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NEGLECTED. OFFICE.
Many, However, Willing to BeEln with
Little Aversion,

Many, However, Willing to Degln with
Little Aversion,
Vice Presidents in these days arc
made, not born. 1t has never been the
custom to encourage little boys to
extraordinary endeavor by telling them
that they may some day be Vice
President" but there was time when
the question of nominating a man for
thls office distressed the nominating
statesmen almost as much as the task
OF naming the hest man in the party ,
lol tue presidency. II is different now.
II the nominating statesmen can be AS
sured that they are naming the best
man; or the most available candidate, :
tue vice. president may shift for him
self--as long as the traditional geo.
graphical requirements are fulfilled 1t
doesn't matter much who "hangS on
to the tail of the ticket"
Yet the. office of President OF
the United States is potentially as im-
portant as that of the President. ii
should be filled by man as capable
of assuming, the duties OF President
as the one selected to act as the chief
eSecutive Of the nation. There Is nc
however great intellectually or other
| wise, can overshadow or displace the
/ President, The office in this instance
carries the man. And the best policy
| of partisanship would dictate that in
nominating a candidate for second
place care should be taken to select a
man entirely fitted to nh vacancy il,
the office of President. The office of
| Vice President may he subordinate Ii
| Itself, but 1t should always provide the
best material for an emergency
i We may forget the names of our
II Vice Presidents; 1t has frequently hap
pened that we have been compelled t,
stop and think long time before W,
could recall the name of the incum.
bent but that is not a sufficient rea
son why we should risk the sequel O
4 universal wonderment that such an or
binary man should have been nominal
dlsproportioned to his merits. desert,
or ability to FIJI it-San Francisco Call
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Not scnior,CounscI.

Editor of The Times ID ispatch
Dear Slr,--f notice In this morning Is
issue of your paper an item entitled
Lawyer Elected from Court Room
in which you state that W. M. Justis
was attorney for Powhatun county,
and senior counsel for said county, In
certain proceedings then pending be-
fore the Corporation Commission.
beg to ask that you correct this state
mont by proper publication In the next
issue of your paper to correspond witt:
the true facts In said case, which were
as follows.
Mr.. Justis did not in any way rep
resent PowEatan county as attorney
but the interest OF Powhatan county
was represented by myself, and there
fore vas the senior counsel in said
case. Mr.. Justls merely represented
some Of the shippers and patrons OF
the Underwater and Western Railroad
Company, who would have been AFFECT.
ed by the proposed change in rates
and schedule. l feel that 1t is my
duty to see that your item is so cor
rected as TO prevent the public from
laboring under the impression that the
counsel for the county was In an.
way to blame for the sad incident ant
also to prevent the public from be.
licving that Mr.. Justis was the coun.
tvs attorney. and as such was elected
from one of the highest tribunals ii
this State because of misconduct. 70,
Will therefore correct your Statement
in this mornings paper according t
the facts set out herein. and oblige.
Yours very truly,
MILTON p. 3BONIFANT.
Richmond, Va. June II, 1905.
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PERSONAL ANp GENERAL,

The Chicago fire occurred October ana
Q. 1871. About la5,oOo people were rem
dcred homeless and over 10000 buildings
We're destroyed. The loss estimated
az 5000, 00o,0 600, and the of the burned
district was about 1880 acres.
The clock for the public building in Phil
adephia Is the second largest in the world
ameter, which gives distance CT about
foot to be traversed by the end OF a
minute hand every minute. Its place IS
$50 feet above the street.
George II. Worthngton, of Cleveland o..
has STAMP collection that experts esti-
mate Is worth $4,000. Ii is stated to be
the finest in the United States. The next
most valuable collection of stamps in this
country is owned. by Henry j. Duveen, Of
New York.
The great military. naval and Industrial
mense quantity of iron SO far, rs the pres
ent developments indicate, 1t Is impossible
70 provide sufficient ore from the mines of
Japan and Korea TO meet the expanding
wants of the country. All Indications poinr
- China as base for Japap's iron supply.
Mrs. Tiny Liza Roux. a Boston girl claims
to be the first woman In the world to ride
ana propel an arship, which is her ow.,
| property Her balloon ascensions are well
known to New England people. who have
| pronounced them most successful. She is a
| little woman. weighing less than 40 pound s.
Exclusive of warships, transports and
vessels under hfty tons the ship tonnar q
! entering and leaving the port of Singa pore
straits settlements. in 1907, was IA, 900 90.
tons Singapore is the trade clearing ust
| OF the East, with free labor, military pro.
lection. superior banking facilities and q
magnificent harbor. soon to be improved al
cost of $4,000, 900,
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q =
NOT NOMINATED VET.
Rule Is Hard Fight. with Chance for
Dark Horse,


Dark Horse.
On the face of the situation Mr.. Tart
enjoys a commanding lead, and is as
sured OF the nomination on the hrst
ballot. But there's many a slip 'tWlNt
the cup and the lip" and no candi-
date Is sure OF the prize until IT Is
his by official notice.
In 1850 Stewards friends went to
Chicago perfectly sure that he would
he the nominee lie had Chase to
great menace to the New Yorker. That
iroll country lawyer OF Illinois had
heen "mentloned." but the Eastern men
did not take him seriously, although
they were willing to think OF him for
the second place II he was big enough,
The result was totally unexpected en-
cept to- two or three shreWd Illinois
politicians who played Ltncoln's game
with consummate Skill.
In 1875 Blaine, the most consplcrous
candidate, was defeated by comblna.-
ton Of circumstances, some of which
arose lust before and during the con.
vention sessions. In 1880 the Grant
men went into convention more conf
dent than the Taft men of to-day. But
the third term scheme and the hopes
OF all the. other candidates went to
naught before a cleYerly turned an
| eloquent speech from Garfield and q
noisy man In the gallery. IN 1884 the
| Blaine arrangements Worked smoothly
| and he won the prize, hut In 1888 It
| vas again an incalculable problem
chance. cunning work and Fatigue al
| the delegates rather than any &prislna
lstrepgth gave Harrison the nomlna'
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IN CONGREGATIONAL speech.

Here is one alleged to have been
made May 2oth. tits by Mr., Hobson,
as follows:
Mr.. sspeaker.-Under the leave to
print granted by the House, ], desire
article from Everybody's Magazine, by
Lieutenant Johnson, United States
Army whose statements are accurate
and whose conclusions are conserVa-
tive and inevitable:
Then follows the article, several
pases OF fine type. On the day before
he did tho same trick with along ar
ticle from the cosmopolitan Magazine,
Thus the congressional Record Is made
Ships and excessive appropriations,
This il getting far astraV from The
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OPEN poor IN THE EAST.

The omen door policy that enid OF
Secretary Hay, has recently received
ms strong communication as words can
give from Baron Takahira, Japanese
Ambassador to America. on the oc-
casion OF receiving a degree of LII. d..
at Princeton, Baron Takahira took the
opportunity. while standing in the
same spot where Secretary Hay had
stood when he had received his degree,
to say:
1T is my conviction. fas frequently
declared, that = country to be truly
prosperous should have peaceful and
prosperous neichbors. The principle
of open door and equal opportunity
which is the best means TO prosper our
neIghboring countries, Is at once what
is required for our own prosperity and
therefore exactly adapted 10 our cher
ished desire. and / hope you WIN asree
with me when ! say that because Mr..
Hay was the father of that policy !
can consider myself. by virtue OF the
close relations / had with him, as one
of its guardians, and / assure YOU that
will do my utmost in fulfilling the
great responsibilities thrown on my
shoulders in consequence of the dis
tinguished honor by your great uniNer-
sity in consideration of the diplomatic
position l am now occupying
That the Japanese minister should
have employed such language, which
in idea is exactly the same view of
national duty and government as that
which Richard Golden so strenuously
and efficiently taught, goes q loag way
TO establish the unity of all truth
America's trade with Japan in the
Orient is matter of vital Importance
to the South, and Americas opportun-
ity in the Orient depends upon main
tanning the attitude of fairness which
herself the openttfoer- she was willing
to accord all tbthtr nations.
A month or so ago there was great
talk of friction with the Japanese II
Manchuria, and it has been only tor
customary for the American press an,
people, following the leadership of tina
Visionary young man from Alabama
10 regard the Japanese as constitu
tional enemies. To all such, the words
of Baron Takahira must como as
refreshing change. What Japan need
is rest and recuperation; what Amer
lea needs is an open door ana asful
understanding Of Oriental problems.
Doubtless the iingoes Will proclaim
that Baron Takahra could say nothin
else and that all of his expression
should be discounted hut this at leas
has been accomplished that his wis
words are true, whether they are I'm
derstood or not, ana they have game
WIDE publicity and should go far /
awakenS better understanding be
tween countries that may be turne
into open hostility through II
Vaccinations OF yellow Journalist
self-seeking politicians and mob ora
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ton. In Sse Mr.. Harrison was nomi-
mated, but Notwithstanding the nd
vantage he enjoyed as boss Of the
national civil service. the result Was
by no means a foregone conclusion. In
1896 Mark Hanna's genius made Me-
Kinley's nomination certain before the
delegates assembled and In 1890 and
1904 everything was cut and dried
tions, and probably 1896 would have
been pretty much a free for all had it
not been for FIanna's exceptional aptt :
|tude for the special work needed The
rule is, a. stIfr fight with tleSchances
In favor Of a dark horse. The event
In 1908 Is Just as uncertain as that
OF any Republican convention In the
past,--St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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Ills Only Excuse for Opening IT.
TABLE TALK IN TEXAs

From the Houston Post.l
IT HE Texas bankers viii hold their con-
venton next year In Houston. Then
they Will have opportunity to see
how smoothly the Houston banks outcleal
the banks OF Washington. Richmond. Nash
Vile and Charleston combncl
Now Houston records $4,000 diamond
robbery which. though small compared witt
its 100000 affair, Is still big enough 70
cause, Washington. Richmond, Charleston
and Nashville TO sit up and take notice.
1t is not our nature to boast of sordi
things. but facts cannot he escaped
Houstons bank clearings last week exceed,
ed those of Washington. Richmond. Nash
Vile and Charleston combined. For its size
Houston is the champion bank clearer o
the country.
a Virginia educator told the graduate
from Richmond Academy they should go int
politics. This advice is probably based a.
the fact that II is almost impossible to eafl
a living by work in Virginia.
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UnHt for tic Office.

TIC SUGGESTION of secretary Cortel-
Is unwelcome. Mr.. Cartelyou, who was
originally a stenograpller and cont.
dental clark at the White House, is a
very ACKNOWLEDGMENT to nut in al
he can act under orders. or his WORTH
lessness when. left To his own re-
sources. especially il,7 an emergency,
there is sufficient testimony in the
retary OF the Treasury at the time at
the near-panic last fall, no put such
q man In Il position where the merest
accident might make him President
be perilolls. ProYiienca journal
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Dipped From the Stream
Dny After Decorations.


The old vets were at 1t again yester-
day.
Eestrewins the graves OF the Blue
and the Gray:
With flags and with flowers they COW
cred them over.
Father, AMI brother, and husband, ana
lover
Then back to the muffied drums beats
marched to town.
Broke ranks, and proceeded their sor-
row 10 drown:
The glasses were filed full high up
to the brnl
And grief had no choice, but to Jus.
sink or swim.
They're noys once again, and the pain
in the back
and the rack
Through the streets of the town they
dance, skip and run,
The whole ,Eurg is theirs, give 'en
room for their fun.
Yes, let ,em so on, they'll not be here
long.
Tell your war tales, old boys, and sing
Wen hold the old fort in the front
of your mouth
You did moro for us all over the
South
y ~
blood.
In the Railways of peace, with tlle
spear and the sword:
Yet sad IS the story. from Texas t.
Maine
Lie heaps OF the boys in the streets
'mong the slam.
Like the leaves of the forest wher
summer Is green,
The boys with their banners at sun
rise were seen:
Like the leaves of the forest whcr
autumn hath blown.
The boys On the morrow were rount
the town strown.
For the peer angel spread his wings
on the blast,
And brea.hed in the nose OF the ranks
Their lips moved but once to drinl
their last fill,
They sleep where they fell, and TIL
D. II. KINNEY.
Richmond. Va, May 81, 1908.
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PREVENTING FLOODS.

The recent floods at Kansas City
again emphasize the imperative need
Of wellwooded watersheds. The at
tention that has been drawn to the
cause OF foods has taught the whole
people the lesson that the primary
tating torrents is not SO much the
rainfall as the failure OF the hillsides
to retain the rain long enough to al.
low it to run off gradually. BY strip
ping the forests and thereby destroy
ing the soft earth and roots and leaves.
which originally held the water, the
mountain sides have become enormous
roofs for gathering and emptying mil
lions of gallons OF water into the river
courses. Hence the floods, and, most
of all, hence the utter destruction OF
mountain sides for the purposes Of
cultivation by the washing out to sea
of millions of cubic tons of arabic
and unfortunately, irreplaceable soil.
In the mountains OF Virginia lum-
W. iiiS petl tdIlleu vi III an ~
travagant and reckless way, with con-
sequent damage to the forest resources
Of this State. but so far the State has
been singularly free from floods and
this Is due to the rapid return of
woodlands. All around Richmond, for
example, and along the railways that
traverse the State the pine and oak
forests are creeping back with strik-
ing rapidity. So great is the vitality
of the yellow pine that 1t will repro
duce itself in ten wears, and all over
the State to-day this valuable and
valiant tree is seeking to repair the
{ ravages of reckless lumbermen.
What Is being done by nature in the
Southsde and Piedmont sections
| should be helped by law in the Appa.
lachian sections of Virginia. Unlike
our coal mines. the forests can be re.
! stored, but there is no reason in fore.
! Ing another generation to suffer be.
cause wanton destruction has beer
committed by this one. The example
| of the old field pine shows the posi-.
| bility and the speed with which bar,
| tracts of Virginia could be reforested
| 1t should be done
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made machinery. Each new customer
means Al, Improvement in tile methods
of cultivation and Nh addition to the
wealth OF the world Apart from, the
interest the stockholders and the pub
lie feel in the report of the earnings
of this company, 1t is very gratifying
to sec how widely and how greatly the
foreign trade OF America is spreading.
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Voice Of the People
Tic Original Words ito the rune of
~ btf SN11t 4 In. s1fsf5 MI 80 r.

"Dlxic.v
Editor of the 'riines-D ispatch
Stills not the New York World in
error IN giving the original words OF
"Diyie'' tltus: "Cinnanon seed and
sandy BOTTOM? I have cut out OF the
newspapers from time to time every
thing have seen pertaining to "Dixie.'
and the original words--soJ old Con-
federates tell nc--nre these:
II wish I was in the land OF cotton,
'simnon seed and sandy bottom,' etc.
Not cinnamon seed
Tile version have quoted is the one
which, IN my opinion, should stand.
There, Is yet another version which
/ have heard: r
"DiSie's land is the land of cotton,
'sinimgn seed rice, and rosln"
To change the words as suggested
in certain quarters, would spoil the
whole thing
Anton Tlubnsteln, when he toured
this country. wrote q long and difficult
set of variations on Yankee Doodle"
which he played. The tune Of Dixie"
however, liz superior to yankee Doc
ole" and cur Northern friends cant
Keep still when they hear the bands
play It. Tliey become as enthusiastic
as our Southern people.
EI2N EST L. BOILING.
E Richmond June IL, 1905.
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Dettirr ana nnce-Crow,l..

TO the "lovers of sport" folks who
say they go to the track to be out in
the air. "like to see good race, who
ever wins and thousands of otl,ors
70 whom, tllc betting is immateral or
lncidental, we beg to quote the eNpe'
Chicago, Mh,n betting WIS abolished
~ June, 1904, II memory serves, some
thing llke $4,000 people attended the
first days betless races, When II Was
vent the second day, the third day q
tew stragglrrs We're there. and shortly
NJ ny Ter the trilek was closed.--NeW YORK
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THE PARDON Or POWERS.
End of Case Which Was Embcddc
In lie POliticS of II Sfufc

In Tie poiitic. NJ m :. SIM 'su"eo
Seldom in the records Of nririn,1
iuyisnrudenno ' 10 it ,bo " cliHiillul
TO match that of raIa, po,s,,. d , WAY
with lin" ITov,,,.d Ias. WIZ, o., VIZ,
n partlon Nv Inc c.nror mo- ~ T. sianiuu
When tl,e nassions of me- a -
ii is easv For Fate ~ 49, go vnJ,.e ~
relentless destinv aronnS = I,rn,a mg i;fs ~
When the na a. W." q u't,an iile.
famed nc ;yare thos - tn. ~ az
of tho nartias IN KentnuL tn , iGuusss
tho c,ection ~ Tn,.1n, NY aoi rna,iaS
snatchnd tha nff;na $50, ~, ee.''.
then ~ IL nI,,oait it a IN! ey iolce
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Pearls OF Price.

Enormous as ii Is, the fl0,6o0 paid at
Christe's the other day for a pearl
necklace, has been exceeded, at least
once In u sale by auction. All the sale
Montrose, the bidding for neck!qce
OF eight rows of 4i2 pearls, opened
~ $4,000. and rose rapidly by bids of
fl,ooO, fSpO and smaller sums. mtll II
reached ell,S2o, nj which figure 1t was
Knocked down to j. lIill.-Dundee Ad.
yartips~ - \, ~ $500
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THE HARVESTER rnusr rolLows

SUIT.
When the sugar trust made its rirs,
financial statement, every onlookor
knew that a serious breach had been
made in the wall of secrecy that the
great trusts had built around them.
selves. and though the sugar trust re-
port was not as fun or explicit as could
have been desirea 1t was far more than
II had ever given previously. Now
comes the harvester trust. and takes
the public into its confidence by max
Ing a detailed statement of its earn
ings and expenses.
The report just issued shows that for
the year ending December slsr the
company had on hand sl5G,00oo 900 of
i assets, OF which s5o,ooo,ooO was repre-.
ssnted in finished products and raw
Il materials. OF the balance of the as.
sisets. s8s00o,o0o We're loans made TO
farmers and implement dealers in al
parts OF the world, while the income
account showed total sales Of $4,000.
900 for the same year.
N These sales are made all over the
I woiiaa. England Central Europe, Rus
1 sia. South America, Africa, Australia
/ Elharia and the Argentine are al har
S<ssinS their crops with American
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Borrowed Jingles
nAtIApn or TilE HARDY ANNUAL.

pESJtiSNbIS w - - ,.tNsS'S = 49,
Many n jest that refuses TO die
Bobs up ngain ns the seasons appear Y
Dentliless IL hits us again in the eye
Chnngclesa and dull as the calendar year,
Musty and moldy ard yellow and serc,
Stronger witlill, than the sturdlest oak;
Ancicnt and solemn and deadly and
dtcar--
Down with the funeral Joke!
soon as the snow has forgotten TO fly
All through the day of the lcatherN
sphere,
Jokelcts an, pictures and vcrses we spy
All on the theme of the grandmother
dear
comets umbrellas and buckets OF beer
Please us ana tickle us Quite to the choke.
Button this matter our attitudes clear
Down with the grandmother-funer Joke!
Gisgls we can at blueherry pie:
Scream at a comedy king or Amer:
Simply Euffaw when the FISHERMEN guy
Marriage or anything else we revere.
Why. what In others arouses tenr
Al OF our rsib!es simply unyoke.
But from this stand we're unwilling to
Down with the Acknowledgement Joke!
L'ENNoI.
Brothers in motley. the season is here.
Small Is the boon that we sadly invoke,
Butcher II, murder It, jump on Its car
Down with the grandmother funeral Joke!
Franklin i. Adams. in New York Mail.
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THE rnANslENcE OF pEMAGoGy.

In times of boundless prosperity
voters care apparently very little for
ANYTHING except success The laws OF
political economy, the laws of ordi-
nary business prudence, the laws of
international ard personal morality
are ,winked at or openly derided. But
given sharp attack of hard times. and
doughtiest boomer begins to mediate
on the shortness and uncertainty of
prosperity and the immutable strength
of moral principle.
If anybody had said last June, In the
/ height Of the railroad batting mania
/ that Hoke Smith, the demagogic prince,
would be defeated by silent little Joe
| Brown none except the personal adj
lherents of the campaigning Brown
would have hearkened, and yet the
unexpected happened. Like many an
other promiser, Ex-Governor to-be Hoke
Smith found that 1t was one thing to
promise reduction Of S4000000 in
4 railway rates that were to be saved
for the shippers, and quite another
to perform that promise without utterly
ldisorganzing the business Of the whole
country.
/ There must always be those who rise
lIup and lead many away after them to
4 perish in the wilderness but it is
sometimes a comfort to note that the
headers perish also.
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Ks To-morrow-The Great Third Term
Fight sa58ss;ly ~

proper use Of the Congressional Re-
cord The abuse Of this publication
has taken on the proportions of3poltti-3
cal prohtgacy anyway.--0hio State
journal.
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Those denials of Secretary William
Loeb's candidacy for second place on
the ticket seem singular waste OF
expensive white paper.
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The Chicago convention hall viii
accommodate 1900 persons, The othe,
500 who attend will be expected tc
make use OF the straps
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AS soon as Senator Gore secures his
sight, we intend to ask him candidly
what he thinks Of the Republicans,
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Possibly the Republicans suspect the
orthodoxy of those few Of their num-
bers who have not yet been mentioned
for the vice presidency.
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How happy we should all be II the
average railroad had as efficient a
claim department as Frank II, Hitch
cocks!
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There is one thing the amazing ball
team of Richmond simply will not do
this season, and that Is tail-end.