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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
The j. e. 8. Stuart Coins.

Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir.--I have been informed since that
I named in my former letter OF correction
only half of the mistakes that were con-
tanned In that brief story In last Sur
days Times-D'spatch describing the gift
to the Confederate Museum Of the two
quarter-dollars that were used to close
General j. z. b. stuarts eyes when, their
8oa lag blue light was quenched In death
Besides stating the facts that 1t was
neither one IN. r. venable. .rr,',. nor.
essor Venable, of the University of
Virginia" who presented the coins, but
Andrew venable; Jr gsnslsma y;,, q
formerly major in the Confederate
Cavalry and Inspector general on Stars
that the Inscribed place in WHEN ths
coins were set was not steel, as stated,
was presented by AIR, Joseph, Bryan. Of
this city. Major Venable having YIELDED De-
privilege Of joining wltn lilln In thus Do
ing reverence to the memory OF their
heroic chief. as knightly cavalier as he
was able q general
Richmond va July II 1o03
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

lieve Congress will alter the law, PUB
lie sentiment on the subject is changing
very rapidly in the North and West, ana
by the time the statues of Washington
AMI Lee are finished and ready TO be
sent to Washington. It is probable they
will be welcomed there by the people
of the United States. The sort of chanse
that was slow to come about In England
will come about here more rapidly.
The Inevitable effect of the placing
of the statue Of Washington In ST PAU 3
Cathedral will be to make patriotic ana
intelligent Americans ashamed TO deny
Lee place in Statuary Hail.
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HE TRIED TO LOOK WELL,

with this horse7 He was we'll when !
nut him In the stable yesterday put now
he seems to be almost dead,
Then the master left the stable,
"Ahin cried the horse. "he has gond
n pet sone medicine for me, MY plan
10 golne TO work beautifully.
soon the master came back and WITH
Rim M, was a great big black man, with
ar AKA on his shoulder
.. :That horse is very ILL.," said the mas
ter. ,,,aa tho ma, u,th
the hxe, .., a. ,,,,..,
rim. y said the master,
"Only one thing" added the man with
"Well. Jim, hit him right square between
tbe) ewes and az hard as you can, fol-.
dnn,t want him Hopping all around the
place here before he dies said the mas
ia IAN right, sir" answered the man, as
he raised the axe in the air.
And lust at that moment the horse
Wicked up his ears and kicked up his
heels and tried to look as We'll as ne
could.
- Tie has, lndeed!' exclaimed the man
"Well, we'll have to kill him anyway"
said the master. "fiit him qulck!'
Ard the man hit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
WASHINGTON ANDLEE.

Quite recently the Baltimore Sun pub
'ished letter from Field Marshal Lord
Wolseley the former COMMUNICATIVE chief
Lee, of Baltimore, in which that General
said: II have always felt as sure as I
Gould of anything that could ever be
tested, that IL General Washington had
Been alive in lS5l-'2-'3. he, like the great
Tee would have thrown himself heart
dependence"
And now We hear that a movement is
on foot in England to erect a statue Of
George Washington in London. and that
site for the statue in st, Paul's Cathe-
1ral has been offered,
A little more than a century ago WASH
ington was denounced by the English
people as the greatest OF rebels. His per-
sonal character was admired by some
not by all--but on all hands he was voted
TO be an unmitigated rebel The feeling
was sore against him as having been the
chief instrument in separating from the
mother country the most promising OF al
her colonies
This movement in England is sugges-
tive at this time. when It is seriously
proposed that the Grand Army of the
Republic shall ask Congress 10 pass an
amendment 10 the existing law TO prevent
the statue OF Lee from being placed in
the statuary Hail of the Capitol at
Washington.
We are not advised as to the probable
course the Grand Army convention will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
A PLAIN PROPOSITION.

1t is evident that the negro is no longer
as welcome North as he was few years
ago. They are suspicious of him. They
fear that he Will try to indulge his lusts
upon their women, and recent events have
shown that where he does do so, and
where they arrest him, they are inclined
to deal as summarily with him as any
Southern community would do.
! We find In the Hartford, Conn.,, Times
an appeal to the good men Of the negro
race to come out against this great crime
of the freedman and show the world that
they abhor 1t and will not condone It,
but so far from that will actively aid
in the punishment of such offenses.
The Times-Dispatch frequently has
begged that the best men Of that race
would adopt that course, but we have
due.
If worthy negro men and women would
set their faces like flint against all of
their men who commit such assaults-if
they would aid In their detection and
conviction--a reform might be brought
about which seems not possible other
wise.
We quote our New England contempo-
rary, as follows:
violent assaults upon women, cspe-
cially upon defenseless girls, and a. dis
position to nflct as much pain as posi-
BILE upon their victims, are the common
features of these atrocious crimes by
negroes, the reports of which occupy
so much space in the newspapers from
day to day.
ut is this savagery on the pant Of the
negroes who attack white women and
children which has so greatly inflamed
the feeling throughout the Northern
States against the black race 1t must
be plainly apparent. we think. to the
better element among the blacks that
there must be a cessation of this saw
agery If the two races are to live In the
same communities in this country.
"Such crimes cannot be repeated from
day to day without arousing such hos
tility toward the black race as to make
every black man an object of suspicion,
If not Of hatred, wherever he may 60
If the sentiment shall once become gem
era throughout the Northern States that
white women must have at all times
the protection of white men to insure
their safety from assaults by negroes.
then 1t will be of little use to continue
the effort to maintain the same civil,
rights for negroes in this country which
are possessed by white "ersons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

Editor of The Times-D spatch:
Sir,-"Can Lynching be Abolished?' Is
irgton Post OF to-day. The writer argues
forcbly that the delays and attendant
uncertainty of legal procedure are the
and contends that IL satisfactory. assur-
punishment Of the guilty there would he
Of view another, and a very powerful IN.
centive, TO summary action on the part
of the people, maddencd by outrage IN
creasngy frequent In ~ parts Of the
guilty wretch ls tried in court his poor
victim will be subjected to most shame.
fnl and agonizing ordeal.-eye ven, that nat OF
And to save her from such degradation
and, misery Is the settled detcrmlnation
Of her friends and neighbors;. and any
the majesty of the law and the duty Of
nphou.ng 1t might rs we'll be given to
the winds; Even the assurance OF p
Of the guilty brute would not reconcile
to the thought Of shame and mental tor
ture awaiting the miserable victim made
hero is so simple. A change In the adj
mnistration OF the law. or In the law
Itself (should that be needfuD. allowing
p pre- Mee OF The Judge vt counsel and pris
oner, while all others were excluded from
the court-room; such a change would
remove one OF tne SLToli6esL lliuuStHiFlte
to execution In such cases by lynchers.
And until 1t is made, the people will do
justice in their own way. and thus save
the poor woman from the depreciation or
the witness stand. D.
Mt. Jackson. July 18th.
1t is not generally known, but just such
acted In Virginia within the past three
years. In q recent trial In Richmond
Judge witt had the courtroom cleared of
the gaping crowd" Just in the manner
Indicated above, when the loading wit
ness was on the stand
EDITOR TIAlES-DISPATCH. 3
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ANIMAL STORIES
FOR OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Lazy Horse.

II don't see why should work all the
time and others have nohing at all to do"
said the lazy horse, one day. II would
like to live a life OF idleness and ease,
as we'll as they
Then he began to think 1t over. and
he decided to try to find some means
which would permit him to give up haul
ms the farm wagon day after day. 1t
was a hard problem TO solve, but tho
horse presently struck upon an idea
"I'l make believe that I'm Sick" said
he. "and then my master will not require
me to perform any Of my usual duties
SO he hung his head and leaned up
against the side of his stall and tried
to look as II he was truly on his last
legs. His master came around ana
looked at him and exclaimed:
why, what on earth Is the matter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
AN INTERESTING RULING.

"a very important decision" says the
Washington Post, "holding that the dis
missal of a government employee for not
being III good standing with a labor
union will not be tolerated, was an
lnounced Monday from the Department
OF Commerce. 1t settles a controversy
long in dispute at the Government Print
ing Office, where the case in question
arose"
It seems that on May 18TH 1908, Will
lam a. Miller was removed by the Public
Printer from his position of assistant
foreman at the Government Printing
OMce for the reason that he had been
union. AS soon as the matter was
brought to the attention of President
Roosevelt he directed that Miller be
reinstated.
In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou,
the President says:
ION the face of the papers. presented.
Miller would appear to have been re-
moved in violation Of law There is no
objection to the employees of the Govern
ment Printing Office constituting them
selves into union &c they so desire: but
no rules or resolutions of that union
can be permitted to override the laws Of
the United States. which 1t is my sworn
duty to enforce
The President says. in effect, that he
has no objection to the employment OF
union printers, hut that the government
cannot discriminate against good work
man simply because he does not belong
to labor union. In that position the
President cannot be successfully assailed.
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0,.ena Of 0hoxyAt
IN Dixie e2uua

b !
:, Memphis Commercial Appeal; Mr..
ao1osevelt should not be deceived by the
endorsements he is getting. few hun
t,on !, hungry politicians meet In conye i
ernor and other State officers, and they
conclude to pass a strong resolution en-
dorsing Roosevelt. The fact is they want
VIII hG STUFF ST. and II they don't on get It they
1904 ''''s '''e $500
Atlanta Constitutions; If by any chance
an agreement Is reached between the
cornering crowd and the mill people to
keep prices. of raw cotton higher. than
foreign markets can probably pay i VII
guiding relns of this branch of man
lfactures and possess the world markets
for cotton goods on terms with which no
European country can compete.
New Orleans Picayune This granting
Of high rank which has not been earned
is mistaken policy. and is calculated to
lower the esteem IN which the highest
There ought TO be some other way, OF
rewardlng old and efficient officers other
than promoting them to grades they are
officer should hold rank on the retired
list which he did not earn on tho active
Nashville American: The point which
Immediately strikes the ,Southerner in
reading any opinion on the negro from
the Northern viewpoint, and more par
ticularlv the New England vicwpoint, Is
that they do not seem to understand that
the question applies to them. and that
the preservation or racial purity, which
Is at the bottom of It, might affect them
and their descendants. not so disnstrous-
~. perhaps. but as directly wherever
they come in contact with It. as It does
the Southern people, should the bars be
let down and social recognition, which
means ntermarrlage. be granted the ne
gro in the South.
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THE NORTH AND THE NEGRO.

THE NORTH AND fIHE NEuRO.
Two highly significant articles on the
negro question appear in two OF the
Philadelphia papers on Monday. The one
is in the Record and mentions the fact
that 5000 negro voters in the State of
Pennsylvania. with few exceptions, steadi-
~ voted the Republican machine ticket
year in and year out, and that II any Of
them should assert their political inde-
pcndence they would be subject to perse-
cution by their race. "These colored
voters" adds the Record. constitute in
ordinary State elections little less than
one-third of the Republican majority. AS
most OF them are concentrated in Phila-
delphia and Alleghaney county they go
to swell the machine vote In these strong
holds OF Republican power. The assessors
lists and other evidences have plainly
peat early and often for the machine I'M
der the protection of the police
This clearly shows that the negro has
become an important factor in the
politics of Pennsylvania, and shows
in the politics OF Pennsylvania, and shows
also that the negro voter is the same
everywhere. He always votes at his
party's call and never thinks of thinking
for himself at all.
But more significant than this is an ar
ticle in the Ledger, an independent Re-
publican newspaper, which emphasizes
the fact that the negro Is of a different
race. and cannot be treated as the white
man Is treated. 1T Is with an lnexplica-
BILE faulty" says the Ledger that we
In this country have so completely ig-
nored the fact that the negro is man
of another race: that his instincts, his
capabilities his physical, mental and
moral nature are his own and not ours"
1t calls attention TO the fact that the
States are the children Of Africans who
were living in the forests of the Congo or
the Senegal hundred years ago. and
that three or four generations have not
transformed the character fixed by CEN
turtles OF savage existence. It draws a
distinction between me Nducahlsh OF the
temperate zone and the negro OF the
tropics what folly then" adds the
Ledger. ito traat the tropical man In his
drst century OF existence in new home
a. II we were already the product of con.
ditlons which have been at work upon the
white man for 1nilleniumsw
How often have we OF the South called
the No ,,aNention to this fact How
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
The sheville citizen says:

The remarkable number Of engagements
of cotton mills in North Carolina is most
convincing proof Of the prosperity Of, the
ndustry--both in point Of volume of bus
mess done and profits made. The, fact
that the business of the cotton mill has
been SO successful that It is absolutely
yond question that there's money In
It. Good business men do not put new
wine in old bottles or make expensive adj
ditions TO Improbable enterprises,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
Value of Houdon Statue.

Editor OF The Times Dspatch:
sir,-ln the New York Weekly. Post ]
see copied your excellent remarks con-
meritlng absolute securitv The least Inn
portant work Of that greatest Of French
scuptors commands very great price in
ton it is doubtless by far the most val
liable statue In the whole country, both
from an artistic and from the historical
point Of view.
RALPH EVORAIELEY5 CURTIS.
AK les Bains, Paris, July Z, 1903
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

The experience OF Harrisburg during
the last year indicates that no combina-
strong enough to prevent free and open
competition In the award of public work
when once the people are aroused to their
rights and to the danger and injustice Of
favortlsnl in the conduct of public ar
fairs. Harrisburg, Pa, Patriot
Same way in Richmond let us hope.
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Or, Prlddy's Plans.

pr. A. S, Prlddy, until recently a mem.
her of the medical staff of the south-
western State Hospital at Marion, and
prior to that time member OF the, Gem
in the city on business for a day or two.
When asked II he would re-enter public
life DIR Priddy promptly replied In the
negative, end announced that he would
devote himself to his profession: He will
continue to make his home IN the SOUTH
west,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
The Charlotte News saws:

One thing that the Watts bill has ac-
complished is the showing up the hyPo2-
Carolina al an ally of temperance II was
formerly It's policy to Join hands with the
prohlbitionists wherein it thought that
in any locality. But now the snoe is on
the other foot. If there is a North Caro-
lima Republican paper that. has not been
distillery doggeries it doesn't come to our
exchange table.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
PROJECTIONS Ad AIMS !
STRIKES.

The American Anti-Roycott Association.
IS now taking a hand in Chicago STRIKE
and is giving its assistance to the COM
nanv affected. The association represents
business interests with capitai "
$1,000, 100000. 1t was organized lds' Ian
In New York. and includes In It's mem
bership. 20 It is said, fully fifty per cent.
Of the largest manufacturing. transporta-
ton and mercantile interests in tho coun-
try. It's object is to protect its members
against the boycott and to aid them In the
enforcement of the laws for their pro-
lection by proper and legal means. ~
proposes to maintain the right of every
man to run his own bushes IN MS own
way so long as he does not trespass upon
Tho rights of Others. and. the right OF
every man to work without being modest
ed
In this connection we note from the
Srcctator we'll known insurance jour
nal of New York. that n charter was
recently granted by the Connecticut Cen
eral Assembly to the Mutual insurance
Company. of Waterbury, authorizing II
TO insure manufa curing and Industrial
concerns against losses by floods and
,thcr casualties. but chiefly against losses
cccasioned by strikes. The Spectacle docs
not speak very favorably of the scheme
but does say that there would seem to oe
field here for insurance, and that the
man who will devise plan that shall be
eorita bic to the insured and profitable
to the company will deserve to make
fortune by its adoption.
We doubt if such company could be
operated successfully. but it might agree
instead of paying full losses to the Insured
to pay a stipulated indemnity in case OF
strikes, the amount of the indemnity to
be measured by the premium paid. How
ever and may be. the organization of the
American Anti Boycott Association shows
that railroads and manufacturing con-
Germs are disposed to co-operate and to
assist each other during strikes at least
to the extent of protection from damage
by violence and boycott
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
The Charlotte Observer makes this

Politics of course had nothing to do
with it, but for the benefit OF those who
negro linemen were driven by armed
mountalneers. is one Of the few rock
ribbed Republican counties In North Car,
olina. Therefore it is hardly probable that
the incident can truthfully be described
as a Democratic outrage 81
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North Carolina Sentiment.

Referring, evidently. to Chief Justice
Clark and some others. the W!nston-salem
Sentinel says:
A contemporary suggests that none of
them have yet given up their jobs on the
strength Of Mr.. Bryan's endorsement. We
admit that 1t would be trife risky, Just
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22
WEDNESDAY, JULY %. 1903.

Persons leaving the city for the sum
mer should order The Times-D'spa'csi
mailed to. them. Price. 30 cents per
month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

not have been the necessity for employ
Ing so large n number of troops for so
long q time at that point.

Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser: A term
in the penitentiary for stoning street cars
during the Richmond strike is calculated
to teach much-necded Lesson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

The Raleigh Post says:
( II is folly to say our people in this
State are not prosperous, or that every
one who is willing to work and capa BILE
cannot have good living employment.
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Remarks About Richmond,

Alexandria Morning Call: Our Rich
mond latest is that the strikers are going
to run automobile carriages in opposi-
ton to the street car. system as means
OF continuing the, strike. we trust, how
chine shop viii be attached to each auto
mobile! and that hospital will be es-
tahlshed at every stop before tire enter
prise Is fairly on,
Newport News Press: Richmond evinces
an inclination to become inoculated in
every arm of the municipal government
with the investigation germ.
!, Lynchburg News: In. this connection.
the suggestion forces itself upon the
minds q OUTSIDE he eap bad etE
waited until SO late day 70 provide
contingent gent fund for extra police service
and the police had displayed mere ylgT9r
in dazzling with tho situation. there Wou!o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

Richmonds influential citizens who re-
ceived those big fees for moulding
sentiment" and were able to do 1t With
out parting with any of the money put
in their hands by the telephone COM
job in connection with the Colombian Con-
sress and tho Panama Canal treaty
Norfolk Public Ledger.
An excellent suggestion. No doubt the
along without them and We are quite
sure the State could do so.--Newport News
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

A toy pistolless Christmas in the South
and a similar Fourth of July In the
North are the reforms that are now to
be fought for.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

Castro's men We're slow getting there.
but they tore up things generally when
they finally reached Ciudad, Bolivar.
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The Tines-Dispatc
Published Daily and Weekly

Al No, North Tenth Street,
Richmond, Va. Entered jan
vary a7, 1908. at Richmond,
Va, as second.class matter,
under Ac. OF Congress OF
March 8, 1879.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

culture and refinement to receive rec
osniuon" of a prince. In this case IL
seems to US that it was the Prince VINO
was honored
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

BY the introduction of the principle
Of Standardization, the annual taxable in
come of the city of Gothenburg, Sweden,
is this year increased from 3oS7, 500 pounds
to 1856 66S pounds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

King Edward will have a good time In
ireland. The Irish do not love him, but
they know how to be hospitable.
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A Few Foreign Facts,

One OF the great railroads of the world
will be built In China from Canton
to Hankow, GOO miles through tee,n-
ing population.
For the defense Of member of the
Malta, who Is to be tried for murder in
Florence, it Is stated that 1,400 pounds
has been contributed anonymously in
Palermo alone.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

The Uganda Mission, in Central Africa
begun twenty years ago. has now l,07C
church buildings, seating 12GS50 persons
erected chiefly at the cost of the people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

Newport News city officials need to read
ur on Marquis of Queensbury rules. Their
bouts are lacking In grace and scientific
Observation-Disclosures Times-Dispatch.
What Is lacking in grace and science,
however, Is made UP In execution usual
~. Call time!-Newport News Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-22

A slum inspector told the Glasgow Mu-
nicipal Commission on the Housing Of the
Poor that on some occas ons he had found
families sleeping in tiers-the parents on
the floor, then mattress and layer of
children on the top.