The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-06
Representative Hay is.
Tired of the Dictation
frOInNOrth andWest
FORTUNE IN APPLES
IN VIRGINIA STATE
Representative Lambs I, sugges.
ton That Free Use Of Hikory
Would Abolish Hazing
at Annapolis and v.
P.I. Being Taken
Seriously.
From our Regular Correspondent. !

tFrom Our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. D. c., January 5.-
| Il want to be put down right here and
now as In favor Of the nomination Of a
| Southern man to the presidency by the
| Democrats In 1905" said Representative
James Hay, of Virginia, to-day. II am
tired Of this thing OF the North and West
being allowed to select the national can
| didatcs for the South and our putting
UP all the votes. Suppose John DanfM
had been the Democratic candidate In
1904 instead OF Parker, has anybody the
slightest doubt he would have carried
every state Parker did, and, In addition,
would have carried Missouri, which
Parker failed to carry. and Maryland,
which gave one of It's electoral votes to
Roosevelt?
TT is an outrage that the North should
insist on naming the ticket every time,
and do so little towards electing 1t"
said Mr.. Hay, warming to his subject.
Every four years you hear somebody
say something about naming South
ern man. Immediately there goes up the
cry that 1t will not do; that the man
to win must be from a Northern or
Western State. L must say the people
OF the South themselves are about as
loud in making this cry as those from
any other section. / want our people
to assert themselves i want the press
of the South to proclaim that the tirne
has come for the nomination to the !,
presidency of man from south OF tire
Potomac and the Ohio.
South Truly American.
THE South is more truly, Al.ler.e.tIs
in It's Ideals of government, and, ni.ts
say, In Its traditions also, thnn any csA.
section of the country There - ~
narrower stream OF foreign blood =.
population than in that of an& oh
section of the Union. We :trG .inie siestsi
down here, and We would furnish a .Nsi
American as the candidate for tho piss
idency. | hear great deal these u
about this being united country, aiq
believe IL Is. But every time the.
is talk of naming Southern man 10 tbs
presidency, one begins to doubt. South
ern people are among the first to oppose
the nomination of Southern man. i.
for one am resolved to maintain that
the war is over; that this is thor
oughly united country. an dto insist oil
tho nomination OF q Southern man to
the presidency in 1908 In doing so we,
will not only be standing for justice.
but we will show to the world that wes
are not in the slightest degree ashamed
of the principles for which our fathers
commended In the forum and on the Held.
Let's set the ball rolling. Southern
man for President In 1905. That sounds
good to my ears. >
And the Seventh District representative
smiled broadly as he strolled back into
the hall OF the House. to pretend ne was
listening to his speech which Chairman
Payne OF the Ways and Means Com
mittee, was making in favor of his bill
reducing the Philippine tariff.
Hickory for Hazing.
When Representative John Lamb said
some days ago he believed that free use
of She hickory would abolish hazing at
Annapolis and the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. he spoke half jocularly, but
since he made the remark he has received
so many. expressions OF approval from
his colleagues he is almost ready to be-
lieye his suggestion should be taken se-s
riously. Many members of Congress-
have told the Third Virginia represents
tive that they had thought the same
thing for some time. but that they had
Z hesitated to say as much. Whether the
suggestion be good or otherwise, 1t is
certain that no other means used to
abolish the practice has been successful
1t is barely possible that If 1t should be
made perfectly plain to the boy who
enters a naval or military academy that
he will lay himself liable to flogging if
he undertakes to haze Il lower classman.
flogging might be used to abolish the
custom. For hazing Is customary al
Annapolis. il reports be true.
Fortune in Apples.
The session of the Virginia Horticui,
Stural Society, which Is to convene In (
d. +, hid pf
attracting the attention of fruit men out
side Virginia Mr.. S. l.. I.upton, the Sec,
retary of the society, owns " large fruit
OF chard in. Frederick, which county fhe
represented in the State Senate for sew ~
eral years He expects the meeting te
be of unusual interest, and value. He
has resided In Washington for severa
months. as the representative OF 9ths
United /. Fruit Company. which runs ss8
line of steamers from New Orleans "
Panama, and, consequently, does n grea
deal OF carrying for the government.
You will hardly believe me when
tell you that the Valley of Virginia pro-
auced upwards or J500o1 barrels of anplea
this last season. said Mr.. Lupton.
THAT means two million two hundrea
and Twenty-Five thousand bushels. | am
confident the. Valley is the best apple
growing section OF the United States,
Rockingham lands are as well adapted
to tho. production of fruit as are tho
lands of Frederick, but the farmers Of
Rockingham have not yet caught on TO
the fact. The time will come when they
will dU so, and they viii wonder how
or why they ever thought 1t paid better
to raise wheat and corn, +,
First Commercial Orchard.
''I helped my father when was . hoy
set out the first commercial orchard
ever planted In Frederick county. That VI
was twenty years ago Now evary farmer 81
has an orchard, II any part OF his land
u, edapted to fruit growing. and those