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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
THE LESSON FROM SAN FRANCISCO

THE LESSON FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
While the preponderence of evidence
clearly proved that Mayor Schmitz,
of San francisco, was guilty OF eStor-
ton. as charged. he could not have
been convicted except for the fact
that public opinion demanded It..
Again do we find the value OF that
facter in any community. Had the
people been willing eternally to sub
NIT to the outrageous conditions which
had existed for 80 many years tho
criminal would have escaped, but his
house of defense crumbled when Abe
Ruef confessed. San Francisco graft
has been byword in this country
stroyed by earthquake and fire, the
people from all sections responded
cheerfully to the calls for assistance
and they gave 1t, believing, too, that
no small part of the fund would be
diverted to the pockets of the NUM-
cipal grafters. Fortunately, however
for the good name of the city, the
charge against the Mayor had moth
ing to do with the stealing of money
contributed to the victims Of the dis
aster. 1t was specifically alleged ana
proved that Schmitz, working with
Ruef. had been demanding personal
fees from proprietors of restaurants and
others for concessions which the
10
a consideration. Stripped now of his
honors, degraded and disgraced. he en-
deavors to clear himself by the asser-
ton that his conviction was unjust and
that it was due to the anlmosity Of the
presiding Judge. Most thieves have
explanations of one kind or another.
Schmitz was not representative citi-
zen. He was taken out of an orches-
ira and elected because Ruef, the po-
litical power and dictator, was salts
fed that he could be used as a WILL
ing tool to assist in the plundering OF
the city government. His fine study OF
human nature has been abundantly
justified and established, but he did
not reckon with sentiment, and he
failed to keep in mind the fact more
significant than ALL that patience
ceases to be virtue when munich
pal officer is patron of vice. The
end Of the trial affords comfort to the
citizens, not alone of San Francisco,
but of other communities where they
have been working for civic righteous
ness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL
TODAY.

TODAY.
Ten ut WOmnn's Club, . to 2 r. NJ
Finnl exercises ut Masonic Home
ut $3.50 T.. NJ.
Closing recital of MIR. and Mrs.
Dolling's pupils ln Womnn's Club at
$3.50 T.. NJ.
Mnrringc Of Miss Gertrude Lich-
tcnstein to MIR. Eugene Bloch, In JEFF
fcrsOn Hotel, ut 500 p. NJ.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Oregon can give profitable employment &c
n few thousand of the army OF laborers
whom Eastern railroads propose to dis
charge tho coming summer.-Portland Ore
CONAN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Margaret FaNcctt rs Adele.
Richmonders will witness the first
appearance on tho stage OF little Miss
Margaret Gilbert Fawcett. the bri2nc
and attractive daugher OF Mr.. George
Fawcett and his accomplished VIE,
known on the stage as Percy Haswes:
Ever since little Miss Fawcett could
hold pen, she has been writing plays.
a few summers ago. one was produced
by the children whose parents spend
the summer at SOONEST OFF the Massa-
chusetts coast, and 1t was great sue
cess, encoura ging the young p!aywrlshc
to set to work on drama. which She
intends that her mother shall use some
day as a starring vehicle. Besides hey
aspirations TO become a great play
wright, Miss Fawcett decided some
time ago that she would BIO an actress,
but her parents did not encourage her
In this determination. AT last, though.
they have given in to her wishes. and
she will have her first opportunity az
Adele, Lord Rochester's charming
ward, in Jane Eyre" to be produced
at tho Academy OF Music this week
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
She Might Have Been Worth More.
POINTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHERS.

THE question whether women should
propose. which has been interesting
Now York lately, is really academic
They generally get the man they are after
without proposing.-D News.
Those who sock perpetual pleasure will
find the hunt as difficult that for perpet-
ual Observation-Disclosures American.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
MERELY JOKING.

No Over Pressure.
Where havo you soon latoly. little one?
I haven't seen you at Sunday school for
some time
and music now. SO mother doesn't wish me
to tako religion Just yot"-London Taller.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Consul r. y. Hill, of Amsterdam, reports
that the latest data available gives 3911l
acres of flax grown in the Netherlands In
1904, against, 35,9SG acres in 1908. and 80 :
SiS acres In 1902
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Claudia Randolph johnson, g
East Orange N. j.. Is the guest Of tn
Misses Bland at No. II West Grac
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

HOSPITALITY AND BUSINESS,
Commercialism and hospitality are
not by nature congenial, but in the
matter Of entertaining visitors to a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

with Illustrations by famous artist
In other classes of manufacture, these
varying clements Of cost would show
directly in varying prices at retail
and there Is no apparent reason why
they should not have similar effect
in the manufacture of novels.
The principle is already in full force
with books of all other sorts. There Is
no fixed price for volumes of history,
science or essays. The price of books
gether by the cost Of their pubicn-
ton. The novel should be no excep-
ton to the general rule. 1t should not
furnish, in the words of the PUBLISH
parallel in manufacture or trade. Its
rice should be based. like everything
else, upon the cost of production. And
IL readers must then pay more for some
books. than they do at present, they
would also have the benefit of lower
prices on certain others now sold at
much beyond their real value.
The point, however, Is not so much
to cheaper the price OF novels as 1t is
to put their sale upon fair rational
and more strictly economic basis. The
London Times crusade to reduce the
price of books generally, is, SO far as 1t
applies to works of fiction. beside the
mark. If the lists of best sellers are
any Indication, the modern novel is en-
joying a circulation fully equal to it's
deserts, There is no real need to make
any books cheaper except the standard
ones which have stood the test of time:
and that, fortunately. in such excellent
series as the new Everyman's Library
and various others, is already being
admirably done.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

BY rafting, brilliant Garrison fin,
ish, June may yet vlndicate Mr.. Lowell
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Evelyn Gordon, OF this city
spent Friday with friends In Newport
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
A. Tho Matrimonial Burcnu.

THESE ladies are all eligible"
IT hardly think can go amiss." ID
"Then, how about n nice. affectionatc
wIddor ?"-Washington Herald. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
At the Bijou.

At the Bijou.
The attraction at the Bijou next week
will be one OF the most unique OF tho
season, MY Wifes Family musical
farce comedy in three acts. 1t Is ming
ed on the mother law proposition =
but now twists" are given to the sit
nations, and new ideas are introduced
into the comedy so that the old famii-
lar theme seems entirely new.
The plot deals With the efforts OF a
Young husband, assisted by friend. TO
rid his house of horde OF his WEES
relatives, who seem determined to i've
with and upon him forever He sue
cceds, but not until he has resorted to
everything short of murder. and has
been the storm centre of innumerabie
hairbreadth escapes and complications.
"pown Mobile. a pastoral thriller.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Mamie Woodward, OF Louisa
Va, is visiting friends here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

AS lie knew the Cow.
Ono eastern railroad has n regular form
for reporting accidents to animals on its
right OF way. Recently a track foreman
had tho killing OF a COW to report. In an
swer to the question. disposition OF car
cass?" he wrote: Kind and gentle."-
Evorybody's Magazine.
Ills Ono Weakness.
80 poor Bits gone has ho7 How did ho
die?" IL 54
'.Three tons OF cement fell on his chest"
poor feller! He was always weak there"
-1Iarpers weekly.
She Might Have Been Worth More.
Mrs Benham: ..How much did you pay
Benharn. Five dollars"
Mrs. Benham: You mean. hateful thingi
know you paid $40 when you married
your first wife."-Brooklyn Life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Mary Camp and Miss Mary Cur,
It's are tho guests OF MRS. W ~
Vaughan on North Street, Norfolk,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Tho persistency with which merchant
keep their displays OF straw hats In the shov
windows bospeaks a magnificent faith in tn
promises of tho observation-disclosures Cit.
Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Maggie Jones recently visited
friends in Washington, D. G.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

"Down Mobile, pastoral thriller, =
begins an engagement of week at
the Bijou o-night. This piece Is pick
ed as one of Hal Reds most success
full plays,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Mrs. N. d. Morton is the guest o.
her aunt. Mrs. Puryear, IN charlotte
county, Va,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Entered January al. 1903. at Richmond.
Va. as second-eiass matter. uhoe' 1's -
Congress of March 3, 1873.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
Poems You Ought to Know
No. 1904.
Rondel
ny ALGERNON CHARLES swINBUnNE.

Other selections from this author portrait
sketch have already printed In this seres
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Mary Dempsey, of Millboro, Va.
is visiting Mrs. James Donahoe. sne
MN w. hv Msa Lillian Harris, who spen,
the past winter at school in Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

1t is at least fairly certain that the
Presidents speech at Indianapolis didn't
contain anything of news value to Patriot
E.. II. Harr.nan.-Detroit Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

mr. A. =. Turner has returned from
n short visit to the exposition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. William Roano nave
returned to their home, IN klng any
Queen county, after visit TO F'cH'
mond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Marie Miller has returned iron
n visit to Hanover county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Frances Dell, who he been II
at the Retreat for the Sick severa
weeks. is improving. Her mother
also improving at the same hospital
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Mrs. George NJ. cayco and little
daughter, Virginia, and Miss Florence
Jones, of Cincinnati. O., are the guests
of their brother, Mr.. c. l.. Jones. OF
No. IL 1-2 West Marshall Street. they
will leave for the exposition on June
Gath.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17

Miss Katherine Phillips, of No. 1923
West Grace Street, has left for Lau-
rens. S. c., to be maid of honor at the
marriage OF her friend, Miss Tallulah
Caine, which will take place on We'd
lny M ID
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-17
Chr diu,fg ass Digpatrh
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ny Times Dispatch Carrier 'ery Ser
vice in Richmond tand suburbs, sianehes-
The Washington herald., 1907-08-19
MONEY IN A CITY'S WASTE.
Thousands of Dollars Made Ont of
Manhattan's Dustpan.

troGl the New Iork Tribune.
One Of the minor reforms achieved BY
DR.. Bensel, the new street cleaning com
missioner, throws brighter light on the
value Of the "misceIlanles" hidden in the
rubbish daily swept from the city streets.
Upon assuming Office DIT. BenseI found
one contractor paying $3.50 a week for the
mere privilege of paving over the dirt
captured by public brooms in the Bronx
alone, and another contractor paying
81 .S46.79 weekly for the same privilege ii
Manhattan. The new commissioner
straightway called for new bids. and
probably to his surprise-saw the two old
contractors outbidding a dozen competi-
tors by offering 500 and S2.1I279, respec-
lively. for the Bronx and Manhattan.
AS the bidders have 20 hire skilled
searchers and presumably hope to turn
an honest penny for themselves. the gross
weekly receipts from Father Knicker-
bocller's dustpan must mount merrily into
the thousands The old gentleman throws
away IN his annual sweepings from $4,000
20 10000 worth of old rubbers. ribbons.
wire, pocket knives, bottles corks, but
tons, and ten thousand varieties of lost
valuables ranging from a lock of poor
dead FidO's hair up 10 a 50-karat Kimber-
ley 'sparkler." The noralist is tempted
10 adorn this sad tale Of waste with a
brief sermon on the carelessness of man;
but the statistician gets a strangle hold
on the preacher by noting that the aver
age Manhattanite contributes less than
cents worth Of valuables and invalu-
ables to the municipal dustpan annually
The Washington herald., 1907-08-19
MONDAY. AUGUST 1s. 1907.
Secretary Taft-candidate.

To-day a Columbus, Chic, Secretary OF
War Taft is to deliver speech which is
expected 10 excite the interest OF the en-
tire country. The popular impression is
that the speech's main purpose is formal
y to introduce Mr.. Taft 10 the country as
q Presidential candidate The statement
has been freely made that the speech.
while it is Mr.. Tafts, was submitted TO
President Roosevelt and received his in
dorsement Friends Of Mr.. Taft rather
resent this as rejecting upon Mr.. Tafrs
independence and personality. They de-
clare that he has a mind Of his own and
that IN this public declaration Of the pol
icies he favors and supports he viii
stand squarely on his own feet
But it must be remembered that Mr.
Taft's first duty is 10 his chief. and it i'm
plies no syeophancy or Jusness IN the
charge ti4at Taft is Roosevelt's man"
that he should submit an important
speech on the policies of the administra-
ton to the chief Of that administration.
There have not been wanting defenders
Of Mr.. Taft in his apparent willingness
10 accept the situation Of being nominated
as the successor Of President Roosevelt,
who have pointed out that Jefferson de
sired Madison to be his successor and
that President Jackson chose Van Buren.
These, we think, hurt rather than help
Mr.. Taft's cause, for the American peO-
PIE are not partial 10 any mans man
They want a man of their own.
The truth is that Mr., Taft IS in a deli
cate and somewhat difficult position. He
speaks primarily as Secretary of War;
as a Cabinet minister Of the Roosevelt
administration. Il VIII be interesting
though, as probably the last public utter
ance from Mr.. Taft for some months. As
Secretary of War he Will sail shortly for
the Philippines, where he expects to stay
long enough 10 discharge his official du-
ties. 1t is significant that, leaving Hong
kong, he goes 10 the Philippines in a gov
ernment transport, as BETTING a Cabinet
minister. His two weeks in the Philip
pines concluded. he will leave in a pub
lie steamer as an ordinary passenger for
Dalny. whence he viii proceed by the
Trans Siberian road through Russia, and
thus practically encircle the globe before
returning 10 this country.
There IS good reason for believing that
once his duties toward the Philippines
national assembly are performed. Mr..
Taft's resignation as Secretary of War
VIII be announced. Thereafter Mr. Taft,
private citizen and Presidential candidate.
viii have a free hand and with or with
out support of President Roosevelt, viii
make his own appeal TO the country.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-19

Perhaps the largest element of comfort
for those who view with apprehension the
rapid spread of socialism in Europe is
found in the great tide Of emigration
from the old countries to the United
States. the land which holds out the
greatest promise Of success for intelli-
gent individual effort, and asks no ques-
tons concerning the plane from which
that effort IS TO be directed.
Doubtless not one in a thousand Of the
many millions Of aliens who find their
way to these golden shores is sufficiently
versed in the lore Of social economics TO
clearly dinerentiate between socialism and
individualism. But it is a fact which
needs no demonstration that nearly all
who come IN the steerage looking for new
homes are attracted by the open door of
opportunity for which America has be-
come famous. To most OF them this may
take the concrete form Of higher wages.
but the abstract principle is as truly hack
Of it as is the idea Of Deity behind the
pagan's worship Of his clay god And
TO many Of the embryo citizens and the
majority OF their descendants il will in
time mean the opportunity for individual
economic growth and emancipation from
social serfdom. 1t VIII mean, in short,
the opposite of what socialism in its radi-
cal Phase-the phase Of which Herr Bebel
ard his kind are leaders-is striving to
attain. The submersion OF the individual
in the mass and the sitting OF personal
opportunity for the fancied good Of the
herd: in other words, the enforcement OF
mediocrity in all fields Of human endeavor.
that the Incapable may not be outrun by
the competent
However. recent criminal history in this
country goes far toward diminishing the
satisfaction 10 be had by students Of
economies from this apparent popular
recognition Of the supremacy Of the indi-
vidual and the desirahility OF that su-
premaey being maintained. The growth
in the United States Of such organizations
as the Hunchakist, the Black Hand, and
many others less well known simply be-
cause their operations are less bold and be-
cause Of the apparent inability Of the po-
The Washington herald., 1907-08-19
MR. TAFT AS A CANDIDATE.
some OF the Difficulties in the Way
of His Nomination.
non Haper's Weekly.

From Hafper's Weekly.
Secretary Taft is the candidate Of the
Ohio Republican organization for the
party's Presidential nominee in 1908. Sen
ator Foraker asserts that he is not. there
fore, necessarily the candidate Of the Re
publican voters. Other things being equal
and remaining as they are. it Is fair 10
say that Senator Foraker IS probably mis-
taken IN supposing that the Republican
convention viii not sustain the State COM
mittee. The Republican State convention
Of next year Is likely to ratify the action
Of the Republican State committee Of this
year ANY State, notably Ohio. will take
the Presidency If II can get il, and there
is no one in Ohio, considering the political
situation as It is to-day. except Secretary
Taft who stands the ghost OF a show for
the nomination. Whether the Secretary
Of War will have the votes OF the dele
gates from many other States is another
question. Mr.. Taft, as is well known,
now strongly desires the nomination. al
though. as is also well known. he did not
desire it in the early part Of the year.
he now probably could hold Ohio without
the aid Of the President. but il is doubt
ful II he can secure the delegates Of any
other important State with or without Afr.
Roosevelt's aid.
1t is one thing to favor Mr. Roosevelt
for third term it Is quite another thing
TO favor any one whom Mr. Roosevelt
may designate. AS matters stand at pres
ent, II Is likely that Gov. Hughes Will
have the support of New York, and, It
may be, Of New Jersey and Massachu-
setts Although Senator Lodge viii try
70 carry his State for Mr. Taft, IL is not
likely that Senator Crane wiz assist him.
Illinois viii be for Cannon; Indiana may
still be for Fairbanks; Pennsylvania is
for Knox. and may not be for Taft for
second choice. Mr.. Tsft's candidacy.
furthermore. was brought forward too
early From now on he will be discussed.
and ne viii suffer from being considered
as designated heir Americans have
never taken kindly to designated heirs.
Here are some OF the difficulties in AIr.
Taft's way, and yet it would be the part
Of unwisdom 10 say that the Republican
party VIII not nominate the man whom
MT. Roosevelt designafes
The Washington herald., 1907-08-19
Arbitration-Why Not?

Differences between corporations serv-
ing the public as do the telegraph COM
panies, and their employees are just those
which should be subject to arbitration.
The issues in the telegraph strike are
confused and III understood. Vice Presi-
dent Beattie. Of the Telegraphers' Union,
says that the strikers are asking only for
what is fair. and that they want the pub
lie with them. There could be no better
way of demonstrating that the union de-
mands are fair, or Of gaining public sym
pathy, than by submitting the strikers
cause 10 arbitration.
On the other hand the telegraph COM
panies should welcome an opportunity TO
place their case before the people II
they have good reasons for declining 10
grant the requests Of their employees. the
public is entitled to know them, and no
better way exists to present them in
favorable light than by resort TO arbitra-
ton
What reason is there for not arbitrating
the telegraphers' strike?
Both sides profess unlimited confidence
in the justice of their respective positions.
and on that basis neither should hesitate
TO submit its claims TO a fair and judicial
examination. Let the strike be settled by
arbitration, and settled right
The Washington herald., 1907-08-19

mother country 10 come to an agreement
having for its purpose the preservation
Of a certain fixed standard of naval
power, beyond which neither country
should go? And would IL not be possible
for France, Spain and perhaps some
othel countries deslrous Of limiting naval
expenditures, to become parties TO such
an arrangement? There are. OF course.
serious objections TO partial limitation
VI ornaments, but there is apparently no
alternative to partial Limitation but a
universal increase Of naval and military
forces, with their accompanying drain
upon national finances. The problem of
reducing the worlds military burdens, in
spite of its rather summary dismissal by
The Hague Conference, is one that must
continue 10 engage the attention Of
statesmen. From, the financial stand
point if from no other, it is Of pressing
Importance.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-19

From the Philadelphia Press.
If a small portion of the alertness
which courts show in protecting their
Own authority and dignity were en-
ployed in protecting witnesses and litl-
ganis from abuse. Misrepresentation, and
defamation by the opposing lawyers. cur
courts of justice would be more worthy
of their name. Honorable lawyers are
not open to this charge. but there are
members Of the bar who do not come
within this description. These can be
kept within the restraints of decency
only by the use of more vigorous au-
thority than judges are usually willing
to exercise habituaIly over those who
practice at their bar