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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
judge by its language-to lack of pow
er, rather than lack of inclination, or
desire
THE DISCHARGED POLICEMEN.

When public officials are elected the
presumption is consistent with the cir
cumstances. that those officials have
been selected on account of their
fitness for the office. and that their
good judgment. business experience
and ability will be in evidence in their
works.
SO. one hesitates to criticise the act
Of the Board OF Police Commissioners
of this city in the Wholesale discharge
of officers made by that body a few
days ago. Not having the facts before
it. the Nirginian-Pilot has refraincd
from any expression of any opin-
ion or adverse criticism: but if the
Board. in the exercise of its powers.
desired the discharge OF these officers. il
would have been courteous recogni-
ton of its obligation to it's constituents
to have set forth, or at least men
toned. the offenses necessarily Justify
ing the act.
1t would be seemly and very appro-
pirate, therefore, if the Board would
Indicate to the several officers (some of
whom. ut least, have served the city
faithfully and efficiently for q dozen
years. the cause of their sudden dis
charge. Tho Board evidently had a
reason: and by reason, we mean other
than mere personal dislike. and it
must recognize the simple justice Of
confronting man with his accusers.
of giving every man a chance to be
heard i'll his own defense.
Nor are we questioning the integrity
of the Board of Police Commissioners
That would he as gross an injustice as
defending these discharged policemen
before their case is made out. Nor is
it questioned that the Board had the
power to make the discharges 1T has.
without so much as "by your leave"
Tor the charter so empowers them. 1t
is only that the Board, like the police
men they have discharged. are public
servants. accountable to the peoplc
whom they serve. Many of these pco-
pie think good and efficient man have
been discharged. and feel that by daily
contact they are in position to Judge
1t may be. therefore, that the Board
would profit by such testimony. and
certain it is, it would please many
voters and at the same time do simple
justice to the discharged officers.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
OUR COMING ARMY OF MER-
CENARIIIS.
Jacksonville Times UnionD

We are assured by Republican cam
paigners that the Eastern policy OF
this country will never impose the nee
essity of draft; why not? because
a Republican Administration has al
ready determined TO organize a merccn-
AIRY army from the new races brought
under the flag but not the Constitu-
ton. TO draft them Will not entail
protests from the voters.
Exactly such n policy was adopted
by Rome and continued till the Preto-
ran bands became the instruments
that overthrow the republic-it is a de-
vice as old as history. and has ever
marked the decline of popular govern
ments. Why should Republicans be so
certain that American citizens will
never be drafted again? Because the
policy of setting UP Il merccnary army
has already been adopted, and will re-
main a feature of Repubicanism or
Nc l[inlcyism hereafter.
The minters in Pennsylvania waXed
indignant because force of Pnker-
tons is sent against them; shall we
have a force OF Malays and Tagalogs.
who will know no law but the will of
the paymastcr? We tried the Indians
and found the experiment a faiurc--no
nation but England has found the mcr-
ccnaries good soldiers in modern times.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
THE MINIMUM RATE CLAUSE.

The clause in the franchises of the
two Bell Telephone Companies, for
bidding them to furnish service for
less than any other telephone company
doing business in this city q. G. to un-
dercuO is Il dcdd letter. so far as pre-
venting ratecutting is concerned. BY
the gauzy device of a limited service"
the southern Bell Company easily
evades that restriction and cuts rates
to suit itself. AS the express purpose
of this clause was TO prevent rate-cut-
ting, Councils, while amending the
Bell franchise. should take steps to
make this clause effective by making
it more definite.
This can be done either by fixing n
specific minimum rate. below which no
company shall be allowed to cut by
the device of limited service" or
otherwise; or specific minimum rates
can be fixed for the various classes of
limited service. which 1t is claimed are
a logical development of the telephone
business.
Taking the situation as we find it.
the reason for amending this minimum
rate clause is obvious. The provision
was n wise one at the time it was in
serted and was intended to prevent the
Bell Companies from driving the
Southern States out of the field by
ratc-cutting, and thus obtaining n mo-
nVpoly of the business. 1t was intend
ed to give the Southern States. or
any other telephone company that
might seek to compete with the Bell
Company here, the power to fix min
imum rates and thus protect itself and
thereby the citizens Of Norfolk,
against the Bells well-known rate
cutting tactics for the establishment
of Monopoly here. In practical or
Grafton. however, the clause has failed
of its purpose. as the Bell Company is
managing to evadc it.
If the Southern States Company is
Gas it and the Bell Company claim)
really trying 10 compete with the Bell
Company, an effective clause fixing a
minimum rate, will enable it to pro-
tcct itself against cut-throat methods
looking to Il Bell monopoly. If the
States Company is merely dying easy
to get out OF the Bells way. a clause
prohibiting rate-cutting will encourage
some company to enter The field that
will give real competition.
AS it stands the minimum rate
clause Of the Bell franchise is mean
ingless and worthless when applied to
the actual situation. 1t should be
amended TO achieve it's original pur-
pose-thc prevention of ratc-cutting
by the Bell Company. and driving out
all competitors. and the establishment
of a Telephone Monopoly and per con
sequent eXorbitant charges for Tele-
phone service in this community.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
ALAS, POOR cooGLERi

The Virginian-P Pilot has several times
heretofore had occasion to express it's
unbounded admiration for the unique
and respondent genius of Mr.. j. Cor
don Coogler. of Columbia, S. c.. or 1.-The
bard of the Congaree' as he is known
to fame and to his rapt thousands of
readers. We staked our literary judg
ment and reputation for critical acu
men upon the prophecy that in his own
particular line j. Gordon never had
been and never would be surpassed.
repented, and with many fond regrets
we behold the sceptre depart from j.
Gordon and pass to other and more
gloriously incoherent hands.
According to the esteemed Charlotte
Observer the downfall of Coogler was
brought about by the Senatorial con-
test in North Carolina between Hon.
f. NJ. Simmons and Gen. Julian S.
Carr. and the poet sings in majestic
measures the praises of the latter
The Observer supplies us with but two
stanzas of this clarion call, which are
as follows:
we want no puckery persimmon
That grows near the Hatteras bar;
They grease when they start to go
'swimmin'':
But their heels always stick to the
tar.
Then rally. We sons of Carr DINA.
From mountains to Ocracoke bar.
And shout like the thunderS of Sinai
For Senator General julie Carr
Well we should say so. Shout for
any old thing. Who could resist so
splendid an opportunity to cry aloud?
We fclicitate the inspiration of these
lines upon being thus firmly and fifty
imbedded in II solid chunk of immor-
tality, and abruptly and finally with
draw our allegiance from j. Gordon
Cooglcr. whose gentle muse" cannot
but fold its wings and go out of bust
ness. We insist that the Observer shall
make known the name of the new bard
whose Pegasus cavorts along the dizzy
heights of poesy with such "A facile
and Incompatible grace. Name the
man,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
MOSQUITOES AND DISEASE.
savannah News.)

DR.. Walter Reed. surgeon In the
United States army, has gone Il step
further than other doctors in The effort
TO make il appear that the mosquito is
a deadly enemy Of the human race. In
an article in the current number of the
Philadelphia Medical Journal he under
takes to show that the pcsky insect is
largely responsible for the spread Of
yellow fever.
His Investigations We're made this
fall at Colombia barracks. Quemados
Cuba. Mosquitoes that had bitten vel
low fever patients We're turned loose on
eleven individuals who were non i'm
munes. OF this number two were in
fected and suffered from severe cases
of yellow fever. and nine showed no
result whatever. 1t is stated in DR..
Reeds paper that most OF the nine who
We're not infected We're bitten by mos
Quitoes that had been in contact with
very mild cases of yellow fever The
two who were infected We're bitten by
mosquitoes which had bitten persons
who were suffering from severe cases
of the fever.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
THE BTGOTRY OF DOODLE.

We have come to pass i'm this coun-
try when no man dare say that the
present economic system works injus-
tice: that it gives too much to one man
who is favored by the law. and too lit
tie to another who is not so favored.
without being branded an anarchist.
an enemy of thrift, a fomenter of class
hatred and Il champion of the shiftlcss
and improvident.
Here is Mr.. Bryan's statement of the
principle that would govern him and
the Democratic party in the admins
tration of the government in case of
his election:
NO man who earns what he eats, or
eats what he earns, need fear Demo
cratic success. 1t Is the man who wants
TO eat what somebody else earns and is
not willing to pay for it: he is the man
who needs to fear Democratic success
The men who make their fortunes not
by giving TO society something that So
ciety needs. but by taking something
from society without furnishing n fair
lllllt-thas:e-; tlln
behind the honest dollars and seek to
throw upon honest wealth the odium
that ought to be cast only on dishonest
wealth"
any man who is accumulatino money
by straightforward business methods?
Is that declaration for anything more
than u fair field and no favors in the
race of life? Surely not: and yet Mr..
Bryan is stiGmatized by his opponents
as the enemy of every man with Il
bank account.
The most remarkable phenomenon of
this campaign has been the rccrudcs-
cencc, within the past few weeks. of
that "biGotry OF doodle which made
the campaign of 1886 so memorable
Though the gold standard is fixed he
You'd the possibility OF disturbance for
the next four years ana is for that
time. of necessity a purely academic
question. We behold the moncycd and
corporation interests of tho country
wrought 10 a frenzy of fe;U-rcai OF
feigned-and rcsorting 10 the most out
raseous assaults upon tho freedom of
the ballot by the coercion OF employees
and Wholesale threats TO so out of bust
ness if the American people. in the cx-
ercise of their sovereign rights. do not
see tit TO re-elect Mr.. Mckinley TO the
Presidency
Since the days when heretics and
witches were burned at the stake or
deprived of their eyes with whitc-h hot
irons. civilized society has seen no such
manifestation of intolerance. Indeed,
this sentiment has borrowed the very
Technology of its 10th century proto-
type; and every man who protests that
the trust magnatc is mol an unseltish
phlanthropist and patriot. devoted
solely 10 the glory of his country ana
the enrichment Of his cmployecs,) is n
hereto" and his views are "hcrcsies.'
If Mr.. Bryan We're all that his enc
mics represent him TO be, his election
could not constitute such a menace to
the country as does this league against
free thought, free speech Cvcrba! and
printed and free ballot. That the
thumb screw and the rack are not
among it's persuasive appeals is due-to
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
POLITICS AND SOUP.
Montgomery Advertiser.l

one of the rabid kind OF Republican
stumpers asserts that those who vote
Tor Bryan will vote to reopen the
Democratic soup houses for the poor,
which are now closed. AS we recall the
past, the soup houses came into exist
ence in this country during the Re-
publican panic of 1873, under a high
tariff and with Republicans in control
everywhere and General Grant in the
Presidential chair. 1t was says the
Pittsburg Post, during the same pam
les great labor riots took place through
out the country. and notably the rail
road riots in Pittsburg The Republi-
can panic of 1873 also developed the
tramp as an American institution, and
he has been with us ever since.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

1t has long been the custom for the
monarchs of Europe 10 have rccog-
nizcd mouthpicce in some one of their
ministers Mr. Mckinley seems To have
fallen in With the custom. and to re-
gard 1t as beneath his dignity To speak
directly to his fcllow-citizens. lie has
therefore delegated that privilege to
Socretary Root. We are getting ON.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
HOW IT'S DONE IN MARYLAND.
OBnltimore NcWSD

We observe that the Hon. Mr.. NIudd
has returned to Southern Maryland fol
the purpose OF waGglinG his rabbits
foot in the face of Mr.. Camalier's over
conlidcnt-hopes.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

houses. and even the collins in which
they will be buried when they die? Or
will they support the party pledged to
curb the rapaclty of Trusts and protect
consumers against Trust extortion?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
WORTH THE TRIP.
GALVESTON News.N

The committee of New Workers whom
Governor Savers invited to Texas to
look into or affairs and determine
whether we have been hard on capital
will arrive just in time TO see our legis-
laturc in action. AS rule it is worth
the travel from New York to- Texas to
see this.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

President Cowcn, or the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway. takes mp the front
page Of two Baltimore newspapers
at SO much per line-to prove that he
did not try TO intimidatc his employees.
Ii is costing Mr.. Cowcn Il pretty,repnv
to save the nations honor, but it's pie
for the newspapers in question.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
NO DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

For matter of two weeks the Vir-
ginian- Pilot has been asking for and
publishing the views of leading citizens
III every line of business in this city.
relative to the proposition that the
same maximum and minimum rates be
fixed by Councils in the franchises of
all telephone companies doing business
in this city.
That there has been such remarka-
Bile unanimity in favor of the same
maximum rates for all companies has
not been by the contriving OF the Vir-
Sinan- Pilot. Its representatives have
been entirely impartial in seeking the
expressions Of opinion given in its col
umns. The canvass was made with
no purpose to secure favorable opinions
only. The reporters took business
houses as they came to them, and those
| interviewed were free TO express an
opinion for or against the same fixed
| maximum rates for all telephone com
panics.
The representatives OF the Virginian-
Pilot have found that out of the large
| number of business and professional
men seen, just 26 who declined to ex-
press an opinion one way or the other.
and asked that their names be not
used. This is the nearest approach to
an expression of opinion against the
same restrictions for all telephone com
panies that the Nirginian-P has
boon able 10 obtain
From this it is compelled to infer
that the proposition to fix in the fran
chises OF the Bell and American Tele-
phone Companies the same maximum
rates as have been fixed in the fran
chisc of the States Company from the
first. is one that commends itself ire
sistibly TO the sense of fairness and the
business judgment of The public in this
city. While the Virginia n-Pilot is graf
flied that it's views of The matter should
be so generally shared by citizens of
Norfolk. it is not greatly surprised be-
cause the question involved is one of
such elementary justice to all the tee-
phone companies. and the necessity of
This prccaution. 10 ipsarc nc preservation
of IN Opp0yiHniiy for competition. is so
plain that the merits of the contention
for the same maximum rates for all are
incontcstiblc.
When a disintcrcstcd man cannot bc
found in the city of Norfolk who viii
express an opinion ogai"Si putting the
Same restrictions on all telephone COM
panics doing business here, it ought not
to be necessary to urge upon thc City
Councils the wisdom or justice of that
proposition.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
MUTUAL PRIDE.
Greensboro Telegram.)

The ice trust is the one institution
that both the parties in New York can
point to with pride as an example of
the other fellows deviltry.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

Hawaii is likewise not tearing its
shirt over the Presidential election.
Maybe the reason is that a large part
of its population is not possessed of
that noble government oc civilization.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

- :.
The death of Max Muller deprive
the world of letters OF one Of its mos
acute minds
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
TWELVE PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 81, 1900.
A LEADER OF MEN!

No man in this country has uttered n
more scathing indictment of Imperial
Ism than Senator Hoar. For brief
while he revived the best traditions of
the United States Senate; traditions of
the days when giants did battle on the
floor. for great principles. MIR. Hoar
has done bitter penance, ever since for
his hour of freedom from the sordd
influences that are seeking to fasten
on the country n colonalism that
means exploitation and debauchery in
the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico,
and a standing army. to back the
trusts and Imperialists, in the United
States. AS a final act of self-abase-
ment. the Senator from Massachusetts
has launched into fulsome laudation of
MIR. Mckinley, whom he terms a born
leader of men,"
Is Mr.. Mckinley "a born leader of
men?" There are leaders and leaders.
There are leaders who lead because
they see the right more clearly than
other men. and refuse to sacrifice il to
personal ambition or the exigencies
of politics. jackson and Lincoln were
leader? There are men who are leaders
because they are able TO quickly divine
the drift" They lead by doing what
men would have them do. Smooth and
plant, they harmonize differences,
Keeping their eyes always on what is
expedient rather than on what is right
They lead BY yielding. In view of his adj
ADMINISTRATION, can it be denied that Mr.
Mckinley is such a leader? He de-
clared that the forciblc annexation of
the Philippines would be criminal ag-
gression.'' He found that the "boodlc
interests of his party wanted the
franchises that were 10 be stolen in
those islands, and terminal aggres-
sion" was straightway metamorphoscd
into benevolent assimilation" He de
clared it to be "our plain duty to give
Porto Rico free access to our markets"
The Sugar and Tobacco Trusts inter-
ests rose in arms and then Mr.. Nc
Kin1ey used all his influence to secure
the passage of the law imposing a duty
Of 10 per cent. on imports from Porto
Rico! Is this the way that born
leader" leads men? Is ii the way that
Andrew Jackson led men, Is it the
way Abrham Lincoln led men? Mr..
Mckinley may be born leader. but
he IS the sort of leader who leads into
difficulties. not out of them: the sort
Of leader who goes with the tide,
whether 1t sweeps him and his country
on the rocks. or out to the open sea.
.-------------------
"a negro was given one day in Jail
at Norfolk for murder just to see how
1t felt to be behind the bars.'-Rich-
mond Times.
That's sensation he could not get
in Richmond. No prisoner ever stays
In the Richmond Jail whole day un-
less he 10 paralyzed. %
$50 -------
3 9 Tho dea4h Of Max Ml1ller donri..ar
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

Japan 10 beginning to show symp-
toms of desire to appear more prom
inentiy id the press dispatches.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

ADVERTISING RATES. Advertise
saua9s. nrst insertion, each subsequent
insertion 40 cents. or so cents when In
ssrtea Every Other Day; Contractors
arc rot allowed to exceed their space
or advertise other than their iegitimate
buainess. except by paying especially for
tbs same.
:, Reading Notices. invariably 20 cents per
line first insertion. Each subsequent In
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

That's a sensation he could not get
in Richmond. No prisoner ever stays
In the Richmond Jail whole day I'M
less he 10 paralyzed. ~
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

fishing Company Is authorized to contract
any obligations in the name of the COM
pany or to make purcha sess in the name
OF the same. except upon orders signed
by the PRESIDENT OF THE COM
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

In order to avoid delays, on account of
personal absence. letters and alI rommu-
nicntions for THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
should not b9 addressed TO any individ-
Eal connected with the office, but simply
TO THE VIRGINIAN AND PILOT PUB
LISHING COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31
SUBSCRIPTION Rates:

SUBSCRIPTION Rates:
The yIRaINIAN- PILOT is delivered to
opEScrt6ers by carriers in Norfolk and VI
Norfolk. Newport News, for 10 cents per
week. payable to the carrier BY mail. to
eEY place In the United States. postage
RA1ssx, ono year $500
six snonrhs 800
three months LOO
ono month 90
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

"a negro was given one day in ial
at Norfolk for murder just to see how
1t felt to be behind the bars."-Rich-
mond Times.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-23
Photography in tho Tropics.

In photographing natives writes
an Englishman who has had much ex-
perience with the camera in India. ''it
must be remembered that dark face
requires a longer exposure than
white one; but beware of exhibiting a
portrait of himself to a native. He
will seldom criticise the likeness or
artistic merit of the picture. Nine
times out of ten he will remark, But
sir, the face is very black To bring
out the features distinctly proper ex-
posure and treatment must be given.
The dampness existing in most tropical
countries is the chief enemy OF the
photographer. Whole patches of plates
will go, and nothing can save them.
The only insurance against this trou-
BILE is to have ones plates sealed in
air-tisht tin boxes. not to be opened
until the plates are desired for use."
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-23
Cheers From the wounded.

Charley Reynolds, one OF the Kansas
boys, relates the following instance of
good Kansas nerve: THE firing pin in
my rifle broke and l started to the rear
to get another gun. About fifty feet
behind our line | came across one of
Company F's men lying on the edge OF
the road shot through the shoulder
We exchanged guns and started back
The last l heard of that man was his
cheering. That appeared nervy to me,
lying in the road helpless, giving his
rifle to a comrade. and then yelling to
the boys to go ahead"
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-23
Speaking for History.

Generations of schoolboys learn the
dramatic speeches ascribed to famous
commanders just before famous bat
ties, but unfortunately many of these
fine, high-sounding addresses were
never heard of till after the event.
We read, for instance, in ancient his
tory OF generals addressing whole
armies, when a few companies of SOL
diers at most could have heard them.
To show the difference between genu-
inc speeches and manufactured ones, a
contemporary reports an authentic ad-
dress of the captain of British ship
as the fleet was approaching the en-
emy. He wished to encourage his gal
liant tars, and hoped perhaps that
few heroic words might forever be as
ISOLATED with his memory. Send all
hands aft" he cried, and when the
order was carried out he said: my
lads. there's the enemy, no doubt
about 1t. And now. my lads. IL you
don't take the enemy, my lads, why
then, my lads. the enemy will take
you. Pipe down, boatswain." After
ALL the speech was to the point, and
the men cheered 1t to the echo.