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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-07
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-02-07

Lies are like jackscreWs; they furn ish
support while a permanent foundation
is being laid.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21


But whatever tho motive, the result has
been distinctly TO the Negroes hurt.
In further discussing tho subject our
Philadelphia contemporary says that
there Is no doubt that tho preponderatlng
influence In determining this question
originally was the desire of tho Repub-
lican politician TO maintain control OF the
South by negro votes. but that mingled
with this motive we're better sentiments.
There was another motive. however,
which is not to be overlooked. Tho ro-
construction measures. Including tho
Fifteenth Amendment, were conceived in
hatred and were designed as punitive
m eas,,res. All these regulations were tho
expressions OF Republican hatred and In
tended to bring distress and humiliation
rron the Southern people. The whole
scheme must have failed, II for no other
reason than that tree planted In the
soil OF hatred. malice and ali uncharlta-
bleress could not but yield bitter fruit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
uNOg NEW .THING."t

In the reign Of Trajan, Emperor Of
Rome, much was done in the way Of
nublic Improvement in building roads and
Identifying the city, New military routes
were built In ali, directions, canals were
constructed, the fAppian1 Way was re-
stored, the Pontine Marshes were. partially
drained and special attention was given
to the subject OF pure water forth cit
izens OF the great city. In Trajau's time
the great aqueducts were not enough to
content the citizens OF Rome. and COM
plants were often heard that the streams
of water brought In them from the hills
far away were often turbid and impure
and polluted by the carelessness ot those
who used them, "But now says tho
historian 'the various SOURCES OF supply
were kept carefully distinct. lake was
formed and reserved for separate uses,
In which the waters OF the Anio might
stand and clear themselves after their
teadlong course over the rough moun-
tain ground; and besides these and the
purer streams Of the Aqua Marcia, 9TH
crs were provided by tho bounty OF tho
present ruler and specially honored with
his name"
And SO wo sec that Superintendent Boil
!nHs settling basin Is no new thing under
tho sun. The idea Is more than eighteen
hundred years old, and ii 1t succeeded in
Rome, 1t ought to succeed in Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We. have such food of communlca-
tons that wa find some difficulty in print
Ing them, We are glad to hear from the
people. and our columns are ever omen to
the discussion OF public questions. We In
ylte subscribers 10 write, but we request
them to be considerable, BE as concise and
brief as possible, The brief cpmmuniea-
ton has the best chance to get In and
the best chance to be read, Busy men
and women viii not wade through a
column letter unless 1t be wonderfully
entertaining. Time Is precious In this go
pondents to write plainly, and, II possible,
to have their letters typewriter, Some OF
our communications are so carelcssly
written that the printer finds difficulty
in reading them, and that wastes time,
Some correspondents who consider the
printer request the editor please ito cor.
rect all bad writing and mistakesn Poor
l-~uor He Is good natured, but he has
troubles OF his own,
Isn't 1t curious too. that even 10 this
day some write on both sides Of the
paper and others write anonymously. Re-
form It altogether; as Hamlet says: BE
brief Write plainly, Write only on one
side of the paper l3e sure to Sign your
name. The name will not DO published II
you object, but we must knnw who you
are before we can lot YOU speak through
our columns,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
A NORTHERN VIEW.
In sensible article on Negro suf-
frage, North and SOUTH the Philadel-
phia Record says;

In sensible article on Negro Suf-
frage, North and SOUTH" the Pbiladei-
phia RECORD says:
.fsH'Mr. John s. Wise, Of New York a
former Democratic Representative from
Virginia, and now a Republican,, because,
(. he says, there Is no difference In degvee
In the evil Tendencies of the two parties,
admits, with Secretary Root, that negro
suffrage has proved a failure. But In
The Views of both Secretary Root ard the
eN-Nirginian is revealed more of partisan
bitterness than political philosophy. IT.
us they assert, the failure Of negro suf-
trage in the South is due to the unjust
Cnactments and race prejudice OF South
EN- whites. the experiment is hardly less
a failure in the North. In the Rcpubli-
Can city of Philadelphia. for example. the
suffrage has bestowed little or no politi-
cal or social advantage on the large num-
Der OF negro voters.
The Fifteenth Amendment has proven
to be curse. rather than blessing, to
the negro, and has been responsible for
most OF the trouble that has occurred
between the two races. II the Southern
people had been left to work out this
problem IN their own way they would
have found The best way. and would
have solved the problem as far as It was
possible 10 solve IT, They would Gers
tainly have done very much better with.
out the modelling Of the North. They have
now taken tho matter into their own
hands and are doing wha, should hays
&been dons from the start. and IL the
Northern people VIII iet us alone 1t will
he better for the negro. Many OF the
Northern people are learning this. The
people Of Philadelphia understand it, for
they have large number of negroes, and.
Therefore. a negro problem of their own.
the truth Is. the poor negro has been
the victim OF agltators from the start,
sand we suppose they viii continue 10
yirtimize him to the end Some Of these
agitators are sincere. and Others have
s agttatsd for their own selfish purposes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
THE LEGISLATURE.

We hear no expression Of regret that
the Campbell investigation is nearing It's
end. The testimony is all In. Next week
the case will be argued. After that the
committee will prepare its report. Then
it will be for the House Of Delegates to
decide whether the:eport and accompany
ing testimony shall be printed or not. II
they are to be printed, then there will
be considerable delay, for the verbatim
report Will make a very bulky volume.
And there will be considerable cost, too.
The inquiry into the charges made
against Judge Campbell was unavoidable
upon the part OF the General Assembly.
but the inevitable effect has been to
set back legislative work 20 one doubts
this Quite naturally tho sensational and
spicy proceedings before the investisa-
tors divested the attention OF nearly all
members from the prosy routine Of the
committee rooms and legislative cham
bers.
To be sure, some progress has been
made. but a Wast-yea and appalling
amount OF labor remains to be done. It
"
1t now suggested that 1t would BIO we'll
for the two houses to appoint a Commit
tee on Revision OF the Laws and set
it to work, while they take recess to
await its report.
That would be a good plan, but we
dare say members are not ready to adopt
1t yet We suspect that they want to
settle the metes and bounds of the new
legislation before they order 1t to be
shaped up and polished Off And then,
TOO, there are some provisions of the Con-
stitutlon which ought to be-must be-
put into operation at once yet cannot
be without a certain amount of legisla.
ton.
The upshot of the matter is that mem.
bers have a good deal Of lost time to
make up. Some Of its work Is very ur-
gent and could not be referred to com.
mittee which proposes to sit during the
summer. Committee or no committee,
members will make no mistake IL they
move forward now with great llyeliness."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
THOSE BOGUS BONDS.

1t developed in tho Supreme Court Of
New York the other day that those bogus
Virginia bonds about which 80 much has
been written are still circulating, In
September last Julius Schroeder applied
to the Importers and Traders Bank for
loan OF $4,000, and offered as security
$1,000 OF Virginia three per cent bonds
lie obtained the money, but when he ap.
Piled for another large loan she bank
made INQUIRIES" saysthe New York Sun,
"of bond brokers US to the chara cter OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
Folly ofIndlscriminate Charity,

Tho only wise charity Is that which
ma:,es sure Of helpful purpose by work.
Ing through organized channels OF re-
lief. Remember this-every dollar that
goes to tho undeserying is just that much
withheld from the deserving poor. Sta
tlstlcs prove that more than one-half OF
all relief, public and private. dispensed
In large oitles goes to the professional
beggnrs who force themselves upon the
notice of the charitably inclined This
leaves less than half for tile relief of
the genuinely destitute who shrink from
making an appeal to thu public The Or
ganized charities best search out these
truly deserving cases and extend the
needed help.-St. Louis Republic.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
The Worlds a Stage.

Ring down tho curtain on 'the yene.
zuelan incident and then note how
swiftly the stage is set for "the Bull
garan complication" This is q fine old
world. more interesting than any play
ever written, and there's a plenty OF
comedy in It's performances II one's
sense OF humor Is on tho alert. The al
lied Powers were unconsciously funny
In their Venezuelan stunt, and the Sick
Man OF Europe Will now proceed to amuse
US with Bulgarian farce that scares
Old World Christendom out OF O years
groWth.-St. Louis Republic,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
The Man
ABOUT
TO WIN

ssi DAILY CALENDAR, FEB. 90
America.
1eos-Dr. ]. William Jones still fight.
ing.
We love to hoar the flowers hloon, ara
tho birds sing. - - -
Wo lovc to sit on tho nnossy bank and
hear the fishes in tho brook m,rn,ir.B \
sweet things to each other as they float
past.
And we like to dream away the hours
OF the warm afternoons under the chest.
nut trees, in tho hammock.
1t Is 80 sweet to sit out on tho lawn
In the evcntine with moon and stara
abovc;- and with the song OF the Light
ming bug softly sounding out on the
still air. 68,l
tbs nice to sink into reverie and Ia
dwell In tho past. and with the hum OF
the mosquito In our ear we like to rado
back into the delightful hours again. and
to sit upon tho sands under the iron
pier with music from lines Band sound.
Ing for out on the Atlantic We liko
to picture olrself on tho Board Walk
WITT VII her at our sidc. We want to hear
the roar OF the pillows; we want to slt
In the Grotto'and drink lemonade, and We
want TO loop the loop on Youngs Pier.
Or words TO that effect.
80 tho world ways on, and ns we got
up yesterday morning and put on our
straw hat and crash suit, and sauntereu
forth. we felt real glad that somebody
took our heavy chinchilla oyercoat when
we were not looking.
We always did dote on farce comedy.
The blondes and bruncttes with their
ribbons and lnces and stockings OF nil
the colors OF the rainbow. tickle us and
make US feel good. and young, and hap
py.
After all, what Is the play for II IL
IS not to drive away the worries and
troubles OF life
Our thin gray hairs arc sad to con-
template at most, and no one should
envy us when we sit on the front row,
With the pretty girls on tho stage danc-
Ing and swishing their skirts about.
We are under many obligations to our
good friend Manager Charlie Rex, for
his kindness in always rcserving a scat
for us on the front row when there Is
bunch OF pretty girls at tho Acade-
my.
There Is another thing we want to say
In this connection. These seats are not
transferable as much as we would like
them to be. and in consequence we must
say to our millions OF friends that wa
have no theatre tickets any more
Some day we hope to have a theatre
OF our own. and then We will have
plenty OF tickets for al Of our friends.
Until then We hope our friends will
bear with us.
who Is the man with
His face in
A sling?
Did he lock horns with q
Street car. or did
He fall down stairs and
4 Strike the lamp-post?
Did he got into an
Argument
Or did brick from chimney
Fall?
No: he went out skating
And had
A good time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
Hobson 10 Write a Novel.

Captain Richmond Pearson IJohson, the
novel and devote all his time to Lecture
Ing and literary work.
Captain IIobson, whose resignation from
the navy WAS accepted last week. passed
through Chicago yesterday on his way
to Des Mones Ia, where he Is booked
to lecture tonight, rhe Captain said
that he would not discuss war, love
his mission would DO to educate the
American people; that this was the great.
ost nation In the world; that we controls
cd one-thIrd OF the world and therefore
ought to have tho largest navy In tho
world and MS much to say In lnternation-
y affairs MS MI OF Europe put together.-,
Chicago Chronicle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
Short Talks to the Legislature.

brunswick Gazette: If the Virginia
legislature could be compelled to make
one Of it's 'junketing trips" not IN coy
and comfortable parlor cars. but IN We
hicles over the country roads as they are
now, It would perhaps result In some sane
and practical Legislation for the better
ment Of the thoroughfares OF the State.
Warrenton VirginIan: The fathers and
mothers ought to be educated in their own
homes, by their own experience and ne
cessIties, by the press and pulpit to know
how and when to let their children work
Our word for 1t that ten out OF every
dozen Will give them too little instead of
too much to do. It Is not a subject OF
legislation at all. II the Legislature has
nothing else to do 1t had better adjourn,
It might as we'll try to drench adults
with catnip tea as to tell a mother what
burden to put on her child.
Bedford Democrat: The Legislature
seems to hang FIRE on the Barksdale pure
of our republican institutions depends
on the purity of the ballot. by which the
will of the people will find free and fair
expression.
We have experienced the evils of a large
purchasable vote, and we have also seen
that when votes are for sale. designing
persons will BIO found who arc ready to
purchase these votes. That the negro ele-
ment constituted a large proportion of
that vote is true. but It is equally true
that there Is large white vote open to
conviction. and nothing is stronger to
convince than money. We. therefore,, will
welcome any Legislation that Will abolish
or even restrict the use of money or
other valuable things in elections, With
pure ballot and fair elections, better
class OF men viii come to the front, and
our governments, Federal and State, Will
be administered not to catch votes. but
Norfolk Yirglnian-Pllot: The buco:c
for the, general welfare of the people.
Senators showed up strong on the An.
derson annexation bill, And yet a grow
Ing town isn't bad thing to have
handy.
Newport News Press; The Legislature
should provide for the appointment OF a
State Highway Commissioner, to whom
the whole question Of road Improvement
could be submitted, There arc encour-
aging evidences of the fact that interest
IN the matter Is being aroused
IN all sections of the State An intelligent
and capable commissioner Undoubtedly
could crystalline this sentiment into a
united and efficient movement In the d.
rreotlon Of q better systena Of highways IN
the State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
The Professor.

"Astgmatlsm,' explained the doctor.
Us an abnormal condition OF the eyes,
In which they appear to have different
planes Of vision, and you can SEQ better
with one, than with the other
y see" observed the professor; 'one
pupil Is more apt than the other."-Chi-
cugo Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
Saving spIrlts.

The latest phase OF heresy comes from
largest Lutheran Church admits that
he spends hours every day preaching to
the spirits. The church apparently does
not encourage solleitude for the welfare
at the other world. for members OF his
earthly congregation demand their pas.
tors designations ollsyille Courier
Journal,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
Rlcllmond,s Need.

Richmond needs larger hotel accommo.
dations, II the Campbell and Charity
contingents, with O sprinkle OF painters
crowd hor to tho overflow point what
WIN she do when the jamestown Tex
Vile Herald, ' 7!i7''''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
Aaen.

The tribute to the memory of the late
Dr. Curry. which appeared In The Rich,
mond Timss-Dispatch. and from the
pen Of Rev; Or. Hatcher, viii live as
gem OF me ilrst water. worthy tho
Farinyllle Herald. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
The Brunswick Gazette is also getting
up on the Hog and Homlny'' platform.
Tho Charlottesville Progress:

no CH1VIUttesVlIle 'FFoEFCSa:
There Is no other question in the pol
tiles OF the country which wears SO
momentous an aspect as this OF the
political and social relation OF tho races.
There Is but one way In which 1t can
be solved. To this all history testifies.
In this. as in all meteorological dis
cusslons. the doctrine OF the survival
OF the fittest' must in the end pre-
vail. To this must It como at last"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
4 With a Comment or Two.

- .As1AS VI ~ III QoUuleb 10 lAo ~
legislators and the obbyists.-Norfolk
$Virgtnian-P Pilot,
Wait for the argument Of counsel and
legislative debate on the Campbell case
q II You want to hear something warm
enough to dispel blizzard.
Says the Richmond Times Dispatch:
Our friends over IN North Carolina
seem determined to settle the troublesome
liquor question before the next general
election, SO as to have 1t out of the way
OF the parties
Have 1T out Of tho way indeed! And
how will 1t be put out Of the way? Pass
the London bill and the liquor men Will
vow yow!,' Don't pass 1t and tho ex-
treme element on the other side VIII do
the same thing. No, brother: temperance
agitation will continue to ngftate, though
1t is moro violent at times than at others.
Greensboro Record.
That's the way Of 1t. is it!
That legislator who has been drunk
ever since he has been In Raleigh Is no
credit to the body Of which he Is mem
ber or to the county that sent him al.
though his constituents probably knew
this before they elected htm.-Durham
Herald.
That Is shot, not necessarily In the
dark. ana it's hitter, wherever It lodges
When degenerate vlrginian like John
S. Wise attacks the people Of the South,
he Is certainly serious tax on their pa
tience,-F'lorirn Times-Union.
Yes, 1t does tax ones patience some
times to pity the insane, but 1t is our
Christian duty to do 1t.
Why doesn't the President come South
for short trip to study the negro cues
ton? Such trip as his Mississippi bear
hunting expedition was not OF oharac-
ter to teach him anything,-Houston
Chronicle,
He thinks he knows all about the negro
question and does not need to study.
A New York court holds that a wife
has a right to help herself to the money
in the pockets Of her lord while he sleeps
or Is caught Observation-Disclosures Age
Herald.
Good law. Wise Judge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21

The world refused to revoiva around
General Ai!lea, and so General Miles went
around the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
He Had the Goods.

Ernie-Why did she refuse himY I
thought she said no was q man of ster-
ling qualities,
Helen--Yes, but she found man with
sterling Observation-Disclosures! Record
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
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1iufauln Times. Roosevelt is making
preparations for a trip West. No visit to
The negro in the wood pile don't suit his
idcns OF welcome.
Knoxville Sentinel: Judge Parlser's ntti-
tude In carefully avoiding any reference
to n Presidential boom whilo occupying
high judicial station, IL very we'll taken.
II he is the right man the Democracy Of
the country will find It out In due time,
and any lack OF effort on his part to
boost his own so-called boom will make
his chances nll tho more excellent should
he be found to be q logical presidential
possibility"
Atlanta News: General Miles has re-
turned from his trip around the world,
and now Secretary Root and President
Roosevelt can get together In general
knockfest once more and forget that
they don't think tho same way about the
color question.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: We are
feeling the need more and moro each day
OF powerful navy, and I'LL that could
be done should BIO done to build UP our
present one. Ii the late controversy with
tho allied powers had resulted In war
we should have stood very little show In
deed. Germany, England and Russia, the
largest and strongest Of tho powers, have
at all limos found It most expedicnt to
keep their nnvIes as near perfection as
possible.
Savannah News: At the present time
the opinion Is gaining ground In
the North that political equality
for the negro Is practically i'm
possible. In that section view OF
tho negro Is spreading that did not exist
there when negro suffrage was fastened
on the country. That is the admission
which DR.. Savage made In his sermon last
Sunday. We have no doubt that the race
problem will be settled, but not as the
North started out to settle it.
Augusta Chronicles: TIL late Charles F..
Crisp was also Kissed In New York at n
Reform Club dinner The metropolis could
save Rome to beat the band, II Rome
required saving in the good old way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
The Qlinhars.

How few would taste the bitter cup,
How few would fret or Sigh or froWn,
II no man tried while climbing uD
TO push some other climber down. &
Chicago Record Herald,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
WISE AND OTHERWISE.
What We Waste.

Generally speaking, we let what is most
original and best In US be wasted. We
reserve ourselves for q future which never
com es.-Amiel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21

Lieutenant Peary has reduced his price
for Anding the north pole from 100000 to
$4,000. Cheap at half the money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21

The Virginia editors have ill flown back
from Florida, but they have not all lit
yet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
North Carolina Sentiment.

The Wilmington Messenger is also right
square on tho Hog and Homlny'' plat
form. It sayr:
TT is gratifying to know, though. that
year by year our farmers are becoming
less and less dependent on outside mark
cts for the products that they should
raise on their own farms. When they
become entirely independent OF them. and
not until them, will farming In this Sec
ton become money making occupation
when the farmer raises food products
on his own lands. us we'll as his money
crops
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21

Now Mexico deserves credit for persist
eney, This IL her fourth effort to got In
tho Union.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21

me rear guard Of the frozen Floridn
pilgrims landed during yesterday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21

Senator Teller Is getting ready for
another season Of weeping lie says Sem
ator Depew has insplted him,