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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
The White scalawag as a Factor In Poll
To he Editor of the Dispatch:

To ne Editor of tie Dispatch:
In one Of your articles Of the 21st in
slant, commenting on On editorial IN the
Philadelphia Inquirer of a recent date, yOu
say: The southern negro does feel at
home, and knows that he is free 10 do as he
pleases within the law. Nor would he at
tempt to interfere IN any way Wrougfully
with the political wishes of the whites
If only there We're no mean white men to
take advantage of his credulOus nature"
All of this is true Mr.. Editor, but would
it not have been better if you had turned
full hlaZe Of light from your mental
stereopticon upon the men who are chiefly
responsible for the exiting state Of political
parties in the South?
Your journal, Mr.. Editor, has always
dealt fairly and kindly toward the negro,
and you have said what you now reiterate
for at least the thousandth time. that mean
white people are far more TO blame for
whatever unhappy relations exist between
the whites and blacks in the South than
are the negroes themselves. And you have
often SO clearly and ably discussed the So
cial and political relations of parties in the
South in all Of their bearings that no intel
ligent. unprecedented mind could fail to
fully understand the subject.
But | think that the southern press has
not, as a general rule, laid sufficient stress
4
factor in the mighty question under con-
sideration. The habit has become too
general of imputing more of the blame
and criminal responsibility to northern
sectionallsts than they deserve. There can
be no excuse made, no palliation offered
for their deep-dyed eDmity TO the South.
and for their inhuman efforts to uproot the
very foundation of our social, material, and
political peace, prosperity, and equal rights
l.. ~.
/ wish to express is this: That If G.ers
toere no uhiie scdLdirag party IN he
Solslh there iooud erist today no formidG-
DC sectional party tn he North.
The white scalawag is rs venomous Is
the rattlesnake without 1.-THE Of his mac
nanimity. He it is who holds secret con-
claves with tho negro and whispers in his
ear that his white employers and benefac-
tors are really not his true friends, but on
the contrary his worst enemies; he insidu-
ously instils his venom into his soul against
his oton race aud kindred; he organizes, mar
shals, dragons him. and whips him into
the party traces that he may help the enc
mics of the South to trample them under
their feet as they would the direct and
most dangerous foes OF the human race.
He 1.-THE scalawag) manufactures and
matches up the thousands of false
hoods and heartrending stories of out.
rageous wrongs and cruelties perpe-
trated and inflicted bv the white
and sends them North as fuel and
hollish broth to keep burning the fires Of
sectional hate and discord. All this the
white scalawag born on southern soil
does towards perpetuating the Republican
party in the North and in the country
An intelligent foreigner visiting the
9outh Eauld aak Nth aStonishment- Il n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
HUNTING MAO-CATS.
A Kentucky Neighborhood Oyerrun by
Felines with Hydrophobia.

There is great scare in the Mt. Moriah
neighborhood. near Burgin, Ky. Ii ap-
pears that some time ago o cat in that VI
cinity. was bitten by mad-dog. The moe
ulated feline spread the disease. until now
nearly every cat in the township has the
rabies and the people are almost panic
stricken. The brutes are far more ferocious
than mad dogs, and actually pursue people.
A few days ago Miss Agnes Bonita. one of
the best known young ladies of the county.
while walking through the ward was a.
tackled 10y one OF the rabid animals. which
pursued her to her room and kept her there
until she was rescued by members of her
family.
Moro than q dozen persons have been
bitten. and Mary Heath, Jane Ellison. Ma
tic Vanderpool, and Tommy Hilderbrand.
all school-ohildren, were badly manpled by
cats. Nearly all the domestic animals in
the neighborhood have been bitten. and
there is nc. telling where the thing will end.
The schools are closed and the men are
haunting cats, and tho pop Of the rifle is
heard on all hands. An Organized effort
will be made to kill every cat in the town.
ship, and every animal that shows the least
sign of rabies will be killed Instantly. The
bitten persons are in the hands OF physi-
clans. and every effort will ha uade To save
them from4ydrpphohiA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30

Naior-General Frederick D. Middleton is
the third son of the late MajOr-General
Charles Middleton Of the English army.
Io was educated at the ROYAL Military
College, Sandhurst. England. and obtained
the first commission as ensign on Deccm-
Der 30, 1913. he saw his first active ser
vice in New Zealand, whore some OF the
chiefs who had signed treaty accepting
English protect on and sovereignty IN 1910
had in 1874 broken out in iusurrection
aud destroyed an English settlement ou
the south coast. it was in 1916 that he
General, then an ensign, arrived on th
scene, and a short time afterward tooa
part in the attack upon ManQui-.
After the close of the war in 1913 he "es
sent 70 india, where he served during I'll.
Lenthal rebellion. During the time Of tue
Sepoy rebellion of 1857@J3 General Middle
ton particularly distinguished himself. In
the famous expedition for the relief or
Lucknow he served as orderly officer to
General Franks, aud took part in the action
at Suthorpore, and in the many engage
ments which occurred during the advance.
Ia the week of hard fighting which pre-
Ceded the capture Of the city. General Mid
dletyu, who had become an alde-de-camp
to General Lugard, was conspicuous for
bravery, and for his gallant conduct ut the
stOrming Of Banks House and the Month
mere ne WAS lbWdIutU VIII tub bItNtl Vi
Major. Lucknow was in the possession OF
the British on the 18th of March, but officers
were allowed little rest, and on tho 18th
of the next month (ApriD the General,
then captain and a staff officer 10 Sir Ed
ward Lugard, took leading part in one
skirmish with the rebels at Agemghur,
where for thepersonal bravery he displayed
and for his heroic conduct in Tlsklng
his own life to save those Of his
comrades, he was recommended by Cen
eral Lugard TO Lord Clyde for the the Vic
toria Cross. Lord Clyde refused the
accommodation on the ground that
Middleton was on the personal staff at
the time. General Middleton served
through ut the mutiny. and was many
tunes specially mentioned IN home dis
patches. In 1861, during the Treut affair,
he was sent to Canada "a major of the
Twenty-ninth regiment. The station of
the corps was ut Hamilton. While in
Canada he married Miss Doucet. o member
of a well-known family of Montreal. After
serving for ten years on the staff of General
Wyndham he left Canada on the with
drawal of the British troops. He then re-
celyed the appointment of commandant Of
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
where he had studied. In November. 1884,
he was appointed to the command Of the
militia OF Canada on the retirement Of
General Lizard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
SIR FREDERICK MIDDLETON.
On Trial at Ottawa for Looting Valuable
Furs in 1885.

committee Of tho Dominion House Of
Commons is now investigating the charges
AGAINST General Sir Frederick Middleton.
commander of the Canadian mill
tia He and other Government officials are
accused of looting valuable furs during the
Riel rebellion, and the case creates q great
sensation. Evidence was gwen that
the General gave orders in writing
and in person to seize the furs found
in the possession of complainant
Bremner, trader in tho haIf-breed
settlement Of Bresaylor. Bremner was
charged with being q rebel. lie came into
the nearest fort to Justify himself and was
arrested, and afterwards freed without
trial and told to 90 about MS business.
The furs were traced from the moment
they were packed by the Generals orders
me General alleges that the orders for the
seizure was given when his mind was alb
sorbed in military duties, so that he does
not remember the circum stances. IL is
likely that the scandal will force Middle
ton to return TO England.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
ELMlRAS NEW GYMNASIUM.
The Body to he Educated at the Reforma
tnFy


A new feature in prison discipline was,
says an Elmira special, inaugurated at the
reformatory tonight, when one of the
finest and most complete gymnasiums in the
State was opened. The gymnasium is in a
separate building, 40 feet long and 100
feet wide.
1t is equipped with all the most improved
apparatus for physical culture. with Rus
sian and Turkish baths attached. and is in
every respect model. The reformatory
has instituted many new features in prison
discipline. and the erection of this elegant
structure is the evolution OF Superinten-
dent Brockway's idea that to develop the
mind one must develop the body.
The opening ceremonies tonight were
witnessed by about 200 citizens of Elmira
and number of guests from out Of the
city, among them being DR.. Hartwell, the
physical instructor of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, who was most enthusiastic IN his
praise of the new institution.
The evenings exercises consisted Of an
exhibition by the physical training class.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30

in 1916. serving eight years. President
Fillmore appointed him Minister TO
Brazil in 1852, where he remained till
late in 1853. Personal dislike caused
Schenck to withhold his active sup
port from Fremont in 1856, but he was
the first to nominate Lincoln for the
presidency at public meeting at
Dayton, in 1859. In 1861 Schenck was
created O brigadier-general and was
severely wounded at Bull Run in 1862,
rose to the rank of major-general. and
returned to Congress and political life in
1868, being reelected in 1864, 1866, and 1868.
General Schenck was appointed Minister
to England by President Grant in Decem-
Der, 1870, and served on the Alabama Com
mission. He was compelled to resign on
account of the Emma-mine scandal in 1876,
after which he settled in Washington
to practice law. Schenck's skill as a
poker player was proyerbial. He was
about the middle height, square, compact,
and broad-chested. He once accumulated
q fortune. but a readiness to oblige his
friends led TO the loss of large portion Of
il, but he still possessed q competence at
the close of the war, and to that he after
ward added. He several times declined to
run for Governor of Ohio. Three daugh-
tiers survive him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
TIE LATE ROBERT c. scHENCK,
LAWYER. Congressman. Soldier. Explorer.

Lawyer, congressman SoIdIer' EhpIoTer'
Robert Cumming Schenck died at his
home in Washington of pneumonia on
Sunday last He was the son of General
William c. Schenck, an officer under
General William II. Harrison, and was born
at Franklin, Ohio, in 1909. Graduating at
Miami University in 1927 he began to prac-
tice law at Dayton few years later,
and was elected TO the State Legisla-
ture as Wing in 1871 and TO Congress
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30

services ~ dplOmat.st and a soldier
he was given the decoration of the Iron
Cross by King William of Prussia, after
wards the Emperor William. When the
dispute arose between Germany and Spain
concerning the possession Of tho Caroline
Islands. General de Salamanca sent the
decoration TO Crown Prince Frederick with
the message that q soldier of Spain could
no longer wear it. A duel between the
Prince and the General was only pre-
vented BY the courts of Germany and
Spain. General De Salamanca became
Captain General Of Cuba last March. lie
was q bachelor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
MANUEL DE SALAMANCA,
Deceased Captain-Goneral of the Island
of Cuba.

The deceased Captain-Gencral Of Cuba,
Manuel de Salamanca Negrcte, was born
sixty years ago. in Andalusia, the south of
spain. in family I,lustrious for its public
services. Ho was educated in the military
academy at Toledo aud entered the army
when he came of age. His birth con-
stituted him O member Of the Sem
ate. where he was distinguished as an
orator. lie served with Martnos-Cam-
pos as a brsadier-generm in. the
Garlist WIZ. u rncOgnItlOn Of hIs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
HOW COTTON HAS PAID THE DEBT.

Mr.. Chairman, / took occasion in my
great tariff speech laughter in the Fiftieth
Congress TO call attention to the rights Of
tho cotton-producers of the South by rea-
this country. / can furnish the statistics
to Show that, besides the cotton they have
furnished our own manufacturers in the
United States they have exported more
than 100, 600 bales since the war that
has brought back money enough to pay
the whole cost of the war. This has kept
the balance of trade in our favor, filed our
Treasury with gold, and enabled this Gov
eminent in most critical period OF its
financial history to resume specie pay
ment. insist that their rights are not to
be ignored
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
A HARD PRESCRIPTION.
SHORT nnEArH GOING ur-srMRs.

! have received many COMMUNICATIONS
asking if there is any way Of overcoming
the breathlessness produced by going up
stairs. There is no way if one wears tight
clothing, or heavy skirts dragging upon
the hips, with perhaps, high-heeled shoes
two or three sizes too small. Women can
be said to go upstairs generally head first.
That is. their heads are much in advance
of their bodies. The chest Is drawn n,
the shoulders raised, thus throwing every
mortal organ ont of place. 10 add 70 this
wabbling about and are always stepped on,
unless one gives ones mind and ono's
hands wholly to the matter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
MISUNDERSTANDING THE FARMERS.

Mr.. Peters read with some pardonable
pride the following resolution of county
convention in his district to show US the
farmers were prosperous and happy. The
same was greeted with loud applause on
the Republican side:
Sixth. Wolook with pride upon the
tarifi-laws OF our country which have made
us the greatest nation on earth; which has
furnished US an industrial system which
pays better wages TO labor than is paid
anywhere else; which furnishes better
market for the product of our farms. for
ests, and mines, and which are to-day the
foundation OF so much prosperity and hap
piness. and we demand such just p-otec-
tive laws as shall insure to our whole peo-
pie continuance of staple and settled
financial condition. and we endorse the
able efforts of tho Hon. s. X. Peters, who is
laboring so manfully in behalf of the peo-
pie TO prevent the majority in the present
Congress from opening the doors of COM
merce and forcing our laborers TO compete
with the poorly paid labor OF Europe"
loud applause on the Republican side.l
MIR. Peters said:
1.-THE idea that has been croaked from
the White House and echoed by almost
every Democratic throat that we have too
much revenue is false pretence and
fraud"
And these are the remarks of Mr.. Funs-
ton;
why all these tears for the farmer?"
Again:
II want to say to you, gentlemen, the
farmers are asking none of your sympa-
thy.n
This is good reading in the light Of pres
ent conditions. Here it is again:
The farmer is not dead TO his interests.
He knows better perhaps where they lie
than the men who are ASSUMING IN cham
plant comes from him of the high prices
alleged 20 have arisen by, reason OF the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30

Let me ask the gentlemen what those
farmers are going to do who get no PEN
sions, but who have to help to pay them'
Take the farmers in my district, where, by
no fault eff theirs, they had a failure of
crops last year They are taxed to pay
pensions, but do rot get any. Take many
hard working and deserving people as are
to be found anywhere, who did not last
year make enough 10 pay rent and taxes.
and, as L say, by no fault of theirs, what
would the gentlemen do for their relief
The gentleman from Kansas should re-
member that we are a part of this great
country. and if other sections ignore us
they ought not to do so, for our people are
among their best customers for their pro-
ducts. We buy their corn, their meat,
hay, and mules.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30


vala siDytl rnpany
l0l on ai aS. Ss9 yts3
Inter- o 5cs s g '. D 49,
AsUsYg soF
Estate
A.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30

NOW. sir. this was the statement of gal
kens Union general. high ia the councils OF
pis party; man thoroughly conversant
itn the performances OF the Union SOL
eieis. lou can see that at that time il had
yhat this pension business would ever 60
~ the extent 70 which IL has already gone.
end yet the clamor = louder for increases
Today than ever before.
want 10 submit one suggestion lust
bere about pensions. and that Is that. aside
BON the kAsdsbipi A. mposes on thoss ,rho,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-29

Ir is reported at New York tn the
democrats, under the leadership of
Senators Carlisle and Mcpherson, are
to contest the legality of the tariff bill,
because portion of the bill was lefr
out of the official copy which the prcsi-
dent signed. They say, too, that the
passage of the bill did not repeal the
bill OF 1888. This is very interesting,
but the senators and The few New York
merchants who are backing them will
probably have nothing but so mucn
waste of time to show for their efforts.
The bill is already a fact, and every
day fixes it more firmly on the people.
No clubbing will upset it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-29

IT may not always be easy TO draw
the lines in regard to the fitness or
unitness of parent to care for a child,
but the New York supreme court has
decided that Christian scientist mother
is so absurdly and dangerously heretical
respecting the treatment of the sick
that she must give her child into the
custody of another near relative, This
seems sensible enough, but unless the
mothers fanaticism is very marked the
decision may prove an awkward prcce-
dent in many cases.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-29

such an occasion, it seemed altogether
probable that the one having charge of the
list should not check off the name. The
time when he voted last proved conclusivey
that it was before the box was turned on
the third ballot. He endeavored to- prove
by reference to legal authorities and to the
presidents as shown by house journals that
the four men the house were trying to prove
to be illegal voters were justly entitled to
vote in the eye of the law.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-29
The Farmers in Council.

a large number of the farmers of Ver-
mont gathered in Capital Hall, Friday
forenoon, to the sound of music by Mont
peer Military Band. j. A. Chaplin of
MiddleseX called the asSemblage to order
and announced the object OF the meeting
the formation Of a state and a Washington
county farmers league. Six leagues, organ
ized in Calais, Marshfeld, Middlesex, Dux-
bury, Waterbury and WaitSiield, were rep.
resented by delegates Mr.. Chaplin intro.
dnccd the national lecturer, w, b. Pierce,
who made stirring address explaining the
objects of the league and enforcing the ne
cessty for organization by the farmers.
Hon. T.. =. Cotton of Irasburgh was chosen
chairman and j. A. Chaplin, of MiddleseX,
secretary. S. W. Mead of Rutland w. c..
Peck of Washington and q b, Brewster Of
Orleans counties We're elected committee
on credentials. The chair appointed j. II.
Tabor of Chittenden, II, II. Hill of Grand
Isle and j. II. Curtis of franklin counties a
committee on permanent organization;
on resolutions, CT. ClOugh of Washington,
GeorgeP Beard of Orange and II II. Hill of
Grand Isle counties. The meeting then adj
journed till one o'clock, in order to hear
Senator Morrill's remarks before the com.
mitlee on education on the matter Of the
agricultural college appropriations.
The following were chosen committee on
constitution and bylaws: George X.
Cleveland for Orange, G. W. II. Dwinel
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-, " e i,s"p iot i1a ~ ueuise a.
di, W. W. ,If 49,, Dan ioi Au-
"'''i'' % " 'i''' ioi Nu'i"n'' county
AFTERNOON.
HIM William Cbaniu oddr.,.od tba
,neeting on the state nf aduca,jnnaI atfsirS
at tLe agricIuturaI collaga Yt Rmriint,tnt,
IN co,n7nittes On reSnI,i,;o,,s ,',,r,,'i ~
fniIn,yino1 ''' ''''
d" Resoh,ed That wa the Farmers, 7 eaoue
in and Tor the stare If Varnont reIn','
niyim, MA fnct that all of tha ,,r;,,IS,
im,lnIfries which are amta~onistic tn the
intar,st and nrnsneritv ~ Tia FARMER and
nr,j,,cer are thornngI,iv nrganil"d in thair
~, intraa,, ~ ,1,niiJ -, a,.,.,,,i'
orr.ves for the n,rnaa 81 nrocurimg g" .mch
Is,,slation ~ viii nrotpct and eIa,,,ts thn
f,rw,in,, Industry ard ',ltimat,,lv res,Ilt in
ui,ri,'G ali of tbs varions inGnstyies nnon a
Laval ''' - '09 'l'0H =
:" HesoI,od That we dauand raroru, in
mart, ,"iitine a""b o1 .LaIi "ac,,rn tn ali
yy~t,.r. frae aud snnaI st,invment Of tbtir
noii,icoi ,i,,bto al u. ,i!1,' laa -
sunnnrt liz Isl man Tor Sfina.' ,,,,d ,o
rnrn,,,,nenI TIA nnrast ana frsa.t ha,iot
system the legislatnre can devisn '"''''
-" R@sojrcJ 7rbat no ,'hi,,ct of ,ba Var
mont FARMERS la,c,,,e sl,nu hs 20 al ,'nn.
The farmers nolticaI Welfare and ti'ns NO
no,, the hssi interae, ~ tI, Min o,i
(" ResoIced Thai we dr,nand thnt he H. Il,
salaries and ex,r,,,,,nt ~" ~,
eral in our state otiir,.s bt rtdnced to Fiat
xt,.t that the ANN ,,it 10 1, n w ,,,aI
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-29

JUDGE SHERwIN of Iowa las made
a decision in which he holds the pro-
hibitory law to be in full force in spite
Of the recent decision in Kansas. The
United States supreme court, it is cX-
pected, will soon settle this point
definitely, and in view of this fact, ac-
ton on the bill now in committee at
the capitol will probably be reserved
until the last days of the session.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-29
Gl(attbman Il journal.
WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER 30, 1890.

TIE Nem York Tribune says the
attorney general has rejected all plans
for The reorganization of the sugar
trust, and that he has said to the rep
resentatves of the trust that, in his
judgment, a reorganization is impoSsi-
bic. This will be good news TO ell but
the poor trust-Inen.