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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
THIS DAY lNHIsToRY
March 23d.

Church Day.; Alphonsus. Sun rises at
5:57. sets at 6:o3.
12oe-The Pope laid the churches OF Eng
land under an interdict. King John,
In retaliation. banished tho bishops
that obeyed.
1so4-Thea, Goyernors of, Cuba prohibited
French privateers from carrying
american products into any part OF
the island.
1eo5-Congress ordered the clearance of
all armed merchant vessels.
1sao-Peace concluded between Buenos
Ayres. Santa Fe Entire Rios and
Corrientes:
1s4o-Wiliam Maclure, distinguished
naturalist, formerly OF Philadelphia
and twenty years president OF the
Academy OF Natural Sciences In that
city. died near the City OF Mexico.
He wrote on the geology OF the United
States and the West indies
1854 treaty OF commerce concluded
between Commodore Perry. OF; the
United States squadron, and the
Emperor OF Japan.
Observation-Disclosures persons lost their
lives In the fire which destroyed the
steamer Bulletin. on the Mississippi
River, near Vicksburg.
1862-Battle Of Winchester. The fight
commenced at 10 O'CLOCK IN the morn-
ing and lasted until 8 in the after
noon. The Union loss was 103 killed
and 440 wounded.
1e75-The Ohio Senate passed bill for
bidding railroad officials or employees
from being connected with so called
fast freight" or transportation COM
panies. 3f8Eci4
1es4-six Chicago ministers preached & in
reply to Robert G. 1ngersoll, the Rev.
Little calling him n dangerous cy-
Clone" and the Rev. William Cuth-
bertson "charlatan.
1ss5-The German Reichstag adopted a
measure providing for the Substituting
Il OF steamship companies.
.1ee4-"General' Coxey was flooded with
bogus drafts and checks to pay the
expenses OF his "arrny," which was
(. then preparing to march on Washing
ton, D. c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
The Rate Bill and Review By
Court.
Ia Tinas-Dispatch

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
sir,-The pending questions before the
United States Senate as to the extent to
vle@ d ne snuris ssuea y the
Commerce Commission, and as to whether
the reviewing court Is to Pc 9er ri ~ to
exercise the right Of en5oinlng the en-
questions OF vital interest to the South.
This entire section Of the country Is In
terested. probably more than any other
Hepburn bill SO amended as to give to
the courts authority to review every ques-
ton involved in the making OF an order
sae lei frea 3o i
right OF suspending an order pending ju-
dielal review. 50 as to prevent the posi- s
billy Ct doing irreparahb,ls wrong, MT
Those Senators who would go sfar tae s.u ~
the direction OF giving to the Inter g, Stale
Commerce Commission nutocrallc power
states Courts are eop acting on the theory
that such a law would 'be In the Inter;;
ests OF. the shippers and that Il It should
II rreRarbabs n1arY g
roads. In this they are mis- ken. hcy
lose sight. OF the fact that every Or sr
issued by tho Interstate CONNER rec Gom-
essarily affects the relation Of rates. md
that. MS n result, there arc al wa vs. shlp-
fpers on both sides OF every con try 'c y Y;
an order that reduces rates slOr, one st't
for shippers gives to them an advantage
snre shipping commodities 10 compe I, live
markets. It lis sin. many cases, more.
to- the interest OF this second class sof
shppcrs that the courts should nave the
widest liberty OF review and shout he
permitted to suspend the orders Of 4 he
commission pending such review, ihaniit,
Is to the interest Of tho railroads.
Sec,nmisslon In tho past will gsllow' hat
In e, great majority OF the cases N which
the courts found that the commisslln hnl
serus communities were involved. II, some
sof tho cases the orders would hayo given.
u communities in other sections, 1f tho
country direct advnnta gas5 over hose In
tho South, III other eaa: II hose ord RI, on
sthnir face, would hive glYeI, N 70 ;tsolpe'
Southern communities advantages over
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
Third Term Talk.

Tho talk OF n third term for President
Roosevelt, which seems to break out peril
sodlcally like certain classes Of fever, Is
again figuring more or less prominently
In the dispatches. Judge Parker, in re-
cent interview, unhesitatingly expressed
the opinion that the President would re-
appear rs candidate in 1908. Some OF
the special kilograms from Washington
are saying the same thing. Percciving
the necessity Of explaining away Mr..
Roosevelt's flat-footed and uneouivocal
statement on election night, 1904, they do
SO by saying that the President was per-
fectly SINCERE at the time, but that since
then Hthe situation has changed" Be-
sides, they say. Mr.. Roosevelt is known
to be very impulsive and not absolutely
beyond the reach Of change OF mlud.
And they call attention to the fact that
Secretary Shaw, whose presidential aspi-
rations arc an open secret. las been led
to prolong his stay in the Cabinet for
another year. thus curtalling Ills pros
pective campaigning for that length OF
time; and ttat Secretary Taft, IN even
more likely candidate FOR ;Wh,ts House
honors. has just been offered the chance
to sllelve1 himself on the Gifted States
Supreme bench.
Talk OF this sort. however plausible as
1T seems, appears to be doing an injus-
tice to the commonly conceded straight
forwardness and sincerity OF President
Roosevelt. In his voluntary declaration
on election day he emphatically stated
that he would under no circumstances be
"a candidate again. Under no circum-
stances" thoroughly discounts the force
Of a Changed situation" 1t must be re-
membered, too. that this disavowal In no
sense stands as merely an impulsive ex-
preston thrown off In the excitement OF
victory. In calmer moments tho Presi-
dent has reiterated 1t frequently. Onlya
short time ago. when Mr.. Jacob Riis.
whom the humorists are beginning to
refer to as the Mark Antony to Mr.. Roose-.
ivelt's Caesar, intimated that the Presi-
dent might possibly deem 1t his duty to
accept reelection, the latter again de-
clared in unmistakable terms that he
would do nothing OF the sort. In the face
of these repeated assertions, therefore,
the third-term talk appears to be without
Qualifications AS the facts now stand.
these speculations are tantamount to an
attack upon the Presidents candor and
good faith. Yet there be those who hold
that vox populi, vox del. and that no man
has the right to decline popular call
to the Presidency.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
Senator Bailey's Amendments to
the Rate Bill.

We publish In another column COM
munication on the proposed amendment
to the rate bill now pending In the
United states Senate offered by Senator
Bailey intended to give the courts OF
the United States authority to review
questions OF rates made by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. This COM
munication is simply signed "southerner,"
but 1t Is from gentleman who occupies
distinguished position in the affairs
Of the nation and his views are entitled
to great weight. 1t was surely very grail
flying to the conservative members OF
the Democratic-the party Of law and
strict construction OF tho constitution
to know that Senator Bailey had offered
an amendment which would give the
right OF review to the courts OF rates
fixed by the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission. The Republican party had split
up on this point and 1t looked at one
time as If the revolutionary element in
thu Senate would vote for a bill which
would give the Commission an unbridled
power to fix rates with no responsibility
whatever to any authority, no matter how
arbitrary or unjust their rates might
he. Not only would law so framed
have been most unjust in itself. but 1t
would have marked a departure from the
due process of law, more striking and
radical than anything that has happened
since tho reconstruction acts. 1t is we'll
for the Democratic party that from It's
ranks was found man in full SYM
patty with the rights OF the people, and
with no faint OF corporate interests in
him. who would lead the movement which
would insure the necessary judicial pro-
cess in matters of such vital Importance.
1t is interesting also to note that tho
views of our correspondent "southerner''
are very similar to those advanced last
autumn by Major James H. Dooley. Both
are of opinion that the South has moth
ing to gain and much to lose by tho
rate bill as it came from the committee
of the House, and indeed by any law
giving the Commission the right to make
rates.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

4, l,cr rn,, ,r,,rt,,ns /, t,,. q,
fcWt YER ~, sns ~ thia int tni. On ia u t,re
anGnt SnreIlhIiy y w pe h9uaa Why
SEEMED to ha al vsn. tnso,,e an,iii,e., cos,,s
inunlty over another would ii,ivn beei,
cf9 iio practical benciit 10 the coii,niunisv
orders we're q desIgns sdfi To- reak y ~ tfse
basin. point SYSTEM that nrevaiis "a .S
ally throughout tile Southern stats,s nt,dI
hat hns resulted In building IN t,,iit,y
tlti.,1flg .ccnters OF distribution iii uvcrl
tI. South. :, These orders would seem To-
yi.s advantages to the smaller iiaces
tWHh ~ Il now have railroad rates basel on
, the "a. to the distributing centers AS q
+ hav3 resulted In transferring tic business
g. g / tE !s throughout the southern
S s,,. q from Southern cities 10 points In
csgo .,'i'A' sueh Us New ' York and Chi
~; Y the. orders OF the commission under
t t,,., existing law had not been subject to
y yvn,,Il revieW the railroads OF the South
that the development of the Southern
liner, IN q would have been retarded for many
Years gaal, or made altogether impossible.
sa,,ti, as would have been tho damage to
Southern Industrial and commercial In
ti, would have been still greater. II
ne tile present law had denied to I - courts
ssognh to snspa IN order Of The
one OF these many cnses In which the
courts found that the commission had
issued illegal orders tho commercial In
sterests that would have been injuriously
anected would have been subjected to dis
criminatory rates all OF the time that
the cases were pending In tho courts. In
silch q case the shippers and communities
disseminated against would suffer
ilrreparable injuries for the reason that
there would be no one from whom they
could .,Ii recover damages.
Inc interests Of complaining 5hippers
anu tnose similarly situated can always
pc amply protected by n provision re-
Hulrimg the railroads to give bond for
tneir4 protection or requiring tho amount
\ ! Z controversy to b. deposited subject to
the ne. order OF the court, but no such pro-
lection can be AFFORDED to the shippers
on the other side OF the case. They can
Only nave ruiz ton II the reviewing
courts are pernrlttS to so Into every
auestlon ana consider all OF the equities
involved with full liberty to suspend the
oruer pending the final decision.
IN At,notner reason Tor giving to the courts
M s powers or review and full liberty
Q; SUSPENSION Is that It would result In
tne COMMISSION adnering more closely to
me law. Ihat BODY has been overruled
So So often IN the past because. In Its de-
cisions. II undertook to enforce policies
as to the. transportation business Of the
country that were not contemplated by
congress In the enactment Of the law.
Every lawyer knows that one. OF the |
great so1eguards or the integrity and |
carefulness OF the inferior courts OF tho |
states and OF the United states Is the
1act mat their decisions are subject TO
review by the higher courts and that. III |
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
The Beef Trust Decision.

The decision in the case of the immu-
i nifty pleas OF the indicted meat-packers.
handed down by Judge j. Otis Humphrey
on Wednesday, comes as q distinct disap-
pointment. The learned judge rules that
the packers, having given their testimony
under sense Of legal compulsion," were
compelled to incriminate themselves con-
trary to the rights OF citizens, and are,
therefore, entitled to immunity. The
corporations, however, of which some
OF the indicted packers are members and
others are employees. are expressly ex-
Guided from the same privilege; and the
indictments found by the grand jury last
summer on charges OF conspiracy In re-
straint- OF trade, are now to stand as
againsttthe corporations INSTEAD of against
the individuals.
The whole case hinged about the ques-
ton whether or not the packers had
voluntarily given their testimony to Com
missioner Garfield. Attorney General
Moody insisted that they had, inasmuch
as they had not been placed on oath
or subjected to compulsion OF any kind.
The court. however, took contrary view,
and SO Instructed the jury. Tho decision
thus embodics 5the legal principle, some
what curious from an ethical point Of
view. that man from whom an admis-
sion OF guilt Is with difficulty dragged
10 entitled to special consideration de-
MED to the offender who voluntarily con-
fesses his ofrense.
The evil effect Of this decision lies,
OF course. in the distinction 1t makes
between corporations and the individuals
composing them. It admits that the in
dividuals may be innocent, or at least
fnon-punishablc. while the corporations,
including them are both guilty and pun
lshablt. In our opinion, this principle
Is contrary alike to common sense. and
common justice. and against public policy
There is nothing at all mysterious about
Il corporation. 1t Is merely an agrega-
ton OF men. Viewed as legal definition.
1t is incapable OF action Of any sort.
i. is perfectly plain that when a corpo-
ration ofrends against the law. tho Of.
fcnse Is the act OF some Individual or
Individuals within that corporation. and
there can be no reason worthy OF serious
argument why these individuals should
not be Identified and punished.
We have little sympathy with the Tic.
ton that permits Offenders against tho law
TO take shelter behind the magic nnmo Of
Corporation" We have little sympathy
with the theory that corporatcd enemies
Of society should enjoy an impunity
rightly denied to- individual Offenders.
1 This was the view 9at the attorney
general maintained with a logic that
seems to us incontrovertiblc. He declares
that the government sought the punish
nenr not OF corporation--''a aenseless
creation Of the law'-fhpr of sthe living,
: breathing human beings who committed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
The Northern Press on the South,

The Northern Press on the South.
Nothing could be more evident or more
gratifying than the remarkable change
of sentiment which the Northern Press
has of late years undergone In regard to
the South and Southern questions. Time
was. in no very remote past. when our
Northern contemporaries found little that
was pleasant to say about us. Our at
titude to the negroes, our commercial
unprogressiveness. our conservatisms, and
our aristocraic notions, our alleged
lnziness and shiftlessness-on all these
points they rarely wearled of haranguing
and upbraiding us. But the passing years
have happily smoothcd that tendency
away, and nowadays the leading papers
In other llarts Of the country are be-
coming more and more ready to give
this section its due. In regard to the
negro question they have commonly come
to feel that perhaps we have not been
SO wholly astray after all: and the old
comments in regard to our characterize
tic lack of enterprise, ETC., dying fast
in the face of the splendid tidal wave of
prosperity upon which the South is now
fairly launched.
This change OF sentiment, now almost
daily exemplified. finds admirable express
sion in a recent article in the ST. Paul
Dispatch. It appears that n gentleman
named Morgan has been visiting the
South for the purpose of writing it up
in striking and salable way.
Mr.. Morgan has viewed us critica,lv
and with disfavor. He defines the
Northerner as democratic and indus.
trious." the Southerner as .'aristocrat,c
and lazy" The Hills vanderbllts, Houms
and Rockefellers, he argues with curious
obliquty, are men who "have demon-
strated the success of democratic prln-
ciples in the North" One OF the Morgan
compositions appeared In the columns Of
the Dispatch. That paper declined 10
swallow 1t whole. 1t finds that the Nor
gan mind is sswayed by personal bias!
rather than by hard fact. The .'aristo.
cratic South" 1t believes, has been dis.
lodged in most minds to-day by n more
accurate conception-the New South. Con.
tinuing the Dispatch says:
1t is not true. historically, that the
South waited for Northern men to come
and build up the country" The recuper-
alton of the South was due to the men
OF the South. The whole South lay pros
trate and exhausted at the close OF the
Civil War. War had ravaged IL: the
freedmen We're burden. idle, shlftlass
dissolute. instead Of leanding a heIninr
hand to the vanqulshed. the North. dom.
cinated by embittered partisans like Thad
L Stevens, and impractical enthusiasts like
d Charles Sumner, entered upon that dreay
dismal and insane policy OF reconstrilc
tlon. For years carpetbag government,
controlled by Northern men, sustained
y by the bayonet. dominated the South AMI
vigorously plundered the people. Millions
of dollars of State debt were created ani
the proceeds squandered or stolen. Dis
franchisement shut out the capable from
government. Poverty clothed The Ian,
In nakedness.
II was not until, at last, the Souther,
nlen shook OFF the incubus Congress ha,
put upon them Aud recovered contro. .
their government. had established oraer
begun the rehabilitation OF their indus
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

Fredericksburg, too, has been agltating
the question OF better school building.
The Daily Star gives an account OF an
enthusiastic meeting. which resulted in
a report asking for a 10000 school build
ing. We hope the report may be adopted.
No investment pays better than good
school buildings except the teachers in
side.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

A New York contemporary once printed
the picture Of Nan (Randolph) Patterson,
with the startling announcement that she
was tho great-great, etc.. granddaughter
OF John Randolph, Of Roanoke. Fancy!
Now that all this talk is going about OF
Southern man for the presidency the
papers owned by William Randolph
Hearst may care to take the hint
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
R4ymes >or 5o-D 2
To Spring, or Not TO Spring.

AS spring draws night, I. \ 5,=i
How nice To sit t lIg
Beneath tiesky
And peer at It.
& Hoy nice to feel
The vernal breeze 81
gWnft DER ones heel,
Abnft ones knees.
How sweet to see "A, Y
The clouds sail by se
oh, can they be
!. But hunks of sky?
Or nre they Just y,
dried gobs Of rain 4 its d I
mat oceans trust
10 claim again?
How nice to sit
The gay totn.tit
Or dicky-bird:
How nice to SEQ
-; me green things OUT
The salsfee a
And Brussel sprout. 4
But oh. when II
Turns swiftly cold.
And snowfiakes fit
About the swold,
1t makes mo think
All life is glum.
And gentle sprnk
HAS not yet come.
'Wold: See Dict Very much used in
spring poetry for 1905. H. s. II.
- Ii ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
Problem IA Pro:unocrtion

Five years Imprisonment for stealing
Gently upons two men at Binghnmton
Problem: Find the proportionate SEN
,tence. for stealing a rnlllion.-New York
American, ~ 49, - Y, s1 ~ ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

The plea of the labor delegation who
waited on President Roosevelt with a
memorial seems to have been that they
detect a reluctance on the part OF the
rest Of society to concede them tho earth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

If Mr.. Carnegie really means business
in regard to spelling reform. he ought to
push the idea on the basis Of individual
reward. To every adult male who fur
nishes certified copies Of Ms. containing
tho" thru. 'laf." "fizik," ETC., in
specified quantities. let him guarantee
neat little something on the side. Money
talks. and no amount of fonetix can pre-
vent anybody from understanding what
1t says.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
Sometimes IL ia 8Hand1

Chicago pointed Its municipal ownership
has been promptly sealed to IS cents : "A a
gun Isl sometimes q MANIPULATING to have
around. even IL 1t ism loaded New York
Tribune. 81. gf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

Nowadays, Judge Hamilton can monop-
olize the conversation in most any crowd
he chances to be amongst.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

The news that Japan. having nation
allied her railroads. is to pay $4,000, 900
for them In the next five years. will
doubtless fail to elicit storm OF applause
from the thousands of her people who are
now starving to death. Patriotism and
progress. while undoubtedly all right
in their way, make inadequate substi-
tutes for meat and drink. But even pes
simist cannot deny that most clouds have
large and distinct silver lining for the
overshoe trust.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
They Chuckle.

..N1illIonaires who laugh are rare,'' says
Rilshfs. Most. 81 EN- clsuckle New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

the wrong" II the attorney general took
% tllftcrcnt view son,o months ago In de-
Ginning to institute proceedings against
Paul Jul Morton. in5 the snntc Fe rebate
casses. sthat need nst he recalled against
him at Itiils time Ihoashsthat he has
nov come 3 u the iIsht, ana has stood
in the beef trust sases FOR the doctrine
OF ndiyidtial responsibilltya and the fundn-
mental principle 81 equality before the
lew. +, 5,S 81. !,
In insisting upon the artificial distinc-
ton between corporations ana lndivluuals,
Judge Humphrey appears toshave ignored
the opinion recorded In the Paper Trust
case by Mr.. Justice McKsnha, who ruled
that orpotationgcanssd Is nothing except
through indivfdlals; and that the acts OF
the individuals are the acts 81 the corpo-
ration. n the plea Of the packers was
that their testimony tended to iAcrimt-
Y nate thcir corporations, 1t was according
to the decision OF Mr.. Justice Brown Ii, In
Tobacco Trust case, an unbelievable one.
II their argument was; Sonitlle other hand,
that they, feared to incrlminate them
selves, that is q strong Indication that
guilt existed ana that they. for their
part, recognized 1t as individual, not corr
.porate guilt. And It is as individuals, not
corporate bodies that the people should
insist upon Furnishing them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

The Georgia peach crop is threatened
by frosts. Another instance of destructive
Marching through Georgia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

II wishing to sin without Interference,
Incorporate yourself into company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

This blustery weather reminds us some
how OF Hon. cipriano Castro.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23

Ella: I am to be married next week.
Stella: The same minister as usual?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23
fe-fes
Probably.

what are you crying for7''
fell down on the Ice and papa laugh
ed at n1e.''
But that's nothing to cry about"
II know 1t, and l amt crying about
that: but papa fell down on the ice and
laughed at him.
We'll. wouldn't cry about that
either"
You would IL you got the spankIn'
got."-Houston Post.