we may do tn- j
justice tn tho interests of all the
Ma11 s. Here, as in all lawmaking,
r.oril of somo ooininon-scnso 1*0*10
jusiment between the theory of State
rights and the welfare of tho nation
is daily more apparent.
Wll \T tMlil. m:\vi.A MIS pot
It "p.ntild be strange indeed if ihe
F'-nate 1' ni'^'r.itic majority on tho
ts.r'.tf >j 1 *; 1 should be turned Into a mi
nority hy Senator Newlands. of Ne
va it, yet. from yesterday's Intelligence
ft >111 Wash:.' gton, there appears strong
pri ? lb.llty that such may be the case.
']"? situat:on with reference to th?
yi !,'>r Senator fr mi that small State
Is :using alarm on the part of those
v.; .1 are commissioned with the < ngi
n ' rinc of the chief Democratic meas
ure thr-iigh the upper chamber. The
r- - or '? t it he. after a month In
>,\ \ W.fol'eh ?'?lie had been 111- ld
J: - V .- ,-.i.!:tlc!i> fences, Is returning
i-I W "shir, gton to vote against th*
t , ? ? ? ut the f.n t that he
- r. f-?r re-election next year, and
? ? ?. jt?. 1 that If he V"t< s f
f: : ;\w w and '> ee sugar lie will
: ? ?: 1 k to the- Senate. II. Is ,
? st the 1,111 0:1 principle, and !
? ? ; i- t ? ? ins lie r? us., of t h< .
'? .? i f S- ? t?>r .(.'hnstfui atid the 111- i
ness of Senator Culberson, Senator I
.v- wi n'lr holds 1 >..? b.ilaii'-.. of power, !
1 .1 -an probably *ay by his vote ?
w.et ? r* ? r : -i th bill shall pass.
1: - v i- ? ?? against tho bill, he will
V . com pa ny /'Ithln hN own party in
? 1 ?? Se:.;.torr. lrom l.oulslanrt, and, of
? tto ::.i: 1 ? r.t;.- party. His eoursi
1:. I - the ; ? .rig <<i the obi politi 1
l'1 it Bipt- si-iitativf-s ir.'i S- * i
t- pr? s- i.t, not their lnillvM; :,l
? -,te'' e s but the wi'i'e ? li i:' iv
w-11 N'atu: r.lly, most publ ?
1 ? vi i .' - i-v.-r :i :i. i f ti 1 of re.
el.:1 ti l, !o t tsuch Inch groun 1,
b: ' th. i ? I; r to en i t ihl( ex
1 ????... Such a one w ...s that of U C>. C
3.i r. - i Missis-tlppi, wh ,
11, - -,v , ? ? ,:i a tided by the i .
l.i'isre of i-iat sta t?- to change hi?
I?..sitl..r on the as.me.t ami lit
d ,i<- 1 t toil ' " curi e- i y. I (ri
fuse-'i, i .1 v ii? i sought vi: 'iiea.
f, ?ij at I' ?? hands ? f tli? p> opln of
Mis? - ;>;? < ? ? ??A il- .ni: itly re
turned. in is I.. William <'<impb(dl
?pres.ton a V r.- t. mi rn, r- -'.-?ned ns
Ur.iteii ??? f s -.tor f? ? South i ':ir?.
lina hi .. i. re' i?- 1 t ? a 1<<;.t the
V1.A ? lit hi ??..*.?? . ? . e \ S.:. : i h
have been I ? . V -v. v.-r ?_?! a - ? it.
?likely to bocoine moire cqmmon tinker
the present tie '? ' ?! i':u
That our old fi 1? ' i ??
Mill in the running it ati-ned ' v t
fait that lit Moj? i f . N- a i
Saturday. Jim lias betn to b.n le
tini<>& and lias made oi.e h ' >. iit..t t'.??
eeasoii, which hit has < -t .1?? 1. ? t M<
liraw some hundrod Himoleo-.s.
?\\'e are willing to take rain wl i ? t
coniCH, a.'ifl lliank you, too,- but 1! it
vero to fall sonu afternoon wmle I
tnisburg 's playing- at honie xind the
Colt (j arc winning hcie, it would b?
iloubly juiccytablfi.
IM'II.DIVt; H'?VOT DOWN.
A discerning critic of public men
and measures, returning from Wash
ington. was asked recently to express
his opinion of tho man who Is guiding
from the Whito House the affairs of
the nation. Ills answer was slmplo:
"Woodrow Wilson builds tip, not down,
and that's tho reason ho has tho con
fidence of tho people."
Here Is food for thought. When Wil
son came to tho presidency he had
, models of every fashion after which
J to design his service. Ho might fol
j low tho example of that noblo old
| Roman, (trover Cleveland, and admln
I Istor with a strong hand the fwocutivo
affairs of the government, while leav
ing to Congress and the courts all not
immediately under his charge. Or he ]
might follow the lend of Taft and bo
precisely what his party leaders In j
Congress told him ho should be. Or j
lie might, if ho chose, have remein- '
bored Theodore the Vociferous, and J
have made !tis administration cno of '
condemnation.
Ho followed none of the three, lie j
has kept before him the highest Ideal 1
of duty, and ho has made his every i
end constructive. When ho has been I
forced to point out an evil, he has been !
ready with a remedy, and when he has 1
"'It it his duty to criticize, ho has i
been specific. Ho is succeeding ac- :
cording ly.
Every man In public life and every !
organ of public opinion should learn
lesson from this example of upbuild
ing. It is. of course, far easier to nrit- '
Icize than to correct, and it is often
? much more inviting. One knows that i
a certain element of tho public do- i
lights in tho condemnation of things !
as thov are, and one is sometimes I
tempted to criticize for the effect It |
has upon the enemies of those who are '
attacked Constructively to criticize 1
Is a different matter. It requires
thought, patience and self-restraint. It '
brings less glamour and less or that
tnw iir> fame which borders on noto
riety. it demands reason and judg
ment and pood temper: It forbids hasty
utterance and general Indictment. it
Is, in short, a task for men.
Hut how much more lasting are its !
results! 10very groat movement In our
history has been the fruit of construe- !
live endeavor: every disaster tho out- i
come ?f Helpful j
a?tv!ee and honest consideration en- '
courage vigorous effort, reward faith- ?
f'il public servants, overcome preju- '
dice and outweigh bigotry. They, and
they alone, have a place in an ago I
when men of many minds are striving |
to reconcile their differences for tho
common weal.
Besides all this. It is in tho end far !
more pleasant to help than to condemn.
.Some, to be sure, have that grim de
light in controversy which made the
old painter. William Hogarth, declare
that his memorable war with Wilkes
and Churchill had restored his youth.
Hut the average man never condemns
unjustly but that lie lives to regret '
It. and never falls to reap in bitter- I
noss of spirit all that he has sown in <
Kalliim words.
Of course, constructive criticism
cannot l>o had with the simple wish- j
tag All of iif-- must err. and all of I
us must i egret: yet we can only rise '
on the ruins' of our failure, and we
can only do better things because we
have done worse. Those of us who
work tog( ther for The Times-Dispatch
have striven to be constructive, and 1
with tho splendid example ,.f our '
President before us, we want to pledge. '
again those whom we serve that the
effort of this paper will be to upbuild :
rather than to destroy, to help rather*
than to hinder.
TltlS M\lt\Ki. at IIOX Alii.
People who road of tho recent
troubles at the Virginia Home and In
dustrial School for Cirls will probably
conclude that tho Inmates are about
as tough as they make them; and tho
average man in the streets will won- I
d r how discipline is ever maintained !
there.
Tli'- ansv. . r i? the real marvel In the
history of this reformatory for girls.
As long as ' h' matron Is left alone
with lo t girls and Is protected from !
Intruder; she has little trouble of any j
.-??i t Indeed, as she testified at the j
!.<? avlT f. she would r.e perfectly will- |
li ; !<? assume eh a rp,e of one hundred
^iils anil wouid bo responsible for their
.-?o.i.i conduct If she could bo saved
troin the visits of oth< r people.
Tho marvel grows when one con
tri t- with the riott.us scenes of ro
? Tit days at the Ik.mo the. normal
good "i'<i. r Instead of a mutinous,
kw eurint nidi, tho girls are an
orderly, well-behaved and well-nian
i? d hoid. It a stranger meets one
' i t . ? gulf, she will vry promptly
t'irn hci ! ,;i k or else will retire at
f'u' -'s ? -me upon invita
' ' :? f the in Lt i-'.n, the g iris fairly
o themselves in song and reclta
t lo,n.
What accounts I r thu contiast?
M::.lu th< answer |s th<j remarkable
? -Mother" Mght Tho ?_ 11 in ,n.
? -t her and loon Vlti to her as way
u ' ' ehihlien to a Mindly mother. They
i ver "! i" so her. lo ver fall to obey lor
! J -''I'd :? ? llv j, t *:i under the . n
{ ?'??* ? trat.ge ?rintual power Take
h- r as you ulli. Mrs. l.lght Is or..; w,,.
:: ,!1 i!' ?' thousand, and the or.l. thinr
iu n<-? dn to i take her work . st i .
? ,Q to be lot nlotit to di. ?!?:11.,?
? ':d t? ? adntonl.-h
U'e trust the publicity whl h |i:.
Keen given ii,?- homo will e< iSn with
' .|">j t of the Hoard of Charities
W' '' ; People will ,. ,
that these lit:! ...,1s ari. lU{.y
. e, not liecavue they are u,y woi ..
?' 1 ' "sl of i<n ei;-||:g World, but
' they a re the hm ultimate vie.
' l"'> "f '"'y - - Ini) rope,
viror ment ' The i .the. have eaten
: 'iui gra;>?H, and the ?? 1?Ihiien'b teeth are
a iid
g< tl'-. -iUS
' '? b- d. (1 ruer< ifully wit. ,,
A levy .f Alabama bcniHics. visni,,^
! -altiinore. i emurked that it
like home1 Js this a boost f?.? Hai,,.
mojt or a knock tor Alubumaf
'I'll 12 HKST Nl'HVK'K TO TUB KARM.
Tho praise being given our new edu
cational venture** is fully merited and
j Justly deserved, nnd wo should have
j nothing to say against It did It not.
, for some strange reason, fall to Includo
: the very boat work that Is being done
I In our schools.
This Is not the training In agrlcul
I tvtro or In tho manual arts: It is tho
work of the glrla' canning and pardon
clubs work that moans more to the
future of Virginia than its simple
namo would indlcnte.
The deepest curso on tho happiness
of the average poor family in tho coun
try Is tho cooking they have to endure.
This seems remarkable In a Stato with
such traditions of pood food, but it
is. nevertheless, truo. The laborer
makes enough for the support of his
family In tho country, and the small
farmer should fare sumptuously every
day. Instead, for tho reason that his
wlfo does not know how to cook, ho
sits down three times a day to a meal
that ruins his dlgostlon and saps his
strength. Hot soda biscuit soaked
with greaso, fat meat burned to death
?r else half raw, badly cooked vege
table* and poorly-canned fruits aro the
diet of many thousand of our small
farmers.
'ihe girls' canning and cooking clubs
aim to end this. They teach the girls
how to cook, how to husband their
resources and how profitably to utillzo
much that now goes to waste. Tho
teachers explain to the girls how tho
petrches. tomatoes and berries, which
are now being thrown away, or else
SO poorly canned that they cannot be
oaten may bo saved for tho winter
nioiu is i i,ey show them something
of food values and preach tho heresy
of too much fried cooking.
If civilization is gauged by the skill
" n nation's cooks, some of us are
barbarians, but we may hope for pr0g.
work^Uh th0 Spi'ead of this splendid
IT."
s >luuh i ats, wo have hoped that
J , JmPe?chment proceedings against
,7"'" "ha
. ,ot ,,s nt ^^st love him for lhe
tnomics he has made, with Tammany
arrayed agn Inst him, we have waited
to see if he might not give us so.ne
cause to side against his enemies if
not with hlni.
?ut it seems that this unfortunate I
? ? 18 b?Und ?>? wrong I
bing, and is determined to keep from j
3,d0 lhose who would like to ex
press their opinion of Tammany. As
??banco after elianeo has cmno. lie has
put them by with the apparent purpose
of fighting his battle alono against
those who have been ashamed to con
soi t with his opponents.
0,10 of bis latest utterances i?
ciliated to add to the ranks of his ene
mies. He could stand it all. he avers
but for the fact that his foes have
insisted on dragging his wife Into tho
proceedings.
That about caps the climax. Who
brought poor Mrs. Sulzer into his dis
graceful affair and who permitted her
lo make a confession that had broken
her nerves and sent her lo h>d a very
HI woman? Did Sulz.-r's enemies do
tins? If they had, u o might shut our
eyeg to ilie charges against the Gov
ernor nnd extend him at least some
measure of sympathy in his trouble.
Hut as It Is, one feels thnt Sulzer Is
trying to hide behind his wife, for
every one. knows that it was from tho
"People'! House" that tho alleged con
f' -slon of Mrs. Bulger came. Rvery
one supposes that the Governor Is mas
tor of ills own household and could or
should have kept her irm speaking.
As It is, a people who respect woman
hood will censure Sulzer for ever al
ii.wing h-r to shoulder the blame and
will resent his cliarpro that others
brought distress to his wlfo by en
couraging her to speculate. He la a
very poor husband who will uncover
to the world any mistake of his wlfo
even it she really makes it.
The Houston Post boasts that last
\\ ednesday only live people were shot
in thnr unknown village. The paper
pro perl v declines to state how many
thousand stay half-shot thero at all
times, to cover their roKret at not
being able to move to Virginia.
Secretary Daniels's proposition to de
vote (lie annual surplus to tho Navy
would be all right but for the fact that
the Navy sees to It that thero is no
surplus.
Tampa boasts that it made 300.000.0no
cigars last year, but we should hate to
hold the city responsible for the 1,000,
000,000 smudges that pass by its name.
Jacksonville, Fla., boasts of a "cinder
row." but to save us wo don't know
whether it means a street or a railroad
fracas.
New York papers resent the action
(?f a customs inspector In demanding
duty on the recaptured Davis tennis
cup, doubtless because the winners
should be entitled to all the privileges
of prlvat'-ly hocking it to pay their
; bills at N'i\v York hotels.
Thoso who have hoped for a speedy
ending of the Sulzer caso should not bo
lor, optimistic, for Thomas W. Law son
has announced that he wishes to say
a feu things in Bulger's behalf. Con
tinued In our i6sue of November, 1914.
We hope hospitable Richmond did not
deny visiting merchants their nil of
Hanover watermelons, but we warn
these gentlemen that the available sup
ply of these treasures is limited, and
thnt tho only outsider suro of all ho
needs Is tho man who buys them In
i(i< hmond.
it might not bo a bad Idea for the
?d? xlcan Congress to emulate the New
ork Legislature and Sulzerlze liuerta.
If Sulzer is innocent there in conso
lation In tho thought that when the
trial comes, tiger akin cannot bo made
to look lik? ermine.' .
Hac.on Is retailing for cents In
'he market, but there Is the sweet re
llection that k pound of Virginia mid
idling is worth a nldo of Western meat.
On the Spur of the
Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Hunk.
nn 'dee," said Farmer Brown,
meres too much buncoinbo floatln'
aroun".
You can't ko hero and you can't go
tli-re
And you can't go travclin' anywhere
some feller is on your trail
a sure investment that cannot
tail.
Ho tells you i.ovr you kin git rich
quick.
And his method, 3t Bounds purty doir
Kono slick.
He tells you how to make dollars
prow,
!intiV y?i7 W,U Jos' he rolUn' Jn dough.
lie II sell you mino stock fer a eon*
rhate going to double buforo very
long
And he puts up such a winning spiel.
lou feel yourself ownin' an oatmo
bile,
A place in the country and one In
town.
And a private yacht fer a dollar
down.
Or else some invention ho has got
I hat s goln' to clean up a powerful
lot
Of coin inside a year or two.
It Is a bonanza through and through.
lie \vise, my son. hud refuse to hear
And turn to the slickers your plaster
e.'ir,
For if his scheme meant so durned
much pelf
This feller would be runnln' it lilm
I self.
| Hang unto your dough fer a rainy
| day
And make your money in the pood old
way.
Save up your dollars as wise folks
do,
And the poorhousc never will yawn
for you."
Don'ts for Hot Weather.
Don t wear fleeced-lined underwear.
Don't eat more than twenty-four
buckwheat cakes at a sitting.
Don't split wood for your wife.
Don't wear furs or carry a muff.
Don't wear arctics or a bearskin
cap.
Don't hang around cook stove all
day.
Don't do any sort of work.
Tlic Dlnry of a flonehend.
The temperature registered 102 Inst
evening when my wife suggested that
it would be a pood,time to go over and
[?-.?ill on Mr and Mih. Jones I couldn't
see why that time was better than
H"> <>ti>or, but just the same, we went.
On the way over wo stopped and picked
up Mr. (ind Mrs Hitiks. who also owed
the Jones family a duty call. I.ast
winter they invited all of us to a card
[party. so we owed them a call.
They invited us into the parlor, where
tile pus lights were going full tilt
and trying to pile up dividends for
the owners of gas stock In our town.
The lip his raised the temperature to
115 In the shade, and there was no
shade to speak of.
We had been seated something less
than a minute when the Inevitable hap
pened. They trotted out Amaryllis,
their youngest daughter. who is a
shark on elocution. This was at 8
o'clock.
Amaryllis started In with "Ourfow
Shall Not Ring To-Nisht." and. be
ing loudly applauded by her pnrenfs,
she followed with "The Midnight itiile
of Paul Kevcre."
At 9:30, Amaryllis pulled the first .
few stanzas of "lllawatha." and be- I
ing a champion long-distance elocu
tionist. she finished It by 10 o'clock. 1
Dinks h .d peeled down to his shirt In |
spite of the angry glances of his wife,
which somehow I10 failed to see, and I
had my collar oft! ami my shoes under
the davenport.
Mr. and Mrs .Tones assured us that
Amaryllis could no 011 for an hour
longer, and Amaryllis did, without any
coaxing, proceed right through until
midnight. ft'hen the clock struck 12
she was In the middle of the "Ancient
Mariner," and making unprecedented
time. Dinks had been out f-<r a half
hour and hung over his chair like a
damp dishrag
We left suddenly before the "Ancient
Mariner" had completed his journey,
but could get away only bv promising
to return next week and hear Poo's
"?Raven" and "Barbara Frietehl* " We
were all so weak that we had to go
homo in a taxi.
Iteforo cultivating friends And out if
there is an infant prodigy in the
family who has an inclination toward
reciting poetry.
Voice of the People
i
(Jive Virginia Democrats n Ileal Decla
ration ol' 1'rlnelplcM.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?In Virginia we. have a formida
j Me national Democratic party, but
| liavti we, in so far as matters pertain
(to the State's government, a Demo
cratic party? If so. for what doc* It as
a party stand on present State Issues 1
and questions? If it stands l' r any
thing definite as a party 011 State is
sues and policies that are not already
enacted into law, when and how was it,
as a party, committed to any position
on any question, and especially upon
the all-important pending questions of
lax reform, the abolition or retention
of the present olficers' fee system, the
F LIES!
Ilorne mnnnrc In the principal
hatching plaeo for (lien.
It can he mnde sterile frith eonl
oil, carbolic ncld, copperns vrnter or
dry loam by mixing thoroughly.
Horsemen, wtiihlemen. owners of
horse* mid sanitary Inspectors, pnj
attention! Cut this out.
I.et 101.1 lit a Uyless yenr
Abe Martin
Mrs. l.afo nud ).a
church, as th' sermons nor
baby A fe lor with a wife don't have
t go t a palmist.
qui1 goln' t"
disturb her
AT A WOMAN'S GOLF TOURNAMENT.
By John T. McCutcheon.
lOonrricbti 1918: By John T. MoChitotooo.]
f"uTF5r-TXvTfTC
/faTcff*
liquor question, or any other publlo i
question which may or will come bo- i
fore. the next Legislature of this .State? |
On these questions we havu honestly
entertained divergent views by Indi- j
viduals, ouch of \\ hojn says, claims an<l
known he Is a Democrat. For Instance. J
on the liquor question, one Democrat!
will say ho Is in fnvor of "local oj>- {
tion," while another, with tho same'
lights before him, will say ho is In j
favor of the "enabling act"; or, for in-1
stance, on tho question of the officers' j
fee system, one Democrat will say he |
is for salaries outright for all or most,
all officers; another for fees to be paid j
to the officer up to a certain amount, j
and after that maximum has been
reached, the residue of all f?-es to bo
turned into the treasury of the State, j
and still another will say he is for the
retention of tho f*io system, without'
any interference. And it may lie said;
that each of tlieso several views on said j
question can bo presented and argued
with a Rood show of reason.
Hut. either or any view that may bo
presented upon said questions, or any
ether of public importance in the stato,
are they not individual, not party,
views? Most assuredly they are mero
individual views, becauso there has
been no collective pronouncement of
the individuals composing the Demo
cratic party upon these or upon any
other question pertaining to tho State's
government for a lonp while.
It seems to mo that the Democratic
party's position on State questions is
more or less uncertain and even cha
otic. and being so. Its Virginia contin
gent, over State questions and policies,
is in danger of becoming disrupted.
Parlies, like men, in order to achieve
anyihii.g, must stand out boldly for
something, and, unafraid, take positions
on public questions.
If there is any danger In my appre
hensions of the ultimate hurt to tho
Democratic party in this State, if things
go on as they are going, is there a
remedy to prevent such hurt? 1 think
so, and that is a convention of Demo
crats annually or biennially, called for
ihe purpose of making and putting
forth a platform of the party. Then
the people will know when they go to
vote that they vote for a principle anil
not for a name merely.
Suppose Wilson and Marshall had
have been nominated without a decla
ration of principles of the party, would
thoy have been elected? Surely not.
Hut suppose they had havo been elected
under such circumstances, with tho
same Congress and Senate, what would
havo been the attitude of tho self-styled
Democrats on tho present pending bill
for tariff reform? Some would havo
taken one view and soino another, and
we now would have been certain that
nothing was going to bo done towards
tefortning tho tariff. So, 1 fear, It will
be this winter witn our Legislature to bo
elected this fall?nothing will be done.
Tho individual numbers of a Demo
cratic Legislature will lit^ht each other
like cats. K. \V. PKN'NINC/TON.
Pennington Gap, Va.
A Ilrond View of I'roCessor Jordan's
Ideas.
To lite Kdltor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Sir,?May I ask space for the fol
lowing few thoughts upon a subject
which I feel is of interest to the citi
zens of the State at largo?
Having read tho article by Professor
Jordan, of the university, published
In the Atlantic Monthly, on "Tho So
lution of tho Negro problem," I feel
more than a passing Interest In tho
criticism, by certain editors, of state
ments or conclusions which appeared
In Professor Jordan's paper. In dis
cussing iite negro problem. Professor
Jordan expressed views and opinions
bccauso of which, in the opinion of
tho editors mentioned, ho should he
asked to resign. Do not such methods
belong to the seventeenth rather than
tho twentieth century?
Professor Jordan, as a white man
and a citizen of Virginia, does not be
lieve In the Intcrir.arringo of tho races.
Professor Jordan, as a scientist, In
view of prosent facta, and looking
down the ages, may see, from his lino
of reasoning, that such will be tho
! ilnal outcome. If his reasoning Is
sound, It will 3tan<! notwithstanding
our (social order is threatened thereby
In common with a large majority of
whlto men (Including Profeasor Jor- :
dun*, I feel that 111o marriage between
whites and blacks docs violence to '
one's conception of the tUness of j
things, and view with disgust the ac
tion of tliOKO who differ from us In i
this matter.
N'or, Mr. Editor, while this Is true,
was it fair to Rttack Profersor Jordan >
from this quarter? It was certainly j
not scientific. "Sclenco is classified \
facta." We )iave here In the paper j
under discussion, the views of a scien
tific man, upon a scientific subject, j
before a scientific audience. 11c no
doubt Kiivc his honest views and con
clusions, but when the gun of social
osttaclsm was turned upon him
through tho public press, ho, like
"Crockett's coon" at once came down
and, by way of explanation, said: "I
did not say It; If I said It I did not
mean st."
Professor Jordan, like many who
have preceded him, has been forced
to run tho gauntlet of public opinion.
Not that I agree with Professor Jor
dan In his views as published in the
article In fact, bin conclusions, an I
understand thein, are at variance with
the universally accepted law of "The
survival of the fittest." This law. ns>
I understand it, works by elimination.
Professor Jot dan would Jiavo us ne
llo\e. In the solution of this problem.
It Is to be done by assimilation.
Throughout the ages of the past. In
tho orderly evolution of life, those
forms which did not readjust them
selves to tho evorchanglnu environ
ment have perished from the face of
the eai th. Man is no exception to
this law.
From this advantageous point of
view let us not become alarmed for
tho well-being of the white man of
the future. The negro, along with
others, will probably go down In the
struggle for existence At any rate,
wo may rest assured that naturo will
not turn aside nor change her course
because our racial, national or so
cial order Is threatened, but In this
"melting pot of the nations" only the
fittest will survive.
GEORGE C. CORBTN.
CS4 Jefferson Street. Danville, Va.
Old-Ttrae Fears for Klcltinonil'n Indi
viduality.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Kir,?During many long years I have
been reading editorials in Richmond
papers, and havo just finished exam
ining yours of August 11th, headed,
"What Makes Richmond."
It Is very readable: but are you not
unduly apprehensive about the future
of your city?
This fear of losing your Identity and
becoming like other cities and other
localities has been In existence for a
long period of time, and lias frequently
been expressed In cold type.
Witness tho editorial which appeared
In tho Richmond Whig of March 25,
1864, and contains tho following state
ments:
"A tlmo is at hand when it will be
necessary to guard this city with the
utmost vigilance. We have always had
a vory motley population?Yankees and
other foreigners, spies, deserters, dis
affected people, the lawless of overy
class and clline.
"It Ts charged, wo do not know with
what truth, that an undue proportion
of our various guards aro foreigners,
who, In the nature of things, cannot
feel that lively interest In the snfety
of the city which native-born South
erners do.
"A gentleman who visited one of tho
depots at an early hour some morn
ings ago, assures us he found overy
one of the guards asleep, and when
ho roused them up ascertained that
they woro all foreigners.
"Tills ought not so to bo."
.Apparently yoilr city haa retained its
position as ono of the most interesting
points In America for about fifty years
since the above was written?is there
not hopo for the future?
,L. K. GOULD.
Bridgeport, Conn., August 12.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Air. Itookefeller.
I'leaso give me tho address of John
D Rockefuller. MRS. S. B. G.
New York City would bo quite suffi
cient address for Mr. Rockefeller.
Climate nnil Cla??lcnl.
I am nover able to discriminate clear
ly between such adjectives as
"classic" and ''clHMsical." Will you
niaku tho distinction for me?
R. P. FOSTER.
Tho adjective ending In "to" Is the
primary and appllon to nouns which
havo In themsolvos tho essential sug
gested by tho root of the adjective.
Tliua "heroic deed" la an action mark
ed by heroism. It has the essential
quality In Itself. A "classic poem"
contains qualities which elevate It to
the rank of the classics. An "electric
cloud" Is one chared with electricity.
Tho adjective ending In "Iral" Is the
secondary find applies to nouns not
having in themselves tho essential sug
gested by the root of the adjective,
but Induing for the occasion the more
remote relation Indicated. A "classical
dictionary" is one which discusses
classic subjects, and It may have none
of tho qualities which, as in the case
of I?r. Johnson's Dictionary, would
make It a classic Itself. "An electrical
engineer" Is not charged with elec
tricity, however much ho may charge
other people for it. lie is related to
tho subject, but a degree lees closely
than If the primary adjective could be
applied to Ms name.
Political.
Please tell me how I may And what
was the majority in Senate and House
of Representatives at anv time.
\V. W. FOX.
We assume that you mean the voting
strength of tho parties, though your
moaning Is not clear. In any event,
you would be able to get from the clerk
of the House of Kopresoritativen, Wash
ington, T!. C., all obtainable informa
tion in the direction Indicated.
College Charters.
Where may I got information about
chartering a college in Virginia?
H. Ij. Q.
From the State Corporation Commis
sion, Richmond, Va.
Wild I'ljrronN.
In what country do wild pigeons he
long? SUBSCRIBER.
in a wild country. This is the an
swer to that part of your query which
touches tho matter of the disappear
ance of tho bird from Virginia: Sev
enty years ago they were here In count
less swarms?enough to make the dead
leaves billow as the army of birds bur
rowed through tho forest in their
| search for inast and to break off great
limbs of trees with tho weight of their
I roosting thousands. Bui years ago
j one ceased to find thom except in very
i small numbers, and now it is rare that
one in seen in a season. It is likely
I that some survive in tho less settled
( parts of the South, but tho wild pigeon
I is pretty near extinction
1 Hon ril of Trade.
Would a growing town of 350 people
bo too small for a board of trade or
commercial club or chamber of com
mence? Which would servo best?
TOWNSMAN.
Not at all. Ono oould bo mado to
servo as well as tho others. If you
havo tho proper men, It will be pos
sible to make a /iiost helpful organiza
tion, and tho secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerco, Richmond, Va., will
be ablo to give you excellent sugges
tions on organization. .
T3TVe ^
National State and Cify Banl
invitce.yoo to open an accounts th?r
i subject to check or at 3% interest
| in its Savings Department.????
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