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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
The Rim Raps Monument,

We think with the Norfolk Vircnian
that 1t is none too soon to set about get
ting the consent of Congress for the
Maury monument TO be placed on the
government property known as the Rip
Raps.
The Maury- Monument Association
would choose IA very different design for
a monument to be erected at that place
from what 1t would choose for one TO be
erected in any city or town.
OF course, not much can be done at
the present session OF Congress, but the
association should prepare for action
when Congress meets for the winter ses-
sion.
We guess that somebody will have
something to say why the government
should not give the permission desired.
and TO meet all such DIRECTORS the asso-
citation would do well to utilize the time
between now and December in collecting
material to show why Maury is entitled
to this distinction. and why the Rip Raps
IL the place OF all places where bis monu-
ment should be raised. So set to work
friends.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
What Did the Strikers Gain ?

Last Sunday afternoon at meeting Of
delegates the great strike against all th>
railroads centering In Chicago was for
mally declared on" Nominally two OF
these lines were excepted. but the Tri-
bune says that on one of these two all
the places vacated by the strikers are
filed, and the other Is in the hands Of
courts
So that We may now inquire who has
been benefited by the great strike. or
whether any man or set Of men can
claim to have been thus benefited, and
what lesson is TO be learned from the
beginning. progress, and ending Of this
immense labor movement? Have the
workingmen demonstrated their strength
or their weakness? Has the employment
OF force to obstruct the free passage OF
railroads trains, and to compel non
strikers to abstain from taking the places
Of the strikers, produced any results
beneficial to the men who thus employed
force? Has II been demonstrated that
either labor or capital is able to stand
alone? Have the better classes Of strikers
been allowed to control the movement In
behalf Of the supposed rights OF that
vast body OF dissatisfied workingmen.
or have the worst classes OF strikers been
allowed to control the said movement?
Has 1t not been shown that they who
take the sword shall perish by the
sword?" In other words. that the en-
ployment of force by the strikers them
selves naturally led to the employment
Of force BY governmental authorities! II
force is to be rssorted to at all. It must
be resorted TO first by the civil authori-
ties and afterwards by the military au-
thoritles. So that all . body Of strikers
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
The Ousting of the Coxeyites.

II seems 70 us that Governor O'Ferrall
has managed the Coxeyite invasion with
good sense.
In the beginning there were about
thousand OF the beggars camped upon
Virginia territory. near Washington city.
Being warned that cur State authorities
would no longer tolerate their presence.
the majority of them withdrew across
the Potomac; but the others. some two
neglected to move. Adjutant-General
Anderson read them the Governors pro-
clamation ordering them to depart, but
they were not TO be set in motion by
words.
They were not very belligerent: they
simply declined to stir. The fact IS. they
did not know where 10 go. Everywhere
the police were waiting TO drive them on
or lock them up in houses of correction.
In this emergency, three companies OF
our troops were ordered out. The Gov
ernor was resolved that our laws should
not be treated with contempt, especially
after the local civil authorities had shown
80 much forbearance towards these
tramps
The Coxeyites demanded "a show OF
force" and this General Anderson ac-
commodated them with. after which they
were fain TO shake the dust OF the Old
Dominion from their feet.
Troops would not have been called upon
for this service. but the local authorities
seemed powerless to deal with the in
vaders. Results go to show that We have
rid the State OF these pests with becom-
Ing dignity. and at no great expense. IL
the Governors Of States through which
they passed en- route to Washington had
acted with the flrmness and decision OF
Governor O'Ferran these fellows would
never have gotten to Washington. and
the country would have been saved a
disgraceful incident in its history.
II was well that Governor OFerrall set
forth In his PROCLAMATION that these In
dustrials'' had been offered work To do
in Virginia and that they refused II. This
statement, made after careful investiga-
ton by the Attorney General and Adj
5utant General and others, exhibits the
3ntruders, not In the light OF men seeking
work. but as men who declined 10 earn
their bread in any honest and respectable
way. Their way was TO beg. BULLDOGS
and steal. and thus they had become ter
rors In the community afflicted by their
presence.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
sale by j. ". Randolph & Co.
Tom Pages Latest.

The New York Times has this to say
of Tom Pages "Pastime Stories:
MIR. Page makes entreaties with his
readers for gentle handling OF the
sketches that he presents to their notice,
seeming TO experience n premonition Of
captlousness on the part OF the critical;
but we fail TO perceive any occasion for
1t. For pastme reading the handy little
book Is irreproachable. and the stories
that have been read in Harper's Maya
zine may we'll be read over again tor
the choice bits of negro ratioclnation that
sprinkle the pages thick as blueberries.
Who can resist the old darby pleading
for his wife, who is under arrest for
knocking him down with a fiatiron?
"wimmen's got mighty curious feelin's."
he explains; "ain like chillern's nor
mems. Ef you slap 'em. dey goes dat
away Dey gifts aggravated, an den
dey got to ease de- mine. Well, jimmy.
she got mighty big mine, an when she
dat away IL tecks right smart to ease
ito smooye II. F'ust she done try
broom. den cheer. den shovel. den-skillet,
but ain none o. dem able TO ease her,
an den she got 10 try de fiatiron. She got
TO do 1t. Y'all know. how, It's. Ef vim
mems got TO do anyt ing, dey got 10 DO IT,
an dats all"
And as for the bridegroom's mendac!ors
servant In Johns Wedding Suit" any
one who has had to do with a certain
class OF the colored race will realize that
the picture Is not merely accurate photo
graphy. but represents also the indescrib-
able atmosphere. the full artistic value OF
their entirely irresponsible natures Many
a rascal can lie and steal with skill and
ingenuity, but only negro rascal could
confidingly own TO having buried three
grandmothers and beg leave to attend the
funeral of the fourth on the night OF a
negro ball. meeting the situation with
such completeness OF resources as the
treaoherous Cal commanded.
They are burying her In great
hurry" his master makes tentative COM
ment
Eyes, sub: looks go 10 me. too, said
Cal, sympathetically. II 'specks dat ole
man'n be marryin' agin befo de week
out. He didn' wait but two weeks las
time: know he won't wait mon q week
dis time" He looked the image OF repro
baton.
And he proceeds to steal his masters
wedding suit for the occasion, and IL
overheard telling his dusky lady that he
supplies his master with clothes, and ex-
pect 70 lend him the suit he has on TO be
married in the following day. Only an
intimate knowledge OF the solemn self
Importance, the irrepressible inventive
ness. and the airy. initiative mockery that
form an inevitable part Of any exhibition
Of the native foibies OF tho colored people
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
Enthusiastically English.

Owing TO the excited state OF the
public mind in Europe over the assassi-
nation of Carnot. the attempted assassi-
nation of Crispi. and the other Anarchist
outrages, the brilliant capture OF kas-
sala by the Italians in the Red Sea Tito
raj did not at the time attract the atten-
ton II would otherwise have done.
Now. however. that the Anarchist ex-
element has somewhat subsidized. the
English papers are bringing the event TO
the front in very characteristic and
suggestive manner While complimenting
the Italians 'Fngland's good friends,
as they put 1t. on their prowess. they are
reminding them that Italy is operating
in that quarter practically by British
license, and is under articles to return
Kassala 10 Egypt as soon as the latter
is ready TO hold II.
Egypt in this connection means Great
Britain and the significance and suggest
iveness of the tone OF the English press
touching this subject broaden when 1t
Is recalled that Kassala Is at once the
key to Upper Egypt, Abyssinia, and the
Soudan.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
The Income Tax.

The northern Republicans are seeking
to make the proposed ncome-tax sec
tional issue. They hope to solidify the
vote of the loyal States" against this
measure, and thus put down the Demo-
cratic party. The Cincinnati Commercial.
however in discussing this subject, gives
such good reasons why there ought to be
an income-tax, though these reasons are
given in an article intended to be bitter
attack upon such tax, that we Will re-
peat some of those reasons.
First the South has paid, and Is pay
ing now, more than her share of the cost
Of putting down the rebellion"
Second. the South IS paying pensions
to northern soldiers and receiving none
for her soldiers: and little or none OF this
pension money is spent in this section.
Third, an income-tax can be made to
Yield more than a hundred millions OF
dollars a year, nearly all OF 1t to be paid
by northern plutocrats.
We are not sure that all northern men
will consider these insuperable objections
to an income-tax.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
Do,egates 70 Stata Conventions.

The resolution passed by the State Con-
yention recurring that delegates 10 future
conventions be selected all over the state
or the same day is meeting with warm
endorsement. 1t is a reform in the rlght
direction Journal.
At first blush, this resolution would
seem to be unobjectionable. II Is based
upon the assumption that all delegates 10
State conventions ought to be chosen upon
the same day because all important law
full elections are held on the same day.
The Federal Constitution provides that
electors Of President and Nice-President
shall be chosen on the same day through
out the United States. But the reader VIII
have observed that In Virginia county
meetings to elect delegates TO congress
sional district conventions are all. or
nearly all. held on County-Court days;
and thus a much larger attendance upon
the county meetings IS secured. So that
the reform" which our Atlanta contem-
porary advocates might not prove to be
a reform Of all In Virginia; for II II Is
wise to choose delegates to congressional
district conventions on the several Coun-
ty-Court days. 1t would be wise thus 10
elect delegates to State conventions
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
SUNDAY. .......".AUGUST IL. 1894.
The Situation at Washington.

Another week has passed and still the
tariff bill is hung Up in the committee OF
conference. There 1t sticks. and all eff
forts TO get 1t down-that is. TO pass or
Kill IT, have failed. Meanwhile. the bust
ness world groans and politicians look
gloomy.
Yesterday Mr.. Hill renewed his motion
10 get an expression Of opinion from the
conferrces as to their trouble. but 1t
failed BY parliamentary manoeuvre.
wherein the Vice President cast the de-
Gliding vote against the proposition Mean
while. with the consent OF Speaker Crisp
and the House conferrees. caucus or
Democratic House members has been
called 10 meet tomorrow.
Clearly n crisis is nearing.
There IS a rumor current that the House
md the President will accept the Senate
Nil and make 1t n law as 1t is. with the
expectation that Congress Will instantly
proceed by separate bills to amend the
Items relating to sugar. coal. iron. etc.
There is plausibility in this scheme. but
% give II success the House must take
the bill Just as II stands. The Louisiana
senators. ferewarned of any such pur-
pose. would kill 1t If 1t went back to the
Senate again.
There is also some talk OF postponing
the whole tariff question until the winter
session OF Congress. but we should not
think the members of the House would
agree 10 any such proposition. Already
the sins Of the Senate 50 10 speak. have
been visited upon many representatives
who have sought denomination. and con-
tinued non-action would be disastrous in
the extreme TO many others.
IL would be far better TO enact the SEN
ate bill into Law than to leave the coun-
try In its present misery much longer
Indeed, but for the disclosures about the
doings Of the sugar trust there would
have been very little outcry against the
measure. The sugar schedule is confess
eddy "a delicate matter To handle, and, as
we have often said. it would be well to
let the sugar ring have its innings now
and settle with it another day.
Doubtless the coming week--the next
forty-eight hours perhaps-wili settle the
fate OF the tariff bill for this session. IL
not for years 10 come.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
North Carolina On Silver.

At last a plain utterance has been made
on the silver question. At last the silver
plank of the Chicago convention OF 1882
has been Interpreted by Democratic
State convention. 1t is the Old North
State which has thus shown the courage
of it's convictions. If the spirit OF Vance
had lowered over the Democratic State
Convention held In Raleigh on Wednes-
day last, and dictated its deliverances.
these would not have been very diff
ferent from what they are. We have re-
Gently reproduced the several platforms Of
the Chicago convention OF 1892 and the
Alabama and Georgia platforms OF 1884
They all use language susceptible of a
double Interpretation. But the "rar-H Heel
Democrats scorned to fly flag which could
be hoisted over either OF two hostile
camps. They were not afraid to risk all
and so we hope they will win all. Here
are their plain words:
81. We reaffirm the doctrines Of the
party as enunciated by the Chicago con-
vention of 1882, and desire TO signify as fol-
lows what is the construction placed by
slVer-Viz:
I'VE hold that It is the duty of the law
making department OF the government.
now in the hands of the Democracy, 10
take immediate steps to restore by legis-
| lation the equal privileges of silver with
| gold at the mnts by the free and unlimit-
| ed coinage of silver and gold at the ratio
Of 16 TO l. such being the ratio OF coinage
which has heretofore held In the United
| States"
There Is no room for doubt as to what
| this language means; and therefore the
| opponents ms well as the friends Of the
free coinage Of silver ought to applaud
| the trainers of the silver plank of the
| North Carolina Democratic State Conven-
| ton.
| We regret that the Democrats OF North
| Carolina did not declare for new inter-
| national bimetallic conference to solve the
| silver problem. 1t may be true. as the
| advocates of free coinage contend 1t is,
| that the United States Government could
| without help undertake the task set be-
| fore it by the North Carolina Democrats,
| but nobody knows beyond doubt that
| IL is true. on the other hand, 1t does
seem to be almost certain. judging from
| the experience of a single country-ths
| country-that silver could be restored 10
| its place in the financial world by friendly
action on the part Of England, France,
| Germany, and the United States. II SO.
an international conference might provide
| a universal currency. The world Is coming
10 this. A universal currency is needed
| and ought 10 be demanded by all the finan-
| ciers and other businessmen on the globe.
Let us begin the work and as soon as
| possible get the nations just named to Join
/ with us in IT,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
Thu JeHerAOn.

That Is an interesting article which We
print on page OF to-day's issue. descrip-
tive OF The Jeirerson-our new hotel
Richmonds ambition 10 have fine
west-End hotel is being realized with a
degree Of magnificence never dreamed
OF by our people till lately.
The building IL an architectural gem.
and Its site il In the fashionable resi-
dence centre OF the city. IL will have
roof gardens TO add TO its attractions
during the summer. and tall towers from
which guests may at all seasons Of the
year view the landscape Ger" while
the plans for furnishing and running"
the hotel are on such scale al will surely
draw 10 II very desirable patronage.
The builders OF this hotel. with a
modesty not usual in these days. have
not sought to perpetuate their own names
In It, but have called it otter the author
OF the Declaration OF Independence. whose
efilgy In marble. from the hands OF Valen-
tine. Will adorn one OF its stately halls.
Jefferson" was doubtless suggested as q
suitable name by the fact that the west
ern line Of the hotel lot Is bounded by
Jefferson street In that section OF the
city names Of great men frequently ap'
pear in street names-thus west OF First
We have Foushee. Adams. Jefferson. Madi'
con, Monroe. Hsnyy. ETC. But II IL more
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12

than doubtful II Adams street was named
after President Adams. II In more proba-
BILE that this name was given II In honor
OF our early Mayer Adams. Certainly
Fcushee street was named after local
celebrity.
Richmond. by the way, probably has
the Oldest hotel In this part OF the coun-
try. The corner building OF the st. Clare
II Of nearly even age with our State
Capitol. 1t was first known ~ the WASH
ington Tavern, and after the Warrington
monument was erected II was called me
Monument Tor MonumentaD Hotel since
then II has had various names, ana addi-
lions have been made to the buildings
from time to time. but II has never ceased
10 be a hotel or boarding house. II We
except that period Of its history when II
was used by one Of the bureaus OF the
Confederate Government.
"The Swan Tavern II perhaps OF equal
antiquity. but long ago II ceased to be USED
as a hotel. and It's very name Is now I'M
known to the majority OF Richmond peo-
pie. Few who give glance at the
two.story frame buildings at the north
west corner OF Broad and Ninth streets
know that they were part OF a hosiery
which was very famous In the days or
stage coaches-days when John Randolph
drove into Richmond In great state. with
his coach and four. and when queues
and knee breeehes were "all the fashion"
When we Cook at THE Swan" or what
is left OF II. and then at The Jefferson.
we have an object-lesson, showing what
difference a century makes in the history
and habits OF country like ours.
The jefferson, though II will not be
finished for several months, already
pleases the eye greatly. 1t Is good to
look upon. What is more. 1t will revolu-
tionlze upper Main street in the course
of few years. Business-houses are sure
to gather about the hotel on Main street,
and to make way for these the private
residences now to be found there will be
forced to disappear. In the course or
time. Main street will be occupied by
business-stands westward 10 Monroe Park.
on the other hand. the construction OF
the Franklln-street front OF The Jefferson
and the location of the porte-cochere on
jefferson street will save Franklin street
from invasion by business-houses. We see
no reason why Franklin street should
be much injured In its privacy as
residential street, especially as 1t is the
well-known purpose OF the hotel company
| to make the Franklin-street entrance as
| private as possible.
When The jefferson is finished, 1t will
| be seen that the streets about 1t need
| good deal OF repairing and fixing w"
| and this we know the city will very
| cheerfully do. so that the buildings sur
| roundings may be in keeping with Its
| own elegance.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
THr RICHMOND DISPATCH-SUNDAY. AUGUST II. 1884


can have guidsd Mr.. Pages pen IN TINS
delicious delineation.
Almost every side Of the negro charac-
ter 10 touched upon-sts tenderness, "'
faithfulnsss, III sweet, persuesIve cous
tesy, as well as it, brutality. III oisnon.
esty, its vindictivensss. ACCORDING 70 .ns
representative chosen. But IN all tness
various aspects one never Iesie tns.
white person could have been substituted
without essentially injuring the picture.
II viii not be long before such entertain
ment as Mr.. Page provides for W wiz DC
rare, and will have added unto u the
attractivenesS of stock that mas run
out and cannot be repeated. the negro
of the present IN not the negro OF IN.
past. and the negro OF the future VIII
wear so different a look under the inhu.
ence Of changed conditions that II Will
require a subtle student to recognize In
him the evolution OF his prototype.
Whatever may be the effect OF the
change upon him as q factor IN soc'hI
and political life. In the literature that mas
taken account OF him. It viii be revoiu-
tionary. One actor has. practically. been
rung on the literary stage and Will hence
forth live chiefly as tradition. There
fore the place occupied by Mr.. Page IL an
important one, and ne fulfills its obliga-
tons I'm n way that leaves little 10 De de-
sired. The stories which lack the negro
element are somewhat cast In the shade
by the greater interest OF those who 90
not like 1t, although "Billington's Vaien-
tine has a delicate touch OF his own
that puts one In sympathy with the
apple-blossom girl, II not with the situa-
ton. When the summer reader taxes ms
ease In his inn we can imagine the maj
touch OF seIf-indulgence adequately sup
piled by such good skilful. UNI
insistent little books as the one win
which we are dallying.