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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
The Presidents Anger Aroused.


In an Interview the other day with
delegation from Massachusetts preSiaene
Roosevelt took occasion, incidentally 70
administer a singing rebuka to MIR. II:
NJ. Whitney. of that State. lie sald
that on a former occasion he had had an
informal discussion with similar dele
cation from Massachusetts and no notes
we're taken by either side and added:
When the President Of the United STATES
definitely and formally expresses himself
for publicatio on question OF great ma,
tional Importance what he says should
not be left to the irperfcct1on OF iheiii-
ory, often colored by interest, but shouid
be put beyond the possibility OF mis-,
understanding by careful preparation ana
coinmittal to writing.
'To try to repeat from memory " nae
the President has said when year nus
ELAPSED is to show entire indifference 10
accuracy as well as TO propriety. Yet
this is precisely what Mr. Whitney dla
In the Massachusetts campaign that had
lust closed. He pretended to quote what
had said during the course OF the long
and Informal interview with his COM
mittee q year before; no notes Of the con-
versa ton having been taken at the tine:
Not only did he misquote the words l
used but by suppressing almost all that
r had said and by giving what he pur-
norted 10 give entirely apart from It's
context, he absolutely, and. as am con-
strained to believe. deliberately, mis-
represented what had occurred: and nc
knew well that 1t was impossible Tor the
President of the United States TO enter
into a personal discussion about the mat
ter with him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Hints to Young Lawmakers.

Tho fredericksburg Star gives word
Of warning to the young men who will
take their first lessons III law-making
during the next session Of the General
Assembly 1t Is said that the NUMBER OF
young delegates will be unusually large
and the Star admonishes them that 1t is
not essential to their future welfare and
continued success In public life that each
one of them should Introduce or have
passed some measure OF legislation.
"On the contrary" says our contem-
porary. there is fully as much benelicent
work before each Of them IN checking
ill-considered statutes as there is in en-
acting necessary measures our statute
laws have very recently been cod!ded,
and every new law means an addition 10
or change in our present Code. Only
dcsrah bic ana beneficial changes Will be
approved by your constituents, Any other
addI,ions or changes vii! rebound to your
injury"
Let us add TO this sound advice the
generalization that the statesman who
will make the hest name for himself and
who will more surely endear himself to
the people will be he who lays his own
| selfish ambitions aside and strives to do
| all hat he can for the public welfare.
| viii be he who seeks to give all he can
to the people rather than TO grab all he
| can for himself 1T is more blessed 10
! give than to receive" If public men
| would only believe this divine saying, and
make 1t their rule of conduct what an
upllft there would be in craftsmanship
and what an Improvement In govern
~ cntt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Save the Game.
~, of The Tirnes-Dispatch

Editor of The TimeS-DlSpatch:
sir,-Anent your editorial In 4. to-day,s
Issue or your paper heaaeh save 'i'e
Game"
In every section OF the State to pre-.
vent the ruthless determination OF all
Eamc birds. especially partrldges know
&f.om my own personal observation and
from the report of those in a position
to know that partridges are yeT T9,, scarce ,.s,
but few birds 10 mate and the first
coveys they hatched out were in a great
measure drowned b.. the heavy rains In
the spring and early summer, Conse-
ulcntly the majority Of the coveys are
the second Matching, and are scarcely be-
yond tho "blue head" state, and being
younr ard inexperienced, SO 10 speak,
fall easy victims. The scarcity OF birds
causes The hun,sman 10 hunt those few
coveys he can find closed In many cases.
almost, IL not entirely, to the point of
determination
Unless something is done SO few birds
will escape the huntmnn's shot or the
ravages Of the coming winter, etc., that
this sport will be practically ruined In
Virginia for years.
What Is to he done Is the question:
Chapter 95, OF tho Code, is amply suifl-
Client to protect the game II It Is en-
forced. The season is fairly short, as
it Is and the Board of Supervisors has
power to still further shorten It Y y
so7oa Of the Code of Virginia ds04: cl. 81
The trouble isin the enforcing Of tho
present law. The game wardens should
907ob OF the Code. us fear Is not tho
cosn n, most of the counties, And furth-
or than this, each individual should take
mon himself TO see that the law Is en-
Or OF course the law canont protect the
birds from the ravagcs Of the snow
and ice and the hawks, etc, and M !. each g. {,
lis hest 10 kill the hawks and feed what
BIRDS biz she he can during q heavy snow, !,
One thing more; ! wish to express my my
opinion In opposition to ", me view ,h ,, hela
are shot in the fall the, better they WIN
Intch Tho following spring, ! don't. be-
iove III and such views emannte -
great measure. believe, from q spirit OF
scliishment. oJYAIJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Standing of State Cadets,

Editor of The TImes-D'spatch:
S,r.-1n your editorial headed State
Cadets and Pay Cadets" you ask the
Inferior position because they do not pay
their way?'' n
Having been State cadet at The VIZ
glnia Military lnstitute,,l most empkatI-
cally say they do not, eithersin the cadet
In class elections where the different
officers are chosen. no reference is ever
made as to a candidates being a State
cadet or not. And doubt IL any cadet
ever cast his ballot for or against can
didate because the candidate was n State
the. historian, the secretary. two or three
assistant leaders of the final german;
five, including the business manager and
the assistant edltor-in-chief OF the fifteen
members OF the editorial staff Of ''the
homb were al State cadets n thess
merit and It was man against man.
This same state OF affairs you will find
IN both the scctlon-room and the man
agcment of the military affairs. The first
captain, the Quartermaster three of the
eight licutenants, were State cadets
These appointments were made by ths
faculty.
And I will mako this assertion, that to-
day not a member Of the faculty, with
the exception of the superintendent and
diets in the whole corps. This exception
was made simply because all arrange
mcnts for expenses of the cadets ara
made through the superintendent, and the
adjutant keeps the books; SO, OF course,
they would be familiar with that fen-
lure.
Any complaint made by State cadet
would carry as much inference as Il 1t
were made by a. pay cadet.
CADET, V. M. l., 1901.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
a Wife,s Protection.

Editor OF The Tlmes-Dispatch: !. 80.
query column this question: Is there a
law in Virgin a to protect women against
drunken husbands and his sons. Who ,I,o get e,
drunk. abuse and threaten me e. y, NE adj o.
in '' the house. I,he father and grown
sons get drunk and threaten her life s 81,
I having to hide for fear they VIII ki ~
her. What can she do? me ,ea , nusna' 10
saws when she wants to go elsewhere 10
I Iiys that by going she forfeits her dover
right. is this the law? .,,,,h
: & :, woman can leave her husband !. with =.
on, forfeitng her dover r'gnt u s da,r -
not al fault, but Is forced into SO ooi's
nv the action Of the husband.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
For Consular Reform.

The whole movement for consular re-
form got shock and a dIscredting last
summer when Francis B. LOOMS was np-
pointed as an agent to help bring It
about. Mr., Loomis, after. escorting tho
bones OF j. =. Jones 10 the dock Of de-
parture, was to knock around Europe
bit, investigate our consular and min
lateral diplomacy, and come home and
tell us what was tho matter With them,
sucA WAS the Presidents order, and
the country sToaned. rather strong
feeling existed that TO Loomlsize our
diplomacy was not necessarily to better
1t.
Mr.. Looms came home and no doubt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Voice. of
the People
Mr.. Rucker REPLIES.

Editor OF The Times Dispntch:
Shiny attention has been called 70
various articles appearing In certain
tnlde journals and local papers. critics,
Ing n statement made by me several
weeks ago with reference to the SAFE
made by my company to the r. J. Reey-
nolds Tobacco Company, of WISCONSIN
lem, N c.
1t was my desire merely to correct
the statement in n previous interview,
wherein was incorrectly quoted as say
ing that tho r. j. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany was branch concern, and there
upon stated, and now repeat, that Inc r..
IT, Reynolds Tobacco Company Is dis
tinct concern and not branch OIL Inc
American 5robacco Company. or any
other business.
MY critics have not denied the truth
of my statement but have attempted
to pcrvert same into saying that lne
r, j. Reynolds Tobacco Company mas
no connection whatever with The Amer,
lean Tobacco Company, while any well
informed man In the tobacco trade knows ::
that The American Tobacco COMPANY ~
interested in the r. j. Reynolds IopucGo
Company's business. and cerlhllily
would not be 50 foolish as to make de-
nial OF a fact that the r. j: Reynoids
Tobacco Company themselves have MADE
public for the past five or six years.
,rhe gentlemen who have rushed INTO
print to crticise me have only exposed
themselves.
PANNILIi RUCkER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

The kNlsor receives $3,Dgl,VDU q yetll as
King of Prussia, but nothing as Emper-
or OF Germany. BESIDES this hn has an
enormous private income, derived from
mines, fisheries and estates. of which he
sla. The King Of Bavaria receives $780,
900 year; the King of saxony, $s75,010;
the Grand Duke OF Baden, Slu0,000. The
private use, while each Grand Duke re-
rpivas ~, 0O0,0iO a year In addition to
these enormous salaries each of the rulers
has !, large income from royalties and
outsiders know anythng.-- change.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
T a1nching of the Kearsarge.

Editor of The -Dlspatch:
Sir.-Please inform me in what year
the Bnttteship Kcnrsarge was Launched
at Newport News, and oblge a ,rp
The Kearsarge was LAUNCHED in lsys. :, sn ne
was chrstencd by Mrs. Wins!o~; wire o.
1ie1,tenant (now capta!n yVlnslow. son
Of Of the captain who commanded the old
Kcarsarge in the battle with the Ala-
bama The Kentucky was launcheu o.,
the same day, an hour after the initial
plunge Of the Kcarsarge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
THISDAY In HISTORY
November Nth.

s37-Belisarus, who was then defending
Rome against the Gotlis. exied Pope
Sylyerus for treachery.
167e-ln commemoratlon OF Queen Eliza
beth's birth, tho efiigies OF the Pope
tho dovll, Sir George Jeffries. Mr..
L'Estrnnge. ETC.. were carried In pro-
cesslon and burned in Temple Bar,
by a Wing mob, as 1t was then called.
1773-Bruce, tho traveller. IN passing the
Taranta Mountains. In Abyssinia, en-
countered an extraordinary phcnome-
non. The mountain tops wcrehid in tho
clouds. and loud thunder was heard.
The river scarcely ran at tho time OF
passing 1t, when suddenly u noise was
heard in the mountain above, louder
than the loudest thunder. The river
Immediately assumed torrenta proper
tons. and a wild antelope, surprised BY
the phenomenon. WAS driven to the
station by which the explorer stood.
1793-Eatue OF Snarbuck; the Prussinns
defeated by the French. under Pich-
cgru.
1soo-Ba,tle OF Mincio. in Italy: the AUS
TRANS defeated by tho French, under
General Bruno, with the loHA OF TWEEN
ty-four cannon and 1000 men.
1e23-Thomas Erskjnc, an English noble
man. and one OF the most celebrated
OF modern forensic orators, died.
1e29-Prcs!dent Guerrero, OF Mexico. re-
llnautshcd the extraordinary powers
granted to him by Congress on ac-
count Of the Spanish invasion.
fs35--Reniarkable aurora borealis; In cx-
tent and magnificcncc. one OF the
grandest forms OF this mysterious phe-
iiomenon. 1t attrac ted notice through
out the United States and c. iada.
and on the 18th was seen In Europe.
1894 cavalry fight took place near
Kingston, North Carolina. The Con-
fcderates were driven from their po-
slt!on aud their barracks destroyed
1s63-Rattle OF Knoxville. Tenn.
1ses-The riot act was read In Bolton.
Ireland.
1s7o-Franco- Prussian War; the battle In
the neIghborhood OF Drcux continued
1a74--Forty persons were drowned by tho
sinking Of the packet. Empire, at New
Orleans.
1s7e--The trademark law OF July s, 1870
protecting registered trnde- marks
throughout the country by act OF
Congress pronounced unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court Of the United
States.
1es4--At Paris n committee OF the Cham
Der OF Deputies recommended the abo-
lition OF life senatorships.
Observation-Disclosures War; Japanese re-
pulsed during attack on Poutllofr Hill;
Japanese destroy another Russian arse
nal and magazine at Port Arthur. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

British officer In HIS expense list on goy;s
iornment service put down. Porter, twopence.,I.
The War oflee In verbose letter p oi,iies
Of public duty were not chargehble to th}
nation. The officer replied that the Item dig
not represent REFRESHMENTS. but fec 70 4,
"You should have sud 'posteraFe'" The OIL
Ger treasured the hint, Next t! me he had oc.
in his accounts, Cabbage, two shIllings,"-
Il xobo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Hoge's Vote.

Editor Of The Timcs-Dspntch:
Sir--Please give number of votes !.
Hampton Hoge received when ne run
against Montague for Governor.
Montague, 1l6 6s2; Hoge. Sl,566. MONA
cuc's plurality, 3o,3l6.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
lanes River, Please Note,

fSpeclal 10 The Times Dsnatch.)s
First Plumher-I see you didn't stay
long in -Muddyille,
Second Tlumber--No; business was on
First Plumber-What's the matter.
Didn't the pipes never bust?
SECOND P!umber--Oh, yes; the ptpel
hosted often enough, but the watal
was too thick to leak.--Lontsvllle Courier
Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

College presidents have met in Wash
ington to discuss football and graduate
studies. Football might be a graduate
study itself but for the fact that few
players study, and next to none grad
uate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
The Worlds Railways.

According 10 recent German statistics
the length Of the railroads Of the world
is 537,1C5 miles. Of which S,o,3S6 are IL, III
America, 1S7.776 III Europe. 1852 n ASA
1869 in Africa, 5000 In Australia ~
the mileage of European railroads Ger.
many stands first. The total Vaiue Oh
the railroads Of tho world is estimated at
over IS, OOOO,OOO.-Columba state.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

While Governor Herrick is fully within
his rights as a dcfeated candidate in as
serting that he was licked merely by
prejudice and passion. it is little rough
tc state that the prejudiced and passion
ate ohloans outnumber the other kind
by Altos.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Adjoining Property Dispute.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--I send you 4 diagram or TWO uelds
representing, AS and BIS tlelds as tney
Join each other AS you see, AS is mucn
higher elevation. has q negro tenant
who works corn in his field, and BIS IS
a fine tobacco lot below. AS tenant runs
ter or drainage promiscuously on BIS field.
regardless Of bitches. when he could
have two on line running north and south.
which would turn al water IN bitches
y. Has he q right to do this and what
Is the remedy?
Who IS responsible for the damage, A
or his tenant? Is
The owner or tenant of a field cannot
throw surface water on tho land Of
lower proprietor ind scrminately, but only
by the natural drainage courses. It would
seem that his recourse would be against
the tenant. :
Dogs Rights.
boris farm and xiii some OF his turkeys,
has he the right to shoot the dogs? which
are valuable ones, the dogs being puppies
and their mother taxed; and has not the
owner OF the dogs as much right TO make
the owner of the turkeys pay for tho
dogs as Well as the owner or the dogs
can be made to pay for the turkeys his
BY answering these questions. you will
greatly obligc, r. r. S,
The Virginia statute declares that all
dogs in the cities of Richmond, Manclies-
ter Petersburg and Alexandria and In the
county ofg1ienrico, and all dogs listed for
taxation in any county or city of the
state, shall be deemed personal proper
Another statute declares hat all dogs
three months old and UPWARDS must be
listed for taxation ut the proper period
each year. Tho statement Of the case
implies that the dogs in question We're
not listed for taxation However II the
dogs were kept In any Of the localities
I named above the owner can bring ar
action ut law for redress; u not, nc seems
| to be without remedy, la5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Better Still.

"yvby are YOU SO anxious to secure a
drama from the pen of Balderdashr ask
cd the friend. Hes never produced u
successful play
NO" responded the New York man u
ager, "but he's had play suppressed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
{kif7NES!!511 T|0!6)!bI!|7,I'..|

What's It Like Without Kiss?
Denver papers IRE printing the picture
OF u young society man who swenrs that
he has never been kissed.)
Note We bliss that went unhad!
Pipe We to n lip unbiased!
Hark We how his youth was sad
Mark We him-The Great unklssed!
Did not ladies fair abound?
All, he never thought to kiss theml
Yet II kisses few around?
"rwa0 his wretched lot to miss themi
"Joe,'' We said. "thy youths not spent:
Como thee from thy lone stagnation!
Get thy solemn face unbent--
Take a stab at osculation!"
Come we said, ''now tell us this:
Why not try 1t at your leisure! :
What's 1t like without n kiss? -
What Is living minus plcasure?
"Well," said Joe, "'tis true I'm growing
Old unklssed, fororn and lone;
But l have the pride OF knowing
All my microbes are my own. :,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
The Republican Majority.

A new cave has been discovered In Viz
GINA. The anticipated Republican ma
1ority up there may have crawled into 1t.
Atlanta Constitution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Proof Positive.

The Male 1diot-"l3ut how can be
sure that you love me?" -
The Female Ditto" Remember that |
have had many chances TO marry MANI
mcn--and yet accepted you!''-Cleveland
Leader.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

The Georgia mentioned in the dispatches
as having a very loose lid is not the
American Georgia, so well--known, on
account of having been marched through.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
The Game Law.
; rrhe TImcs-Dispntch:

Editor of The Timcs-Dispatch
Slr-Please answer in your query COZ
umn the following: In the game laws OF
the state there is clause which states
that it is unlawful to shoot Wild iow y,
from an artificial island: P tf,a'si fNpa19
Does n man violate the game laws IN any
way If he anchors his boat bel9w iow, "; !,
ter mark and covers himself and boat WIN W.,
grass, in order to shoot the ducks 'na'
il a party should happen to own duck ,lcH
Ing ground ncnr the spot wnere the poa'
is anchored, can they complain, e,,,cr
Neither the statutes. nor the courts r.,
have defined what is meant BY an "artiti,
cul island" 1t would probably DC h hal
flonting Or fixed which would furnish
s slunr,i for an man engaged In hunting.
from which either in concealment or ,,i IN
the open, he could shoot WIG low -
whether It was real or an imitation IS
land.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

r. tho South really wants immigration
she will have TO do something else pe'
sides tell IT to Congress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17


Recommendations were escapes us at the
moment, II we ever read them. We are
reasonably certain, however. that they
were OF no particular consequence to any
body.
Meanwhile the United States consular
service continued to stand In rather
urgent need Of reform. II ts gratifying
to note that the President has now
taken the matter ZIP again, this time IN
manner better calculated to show re-
suits A couple OF orders recently Issued
show that direct effort Is at last to
be made to regulate and restrict future
appointments in this important depart
ment of the administrations. The first.
dealing with the higher branch of the
foreign service, provides thntM1lo man
may be appointed to secretaryship Of
legation who does not know at least
one other language than his own. The
second, somewhat complicated IN detail,
virtually extends the requirements now
regulating appointment to consular posts
worth $1c,5oO a year and up. to those
worth moro than $1,000 In substance,
these requirements are that the appli-
cant must be either one already tried
and proved In the service, or ono who,
upon nomination.. gives satisfactory evi-
dencc OF his qualifications.
Tho precise point Of the language quail
fication is not altogether plain. 1t Is
hard to see how an applicant for the
post OF secretary to the French legation,
for example, would be actually benefited
by knowledge Of Spanish or German
1t Is not even stated that the language
must be a modern one. But the rule,
whatever It's intent, should prove decid-
eddy helpful in keeping out the inbred
job seeker, the professional shaker Of the
plum tree and the gentleman whose only
recommendation for office is that he
has faithfully pulled for his party.
The second order should prove even
moro helpful in identically the Same d.
rection. Its general effect is simply to
substitute the merit system for the
patronage system That appears to be
exactly the tack that every effectual
effort for reform should take. From u
lack OF the former and an overabun-
dance Of the latter, our consular service
has in past years suffered largely. Few
.pec-,ei are interested in contendinS that
the American consul has been all that
he ought to be. Not only has he gen.
orally failed to improve his splendid
chance. for making himself commercially
useful to his countrymen, but he has not
infrequently gone far in the other direc-
ton. His sins have not all been.
those of omission. His personal fail
ings have done q good deal ut
times to bring his country into con.
tempt and dlsrepute.
"a The reform of our foreign service
plainly falls into two heads. We must
keep out the incapable men and must
get in the capable. And absolute divorce
between diplomacy and poltics-which,
however, hasn't come yet--is the first
long step forward. The next Is to at
tach to these posts salaries that will
make them worth a good mans while. a
wildly extravagant people in some re-
spects, we are in others the most Mig
gardly in the world.
"a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

Makers of hot-nir heaters appear :
49, -, sscd a great chance in failing 4
ron,e their star make. The Castro,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

Judge Andy Hamilton's home coming
promises to be a shade more in the lime
light than a man of the Jedge's retiring
nature might have preferred.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

When you want to smoke cigarette
ont in indiana, no matter how old you
are it becomes necessary to go out be-
hind the barn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17
Fatal Term.

Grayce--"What broke up your anti
corset meetlng?"
Gladys-"Oh some fool woman .sug-
sested that we present a straight front
to the cmeny."--Chicago Sun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-17

Mr. Edison, who says that people arc
sleeping too much ev'aeh'y nVes =
the milkmans route