The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-07
Judge Reagents Death.


Judge Reagan's Death. ID
with the death, Of Judge John 1iennlger
Reagan the last Of the old order has 1t4a
passed away, and the sole survivor g T no
mighty n,en who sat IA the Cabinet .t,t sl q
| the Confcdcrucy, las gone to meet those
who passed. over the river before h 1fll-
self l gl; 81 4. $j
Judge Reagan was born October $, 1915 t'l
ana was, therefore, cighty-thrcc years ol q
at the time OF his death. Flo carly give
evidences Of great force and ability, a q 2
Tit the age OF twenty-sixa lie took UP the the
study Of law, ana soon reached pronii-
hence III hts profession. In 1852 he was was
elected district Judge Of Henderson cou 7!
ty, Texas, where he hnd moved and was
soon brought into conflict With gan11nlblorsE,
and despcradoes. Ills physical courage
md his natural force was that he soon t'e'
subdued the lnwless spirits and achieved &c
a. position which wns never afterwards
attacked. Ii, 1856 Judge Reag ar, was elects
cd ia Congress as \ q Democrat and re-
manned In Congress until 1851 when he
| returned home and Was elected to the
state Convention and voted for secession.
RE was appointed postlnaster-generalt ll--
! der the Confederate government, ana also
ncted as Secretary of the Treasury near
| tho close OF tho war. In 1874 rs he
wont back to Congress triun,phantly, ana
In 1857, at which time lie was still g mem
Der of Congress-, he was elected 4 to the
Senate. Shortly after this tho State OF
Texas enacted n law appointing a}lailroadd
commissioner III order to protect Itself ''' 4
from the aggrcssionsg Of land grabbing
railroads. For over u year the State
songht to find some man suitable to III
this position, and finally settled upon
Judge Reagan. Judge Reagan was in
I,duccd by reason Of public spirit to res g
sign his seat in the Senate and take
| up the position OF railroad commits ioneer,
and until the day Of his denth he fought
railroad graft. Itis said that he saved I
| the state Of Texas Millions OF dollars and
| ii was tho GROWING achievement Of MS
life to sacrifice the ease, comfort, .promi-
nence and power of a sena torship to serve
his state in tho arduous duty Of railroad
commissioner i "a It'll ( 9i t s.
Throughoutsh Ills life Judge Reagan set
4 the highest example Of brondnlinded and
/ fearless adherence to the duties Of a citi-
zen, both as u frontiersman,I ms a Con-
i federate and later, as M citizen OF the
Gu n
Ibis country with a fidelity and a success
4 that was In the highest degree inspiring
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4 English Agricultural Depression,
Rider IIaggard, the well known novel vel
q ist who is now visiting Amortization tn. tn
J purpose OF Investigating our farm condi
! lions, gives lanlentable picture Of tn
Z condition Of the average farm laborel
q in, England Since 1879 farming has beer
steadily growing worse, and the demand
a for farm laborers has consequently les
\ sened Increased facilities for transport
q ing the wheat and meats of other coun'
4 tries, chiefly from the Argentine Repub
|lic, Australia New Zealand and thu
4 United States, have made farming "
"A England fur less profitable t1lan8 former
4 Is. Large areas Of land are used slmpl.
"A for grazing l,or shooting purposes, ailt
8 those yeomen who have for general ton!
Il been farm-hands are finding nothing t
Y do In the country. At the best such la
4 borers only got 81 week. and the
Lives arc ptlfully barren and dull Thes'
F conditions have powerfully augmented tn
. pauper classes Of tho cities. The Saliva
( ton Army has established homes In SOM
4 OF the counties of England near London
a and is doing n good work IN assisting
\ the helpless driftwood in the great tile
B to got back to fresh air and normal life.
II mr.. IIaggard Is here as a special cnvo,
3 from the British government, and vii
mako IA report on our conditions as h
1 finds thom. 1T would be wonderful
y help to Virginia II a bureau Of immigra
ton could DO established that would brin
!, to our farms the skilled white labor tina
! is now starving and lying idle in England
/ The problem IS difficult. but It can b
| solved and II Virginia Is to continue t
: advance steps must be taken to suppl
: for the farms that hired labor which til
!, exodus OF the negroes has SO greatly IN
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