The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Epents Of The deck
Under Brief Review.

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Congress meets in extra session this
week and the Springfield Republican,
throws out this timely hint:
congressman are not supposed to draw
mileage expenses out OF the Federal
treasury except for attendance upon ths |
regular session, one each year. But at
inc extra session OF 1893 which asscn1-
DIT IN midsummer. they provided extra
mileage remuneration for themselves. (
and there Is the possibility that they
VIII 90 so for the coming extra session. /
atnohgh II would be wholly !nexcusable
IN ms case, since the regular session
VIII follow hard upon the adjournment Of (
the extra. It is a matter that merits
the attention OF the tax payers.
Interpretations OF 100000 and over
aggregated but SCI. 10000 In the eastern
part OF the country last month, according
to returns compiled by the New YORK
Journal OF Commerce. IN the same month
last year they amounted to so445,o.0on,
and. In October OF 1901 to s64 100000. The I
comparison shows In striking way the ef.
fects OF the stock market collapse JUROR
the company promotion business Under
the good 'nlanagern ent OF the Corpora iion
Commission. Virginia is getting a littls
OF this business, and is likely to get a
little more.
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It Is seed time with Uncle Sam. ZIG
is about 10 begin his annual free dis
tr!bution. Hc has caused more than a.
thousand tons OF see1 to be done up In
Af.ooo 90 p, cka-cs. OF which each sena-
tor and member OF Congress will re-
ceive 1850 TOR his constituents. I'm.
Gle Sam IL a little moro liberal th,n
usual In his output OF seeds this year,
because the country is growing. and
thera Ia a ppAsi6aptio1 a1aotta,7 >.i..
twelve months away.
Notwithstanding the closing up Of
fraudulent leaks in the postal service.
which Is going on. the estimates for tho
next fseal ye'r point to a larger deficit
than ever. mainly due to the rapid ex-
tention OF the rural free delivery. The
next crest reform In the service must
apply to the charge. OF the railroads for
the carriage OF the mails. II Is very we'll
Known that the roads are imposing upon
the government rate for mail trans
nortation which is about what /. was
twenty years or so ago. while ordinary
railroad rates have heen reduced heavily.
rather curious question concnrn,ns
elections vas submitted to the Attorney.
General Of New YORK last week A few
days before the election there was big
fire at Coney Island and when the flames
had exhausted the1'sclve- quite num-
Der OF voters were minus an abiding
rlace. and the attorney-general was called
upon TO show tina, people who were
burned out in the coney Island fra
had right to vof- 1u~, az II the hu,ld-
lrss they Inhabited were still standing.
II the house stood they might be tenn
,or, rily abrrnt from |, w!,hnu, losing
residence. The law officer properly de-
c!ared that ian act OF God cannot be-
used as a pretext for refusing the fran
chise."
Hero Is the sum-up OF the Hartford
Times concerning little social event
that came Oft at the White House last
week:
Five negro seamen we're among tho
two hundred blue iac,.e,s. -, 10
Mayflower and the sylph. the two '.presi-
dental yachts who were toasted in
the state dining room OF the whita
House last evening. after they had been
lent. WIN not this cause new out
break OF feeling" In the South? This
time It Is not one gentleman!y mulatto
who is entertained in the White House,
but five negro boys. whose skins are
probably real black. The President de-
sire,i to show his appreciation OF the
sailors who had the good fortune to bs
IN his persnnal Sc vice during aiisa-
mer at Oyster Bay. We await with
anxiety tho views OF Senator Gormau
and other custodians OF the race Issue
as to the extent OF Mr.. Rooseyelt.s Of
tending In not excluding 1865, .,..o-
gether from the White House when
there is entertaining to be done"
There Is considera BILE stir over In North
Carolina. DR.. John s. Bassett the pro-
lessor OF English literature In Trinity
College and editor OF the South Atlantic
Quarterly. has created 1t by playing an
act similar to that put on some month";
back by Professor slodd, OF Georgia
college. In his monthly Professor Ras-
sett has. an article in which he declares
that Booker Washington Is the great.st
man. except General Robert E. Lee. bnrt,
in the South In hundred years. PRO-
lessor Bassett Is a native OF North Caro-.
lima and has always been very highly
thought OF, but this editorial has brought
down on his head storm OF indgna-
ton. Hc has aroused the Indignation of
the white people OF the State and 1t will
be long time before he hears the last
OF It. For IN the same article he leaned
strongly to tho view that social equality
Since the article was COPIED In the dn!y
pa pers. there has been violent gu brn.k
OF denunciation. The general opinion
concerning DIR. Bassett is expressed oV
the Morning Post, OF Raleigh In an edi-
tor al article In which It Is said that the
usefulness OF Dr. Bassett as teanher ID
at an end. at least IN North Carolina.
That 'heaven is intended only as an ia.
terregnum, the final purpose Of Christ be-
ing to establish perfect society upos
earth" to which only the saints shall be
adm.tted-all the rest beng swept off gthe
earth and out Of further consideration
was the burden Of a sermon by Baptist
preacher In Manhattan Sunday. That la
Dor and capital are getting wider apart 10
"the dissolution pang OF society on eal11.
and "the cris $ Is not tar off,
Here seems to be another preacher Ii
search OF little cheap notorety.
Commercial failures were unusually
heavy during October. as reported by R
G. Dun & CO., Liza blit es OF bankrupt con-
oprrepated 9S7 KAT oornpara6 with