The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-22

the country, where they were fttauept
| ana liberal az the beat he ln,d rvcr run
over Tho revelation was d start Ing one.
because Pullman conductors ms Glass,
rs they nre known III this scltion, M, a
high type Of .-Charlotta Observer
ripping Is IL form Of graft, and Is
scarcely less deplorabe and demoralizlng
than tho Illegal variety. A man engages
tc do q certain work for d certain wage;
then exncts an additional wage from, his
employers customers. It Is legnllzed rob-
berry. Truo he does not always hold the
customer up and make him deliver, but
1t usually amounts to tho same thing. A
certain pressure Ia brought to boar which
few men arc able to resist The Pullman
chr porter comes round to "brcsh on"
Other victims stand and deliver ono BY
one, and when your times comes YOU must
either decline TO be "breshed" and feel
mean about 1t, or give up your money.
Most Of us prefer to pay the price. You
depart from the springs and as you
nlight from tho bus, the portor opens TN
door for yo,, ana YOU hand hin, q Quarter
1t is tribute money, but YOU dare not
refuse You are afraid Of his frown
You are afraid he will think YOU are not
real gentleman" Moreover to DO
honest, men and brethren we like the
porter's smile OF approval We Ike to be
flattehed and we are willing to pay for 1t.
Vanityof vnnlties.
But that isn't all. II you don't pay
tho price you won't get the attention.
YOU may get q sort OF forced service,
but the man who gives the bribe Will
got the dainties.
1t Is a bad business at best, but 1t is
distressing and l,u,niliating to know that hat
white men in tho South are taking tips
It's a slam on our gentllty, our pride OF
race and our chvalry. For tho sake OF
tho traditions let us leave this form O.
graft as ever, to the monopoly Of the
colored folks. i They're used to It and i
will not make them waive. But 1t VIII
den1oralizo the whites.
&5fasR
The trouble with MI. Rownll, we APP
prehend, was that the pub:sc did not
take him seriously tho more so because
he was by his own voluntary admission,
the paid attorney In the reform crusade.
Index-Appeal.
or course our contemporary does not
mean to do. Mr.. Royal an Injustice, but
this Is hardly a fair statement. MI
Royal was not paid attorney when
he began this crusade. AS citizen anu
voter and taxpayer he made investiga-
lions and discovered TO his own satis-
ia ction that gross frauds had been COM
mtted in the primary. 1t was after
Mr.. Royal had made this agitation that
the grand jury. began to Yestigate. me
i,ry's report showed that there had |. been
crooked work fatti one ;aof lthe iiprecincts
and Judge Witt recalled the jury and
Instructed the members to pursue the
Investigation. At this stage, several
citizens employed Mr.. Royal to assist
the commemorative attorney in get
ting evidence before the grand jury,
This was not done, however. until Mr.
Richardson had been consulted and had
given assurance that itniwould Hbe most
agreeable to him to have Mr. Royal
associated with him. twas for that
service that Mr.. Royal received his fee
and with that service performed his
obligation to his clients was discharged.
His subsequent action In calling mass
meetings and addressing them was not
as Il paid attorney, but as citizen. and
there was no selfish consideration.
==@==-======
Frederic Lawrence Knowles, who died
on Tuesday night, was one of the most,
promising young poets in America. Mr.
Knowles was born in Lawrence, Mass
in 1869, was graduated from Wesleyan
University and Harvard. and was liv-
ing at the time Of his death In Boston
He had published but two volumes OF
poetry, one in 1900 and ono last year, but
these elected high praise from the very
best critics, Richard Henry stoddaard,
Professor William. Rolfc| Joaquin Mil
ler. John Burroughs, Louise Chandler
Mouton and others recognized In him
the true divine afflatus, Eve venture
to announce him as a new American
poet" said Mr. Stoddard. Knowles was
at the time OF his death literary adviser
for Dana, Estes & Co.. of Boston. His
untimey death is a real loss to Amer-
can letters.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Our esteemed contemporary, tho Relg-
ious Herald, agrees with every evidence
Of deep feeling and conviction that one
good religious paper is all that any
denomination needs In a single State,
The Hcrnld's arguments are always
sound, In this case they are unnn-