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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
NEW STATES.
PRESS.

we mentioned yesterday that bill was
.e,,,y introduced into the Maryland
LEGISLATURE proposing TO create Nc"
state out Of portions OF the three 9'"'Vo
that now form the peninsula known do
..,he Eastern Shore" The scheme j. 10.
, ,ractlcal one. The inhabitants OF
states having large sectional areas are
NO might saw. unanimously opposed 10
a,v change in the boundaries or ther
c,s,es The people Of New YORK ana
Texas scout the proposition 10 cary
new States out of their territory Inc
law admitting Texas into the Union pio-
vided that new States might, unoer GER
col, circumstances. be erected out OF
chat state. In fact, the Federal Consul
sutton provldes that new States may be
admitted by Congress into the Union put
makes the following conditions-to WIZ
no new State shall be formed or erec'eu
within the jurisdiction of any other STATE
nor any States be formed by junction
of two or more States, or parts oi
States. without the consent OF the iesisia-
.u-as of the States concerned, as wen
as of the Congress.
A United States senator once sau
that there was nothing so cowardly as
million Of dollars, except two Millions
So we say. there are no States so much
opposed to being carved up as the small
ones-except the large ones. SO. when
the Maryland proposition comes up, Lit
lie Delaware" will fasten her eyes upon
Washington. as she did when Andrew
johnson was undergoing trial upon the
resolution OF impeachment which the
House OF Representatives had passed on
that subject. Big Virginia will turn her
eyes In the same direction. Accomac
and Northampton counties are as loyal
70 Virginia as Henrico and Chesterfield
We might say more so. SO also the
MARYLAND counties which II is proposed
10 include within the proposed new
State are as loyal to Maryland as
>Accomac and6aNorthampton are to Vir-
ginia. MAINLAND my Maryland" has
tied every foot of her territory TO the
State as II is-tied it as "old Virginia
never tire" has tied the Old Dominion
together, or as "Dixie" has linked to-
gether in indssoluble bonds the South
ern States OF the Union.
The territorial area Of Texas is 265,7sO
square miles, yet she has no territory
to give away. New York has only 4s,170
square miles of territory; Virginia has
a. 40; Delaware has 1850; Maryland, IL,
0f0
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
THE RlCHMOND EDNESDAr. FEbKUAkY 49, 1875

was appointed to I'LL the chair for the rest
OF the session.
T. There was not In the lifetime Q,
Edward William Johnston q chair OF
beiles-lettres at the University. Professor
McGuney. In connection with the CHAIR OF
Moral Philosophy, taught a brief course
OF rhetoric. The Chair of History, Litera-
ture. and Rhetoric dncludlng. OF course
belles-lettres) was established late In the
fiftics. II / am not mistaken, and was
filed from the beginning by George Frede-
rick Holmes. Recently the chairs or
English Language and English Literature
have been established. Professor Holmes
being now limited to historical science.
L., S. NJ
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
DEMOCRATS WILL UNITE.
MIR. Morrison Says Southern Silver
Men VIII Not Desert the Party.


CHICAGO, ILL, February l7.-Winiam
r. Morrison is in the city. my COM
ing to Chicago is on business connect
ed with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. he said. 1T has no political
significance or Importance that 1 am
aware or"
what was the effect on political
opinion and Democratic party sentiment
OF the decisive anti-silver vote In the
House Frlday?"
II am not as close in touch with what
you may terms the political or party
thought and opinion of Washington as
some others, who are more about the
Capitol. ! have not been in the House
Of Representatives since l went out of
1t in March. 1881.
ut is curious how changing Incl
dents in political fortune can elevate
or depress the spirits of men. The action
Of the Senate on the silver question
eIated the silver men, and the action
OF the House depressed them equally.
Perhaps a little more so-yes, little
more So
Speaking of his presidential candidacy,
Mr.. Morrison said: Whatever my as
pirations as TO the honorable leadership
OF a great party, ! would not snap my
fingers for the presidential nomination
Of divided and demoraized party. There
must be evidence OF party cohesion
around weil-settled doctrines Of the DEM
ocratic party before / would accept a
nomination. Let there be fight In the
convention. A fight in a convention is
not dangerous, II a proper party spirit
prevails but 1t should always be a fight
in which It Is understood that antago-
nizing interests shall abide the results.
No man in his senses would go before
convention with any other understand
ing"
When asked what he considered the
prospects OF reaching a condition OF mu-
tual tolerance I'm Democratic party coun-
ellis. Mr.. Morrison said
II cannot state IL as fact. but l
have received the impression. and / be
lieve it TO be so, that the most pronounced
silver Democrats In the South are
gradually reaching the conclusion that,
for higher party and public reasons hey
should be willing TO yield something
to party unity. / believe the silver
Democrats I'm Missouri and Arkansas
are more bitter and implacabe than In
any other Of the old slave States. and In
Arkansas the condition grows largely out
OF the conflicting senatorial ambitions
of two able men, who are outdoing
each other in organizing sentiment. In
the other Southern States the convic-
ton. | believe, is growing that conces-
sion is necessary to save the party"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
POss AND HENRY TRIAL.
C0r Assembling and Robbing Mr.
Alexander NcCIintock.

FAIRFAX COURTHOUSE, VA, Febru-
airy B.-(SpeciaL)-Th trial Of Henry
Poss and Thomas Henry for assaultlng
and robbing Alexander McClintock, No
vember 10Th last. began here to-day.
Much interest is manifested. The court
room was crowded to overlooking. The
prosecution is conducted by Common
wealth's-Attorney j. NJ. Love and X. w.
Moore. and the prisoners are defended by
Messrs. Barley, Green, and Burke, OF
Alexandria.
Mr. McClntock was the first witness Tor
the prosecution. He related in detail how
the prisoners approached him at Edsalls
Station on the evening OF the 10Th OF No
yember and followed him for about half
mile, and then knocked him down and
robbed him of his money and a pair OF
pants. the latter being afterwards found
in the possession of the prisoners. Then
they tied his hands and feet. he said, and
gagged him and left him. He loosed him.
self and returned to the depot and tele-
graphed TO the police at Alexandria, who
arrested the prisoners that night.
Ex-Mayor Straus, Of Alexandria, next
testified that McClintock purchased from
him on the day of the robbery the pants
taken from the prisoners. The court here
adjourned till tomorrow. The trial will
probably last three days.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
wAsugNGToS's EYE FOR DETAILS.

WtSHlNGJOt'S HI II hUss D'A
The New York Prcss has had tho
privilege OF copying and publishing eN-
tracts from about ninety hitherto w-
published letters Of George Washlngtons.
They were written by Washington 70
Colonel Tobias Lear. his private secre-
tary, and refer almost exclusively 10
Office and domestic affairs. The letters
begin at about the time when II was
decided to remove the seat OF govern
ment from New York to Philadelphia.
President Washington went to Mount
Vernon TO rest awhile before the reas-
sembling Of Congress. and directed ~
letter the last details Of the removal
Of his household from New York to Phil
aGelphla. where the Pennsylvania Legs
Iature had voted him. as his mansion
the buildings of the University Of Penn
sylyanis. These he had declined,
however, as being too large for him TO
fill with suitable furniture. SO he rented
house of Gouverneur Morris.
in my last / left IL with you" he
writes to his secretary, Colone! Lear,
ito decide on the propriety Of bringing
the washer woman. l do so siill. But
with respect TO Mrs. Lewis and her
daughter. / wish it may not be done,
especially as 1t Is In contemplation TO
transplant Hercules or Nathan from the
kitchen at Mount Vernon to that In
Philadelphia; and because the dirty
figures of Mrs. Lewis and her daughter
will not be a pleasant sight in view (as
the kitchen always will be) OF the princi-
pal observation-disclosures in our new
habitation."
There was to be more grandeur about
the Presidents new establishment. and
he adds that Upon a second conyersa-
II was concluded to have the Harness
for the coach quite new. and plated; and
l should be glad II you would see that
they are handsomely executed"
These letters show that Washington
was a great master Of details. In one
he complains that his butler dranl; his
wine and then proceeds to explain 10
Lear how to pack china and hire cooks;
in another he desired that his secretary
should frequently inquire of Mrs. Wash
ington If she needed any money. as she
was mot fond Of applying for it,; in
another he writes Of selecting a school
for his niece, and lays stress on gentilty,
strict rule, and high studies; in an
other he wrote Of matching his cur
tains, and said II were better to be
slow i'm chusing' than to have to change;
in another he wrote Of buying bed blank
cts, and was perpexed over the cost
and narrowness Of Dutch goods" etc, ETC.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19

WHO BEGAN THE FIGHT. :

Sometimes We hear II said that the
Democratic primary election held last Oc-
tober settled the question that there were
TO be no charter changes.
we guess that no member of the City
Council will advance any such argument
for no sooner had the result Of the pri-
mary election been proclaimed than the
City Council proceeded TO declare Itself
In favor Of change In the charter so
as 10 undermine the Board OF Public
Interests.
Yes, within a few weeks after the ac-
ton of the people was taken at the pri-
mary election the Ci,y Council began
an agitation for charter changes. Their
demand for the undermining OF the
Board Of Public Interests was prompt
IN met with a counter demand from the
iax-paying public Cor an enlargement OF
the powers OF The board and the creation
Of the two new boards.
Ex-Judge George L. Christians plan
for a general remodelling Of the city de-
partments was overuled by the Cham
Der OF Commerce. and the Two bills now
proposed put but one additional depart
ment under the charge Of commission.
This department is the gas department,
which Is now controlled by a Council
committee. but which II is proposed shall
hereafter be managed by a commission.
The other proposed commission is the
npence commission.
OF course the primary election could
not dispose OF any question that was
DOT before II. but IL there was any sun
aerstanding" that our charter was TO be
ist alone. the city Council broke that
understanding. 1t act the ball IN motion
for charter amendments when Il declared
IN favor Of undermining the Board OF
Public Interests. Furthermore. the City
Council has embodied its attack upon the
Board OF Public Interests into a bill.
which was recently introduced in The
Senate by Mr.. Loyenstein: who. as we
have heretofore stated. Is opposed to
amy charter changes not approved by a
vote OF our people. The Chamber OF
Commerce proposes 10 submit ITS bills
10 q vote OF the people; but there is no
such suggestion IN the bill which the
city Council made haste To put before
the Senate.
by the way. the bills proposing 70
amend the charter as recommended by
the Chamber OF Commerce were intro
duced yesterday. and fourth one pro-
sidex that the vote OF the people as to
shether the amendments shall be ac-
F. "E.'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
Somebody Was Tardy.
QHenry Bulletin)

titcnfy Bulletin.)
We do not know when General Lee
ordered Longsireet to form his part OF
the attacking line, but We do know that
the private soldiers felt that somebody
was tardy in getting to Gettysburg. and
that many were the inquiries as TO the
whereabouts Of Longstreet's corps before
his battle-scarred veterans were visible
TO the eye Of the private soldier. The
official eye may see just where a brigade.
division. or corps may be. but these
soldiers must be seen by the eye Of the
private before they are Of any great help
in driving an enemy from a position.
While General LOngstreet had the conf
dence Of Lees army and every command
in that army had confidence in and love
for his soldiers, there are few, we imagine,
who do not regret, and even doubt the
expressions OF any man who would vol
unfairly cast the slightest reflection on
the military genius OF the dead chieftian,
General Robert r.. Lee.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19

The United States House Committee on
Railways and Canals has reported favora-
bIv the bill introduced by Congressman
chickering. Of New York, directing the
Secretary of War to cause accurate sur
vevs. examinations, and final estimates
NJ cost TO be made for a ship canal
from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic by
way of the Hudson river, wholly WITHIN
the territory of the United States.
The plea made in behalf of the colossal
exnehditures that this undertaking would
involve is that the canal would enable
us TO transfer our warships from the
ocean TO the lakes in time Of war. But
II smells rather OF a big job than OF
war
Every conceivable sort of scheme 10
get money out of the United States
Treasury is now being urged in the name
of national defence. While we should
be entirely willing to see our Senators
and Representatives vote liberal appro-
priations for building and manning new
ships FOR erecting coast-defences, and
manning them, we don't want to see the
war-scare used to boost schemes Of inter
nal improvement. and put money into
the pockets OF great contracting syndl-
Gates.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19

While the proposed dog ordinance does
not provide that any one removing a
license medal from dogs collar shall be
punished for petit larceny, 1t does provide
that all such offenders shall be punished
by fines. We suppose that the Police
Commissioners and Committee on Ordi-
nances considered whethertit would be
well to make, or attempt to make. the
offence theft. Yet II the offence il not
petit larceny. il comes so very near 1t
that Il takes fine glasses TO enable one
TO discover the difference. However this
matter may very well be discussed In the
Common Council and Board of Aldermen
All that We wish TO do now is to disabuse
the mind Of some persons who seem to
think that there is no penalty provided
for removing a medal from dogs collar.
Not only are fines provided for such, but
the ordinance also requires that all dogs
taken shall be kept at the city pound for
at least forty-eight hours, so that their
owners may have an opportunity to come
forward and redeem them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
Not I'm All Particulars Accurate
Lynchburg, Va. February H. 1896.

LyncnDurg, va, FEBRUARY u, 1896.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
The communication Of G. C. W. in your
yesterdays Sundays paper was very
interesting, replete with entertaining
"reminiscences. II was not. however. IN
all particulars accurate. There is in 1t
one sentence of three lines In which
there are four mistakes. Speaking Of
Edward William Johnston OIL Secretario),
the writer says that he was once
professor OF belles-lettres at the Univer-
sity. succeeding Professor Rodgers, who
had been murdered by young Simms. of
South Carolina" In this brief sentence
there are the following inaccuracies:
/. Edward William Johnston was never
a professor at the University.
2. There never was Professor Rodgers
at the University. William b. Rodgers
was professor or natural philosophy, and
bis brother. Robert f. Rogers. professor
Of chemistry. Both OF them resigned
their chairs, Professor Francis II. Smith
succeeding the one. and Professor
Socrates Msupin succeeding the other.
8. No Professor Rodgers or Rogers was
ever killed by young Simms. or by any
body, at the University. Simms killed
Professor Davis. OF the law department.
In November. l think. possibly in October,
$50; and Nathaniel Howard. Of Richmond.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19

cepted or rejected shall take place al
sneclaI election to be held on the oth OF
October. The date thus fixed is good
way OF. and Is within one month Vi '"e
presidential and congressional elections
In the mean time the Gas Department
and the Finance Committee of the CITY
Council VIII have been reorganized by the
city Council. which comes INTO once on
1uly ist. and then conditions may be quite
different from what they are now. we
shau doubtless see when the bill is con-
sldered in the legislative committee
whether the date named Is acceptable to
the gentlemen who are prominent for or
against the amendments in question.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
An Able and just Opinion.
Editor Of the Dispatch:

To the Editor Of the Dispatch
Judge Cardwell has touched the pulse OF
those people Of whom there are many
in all communities. who are unequally
and unjustly taxed. in his reversion of
the decision of the Corporation Court Of
Alexandria
This matter OF unequal taxation Is be-
coming a consuming and expressing af-
Fiction IN many Of our towns, especially
when the municipal rover passes into
the hands Of non-property- holders, who
ruthessly tax widows or orphans TO the
extent Of their entire income or mere.
Alexandria people have spoken ana pro-
tested through the Violet case. and lesser
municipalities may be expected to be
heard from. Every little crossroads has
a few ambitious men, who send in retl-
tons TO have their towns incorporated,
and then the people bssjn 70 feel what
the iron heel OF an incorporated town
means. II those who do not Owr property
were not permitted 10 become members
Of town councils. etc. this thing PERHAPS.
could be better regulated and abated.
The Legislature should take Up this mat
ter, and require every official who Is TO
make laws and assess taxes for ioWps
to be TO a certain extent property
holder'
Judge Cardwell has male for himself
reputation as a just and mercitul Judge.
The people everywhere will reicicc to
know his ruling. especially those wide VS.
whose whole income has been taken w
and appropriated hy these conscienceless
tax-assessors and collectors. 1t is TO be
hoped the Legislature at this session will
afford relief to this class OF unjustly-taxed
people. who for years have been preyed
upon by these assessors and collectors.
CULPEPER WIDOWS.
'The Legislature has no such power
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19

A colored man Of Haverhill, Mass, has
instituted suit against a white barber OF
that town for refusing to shave him.
The negroes Of Haverhill claim that they
are Disseminated against on account OF
their color. and this is 10 be made test
case. And yet. when Boston hotels re-
Gently refused accommodations TO a
colored bishop. and to several other ne
groes that went North on an entertain
ment tour, many Of the Massachusetts
papers outside Of Boston sought to pro-
duce the impression that the Hub" was
the only place in the State where race
prejudice exists. The fact Is. however,
that when II comes TO the pinch the people
Of Boston do not IN this matter Differ
from the people Of the rest Of the State
nor indeed from the people Of the rest
Of New England.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
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RATHER HARD ON NEW YORK.

New Workers are so disGruntled over
the fact that the steamship ST. Pau
had to be sent 10 Newport News TO be
locked and repaired that Mayor Strong
intends to have presented in the New
York Legislature a bill empowering the
Gotham dock commissioners 10 build
al that city a dry-dock large enough 10
hold the biggest vessel afioat. The esti-
mated cost of the proposed New YORK
dry-dock is about SSoo0O.
Well II does seem rather hard that
Newport News. which is only about
twelve years old. isn't half built up yet
and is really not out Of its swaddling
clothes as city, should in some re-
spects be bigger than New York Ana
the worst OF IL is for New York, that
even when the latter gets her big dry
dock, she will lack some important ad-
vantages that Newport News possesses
in the matter Of docking and repairing
great ships. ASIDE from the spleadidly
equipped shops at the Newport News
yard, in the winter the season in which
ships are more apt to get injured. the
climate is milder at the Virginia city than
i'm New York. This is conside-
ration that must have great weight in
the matter Of repairing a vessel that
has, especially in the winter, TO be dry
locked for that purpose. Besides. for
some years to come at least, Newport
News will be able at days nJ:icc 10
put all the skilled mechanics o work
repairing a ship, that can De utilized
without getting into one another's way.
The same condition applies 10 the ques-
ton Of furnishing skilled ard rnskilled
labor in cleaning a ships bottom.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19

Bonpets, hats, and other head para
phernalia must must come down or off in
the theatre, says a Judge in Colorado, and
the memory of that jurlst will live long
in the minds of those who like to see the
players when they go to the play. should
his action be sustained and prove an en-
tering wedge.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-19
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sTREET-cAR TRANSFERS.
ADDITIONAL FACILITIES OFFERED
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Commencing January I. 1896, this
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TO s,nps"SS an Richmond ana Manchester
a Messenger is allowed the. privilege o,
"a y Ter 10 any connecting line In either
city, and in any dEeeuon AZ junction.
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rasssuSer TO only ONE transfer ticket.
a., additional transfers are allowed on
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This arrangement. enables passengers 20
Interchange between the Main-street ana
Clay-street lines. at central points, IA
any direction.
An the parks and suburban districts
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city by payment OF one fare. IA l2-ts