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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
GREAT PROBLEM CONFRONTING
THE PRESENT GENERATION.
Municipal Government Purely Business
Proposition Regardless OF
Political Greed.
PEOPI VERSUS THE MACHINE.
VERSUS THE MACHINE.
By E. M. KNOX.
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,,cnas tho tenure of his office. Those VINO
have entrusted him with their capital 90
not care what his political CONVICTIONS
NAV be, or TO what church ne belongs,
they want the interest on the money they.
have in the corporation at the heao o.
which they have placed him.
Whom a great city can be brought down
to this system of administration we snaii
have the ideal in municipal adminlstra-
ton. and until 1t is done, the croWoeu
centres of population will inevitably oe
what one of the very greatest OF Amerl-
can statesmen said they n are n narhtns;
They will continue to be SINKS OF slee
and corruption in which the Whole ne -
pie are plundered to suoport an army or
officeholdcrS and to enrich the lew ~ Llic'
i'1''''N BOSS CROKER.
In every city the people that desire Toou
government are in the overwhelming MI
nority. Could they be brought together
for. united action the reform they so earn
cstly desire could be easily accohlnliSH-
cd. AS a rule. the political menus ~; :.
have a direct interest in preventing thls
amalsamation. and perpetuaInS the SVs-
tom OF msrue and mismanasement upon ,,
which they depend for subsistence. nus
system must be uproOted i'll the govern
ment of the great cities or it will hevond
all question be productive of abhorrent
conditions that will leave us a. republic
only in name Indeed that is the Condl-
ton now in the chief city of the Union.
The head of Iammany Hall has Imperial
mowers as far as New York is concerned
lie has more offices in his gift than the
new King of England. and the patronage
at his disposal far exceeds that OF ma IL
the Governors of all the States Of the
Union combined The President of the
United States cannot make an appoint
ment OF any consequence without me
concurrence of the United States Senate,
but Richard Croker is monarch of all he
surveys on Manhattan Island. He die
tates every Democratic nomination that
is made for every office in the gift Of the
poople. and decides who shall be appoint
ed 10 every place within the control OF
the Mayor and his subordinate heads OF
departments. This is not Democracy: It
New York nor any other city can have
good government while such a system is
permitted TO exist t rests with the peo-
pie irrespective of party to break 1t up
everywhere,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE
AND THE UNITED STATES
The Little Island Enjoys Protectorate, and, 1t Is
Thought, Will Be Independent.
WHAT WILL BE IT'S FUTURE?
Bv JUDGE LYNDE HARRISON.
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One of the very greatest of the early
statesmen OF the republic wrote, The
qualifications OF Self-sovernment in society
are not innate They are the result of
habit and long training" When the Colo
MES asserted their independence of Eng
land and declared that in future they
would submit to no rule except their own,
they possessed by bit and long train
ingi ,the qualifications which were essen
ttal 10 the success Of the most splendid
experiment. ever made in the direction of
self-sovernment Itmay be said in fact
that they inherited them The New Eng
land town-meetings We're the purest little
republics in the world, purer and better,
uerhaDs, than are any we have now, and
the procedure and principles which ami
mated them finally pecmeated the original
thirteen States. Because CT these paste
conditions. the United States mas been able
to overcome every obstacle in its mighty
progress, so that it is in the twentieth
century the foremost power in the world
in every sense of the word. And It is be-
cause Of the lack OF the same fundamental
conditions that the republics to the South
of us which We're formerly under the
bliehting influence OF Spanish domination,
have not been able to reach that pitch OF
governmental and Industrial development
than was naturally expected they should
ing were non-existent, and. as a conse-
ouerce. they have been working out their
salvation through bloodshed, assassitla-
ton and revolutions almost innumeraDle
CUBA'S IMPROVEMENT
In any intelligent discussion OF the Gu
ban question. these facts should be borne
in mind. Cuba in the.four hundred years
Of its history has never had a better ad-
ministration than it now enjoys It is
not the rule which Cuba wishes to see
continued, or which the United States has
any idea of perpetuating. but it is the best
system and the only system under which
the people of the island can be trained in
10 an appreciation of what the United
states has done for them. and what they
must ultimately do for themselves. to be
hanpy and prosperous. While under the
ruIe OF Spain the very life-blood was
drawn from them In the form Of excessive
taxation to replenish the depleted exche-
nl,er OF the mother country. Over thirty
millions OF dollars year were exacted by
the home government. To meet this.
every form Of taxation known was re-.
sorted to. Every account In the mer-s
chants ledger had to bear large reve-s
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
REALTY SALES.
A Valuable Collection of Curios from thu
East.
Especial Dispatch to The Tines3

Especial Dispatch to The Tiues.)
FREDERICKSBURG. VA, March %
Mrs S. Strasburger has purchased from
the heirs of the late Mrs. Louisa Dan
son the latters former home on Prin-
cess Elizabeth Street.
County Treasurer Hugh Hamilton, of
F'auquier county. has sold his farm and
residence near Remington on the upper
Rappahannock to a gentleman from
Montana for $1,000. Mr.. Hamilton will
move with his family to Warrenton to
reside.
Mr. J. J. Broaddus has sold his farm.
"FIint HILL near Belmont, in this
county, to Dr. S. r. Jordan for $500
Mr. VIM III. Wolff, of this city. who
was in the navy for five years and is
now with his mother and family here.
has a valuable collection OF curios, gath
cred during his stay at many foreign
ports during the Spanish and Filipino
wars The collection consists OF many
rare coins and stamps of different coun-
tries. some of the former dating lack
rs far as 1872. Mr.. Wolff has a!So =
fragment of shell taken by himself from
the hull of the sunken ''Reina Cristina.
which was the flagship Of -,drniral
Montoio at Manila. on May l. 1888, when
Admiral Dewey sunk the Spanish ilees II
Manila Bay. He also has an officers
side swords or "machete, captured
August 10. 1898, when the naval squadron
attacked Manila and the first American
flag was raised over that city. There
are many other rare mementoes MI
Wolff has received a handsome gold
seal ring, beautifully carved, with blood
stone set with monogram Wv. f. W.
and on inside of the ring IS engraved
From A E. r. the Initials or Mr..
Arthur E. Rohrer, son Of Commander
Karl Rohrer. now in command CT The
United States steamship Annapolis, at
present in Chinese waters. The young
men became warm friends and the ring
is sent in appreciation OF friendly acts
performed by MIR. Woltz-
Mrs J. II. Witt died at her home near
stevensburg. CuIpeper county. from blood
poisoning, caused by cutting her hand
on a tin can. A husband and several
children survive her
Another large shipment Of railroad ties
was made from here by barges to North
ern markets this week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24

NEW YORK. March 22.-The government
OF our great cities is one of the most i'm
foortant of all the problems which confront
Tho present generation 1t is Of supreme
interest not only 10 the cities themselves,
but to the people of the country, for the
reason that the vote of the cities in many
Of the States counteroalanccs that Of the
interior. The fact Is undeniabe that no
ono of the big cities has what may be
called a model administration or anything
that approaches it. In every one OF them
tic percentage Of waste and cxtrava gance
IS far greater than it ought to be, and
than ii would be II tho affairs of those
communities We're conducted, as they
Should be. strictly business principles.
In the eye of the law the people of Il
city are welded together in n corporation
for the specific purpose Of transactins
through chosen agents or officers, the
business essential TO their comfort. protec-
lion and safety The selection OF these
officers or agents is made by ballot
throfSl, tho instrumentality Of political
parties This injection OF national and
State politics into municipal :dninistra-
tion is The root Of all the evils in the
government Of cities from which the best
and wistcst thought of The whole country
S. TOW cndcayoring 10 seek a way Of cs-
cape. To eliminate it is the ono certain
and efficacious remedy. Everything else
has been tried and proved 10 l'e afailurc
The trial Of the political machine has
3,ecn over all of them. and. as a result. the
last condition has generally proved 10 be
worse than the first.
SHOULD REPRESENT ALI, PARTIES.
Tho Mayor of a great city should he the
representation not of one political party,
but Of all parties. Of the whole peonie IN
their corporate capacity and he should
nc invest cd with full r1ti1ority over every
department of the adminsst ration. Upon
him should rest fun responsibility for
everything The head of a hank is with
his board Of dtectors accountable to the
stockholders for its manas cement Those
gtockholders want dividends and it is his
business. by prudent management to pro
tuce them Upon his ability to do SO dc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24

nue. stamp, every signature on a hotel
register had 10 be stamped The Cubans
were taxed for the very air they breathed.
The social Spanish laws were most ty-
rannical Fines and imprisonment were
imposed upon the most trivial pretexts.
All this L know to be true, for I have had
personal knowledge of the conditions in
Cuba for several years on account of my
connection in the South with the Plant
system of railroads and steamships, and
| have met many intelligent, thoughtful
and reliable CuOans.
The intervention of the United States
has brought about such a complete meta
morphosis that the CubanS are, ngura-
lively speaking, intoxicated by their own
freedom and liberty, having served under
the lash OF Spanish bondage during so
many generations. I believe it to be the
conservative opinion OF American states
men that Cubans are not Yet equipped
for the complete independence of their
island and the absolute self-government
OF their people without the friendly guild
ance and advice OF our own Government
as a protectorate They are liable to
become involved in MISUNDERSTANDING
with other nations. and, as they are an
exctabe people, unpleasant internat ional
complications might ensue II our own
Government We're to withdraw its friendly
Offices. [ am convinced that 1t is the
Cubans that full inca sure of freedom ana
independence to which they. are entitled.
and the benefit Of that superior wisdom
and experience of our own Government
which they. obviously need. This 1t was
. he had in mind when in the closing words
of his inaugural. relating to this subject.
he said: We became sponsors for the
pacification OF the island. and we remain
accountable to the Cubaus, no less than
to our own country and people for the
reconstruction OF Cuba as a free Com
monwealth, on abiding foundations OF
right, justice. liberty and assured order.
Our enfranchisement of the people will
not be completed until free Cuba shall be
a reality, not an inane; a perfect entity.
not a hasty experiment, bearing within
itself the element Of failure" Surely,
this is the part which wise craftsmanship
dictates with respect to the best and
highest interests OF the island and its
people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
MRS. FRANCES H. CARTER.
A Roanoke Lady Who Is In Much Demand in
New York.

ROANOKE, VA. March 2s.-Roanoke
people are much interested In the sue
cess Mrs. Frances 81. Carter is making
in her dramatic readings in New York
City. The talented lady. whose home Is
in Roanoke. has become the Lenten en-
tertainer OF New York's fashionable So
ciety. Last year she rec!ted the Spanish
Gypsy at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria.
and this year she recited In tho Whitney
apartments OF the same hotel before an
audience composed Of $50 people. repre-
sentins the highest social circles OF the
metropolis. Last week she recited before
the Rainy Day Club. and this week she
has an engagement with the very sxclu-
sive New England Club
Mrs. CaStae who y the w4fe at - =.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24

the matter that the majority do not seem
to realize the great Importance of the
changes that may be made. but on one
question all the whites agree-that the
negro question should be so arranged as
to give the white children Of the State
the exclusive benefit of the school tax
paid by " hte people.-Farmer and Fish
eryuan.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24

There are more "Fitz
Lee Cook Stoves sold III the
State Of Virginia than any other
brand of high grade of cook stoves
made. Ask your neighbor why.
We claim because they are the
best stoves ever sold, perfect
bakers, with extra large ovens.
IF your dealer cannot supply you,
write to us for particulars. Sou
rHERN STOVE WORKS, No. 815 to
s77 North Seventeenth Street,
VS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
INCREASE IN CRIME.

A Well Directed Hanging Might Prove
Remedy.
The county Of Brunswick has long en-
toyed the reputation and deservedly. OF
being one OF the most orderly and law
abiding in the State. The dockets OF her
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
Helps 10 High Living.

sunday-T5e -iral rest or religion is not
righteousness, but love.
Monday-?robably the most OF The diff
culties of trying to live the Christian
life arise from attempting, 10 half live It.
Tuesday-No sirEle act III science has
ever discredited q fact in religion.
WednesdaE-;Iife is not q holiday, but
an education.
rhursday-The one eternal lesson for us
all IS how better we can love
iTrilGy-What we are stretches past
what we do. beyond what we possess.
Saturday --ErlcndstiD is the nearest
thing we know to what religion is Henry
FDrummon1.
II am afraid I am going to have trouble
with the ark, said Noah, re1ectively,
according >to the Washington Star.
I'm what way?" The boys are so scared
for fear they won't be considered officers
and gentlemen that I doubt whether I
can get them to lend hand and help
RIM the Ship
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
Need Information.

Our. people do not seem to take much
interest In the Constitutional Convention.
In fact. So little has been said about
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24

Date puts are a dainty dessert and are
e.recially liked by children. They -equirs
two eggs. one cup OF sugar. one Guartes
of cup OF butter. the sauna OF milk. one
teaspoonful o: baking powder and -four
enough TO make thin batter. STIR tn
one cupful OF stoned dates: al musnn cups
half fun and steam thirty minutss. Serve
With liquor sauce or swestAned sesas@
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
Culinary Wrinkles.

a Chinese recipe for making rice pud-
ding. an Immense Improvement over. the
ordinary way OF making this simple des-
sert. is this: Whip a pint OF sweet cream
to a froth. sweeren to taste and flavor
with vanilla and sherry. Add an ounce
OF rice that has been boiled in quart Of
milk until, soft and tender and then cool
ed. Just before sending to the table q
half cup OF preserved ginger or figs
chopped into small pieces Is added.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-21
GRATTAN SATISFIED.
Says New Text Book Law is
Better Than None.

Chairman Grattan. of the education
committee, who drew the school text
book bill when asked if the present
status of it, amended out of all recogni-
tfon to it's original self, was satisfactory
replied:
1T is better than nothing and better
than the old law"
As to the point made in debate by
Crosby. of Cheyenne. that if this bill
failed Of enactment the Populist law of
1897 would stand, Grattan said the book
trust would be pleased to see Crosby's
contention accepted and no new law be
enacted this term. Mr.. Grattan said:
The 1897 act made the term Of the
commission 4 years from April, 1887,
and says at the. expiration OfWhich time
the powers and duties OF this commits
sion shall cease 1t also provides that
the life of a contract made by this COM
mission shall be five years from the
date thereof. The act providing penal
ties for its violation says in substance
that any member of the commission
herein established violating any of the
provisions of this act Shall be guilty
Of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined and forfeit his office.
AT the special session Of 1888 a law
was passed to the effect that the term
of office of such commission shall be
FOUR years from April, '97, and at the
expiration of their term OF office and
each succeeding term the governor shall
appoint SuIIaDle persons as mem DefS. II
also provides that at the expiration OF
any contract the commission shall make
new contracts The above IS the sub
stance of the s97 and '98 law.
THE constitution says that no law
shall be revived or amended unless the
new act contains the entire act revived,
or the section or sections amended and
the section or sections 50 amended be
repealed
ON the above law my judgment is
that the act of 1897 has not been revived
and amended as the constitution de-
clares shall be done. Hence the Grattan
bill sought to cover the entirc law by re-
enacting it that the crimes act part
thereof as we'll as all others of its pro-
visions should be valid beyond any
question. My fear is that the old law is
not legally extended so that the courts
would uphold it, and if not upheld uni
formity would end Septemb Der l. 1902
the time of the expiration Of present
contracts and this is exactly what the
enemies of state uniformity would be
pleased to see brought about"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-21
WIRELESS MESSAGE
Successfully Sent to Shore From a
Vessel IS Miles Away

New York, Feb 21.-The steamship
Georgice, which arrived last night from
Liverpool has on board as passenger a
AIr- Shoreman who had charge of the ex-
perimenIs with wireless telephone on the
Georgice off Browhead. Mr.. Shoreman
said that he sent messages to Browhead
from q distance of over 10 miles and re-
ceived replies but could not receive mes
sages further than that owing to the
fact that the rolling of the ship some
what disarranged his Instruments He
does not US the Marconi. but a system
invented by Col. Henry Montague Hos
Ter, secretary of Lloyd, London, and Mr.
Nevil Maskelyline of the Egyptian hall
Piccadilly, London.
The instrument on the vessel was at
tached to the metal of the ship and con
nected with wires which were attached to
fore and aft stays of the steamers. The
influence which conveys the message in
wireless telegraphy is able to pass read
lily through lnsulars as are in glass
but is absorbed to a very great extent
by all conductive material. especially
by sheet metals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-21
MORE COALING STATIONS.
Government Will Establish Several
in Near Future.

New York, Feb 21-Aecording to a
Washington special to the Herald. Rear
Admiral Bradford, chief of the bureau
of equipment, has postponed his plans for
the establishment of new cOaling stations
Immediately after the appropriation au-
thorized in the pending naval appropria-
tiOn act becomes available
Seven hundred thousand dollars will be
appropriated A part of this likely will
be applied to the improvement of Amer
lean coaling facilities in Cuba Rear Ad-
mlral Bradford also has in mind the To-
cation of q station in Chiriqui lagoon,
Colombia He has approved the plans for
stations at Narragansett bay and at Ma
Mia. He also desires to establish S atiOns
at San Diego Cal: Sitka Alaska. Una
laska and one in Porto; Rican wa ers or
at St Thomas.
me department seems to have given up
all intention of establishing a station on
the coast of Liberia because of the alb
sence OF a convenient harbor in those
waters Rear Admiral Bradford recently
called attention to theb pecessity of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-21
AFTER HENDERSON.
Speaker is Severely Criticised in G.
AR. Meeting

New York. Feb. PA meeting Of THE
War Veterans and Sons association was
held last night in Brooklyn at which
Gen. Geo. B. Loud. department Inspector
Of the state spoke on washington" In
introducing Gen. Loud Joseph w. KAY.
chairman Of the committee on legisla-
ton Of the Grand Army took occasion
to speak on the question of preference OF
members Of the G. A r. for minor posi-
tons IN the employ of the government.
MI Kay said that it was a sad com
mentary on the name and fame of
shington-himself the synonym Of
Justice-that congress should, during 35
years following the civil war have been
appealed to ever in vain to give a rea
sonable preference in the minor positions
IN the public service, to veterans of the
greatest war of history Mr.. Kay said.
This rang injustice, emphasized and
conveyed in the fiat footed refusal on
the 18th of this month by the speaker
OF the house of representatives to, in the
exercise of his discretion, permit the
house to give one hour to a proper cor
sideration Of this subject before the final
adjournment of the Fifty-sixth congress
is almost beyond belief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-21

stefan. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything. and the physician j.
at constant disadvantage This is
why. for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have been con-
fding their troubles to Mrs Pinkhau,
and whose advice has brought happi-
ness and health to countless women In
the United States.
Mrs. Chappel, of Grant Park, ILL.,
whose portrait we publish, advises all
suffering women to seek Mrs. Pink
hams advice and use Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound a. they
cured her Of Inflammation of the ovaTies
and womb she. therefore, speaks from
knowledge. and her experience ought
20 give others confidence Mrs Pink
ham IS address is Lynn, Mass, and her
advice is absolutely free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-21
7. E. NlPPS. Ticket Agent, Topeka. Kan.

the price paid for peace among the in
terest TO be gathered in is known it is
impossible to judge whether it is high or
low.
All win depend upon the management
which must be broad and tactful Crowd
ing prices would be fateful in many
ways. Leading men point out that the
true policy must be to secure. economics
and share them with the consumers. In
other words, the plan must be to per-
sistently lower prices. With control of
will be little excuse Of fluctuations, and
a steadying of the market must be a
natural result if it were not that the
situation in steel billets is peculiar, one
of the first steps should be q lowering
in the price, which would do much to
allay public apprehension.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-21
MACHINIsTs NOT no sTRIKE
Indiana and Illinois Manufacturers
and Metal Workers Confer

Chicago, Feb. 21.-The Record says:
After stormy secret conference be-
tween the International Association of
Mechanics if the eighth manufacturing
district and the National Metal Trades
union Of the fifth district last night.
which lasted late into the morning at
the Grand Pacific hotel, an agreement
was reached for the coming. year which
was scid to be satisfactory to both
sides.
It is understood that the conference
was called by the heads Of a number of
large machine shops as y result of in
formation they had obtained to the
effect that dissatisfaction existed among
concerted movement on their part at
the coming spring conference to abro-
gate all existing agreements and to de-
masld higher wages and shorter hours.
H DexIns.. secretary, represented the
National Metal Trades union, OF New