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SOA4no WCAo Gnu t0o Tee
mains wers deposited in these. Cot
tons body was taken in charge by
samuel Lively, who CARRIED is to n. III
Moore, OF Stony Greek, who captured
the colored man, and Moore will prob.
ably carry it to Portsmouth to claim
the reward of $500 offered fer
it by the authorities of that city.
Very soon after the lynching crowl
which had corgre gated about the
courthouse began to thin out, and by
d ark the town had resumed its won +
I'D quiet, and all excitement was end
ed.
MAJOR oUToHIN's REPORT.
The TO wing admirable report of
Major Sol utchins to the Governor of
Virginia fixes the responsibility for the
lynchings:
His Exceliency. Hon J. Hoge Tyler,
Governor of Virginia.
have the honor to report chat in
obedience to Special Orders No. 10.
from the Adju5ant Generals ofice
bearing date on the 23i day of March.
1900, designated Company B, Captain
w. l.. Dsughtrey, of this battalion, to
proce ed by special train to Emporia "a
quickly as possible, and report To the
| civil authorities of said place for furth-
or Instructions and that, in obedience
TO another order OF that date, I assum-
ed msnd of the detail.
The abe q mentioned order was. re
ave ~ me II o'clock NJ, on the 23d
inssAnt. and few minutes thersafser
nv orders tn Captain Dsughtrey were
do 'ivsred and they were executed
with commena able promptness.
| At . O'Clock P. M. Captain Daugh-
trey reported his company ready TO
move; and at 8 o'cl rex, in obsdience to
further instructions received from
your Exceliency, We embarked on q
| special train or Two coaches furnished
by the Richmond and Petersburc
Railroad Company, and arrived at EN-.
poria st AIS P. M. immediately re-
ported to 3. w. Lee, sheriff of Greens.
Vile county, for orders, aud was di.
recsed by him to guard the Jail and the
prisoners therein confined.
THREATENING CROWDS ASSEMBLE.
Upon our arrival every thing wa,
apparently quiet and ORDERLY. bnt
shortly after sun down thres tepinc
crowds began to assemble and talk OF
Iyncnlng was freely INDUCED in. Our
sentineis were well placed by Captain
Daughtrey, and we felt fully able to
protect the Jail against all ccmers.
About 10 o'clock @ conference was
held at the residence OF Hon. W, Sam
nel Goodwin, Judge of she County
iOourt OF Greensvills county, between
the Judge, the sheriff and inf lentiAl
citizens OF the town of Emporia. Al
| which an srrangemeL was entered in
to between them. whereby the citizens
agreed TO come to the assistance OF
the sheriff AID to guard the isil, and
the sheriff agreed Co order the treops
under my command to with draw and
at lO:4O o'clock P NJ, received the
following order:
THAT Fatal ORDER.
"Emporia, Va, Mar. %, 1900.
l0:40 O'Clock p. a,
Major Sol, Outchins, Oommsadinc
Virgins Volunteers ut Emporia.
Sir-The services Of your commsnd
are no longer required, and YOU are
herebg discharged from further dutv
and directed Co Withdraw your troons
from the county at your convenienee,
Respectfully.
| 8. w. Lsx, Sheriff.
I ~ sPprovs the abovs action Of a. w
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WHEN the mob hanged O'GRADY, it
did much to hasten the end of lynch
ing in Virginia.
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No prisoner is Justified in surrender
ing TO an offi,er of the law who will not
protect him.
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xooREGsrs THE BODY.

Cotton wac hanged at I2:z5 O'Clock.
ana at lao o'clock O'Grsdy was
launched into eternity. Their bodies
were 1875 whers thay had fallen until
about 400 o'clock, whom two pIsin
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Entered In the Postomoe at Richmond, Va
. second clasa matter.
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POSTAGE STAMPS OF A I NOMINATION
HIGHER THAN TWO CENTS SOTRRcEIvEr
On SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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lV:lc m.
"kajor Sol. Outchins, Com N andir 3
Virginia Volunteers ut Emporis.
"sir-rhe ssrvisss az vou, .o~~.,a
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DR.. BULLS LIGHTNING
HAIR GROWER is the
best Hair Preparation
on the market. 1t
cures all kinds of Itch
ing, Irritating Scalp
Diseases; 'Eradicates
Dandruff, and causes
the Hair to grow on
Thin, Bald Places. 1t
will make Stubborn,
KnOtty, Kinky, Curly
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and Grow Rapidly.
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TO PRssxvz oRpsR.

The conference determined that or
der could be best preserved by with
drawing the troops, and thereupon the
following order was delivered 20 me:
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MRs. A. L. w ooD,
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Read I'D on last page. Agents wanss
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
A REMARKABLE DILEMMA.

According to our North Carolina EX-
himself in a peculiar and most un-
pleasant dilemma, one in which he
must choose between obedience to the
Supreme Court of the State or the
statutes of the Legislature. The Leg
islature of 1899, it appears, abolished
and forbade the payment of his sal
AIRY The Supreme Court holds that
the Office could not be abolished till
the end of the incumbent's term and
orders the Auditor to pass the war
rants for incumbent's salary. If the
Auditor refuses he lays himself liable
for contempt of the Supreme Court
If he obcys the court, he breaks the
statute law, and lays himself liable
TO impeachment at the hands of the
Legislature. To still further cmbar-
rass his position the Constitution for
bids the Auditor to pass warrants for
any money save as provided by law.
The Supreme Court fixed upon an
amount not named in the old statute,
which was repealed, or in the new
statute, which took its place. If he
Should pass the warrants his bonds
men may be liable. Truly Office hold
ing in our neighboring State is no sin
ecpre. when the political complexion of
the judicial and of legislative branches
of the Government is different. In such
dilemma the only safe course for
the Auditor seems to be to take to the
woods till his term of office expires.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
THE REPORT MEANT WHAT 1T
SAID.

THE BOARD OF TRADE AND
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION,
after a full investigation of the facts
by q specially appointed committee,
adopted report recommending that
upon all telephone companies doing
business in this city. In interviews
with the members OF that committee,
printed elsewhere in this issue OF the
Virginian- Pilot, it is made clear that
the committee meant what it said, and
not the abolition of all fixed maximum
rates. as was represented to the Tele-
phone Committee of Councils.
The Virginian-Pilot also gives to-day
resolutions adopted by THE GRAIN
AND HAY ASSOCIATION of this city
demanding that the same maximum
rates be fixed in the Bell Companys
J franchise as We're fixed in the States
sCompanys franchise when 1t was
granted-s3S a year for business and
S2S for residence telephones.
S 1t would be OF interest and value to
the public, and to Councils, If other
business organizations of this city
should see fit to take aciinn- in this
matter by adopting such recommends
tions to Councils as the facts seem 10
them to warrant. What do the
WHOLESALE GROCERS' ASSoCIA-
TToN: the MANUFACTURERS AS
EOCIATION; the real. ESTATE EN-
CHANGE. and like bodies think of the
proposition to put the same restrictions
upon the Bell and American Companies
es the States Company is now operat-
ing under? The members of all these
business organizations are closely iden-
tilted with the business interests OF
Norfolk, and can speak with weight
8knd authority upon this purely bust
ness proposition. They are nearly. if
not all, telephone subscribers. and it
will be of value to know whether or
not the new rates are satisfactory 20
them; and. if not. what remedy they
would recommend.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
WHEN TEDDY SPEAKS.

The report OF a delirious Republican
contemporary. after declaring that the
larger part of New York's three mil
lions of population heard Teddy Rooso-
Welt at Madison Square Garden on Fri
dag night, says:
"Oncc started. Governor Roosevelt
was never Interrupted by the crowds
except by applause. He held the vast
audience absolutely ut his command.
The way his voice held out surprised
even the Governors friends, for il
never once faltered."
The following from tho Boston Post
concerning Roosevelts ST. Louis
speech. is so pertinent in this conncc-
lion that it viii bear reproduction:
"But all this has been known tor sew
crai days Ia newspaper offices. to
which Governor Roosevelt has sent.
through the Associated Press, advance
copies OF his speech with the cnthusi-
asm of the audience typewriter in
along with his oWn fervid phrases. Be
fore the speech was delivered il was
known TO all who had copies of Gov
crnor I;ooscveli's prophetic revision
that v hen he had spoken two para
graphs there would be applause and
laughter" in brackets. That three sen
fences further along would occur
cheers and laughter" That renewed
laughter" would break forth ut fire.
qucnt intervals" That, as the orator
warmed up. the audience would burst
into general laughter and cheers
That when he spoke of 'courag sc in
staying To do our duty in the Philip
pines" his hearers could no longer re-
strain themselves, but emitted loud
cheering and cries OF Good; GoodN'
Further than this. Governor Roosevelt
discerned by his prophetic vision sew
cral days ago that when he mentioned
the fact that he was elected last year
over Van Wycll his audience at st.
| Louis would respond with applause
and cries of Good! Good. You viii be
elected againN
Why, therefore. should New York not
grow wild and hoarse over Roosevelt?
If st. Louis-wherc Roosevelt got the
worst frost any candidate has received
in this campaign-if st. Louis, with
it's stolid Teuton population began APP
| plauding a wcel. before Teddy arrived
| what might we not expect Of New
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28

York's fervid and leather-lunged mil
lions. when Teddy was Gin their
midst? If the typewriter cheer and
laughter was rafting and Gathering
in all the newspaper offices of the
country fortnight before the ST.
Louis speech was delivered the imagi-
nation recoils aghast before the torren-
tial article that must have swept Mad
ison Square Garden till even Teddy's
dental outfit chartered. 1t was a cruel
modesty that prompted Teddy to omit
from the advance copies of the New
York address the applause that welled
in Mississippian streams of ink through
the st. Louis speech. Teddy should
have given us warning and delight. A
noble precedent once set should be ad-
hered to. howe'er the ribald jeer and
the irreverent smoker in their sleeves.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
THE SUNS ATTACK ON LEE.
(WaShington Times /.

-.
considering the relations of the Naw
ork sun to the Administration. and jts
lisht 10 be regarded as the chief news
paper exponent and mouthpiece of tho
hcNinley administration, its attacl,
upon the honor and memory of General
Lee, at Il time OF acute political excite
ihcnt, when the attitude OF the Soutb
toward Republican carpetbaE Imperial
ism and the criminal trusts is "A matter
OIL extreme evaporation to the pro
ihoters OF those things, must be ascrib
ed 10 an animus and Il design quito
super editorial in character. The as
sauit is not merely upon the character
Oh II great man, so pure noble. and
iiiustrious that the only place for him
III the Pantheon of the nations heroes
erected in the heart of every American.
Is side by side with Washington and
Lincoln, but upon the Southern people
whose cause he espoused at the great
est sacrifice that a citizen of this coun-
Try was ever called upon to make. in
the performance of what he conceived
TO be his imperative duty before God
ana man. 1t brcathcS the menace of
force bills. and of miltarism by and
by 10 be used to revive the pandemo-
mum of reconstruction days. 1t half
conceals the mailed fist of Hanna and
his kind shaken at the South in warn
ing OF what that section may expect
should the trusts and their political
agents succeed at the polls in Novem-
Der.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
ROOT STATES THE DEMOCRATIC
IDEAL.

Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War
allowed his eloquence to run awav
with him at Canton. Ohio In his speech
there on Wednesday he said:
.'The strength of free institutions
in America has rested for all these cen
turies past upon the fact thar there
were no classes in America: that ali
men were equal before the law-eouni
in the rights of citizenship. equal In
the dignity of manhood, unfettered IN,
the pursuit of lilnitless opportunity,
that the poor and humble OF today
having the qualities of intelligence ana
enterprise, are the rich and powerful
Tomorrow; that the rich and powerful
lto-day, lacking these qualities, are the
poor and humble tomorrow; that ali
over the land the poorest workinamer
who may no longer seek to CHANGE
their own condition are looking with
pride and hope upon their boys start
Ing out upon their careers With adyan-
fages their fathers never had, with
open pathways to distinction and
wealth. With these conditions, which
have always existed and which exist
{ to- day. there is no such thing as ~,lass.
No gnif divides American citizens
from each other There is but one
Ideal. one title of honor. of pride and
OF mutual rosnsct-ths ideal and the
title Of American citizenship. AL this
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
ROOSEVELT AND THE ICE TRUST
washington Post)

And now comes the New York Jour
nal with the most injurious accusation
yet advanced-the statement that
Roosevelt has had Mayor Van Wyck's
reply in his possession for more than
two weeks and has deliberately sup
pressed II so that the invest LEGATION may
be postponed 1frttit utter the election.
The Journals story is to the effect that
Roosevelt is afraid to meet the issues
raised by Van Wyck; that he pigeon
holed the controversy. and intends to
keep it pigeon-holcd until it's capacity
for harming him shall have been de-
stroyed. 1t is stated further. by the
way. that Mr.. Van Wyck does not pro
pose to submit to this arrangement,
and that. unless the Governor gives
publicity to his reply to the disgrace
full and discredtable charges that have
been brought against him. nc will. five
days before the election, give it to the
American people. And there is where
the clouds are gathering.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28

pie we fed and nursed and coddled and
freed and fought for and brought out
of the woods.
We don't say they are not nice peo-
pie. Perhaps they are. We know they
think they are, but there are various
degrees and kinds of niceness.-Rich-
mond News.
Let the era OF fits and slobber rest
The country had to have it as child
has measles. In the meantime the kind
of Americans we have been sending to
Cuba are bit trying in u warm CHI
mate. where it is uncomfortable to have
to keep the doors locked and the win
dows barred.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28

these men would destroy in order that
they may ride into power as the gov
errors of an unhappy and discordant
people,"
Mr.. Root speaks we'll, much better
than Hon. Mark Hanna. With the ex-
ception OF Mr.. Bryan in his speech of
acceptance ut Indianapolis the Demo-
cratic ideal has not been better ex-
pressed in this campaign than by Mr..
Root in the extract given above. 1t
must have required tremendous eff
fort of viii for Mr.. Root--of whose
ability to see clearly there is no ques-
tion-to close his eyes to the facts and
add that ''all this these men Othe Demo-
crats) would destroy"
There has been nothing in this cam
paign more pathetic than the self
qualification, under the ruthless com
pulsion of political association, of men
of MIR. Roots intellectual capacity.
When such a man is driven to declare
that 1t is the Democrats who would de-
stroy equality of opportunity and en-
trench q privileged class in power the
qualification is abject and complete.
For quarter of century the Re-
publican party has been In continued
alliance with Il privileged class, for
whose benefit it has ruthlessly used the
machinery of government. 1t has bar
tered tariff schedules for the sinews of
political war, and has held itself "open
to offers" until every man with an axe
to grind has come to look upon the Re
publican party as easy of approach.
1t has substituted pull for merit in the
civil and military, is rank with nepot-
ism. and, in times of stress, is para
lyzed with inefiicicncy. Its statesmen
are the associates Of gamblers in the
stock markets. and are the organizers
and promoters of concerns that seek
and get franchises in the COLONIES"
and gratis" in the States.
In its campaigns the Republican
party pretcnds TO appeal to patriotism,
while, in fact. it relies upon narrow
and sordid clannishness for success. 1t
prates about equality of opportunity,
while its barrel is filled with contribu-
tons from the trusts that are driving
men out of business and closing the
door of opportunity in the faces of
millions. Are the employees who are
told they will be discharged if they do
not vote for Mckinley equal III the
rights of citizenship, equal in the dig
nifty of manhood" With the mon who
give them the choice of starvation or
political subserviency?
1t is against these conditions pro
duced by the Republican partys adj
OF affairs. that the Demo-
cratic party protests. Il IS against what
Col. Watterson calls "stolen preroga-
tives," and. therefore. is it an anarchist
and an evangel of disorder in the
mouths of the men who have received
these stolen prerogatives. and of the
men who stole them.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
M'KINLEYIsM RUN MAD.
Baltimore SUM


The New York Sun has read Robert
r. Lee out of the Hall of Fame. at
tnis time says this ardent supporter
of President Mckinley. there has
come up false and mushy sentiment
tally which would have the Ameri-
can people forget the outrage against
the Republic committed by the rebel
nous forces under the command of
Robert e. Lee. 1t is that meek
and mawkish sentimentalIty which
puts the name Of Lee among the great
commanders entitled to the veneration
OF posterity. Hail to the Stars
ana Stripes. Forever and always
death and confusion to its enemies."
Lee, says the Sun, was 'deserter."
Lee committed "a capital military
crime-a crime against civilizations
Inc suns savage attacks upon the
south and its rancorouS onslaught up-
on the memory of the great Confed-
crate commander are significant as ex-
presSlonS of the views entertained by
the most extreme imperalist newspa-
per IN the United States. Our New
York contemporary is not treating
southern "eXpansionists" with as
much consideration as their recent
conversion 10 Republicanism womb
seem to demand. They will scarcely
love Mckinleysm more because its
chlet newspaper advocate denounces
the immortal Lee as one who "surren-
dered his soldierly honor and was a
common 'deserter." The Southern
man VINO identifies himself with the
imperialism represented by the New
ork Sun will find ii impossible TO re-
tain his sclf-respect.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
THE LAST WEEK OF THE
CAMPAIGN.

1t is now little more than n week
until the Presidential election. This
week will see the real work of the
campaign. The time for effective talk
has passed. Men who vote in accord
ance with political convictions or pri-
vate interests have already made up
their minds. The time for work hard
persistent and. withal. dirty work, is at
hand. This will be a Republican week
They have the moneyNan the organi-
cation and the machinery, and the boo
die will fly and the machinery will
buzz. and the purchasable voter will
be welcomed into the Republican fold
OF course there will be q rafting hot
finish. The red fire ana lurid oratory
and perennial campaign canard will do
business as usual. But it is the week
of the man with the ''wad," for all
that. The colonizer, the captain of re-
peaters. the Whooper-up. the only gent
who fixes the ballot countcrs-for
them it is TO be the maddest. merriest
week of all the glad campaign. This
will not be nice week, but the sover-
eiGn-Amcrican citizen who has two
eyes in his head and n stout stomach
and n stoutcr belief In the future of
his country can acquire q good deal
of Information if he be so minded ana
not be any the worse for it.
This will be a history making cleo
ton. 1t is not n fight Of The good old
sort" this fight that is now drawing
10 its finish. 1t is not merely Ques-
ton of who shall administer the gov
eminent and hold the Offices. That
was about all that the good old" cam
paisns of &c, 80, 81, SIS and 20 came
to- as we know now. in that fulness of
wisdom that comes after tho fact; not
that it Is unlmportant that honest
men. who will hold tho scales even
should administer the government: 1t
is Of vast Importance; but whether OF
of Tho people or become the gift of q
limited number OF persons with large
bank accounts and large interests to
scrvc-this is good deal more i'm
portant.
as a people get older they are apt to
grow less democratic. We are no cx-
ception tn the rule. What we are so
ing TO decide on next Tuesday week
is whether we will hold on to the dem
ocratic ideas OF the founders of the
republic or whether we will throw
them overheard and give ourselves UP
to the undcmocratic tendency that has
come with increasing wealth and the
creation of leisure class. We are go
ing to decide whether we will he the
plain, unvainshed republic of ho-
mogeneous people or republic in
name. with the frills and trappings OF
an empire
If the question could he gotten
squarely before the people. without be-
! ing fuddled with other things: If the
influence of money and the coercion OF
the weak and the blind force of party
loyalty could be eiininated. there
would be no doubt whatever OF the re-
/ suit. a tremendous majority of Amer
| leans are for the republic without tho
frills, but they are divided and con
] fused by other questions. They who