The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-24

;SS ts5ssI I'M & i9s,, 81
THE TIM ~, 1SPE';AI!,.1l !
l1tiis8howsver, doubtful ifs he can be con-
5victed 81 fraud nor indeed is IT certain
that the British Government Will ptis1ihts
hin, too hal 4, inast1uch as noble names I
are Involved viii, Ills IN the spect'stss y.
that fooled the British public 90 badly,
and eost many Of them 50 mitch mitch money.
The speech, 81 Senator Morgan on the !
canal question has been published III; the
Congressional Record, and takes ninety
sever, pages. 1t will average go words 1lrt1t
Is the page, making about ass 600 Words
The Washington correspondent III OF tnleA
Chicago Record Herald, who has! figured.
on IL, estimates that the speech would /
make II larger book than General Grants ran
memoirs Or u book about half as large
as the Bible. This speech Is rernarlsab le,
not so much because OF Its contents but but
beca,lseSof the age Of the man VINO dellV-'
cred I'll Mr.. Morgan as sovonty-nir1e years
oldland although he5is IN excellent health
ana has d vigorous constitution TO speak
four or FIVE hours a lay for five days IS
al, ordeal which few men n the full yigor
Of early manhood could endure It tsE also u
remarkable because e the Senator Used
very few notes. He made free tent refer
ences 70 published reports and other doc ''',
uments from which he quoted freely, but
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the speech was purely extcmp rane ous,s
and the Senator did mot have sven \ Y g
skeleton Of the topicsto glide him He
is very familiar with his subject No e man
living has given SO much study to 18th
milan canals, and, having remarkable ,El1 '
memory, he is.able to discuss any point
Ii tho compiled ted problem without refer g tl:
.ence to his authorities. { He has probably
read more than once every line tina = has ~
ever been printed concerning a canal anal
across i.t, tho Isthmus, but with all that
within grasp very few<1n 81
could have marshaled the facts All .tlfld
figures and arguments as no did or sl 1N5
tair,fsuch q test Of physical endurance nee AZ
ltsi RI il94 WI 54i=---E-=------ III ~
We have been asked why It is neces-
saxy to guard 3the levees along the flood
cd mississippi o2protect them from van ar n
adals who would cutfthe banks down ". ana
turn the raging waters upon the lands ARDS
destroying property v and end3laHngelrF1ing
lives, and If at Is true that there ar are
people who would cut the levees, and ~ II
SO, what Is their object. Yes, there are
peopleJ who n cut the leyees and they
are not necessarily very mean people eth
or. They are acting upon the prin!cell-.
plc that self-protection Is the first law
Of nature 4. tt'The object Of men IN. cut IT.;
ting the levee," explains the St. Louis c'llsI
Globe Democrat 'is TO lower the ter g On
the other side Of the river, where their hell!
cabins \ are, by letting It spread out on
the low land on. the%o pposite side. Y Many MAN.,
OF those dweNers on one side Of the river J e'
are in districts unprotected by AISLE wees wees
They want the flood disaster tairlySSdtEil--s
ylded; they consider the question IN n the e
same light as the man whose nc e. q .
has elevated his lawn two feet 50 that
all the drainage runs off on the lawn
of the man lower down. They reason
| that the back water wouldn't be & i've tli g
miles or more Swide on the tennessee
side il the Arkansas side would take
part Of it--and vice versa It IS not
dlfficult to see their chain Of reasoning
though its application would destroy the ne
productive powers Of millions Of acres.
Armed guards now patrol the y levees 70
prevent cutters slipping across the river 1.'e'
IN The darkness and making even q 1T
t,o trench which would soon grow into.
a roaring crevasse. These GUARDS GUARDS are a1t
farmers OF the bottoms and they VIKING.
~ serve without pay. The levee front f;r!91
for miles can be patrolled as the ran,
road is in. Russia when the Gear travels
but without anything like the. expenste..,
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Two interesting announcements come
from London. One Is that Mrs, " N N ay-
brick Is to be released next year and \ the n
other is that "Jack-the Ripper" has been
found ss. u Fl a,5 7,
Tho first announcement Is nosnews to
tho readers Of The Tlmes-D ispaltcch, for
It was made In this paper some time age
although g sort of halfway semi ON OIL
cial denial was sent out from London.
1t is none the less gratifying, 70 ''
to have our news officially confirmed,
Mrs Maybrck may be guilty but the
case case against her was never proven, and,
having been severely punished, we are
glad that she Is to be set at liberty, M
A. FOR the other report, we are all
equally gratifed to know that Jack the