The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

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During the weak General N, VIII, . \,
Bootht the founder of e shc saivot,a..
Army bid farewell 10 hls faithful s,ian.
tcnatl tsAand followers and work ors J n,
Il lett for his home in. Europe, t1nna,s,
Booth is now eeventy.three yenra II
age, bit we venture the assertion ia. !
there ls no man Of the age Of nifty whno,
l!could have done the work he Ma Il. Z
lcoinpllshed since llos roanhed tllis oo,,,n.
| try III October last. Since thcn fe d
travelled 10 900 miles, held 200 meetinxs,
addressed 800, 900 persons ana ha i I con-
suited with 3, 600 81 subordinate OF, cern,
| BIZ yenis IA g % Y IN man at sixty val
Booths step Is still as elastic and vlgor.
ouB as an avcrase young imam ana ap.
pareniy he Is as read VI for work as ne !
was twcnty ye oar, ago
Tho weakness Of our parliarn entary
closing hours Of Congress by the action
OF Senator Tillnan. OF South Carolina.
In some way he had Induced tho Eenate
Committee TO amend ithb House appro-
priation naval and deficiency bills by
adding provisions TO fpay to South Carr
dina, some S2o 900. v alleged 4 to bio duo
for money expended w that state for I
rho House Committee refused to con-
cur. IL the claim was lust, and there
seems 70 DO somo question about It. 1t
should have been paid three7quarter Of
q century ago. II tGis unjust II should
not have been Included In the bill by the
senato committee, which. however. wa \
dominated entirely " j Tillrnan. t The y
discussed. No evidence was submitted
IN favor OF athe item or ngainst&tt. The
Senator from South Carolina simply. an.
n0uncpd that he would talk out the res
ma!nlng hours OF the session unless thu
item was &rGst orcd, and n, Thor than los
two of The most impor tantS { tho Sup
ply bills both houses yielded. 8 u 81
rho Senate was opposed to ~ ill,nan'f
"holdA up as was also the committee,
but "eenatorlal courtesy" kept the COM
nlittee under Tillman s domination. aQ9
| his ability TO wag his tongue withos8
tceasing t.ould readily do Tho rest The
System reeds Amending. q "a; n i s',3' va
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THE project for the rebuilding Of the
eastern front OF the older part OF the
National, Capitol building at tWaahing-
ton failed to- be adopted, butt the plan
for q four million-do llar building fors
nembers's of11ces went through safely,
and so did the Union Railway Station
scheme Thus the Federal Capital get:
worth Of new tbuildnga from the legis-
lation oi the Fifty.seYenth Congress
Speaker Henderson retired y from the
preceding officer 81 ii chair without tho +
usual unanimous vote Of thanks. 9s} The
thanks that were rendered were BY his
own side OF the House exclusively. Oth-55
er speakers who have been treated In the
Same way were Clay Polk. Banks and
Reed. This vote OF thanks Is ono OF
the courtesies that every Speaker ex'
poets and most OF them got, but Us an
empty honor. for right well the recipient
knows that half the mambers who vote
for ii are insincere and do II as a mere
matter OF form. Perhaps no Speaker
ever deserved a vote Of thanks for i'm
partially and fairness as little rs Mt Mt
Henderson. n q
e Among the bills that failed to set
through Congress was that OF Senator
Hoar, providing for ways and means for
tho protection OF the life Of the Presi-
dent OF tho United States. s Had The 4
bill been offered the day after Presl.
dent Mckinley was shot down ~ WonJld 81
have gone through with rush, but the
the excitement and horror n conseauent
,upon. the assassination OF their oti'cers.
The bill OF Mr. IIoar or s5 some III sncll
measure should have been mace 'as IN mo 9 \
law. #8 & = Z .Ss ri "
Just Why 1t is necessary for Montana
10 have laws for the government ana
management OF newspapers '. v. dinerlng
from those OF other. and older States NO y % Z
know not, but there must be some nee
essity;8 for II. At any I'm ne lover
House OF the Montana g1siat u.e iAst
newspaper ehhll once q month p.ihs
on the first page statement setuns
forth the ownership OF the & pa pei IND
that an etii torial shall be signed -py Inc %,
editor or writer Of the article. ~ ne pil
was introduced by John MacGinnis, vice.
president OF tho Montana ore sfurcila g
Ing Company. a. ia sttj
II Just what Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan is
Eaftnr n Cuba no one seems TO KNOW
ba,t certain II is he Is having q good Inns
with the notables there, as he Old Wiln
European dlgnltarics last yea re s.s
SdcntS Palma entertained Mr. Morgan a ! g
naIaca at Havana ON Wednesda Y evening .
last, The members OF the Cabinet. = Ia
eral Maxine Gomez, the presiding on.
cors OF the Senate and House ana o'h'' .
.Cubans were present. 81 " 81
Hero is Ia bit Of last weeks history w, y,
North Carolina. which may 60 g pso ~
what a ucly man President Eoossy lIsan ~.
ar II may point to something else SAY! sanc
Meekins, who Is tho Ter e.
and other material which make e..r W ths
plant Of that paper The = ca e nar n
claims to be the onlySH ,e.o 20 u Meekins8
i fne s'A the Whole e Sns
NJ, roscoe Miller for g. PERIOD q IVY
Years YEA tehs weeks r age aha Il g.,
as na sa ana
as a. X claims 81 Mr.. irbanka, Of In
sa.ea - the Republican pres!de non'-'