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Business Men in Politics.
Mayor Wm. J. Gaynor of New 'S ork was recently
guest of honor at the annual banquet of the Syracuse
Chamber of Commerce and made a successful ta k
to the business men on municipal government.
Without any attempt at flattery he impressed upon
his hearers that they were the vital, intelligent, in
dustrious, ever-progressing, middle group to whn n
the other two wings of society cling as each genera
tion passes along. "Ipon men like you. said he,
“the stability of society and government depends.
you arc t he spine of the social order." At this point
in his address lie made the following quotation from
Euripides.
“In everv State are three classes: l he greed}
rich, list less of the public good, all their thoughts
for more aspiring. They who. short of the
means of life, struggle with want, and hence
are rude, to envv much addicted, and prove to
be led astray bv the lving statements of selfish
and deceitful leader-, Twixt these extremes
are those who guard the State, conservators of
order and their country s laws.
It is significant that business men are liecoming
more and more interested in government,especially
in the government of cities and the commercial or
ganizations are doing no belter work than the ser%ice
they arc performing iii this connection. It was through
the com men ial organizations of \ irginia that a
convcniion **♦ -representative citizens froni the v.ir
ious cities of the state came together in Richmond
shortly before the f >eneral Assmebly met and for
mulated a plan for simplifying our form of munic ipal
government. Although they }vere busy men they
spent two days in Richmond conferring and discuss
ing and finally agreed upon a plan of action. 1 Ini
plan involved an amendment t<> the constitution and
a legislative enactment. 1 he matter was committed
to a delegation and in due course was presented to
the General Assembly with the result that the reso
lution to amend the constitution was.adopted and
the bill recommended was passed and is now a law.
The constitutional amendment will have to be
approved by the next General Assembly and after
wards ratified by vote of the people, but there is no
reason to suppose that this will not be. When the
amendment, is ratified the cities of the state will
then be sure to adopt what is popularly, although
-incorrectly, called the commission plan. In the
mean time the cities may reduce the number of their
councilmen, if they so desire .to three in the.upper
branrh and six in the lower making nine in alt.
I nder the old law it was required that here should
fx- not les> than eight members in one branch and
fourteen in the other.
in other states wherever there are no such limi
tations the business men are bestirring themselves
in the interest of simplified municipal government.
Somebody has recently said that this is becoming a
national issue. Sixty cities representing over 3,000,000
people have adopted the simplified form. I went}
of the largest cities in Illinois have formed an or
ganization which is fighting in the interest of an
*‘enabling act” and a similar organization exists in
Michigan. Jn Texas fifteen < ities use the Galveston
plan. In Kansas nine have the Des Moines plan
which is practically the same. Wherever the plan
has been tried it has proved to Ik-efficient and in
no case,to our knowledge, has any city trying it gone
back to the old form.
-A .city is. for, the must part a business corporation
and the wonder is that our American cities have for
so long a time been operated by the rule of ixilitirs.
The wonder is that business men have not before
come forward and insisted upon an operation accord
ing to the rule of business. They are now well in
the saddle and the time is not distant when every
city in the I’nited Stales will have a business-like
government, conducted in the simplest and most
economical way, consistent with the public needs.
The “Race Problem” in Richmond.
Several day* ago it was noted in this paper that
the members of the Westmoreland Club attended
the funeral of Nathan Moore, colored, who for d(
years had been the Club’s doorkeeper, and paid ar
affectionate tribute to his memory. It is equnll)
gratifying to record the fact that colored citizens ol
Richmond have presented Judge Sami. B. Witt ol
the Hustings Court with a silver service, in token ol
their appreciation of Judge Witt’s consideratior
for the negro race.
It is in no spirti of jocular brag that we claim foi
Richmond the best negroes in the world, taking thsnr
big and large,and in no city of the South are the color
ed citizens more prosperous. Nor is that all. Then
is no city anywhere in which the two races get or
with less friction and with more good feeling, anc
yet there is no city in which the line or seperation i:
more sharply drawn
It would be foolish to say that there is no “rac<
problem” in Richmond. W herever large bodies o
white and blacks are congregated in the same com
rnunity, there must Ik- a race problem. In Kith
mow! the colored race is breaking through the bound:
of Jackson Ward and buying property in district:
hitherto occupied exclusively by whites. That i
a problem in itself and is a situation that require
delicate handling. But the thing which we are nov
emphasizing is that the negroes of Richmond partaki
of the conservatism of the whites and that each ran
has a friendly regard for the other. Ilense wc be
lieve that each ‘ problem” in this community wil
be taken up as it ari-c* and solved without a clash
It must lx* a bit disconcerting to some of our Nev
England friends to read of the racial riots in Cairo
Illinois, and of friendly exchanges between the race:
in the Capital of the Confederacy.
Our Governor.
Governor Mann is doing wisely to go in and ou
air/ ng the people and talk to them about schools
fans good roads and other such matters o
public concern. He is a practical man and has hat
a rich experience. He is capable of giving the peoplt
touch valuable information on various topics anc
he is just the man to dc it, for the Governor ii
delightfully Democratic in spirit and in manners
So is his household. During the session of theLegis
lature, there was a specia' occasion w hich caller
for the Governor’s presence at the Capitol. Mrs
Mann and a few invited guests accompanied him
After the function, Mrs. Mann and the guests wen
back to the mansion leaving the Governor behind foi
a time. 'When the party arrived, Mrs. Mann laugher
and said that the Governor had the key to thi
door, and the company ■waited on the porch unti
of the guests went over audjetched the Gov
la due time the Governor arrived and uu
locked the door, having first made his apologies
to Mrs. Mann and the others for keeping them
waiting. All hands then went in and drank a glass
of cold water. ...
It seems a trifling incident to record, nut it is
not trifling at all, as illustrating the “Democratic,
simplicity” of the administration.
.The Virginian has predicted that C.overnor
Mann will make one of the most useful executive
officers Virginia has had. and we are more and
more convinced that he will verify.
Registration First.
Those citizen-, of Richmond who are interested
in calling a Local Option election in this city will
act wisely if they insist first of all upon a rcgistra-j
tion campaign. It is the duty of every good citi
zen to qualify himself to meet the resjvonsibilities
that properly pertain to citizenship. 1 his requires
that every man pay his poll taxes and register in |
time to vote. No Local Option election should be j
held in which the citizenship of the city is not quail-,
fic-d to express itse.lf at the ballot box. As a rule,
the Liquor Traffic endeavors to keep all of its sup
porters on the registration books, and they support
men for the Council, and for the city and State
offices who will favor the saloon. In the interest'
of good government the good citizenship should al
ways take part in every election. When the citi
zens of the city are qualified to vote, then the
question as to the sale of liquor can be voted upon.
But registration should come before any election
should be held.
Let the good citizens register, and Ire prepared
for any -issue which-may arise.
Hobson in Demand.
Congressman Richard 1’earson Hobson recently
made a temperance address at Salisbury, Md., and
the whole town turned out to hear him. He was
slated to speak at the Methodist Church South, but
long before time for the speech to begin it was found
that the church would not hold half of the people,
and the committee in charge decided to change the
meeting to the Opera House. I he people then
rushed there, and it was filled to the doors and
hundreds of jieoplc stood on the streets waiting.
The committee then changed the program a second
time and Hobson delivered his address from the
couHhouse steps, so that the people could occupy
the spacious lawn. It is thought that 5000
people heard him.
It is not surprising that lie had such a rush. It
was conceded that his temperance address in Rich
mond was one of the ablest and most convincing
ever heard in this city. The \ irginian is still re
ceiving requests for copies of the paper in which
the address was reported. Hobson is a power for
temperance and he is putting bis talents to good use.
The great carloads of hay which are now
! being handled by the merchants of lappahan
nock i? a significant fact, and should cause the
farmers of this section to sit up and take notice;
; indeed they might reasonably lie inclined to al
low the "kicking machine” to be applied with
! vigor for the simple reason that they are buying
hay at 525.(X) a ton instead of selling it at such
faiu^v prices as it now demands, especially when
I hay can Ik1 raised so successfully and advantage
ously in this section."—Tappahannock Democrat,
Isn't it surprising, isn't it amazing that in this
time of high prices for farm products, farmers in
, Virginia should actually he buying farm products
i for their own use.'1 Surely, we need a campaign of
I education among the tillers of the soil.
Dr. W. A. Evans, Health Commissioner of Chi
cago, recently declared before a convention of den
tists in that: city that had teeth play an important
part in the making of criminals. He said that the
physical and moral conditions of any individual are
{closely allied and that faulty teeth in children mean
imperfect digestion with consequent detriment to
their morals.
And besides all this, when a man has toothache,
he is liable to blaspheme, turn his family out of
doors or commit suicide. And when a woman
has toothache—but the subject is too painful to
pursue.
A convention has been called in the city of San
Francisco, to prepare charter amendments. That
seems to us to be a good plan—to get representatives
|of the people together in meeting, discuss needed
changes in the plan of government and propose
such changes in the charter as may seem desirable.
1 Hut whether so or not, the San Francisco conven
tion is a sign of the times. It shows that men who
live in the cities are Incoming more and more in
terested in the form of government under which
.; they live.
■i “Hail, gentle Spring,” sings the Suffolk Herald,
Many years ago when Thomas G. Elam was editor
the Herald rebuked a contemporary for making
. |such a wish. "We want no hail this spring,” said
i * Fxlitor Ela.n. But times have changed.
It has been said that Pittsburg is not a sinner
’ above all cities in the matter of graft, but that it
'1 is more active than other cities in exposing and pun
‘ | ishing grafters. If that be the case, isn’t it time
“; for the rest of the cities to begin “sortin’ taters?”
• I _
The Courant boasts that Hartford has the most
/beautiful city hall in America. Richmond would
be pleased to exchange photographs with Hartford.
’ We do not boast, but we are not opposed to putting
our city hall on exhibition with the bunch.
A Contemporary in review’ng the bicycle craze
says that the price was inflated. So were the tires.
The Accomac News says that a religious revival
: has swept Onancock like a forest fire. That is the
warmest of the season.
: | President Taft is going to pay Richmond a visit.
; The explanation is that he has been here.
, | -
.! Clerk Ben T. August has turned bill poster for
the City Council. We fear he is stuck up.
The Roanoke F'vening World says that the Vir
ginian Railway is going to spend $200,000 on its
’ new repair shops ard roundhouses at thew place.
‘ The Virginian seems to Ik* living up to its name.
!• Was it Bacon or Lamb who said tliat meals in
,ithc lunch wagon should b served A la cart/
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
All letters sent for publication
In "The People's Forum” of The
Virginian” should be concise and,
as far as possible, kept within 300
words.
No attention will be paid to
anonymous letters, but names and I
addresses signed as an evidence of
good faith will not be printed if re
quest Is made that they be omit ted. j
The freest discussion of topics of
public interest is invited, with the
understanding, of course, that
publication of a letter is not to be J
taken necessarily as approved by
the editor of the writer's views.
Opposed to Consolidation.
Editor of The Virginian:
Sir,—Th*> first edition of your paper*
said it would bo clean, full, fair and :
accurate, upon these conditions T sub-1
scribed. 1 wish to call your atten- \
tlon to Manchester, the fads are that
some of the people are not all of the
people, and the people of Manehester j
are far from being a unit for con- i
sotidation; therefore. 1. as one. ask j
you to give each faction a fair show;
1 am one of the many who Is opposed !
to annexation and will do all I can in;
a fair way to defeat It.
You did not give us what was due !
of Monday night’s meeting and ignor- j
ed Thursday night’s meeting alto
gether.
Respectful! v.
K. H. XEBLETT,
Manchester, Va , March 19.
Carolina Comment
As Other t'ltfos See l’s.
Politics never stand abashed in
the presence or In the near presence
of death. As an Instance, the High
Point Enterprise notes that on the
supposed eve of the death of Sena
tor Mantel, the Virginia legislature
expired by limitation. "It Is of in
terest to note,” sn\s the Enterprise,
that In tlie event of the death of
Senator Mantel, which is hourly look
ed for, this adjournment was a pre
i ipitate stroke of politicians who
wanted to throw the appointment of
a Senator to succeed Mr. Daniel in
the hands of Governor Mann. Ex
Uovernor Claude Swanson, the most
prominent candidate to succeed Sen
ator Mantel, who announced that he
would he a candidate In the sena
torial primary next year, is now In
the West on n pleasure trip. The
adjournment of the Legislature is sup
posed to he inimical to the Interest of
Governor Swanson, as Governor -Mann
is said to favor the appointment of
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, Hon. E. R. Byrd, who is very
popular throughoubghe State.” Mean
time, Senator Manic] has rallied, but
the indecent scramble for his place
will no doubt go on without inter
ruption.—Charlotte Chronicle.
Reform Wanted.
Some day North Carolina may he
doing what is now allowed In Mas
sachusetts. Owing to what was re
garded as excessive charges for Ufe
insurance by private companies, 1 ho
| Legislature of Massachusetts a year
; ago passed nn act authorizing savings
; banks to issue life, endowment and
i annuity policies at cost. The law Is
said to have worked well and gl.cn
satisfaction. Two banks collectively
have Issued over 2,500 policies, with
total life insurance of about $1,000,
I 000, and the premium rates charged
; are much less than those of private
j Insurance companies. The banks
j availing themselves of the right to
; Issue insurance policies have found
It a great help to their savings busi
ness. The People's Savings Bank of
Brockton has gained a thousand new
depositors in twelve months in this
way. Another result of the law- is
that It has brought a general reduc
tion in insurance rates, to the extent
of about 20 per cent. It Is estimated
j that this reduction will save policy
holders In the State over $1,000,000
yearly In cost of premiums.—Winston
Sentinel.
The First Electrocution.
The story of North Carolina’s first
electrocution at Kalelgh yesterday has
quite a dramatic turn. In that the vlc
| tlm. a negro charged with a serious
crime, called alternately on God and
man for mere}. The dispatch says
that the negro's face was distorted
with agonised fear.
That it Is a decided Improvement
over the barbaric method of hang
ing few will deny, and that It Is mer
ciful In Its operation Is also true. But
if the death penally must be Inflicted,
would not the ends of Justice be sat
isfactorily attained If the condemned
criminal did not know the day and
hour of his death. Cyanide of po
tassium or prussic acid are poisons
that work swiftly and painlessly.
Either of these placed In the pris
oner’s food without his knowledge
would "be sufficient grounds for re
moval.” The sudden and mysterious
disappearance of tha law’s victim
would have all the exemplary effect
that such fates had in ages that have
i passed. If there la anything that
awes a negro, it Is that which Is
mysterious and inexplloable, and the
methods of death which we have de
i scribed would have greater restraln
I lng Influence on Intending criminals
than any form of punishment now In
j vogue.—Asheville Citizen.
Two Sides to the Story.
I Taking an Intended purchaser of an
i automobile out In the country to
1 show him how easily and nloely the
• machine runs does not work every
j time. Yesterday a man who has had
. It in his head to buy one was taken
I to High Point nnd back. The run
was fine, the machine behaved splen
didly, but the prospective purchaser,
who had never been lnethe country In
an auto, discovered Something that
was like pouring cold water on his
enthusiasm. Naturally the party of
Joy riders met and passed a great
many countrymen on the road; this
was all right, but wha%got away with
the man who was contemplating buy
I lng was that at least half the men
met refused to give any part of the
road, while coming up behind a team
the driver refused to give ait Inch; so,
there being no room to pass, tha auto
crowd had to trail along behind un
til such time as room enough could
, be found to get by. All this was an
! eye-opened to him and he may back
| out yet He has nc notion of getting
crossways with the country people,
for he le a merchant with a blst coun
try trade.—Greensboro Record.
Ignorance,
Mrs. Waybaik: 'And are the city
people as smart as they say, Ezra?
Mr. Wayback (lately returned from
■ the city);’ Well. I should say not.
; Talk about Ignorance, They’ve even
got to have signs in theip subways
j telling them which la ug and which
its down—Brooklyn Ufe,
Oui State
Contemporaries
Nead of Equalization.
Speaking of the defeat of the equal- !
Izatlon measures before the General |
Assembly, the Warrenton Virginian I
says
"The want of legislation on this sub- |
Ject has led to many Irregularities. 1
For example, the legislature of two;
years ago passed an art making the
lowest rate of taxation tor district '
school purposes about eight cents on I
the hundred dollars' worth of property.
This rate of taxation In most of the
districts In this county, where the as
sessments are high, raises more than
needed for ordinary purposes, though
occasionally It could be expended in
the construction of school-houses, but
such a rate to be levied year after year
would pile up a dangerous surplus In
the trensury of this county In at least !
four out of five county districts, while
in the county of Prince Edward, for
example, where the assessments are i
low. eight cents, and perhaps thirty
cents, of assessment on the hundred
dollars does not raise enough revenue
for practical purposes.
"The Insistence on the enforcement
of an Inequitable law. which leaves
the assessment at the discretion of the
localities and the tax rate according to
a State-wide law. furnishes abundant
reason. If there was none other, for
the passage of Senator Fletcher's bill.”
Satisfied.
The Byrd-Wickham oyster bill slum
bers with the dead, and wo rejoice that
ft Is so. Tin- Tidewater representatives"
fought It with the odds all against
them and deserve credit for Its de
feat. We regarded It as an Iniquitous
measure from the first and fought It
whenever the opportunity presented
Itself.—Mathews Journal.
Back to Boyhood.
You'd like to be a hoy again without
a woe or care, with freckles scattered
on your face and hayseed In your hair;
you'd like to rise at 4 O’clock and do a
hundred chores, and saw the wood and
fowl the hogs and look the stable
doors; and herd the hens and watch
the bees and take the mules to drink,
and teach the turkeys how to swim so
that they wouldn't sink; and milk
about a hundred cows and bring In
wood to burn, and stand out In the
sun all day and churn and churn and
churn, and wear your brothers cast
off clothes and walk four miles to
school, and get a licking every day
for breaking some old ruie. and then
get home again at night and do the
chores once more, and milk the cows
and feed the hogs and curry mules
galore and then crawl wearily up1
stairs to seek your little bed and hear
dad say; "That worthless boy! He
Isn't worth his bread!" Y'ou'd like to be
a boy again he has such lots of fun;
his life is Just a round of mirth from
rise to set of sun; you guess there’s
nothing pleasanter than closing stable
doors and herding hens and chasing
bees and doing evening chores.-—Orange
Observer.
Cannon's Defeat.
Speaker Cannon is now getting what
for a long time has been coming to
hint. He has been arbitrary with the
. House of Representatives to such an
1 extent and for bo long that he has be
I come a tyrant. He became so bold
'that whenever It suited him he throt
! tied the will of the- representatives of
the people assembled In the House of
■ Representatives. People have come to
believe that he used his power in be
half of “the interests." This feeling
I became so widespread that the con
I stltuents of many Republican oon
• gressmetu especially In tflb Middle
[West, warned their representatives that
| support of Cannon would no longer he
tolerated. Cannonlsm has become an
Issue, it has. come about that main
i Republican congressmen must oppose
i Cannon In order to save themscives.
This means the destruction of the des
potic powers of the speaker.
It Is true of every deliberative body,
and especially so of large bodies, that
rules must be strictly enforced. Some
times parliamentary situations arise In
dealing with which the speaker must
be more or less peremptory, but these
occasions do not arise frequently, and
when they do arise the House under
stands the situation and puts no blame
upon the speaker for doing that which
Is necessary to be done In order to
transact business.
No American Institution can, how
ever, permanently tolerate an habitual
tyrant.—Winchester Star.
TRAINMEN DECIDE
TO GO ON STRIKE
More Than Five Thousand North
ern Epmloyces Affected by
Walkout.
NEW HAVEN. CONN., March 22.—
It was announced at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon by the conference commltees
of the Brotherhood Railway Trainmen
and the Order of Railway Conductors
that the members of both organiza
tions, Including all the yardmen em
ployed on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad, had voted V
strike by an overwhelming majority.
It was stated, following a conference
with President Mellen, of the New
I Haven railroad, that 3.758 members
had voted to strike and 68 voted
j against striking, which Includes 97 per
' cent, of the total membership of the
conductors and 93 per cent, of the
total tralnment and yardmen employod
on the system.
STEALING II HAM NOW
i VERY SERIOUS OFFENCE
■ Justice John So Warns Young Man
Who is Required to Give
Bond.
"On the books the charge against you
Is pejit larceny. - I have nr right to
change It, but when I look at the bill
my grocerymar. sent me foi meat, I
feel a whole lot Ilka accusing you of
grand larceny. It’s a aeriour thing in
these days to steal a ham."
Justice Crutchfield wac talking to
Harvey Harris, a young whit3 man.
who had beer, arrested on a warrunt
charging him with stealing a harr. from
J. H. Hlrsch.
"There are extenuating circum
stances, however.” finished the Justice,
“and I therefore order you to furnish
roe with goo€ security In the sum of
1100 for thirty days ot else go to jail,"
.The securUr was not furnished.
Ptnu.Il»HED EVERY DAY KaCEPT SUNDAY
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SAMIEI. W MEEK Bu*n«* M»n«er
8.B. WO0DFIN , . Manacme Editor
buMoew Office: The Virtrinien Ruiidin*
Governor end liow Street*.
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TflMO POISDII
Nicaraguan Spies of Gpu. Modriz
Give Presidential Aspirant
Deadly Drug.
BM’RKIKI.IW, March 22.—Charge,
arc made to-day that live spies frofn
Madrlz army, working In a local hos
pital as Red Cross nnnHcs. attempted
ysterday to poison General Kstrada.
recent aspirant for the Nicaraguan
presidency. Estrada was visiting the
hospital, lietrcshment* were, offered
him. 11* took aoine and within half
an hour became 111. At the time t;ie
president was stricken live of the
Red Cross disappeared. Three nurses
had supervised the preparing of Gen
eral Estrada's food.
Posses were organlgsted to run down
■tlucXugilic- nurses-Uut. they ha4 <11 wap
peared. latter an Investigation in the
men's efforts, by the hospital author'
tles. showed they were formerly sol
diers In the Maflriz army and had
been sent to Dluetieids to do away
with Estrada.
NOT 1 ARBITER OF
CHILDREN'S TROUBLES
Justice John Tells Mother Her
Hoy Must Stand Hid
Initiations.
Mrs. S. Howard Porter, who on .Sun
days has been preaching In the city
jail to the prisoners, was the complain
ant in police court Tuesday morning,
charging James pox, a very small b«*v,
with having assaulted her little hoy.
It appeared that the two families live
at 1908 Pleasant street and that there
had been some “hazing*’ l»y the little
fellows of the neighborhood, with How
ard Porter as the special “froshlea.”
"I Joined tin Bed Men years ago,'*
said Justice Gmtchfttdd. in deciding the
chs«\ “and they Initiated me properly
at first. But some time afterwards a
candidate didn’t show up and they put
me through again. The second time
was worse than the first. Madam, it
appears to he this way with your little
boy. lit* has been initiated, that’s all.
This court was never established for
the trial of babies. Go on horn*- and
try to live in peace. I^t your children
fight *a little if they want to. They
w on’t hurt each other. But don't bring
such rnsrs tn me/'
GIVES HER SPOUSE
I JUST ONE MORE EHftNOE
Complaining Wifi* Consents. But
; Says He Will Come Back
This Week.
For eighteen months, by the cloek.
In Police Court Tuesday morning Jus
tice Crutchfield list* n*-d t<> the con
versation of Mrs. Mary Shopp, who
accused her husband. Robert Shopp,
of abusing her. For fourteen min
utes of the eighteen Robert was talk
ing. too, and when it was all over
Jurtiie CrutcijJbdd leaned back in
his i hair and innocently asked:
"Have you anything else to tell
me. madam?"
Then she began all over again and
so did her husband. Hehind the rail
ing were several visitors, and tnas
mueh as the docket was not a lengthy
one. Justice Crutchfield let the w*n
man and the man talk as much ns
they pleased.
When they were both exhausted,
he asked the woman if she would
give her husband one more chance,
and she promised that she would for
to-day, "but,” she said, "I will bring
him back here before the week is
out."
I -
DROVE BARBED OUI
THEN STRUCK OFFICER
Case of Sam Abramson Continued
and Young Man Sent to
Jail.
After having threatened Sain Abram
son, a barber at Eighteenth and Main
streets, and chased the man out of hlf
1 own shop Monday night. Henry Bibbs
a slenderly built young white man, not
more than nineteen years of age, at
tacked Officer Matt and not until h«
was slapped Beveral times would he
behave.
In police court Tuesday, ball having
been granted him the night before by
one of the magistrates at the police
station, Bibbs showed the effects of
drinking and said to the officer, "I'll
take my fist and beat you to death."
Justice Crutchfield continued the
case until the 25th, making the bel
| ligerent young man gc back to the
! pen, to be taken from there to the Jail.
Judge Ingram to I'reside.
Governor Mann on Tuesday after
noor designated Judge John H. In
gram, of the Law and Equity Court,
tc hold part of the Circuit Court ses
sions at Orange Courthouse beginning
March 29, and to try a number of
cases In which Judge Bhackelford doei
not deem It proper to try.
Treasurei Vaughan Here*.
J. R. F. Vaughan treasurer of King
and Queer, county, was a visitor a!
the auditor's office Tuesday. He has
several friends there, and was warm
ly greeted.
Wttl Probated.
The will ot the late Mrs. Cecelia
Brennan was admitted to prpbate It
tho-Chaneery eourt Tuesday afternoon
The estate Is valued at less than 1600
.and au administrator ha# been named.
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TO N3T RIPE FDR
LOCAL OPTION EOT
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the piddle conscience wan not prepared
for lota I option In Uieliinond anti spoke
vigorously In favor of getting down to
work at once, i
"Richmond has the manhood anil
potvt-r to enforce tier lawn," lie assert
ed with much lervor and vehemence.
Rev. .Mr. Christian went on to say
that .Maine enforces prohibition better
than her other laws, and good reports
also come from other prohibition
States.
Commenting upon the elevation of
the oaloon to the point of decency, in
answer to ihc argument of Itev. Mr.
Grace, the presiding elder said:
"The mort den nt you, make the sa
loon the more dangerous ll becomes.
To compromise an evil is to perpetual*
It.”
"I am not afraid of defeat." lie went
on. ‘Twice we were downed in l..ynch- i
burg, but tlie third time i.ynehburg
went dry.-Tide -ta-tha-accepted time——
for Richmond and thin is tlie day tor •';!<
salvation. it eg in the right now and
don’t leave a stone unturned.”
Mr. chri: tiun, referring to defeat in
Petersburg Iasi year, said that the
forces of prohibition ought to have
been bettor prepared, and would be
better prepared next time. 5
Must Ik- Houlppeil. f
Rev. Mr. Halt her believed defeat
would be overwhelming In Richmond
if the temperance people were not ,
prepared. When he went Into lilt
light he wanted to go in equipped for
victory.
! Rev. l»r. I’lieher, of Petersburg, a
leading Ifaptlst divine and tighter tor j
temperam e, spoke briefly. He ore- —
i dieted that nothing would be accom
plished without preparation. l>r.
i’tleher closed by urging promoters of
the movement to examine the registra
tion hooks ‘ and gee exat 11y whirl
i could lie expected at the polls.
Itev. J. J, Scheie.r, a Presbyterian
divine, urged eievatlop of the moral
.tone of the community before begin
ning the light He doubted whether
prohibition was the chief evil to lie
combatted by the ministers of tho
gospel.
Jiev. Hr. Cannon believed In prep
aration before the light, however
eager he was to gain the desired end.
lie urged a registration campaign T_■
want my powder dry before going *ntj
battle,” he said.
Saloon* Driven Out.
I >r Cannon was followed tty ltfV.
M S. Eagle, thi iww t"r of Christ
Episcopal church. who raid he had
1» tn 111 the Held nrainst liquor fur
twenty years He Ixlieted local option
could he made a success in Richmond 1
just a* it had been made in other
i places, to his oe. ti personat knowl
edge. |
Kev. Mr. Eagle recited that sect it
lei n saUn.nt were diit.-p fi.nn Gees- —
: burs In Itoudoun county while he ivaa
a worker there and he know want
good had resulted ill that town of
! 1,0110 inhabitants
"There Is no time like the present,"
declared the Episcopal divine.
! Rev. J. It. McAlister, secretary of
. the — Virginia- Anti-balorm —League,
spoke briefly, declaring among other
things that the thrashing In Peters
burg would eventually result in vie- -
tory for the cause
Rev. Tildcn Scherer said: "Get
ready and then make the right.”
Rev. J J. Fix. Presbyterian min
ister of Manchester, said: "Wait a
while until the two cities become* one,
granting that consolidation will be af
lec ted. I don’t think it w ould be ad
visable to enter upon the light at this
time."
Kev. R. E. Lipscomb, pastor of
Park Place Methodist church, said:
"1 believe that to have an election
now wcnibl tend to strengthen the
liquor forces, and I therefore oppose
; an election at the present time.”
Rev. W. L. Bail, pastor of Baptist
Tal*ernacle: "I believe it would ba
fatal to negative the movement by
postponing action."
Wanted Prompt Action.
Rev. W. VV. Hamilton. Baptist min
ister of Lynchburg, now conducting
revival services In Richmond, sala
that he was ready for fight at once.
"There Is ho time like the pres
: ent," he declared, "and f want to
say that prohibition does prohibit In
| Lynchburg, despite any reports to tho
contrary. And I might ayn« that
. most nt the whiskey we get in Lynch
burg is shipped from Roanoke and
Richmond."
Rev. Mr. Hamilton recited further I
that there had been 1,208 fewer arrests
In Lynchburg during 1908 than tn the
preceding year when the saloons were
running.
Mr. J. H. Goddtn. who conducts mls
i sion services at Putnam's theater, dls
j claimed any pretensions to being a
I minister, but ventured the opinion that ’
; he had seen more cases of drunkenness
' than any other man ill Richmond.
! "Go ahead with your light," he urg
ed, “and let’s drive liquor from Rieh
! motid forever.”
j Kev. George W. McDaniel, pastor of
| the First Baptist church, wanted to
| first create a temperance sentiment be
| fore plunging Into the fight.
Rev. J. Sidney Peters said that ho
I was from Petersburg n'nd did not feel
: that he should discuss the Richmond
! situation. In answer to a question,
i however, he predicted that Petersburg
i would likely go prohibition next time,
j although many- eminently respectable
eitlxens still held views opj*osed to pro
hibition.
Rev. H. P. Atkins, pastor of Allen
| Avenue Christian church, said that kiili
I well informed politicians had assur
1 ed him that local option, if put to a
i vote at the present time, would be
j lost by at least 700 votes. Mr. Atkins
' estimated that 90 per cent, of the
liquor vote was already registered,
and he understood that the whiskey
! element was making a concerted ef
fort to get as many of their adherents
as possible Into the next Council.
Dr. Knight's Resolutions.
Immediately prior to the adoption
of the motion to have the presiding
officer name a specie committee of
1 five to report on the question, the
; assembled ministers referred the fol
! lowing resolutions Introduced by Rev.
t Ryland Knight:
"ReiDlved. That it is the sense of
i this body that it is desirable that the.
I ministers of Richmond should hold in
! their respective churches an educa
tive temperance campaign.
"That the elimination of the sa
loon from the city of Richmond is
eminently desirable at the earliest
possible moment.
"That it is the vital »uty of alt
Christian citizens to qualify to yota-~