The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-15
CALLS THEM
BRICANDS
Advocate Thus Speaks Of
Spanish War Pensioners.
RIDlCULES GEN. SHAFTER
Says the Seventy Thousand Should Be
Kicked Into Sience--More
About the
Pope.
RIDlCULES GEN. SHAFTER

What the Christian Advocate says this
week about n matter now rather promi-
nenuy before the people s best told In
the Advocates own words. 1t Is one OF
the sprighuicst editorials ever printed in
the paper and 1t takes some pretty Sc
we're shots at certain latter-day heroes.
The editorial bears the very expressive
proceeds in this manner.
THE Insignificant affalr this country
had In the high grass about a town In
Cuba has sprouted 10000 pensioners. The
battle" was ridiculous. Tho mighty
chieftain was General shafter, weigh
ing ton." and hauled around on tho
Battlefield" fat on his back, on a cot
in four-horse wagon. Shafter got a
scare for his personal safety as nothing
could miss such a target. and his anatomy
could not achieve flight. He got ready
to run, or roll down the San Juan hill
into the sea, trusting to float TO a ship.
Wheeler, the little weazen Confederate
general, refused to take to his heels and
SO the starved Epaniards gave up.
1.-THE record OF slain, wounded, and
deaths from disease went a dozen or 80
over 200. How 10000 men could have the
face to ask for pension Is pulling. ur-
less they claim pay for q mosquito bite,
or irreguladty from change Of water"
or nroad of vern1n. They never left the
shores OF their country. Has the lootinY
the taxes for forty years BY the Federal
conscrpts and substitutes to an annual
rob OF one hundred and fifty million
utterly destroyed the sef-respect Of our
people? Surely the sight OF an old Con-
federate Of nifty battles that were bat
ties, blowing his corn In simple dignity
and empty pocket, ought to put the stout
Young warriors of tho Spanish frolic to
the blush, Unless these claimants for
support out OF the pockets Of the people
be kicked into silence the country will
be disgraced always and everywhere.
OTHER MATTERS
In another place the Advocate returns
to the attack on the secular press Tor
the amount Of space It gives to the Pope
Of Rome. The editorial is In connection
with the recent return OF Cardinal Glib
bons and the sermon he preached October
4th in the Cathedral at Baltimore. We
had really hoped.' said the Advocate,
that we were about done with the mul.
tiplled and hishly-colorede descriptions. OF
the last illness, the demise, and the oh.
sequies of Lee. Kill, and the installation
OF Plus x. It proceeds thereafter TO
ridicule and deprecate the elaborate cere-
monies In connection with the events at
Rome. It cI1uctses the secular press tor
the extended accounts Of these cere1n onles
printed declaring that for weeks the pa
pers were filled and nauserT With the re,
cital Of every little detail. In conclusion
the Advocate takes up some OF the ut
terances Of Cardinal Gibbons and denies
the accuracy OF them.
The Religious Herald prints this week
the editorial from Prof. s. G. Mitchell,
O, Richmond College. calling for a conf
mission of the Southern Baptist conven.
ton to study the negro problem and
suggest some solution therefor. The
suggestion BY DR.. Mitchell. who Is one
OF the ablest and best-known ministers
in the denomination. has attracted wide
spread interest, He asks for expressions
from the brethren concerning the matter
and they will probably not be long In
coming. 1t is possible that as result OK
the editorial some definite movement IN
the direction indicated will crystalize
by the time the next convention meets