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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05
The Proposed immigration Agent


Commissioner Koiner is receiving let
ters which indicate that many citizens arc
willing to serve the State as immlgra.
tion agents in Europe. All such are kind
ly Informed that their applications are
premature. The proposal to send agents
abroad is thus far only in the suggestive
stage. 1t is Il question for the General
Assembly to decide and that body has
not yet assembled Mr.. Koiner has no
discretion in the matter. Farmers are
also putting in their application for lah-
orers whom they expect the agents TO
send hither, showing how popular the
plan is. but these applications are even
more premature.
Speaking of the Department of Agri-
culture reminds us that farmer from
Wisconsin recently prospecting in Vir-
ginia, remarked incidently to the COM
missioner that the best advertisement Vir-
gnin ever had was her exhibit at tho
st. Louis Exposition. He said that he had
heard 1t mentioned repeatedly in the
Northwest and that farmers in that sec
ton were still talking about 1t and prais-
ing IT..
There is no doubt that this exhibit
brought many settlers to Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05
Charged With Forgery.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch9
sTAUNToN. VA, January 4-'rhe only
Indictment brought in by the grand jury
to-day was against j. l.. Kelly, charged
with forgery He was arrested on COM
plant of the National Valley Bank,
which charged him with forging the name
OF G. C. Armstrong, of Augusta county.
He was bailed and did not appear be-
fore the grand jury. His attorney stated
that he would be produced in court Sat
urday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05
Rhymes for o-Day
The lanes is Rising.

Lie James is kissing.
II farmers may make any money at all,
why, rain-clouds must burst and rain
water must fall,
And streets must run rivers and people
run In,
And overshoe makers make also much
For rain has its drawback (Which nobody
blanes)4-
But why, oh,>Gost, WHY, need It muddy
the james?
we have filtered our water for drinking
with WRATH
But show me the man who can filter his
The thing is too bothersome, costly
and slow,
We ,t, use # unitered' and heavens
Why, It flushes deep red at It's own burn
Ing shnmes!-
oh, why need these flooding rains muddy
the James2
Yet while. the rain brings us a drench and
slosh,
It's true that It's also most useful to
wash:
soak off our headgear, it ablutes our
feet,
1t washes our buildings and swabes off
the street.
And this being so, in the name Of all
names,
why couldn't it wash off the mud from
the James?
H. s. II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05
The Going of Mccall.

II was the press of this country that
drove John A. Mccall into retirement.
Mccall admitted as much himself. He
stated that he had been placed in such
an infavorab1e light before the country
that his name would inevitably prove an
injury to his company. Rival companies
might urge their own expurgated condi-
ton as an asset, pointing meanwhile at
the New York Life as n company still
unregenerate. still ridden by a discredited
officer. The result, he fenred, could only
be loss of business for the New York
absolutely correct.
Mr.. Mccall did not want to leave the
New York Life. On the contrary, he fire.
qucntly stated that he had no idea of
doing anything of the sort 1t was not
the law that compelled his resignation.
No court has Issued an injunction forcing
him to step down and out. Nor was he
coerced in any way by his board of
trustees. We read, indeed, that the trus-
tees received his resignation with much
had insisted that he would never resign,
not only voluntarily offered his resigna-
ton, but secured It's acceptance from Il
reluctant board
Mccall discovered simethng that many
another better man has discovered before
him. He found thnt he had set his will
against something n good deal stronger.
This. of course. was public opinion. The
Newspapers had formed 1t by simply CIV
Ing the facts from day to day as they
came to light. The facts spoke for them
selves. and spoke Enthusiastically. Public
opinion insisted that Mccall should go.
So Mccall went-somewhat to his own
surprise. no doubt, little defantly
withal, yet altogether upon his own free
and uncoerced motion.
AS he goes, let US note one tnihg to
his credit. He is going to make good tho
quarter of million dollars advanced
to the notorious Andrew Hamilton. We
are told that Mccall is a poor man, with
nothing but his 10000 insurance policy.
Just how this is consistent with his $780,
COO salary we shall not attempt to say.
If it is true, his disposition to make
restitution is the more to be noted in
his favor. In any case, that disposition
is entirely creditable to him. In every
way we recall nothing in Mr.. McCalrs
insurance life that became him like the
leaving of it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

AS to New Year resolutions. we are
prepared to maintain that Mr.. Mccall
got off about tbs best yet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

In many important respects we regard
Mr.. 3. B. odell as ideally qualified for
the position of ex-boss.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

Senator Depew has now been shown one
simple way in which even he can win
the country's hearty applause.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

very much less to register lands than to
leave them unregistered The cost OF
registration is only once incurred and
saves endless examinations of titles.
Every country that has tried the Tor
rens system has found 1t OF incstimable
value. 1t Is no longer an experiment.,
and the objections of the critics can all
be answered by an appeal to the actual
operation of the system wherever 1t has
been tried. We trust the newspapers
of the state will keep this subject before
the people and insist upon the passage
of proper bill by the present General
Assembly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

1t must be admitted that corporation
stocks have done a good deal to bring
odium upon the water wagon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

But suppose that on some dark and
lonely road. in the purlieus of Newburg.
n. Y, Mr. odel should on night sud-
denly find himself confronted by set
of very famous teeth, engaged in the
business of gnashing fiercely behind a
very Big Stick? The question here
odell family choose for Benjamins con-
valescence?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

Durnovo, Russias' minister of the in
terror, is doing everything in his power
to prevent turnover.-Boston Globe.
And while he may be justified in durn-
ing his luck, we hereby serve notice on
him that it doesn't pay to durn over
much.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

A special dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun announces that William S. Manning,
famous all over the country as Senator
Depew's 'rantankerous friend up the
river" was taken to a santnrium on
Wednesday. The excitement caused by
his connection with the insurance inves-
tigation is said to be responsible for Mr..
Mannng's Ill health. Mr.. Nichols, the
author of the celebrated rantankcrous
letter. died short time after that letter
was made public. Mr.. Chauncey M.
Depew, to whom the letter was originally
addressed, is In all probability not feel
ing SO we'll as he did year ago. The
rantankerous episode, in short, while 1t
gave a new word to popular speech,
seems to have brought nothing but mis-
fortune to the three men most closely
Identified with it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

Taking the whole year round. 1t APP
stuffed per annum than ballot boxes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

Markedly original though he may be.
Mr. Thomas Lawson would have diff
Guilty in convincing us that he positively
enjoyed being pried away from his lucre.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

There is ground for suspecting that
those papers which advertise "all the
news that's Tit to print" will very
shortly have to bar Mr.. Odell's observa-
tons in regard to President Roosevelt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05

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The Virginia Law Register has beeil
conducting what 1t terms an open SYM
postum on the Torrens System, in which
the members of the bench and bar
of Virginia have been invited to take
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

Browulow's Endorsement by the Ma
tionai Republican Congressional Com
mittee makes him officially the Repub
Iican nominee for Congress-. 'Alf Tay-
lor is simply bolter, bnt he has
large following aud the Evans influ-
ence behind. him. Next to his own
election Evans desires Brownlow's de-
feat. de will shun the First Dis
trict, probably, as long as possible,
and when he goes into it he will find
himself between His Satanic Majesty
aad the briny deep. If be endorses
Brownlow the Taylorites, whom he
has encouraged, will be disposed to give
him the harpoon as traitor to them
and their cause. If he endorses Tay-
lor the cleaning dirks of the Brown.
lowites throughout the state will be
sheathed in his political bowels. He'll
be damned if he does and he'll be
damned if he doesn't. His safest place
is on top of the fence, and even thai
position will not be comfortable. Al
the nominee Brownlow will resent the
refusal of Evans to give his indorse
ment, and the Brownlowites will b,
justified in withholding their indorse
ment of Evans at the polls. Mr.. Evan
is between the plutonian regions an,
the iron works. Nashville American
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

Mr.. Patterson is not man who
makes colorless speeches. He does not
deal in mere platitudes. He does not
indulge in personalities, but he regards
q mans public or official record as a
legitimate subject of criticism. and he
does not speak in PARALLELS. He fights
in the open, hits above the belt and
does not cringe or whine. He does not
circulate ISLANDERS or falsehoods pri-
vately in the effort to iniure any mans
character, but talks boldly aud frankly
to the people. Let anybody who has
any doubt as to the honesty, the ear
nestness or the ability of the man see
him and hear him speak. He is no
swashbuckler, no braggart, no trimmer
or dodger, but what he thinks he says,
and any promise he maks can be relied
on. He hits hard, but never in the
dark, and he knows no adversary he is
afraid to meet.-American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

Cox's sore toe, alias "The Hermitage
Democrat" wraps itself in an ermine
Of sanctimonious purity and advises all
democrats not to vote for NJ. r. Pat
terson, the democratic nominee for
governor, because forsooth the conven-
ton that nominated him was so awful
ly corrupt, and his nomination was Sc
cured by fraud, force and mob meth
DDS. Sure, Cox's crowd in that con-
vention were all saints and Sunday
School teachers, and they were so busy
saying their prayers and pleading for
harmony that they just let the bad
Patterson men run off with the organ
ization and nomination. There are few
things more disgusting than to hear
politicians plead the baby act after
they have been whipped in one of their
own games. -McMinville Southern
Standard.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

The new Pure Food and Drug Law
will mark it on the label of every cough
cure containing opium, chloroform or
any other supplying or poisonous drug.
But it passes DR.. Shoop's Cough Cure
as made for 30 years, entirely free. DIR.
Shoop all along has bitterly opposed
the use of all opiates or narcotics. DIR.
Shoop's Cough Cure is absolutely safe
even for the youngest babe and it
cures, does not simply suppress. Get
safe and reliable cough cure, by sim
ply insisting on having DR.. Shops.
Let the law be your protection. We
cheerfully recommend and sell it. All
dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

bad and unjust law did not make the
law any the less an iniquity. He
had defended the reprehensible prac-
tice of selling American made goods
abroad cheaper than the same goods
are sold for at home by declaring that
the Dingley bill provided for no exao.
tion of duty on material going into
American goods to be sold in other
countries, Mr.. Bryan very properly
pointed out that while Diugleyism con-
tanned this provision, that fact by no
means lessened the crime of the prac.
tice toward the people of the United
States, nor gave relief from the robbery
of the tariff.
Naturally government ownership
was touched upon, and Mr.. Shaw TAX
en- to task for scolding the speaker be-
cause of his views on this subject, yet
remaining quiescent when the presi-
dent put forward like opinions on this
question. In this respect, it is most
gratifying to announce that Mr.. Bryan
does not advocate government owner
ship as a present issue, but as an alter
native, to be tried only in the even9
government regulation shall fail of its
purpose. This is the position accred-
ed to him by this paper from his initial
speech in New York. Enemies of De-
mocracy have attempted to twist Mr.
Bryan's words to his own undoing and
to the great injury of his party but the
Nebraskan says as plainly as man may
say that regulation must be tried be-
fore government ownership becomes
an issue. True, he fears regulation
may not suffice, but there is wide diff
ference between mere impression anC
a deliberately announced party issue
Commercial Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04
MR.. PATTERSON'S SPEECH.

Hon. NJ. r. Patterson is one Of the
states greatest orators, and his open
ing speech one of the best. Ashland
City Times.
Patterson's opening speech at Nash
vile last Monday night is a strong, or
nate, logical and masterly presentation
of the issues. Loyal democrats will
be proud of the speech and the speak
er. Warren County Times.
In word, we consider the speech
delivered by Gen. Patterson one Of the
greatest political speeches we have ever
read, and reflects degree of states
manship, courage and conviction rarely
seen in these days.-Lewisburg Trib-
une.
Gen. Patterson's opening speech was
better than thousands OF democrats ex-
pected, but was withal not just what
the better elements of Tennessee de-
mOcracy would like to have had from
their candidate for governor. Halls
Graphic.
Hon. NJ. R. Patterson, democratic
nominee for governor, opened his cam
paign at Nashville before an audience
of 1900 people, 1t is clear and force
full. 1t does not dodge any issue or at
tempt to deceive or mislead. Decatur
County Herald.
Mr.. Patterson seemed to find every
weak point in the armor Of his oppo-
nent, Mr.. Evans, and arraigned the
republican party in the strongest terms
for its hypocrisies, frauds, deceptions
and false pretenses in its campaigning.
Springfield Record
The opening speech OF Hon. M. r.
Patterson, democratic nominee for gov
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

ernor, delivered in Nashville, is a note
worthy document, presenting the issues
of the state campaign in clear and
forceful manner. We commend it for
careful perusal to every democrat in
Warren county. -McMinnville South
ern Standard,
That man Patterson who is raining
for Governor of Tennessee on the DEM
DOGGY ticket, shot off his big opening
gun at Nashville one day last week.
He played his largest trump card first,
and it was jack, and from the loud
braying we are led to believe it was
only o common gray one at that. Mar
tin News (Rep.)
Mr.. Patterson's speech opening his
campaign for, governor was, as was
generally anticipated, wonderfully
strong presentation of the democratic
argument, and resulted 10 starting a
wave of enthusiasm which will sweep
over the state and result in q gloriously
increased democratic majority in No
vember Humboldt Courier Chronicle.
The initial speech of Hon. M. r.
Patterson was superb in thought and
word; it was dignified, strsightfor-
ward and convincing. 1t was clear,
clean. cut and unanswerable. Nc
stronger speech, nor more truthful, has
been made in Tennessee. 1t is the
frank, vigorous, fearless utterauce o
the real leader, and the next governor
u Hartsville Times.
Gen M. r. Patterson's openins
speech is a plain, concise exegesis o
the principles of the democratic party
As to state affairs he makes it plail
where he stands in matters pertaining
to state politics. He shows his com
petitor up in his true colors by turninI
the light on the Hon. Clay's record tbs
will always be blot in his character. -
Hardeman Free Press.
5 Hon. M. r. Patterson's openin
speech of the campaign in NashvilI
Monday night was able and brilliar
and had the true ring of Statesman
g he paid his respects to Mr.. Evans, To
|. republican nominee. The speech we
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04
Mr.. Bryan'S Speech.

That Mr.. Bryan's speech and visit to
Memphians was a triumph goes with
out saying. The great NeDraskan is
we'll beloved in this city and through
out this community, and consequently
it was foregone conclusion that he
should be greeted with enthusiasm, en-
tertained with cOIdiality and listened
to with that confidence and respect
which honest admiration for his purity
of purpose has kindled in the minds of
so many thousands of his fellow oiti-
zens.
The sentiment which he inspires is
truly unique. II may not be likened
to any of the other prevailing popular
awakenings of the day, but may par.
TALLY be described with one word,
"Bryanesque." There is about it some.
thing superb, yet tempered with con
troll; the turbulence of enthusiasm,
modified by the strength of condolences
torrent of magnificent expectations
shaped and mastered by a sort of Ger.
tainty of realization. This is the man
and this is the spirit he awakens among
the people. In his presence there is
no question but that a splendid sue.
cess is already upon the point of his
spsar, and afterwards, the only fear or
doubt that assaiIs the mind is that
very human apprehension, lest thing
be too good to be true.
In selecting the theme for his speech
Mr.. Bryan put an essential clog in the
wheel which the republican administra.
ton bad set rolling in Tennessee and
which was started by that shrewd and
able debater, Secretary Shaw. Mr..
Bryan exposed Mr., Sbaws's weakness
as standpatter, both on the tariff and
in regard to the trusts, teaching the
people that the mere obedience to a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

clear, decided, and will awake in the
heart of every democrat who reads the
utterances a stronger faith in the party
and new hope in its complete success
MILAN Exchange.
Tennessee is democratic and Ham
Patterson has nothing to fear. He is
brave aud az gressive and can claim the
credit of saving the party. But for the
gallant attitude he assumed in the COM
mencement, Evans would have aroused
feeling that would have been danger
ous. Now he can't stir the least inter
est in his behalf outside of his own
party, and he hasn't that by whole
lot. Memphis Herald.
Mr.. Patterson's speech is forceful
presentation Of democratic principles
as declared by the party pronuncia-
mento. 1t abounds in democratic
truths and recites an accurate history
Of the achievements of both parties
when each were in power. His tribute
to the South is a superbly beautiful
closing to mastery appeal to the in
telligence and patriotism Of Southern
manhood. Democratic success in No
vember is assured. Carthage Post.
Patterson fully measured up to the
expectations of his friends. AS a scrap
per he is genuine red rooster, and he
usually goes about with his spurs on.
His speech varied considerably in text
and tone from the opening address of
Mr.. Evans. The latter, realizing that
it will take democratic votes to win,
has gone in with the idea of catching
the disgruntled element of the party.
Hence his opening speech contained
more sugar than salt. Patterson is in
clined to be on the ether extreme. He
got out his scalping knife and went to
work on the opposition with blood in
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

his eyes, He made deep wounds and
then rubbed the salt in to keep them
fresh. Clifton Mirror.
There is no evasion or subtifuge
about the opening speech of Hon. M.
r Patterson. Every utterance ap-
peals directly to the reason and con-
science of the reader. Where democ-
racy has blundered, he says SO. He
gives the opposite side the credit to
which it is entitled. But with merci-
less logic and power he exposes hy-
pocrisy and misrepresentation. He
stands for the highest ideals of the
Southland, for civic virtue and indus
trial upllft. Lawrence Democrat.
We had the pleasure OF hearing the
speech of Gov. Patterson at Nashville,
and do not hesitate to say that itfi6 The
greatest democratic speech we ever
heard. There is not stronger man in
the state than Mr.. Patterson. He is
absolutely fearless and strikes from the
shoulder. The speech shows that he is
man who works and makes no asser-
ton except it be backed by the record.
Men of thought and preparation are
valuable to any state. We feel sure
that il all democrats will read this
speech the ticket will win by 4o, 900 OF
SO, 900 votes. Franklin County Record.
Gen. M. r. Patterson's speech is be-
fore the people of Tennessee, and sc
far as we have seen, the comments art
favorable. 1t was strong and manly
presentation of the issues before thu
state, delivered by an honest man whit
desires q square deal in the administra
ton OF the offices of the state. q,
deals with all public questions in
statesman-like way, and is correct OIL
all, as we see it, In dealing with tn
political record of his opponent he doe
not mlnce words, but calls a speech
speech. We predict that Patterson vii
make one Of the strongest canvasse
ever made in the state for governor TO
long time. Jasper Statesman Demo
g crat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-10-04

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