The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-27

| all III their power 10 mako IL a law VI
the State
Now, we are getting down to business.
\ ThIs system Is not In tho Interest OF Mr..
n1assie or any other lawyer or any set
| state, and 1t lie strange to us that tho
| land owners who arc so vitality concerned,
Should be so indifferent. Mr.. Massic Is
unselfish In the matter, and has even
| gone SO far as to Say that IL the sys.
| ten should bc established he would nss
| for no office under 1t. He Is working
| for tho system ana not for himself. IT
| Is all in the hnrds Of the people whose
interests are involved, and they can set
tie It easily by giving Instructions right
now to those who will represent thcm
In the next General Assembly. If the
people will give tho order the members
OF the Legislature will obey.
IsEi-EEtS ,t EusN
There comes a r,mor from Washington
that tho relations existing between Speak,
err Cannon and President Roosevelt are
not the harpiest imaginable, and are be-
coming more and moro strained every
day. A little thing may go a long way
have something Of an inclination to go
apart 1t is said that tho speaker and
the President are at loggerhcads now con-
corning the date to be fixed for the ex-
ira session Of Congress, the former de-
string the body to meet OH the 18th Of
November and the latter stubbornly adj
herring to the date of his choice. Octo-
Der 10th. The speaker probably desires
the later date and the shorter session
because ho does not want Congress to
do anything, and 1t is certain that the
President could give no better reason for
an earlier assembling than that he wants
the body to have enough time to do some
thing worth the trouble and bothcr>of get
ting together.
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Tho most reliable Information from the
far East confirms tho statement that
be fought, and already, the military ex-
perts in this and other countries arc
speculnting upon the probable results. If
tho other news wo got from Hardin, tho
central military depot or the Russians,
concerning what Is going on there be true,
1T is easy enough to predict the general
result of tho next fight. The dispatches
say dissipation is in full swing The
| circus, theatres and music halls, especial
| ly the last, are crowded. The purveyors
" as lucky gamblers at Monaco. Money
flows like water
| The hardy and virtuous Japanese will
have no trouble defeating a lot of Off
GERS and al, army. that hang around such a
depot as is thus described. Ks
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| Tho Columbus Enqulrcr.Sun asks:
"Wouldn't it be Just as well to abolish
Congress and turn everything over to
Taft?" If he will agree to keep up tho
vigorous welding Of that big anti-tariff
stick. we would he inclined to vote for
such proposition, say, for just one
i session. II .
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Including delegates from all countries,
tho grand international congress Of sports
i will meet ut Brussels on juno 9th, under
the patronage Of the King Of the Bel
! gians. 1t sfnot known that Richmond
| will be represented, although there are
4 many here who would be eligible i5
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l The candidates for Democratic non,ina-
i lions have absolutely M confidence in
| Prophet slemp's predictions as to what
/ e. o1A 10
| vember
Editor Whitclaw Reid will pay 1901
mare for house rent than lie collects as
4 salary, but a newspaper man does not
mind trillng discrepancies like that.
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The fact that Rojestvensky Is steaming
rapidly In a northern direction conveys
\ to the average mind the idea that Togo
Is way down south.
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The strikers relapse in Chicago prom
Uses to DO considerably worse thanSthe
original attack.
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]. Kansas farmers are again trying. tc
havo some faith in the ability Of Eastern
!. college students to harvest grain, l%
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II Philadelphia they've quit praying
} for Mayer Weaver and started cheering
} him.
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Secretary Shaw proposes to let the
treasury deficit stand pat also.
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Yele needs slo,0o,ooo and doesn't care
, who knows it,
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Mr. Webster's Speeci, to the
), Ladies of Richmond.
). Editor of The Times Dlspntch .is
Sr,--Howevcr you came TO publish, In you
j issue of Sunday, May 81. that speech of Mr.
Webster to the ladies In 1870, 1t was we'll yol
:, did so. You omitted one interesting fact
, IT was printed for drlbution on fine Whit
satin. heard that speech and also the on
, from the southern portco OF tho Capitol
Some time ago you allowed mo to furnish
Q convention here, In 1910, and OF mir Webste
under, that October sun" That account en- N1
famous New EnGlnnder In our city during tina