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The Washington times., 1903-08-11
RIVAL FACTION LAUGHS
At DYRENFORTH'S CALL
Union Veterans Union Ap-
pears Badly Split Up.
TWO CONVENTIONS LIKELY
Hutchinson Partisans to Meet at
Rochester Instead of Louisville.
Relief Union Indignant
TWO CONVENTIONS LIKELY

Gen. Robert st. George Dyrenforth.
one of the two alleged commanders-In-
chief of the Union Veterans Union, has
more trouble on his hands
He announced few days ago that he
would call the annual meeting OF the
Woman's Veteran Relief Union to be
held at Louisville in October, at the time
his branch of the Union Veterans Union
is to have its-encampment. But there
are several thousand women in the
United States who do not take kindly
to General Dyrenforth's assumption.
Mrs. Annie r. Tannehill. of Akron,
Ohio, president of the woman's organiza-
tion. has announced that she is a sup
porter of Gen. Frank B. Hutchinson.
General Dyrenforth's rival, and has call
ed the annual convention TO meet with
the Hutchinson faction ct Rochester, ~.
Y, August 13, II and Is.
Independent of o. v. U.
The members of the Woman's Veteran
Relief Union are indignant at General
Dyrenforth's assumption of authority and
maintain that their organization is en-
tirely independent of the Union Veter-
ans Union and will pay no attention 10
General Dyrenforth's orders.
Gen. Franklin B. Hutchinson's sup
porters in Washington are preparing 20
attend the Rochester convention OF the
Union Veterans Union, and laugh at the
suggestion that General Dyrenforth $
the legal head OF the order. The an
nouncement that General Dyrenforth will
hold a convention in Louisville is espe-
cially amusing to his opponents.
He wants TO go TO Louisville be-
cause there are not more than a dozen
members of the order in that city" said
Col E. A Fenton. IF he goes there he
can have things his own way He and
his crowd can run the convention with
out having any interference on the part
OF local members of the order.
Executive Committees Action.
General Dyrenforth's refusal to make
any statement of the financial condition
of the order. and to have his books
audited. caused the executive commit
tee 10 call him up for an explanation.
When he found what was wanted he re-
fused TO appear before the committee
The executive committee is cloaked with
authority TO remove a commander-in-
chief. 1t removed Dyrenforth, and put
Franklin B. Hutchinson, Junior vice
commander, in command of the order
temporarily. Then a convention was
called at Springfield. Ohio, and he was
elected commander-in-chief last Feb
ruary
"Ohio, Maine. Massachusetts, Rhode
Island. Connecticut. Nebraska, New
Hampshire, and several of the other
jurisdictions are united in support of
Hutchinson There are not believed TO
be over 800 members of the order paying
the per capita tax TO Dyrenforth He
maintains that the organization has
more than 1c0. 600 members. It never
did have more than SO, 900 members, and
IL hasn't that many now. The Dyren-
forth crowd is confined chiefly to Wash
ington. outside of this Jurisdiction
loyalty TO Hutchinson prevails"
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GIVE THIRTY DAYS TIME
ON BROOKLAND SCHOOL

The Commissioners have ordered that
the time for the completion of the con-
tract with PaVarini & Greer, for the con
struction Of the Brookland School Build
ing. be extended without penalty for
thirty days without cost of inspection,
and the balance of the time with cost Of
inspection chargeable against the con-
tractors.
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WHAT TO DO,

There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed that DR.. Kilmer's
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bladder remedy. fulhlls every wish in
curing rheumatism, pain in the back.
kidneys. liver, bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. II corrects ina
bility TO hold water and scalding pain n
passing it, or bad effects following use
OF liquor. wine or beer, and overcomes
that unpleasant necessity Of being COM
PEELED TO 90 often during the day. ana TO
get up many times during the night. The
mild and the extraordinary effect OF
Swamp Root is soon realized. IL stands
the highest for its wonderful cures os
the most distressing cases. Ii you need
Q medicine you should have the besS-
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sizes.
You may have a sample bottle Of
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and a book that tells all about il. both
sent absolutely free by mail Address.
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When writing be sure 10 mention that
you read this generous offer in The
washington Daily Times. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-ROo Dr. Kilmer's swamp Root.
and the address. Binghamton. y. y. On
every bottle.
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CRISIS IN HONDURAS.

MEXICO CITY, Aug. u.-Financial
troubles threaten another revolution in
Honduras, according to Manuel Hell
gueva, who has arrived here. The gov
ernment is facing the possibility of the
Intervention of England in the interest
of English creditors
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ASSAILANTS WERE "REDS.n

ROME, Aug. 1.-THE authorities here
verify the statement that the men who
attempted 10 attack NJ. Combes, the
French premier. at MarseiIIes Sunday
were Italian anarchists.
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HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
your water and let il stand twenty-four
hours; a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys;
II it stains the linen it is evidence OF
kidney trouble; too frequent desire 10
pass il, or pain in the back is also con-
vincing proof that the kidneys and biai-
An are nrt Of nrHar
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SOLDIERS HOME CONCERT.

The program for the concert 20 be
given by the Soldiers Home band. John
5. N. Zimmerman. director. at $50
p. m. today IS as follows:
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language characterized the meeting OF
the Republican State board of appeals
held yesterday afternoon at Republican
headquarters. on West Fayette Street,
for the purpose of hearing the appeals
taken by organization members of the
county committees in Prince George and
Charles counties
From start to finish the meeting was
stormy one. Each side vilihed and
abused the other without reserve, and
such words as 'rowdy.' thief liar and
'blackguard' were banded back and
forth. One gentleman from Howard
county. it was alleged, drew a black
jack and struck a man who had called
him a long string Of names. winding up
with wife beater,' and for q few min
utes there was some fierce scufling
about the little room.
AT times the whole place was in an
uproar, and men were being held by
main force in corners by their friends
to keep them from rushing at each
others throats. IN a conspicuous place
on the wall of the room where the
meeting was held hung a large placard,
left over from the spring campaign,
bearing these words:
with malice toward none and char
ity to all.'-Lincoln.
Republicans must remember that
while we may differ at present, after
April Z we will merge into an solid
phalanx to elect the Republican candi-
dates'"
Distressed by Buying.
Samuel C. Padgett, of Charles county,
said henchman OF Mr.. Mudd holds a
bill OF sale on all Mr.. Burch's furniture
and dropped an intimation that there are
men in Charles county who will accept
money for their votes. He argued that
Mr.. Burch will favor Mr.. Mudd's interest,
and thus Mr.. Mudd would have both
judges.
Mr.. Mudd said he did not know any
thing about a bill OF sale, but he was
deeply panied and grieved to hear that
there was anybody in Charles county
who would accept money for his vote.
Mr. Padgett-I don't see why IL should
surprise you.
Mr.. Mudd-Well. it does, and it really
gives me pain to hear it.
There were probably 30 or more people
present at the meeting. representing the
three counties of Prince George, How
ard and Charles. and the bitterness be-
tween the McComas and Mudd factions
ran high.
That trouble Of serious kind is likely
10 occur during the primaries on Sat-
urday in both Prince George and How
ard counties is admitted by both sides.
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SHOCK FELT AT MALTA.

MALTA, Aug. 1.-Two strong earth
quake shocks were felt here this morn
iuS.
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proyincials, who were in the rear, took 70
the trees to cover the retreat OF the Brit
ish regulars, and poured such swift and
unerring FIRE upon the enemy tha'
checked pursuit and allowed what was lett
of the army to escape in safety. ms was
REGARDED at the time IS q great military
feat, and "Braddock's defeat rang
through the land as "Washington's VIC
tory"
The war of the revolution, however,
brought out his highest abilities as com
mander and displayed his true military
genius. No man Of ancient or modern
times was ever called 70 a more difficult
task The whole population OF the united
American colonies did not exceed SOOO,OOO.
England was the mistress Of the seas and
the strongest military power on the globe
The men in her armies were trained 10
war and had every equipment for war that
wealth could purchase. The little band OF
colonists which stepped forth to meet this
giant had neither training, supplies, fleets
or military resources. The odds in the en-
counter were fearfully against Us, and no
one knew il better than George Washing
ton. Defeat meant ruin to him, and, per
haps, ignominiOus death on the scaffOld.
But sublimely he stepped forth and &C
cepted the responsibilities Of the post.
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wAsHINGTON's WEALTH

Ii Is probable that az his death Wash
ingtOn was worth $4,000 The late Paul
Leicester Ford, in his excellent work, The
True George Washington" puts 1t at that
sum. This did not include the property
that his wife brought on their marriage,
which is estimated at 100000. Washing
ton always insisted that she should retain
that in her name, nor did it includethe So
600 which the death q Patsy Gusts in
l773 added to the estates. He was, there
fore, one Of the wealthiest men of bis
time, for then wealth was not so much
centralized as it is now.
His hand, however, was a charitable one
He gave freely Of his wealth to deserving
causes and expended large sums towards
maintenance of the army during the revo-
lutionary war, as well as contributing to
the support Of the provisional government
John Adams, in one Of his moods of jeai-
ousy toward Washington, once asked:
Would Washington have been commander
Of the army or president Of the United
States if he had not married the widow OF
rich Mr. Cusus?" He undoubtedly would,
for he had achieved military fame before
the revolutionary war cloud came over the
ldLu anu udQ proven MS uLuGsss W AAe ne
was wealthy, he gave OF that wealth for bis
country's need in it's darkest hours and
such cynical questions cannot tarnish his
fame or patriotism.
Illustrative Of this willingness on his
part to sacrifice his wealth to his country's
good is this instance: In 1871 the British
were marching through Virginia and car
ryiug on a general system Of plumber and
devastation. They laid Richmond in ashes
and assembled the Chesapeake and the Pc
tOmac, landing at Mount Vernon, Wash
ingtOn's home. To save the mansion from
flames and pillage, the manager Of the es-
tate furnished the army with an abundance
Of supplies When Washington heard Of it
he was much displeased and wrote his
agent as follows:
1T would have been a less painful cir
cumstance to me to have heard that, in con-
sequence of your refusal to comply with
their request, they had burned my house
and laid the plantation in ruins"
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PURITY OF CHARACTER

In purity Of character and freedom from
vices Of every kind, Washington stands as
a model for American youth. His reply TO
his indignant father, whose impetuous ma
ture was aroused by the apparent wan
tOness Of the cutting of his favorite cherry
tree: Father, / cannot tell a lie; / cut the
tree" was a striking symbolical llustra-
ton Of the development in boyhoOd Of the
character Of his manhood. During the war
with France, when Washington was a
colonel in the British army, many Of the
men in his regiment of provincials we're
frOnGersmen, coarse and wicked and pro
fame. He abhorred the vice Of swearing
and, determined to break it up, issued the
following official order:
Col. Washington has observed that the
men of his regiment are very profane and
reprObate. He takes this opportunity to
inform them Of his great displeasure at
such practices, and assures them that if
they do not leave them of they shall be
severely punished. The officers are de-
sired, if they hear any man swear or make
use Of any oath or execratiOn, to order the
offender 25 lashes Immediately, without a
eourt-martial. For a second offense he
shall be more severely punished"
So prevalent were profanity and vulgar
ity in the army during the first year of the
revolutionary war that in 1855 he issued the
following notice to his soldiers at New
York:
''The general Of the army is sorry to be
informed that the foolish and distasteful
practice Of swearing is growing in fashion
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r1Er ALL RESPONSIBILITIES

History tells Us how he met these re
sponsibilities-how he transferred the raw
militia into the trained veterans; how,
with miserably meager resources at his
command, he struggled TO equip, clothe,
feed and maintain them; how for ten long
months he entrenched Boston and, with
out a single battle, so harassed the enemy
that he compelled them TO evacuate the
city; how for many weary weeks, with only
1900 half starved troops, poorly clad and
equipped, he held the city OF New 4ork
against force four times his own numbers
and at last, having been compelled to eyac-
uate it, he crossed over into the Jerseys,
pursued by the enemy, when he suddenly
turned on them at Trenton and Princeton,
amidst a storm Of wind and snow, gained
the two most brilliant victories Of the war,
and drove the British from the state; how,
with men whose shOeless feet stained the
snow in crimson red, he passed the winter
at Valley Forge and in the spring defeated
the foe at Monmouth; and how in the sue
ceeding years of the war he endured hard
ship and suffered privatiOn, sacrificed his
own fortune and separated himself from
the endearments of home, manfully and
heroically bore up in defeat without losing
courage or hope and turned these reverses
in the end into glorious victory for his
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WASHINGTON IN CIVIL LIFE

The independence Of the colonies having
been secured, the great problem which
faced the new nation was the formation Of
a constitution which would harmonic the
conflicting views Of the leading men from
the different colonies, who were elamoring
for certain reserved rights Of local admins
tration, and which would, at the same time,
give to the general government q central
lied power that would meet its wants and
needs and enable it to take its stand, equal
in efficiency and endurance, among the
other great nations Of the earth.
A convention was called to consider this
momentous question. Il met at Philadel-
phis in l77. Washington was sent as a
delegate from Virginia and by a unanimous
vote was placed in the presiding officers
chair. The result was the present eonsti-
tuition Of the United States Excepting the
amendments). Il created a nation with
supreme powers for all the purposes Of gen
eral government, but it left with the states.
az state governments leave with cities and
towns, those minor questions Of local gov
eminent and law. which our forefathers
thought the states could best solve for
themselves.
There were some provisions in the com.
promise which Washington did not aD-
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country would be .he conspicuous featur.
Blended with it, in harmonious colonng,
would be honesty, nobility, spOtless integ
rity, and all those elements of character
which 90 to make up true manhood.
Washington, II is true, did not have 10
struggle with poverty, as so many Of our
Americans who have attained greatness
have done, for his parents were wealthy
for the times in which be lived. But this
wealth did not, as Is so generally the case,
fasten upon him idle and dissOlute habits.
From the beginning of his career until its
close his life was a busy and active one, free
from vices of every kind. Indeed, Wash
ingtOn's morality has ever been held up az
an example for the youth, and even the
housing historian has failed in his attacks
upon II.
Washington enjoyed. all the substantial
comforts and the advantages of a good
education, and, at the age Of l6, left home
and school 10 engage in the occupation OF
civil engineering and surveying, which at
that time, when the country was a path
less forest and infested by Indians, was a
calling filled with hardships and beset with
perils. He followed it for three years.
Then hOstilities with the Indians began and
the government appointed him a major in
the army sent to operate against them.
Shortly after this the American war be-
tween France and England, over claims to
territory, broke out and Washington, es-
pousing the cause of his mother country,
was commissioned a colonel. The war last
ed four years and at its close, then only 2S
years Of age, he returned to his home at
Mount Vernon with an enviable reputation
as a military officer, and for Is years de-
voted himself to the farming Of his estates.
Then came the war Of the revolution and
he was called from this happy home to take
the position Of commander in chief of the
American armies. A thousand pens have
told the story of his career in that strug-
gle for our independence as a nation. For
seven long years he endured hardship and
suffered privation, gave freely of his for
tune, and separated himself from the en-
dearments Of home. When at last the vic
tory came and the new government under
the constitution was launched, the people
attested their appreciation Of the value Of
his services and the confidence they had in
his wisdom by calling him, with a unani-
nous voice, to rule over the new nation
as its first president. BE remained in the
executive chair for two terms Of four
years each when he once more returned to
his home, which he loved so well and the
comforts Of which he had enjoyed so little
during his long, perilOus, eventful and
busy public career.
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and offered his mother his arm and IN q
few moments they left for their home, but
in telling the story Mrs. Hamilton, In her
memoirs, adds: I'VE must, however, not
fail TO record that after be had seen his
mother home, he returned to the reception
and spent the remainder of the evening.
The wife of Washington, to whom be was
married When he was q years Of age, had
been Mrs. Martha Gusts, young widow
of great wealth and beauty. She had landed
estates at the time Of her marriage that
were valued at $4,000, with ian incum-
branee" Of two children. Washington, BE-
fore that, was wealthy. The beautiful estate
Of Mount Vernon had descended to hun BY
inheritance. After his marriage he enlarged
his home mansion, embellished the grounds,
and made considerable additions, by pur-
chase, 10 the estate, which consisted OF
5000 acres, 1000 Of which we're titled, the
remainder being in wood and uncultivated
land. His occupation was that Of large
planter, raising wheat and tobacco. The
wheat was ground on the estate and shipped
for sale. The tobacco was sent to England,
from which then almost every article Of
domestic use was imported. This was the
beautiful home and the happy, independent
lie nc lGAk W AAbuk VIC BatbANe 49, 49,
struggling colonies.
Martha Washington was a noble Chris
tian woman, refined and educated, and she
ever exercised over him an influence that
was helpful and good. When he parted
with her to take command of the army in
the revolutionary war, she said: This Is
sorrowful day for me, but your country
needs you and you must 60. My morning
and evening prayers will be that God will
watch over and protect you and return you,
when victory is won, safely to me-" And
that God Of the nations, who was with the
colonies in their unequal struggle for in
dependence, answered her prayers.
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his footsteps during his tender years and
whose influence followed him in his after
life was . model mother. Kind, loving, de-
voted and watehful, she instiIled into the
mind Of her son the principles Of Christian
religion and nodded a character that. the
vices Of his times could not corrupt. He
attributed to her early training much Of
the success that came to him during the
eventful career through which Providence
led him A nations homage gathers around
the memory Of Wsshington's mother and
her name Is written in history.
As illustrative Of the influence that his
mother had over him, Mrs. Alexander Ham
lton says that while Washington was IN
the meridian Of his fame brilliant reeep-
ton vas given one evening in his honor ct
Fredericksburg, Va. When the church bells
sounded the hour Of nine Lady Washirr-
ton, his mother, arose, and walking across
the room 70 where her son was engaged In
conversation with a party Of gentlemen.
said: Gene, George, it is nine o'clock. II
is time to 60 home" Washington turned
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and l am persuaded never will, obtain my
cordial appreciation. But / did then con-
ceive, and do now firmly believe, that, IN
the aggregate, it is the best constitution
that can be obtained in this epoch, and
that this or a dissolution awaits our choice.
II is the only alternative
As president Washington gave many
evidences Of his ability as a public civil Of
fetal. He had not the scholarism Of JET
ferson and some of the earlier presidents,
but he had clear judgment, keen foresight,
incOrruptible integrity, and a common
sense way Of looking at and deciding mat
tiers that seldom led him into error. The
public questions that arose during his ad-
ministratiOn we're new and perpleXing.
Whether he was advised as much as our
later presidents we're the records do not
disclose. One thing, however, is certain,
he did not have the help Of the newspapers
in his decisions Of tangled problems as
much a. the later-day presidents have had.
Some Of his executive acts were criticised,
but as time removed the prejudices then
existing and threw greater light on affairs,
the acts he performed and the opinions he
expressed and held have proven, in the
main, to have been correct. His public
services as president were devoid Of self
ishness and ambitious motives, free from
party prejudices, and prompted by mo-
tives that he believed to be for the best
interests Of the nation.
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NOT HIS FIRST LOVE

but Martha Custis, this loving, devoted
wife, was not his first love. The heart OF
Washington had been won before he gave
il TO her This ether love was Miss Bet
tie Fantleroy. She was the daughter of
William Fantleroy, a wealthy Virginia
planter, at whose home he had frequently
visited during the time he was engaged in
surveying 1t would seem from what BIZ
ographers have been able to gather con-
corning this love romance Of the first presi-
dent that Miss Fantleroy had not been
iavorably impressed with Washington as
a lover and that she had refused his offer
Of marriage.
At that time Washington was 20 years
old. His active, out-of-door surveyors
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ooRNNALs sURRENpERNd BRrIsH sTANpGRDs AT YoRkToWN

He hopes that the officers will, by example
as well as by influence, endeavOr to check
il, and that both they and the men viii re-
feet that We can have little hope Of the
blessings Of Heaven on our aims we in
suit it by impiety. Added to this, it and
profanity are vices 50 mean and low, with
out any temptation, that everyone Of sense
and character detests and despises them.
The general hopes that every officer and
man viii endeavor to live and act as be-
comes a Christian soldier"
During his army life Washington did not
forget or neglect his religious duties. His
morning and evening prayers were always
offered, and, whenever possible, he Oh
served the other means Of divine grace. At
one time, when the army was eneamped
near Morristown, n. j., be called on Rev.
DR.. Jones, the pastor Of the Presbyterian
church at that town, and said: Doctor,
I understand that the Lords supper Is TO
be celebrated with you next Sunday. ]