The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
THE CHM PHILOSOPHY.

Kentucky furnished to both the Con-
feccrate and the Union armies some Of
the most gallant men that either army
had. The Unionists. will easily recall
theirs. hut no Confederate can ever for
get breckenridge, Morgan. Duke and
many others whose names at once arise
in. memory when kentucky and the civil
war are mentioned.
There is a gentleman playing great
part in Kentucky's public affairs now
whom we constantly see referred to as
Colonel Jack Chinn. He seems to be
OF an age that would have entitled him
to the place of soldier during our civil
war. but we see, no mention OF him as
either colonel or in any other capacity
in the records of that struggle. Our only
war since has been that with Spain, and
1t is certain he. did not receive the COM
mission Of colonel then. We are forced
TO believe. therefore. that Colonel
chinn received his military title as many
other Kentucldans. and Virsinians also,
do, by the brevet of the newspaper
writers.
But even though Colonel" Chinn has
so lar failed to marshal his serried
aeg;ons upon the tented field. or ever,
opened his pores to shed his blood when
Kentucky claimed his life. he must not
therefore, be thought son of Kentucky
unworthy Of the military honors which
all Kentuckians wear. He is said to
handle the revolver with unexcelled skill,
but expert as he is with that formidable
weapon, 1t is merely nothing to what he
can do with the knife. With the knife 1t
IS said he can put an end to any adTer-
sary as soon as feud begins, and the
knife, he says, is the. only weapon gen
tle,nan will use. So partial is he to this
instrument of destruction that he has
man to use it for strife. however. peace
able he may be according to the nature
God had given him.
But Colonel Jack CI,inn's disposition
for sport does not seen to be con1lneo
to functions where the knife is a useful
or even a necessary adjunct. Though
on pleasure bent, he has a frugal mind
The newspapers credit him with being
faro dealer who has no superior. ana
they say THAT short cards are science
that he knows from the inside to the out
If what is going the rounds of the press
is to be believed, he opened a faro bank
in New York city in 1880 that made Nun
money and soon became headquarters
for all the gentry of the nation who arc
truly entitled to the designation Of
sports
OF our own knowledge we know nothing
of colonel" Jack ,Chinn, but if what
the newspapers say be true. we can en-
dorse him to OUT readers as one OF the
most perfect types of the Kentucky
Colonel" that is to be found:
But why have we labored thus to tell
our readers what manner of man Col
onel" Jack Chinn is? 1t is because he
was with Mr.. Goebel when he was shot.
Mr.. G,oebel fell into his arms, and col
onel' Chinn seems to have been the coun-
seller and adviser to whom Mr.. Goebel
paid the greatest attention. This is the
important fact that concerns the world.
line question uial ldleieslo 'ao "o 'ii''
therefore, Is whether the triumph OF
Goebelism meant the rule Of the 'Chinn"
philosophy? If Goebel had become Gov
ernor would four rutiians and a "Chinn'
knife have beaten the constitution and
the laws? The situation calls for very
serious reflection. and a great deal Of
consideration should be given to 1t.