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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
FREE SEED COUPON.

the school children for the best results
attained with the seeds. prize OF 20
viii be given to the child who shall grow
with the seeds the prettiest yard or
garden, the result to be determined later
in the summer by n committee Of expert
judges. TO the five yards ranking next,
prizes of 81 each will be awarded, and
then ten prizes OF 81 each to the next
ten. Besides these, the paper will award
books to others whose work In aiding
to beautify their homes and the city
shall be adjudged worthy Of such reward.
Directions will be given Tomorrow ana
the next day for the planting and care
OF these seeds. The coupons Will be print
ed to-day, Tomorrow, Friday ana sat
urday, Look cut for them: cut them out,
flll in tho blanks and bring TO the busl-
ness office of the paper, NO BIG East
Main Street, between and o'clock r.
NJ.
The distribution of these seeds is part
of plan to make the homes OF Richmond
more attractive, to make the city bios
soming and fragrant garden. In this work
every child may aid and all will have
the benefit of the flowers grown by
them. II will cost them nothing but
bit of work from time to time All the
flowers, the seeds of which are dis
trbutcd are hardy plants, easily grown
and flourish in almost any soil, certainly
with little watering and working such
as loosenng the earth around the roots
after the plants show Themselves. Among
the flowers to be given away are running
vines that will cover and make beautiful
an old fence, or they can be trained to
climb upon lattice work or porches or
frames, producing a very pretty eHecl,
Others will make beautiful beds CT
flowers fuchas, nasturtiums. mignonette.
poppies and zInnias. Directions for plant
ing andttendng these seeds VIII be given
tomorrow and each day until sunday.
Here is the coupon which must be cut
out and the blanks filled IN by the
children in order to get the seeds free:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
Democrats in Good Hope.

Mr.. John Sharp Williams, Democratic
leader in the House, is heartily in favcr
of Parker for the presidential nomiha'
t,on and expresses the belief that with
n good brave fight, with sound ana
,,neauvocal platform asserting Demo-
cratic polcy in connection with the real
/ and living issues and ignoring dead Is
\ sizes the Democracy stands GOOD
/ chance Of winning He thinks that Demo.
! Gratis can win because they arc now
4 standing together. Another reason Tor
believing that we can win is that the
Republican party which has usually been
bold and aggressive. has now become
according to Mr.. Williams "a party o.
passivity, OF postponement, of evasion
of mega ton, in a word, a party Of stand.
patisln." AS to the ISSUES, Mr.. Williams
believes that chiefly they will be sane
and business-like revision and reduction OF
the tariff the enforcement Of the laws
upon the statute books affecting the
trusts and Interstate commerce; recipro'
city in trade relations. especially with
Canada; reduction OF governmental
expenditures. especially those of a war
like and jingolstc character; the un-
yelling and punishment Of corruption In
the departments; the cessation OF exc
cutive usurpation of legislative functions
whether by the President, officers of the
cabinet, or heads of bureaus or divisions;
~ I1rtf ts1,
colonialism. whether exercised by Great
Britain in the eighteenth century or
by the United States In the Philippine
Islands in the twentieth century, in a
Word such n course in connection with
all matters which are actually issues as
to approximate as nearly as possible all
attempted legislation and the Democratic
ideal of equality of opportunities and
equality Of burdens in the relationship
of the individual to the government
= Democratic members OF Congress are
all hopeful. and with tho right sort Of
platform and the right sort of man the
Democratic party will go In to win an6
1t will nave a splendid chance to win.
There is every reason to believe that
the Solid South. including Maryland, Will
this year be carried for the Democratic
nominee. and there Is first rate chance
to carry New York, New Jersey, Connec-
tlcut and some of the doubtful Western
States. The Democratic party undoubted-
ly has fine opportunity II only 1t will
make the most of It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
Cleveland's Courage.

Mr.. Cleveland has performed a public
service in giving ont a clear and con-
else statement of the circumstances un-
der which, as President of the United
States. he ordered troops to Chicago In
1894 to prevent rioters from interfering
with Interstate commerce and the trans
portation of the United States mails.
He makes it quite clear that he did not
interfere until 1t became necessary to
do so. 1.-THE Governor of Illinois," he
tells us. mot only refused to regard the
rotous disturbances within the borders
OF his State as a sufficient cause for an
application to the Federal government
for Its protection against domestic vio-
lence under the mandate Of the Const-
the presence of Federal troops sent into
the State' upon the general government
Initiative. and for the purpose of defend
Ing itself in the clearly defined eXer-
else OF It's legitimate functions When
Mr., Cleveland satisfied himself that tho
State authorities would not act, he took
matters into his own hands, and put
stop to q condition that had become
unbearable. But he acted clearly within
the powers conferred upon the President
of the United States. Mr. Cleveland
says that 1.-THE key TO the dispatches
to the Federal officers at Chicago from
the Attorney General may be found In
the selt-defensive authority of our ma
ton to directly overcome resistance to
the exercise of its legitimate and consti-
tutional functions as related to the trans
portation of mails, the operation or
interstate commerce and the preservation
of the property of the United States, anC
in certain constitutional and statutory
provisions"
The Times Dispatch Is very jealous o.
tho rights of the States. and holds [,
the Democratic doctrine that the military
should be under strict subordination t
and governed by the civil power. We dc
not believe In Federal interference Will
State affairs. nor do We believe In calling
out the military until condition arises
which gets beyond the control of the
civil authorities. But every now ano
then comes an emergency when 1t IL
necessary to resort to extreme measures
In tho interest OF law and order Wher
the Governor is convinced that the loca
civil authorities IN any community within
the Jurisdiction OF the State cannot OF
viii not suppress riot, il is his duty AZ
the sworn executive officer of govern
ment ana as commander-ln-chef Of th'
State militia to order troops TO the scene
OF disturbance and TO use all the power:
of government TO restore order and Il
uphold the majesty OF the law.
When the President Of tbs Uaited
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Packages of flower seeds will be given
away to public school children by The
Times Dispatch this afternoon between
the hours Of 3 and o'clock at the bust
ness Office OF the paper, No. DIG East
Main Street Second floor. These pack
ages will be given out between those
hours every afternoon this week and only
to public school pupils Of this city, who
shall bring with them a coupon properly
filled out. Not more than two packages
of seeds will be given to any one child
The distribution OF flower seeds is the
first step in tho prize competition among
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
THE RICHMOND VA WEDNESDAY MAY 1904

mittes OF the employees has been here Tor
some days. When tho superintendcnts
and the employees full to agree on my
questions at Issue, both sides present their
Views II, the general manager and u
settlement Is reached thus.
Mr.. Nj. NJ. Anslcy. of Atlanta, veil
known railway traffic man, is IN the city
for day or two, stopping ut the Ricll-
ir1ond.
Mr.. q. +. 1cchols, division freight agent
Of the Nashville. Chattanooga and st.
Louis Railway Is III the city for few
days
T'he Southern Hallway excursion Of
about eight hundred persons from HALL
fax, Charlotte land adjoining ,co,intics,
which has been III the city tho greater
part OF two days left yesterday after
noon.
Mr.. w. u. Robinson has been appointed
soliciting agent of tho Atlantic Coast
Line Railway at Atlantn, Ga.
The Baltimore and Ohio railway man.
ngement will expcnd a million dollars In
i,nproyements to Its docks and terminals
ut Baltimore.
Nearly n million dollars has been OK.
pcnded on the West Virginia end OF the
proposed Tidcwnter Railway, recently IN.
cOrpOratcd under lne ltLWS Oh lllc otate "
Virginia. Major william N. Page, prcsi-
dent OF the Deepwater Railway. has been
made president of tho Underwater Rail.
wav Tho proposed road will penetrate
md omen up rich field of fuel pro.
duction. and tho survey to Underwater
will give the line such slight grade
that 1t can handle coal very econom''
cally.
Comptroller Joseph w. Coke. OF the
Norfolk and Western Railway, sends out
the following statement OF earnings and
expenses for March, 1901. with comp
sons: Earnings for month, s205i,564'Gi
March 1908, s1,9l5.os513; increase for
month this year, l3s,6Go5l, or seven per
cent.
1903 s1,15s 752.7S; Increase s113,741o9, or ten.
por cent. Net earnings for tho month,
s7s4, 069S7 an increase over March, last
year Of S24,s27.52,
Earnings for the nine months from
July LIST to March slst s16.oo1, $3.50; same
period OF last year, s15,3S3. 1884; Increase
this year, s1,56sB71.6o, or ten per cent.
EXPENSES for the nine months, slO,595.-
121 80; for same period last year. s9.26s,-
os2. G.; Increase. $l,29o13s.T, or fourteen
per cent. Net earnings for the nine
months Of last year, s6,csst7o7o: increase
for the current year. s27s532a2 or five
| cent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
A Misconception.

The Portsmouth Star has strange
misconceptions of the recent municipal
contest In Richmond. In an article head
ed "Bareful Politics" 1t says:
1T is stated that the liquor question
was introduced late IN the contest, and
1t was used TO defeat the present Mayor
Taylor who was candidate for re.elec-
ton, aud who would have been success
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
News of Interest in Regard to
Local Lines and Others,

Superintendent j, II. Carlisle, of tho
clifton Forge division of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway, Ia AT me Jefferson
Superintendent Grice, OF linton, W. va.
Ashland XIV. are at the Richmond
These slperintendents are in the city to
confer with the general manager, Mr..
G u Doyle with regard 10 matters OF
railway management and questions re.
laling to employees of the r9ad' a COM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

and accepted prior to that date. His re-
tirement is attributed to the heavy work
In connection with the field business OF
the growing organization. DR. Moore has
not made known his plans for the future,
II. indeed, he has yet formulated them.
Rev. j. w. West, field secretary: Ed
tor Il. j. Richardson. of the league organ.
and the Executive Committee Will direct
the work until the vacancy Is filled.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
--------------------- -'---------
GAS-HOLDER SITE.
Committee to Receive Reports
as to Sites Monday.

The Committee on Light will hold a
special session on Monday night at
o'clock. when the report of the snpertn-
tendent will DO received as to options
secured on sites for the proposed new
gas holder for the West End. While
none OF the sites in prospect have been
made public. 1t Is said that several DC
sirable ones are In the mind OF the conn
mittee. and that the selection finally
made will be beyond Fourth Street, west.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
THIS DAY In HISTORY.
D. army oncamped at Chancellors
MAY q.

Grants army cncamped at Chanceliors'
vile and the Wilderness,
lsG5-The Confederate General. DICK
Taylor. surrendered to General Candy eli
the southern forces yet remaining west
Of the Mississippi River
lSs6-Anarchist riots in Chicago, III.
1s0l-Fire Mt Jacksonville.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

The coIored children OF the city VIII
be permitted to participate In The Times
Dlspatchs seed distribution. The col
ored people have always shown q fond
ness for flowers. and we doubt not that
tho colored children Will turn their seeds
to as good account as the white children.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

At Laughton- emile Morthen. Yorkshire.
live John and Ellen Braxtcr, supposed 20
be the Oldest married couple In ENGLAND.
John Is 96 years of age and his WIRE y
9s. They have been married 10 years ana
have lived in one cottage over 70 ysnSs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Magnus Cannon. Jr, seems to be a
kind Of practical joker by his own con-
lesson. He ought not to practice Nor
mon Jokes on guilelcss Gentle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
rhe charlotte Observer says.

rho mills of this section should be so
plentiful that only the fnshed product
wo,ld be sent out This attainment may
he matter for the distant future, but
The increasing importance OF the South
ern cotton milling industry gives prom
ise of gradual gain Tho South grows
the staple and It Is only right that It
should reap the full benefit to be derived
from it before 1t peaches the consumer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
MADE FINE SALES.

Messrs. Pollard & Bagby Have
Great Success in Their Line.
Some OF the biggest real estate sales Of
recent date were made Monday afternoon
bv Messrs. Pollard and Bagby IN the Lee
This well known nrm advertised fifteen
lots. eleven OF which were promptly
Tie aggregate amount of the sales Is
about 5000, which Is considered a fno
success inasmuch as all the work was
done on the day Of the advertisement.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
Still Climbing.

Governor Montague said ~ Portsmouth
ff there being 'pientv Of room at the top"
as he had never been IN there to see;
There is a current opinion, however, that
little higher TO investgate,-N Norfolk
Ledger.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Mr.. Cleveland managed to leave tho
creek banks long enough TO tell what he
knew about strikes. and the old man
knew a lot.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Tie Japs have changed the order Of
things. They arc making hay before tho
warm spring sun begins to shine and they
are wise.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

The New York Tribune says that Mr..
John Sharp Williams has at single
session Of Congress demonstrated his
special fitness for the position which he
holds on the floor Of the House as Demo
cratic leader. HE has the temper and
qualities says the Tribune, of an ad-
mlrabie floor manager and the intelli-
genco and force to hold his own IN any
parliamentary struggle No Democrat
since Randall and Carlisle has led his
party in the House with the dexterity
and tact which Mr.. Williams has 50 far
exhibited" That Is a high tribute from
Republican newspaper to Democratic
leader and is significant of the better
temper OF politicians and political Or
gans in this day and generation. Time
was when the New York Tribune would
have thought of pralsing Judas lscarfot
as soon as 1t would have thought OF
praising q leading Southern Democrat.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

In justice to Colonel Bryan 1t should
lie remembered that In 1900 he only
wanted Parker for second place on the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Tho Honorable Adlai H. Stevenson Is
still alive and convenient for a second
place position.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

DR.. Dawson Burns has published ny
annual analysis OF Englands drink PIN
The total amount Of the expenditure OH
spirits. wine and beer during 1893 was
E174 i45,o7l. decrease of over a5,0p.V'o
as compared with the figures Of iFo2'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

When Norfolk Is entirely without local
that Gabriel Is about due with his COR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
A Democratic Mayor.
(By Associated Pres.

(By Associated IressD
ST. PAUL. MINI, May 3-Robert A.
Smith. Democrat. was reelected Mayor
TO-DAY by Il large plurality over Colonel
Frederick p. Wright, Republican.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

DR.. Kari schmidt's "Acta PAUL.
narrative OF the Apostles travelinss
which have not heretofore been known
IN their entirety, has just been pnbiish-
ed In Berlin,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Mr. Roosevelt has no more trouble now
about the nomination. but then when he
gets that his troubles will have just be-
gun,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

| nj but for the reports that he was
| favorable to the li1uor men, because the
iiuuor men were favorable to him. Is
Nov. what Is to follow the election
of a. reformer who Is pledged to ievote
his energies to the pursuit Of the whlskey
dealers and the bar-rooms2
Tic simple fact Is that the Llduor
Dealers Association, Of Richmond,
brought the lquor question into the
campaign, otherwise 1t would not have
tcen introduced. There was no fight
present or In prospect against the legiti.
mate liquor traffic IN Richmond. nobody
Ind thought OF Introducing tho subject
OF prohibitions and Captain Mccarthy
was not put forward as the candidate
OF the temperance element. 1lc announced
his candidacy long ago, and he was never
regarded as the representative particular.
|ly of any element. But for reasons best
known to themselves the members OF
the Liquor Dealers Association of RICH
mond endorsed tho candidacy of Mayor
Taylor and made UP a ticket for the
Council and Board Of Aldermen. Ihev
forced themselves into the contest as a
distinct fection In the Democratic party
and proposed to- elect men who were
supposed to be peculiarly favorable to
their interest.
AS soon as this little plot was disclosed.
many voters IN Richmond who were ot'-
posed to class legislation and factlonal
politics went industriously to work to
defeat the liquor mems ticket. Many Of
those were friendly to Mayor Taylor and
personally opposed I'd Mr.. Mccarthy. But
they put aside their personal preference
and personal prejudices, and used their
best enlcavors to defeat the liquor mems
plot. Many Of them would have made
the same endeavor had any other class
OF citizens combined for tho purpose VI
controlling tho city government and con-
Quoting 1t in their own peculiar interest.
This opposition, let 1t BIO we'll understood, 7
was not to the Liquor Dealers Assocla.
ton per Sc, was no fight per Sc upon the
LIQUOR dealers or the traffic in which
they are engaged. 1t was a fight against
an insolent attempt on the part of per-
sons engaged In one branch Of business
to control the politics and government
Of Richmond city.
The nomination OF Captain Mccarthy
does not mean, MS our Portsmouth con.
temporary seems to understand. that
there Is to be a crusade against the
liquor traffic In Richmond. Captain
Mccarthy was not nominated as a pro-
hbitionist, an he has time and again
said that II he Is elected Mayor he
will treat the legitimate liquor traffic MS
fairly as he treats any other legitimate
traffic in the community. The only thing
that he will demand and the only thinG
that his supporters will demand Is that
the liquor dealers Of Richmond shall
comply strictly with the law regulating
the liquor traffic There Is to be no re
form movement" In Richmond
=--=-=-=--@-a HEX
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

The three important wheat States OF
Australia produce 10000 bushels the
yield to each acre in New South Wales
is l06 bushels, In South Australia 90
bushels and In West Australia 40 bush
els.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

show. Judge Parker has had nothing TO
say about it since 1900.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
rhe winston Salem Sentinel SAVES:

The Winston Salem Sentinel SAYS
Judge Prtchard will he welcomed back
to North Carolina There Is not another
Republican the people OF me state mao
rather have get tho appointment on the
United States Circuit Court bench as the
successor Of Judge Sinonton,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

The first thing you know Danville will
be compromising on dispensary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
North Carolina Sentiment.

The Warrenton Record notes me pass
ing OF nm able statesman. thus:
Marion Butler says he Is out OF poll
ties. What n good thing - woulu nmss
been for North Carolina II ne mug w. ~,
entered. The State can part with MN
without regrets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
The wilmington Star observes:

The Wilmington Star observes'
we hope that some people up North
win now become so enlightened that they
vii recognize that the South and the
supreme Court know moro about suffrage
laws than they do
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04
A Few Foreign Facts.

Hugo Gorlitz, who used to manage
Paderewski. announces that he has dis
covered two Viennese girls aged respec-
lively IL and Il row studying in Leipzig.
who have not only remarkable gifts for
music, but are already sufficiently pro-
crossed to be able TO appear in public.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

DR.. Moore Retirement.
Rev. Gordon D. Moore. D. D.. super.
intendent OF the Anti-Saloon League Of
Virginia, retired from that position May
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Mr.. NJ. NJ. Anscy Of Atlanta, d. we'll
known railway traffic man. is IN the city
Tor d day or two, stopping at the Rch-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

Mr.. q. r. 11cho1s, division freight agent
Of the Nashville, Cha ttanooga and st.
Louis Railway Is III the city for few
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-04

mittee Of the employees has been here for
some days. When tho superintendonts
and the employees fail to agree on 'nny
questions at issue both sides present their
Views to the general manager and
settlement Is reached thus