The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
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Possibly the Pennsylvania-Pe nnypacker
libel law, which makes criminals OF car.
toonBts and independent editors. espe,
cially the cartoonists was modelled afteI
tho laws that prevail In Germany. Over
there cartoonist Is leblo at any time
to get In jail. Last week criminal prose
ecution was entered against the noted
German carlcaturist Hcine, because ot
what Is Sdeclared TO be u grossly offensive
cartoon OF his make, In which no repre-
scented Cancellor Won Bulow instructns
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the German
representative at Washington. in the art
OF scrvile adulation OF the Stars and
Stripes.
Speaking OF the odious Pennsylvania
law, tho Plttsburg Dispatch. ono OF the
nblest papers in the State. and one that
does not hesitate to speak out when need
DO, In one OF Its issues OF tho past week
tells something new about 1t. The Dis
patch gives the origin Of tho law. 1t says:
'If the Republican press OF the State
Is to put the responsibility where It be-
longs" says the paper. 1T must be laid
organization. Quay, Penrose and Dur
ham. two OF them actively. tho other by
passive consent and approval, secured tho
passage of this law. Moreover. It was
the system they have carefully created
which reduces Legislators to the grade OF
puppets that makes such legislati posi-.
bic. Tho Senators, Representatives and
| Governor are but Incidents Of this sys-
| tenn"
| The fact that General Joseph Wheeler
! created some tnlk at New Orleans by
! wearing his y. S. army uniform while ~.
tending the Confederate reunion is getuns
| for him much more adverse criticism IN
tho North than in tho South. The south
crn papers are simply saying that the
| General ought not to have done II. not be.
| ing required to wear his uniform, ana
they arc letting 1t so at that, whlle the
| Northern papers OF the past week haYo
been deyoting much space to the incident
The general idea seems to be that the
noted little cayalryman rather oyerdid
the effort to show how tremendously re-
constructed he has become.
In Springfield, Mass, a very interesting
labor question:" awaits solution. and the
leyes Of II goodly part OF tho country WIZ
! be turned In that direction for n while 70
| come. The very strong and wealthy con,
| Germ Of pistol makers. known as smith ana
| Wcsson, consisting Of d. 3. Wesson and
! his sons, has determined that no memper
| of any union shall have employment IN
their works. They have been doing BUS
mess for nearly half century and nave
never had strike. During tho past year
"unloni.m" has been making headWay
among their employees, and when they
| found that several hundred Of their work
! men We're about to organize In that way,
they discharged all their men. with
! notice that those who DO not pelohB "
union will be re-employed.
|
Tho high price to which cotton mas
scared is still having It's effect upon INC
| cotton Industries Of the country, and me
| Indications now are that many cotton lnlll
| opera tiyes in various parts OF the coun-
| try will have to spend an idle summer,
| which will be bad, not only for them, put
for many other people engaged N otIer
| lines OF. business. Last week the GEahl.e-
| yille Manufacturing Company. or south
/ Carolina, sold Its stock OF raw cotton.
| amounting to 5000 bales. The managers
figure that by selling the cotton and CLOS,
| ing the mills until next fall they Will
clear $4,000. whereas to continue 70 aun
under present conditions the figures would
| all have to be made on the other slde OF
| tho ledger. An attempt Is to be made 10
reopen the closed Lowell mills this Week'
| and II 1t is not successful, as seems prod
| able. the mill companies will throw thelr
stocks Of raw material on the market and
lot their mills remain idle the balance OF
the year.
DIR, To- Benjamln Andrews, then presi.
dent of Brown University. was one OF
| tho noted men who In 1896 went TO the
! free silver idea He was then and N lVoo
as firmly In favor OF silver as MI pl nnn
| himself Dr. Andrews Is now the cl'tl',
celor of the University o. N ht tha ot l
aav no ren3,incad free silver at tho ~ 20
| / ratio. and announced his conversion 70
file gold standard theory re makes
| clean breast of It all, admits MS error
completely goes PACK nbe on ms i,'e Dr
| Colonel Bryan, AiHuHs o'i'oi 'H''es' 49,
MWrom the advice of the greatest geol-
oeists, both in this country and In BUS
rome, and the opinions OF the practical
| miners Of Colorado. whom saw when
wns in Colorado In 1893, believed the
greatest outputs of gold We're past, am
| willing to admit that 1t was an astounding
mistake and that was In great and IN
! excusable error. now believe the press
ent enormous output of gold VIII cons
tinue."
The most interesting event In Virginia
| during the past week was the coming OF
the storm clouds and the falling OF the
rains, There has been plenty Of rain
| and the hopes of the farmers have been
removed from zero to high notch. How
ever, much damage that cannot be re-
paired by work had been done before
the rains came. AS an exchange sar;.
when the number of cloudless days
and nights comes to be counted up Tor
April and May of the Year 1908. and the
number Of days without rain, In this part
Of the country record Will be establish
ed we guess, to equal Which the mems
ory of the Oldest inhabitants Will be TAXED
In vain. 1t has been a phenomenal ex-
perlence in the weather line. and its costs
to the agriculture Of the year nry'yet to