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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
THE pRINIARY-AGAIN.

We print elsewhere to-day the first
of a series OF articles by ex-senator
Lewis H. Machen on the primary in
relation TO its history and its growth
Mr. Machcn. in his article on the pri-
mary. says very truly that 1T is not
believed that any State which has
adopted the primary plan has ever
gone back TO the old system of NOM
nation by convention.
In this connection The Times-Dis-
patch calls attention to an article that
will appear on Sunday, showing the
attitude of the Roanoke convention to
the primary Return postal cards have
been sent to every elected delegate TO
the Roanoke convention. through the
courtesy of the city and county chair
men, and many replies have been re-
ceived, which will be tabulated and
summarized for Sunday. The prompt
ness the delegates have shown in re-
spending to The Times Dispatches in
quiry as 10 how they stood on the
primary leaves no doubt as to the in
terest in this question in Virginia to-
day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
Personal AND GENERAL.


The Hatnaker says that heads are In.
creasins in size.
The Gar has single estate covering 1907
100000 acres.
Figures show that schooltaechers. as a
class, are lonz-lived
he Mexican porter handles loads OF 400
pounds with ease.
II has been estimated that a London fog
weighs 5000 100000 tons.
Raisuli, the Moroccan bandit. is said to
be proud OF his newly acquired British cti-
zenship.
Pawnbrokers in Pekin having refused to
% pe
pawnshops. charging only 10 per cent.
Miss Lenora T. O'Reilly. organizer of the
Nomen's Trade Unions League, estimates
that there are between 100000 and $780,
900 working women In the United States.
During 1907 the Chinese government spent
nearly 100000 for students studying in for
eign countries. Japan got nearly half the
money and the United States about one
fourth
The United States imported from Central
and South America during 1907 goatskins.
cattle hides and crude rubber to the Value
OF So2,i63.33o. and exported TO those coun-
tries Ss.75S,23S of shoes and leather.
a serious problem for the people of Can
No coal of any kind has ever been dscov-
ered in Ontario In the older part OF the
province the timber is practically exhausted
Miss Claudia lie Blanc, of Fall River
Mass, though still under twenty-seven, has
already made fortune of moro than $780,
900. At fourteen she went to work In &
hosiery mill as a mill girl and at nineteen
opened shoe store in Lowell. where sht
now owns thirty tenements and six stores
besides thirty-two tenements in Fall River
and several farms In the vicinity.
Charles J. Glldden of Boston. patron O
sport and giver of the Gldden trophy <fo
tn,,i
G. t0,00O-mile trip by motor, recently arrive,
in London after travelling 5000 miles through
Egypt, Syria, Greece, Italy and France. M.
car was the first to pass through Syria AM
! the Holy Land" said MIR. Glidden.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
THE cur IN STEEL.

Prosperity is not made to order. Con-
,,o,,t,o,s and boosters doubtless help;
sunshine and let-us-alone clubs DO en-
courage: unemployment days stimu-
late but in the last analysis prosperity
docs not come that way. TO have pros
perity men must be employed WAGES
must he paid. productive activity must
be general. Idleness cannot be cured
nv hot air. nor can manufacturers
safely get busy when no jobbers or re-
tailers arc demanding goods.
Like an endless chain, prosperity ana
employment arc inseparably united.
That is why the cut of 81 ton IN
steel bars is so significant. The first
decided omen of returning good times
was the action OF the operatives at Eau
River in accepting reduction of li.94
per cent. IN the wage scale. 1t was bit
ter medicine. that is per cent. cut; but
a man had hotter be busy at 50 cents a
dar than stay idle on dollar day
scale. The operatives believed the en-
blowers when they said that the small
demand for cotton goods meant lower
price, which could pc met only by
reduced cost OF production.
AS result OF this belief $4,000
operatives went back TO work, Not
many. perhaps. seeing that 100000 are
ont of employment, but better than no
employment AT all. Now comes the
next sign of real ncourasement In the
cutting OF prices by the United States
Steel Company. That giant corpora
ton has at length yielded to economic
laws. and as the prices go down the
demand for steel and the number OF
employees in that and allied industries
will increase. imperceptibly at first, but
steadily. With lower steel prices rail-
road construction will begin. and when
that day arrives the expected prosper
ity will have returned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
MR. HAMMOND AS 4 CANDIDATE
FOR yICE-PNESIDENT.

MIR. John Hays Hammond has an
nouneed that he is a candidate for the
nomination of President on the
Republican ticket.
In the industrial field of endcavor
Mr.. Hammond is among the most dis
tinguished of living men. For his SER
vices as mining engineer he receives
the munifcent sum OF 100000 year.
AS the men who pay this amount are
reckoned among the shrewdest of our
captains of industry. men who insist
on getting value received for their ,eX-
penditures. it may be certain that MIR.
Hammond is worth the money,
1t would be mistake, however, to
suppose that Mr.. Hammond's place as
Garner of the largest salary paid In
the world and one of the largest pro.
ducers OF wealth is his only claim to
distinction.
In the very field he now wishes to
enter he has played conspicuous
part. He was among the foremost Of
those instigating mysterious and
picturesque political movements hat
led up TO the Boer War. To take part
in them was not only running the risk
OF death. hut might lead TO charges OF
a highly criminal kind as WELL
Mr.. Hammond experienced almost to
the full the possibilities of the stu
alton AS one of the four leaders in
The unsuccessful jameson raid on the
Transvaal, he was found by the Boer
court guilty of treason and sentenced
to death. This sentence was afterwards
committed to a fine of sl25,o0o.
After such an experience, together
with those Incident to the life of a
mining engineer the world ovor, the
events of an American presidential
campaign-which this year do not
promise to be even of their usual IN.
terest-should have but little attrac.
tfnr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

Quinn" said an old member ono
day. heard YOU worrying about the
mileage. Did you ever hear the story
OF Clay and the salary grab?"
No" l replied. iii
When Clay was Speaker" he cons
tlnued, along about 1916 the crowd
raised their salaries to $500 a year
There was q great howl all over the
country, and when Clay reached home
John Pope, Tedcralist, out after his
SCALP to beat the band, and all the Clay
adherents omnously SILENT. Worried
and anxious Clay sought out his old
barber, who had always been enthusi-
pened TO be an lrishman. II trust
may count on Your hearty support, ns
usual Clay asked, Faith, Mr.. Clay
said the Irish barber. Il think / shall
vote az This time for the man who can
Success
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~ : -
SAVING DAYLIGHT

We have already had occasion to
refer to the plan for saving daylight
which has originated in England This
idea has been embodied in bill which
has been read twice in the House or
Commons, and its object is simply to
give working people chance 10 en-
JOY little more daylight while IT lasts
Apparently this is eating ones cake
and having 1t, too; but really ii
amounts to starting the day eighty
minutes earlier for several months in
the year by advancing the clock twenty
minutes on each of tho first four sun
days in April. In the same way the
clock would be set back twenty min
uies on each Of the four Sundays in
4 September Thus in May, June, july
and. August there Will be eighty min,
Ntes more daylight after o'clock In
the evening, and an average Of forty,
five minutes moro, day during Apri
and September. The chief difficulty If
this plan would he getting the rail
roads and the public generally To un
derstand It's varlations: but when we
consider how little holiday most peo
pie have. and what an hour and TWEEN
ty minutes moro would mean TO ma,
who wants TO ride n bicycle, play golf
20 for a picnic with his wife and chm
dren. or walk, like Isaac in the field
at eventide. il Is certainly worth
serious struggle to make this addition
to life.
No doubt Thousands Of men woul
carry out this plan for themaelye
Yithout need az help from Pasl!atnen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

or Congress but 1t Is difficult for evon
n number to r,ir contrary to tho estab-
lished course OF business. Banks must
close. stores must shut up. business
men must go home. II any such change
az this is to be made Of general ben
cnt But the advantage is so great.
the value of sunlight is so health
giving and so important and the cost
involved is so ridiculously small. that
1T seems we'll worth willie to try to
lengthen the lives OF those millions
VINO have 10 yachts or country plnces;
and even those who have, notably a
rich land owner in Scotland, found 1t
paId to set the clock forward an hour
during tile summer months. in order
that the day might begin earlier and
the sun might shine longer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
And TAFT GETS Rebuff"
MERELY JOKING.
The Selfish Br'.tes.

lne iSeiusu 1bEUtSs.
HUB 81 insured my life to-day. Kate"
Wife: And not mine, too? Isn't that
Just like q man-never thinking OF any
one but himself?"-Boston Transcript.
Untwinned.
Cholmondeiay: You and your sister are
twins, are you not7"
Marjoribanks: eve were when we we're
children Now, however. she is FIVE years
younger than I."-Phlladelphia Inquirer.
Tic Right Size.
Mamma. mayn't go to the fancy dress
ball as q ,nikmaid?"
You are too small
well. can't 1 be condensed nilkmnid?"
London Globe.
Work.
30 you want employment"
Lady" answered Flooding Pete. "you
means we'll, but you can't make work souni
any more invitin' by usln' words of three
sylabes. "--washinston Star.
Cholly Built No Ark.
Towne: why do you call young Fethsr-
brane .cholly? Hts first, name is Noah"
Browne: ''Yes but that's so inappropr-
ate. Noah had sense enough to set in out
Nothing to Say.
Senator. they want YOU to write. an arti-
dency."
I'm"
'"rhey offer 81 per word
Its hardly worth my while. Even II ]
pad, l can't earn over fifty or sixty plunks."
louisville Courier Journal.
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Nothing to Say.
JEERs FROM THE REAR.

A BOUT all the nonscientihc mind can
~ gather from the airshp specifications IS
that IL a flat-chested man leans against
the wind hard enough he can lift himself
by his suspenders.-Brooklyn Standard.
Union.
When the rumors that Colonel Bryan Is
going TO Withdraw can be traced to Colonel
Bryan they will be worth more.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Indiana banker arrested as a horse
thief carried side line unusual even to a
high Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
For the benefit Of Congress the confession
reads: we have done those things which
we ought not TO have done. and have
left undons those things which we ought to
have done, and there Is health in U.s.
Kansas City Star.
my little bride-to be-" was what Tom
knot TO beforehand Oresonian.
Hon. Tom Watson is showing daily that
enc can run for the presidency without be-
Ing any more prominent than the groom is
az wedding.;7 Chicago Post.
Not long ago we We're complaining be
cause the President lacked a sense o humor.
But now that he is going to congratulate
Congress on its good record it appears that
our complaint was not well founded.-Chica-
so Record Herald.
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"ON. DAYS.

William Allen White gives space In
his paper, the Emporia. Kan, Gazette,
to a lament upon the linwelcome recur-
renee of .off days" OFT days are very
different things from days off, OF
which Or. Henry Van Dyke has re-
Gently written with his usual charm.
Days off are delshtful; off days dia-
bolIcal The former may never come.
but the latter, Mr.. White finds, come
to every man upon this earth, and 1t
is not given to him to explain why"
Even the crack baseball pitcher, the
idol of the fans, is not exempt There
comes horr1d hour when he simply
cannot shoot 'em over. When the
game ends, so runs the gloomy mes
sage from Kansas, "and the score Is
99S to 0 in favor of the other fellows,
he goes to some quiet spot and breaks
his heart, where the explosion won't
annoy anybody"
The horrible picture is true. The
very schoolboys recognize 1t with
despondcnt eye. But there Is re-
verse to it, and the name OF that re-
verse is ION days" II there arc days
when a mans work falls miscrablH be-
low bis normal. SO there arc days
when i..leaps superby above 1t. These
are the on days-days when mind and
body are pulling together at their
fullest. when hope draws. ambition
goads and abundant energy responds.
when strength that was never there
before jumps ont to do miracles and
moving mountains is as easy a thing
as biting off a cigar.
All The great work of the world, all
the impossible and Incredible things.
have been done on somebody's on days
A few preliminary off days, doubtless
were necessary to produce them; and
that is a little price to pay for suclt
immeasrrable reservoirs of power.
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Rhymes for / o-Day
TmosIs STATE CONVENTIONS.
WISH could draw me some dead

tE lines htt
That no papcr'd venture to pass
And thus put the ban on some head
lines
That make ME feel life is an ass.
I've conned 'em In all their deductions,
I've stared at 'em till am daft:
Missouri Gives Bryan Instructions"
And Texas for TAFT"
rise very carly and vernnl.
scan the days nnws---it is short:
The cranky aud COMPOUNDED journal
Holds nothing but truck Of this sort.
Religion. art, history. science
There's nnuGht of these tlinEs---only
CUFF
Like Bryan Learns, Georsia's Dc
fianceo
And Taft Gets Rebuff"
I'm sick of this talk Of conventions,
Aye. III till I'm well-nigh insane,
/ pine to go off where none mentions
a delegate or q campaign;
/ yearn to fit Off to some still spot
Where minded courts would en-
Join
The like Of Maine Proves to Be Bills
Spot"
or "Taft Nabs Des Moines."
II. S. H.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

with elastic consciences, who have
long made q speciality Of election IT..
Irregularities, arc naturally grieved at
seeing tho field of their operations
constantly narrowing. They recogniaa
that with all primary aud regular elec-
tions placed upon perfectly fair
basis, with no opportunities for any
kind of juggling, their occupation
would be very nearly gone,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

Says the New York Evening sun:
"The typewriter copy of Senator La
Follettc's great Qong) speech weighs
nineteen pounds" Luckily enough. the
Congressional Record enjoys deadhead
privileges at the post-ofnce.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
Vie Metnl T0mrist.

OF the kprccious metals, gold alone
Is the Sa1ahont silver stays at homo.
attH,ndlns TO the iumdrum work o.
,mhkln IchanEe, and never travels In
adsertlsfd millions from land to land,
AZ leasY after it's first trip from mine
10 mlnf.-NeM York World. .~5 y n h,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

If Frank II. Hitchcock is correct in
his assertion that it will be Taft on
the first ballot" loyal followers of the
Nebraskan should see to it that it is
Bryan on the ballot before the first.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

BY jumping from third to first place
III a single day, the amazing Richmond
ball team has served notice upon the
tailenders association that it will hard
Is find it necessary to kill any umpires
this season
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

The father OF the Duchess of Man
chester holly denies that his daughter
is addicted to Socialism, SO there is
no occasion for the old world to fail
to pieces yet awhile.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

They have opened up Joseph q,
Cannon headquarters in Chicago. What
in The world they will put in 1t no hui
man brain can yet divine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

(Our correspondent Is in error if he
thinks Judge Mann meant The Times
Dispatch by the references quoted. No
statement by Judge Mann to reporters
OF The Times-Dispatch has been sup
pressed or misquotcd.--Ed Times
Dlspatch,) f'1T5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

Colonel jim Nevin, the Georgia ed
itor of the Washington Herald. de-
clares that his native State will go
for Roosevelt should he consent to be
the nominee. We at once suspect that
Colonel Jim has been sampling those
Justly elaborated Whitehouse lunches.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

We take il for granted that June
brides who understand the. manners
and customs OF sas-stove will al
ways be in the greatest demand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
Source Of Amusement.

The primary has the double advantage OF
being popular with the masses and with the
oficeholdcr. safely cnsconced IN Office The
result of 1t In Virginia has been really anus
OF office who were anxious 10 se; in. They
won their fight for the primary and then
lost out In contrasting for Office under IL.
Those most disgruntled with It are the men
who lost. but their record stops them from
iiftins their voice agains, it.-Rockbridge
News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

The uninstruetlons of the Democratic
state Convention in Maryland We're
among the most vigorous we have
heard yet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

John D. Rockefeller while being
Photographed with Cardinal 1,ogue APP
pears to have said nothing In regard
to paying the fine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

Now that the excitement is all over
VIII someone please tell us whether
her name is Mrs. Guinness or Mrs
Gulnness2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

Very likely Bob Evans's son. who
cleaned out a San Francisco dance
hall with gun on Monday night. also
suffers from rheumatism of the Ian
ruara
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

The Indianapolis Stars observation
that the woods are full of men who
wish to marry is not being received
with favor by the press. Esteemed
contemporaries agree that the timber
is distinctly the place for men who DO
not wish to marry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

AS a conversationalist. the Portland,
Ore, woman who can talk nine Ian
guases is nearly in the class with hard
money
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

Taft with the tact Of Jakey Rils
you'd make bigger hit with the q,
a. r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

struggle between the masses of the
raonle who have desired to maintain
tbo control and direction of the party
government against the political bosses
Who have striyen to hold the masses
W Md 4 animation and to control the party
machinery for selfish purposes This
aaaa1ngIv bittcr while in others the
i,osaes have recognized that popular
sentiment was behind tho primaries
and. after eXhaustng every secret
means 10 prevent them, have more OF
l1,lnr demand.s The transition from the
marty. primary To the State primary
has lin most cases been attended u by
fthe same kipd Of struKKle. politicians
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Amend Rather Than Abolish.

We are sure that no one wishes to abolish
the primary system for the nomination of
state and congressional candidates. II the
the objectionable features in It, one OF
(which is the assessment OF candidates for
the privilege of becoming candidates in the
general election. How IL that Objectionable
| feature to be overcome Petersburg Index
ApUeal,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05
Where Primary Is Final.

For reasons pointed out at length in this
paper last week there can be 10 insuperabie
objection to the primary method OF nominal
tion where the primary decides the issue and
where the general election only records the
viii of the primary. It is in fact then the
only ecction.-Henry Bulletin
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Prefer. Conventions.

1t is TO be hoped that the primary for
Governor and for congressman may ba
changed to tho old convention plan or to a
convention named at precinct primaries con-
Quoted for an hour or go on the day selected.
acfimony and dissension in the party ranks
may be In a measure decentralization
Shure Hernld. 49, 49, -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

MY little bride-to be-" was what Tom
Plat called her But it was marriage
knot TO be.-Portland OreEonian.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-05

The Indiana banker arrested as horse
thief carried side line unusual even TO
high financier.-Philadelphi Ledger.
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STATE PRESS
EDITORIAL EXPRESSIONS ON THE SUD-
,1EGT OF TIL; PRIMARY.
Politicians VS.. Primary.
Gircs I'm n Iienrinr

On tho other hand. and We have before
said. the primary has one good fenture---a
most excellent one. Indeed; 1T gives every
voter a voice in the selection Of The non,i
noe OF his party, ahd that, .as we understand
y. is all that is cluinicd for tho arsteri.
This Is truly saying n great deal In favor
or tho primary. We like tho idea OF the
people. all of the people. being given n hear
ing on all matters concerning them. but
FOL the Ire OF us we cannot settle in our
mind whether tho primary with Its good and
PAD TEXTURES should live or die In Virginia.
Mathews Journal.
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(l;opyright, 1908, by Frederic j. Has
kim
To- n1orrow--When America Is
Grown--A Agriculture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-13
SOMERSET.
SMlTHFIELD.

In the report of the school at the
City schoohouse the teachers name
was Miss Lila Merron instead Of as
printed.
William Hughes has a biddy worth
reporting. She recently laid an egg
measuring 61axS1s inches and weigh
ing ounces. Who next?
Most of the sick ones are improv-
ing.
Mrs. Jane Stevens is quite poorly.
Forest Reynolds and Miss Mary
Holmes of Winslow visited the latter's
mother Sunday.
Mrs Arthur Ladd of Waterville
visited her parents over Sunday.
John Nichols was at home from
Augusta Saturday. returning to his
work Sunday. He has sold his brood
mare Moggin to Charles Ward Of Au-
gusta to be used on the mail route. for
which place she will make a good one.
being a fine driver and perfectly
safe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-13
SAGADAH0C.
RICHMOND

Noble Maxwell has some % or 81
teams hauling rocks for the upper
brcakwater. Each team makes good
pay at the price offered. and surely i,
is great benefit to many. as the ice
business is hardly probable this VIM
ter.
Mrs Noble Maxwell went to Angus
Ia Tuesday to call on friends and reia-
tivos.
Maud Griffin entertained large par
ty of friends ard schoolmateS at her
home at the South End Friday even
ins, it being the 18th anniversary OF
her birthday Refreshments were serv-
ed and parlor games We're enjoyed III
quite a lato hour. The hostess was the
recipient of many beautiful presents.
Richmond is surely quite a shipping
depot. Lumber from nearly every sur
rounding town is being hauled to this
place. and our depot master reports
that many cars are now needed to fill
the mary orders. 1t is the busies,
place in town at present.
Miss Florence Wakefield is cutie Ill
at her home on Front street.
Frank Blake and son. Herbert are at
work for *. w. Small on the island