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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
THE NEGRO VOTE

10 the R1cnmond Times we would say
that what we complained Of was that the
Democratic members OF convention fav.
for weeks employed the time for which
they are paid by the state in holding
party caucuscs from which of course all
Republicans We're excluded. The Times,
we are sure will not attempt to defend
such outrageous action. We are free to
admit that we believe the practical ciimi-
nation of the negro vote in this State
would result in benefit to the Republic
can party as an organization, but suf-
frage founded on the color Of a mans
skin is not right and is not honest. The
Times says the object of the convention
has been to eliminate Objectionable negro
voters. Now. how can The Times say
that? Has not the object been to eli
inmate the negro as a voter. no matter
whether he is a good or a bad citizen, and
to allow whites to vote without reference
to their honesty of their intelligence?
Spirit of the Valley.
We reply in all candor that, so far as
we understand it, the object of the Con-
stitutional Convention has not been Ito
eliminate the negro as a voter, no matter
if he is good or a bad citizen, and to
allow whites to vote without reference
to their honesty or their intelligence 1t
is true that the disposition of the dele
gates, or at least the greater part of
them, was to admit to the suffrage as
many whites as possible and to exclude
as many blacks as possible. But this was
on the theory that the great body Of white
men in the State are comcetent and the
great body of black men are incompetent
disposition of a great majority of the
delegates to admit to the suffrage hon
est. intelligent. law-abiding negroes, and
to exclude white criminals and bribe-tak-
ers.
II there is delegate in the convention
who is opposed to allowing an honest, up
right, thrifty negro citizen to vote, we
have not heard him express himself to
that effect. On the contrary, we have
heard number Of the best men in the
convention express themselves as being
in favor Of admitting such negroes to the
suffrage. The convention as a body is not
in favor of excluding the negro from the
suffrage simply and solely on, the color
OF his skin The main object in this con-
nection was and is to get rid Of large,
solid mass of ignorant, and often vicious.
negroes who have been a menace to the
government of this country ever since
the war. They We're put upon us by a
| revolutionary enactment, an enactment
that was designed to be revolutionary and
| disciplinary. that was designed as pun
| ishment to the white people of this old
State. Having stood the imposition foI
years and until It became lntolerable, the
| people Of Virginia determined by a coun,
ter-reyoluti onary enactment to rid them
selves Of it. This negro mass has giver
us trouble enough. It has fettered poll.
tical freedom In Virginia, it has corrupt
\ ed our politics and the people are deter
mined to be rid Of it.
we believe that many good negroes vii
! be admitted to the suffrage in Virginia
4 under the new constitutional provision
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
Ceci. Rhodes Will.

CeCF hnCOeS VIII.
Cecil Rhodes will is magnificent in its
enlightened craftsmanship and in it's cath
Ole philanthropy, quite characteristic OF
the man and just what was to be expected
from him. To those who have intelligently
and impartially followed the career Of
Cecil Rhodes, and whose purpose it is
neither to extenuate nor to set down in
malice, nothing could be more natural, more
logical or more fitting as a sequential Gull
mination of his life work than that he
should leave the bulk of his great for
tune to his fellow-men for the culture
of intellect the development of character
and the promotion of friendship and safe
guarding of peace among the nations OF
the world.
1.-The peace of the world was the SUI
preme aim he had in view. No Denefactor
OF humanity has had a noble aim, and
few have sought it with means Of COM
parable munifcence 1t is an Impressive
coincidence that this revelation of Rhodes
lifelong purpose, this elimination Of his
great career, should have come just at the
Very time when other and entirely indie
pendent circumstances had effected a
marked and hitherto uneuualled approach
ment of the three great nations which are
his direct beneticiaries: 1t sets upon their
moral alliance a seal at once of peculiar
soemnity and of intense practicality II
the high results Which now seem at hand
shall indeed be attained and maintained,
if the British EMPIRE and the German
Empire and the American Republic shall
permanently stand together for peace and
work together for progress. "a certain
memory and gratitude for his great part
in that contamination will always go out
to Cecil Rhodes.-New York Tribune.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
ROBBED A BANK.
Citizens Fired at Four Men Who Were
Seen Running.
nv Associatctl Pres,

(By Associated Press.l
PUEBLO, COLO, April THE bank OF
Fowler, at Fowler, Colo. % miles east OF
this city, was robbed Of $1,10O by safe
blowers at o'clock this morning. Sew
eral charges Of nitro-gIycerine were ex-
plcded to open the safe and the cash
box.
Citizens were aroused by the expio-
sions and fired Intellectually at four mel
who were seen running away. Later two
men were arrested at Nepstca, several
miles west OF Fowler, as suspects. In
their possession were found $2SS and sew
eral coin sacks. The prisoners have not
been identified, but they gave their names
rs James 3. Scanlon and ]. P. Hama
han
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
SHALL THE CONSTITUTION BE
PROCLAIMED?

IN commenting on some remarks OF ours
concerning the question OF prociaim'ng the
CONSTITUTION. the Newport News Times
Herald says that the peoples have, as iar
as possible, expressed their desire to nave
q final vote on the work OF tho conVcn-
ton. In the Democratic convention as
senblcd,. our contemporary proceeds
!. .and in tho Legislature. where the call
for the convention was framed, the peo-
bic, through their representatives. unques-
1ionably anticipated the right to vote Oh
the new Constitution.
Ii cannot be disputed that many men
understood when they voted on the ques-
ton OF calling convention TO revise inc
constitution TINT they would be given
che opportunity to pass upon the work
of The convention. We say, moreover,
that & was generally understood that all
voters under the old Constitution "onso
10 permitted to vote on the new before
st should be adopted. One OF the most
distinguished members Of the Constitu-
tional Convention recently said in our
hearing that no understood the resolution
q the Noifoll, Convention to mean tlat
the new Constitution should be submitted
60 u vote of the existing electorate ana
that he considered himself hound by that.
pledge. This gentleman was also a mem
1t is useless, therefore, to argue that
noint. But there are members of the
constitutional Convention who were not
members of the Norfolk Convention, and
they cannot strictly be held to any
nledre that the Norfolk Convention made.
THE only question with these is whether
or not they pledged themselves to their
constituents TO submit Those who did
not SO pledge themselves are morally as
well as legally free TO vote as they please
onsthe question Of proclamation
The question with those who are bound,
or who consider themselves bound, by the
pledge OF the Norfolk Convention, and
with those who made a promise to their
constituents that they would refer the
! work back to them, is whether or not their
constituents will hold them to the pledge.
For our part, we believe that when the
people throughout the State understand
the new Constitution thoroughly and see
how much better it is than the old they
viii be in favor of having 1t proclaimed.
But the question is between each dele
gate and his constituents. The delegates
have gone home and will remain there
until May the 29d. They will go in and
out among their own people and tell them
what they have done and ask for instruc-
lions as to whether or not the Constitu-
lion shall be submitted or proclaimed.
II it is generally desired in any COM
1nunity that the Constitution shall be sub
1nitted, the delegate from that colnmuni-
+; will probably come back to Richmond
prepared to vote for submission. But
II the delegate ascertain that it is the
general sentiment Of his community that
The Constitution be proclaimed, then he
may fairly consider himself released from
any pledge to submit that he directly,
or Indirectly through the Norfolk Con-
sention. may have given. That seems to
us to be the logic Of the situation
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
Some Nuts to Crack.

Editor of The Times:
sir.-The total number Of white voters
in Scott county is Ass. The total NUMBER
of nooro voters is III or less than per-
cent. Noattemptis madeto deny, ina iE1 = gu
and perjury have been practlceu III o 90
nv the Electoral Board and py INC JUS .
of election to such an extent as " sis.
this county an evil notorlels ~ -.
the State Many months aso iie ~
nrinted Overwhelming proof that this Il
true Now VIC have the press reports
that Judge Richmond brought the mat
fer. before the conference of the Demo
cratic members of the State ConVehtlol
and gave a full and explicit statement oi
the methods practiced in Scott. lie also
stated that the Electoral Board IN seoul
county, which is Responsible Tor the ois.
honor and fraudulent administration or
the law whereby the white voters OF Scott
are deprived of the right of suffrage, nave
been re- elected to Office by the Democratic
legislature, with a full knowledge OF the
facts Now there is no question OF negro
domination in Scott county. There IS
no pretense that fraud and perjury in
this county are practiced for the purpose
of overcoming the negro vote. There is
no denial that the voters defrauded are
white men. This disposes 5eftectually of
any claim. that white men will not be de-
frauded under law framed for the pur-
pose of p1kmoting and protecting fraud
and perjur. Now, if this action of the
Legislature is not a formal endorsatfon
and commentator Of the disfranchise-
ment of white men, what is it? If it
may not be accepted as indisputable
evidence of the purpose of the Democratic
party to deny the white men of this State
+ ~ - Il
+ it mean?
If the State Convention. knowing The
facts in this matter refuses to take any
action to secure honest elections here
after, can it's refusal be taken otherwise
than as evidence of its purpose to en-
courage and promote fraud and to make
government Of the people farce in Vir-
ginia? Here, it seems to me. is a fair
and reasonable way to determine whether
this view of the question is correct. Let
Major Daniel or Colonel Goode, or any
other politically sane member Of the con-
yention pledge himself to endorse action
of like character by any other ProhiDl-
ton party, the Socialist-Labor party. the
Populist party or the Republican party.
Suppose the Prohibition party shall come
into power in Virginia. Then let US fan
cy that the Electoral Boards and the
judges of election in Scott county and IN
all the counties and cities Of the Sta te
shall follow in the footsteps of the Demo-
ratio party in the preparation OF fra ud
and perjury. Let us fancysthat a Pro
hibition Legislature shall endorse this
course on the part of elective officers. VIII
the Democratic members OF the State State
Convention pledge themselves to approve
and endorse this action on the part of the
Prohibitionists? Let US hear from them
Do they claim for themselves and the
Democratic party exemption from al
law human and divine, moral and insti-
tutional?
5ss HENRY NJ HoLLADAY.s
Holiday. VYa., March rs $50. :s.
Strength of Beers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
PATRICK SENTENCED.
An Appeal to Higher Court Will Serve
as Stay of Execution.
(By Associated Press.)

tBy Associated Press.)
& NEW YORK, April 7.-Albert T. Pat
rick, who was convicted on March 18th
Of the murder of William Marsh Rice.
was sentenced to-day by Recorder Gofr
to he put to death In the electric chair
at Sing Sing prison on May 9TH.
1sice died in this city on September g.
$780,. An appeal to be made to the Court
Of Appeals by Patrick's counsel will act
as q Of execution pending decision
by the higher court. Tho Recorder in
spconouncing sentence made no comment
or the jury,s verdict To the customary
question as to whether the defendant
had anything to say as to why Judgment
should not be pronounced. Mr.. House,
Patrick's chief counsel. said he desired
to make motion for a new trial. be-
cause the verdict was contrary to law:
because It was clearly against the evil
3dence : becausesir was against the weight
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
KRUGER INVITED.
Is Asked to Visit Chicago as Guest Of
the City.
fBy Associated Press.)

CHICAGO. ILL, April Mayor Carter
H Harrison to-day forwarded to Paul
Kruger, at The Hague, through Montasi
White, special Boer envoy. the follow
ing invitation to visit Chicago:
'Sir: In compliance with the unani-
nous wish expressed by the City Council
of Chicago in resolution on the siSfl-
teenth day of March. 1902. have the
honor to invite you, sir. TO visit the cry
of Chicago as it's guest at the earllsrt
date compatible with your duties and er-
sasements. and to extent to you tina
freedom OF the city on the occasion ,t
(signeD GARTER HARRISON"
Mayor
Accompanying the invitation is the res
oIution. preceded by a lons preamble ex-
pressing sympathy for the Boer cause.
and depIorins the long continuation OF
hostilities. The invitation and resolution
are engrossed on yel!um and bound in
seal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
Former Japanese Premier.

(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. April 7.-count Matsu
Kata, former premier Of Japan. who,
with a party of friends. Is on a tour OF
world. reached New York to-day. The
Count will spend a couple of weeks in
New York. Washington and other large
cities of tho East and then wiz so to.
Europe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

It is well enough to note the fact that
the negro who, in defiance Of law, was
deprived Of his life by his fellow citizens
in Amherst was charged with attempted
murder and not the usual crime
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

ing Of that sort n ow. lJngenerous. and
3discreditahlc at any time, sectional B OBJ
lection ould sbe a pitfahle anachronisms
In 1907. Norfolk Landma TX.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

About as queer production as we
have seen for a long While Is one printed
by the Richmond Na.) Times under the
caption, "a F1attering Request is!
addressed to the editor OF that paper, is
dated Lincoln Neb., Mar CHI 81, 190.., = and
runs as follows:
& MysDear Sir,-Ass I do my editorial work
at my residence, which is now at Fair.
view. and as I am anxious to receive
your paper as promptly as possible, viii
you please have the address changed
from The Commoner, Lincoln, Neb., to:
Mrs. w. j. Bryan, Fai,view, Lincoln.
Mex? Ny wifes mail is delivered at the
house. while my mail goes to the office,
and your paper would have to be sorted
out from among several thousand.
Approaching your kindness in eScflang-
ing with The Conmoner. am
Very truly yours,
w J. BRYAN.
We are not quite sure that our Southe1n
namesake ought to have published a let
ter so distinctly personal as this one, and
even in reproducing it there we fear,
an element of innpropriety, but-well, the
element Of improperly in our case is so
extremely small and the revelations of
the letter are so extremely interesting
that we couldn't refrain. We will. how
ever suppress certain frivolous comments
lldL might SO easily ne Iltiuc oll LIZ
Nebraska statesman's request and the
truly charming simplicity of mind that
characterizes It, Painful duty has often
compelled us to say harsh things about
him in the past, but there is something
likeabe in him after all-that cannot be
denied, even if one wanted to. which no.
body does-New York Times.
We should be distressed to think that
Mr.. Bryan regarded the publication OF his
letter as a discourtesy, or even as an
impropriety Our motive was entirely
amiable The letter was very interesting,
as our New York contemporary testifies.
and as we have for years been politically
opposed to Mr. Bryan, we wished our
readers to see, that he is an apreciative
reader of The Times. We heartily con-
cur in the view of our Northern namesake
that there is something likeable' in Mr.
Bryan-and we like him. His heart IS all
right.
---------@--
We congratulate the congregation OF
Grove-Avenue Baptist Church upon the
completion Of their magnificent house oil
worship. 1t is an honor to them that so.
soon after the destruction by fire of the
former edifce they should have erected
and dedicated to the worship Of God
church building which is even grander
ana more beautiful than that which was
destroyed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
NOTHING TO COMMUNICATE.
British Ministers Questioned asto Peace
Negotiations
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, April THE House OF COM
mons reassembled to-day after the Easter ,1..
10 ,,rass the Government for information
on the subject of tho peace negotiations
in south Africa, but the Governments
leader, A J. Balfour, declared the MN.
listers had nothing In that coi'neee1oii "
inpart to the House.
Answering question about the General
BeuIler controversy. the War Secretary.
Mr.. Broderick, said that In view OK inc
recent statement Of Mr.. Balfour. 1t had
heen decided to publish all the papers
and dispatches relating to the spion kop
engagement forwarded to the War Once
by Lord Roberts. The order forDlddins
General Butler to publish the documents
would not. however, be rescinded.
Mr.. Balfour refused to grant facilities
for the discussion of the motion. made
ieader censuring the Speaker. William
Court-Gully, in connection with the sus-
pension Of John Dillon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

Chairman Jones says that he sees no
reason for his retirement. Nlr. Jones
never knows when he is defeated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

In correspondence between Mr.. Balfour
and General Butler. recently published.
the former contended that General Butler
was in chief command at the battle OF
Spion Kop, which resulted most disas-
trously to the British, while tho General
denied this.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
LOVERS

Of horses always appreciate good material
are proud of your horse. you will bs
prouder OF him after you dress him up in
a set of our harness. and you will not BIS
Inspection will prove that he carry the
finest line of Carriages and Harness TX
the city. and that our prices are the low,
est possible, consistent with first-clask
materials and workmanship.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
Strength of Beers.

(ByisAssociated PressO
PRETORIA April Careful compu-
##tation by. the British giYss the total
strength of the scattered Boer comman-
does at between 5, COO and 1000 m en-.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
The Better Part.

The publication Of the terms of Cecil
Rhodes will has led to the remark that
..he must have been misunderstood all
his life'' Senator Hanna's recent zeal
for the arbitration of labor disputes will
cause many to wonder whether he also
has been the subject of grave misunder-
standing One of the most eNecrated OF
men by certain classes SO lately as In
the presidential campaign of 1896, he is
known now as the principal embodiment
of the doctrine of peace and good will
in the great movement recently. inaugu-
rated to abolish strikes and to harmonic
capital and labor.-Philadelphia Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

Miss Rosa Ryan, who has been very
lick, Is now much better.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

but the Objectionable element viii be ilarge-5
" eliminated, and We have an abiding
faith that the net result will be.a cons
.plcte cleansing Of the iciouss system that
was the 1ogical, and inevitable result of
Unrestricted negro suffrage The skies
are clearing and all citizens of Virginia
who believe in clean politics, pure cleo.
lions and honest government should take
hone 81 ssis35s 81
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08
For a Monument to Maury.

r or wi OnUT0CIlt 10 ltduTys
Captain Philip F. Brown, of Blue
Ridge Springs, sends the Landmark a
strong letter endorsing the movement to
erect a monument to Commodore Mat.
thew F. Maury on the Rip-Raps in time
! to make the unveiiing feature Of the
Virginia Tercentenary Exposition This
letter will be found elsewhere in to-day's
paper. It is good reading. In a note
ACCOMMODATING the communication, Captain
Brown says:
THE late Mr.. Kenton c. Murray was
a warm personal friend Of mine and
Years ago we had some correspondence
on this subject. With Mr.. Greenlee Letch-
err in 1892, offered a resolution in the
Virginia General Assembly petitionins
Congress to appropriate a sum for this
object. It passed the House and the
Senate and was duly forwarded to Wash
ington. IT was presented to the United
States Senate by Mr.. Daniel, and since
then has slumbered In the committee
room. hope your efforts can awaken it
frim its rip Van Winkle' sleep
The Landmark hopes so,S too; and as
the press of the State in general seems
to be favorable to the idea, it may be
that some impression can be made. 1T
is unfortunate that the movement is
Chandler, of New Hampshire, who lost
his seat in the United States Senate be-
cause he had incurred the hostility of
certain powerful railroads in that State.
| Mr. Chandle r took great interest in the
matter of q monument to ENIaurys and did
| his best to get the Senate to consider it.
If there ever was any opp sitionSon the
| ground sof Maury-'s connection with the
sConfed eracy. surely there should be moths
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

Mrs. T. C. Jones and Miss sallie Archn
tones are the guests for a few days o
Mr.. A. Jones, of this city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

Miss Margaret Wilson, who was among
the popular Easter 'lsittrs III tli,s cry
has returned to her home IN NoriC'A
ana has as her guest Miss Jutl1 '''o-
good, of this city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

Miss Connie Knox, who IS VISITING Il
Sorfo.k, was among the dancers at tn
Portsmouth gernan.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

Miss Constance Evans was among tns>se
in a delightful house-party Easter week
at Virginia Beach.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-08

Miss Lena Hancock will have a cottage
at Virginia Beach this summer, having
recently purchased the Hughes courage.
Miss Hancock is staying for a few days
at the Monticello Hotel, Norfolk.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-27
CHURCH SERVICES TOMORROW

Presbyterian chnrch--S Services as us
uai today. Theme Of the morning
sermon How Can I Know Am Saw.
ed" In the evening there win be Q
union temperance meeting at the Con-
gregatlonai church. A very cordial in
vitatIon extended TO all.
Today win be Founders Day at
the Swedish Lutheran church. and the
sermons, morning and evening, will
contain fitting reference to the pioneers
who a. years ago organized the Swed-
ish Lutheran Augustana Synod In the
United States, The collections viii be
for educational purposes.
At the First Congregational church
the pastor win preach at II q. m, In
the evening at 7:3O there win be o
rally ana Union Temperance meeting.
at which all the churches will unite.
Rev Henry Narcotic win preach the
sermon: Sunday school at 1876. Young
Peoples Society, Sunday evening. s;Se.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
1850 A most cordial Invitation to all.
sss
This morning REV. Harold oberg
Will present TO his congregation
In the Methodist church. the question;
rs Your Foot on the Brake7" In the
evening this church will mite with
the other churches In a great temper
ance mass meeting In the congrega-
tional church. The other services viii
be as usual, A warm welcome to all.
These columns are open and Tree to
the various pastors Of the city who
desire to make public their announce
ments