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formed character and dissoltitc, ldio
slinbits: and the ordinary POLITICAL "hee.

AoIiHcu A CHHEHGtorssf ana ulSSOlutct lulc
/ lnbits and the ordinary political "iicet.
4 ers,v III
Men OF this sort do not mako good con-
sslls. Good service Ii! not expected OF
them. they resolve tho appointments
merely because they happen TO have tile
requisite pull. TO contrast them With
tile class OF men That Germany, Say,
sends to It's consulatcs, lis to show tho
enormous disadvantage under which
American politics places American COM
nlorcc. 81 #
But Our readers nre alread too familiar
With tho needs for reform Iii this depnrt-
,lient to make It worth while to so into
that question here. Az to how these ro.
forrns might DO effected. Mr.. .Loomis has
some sensible idcns. He thinks It very
necessary. ms any intelligent and sunpreju-
diced man naturally would, that tho np-s
pointmcnts should be regulated on the
merit and promotion plan. The Lodge
bill provided for the promotion idea, but
the Senate struck the provision out
That provision should un1ucstionnbly be
restored. Tho clause In tho Lodge bill
requiring that all applicants shalt DO
between the ages OF twenty-ono and
forty-flvc. also stricken out in the Senate,
is we'll worth preserving. Men who fail
to reach a specified grade by the time
they have arrived at a certain ago would.
under this system, be dropped from the
service. Tho attraction OF capable men
and the doctrine OF survival OF the flttcst
would then become guiding principles.
We MISC agree with Mr.. LOOMS in
thinking that higher salary scale
should obtain than that now in effect.
Good men Will only respond to good pay
and the whole point OF the agitation for
reform is that the service demands good
men. This is not the place to practice
cheap economics. The present scale was
partially established in 1856, when the
expense of living in Continental Europe
was about one-thirl OF what It is at the
present day. And, lastly, Secretary
Roots plan for appointing five so-callcd
,consuls- gencral-at-largc, for which he has
asked an appropriation from Congress, Is
highly to be commended. 1t will be tho
duty OF these officers to make thorough
and regular inspection OF our consulates
everywhere and II sufficient induccment
is offered to secure good men, they should
be Of inestlmablc value in keeping the
service always up to It's highest eff
cheney.
+ Consular reform has become such cry
ing necessity and the way to effect 1t 80
patent, that it Is hard to see how even
the powerful spoils system can block It
OFF much longer.
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Literary. Celebration.

81 Especial to Tho Enthusiastically
BLACKS WALNUT, y q. March gls.--The1
Literary OF Cluster Springs ,Academ took
psse Esd9X eSSon,nE
OF the American "a Revolut ton ":
iHankins. ricanism'' D.. q; owen.
."Unlc Daniels Prayer; w. a. Hawkes.,
Jefferson Dayis.G II N .. a me-;
Treason OF Benedict Arnold: (, u.
Though 5all tho speakers nc uitted tnsin:
selves cred ttably.. special mention shou l1
ana pe ME- Clarke at ne former by his almost
ssel sci kept the audience in a laugh the
whole way through The latte shandlIed
his defamation In an impress I'VE and eto-
q1 The Academy Cleo Club sang song
they had prepared especla ally Tor the 9c.
IN s}on.sS, After this the society { and Its
guests adjourned sto tho eptlo on hal. g oE
the main bul ldng, where light refres 4
s. Am aow the visiting young ladies were
Misses Bessie Lawson, Sue Owen, ran az
m StuSsns Of 4 Turbevile; Helen Easley, OF
Mlseas My so GMkeBs SH:
Misses STurentlne and Long, q. Dur ,ii!all
NJ e. Miss Eliza 1Gasle OF fIissyncnnur66i
siisie Slate, of I!yco Miss a -
South Boston, and Mrs. ~. ~. " . u |SV'
ne II iyn C hpur re-, af NJ s4F
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Stuart AS An Oracle

Every sensible man approves the action
of the Legislature I'm regard to the
Crump incident. II one little slip Is
to vitiate a splendid character and
render man forever Enthusiastically and
unreliable. then we all had as we'll give
up the fight at once. II this rule was
carried out a majority of Judge Crump's
critics would DO out OF n job. He will be
q stronger man hereafter than ever
be ore-will keep n skinned eye for these
little stumbling. blocks and traps the
devil puts In the path of every man.
Henry Stuart says Judge Crump Is all
right. and whatever Henry" says goes
In this neck O. the woods. Let 1t end
right here.-Clinch Valley News.
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D;snensarv Campaign

WILSON. n. c., March ls.1Wilson =, =
any iispe nsary campaign and the tenn
,perance question is the all-a bsorbm e
tonic Of conversation, The elect lon WI!
,ba held on the first MONDAY II, y, j, A s,hlq.
and the result Is very much N dou
Three Years ago tho dspensary beat the
saloon by twenty-t Wo votes s, g, !.
The dispemsary advocates this year say
their mai orlty at the coming el sa 1ao!,
forces arc hopeful Of reversing the ma
jority OF the last election; !.
There Is strong prohibl ton sentiment
In Wilaon, \ but no opportunity VIII 20
given at the coming election to I vote on
that question, n ~ ss
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Georgia Politics.

Il The Richmond Times Dispatch along
with many other papers in various
sections Of tho South, expresses It's
disgust at tho spectacle Furnished by
thie Atlantn editors in their race for
office, and continues s5'3 9
THE editor has tho same right that
citizens in other professions have to run
for otace, but when he does so lie ought
to quit neWspaperlng. At least he should
not use his own columns to boom him.
self for Office Tho editor OF a news
4 IA per should keep himself free from all
sorts Of entanglements, political and
oti,erWis0, for thus only can Ills opinions
nave #tho full force Of q dsinterested
8champlo in. n !,
III I nm embarrassing position and con-
s.dernbly handicap ed, !. 4 he observes
the rulss &of prop lety.' and Il II he does
not, hs ls calculated g tern y, even his
Hest friends against .s him., rhe Illness,
fpispateh has ita down about right Char
LOT ta ObSerV er. .sE g ~
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'BRIE,E ITEMS FR ON EVER YWHERE

ssa S 2yss Ssstys
s1'sEss
"a Mp |. The Nayy Depart +.
rent has notified the authoritiss of tn ne
approved for the arrangement OF a gym-,
nasum for the midshipineHl In the sea-
manshlp building Mt tho cost Of 100000
TREE1,AND, pa Robert Lyons, q
n unea s reaeyor p for ee rrst Nao
Bank, Of this place, which closed :; yestesr,-
day folio wing tho arrest OF II. MI.
Everett, tho cashier, on q cf1nrge o.. efl-
t1ezzling $4,000, and William D. Beckley,
a lawyer, for conspiracy. IS
SAN RANclsCo Grief over e, . the Il,
Tennebaunf, has caused his sister 10 boz
come q Victim Of paralysis.
PoTTsv1LLg, PA,-whilc walking /, i I,
his sloep William FRAZIER successfully
passed along the edge OF q railing rear
g asa9 e S 81 as w taSshed fae e na ag
broke n and he fell to the bottom OF the
steps, completely crushed.
3 LAKEWOOD, N. John d. Rookie
fellcr's self-inposcd exile has had no!
apparent effect upon his health accord-
Ing to tho testimony OF persons who
have seen him at his home. here. Al.
though deprived OF the enjoyment OF
golf. his favorto pastine, he gets al-
most as much exercise by tramping back
and forth through the glass-cncloscd Gun
pavilion at his home.
WASHINGTON. P4A.--Hurlcd from his
bed by an explosion OF natural gas;
batled In flames which scared him from
head to foot, and unable to grope his
way from the room, John Young, aged
sixty-ninc, blind man. was found In his
room at o'clock this morning. kncel-
ing In prayer and writing in agony.
His wife lay beside him with her night
clothes burned from her body, and. on
account OF injuries received when she
was thrown from her bed. unable to
help herself. t.,
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ANTHONY CoMsTocK.
a Southerner Excerpts to Code Of
Honor involved

lT9 the Editor Of The New York zines:
seeofed M xa1ffbbont Ct the NJ
lawyer who defended man CHARGED WIFI ltp
sGssSa %%ers aS,!e
this man nm Injustice. This charge Re he he
cha racterized MS "a lie. whcr q pon the
have st5ss MI esSstasa f R
Mr. Comstock and his work for fEteen
years. He has made It a rulo never to
r ss sSfssea gef ehsrap II
deeoy and detective work is is not not justly liz
ored paabey eors Is
tain evidence against criminals. Mr..
comstock has been a fearless, relentless.
II u%sn or 2 e %esss
OF youth. He has done more to over
throw the traffic in obscene literature
sab ens tRe
OF vice than any other man. No wonder
h hess hanR Rsen him vote 1or srfn
man. 49, ". ~ III
II. must be fine code OF honor which IL;
na a Son IS f broken e stdke a. Els
dealers in : obscene literature. sanibiers,
s,shds Mhs a shs psops ms
honorable man-thc prosecutor or deS
fender of corrupt dealer. charged M, WITH
rrm hs ased
and heroic Conflict with the most dangenr +
,ous forms of EVIL. now infirm from ha the
rsd n asssa eS Rn m NTH
sense OF his own dignity. and later oo &C.
aaiolsly and effusively spp Inl9TsMlzEnsN e the
New York, March Is, 1906.
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"a Hint From Bristol.

Is there any good reason why Andrew
Carnegie, the great and gencrous..sol,led
giver. and the. most liberal OF all MIL
lionaires. should not give something for
the benefit OF Bristol? We do not speak
OF him as a man OF grent and generous
soul with a view to flntter. but because
his likeness. as one sees It in the mag
azincs and periodicals. of the present
day, tells that his giving Is not from
a selfish motive. but because It ls
prompted by the heart and soul that
kindle the gentle expression in the aged
steel magnate's face.-Bristol Courier.
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MI. Flockefeller's Advice.

In Ills Bible clnss ut New York, Rob:
lruary !. 25tli, John d. Rockefeller, Jr;.
said let us SO 1.-Two that VIC Gun Walk *
along the street and look every one ~, u,
would do FwclIsto Eve that advice to his
father who Is Just now fugitive from
tie officers OF tho law. Tho elder Rookie
Teller cannot even walk along the
street, but rs tidlrg--none OF the au 7,
tliorltles Know ~ herein order to avoid
the eryfcce OF ~ writ commanding hins
to appear and tell the truth.-Old Do
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VIEWS Of the
Virei,1ia Editors.
The DUTY Of a Newspaper.

A .tlcwspapcrs sshould BIO considered ns
much III, tho gllsht OF public trust S a
in q public ONCE. II exists not only sby,
tho stiftet'ht,cc, but by the patronug go of
tne public, anu should, therefore, as iar
az - !. reasonable, be run for the punlic;
goou and not for selllsli or personal
mottvoS.-- stauntOn Lender. ISL
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A Hint to Richmond.

It is to he hoped the city OF Richmond
may be able to accept this generous of
fer OF Mr.. Carnegie by providing the
tenance of the library. and by so doing
the light and knowledge which this great
public bencfactor would disseminate
among men -rna5 shine on and on
throughout the endless duration OF time.
-Radford Advance.
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def DOVE, u z sf dig ffil. lsfI RoTt
foE Ma sa 5y VIZ St fro
| Ills attack Of pnraiysls. e "a
was rp ssgys|y Ssass ia Y4 W. f BIZ
is; M's sonty 5ssSellsE saIssWS
fs sssy s se Is rs asllHFs sesFs pn'a'Dn'
Ira Sst ds sSfE aaSls sss
es1atiH0 nr g sSored ~ potes sosdeF
MAP2R1R} William Il vHl9'lM9 ssra at P
lanS sow se sstnf @
many. rs
cline on tbs Gornwaii sM n1MH I'i sidss 1t
j SfSS asf IL sss ssi $sfy $asf
rhH ssss Chs sYi sS fs SoIas
ma manea rIght sde up cars
TORONTO r "a na 4, Metal se,r
gCanntla. The first Expenditure, 1t is said,
will be $40. 100000, which will bc Increased
to $500, 00O 900 before tho plant Is compile TO-
Tho site Is believed to be on Lake Erie.
NEW YOURSELVES great passenger
in Int Is service almost Enthusiastically this
spring. but notwit hstnnding this fac;
have their hnnds full taking care Of the
annual. spring rusll t, Europe. Every
steamship man nowadays ds q 'bulls
when he talks OF rnnsatlantic passenger
traffic. and there Is no one, who does not
believe that this year IT Will Tar outstr,p
nll records.
NEW YoRK.,.After opening m artery
witte. n snioonkecper, OF No. Al Amster-
dam Avenue. Jumped, down, q .tw ;sa g
toria Hotel. No. i525 Third Avenue. He
was picked up dead. his skull being
broken.
r,r1rr npI ir1IJIAl-A religious wnye ia
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LOOMS on the Consular Service.

LOOMS on the Consular Service.
Tie relations of Mr.. f. B. LOOMS with
the United States consular service were
not such as to leave US with any ex-
travagant opinion Of his deslrability as
q public officer, but we have
no doubt that he Ia man
OF ability, quite competent to use
his eyes and record his Impressions. He
contributes an article on consular reform
to the current North American Review,
which impresses us as speaking forth the
words OF truth aud soberness,
Il Mr.. LOOMS agrees with every other
Iair-minded observer that our consulnr
service is now on II thoroughly unsatis-
+ factory and demorallzed basis Expe-
tienced in the service himself l,e finds
! that It has now become mere dumping
ground for gentlemen whom we And clas-
Siaed In the Literary Digest as folloYs: 4
Young men who SO abroad as coMsuls.
NORMALLY. but really study Other profess
tions: aged professional mon seeking rest;
invallds; business men going abrond TO
pursue their own business, snd desiring
\ IL the same time the support ana tnnu-
Sacs Of the consulate; young men OF I'm,
" .
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Former Secretary Of Treasury to
Resign as President Of Big
FAILING HEALTH THE CAUSE
Vandcrlip May Be Successor.
Vice-Prcsident Clark Also
to Resign.
Especial to The Times- Dlspatcll.)
NEW YORK. March 1S.-It became
known in Wall Street yesterday that
Lyman j. Gage, former Secretary Of the

Treasury h as
decided to re-
sign as presi-
d Q II t OF the
United States
Trust Company.
to which posi-
ton he W a 8
elected after his
resignation from
President Nc
Kinley's Cabinet
u few years ago.
The cause OF his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19
( Saved By. Wireless Watts.

Mr.. Dock Chandler Is recovering slow.
gly n fter n serious Illness caused By over
work, but he said, he had no fears, as
his name was waited above night and
morn on the wings OF prayer by Miss
Susle,-Lebanon CTenn.) Democrat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19
Casualties at the Candy Pull. !

sam B!nlr. uhnt four times m stomach.
Hob stHtlrt, shot tWicr in Erotn.
4 Richard Johnson, ti'icut cut. ". y. &,
Occasionally when they have n Sprayer-
lnertinS thsy tnll oul the troops, ~ eba,
non (Tenn.) Democrat. AZ d AZ 5 IS
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The first statement OF policies made by,
tho new French cabinet certainly makes
the downfall OF the Rouvier ministry. no
easier to interpret, NJ. sarrien hns an
3nounced to the Chamber OF Deputies that
he intends to carry out the abolition OF
the concordat with the greatest nrmness.
unhesltatingly overriding any opposition
on the pnrt OF the Church, md to keep
unchanged the existing policy In relation
70 Morocco. Tho new ministry thus rep-
resents almost tho identicnl prlnciples
which guided the old one, and 1t does
not, appear how the country Is to DO
benefited Ny the change. The sole point
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19

Another resemblance between Jcdge
Andi Hamilton and tho sllpper-footcd cat
Is that they both came back.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19

The Sons Of Erin are gradually coming
to this morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19

In insurance circles there SOON, 10 he
q growing disposition to mako sausage
OF the yellow dog. s..
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EnsuEr-iing(, a Crowd.

III Now that It has been speoia " re- uest-
al gthnt All the descen dnnts Of Pocahontas
attend tiae jamestown xposltl Ion We feel
more ASSURED Of the financial success jot
that great II Shovel Charleston News and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19

Score another clear and beautiful sun.
day for Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19

THO Herald says that SUFFOLK is not
yet ready to nnnox Portsmouth, but inrj-
mates that Portsmouth IS willing.
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The South Atlantic.

The South Atlantic Life Insurance Com
pany, of Richmond. has had Its dircicul-
ties. but 1t was largely overcome them,
and now begins a new, and. It is conf
IDENTIFY believed. n moro prosperous Gu
rcer. It is managed by substantial men
of affairs. who are In all respects worthy
of public confidence. and pollcyholders
may feel sure that their interests will DO
taken care Of and TINT their investments
Will be safe.
Southern people have for years been
patronlzing Northern companies. and they
have recently had some rather rudo
jolts. Why should they not bestow at
least a portion OF their patronage upon
this Southern Institution. whose manage
ment they know to DO efficient ana hon
est7
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Poor Pay for Railroad Men.

i. -
Talking to locomotive engineer, a
man who has been running the fast ex-
press on the Midland Railway for over
twenty-five years, no tells me that his
salary is 92 l0s. per week, or $l2. This
street-car conductor (s14) in the States,
and the cight-hour system Is not recog.
nized in practice. This pay may be
taken as q basis for calculation on oil
wages paid throughout the north Of
situation find that tho price OF labor.
as compared to similar labor In the
United States. is only 40 per cent. This
labor. from the 'p sRilled mechanic, s Clerk,
miner. unskiled laborer and house SER,
want. I have arrived at these figures
as applied to England by grouping the
actual wage paid and striking an aver
American labor. The great emergency
Of opinions expressed !. In British par.
liamentary documents does not warrant
the use OF official figures that vary from
I. Every one throughout England asks
the cause Of the depression. SO far as
II can SEQ there are two vital causes.
neither OF which are given to tho public.
Displacing the British.
4. Germany has. and is, displacing
British lnanufacturers in many parts Of
the world, and ngland's prosperity Is
Its fall means disaster.
=. The Boer war has depleted the ma
tional revenues, and British pride does
not wish this fact to become apparent.
Therefore. the wealthy people and tho
banks are oyerstocked with consols, and
ready money il not available, nor can't
be until IT once more finds Its way back
through tho ordinary channels Of trade
IS Great Britain Is living on the hopes of
n satisfaction that destroy III
Fortunately, the mining sections OF the
country are the least affected tho peo-
pie are more content and ! II NE could
induce some of these TO come to Amer
lea we would n have some good miners
ut. a time. when we need them.
II, And while y am speaking about labor,
the American would hardly believe that
office and other clerks work at from 1884
a6s.) to s7.e0 (SOs:) per week. Sir
Thomas Upton. who employs many
clerks N hts London ana other 3 Noes,
pays his clerks an average OF 34.s09 4 E1).
ct may DO stated that my rate Of lex-
change is wrong, but . am & a sunrng
that the rate fixed by the Internal tlonnl
Postal Union Is the correct one, sg
Now these s. 80 clerks are expected to
wear white shirts and cuns q Prince
Albert coat and vest and high. silk at,
Many have families. But Sirs Thoma 81 Is
only selected because he Il Is well known
Hin America, n and mot because no Is an
exception. The fact is, this lis the uni
versal pay inSs England sSS4I Ea1.aG
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or difference bctween tic two cabinets

Of difference bctwcen tic two cabinets
seems to bc TINT NJ. snrrioh intends
even less consideration for the Church
In enforcing tho separation act than wis
exhibited ~ M, Rouyicr. The oxtrct,,c
radicals, It is triic, were dissatisfied with
what they regarded MS tile lntter's scrti-
pies In tliis connection, but this lsontirncn
was not In itself strong enough TO britt:
about the minister's overthrow ,l'l,ei
sarricti ministry may be able TO hold
togothcr on tho policies It stands FOR, or
It may. not. rho outcome \ Of tho gems,
oral elections, now close at hand, will
doubtless settle its fate. \ 4.
We viii believe that Mr.. Carnegie has
really got his heart Iii the movement for
spelling reform, when DO begins spelling
II with a K.
Judge Alton b. Parker is coming once
more into the limcllght. But B. Bryan
still remains in parts unknown.
=-====-==-==-= ~
rio Herald says TINT Suffolk Is not
vet ready to nnncx Portsmouth, but nrj-
mates that Portsmouth Is willing.
s~-=-==
Another resemblance between Jcdse
Ar,di Hamilton and tho slipper-footcd cat
is that they both came back.
III -: Fi553s III
In insurance circles there seems to be
q growing disposition to make sausage
OF the yellow dog.
me Sons Of Erin are gradually coming
to this morning
Score another clear ana benutiful sun
day for Richmond. a NJ Il ii
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THE POVERTY Of
ENGLISH s WAGES
Sixteen Per Cent. of the Laborirg
Class is Unem-
ploycd.
THE. BRITISH TRADE WANING
Locomotive Engineers Receive
S12 Per Week. Clerks Get
,.5. SIS a Week.


The following interesting letter writ
ten for the Manufacturers Record by
a correspondent is OF especial moment
to virginians just at this time. when
Commissioner Koiner is active to his
scheme to bring skilled labor from Eng
land to work on the farms OF Virginia.
The letter written from England says:
1 have looked into conditions in Derby
shire. Cheshire and Devonshire. Here.
to my utter establishment. while prices
OF labor do not compare fayorably with
American wages, work Is fairly nbun-
dant and poverty is not evident; In
fact, the supply and demand for labor
reached within 10 per cent. OF normal
that Is, excluding that class OF people
who. from constitutional inertia or other
causes not explained. add to the roster
OF the idle. estimate that the total
unemployed would be about 1s per cent.
Yet this statement should be qualified by
the remark that larger percentage OF
persons who are not wholly dependent
on labor for living are employed, so
that the, apparent idlers are the result
of an artificial condition..
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Judge Alton b. Parker is coming once
more into the 1imclight. But B. Bryan
still remains in parts unknown.