The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: Epents Of the A,eek
( Under Brief Review.

! Epenis Of the 0,eek s
I Under Brief Review. (
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sders dung 9ef The s pas week
to the Mueller bill, which recently passed
the Illinois Legislature but came near
sga ntea has rlpt MOST n signed te
bill and thus It becomes the law. This
Is Is, the measure especially demanded d., py
Illinois citiea and to the whole country,
AS FOR that matter 1t puts on foot an
experiment that Will lead to similar egs-
full in Chicago and Illinois 1t gives 70
siss authorty to take over and opea,s
grant franchises to private corporations
fer for 9 term OF not more than % years.
inc Governor says the bill Is extremely
council OF this ! year ner for , Example. 10
tend d.. the franchises Of. existing street
prohibltory in regard 10 taking over thelT
properties at the end of 20 Years as to
bnt 70 the fey e that time no ehofo
on their own terms. But he has conf.
d de-, II that the city councils OF this year
In his Judgment. do so, he ie,.' declares THAI
mn extra session OF the Illinois Iegisa-
ture will be called to repeal the Niielier
Tho average Populst Is dangerous
man to foo fool with, either rs an enemy
SO So = For several weeks past Wov we f Raye
Western States arc getting enthusiastic
to, them in some OF his recent speeches
while passing through their cir country per.
h ma pa 1osht he 10 ms sSs G ,1a
needs rally around something or some-
body; Numbers OF. them are coming for-
man for 1901. SO many in fact that It haa
become embarrassing. to the staunch Re-
publican friends of The President. The,
10 the work of discrediting their man in
ann ba he
idcnt has been won over to their doctrine.
There In trouble ahead for. any man who
gets tho earnest support OF western Pop
ulists
m, Mayor Johnson,s good health and hln
t anax pr as his ely Y s wHrs oha ap
benent OF 3iiree cent fares on the street
car lines Will probably cnnble him tosee
now in possession OF the field are plan
ming a consolidation, which is expected to
bring about universal transfers si, !, and sell
down very near to Mr.. Johnson's IDEAL
and perhaps another ''red devil" =; and
CIRCUS tent campaign. VIII DTlnB 10 ulUl
q full measure of success.
benjamin +. Jones OF Pittsburg. who
Will be remembered as chairmantof the
blaine campaign IN 1881, died last week at
hs s,s PRINCIPAL o owaer Of the ABE hs sses
had BEEN n poEerfni faefor I'm IN the Won.
dcrful Industrial development OF Pitts
burg
Last, Monday evening Bishop Potter Dc.
livered a remarkabls ADDRESS IN New w
Woridngmen's Club and he did not hest.
tate to speak with much blnntness an. and
lie declared si, at the she.
existence Of the purchaseablc vote. which
he located very near to the audience ne
nna S lhis eossdi iii to belong 70
human nature On the other hand no
showed how. turning the light, on It i'm
how tho light is to be turned on freely.
Last week the Supreme Court Of the n
re mssa rGs Which Is Of interest
in every section of the country. II was
in the case OF the Interstate Commerca
Nashviiie. Wester rn' aud md Aiabama. and
Atlanta and West Point railroad Conn
pse and LAYS ao r hs e
charge more for. n short haul than for a
long haul. Tho decision by Justice Wits
conclusion Of the commission in the casa
under consideration that the rate was an
unreasonable one.
lima. a little clash on the Supreme Court
bench and two OF the judges there sitting
saeE o t a,hoas fGsEh are aSs
ma = ] The chief Justice. Hon; wal.
ter Clark and AsspSiaig JTis cam. oner
an opinion Judge Conner wrote granting
n new trial TO n negro named Joe Cole:
Captain stevcrs on a senboard AR Limo
Railway train near Henderson,. Cole np-
pealed md the court grnn1ted MN on,n mem
and ali the Justices concurring except tho
Chief Justice, who in his dissenting opl n
lon used some se bt es
pecial!y at Common. Judge Connor re-
| piled last week with considerable warmth
and among others things says as, , snrge
Ing and newspaper talk for law. wn, ,
ne (Connor) Is not prepared TO 90 80. jugs anG
ali his i fs h pfefh, has Sad weakness for
| appearing in print and it is almost certain
| that he will come back at the Associata
Justice.
| TO get q little closer to the United states
and in one way md another she mas
| In this direction was made during the the
past week when she decided to i accord
az the Boxer indemnity as those accepted
by the United States. The, state de.
| I,artment has been Informed tha I, the the
wilIingness Of his government TO accept
Payment on silver basis for q term q Of
| years, reserving under bond the right rig y 70
| f,f mr.
might exist should It hereafter be decided
that the payments should have been maze
strengthcns the attitude of the United
States. which had been almost slnsi,e eo
! handed In its fight for the payment OF mo
| indemnity on a silver basis.
Rear Admiral Schley in his travels mas
reached the City of Mexico. AZ along