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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
THE EXTRA SESSION.

1t seems to US that the Richmond Times
makes a strong point against calling an
extra session OF the present Legislature TO
make provision for the convention to re-
wise the Constitution when it quotes
resolution by the Norfolk Convention last
May. pledging the Democratic party OF
the State to see that 1.-The expenses Incl
dent to a constitutional convention shall
be kept down TO the lowest possible
figure The Times further quotes an edi-
torial comment Of the Dispatch on this
pledge. to-Wit: The meaning in this is
that an extra session of the Legislature
viii not be called unless the necessities of
the situation positively demand it, Ac-
ceptins this Interpretation. The Times says
that sit devolves upon the party mana
gers to show that there is some necessity
which did not exist in May for calling the
Legislature together in extra session
We are inclined to go further than The
Times and say that do not believe
that the party manag gers can show the
existence of any such neceSsity.-Peters-
burg InieX-Appeal.
The Times has not meant to make
point against the calling of an extra
session of the Legislature to arrange for
the Constitutional Convention. As a mat
ter OF fact we think that the extra session
should be ileld. If, as Claimed by the
friends Of the Convention movement. the
expenses Of the State Government can be
greatly reduced by changes in our system
OF government, and especially if through
the action of the Convention every pre-
text for corrupt election methods in yir-
ginia can be removed, the sooner the Con-
Na;lfiDn jS la15 40 of
laws put into execution the better it will
be.
But if the Norfolk Convention pledged
the Democratic party not to hold an extra
session of the Legislature. that promise
should be kept. We do not know what
was meant by the promise that the ex-
penses incident TO the Convention should
be kept down to the lowest possible figure,
but the Richmond Dispatch evidently I'M
derstood ii TO mean that no extra session
would be called, and SO stated in its edi-
torial columns on the day after the Con-
renton in Norfolk adjourned On the
other hand, we have been informed by
gentlemen who We're at the Convention
that it was clearly understood among the
delegates that an extra session would be
called and that the opponents Of the Con-
vention, after they found that they had
been defeated, agreed to it. We confess
to some surprise however. that after call
ing public attention TO the resolution
adopted and to the Interpretation of it by
the Richmond Dispatch neither the Dis
patch nor any of the party leaders has
offered word of explanar ion
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05

great deal Of harm. But they built up the
great West, nevertheless. and the evils
connected with them were the evils the
times, and not evils incident to u system
of State Banks. and those evils were rap
idly correcting ,l1en1se elves, so that if moths
have had The most perfect banking system
that any people ever had, and we should
never hsd heard of gseenback:sm, fat
money or free silver. The war came Oh.
however, and those who ruled the destl-'
MICS OF The United State Government;
thought an absolutely control oyer the.
finances Of the country was necessary to
successful conduct Of the war, so that.
They destroyed the State Banks and built
up on their ruins the present National;
Eank system, which is the most grinding
tyranny that any people were ever sub.
iecied to. 1t is a system controlled by a
comparatively few rich men. who monopo-
iize The credit OF the country. while the
faithfully and efficiently by their State
Banks are unable to procure any bank ac-
Communications at ALL But SO meri-
torious are the staaa Banks, SO do
they show that they minister to the
needs of the people at large, that
for the past twenty years, though deprived
of their right 10 issue currency, they have
grown in the most astonishing manner.
and threaten at no distant day to GUST the
National Banks entirely. When that day
comes the principles OF evolution will have
again brought US back 10 the conditions of
the year 1860, and we shall then have that
banking system which nature calls for
and which our Constitution intended for
the American people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
CURRENT TOPICS.

1.-THE Supreme Court of Michigan has
decided says the Philadelphia Record,
that the State law authorizing the pay
on sugar produced in that State is IN
constitutional. The Court holds that the
Legislature has no power to authorize a
tax for private purposes. This decision
resta on solid grounds. All taxes laid for
protective purposes ought to be abolished
on the same ground. They are only up
held by the courts because OF the legs
slative pretense- that protective tarilf
duties are inteded as revenue measures
This is good Democratic doctrine and
we regret that it is not more often
PREACHED by Democrats in these DAYS.
The tariff question seems to nave no
part in the present campalSn. as it had
no part in the campaign Of 1886. Apart
from the material question involved, it
as a great Democratic principle that tax
alton shall be equal and uniform, and
that one man shall not be taxed TO nelp
another mans private business, ana that
principle should never he permitted TO
drop out of sight.
The Philadelphia Ledger prints this
notice at the head of its editorial column:
Saturday next, October 6, will be the
last day for the payment of poll tax.
The tax payable TO the Receiver Of
Taxes at the City Hall or to the poll tax
collectors appointed for the various
wards. The citizen ma make payment
in person or he may give written au-
thori1y to another to procure the re-
ceipt you have not paid q S atezsor
county tax with Wo ye arssys'u must
.pay yalir pol tfx mt ter han Sat
s,rday next m have no
Z III Ia votea at the november election,
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Z
s.sCharlotte, Halifax and Prince Ed
ward.
8. spossyivan.a, Louisa. Orange and
Madison.
1a. Loudoun and Fairfax
IL. Frederick and Jefferson.
y. Hampshire, Hardy, Berkeley and
Morgan.
1s Washington, Lee, Scott, Russell and
Tazeweil
Il King William. King and Queen, Es-
sex. Caroline and Hanover.
Is. wythe. Montgomery, Grayson and
Giles.
1s. Kanawha, Mason, cabeIl, Randolph,
Harrison, Lewis, Wood and Logan.
= Ii. Ohio, Tyler, Brooke, Monongalsa and
Preston.
is. Fauqu1er and Culpeper.
10. Norfolk. Princess Anne, Nansemond
and Borough of Norfolk.
90 Campbell, Buckingham and Bedford.
81. Franklin, Henry, Patrick and PITT
sylvania.
%. Albemarle. Nelson, Goochland, Am
terst and Fluvanna.
81 King George, Westmoreland Lancas-
Ter. Northumberland, Richmond Stafford
ana Prince William.
"a. Mathews. Middlesex. Accomac
Northampton and Gloucester.
Among the delegates were James Madi-
son, James Monroe John Marshall, Chief
Justice of the United States; John Ran
dolph and many others of the same high
character and standing. The people did
not go in for large numbers. They pre-
ferred to have small, deliberative body,
composed of the picked men of the Com
monwealth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05

Pay the tax to-day, If convenient. as Is
the matter may escape your memory i
you decay.
II Virginia would adopt a similar rule
and require in cases where no other
taxes are paid that the capitation tax pc
PAD twelve months in advance me
solve itself.
To offset Democratic banner which
has been stretched across broadway IN
New York City, at the head OF Wall
Street, a Republican banner has been
r!n:furled a New York correspondent
in referring to the incident, says:
The Republican banner contains no
portraits. 1t does not even bear me ,i
names of Mckinley and Roosevelt. All
that it shows are the following extracts
from speeches by William J. Bryan:
If there is any one who believes the
gold standard is a good thing, or that IL
must be maintained, 1 warn him not 70
cast his vote for me, because | promise
nm 1t will not be maintained IN tnis
country longer than / am able to get rid
OF it.-William Jennings Bryan, Knox
vile Tenn, September is 1896.
The party stands where it did in 1876
on the money question. William Jen-
aings Bryan, GAINESVILLE, O., September
4, 1850.
Nothing could have been put up in the
streets of New York calculated to do
Bryan more harm than these quotations
from his own speeches.
This is conclusive of the fact that in
Wall Street at least, imperialism is not
The paramount issue
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
THE appoETIoNslE

In connection with the Constitutional
Convention several of our contemporaries
are discussing the question of apportion-
ment. Without committing ourselves 10
any definite proposition, we say in general.
terms that in our opinion it would be a
mistake to have a large, unyieldy body
Of men to revise the Constitution. There
ought. to be sure, to be d sufficient num-
Der of men 10 represent every section and
every interest of the State. But this can
be done without having a Very large con-
yention. A Constitutional Convention
should, of all assemblies. be a deliberative
body, but il is hard TO construct such a
body out of large numbers.
When The convention of 1929 was held
Nirginia WAS nearly twice as large in ter
riiory as now. But there We're only ninety
six members of thai body. Each of the
twents-four Senatorial districts into which
the State was divided was entitled 10 four
delegates, and. as there was no restriction
in the right of selection, either as to the
Office which was held, or as to the place
where the delegate resided, in some cases
the people of one district We're induced to
look into others for such men as they
thought best fitted 10 represent them.
THE consequence of this, say Ritchie and
Cook, who compiled the proceedings, was
that an assembly of men was drawn to-
sether ahich has scarcely been surpassed
in the United States. some holding it to
be equal to the celebrated convention
which met in Virginia in the year 17SS to
pass upon the Federal Constitutions
The districts represented were as follows.
For convenience ne number them in the
order in which they appear in the record:
j. Amelia. Chesterfield. Cumberland,
Nostoway. Powhatan and city of Peters
burg.
Brunswick Dsnwsadie, Lunenburg
and Mecklenburg. 5
City of Williamsburg. Charles City.
Elizabeth City. James City. city Of Rich.
.nond. nenrico. New Kent, Warwick and
York
shs,,a.saoah and Rocking ham.
Augusta, Rockbridse and az ndieton.
sreenbrier d. sBoteteurt
], ~ l.enias asad Nichols
Il IsIe
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
CENTRAL CAROLINA FAIE.
greensboro, \. c.. October o-12 1900

Greensboro, \. c.. October 9-f2, 1900
On account of the above. Southern
Railway will sell tickets to Greensboro
n c., and return from all points within
the State OF North Carolina. also from
LynchburG. Richmond, Norfolk and inter-
mediate points in the State of Virginia, at
one drst-ciass fare. plus fifty cents, :nctuji-
ms one admission fee to the Fair Grounds,
for the round trip. Tickets on sale Oc-
tober 9, 10 and Il, and from points
within radius of seventy-hve Cl5) miles,
fo- early morning trains OF October 18th.
nith final limit returning on all tickets
October 18TH.
q w E1-Es1rRL-PY u z
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
a Bunch OF Roses.

The world is good to her and gay,
And showers its treasures on her way
Quite beyond reason
I fam some little gift would send,
With greetings from her faithful-friend,
This fowery season.
I'd like to lay down at her feet
My heart, its every throb and heat
And breath and motion;
And with imprisoned voice declare
How, high as heaven, and wide as air,
Is my devotion.
But this, alas! I dare not Go,
Nor even whisper entire nous
My. yearning passion
In hope to make her fair eyes scan
The romance of a poor young man.
In friendly fashion.
But there's one thing can and may
Accomplish this bright festal day,
While earth reposes
In peace and joy. / may and will
Send her, and brarely foot the bill,
A bunch OF roses.
She'll wear them in her bosom sweet,
Where they the gaze of men may meet
Dude, sage~and scholar
But. whatsoeer be gained or lost,
She'll never dream that they have cost
My bottom dollar!
Then so. dear flowers, and tell her that,
Since courtly Paris wooins sat
In Helen's bower
Since bold Laander cleft the wave
ca shallops hire, no doubt, TO save)
The Hero's tower;
Since Romeo of grief expired.
And Abelard to pray retired,
oh. tell her duly.
No girl was loved clean out of sight,
As she is, morning. noon and night,
BY hers most truly.
IN. S. Bridges, in Harlem Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
81 SS EnS & 2 for acceptable ideas.
4 Eab ga State If patented.
4 AA "a 5Ns THE PATENT RECORD,
IS ssAs.S ~ IS - Baltimore. lid.

heart to leave his mother for her. Failing.
she declared that life held no further
charm for her.
Il cannot live without YOU" she said to
DR.. Hill, at the close OF the interview
She boarded with Mary Faust, at No. G2t
Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, and was en-
pIoyed as q stenographer by Dow, Jones
&; Co., No. Il Broad Street. Her flJE.er
has a small farm on the outskirts of Wal
than, Mass
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
GUARD AGAINST DISEASE

at this season by keeping the liver in
healthy action and preventing constipation
Of the bowels. This can be done easily,
pleasantly and effectively by taking socca-
sionally Dr. David's Liver Pills DR.. Da-
vid's Liver Pills cure sick headache, bill
.iousness, constipation. dyspepsia, indiges-
ton and stomach and liver troubles.
OWENS & MINOR DRUG co.
Opposite Postofice.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
wHI.N ynE maNr

truss fitted exactly and of the best
make come to see us. We keep crutches
all kinds of braces. all kinds of rubber
goods, air CUSHIONS and pillows, also a full
stock OF hair brushes, clothes brushes.
shoe brushes, fine colognes. toilet soaps.
handkerchief extracts etc., etc. All
kinds OF patent medicine.
OWENS & AINOR. DRUG. CO,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
LOOK THIS OVER

Piano customers VIII be much interested
by a visit to our ware-rooms where they
will find ready for their examination the
choicest stock of pianos ever shown in
this city. They We're carefully selected
from the Fall supply Of the leading fac
tories of this country.
WALTER D. MOSES & CO.,
105 East Broad Street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
Without a Conscience.

.sYou say he is man without con-
scence?"
..Well, L should rather think 50. Why,
he makes living by marrying thought
less excursionsts at St. Joseph, Mich. =
Chicago Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
AN oPPoeTuN1rY FOR You.

We are receiving nearly every day
pianos rented during the summer to our
Richmond patrons. Among
them are some fine bargains for you.
Don't be tardy, If you wish to secure one
OF them. A visit viii pay You.
WALTER D. MOSES & CO.,
100 East Broad Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
TIMES BUILDING.
TENTH AND BANK STREETS.
RICHMOND. VA.

TIE DAILY TlaaES Is served by car
Iiers on their cSa account IA this city
and Manchester Tor IL cents z week.
when paid weekly. but 10 cents peg
month, when paid monthly: by mali
outside On kicilmund. % cents a
month, 500 q ycaI--anywhere in the
Tinted States.
Reading Notices. in reading mattcr type.
Ii cents per line.
CARDS ofsa1rertisinS rates for space fEr-@
siishinE on application.
Remit by draft, check. posfoftice order
or registered letter. Currency sent oy
mai IS at The risk OF the sender
Times NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gsiice. New
Phone s5I. Old Phone 5sa: Editorial
Rooms. New Phone CT, Old Phone $50.
Address IA communications and coffe-s
sSpnacgce to- The Times Company
Specimen copies free.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
g a. s. aE o u e e.
p.,,.+,a - The Kind You Ilaga Always Bought
Signature ~ zzgZ@
OF CSslZT LSzlcSsll5

They cure and prevent disease-keep the
system in healthy condition.
I take pleasure in stating to you that
Or. David's Liver Pills have done me
more good than any medicine 1 have
ever tried for dyspepsia and stomach
trouble.
JOHN A. POWELL, Crozet, Va.
Price % cents a box everywhere
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO.,
Opposite Postoftice.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
Inst the Kind.

The only complaint-"Wilat kind ST a
climate have YOU here?''
..It,s tine, answered the residea The
only trouble IS that the weather gets DIS;
.cenraged and quits too saoH- ne SIN, M.
=mers are too short to produce bana mas
and pineapples, and the winters aren't
long enough to raise polar ars..- Wash
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
A SIRE THING

No guessing necessary as to the real
reliability and durability of our offerings
in pianos. steinway, knabe, Hardmans
KiInball, Standard, Haines. We nave
them to suit your price.
WALTER D. MOSES e co.
100 East Broad Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
CONVICTION AWAITS YOU.

If you are in doubt as to where to buy
a piano. come and look our stock over and
YOU will soon be convinced thai the place
to purchase is from our stock. The best
pianos and the lowest prices, and we sell
on monthly payments.
WALTER D. MOSES & co,
100 East Broad Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05

.sWere men scarce where you were this
summer, .Clara?''
Scarce. / think so; there weren't even
any girls there who tried to look like
en.''-Indianapolis Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
SNAIL STRING ISsTRU MENTs.

washburr1 Guitars, Mandolns and Banjos
are1the leaders Of the world. The stamp
..Was hburn stands for all that is honest
and best. Their durability are acknowl-
edged everywhere.
1O3 East Broad Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
xzw YORK AND RETURN.
", NORFOLK AND WESTERN
nv ,NDO. ID. s. S. CO.,

..i1.st,g berth and meals on steamer.
TlcEets on sale October "a to sth' good
.t,,rnfn- within ten days from date o.
80 rain leaving Byrd-street Station
NJ daily connects with Old Do
90 steamer. which now leaves Nor
M. al s p NJ. For further particulars,
ticEets. ETC.. apply to John r. wagner
-. passenger and Ticket Agent. s3s +.
~ ~, street, Richmond Transfer Co. soa
- nfafn street. or at Byrd-street Station.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
TWENTY THOUSAND PACKS

- superb playing cards. obta!naple ron
me Aait-Nutr!ne Dept. Anileuser-buseh =
Bfewing Assn, ST Louis. No.. for p Gel! cents
a pack in stamps or money. Gilt easss.
l ,ts a'nerette cases. u. S. Army ana Ny
slip.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
TT CTRED HIM

ana will, cure you. He had rheumatism
onS writes US: 'Iou sold me q bottle of
Ionr Dixie Nerve and Bone Liniment,
which 1 used freely, rubbing Vigorously
with it that night, and was most agreea-
bly, surprised when on getting up the next
-,o-ninr to find the rheumatism entirely
c1rad. and my arm perfectly we'll I
toId the above to a friend suffering in
the same way and he tried your Dixie
Nerve and Bone Liniment' and was speedi-
lily cured"
1t cures sprains, strains and pains in the
muscles. sineus, sides, limbs and back.
Remember Dixie Liniment. Large bottles
"a cents everywhere.
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO..
Opposite Postoffice.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
". STEELE, 7. ~,
srsEoaHD AIR LINE RAILWAY

The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Ma
ttonaI Park Commission-INnnu reunion of
the Society of the army of the Cumberland,
Confederate Veterans, South: Annual
meeting National Association Spanish War
Veterans, 10 be held at Chattanooga, Tenn.
October 9th to flth. 1900
On account of the above occasion the
sea5oard Afr Line Railway will sell tickets
from all coupon ticket stations on its lines
to Chattanooga and return at one fare for
the round trip. Tickets to DE sold October
Sth and 9th. with return limit October 18th.
Passengers leaving Richmond a 1870 2. VI.
(train No Sd have the advantage of
solid vestibuled limited train through to
AtIanta with only one change OF cars be-
tween Richmond and Chattanooga Travel
via the Seaboard to Atlanta, and thence Dy
the w & A, known as the Lookout
Mountain Route" passing directly some OF
the greatest battle fields of the Civil War
For further information, tickets. Sleeping
car reservations, etc, apply to G. W. Nor
ris. depot ticket agent Broad street station;
t1t richmond Transfer Company 500 East
Main street. or TO Z. T. Smith, District b-is-
senrer Agent. $50 East Main Street.
The Southern Bel Telephone and Te!e-
graph Company announces that tete-
nboutc communications can be had over
It's lESS WILL l-Sil-t's''- =
Va; Roanoke, Va: Wakefield. Va; APP
ooulattox, Va; Farmvii!e. Va; Crewe'
Va: Salem, Va: Bedford City, Va; fields
vile, n. T.; Charlotte. y. G; Columbia,
For further particulars inquire at the
pnhlic Paw stations and at Managers
~ No 1914 East Main street.
S1G;i-rHERN BELL TELEPHONE AMI
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
sEsROARD AIR LINE RAIls"A5
! coo MILE BOOKS are sold Tor ~. anu
viii he accepted for passage from WASH
ing+on D. c., to the Florida line, lnctiI-
80. ali fines In the system. The 5. A. l..
NJ also sell a 1850 Mile Book good pc
l,.,,, richmond and Atlanta. Richmond
~ ,-ofIIr1bfa. s. c.. Portsmouth. Va,
~ columbia and Atlanta, and between
y15fin7fnoton and Charlotte and all branch
srhs & \. L. is now operating a d0u-
s1a 5ailv service out of Richmond for
,,1,,,ta and all points south and TO CO.
I,,r,,r,fa. Savannah. Jacksonville. tampa.
nd All Florida points. The trains aElsr-
..te1 over this system have no Superior
~ tbe south. and every courtesy Is eS-
+o-,,7a4 Ia make the traveller conn or,.t
80. -, formation concerning schedules
pullman reservations, ETC. apply
"a. .a'[ :, w Morris. Depot Ticket Agent, c.
- y Depot. Richmond Transfer Co., 80
k,ass MSIi1 Z. P. SMITH,
District Passenger Agent.
cos EaSr Main Street
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The Tiu,e.to Oujr

love a loafer; that is. I adore l.
The man who idles well when work is Der
Chicago Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05
AFTERMATH.

1T seems tfat Candidate Alchlnles, sAo
well as his opponent, has gone into the
farming business. Mr.. Mckinley owns
farm near Canton and has this year
grown a large crop Of potatoes. The po-
tatoes are sand TO be very fine, and
commission merchant has offered q prem
ium Of fifteen cents per bushe on the en-
tire crop
Hon. John Sherman prints over his own
signature the following communication
from the New York World CT yesterday:
In response to your request 1 express
my wel-considered opinion that the United
States ought not to accept sovereignty
over the Philippines, but should secure
the inherent right Of lie people OF those
islands to form and maintain a republican
government similar to our own.
Mark Twain will sail from London on
Saturday to return to his home in the
United states after an absence of nine
years N Europe. He says that he feels
like a boy, rejuvenated in body and in
spirited in mind. He Will spend the winter
in New York and will go back to his old
home in Hartford next spring.
Mrs Frank Leslie has Withdrawn from
the management and editorship of Lesle.s
Popular Monthly.
The Newton (ilan.) Republican notes
that Galveston family recently moved
to that town and attracted much attention
by the affection which they bestowed upon
q common InnISino yellHw cur Inquiry re-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05

The Atlantic Coast Line viii inaugurate,
on October LIST, d new sleeping car line 10
Charleston, S. C.. operating on train No
So. leaving Richmond 600 f. NJ. This car
will run through from New York to
Charleston without change For further
information as to reservations, etc, apply
w. STEELE. 7. ~,
Byrd-Street Station.
- RICHMOND TRANSFER CO.
No 500 East Main Street.
c. S. CAMPBELL.
Division Passenger Agent,
No. SIS East Main Street.