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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-02
TAFT EXPLAINS
WARNING GIVEN
States His Yale Address Ap-
plies to the Tariff Rails
ing SoIons.
TALKS TO NEWSPAPER MEN
PRESIDENT FEARS REPETITION
or REPUBLICAN, SMASH IN 1894
WANTS MORE PARTY CON-
sERvATIsM.

Washington. July 2.-President TAFT
at the White House last evening, gave
an interview to newspaper men in
which he amplified the meaning of his
remarkable utterance at New Haven
Wednesday night when he sounded a
note of warning to his party in refer
ence to tariff legislation. The presiden.
talked with the utmost freedom, but
with the assurance that he would not
be quoted in the first person, which is
the standing White House rule.
AS the time is near at hand when
the president will take personal part
in the final adjustment of tariff sche-
dulles it was not inopportune for him to
send the note OF warning to those who
have been daily raising rates to an ir-
rational point.
The president is an ardent exponent
Of the doctrine of free raw materials.
He was gratified with the action of tho
house in removing such raw materials
as hides, petroleum, coal, ETC., from the
dutiable list and he hopes that the con-
ference will leave them on the free
list.
Insists Upon Reductions.
His sincere belief is that the new
tariff measure will De a good bill If
the reduction each branch of congress
has ordered are acquiesced in by the
other. He believes that between the
two the republican pledge of revision
would be fulfilled in a large degree
and the new law could be defended be-
fore the people.
But Mr.. Taft's warning note at
Yale is not intended to foreshadow
such a possible disruption of the par
ty as that which followed the passage
of the Wilson German bill in 1894,
which President Cleveland permitted
to become law without his signature
after denouncing it in measured terms.
Thus far the presidents relations
with Messrs. Cannon and Aldrich
have been harmonious and it is his
expectation that the pending bill will
be whipped into shape without the
cleavage in the party which resulted
from the '94 revision. He believes
that many of the increases written in
the bill by the senate lately are for
trading purposes when 1t reaches con
ference.
The president made clear that he
had never consented to limit of two
years on the life of the corporation
tax or any other limit, thus correcting
an impression Senator Aldrich gave to
the senate a day or two ago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-02

Hewitt-In this world man IL either
q hammer or an anvil Jewett-You
mean either an automobile or a pedes-
trian.-New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-02
SPECIALS FoR THE FOURTH.

Plenty Of nice large fresh. sweet
pickle. or smoked beef tongues. also a
fine large lot of dressed spring chick
ems, FRYERS Cold boiled ham and
all kind of prepared luncheon meats.
SCHWEGMAN'S MEAT MARKETS
Phones 1854 and 2204. 30-1-2-3
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-02

SARAH ELIXABMIH:
Those mufi1ns you liked 20 well were
made from Gold Medal Flour. LIzD.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-02
For Your Picnic.

See Schwegman's for your Hams.
any kind and size. to slice or small
Hams to boil whole; q very fine lot Of
lean. thin. breakfast bacon. Order 4
fine Beef Tongue. Fine large Spring
Chickens to Fry. Phones 1854 and
11ol. 1-3t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-02

than a minute at 3
time. My doctor
said an operation
" q 8 the My
chance / had, and
I dreaded it almost
as much as death.
One day I was
reading how other
women had been
cured by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
and decided to trV
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

evangelist. But at times Mr. Jones, like
many another zealot hit the wrong dog.
and sometimes the dog howled. and some
times he was sorely wounded. and some
times he was kfled-in reputation. we
mean-and a grievous wrong was done.
albeit at the hands OF an earnest and
consecrated minister. OF course.
We never liked BENJAMIN Franklin's old
suggestion, Honesty IS the best policy, "
because, as we have said before. we do
not Ike the idea of making a policy Of
honesty IN any cireumstanees-a mere
policy And yet Franklin was a great
and good man. We honor and revere his
memory. and we hold him up as a model
Of excellence 10 young Americans. That
IS all right. 10 be sure. Homer nodded
now and then. and even Franklin and
Sam Jones could say things that would
better have been left unsaid.
II is not charitable TO assume that the
hit dog always howls The man who
makes a business OF throwing rocks does
not always throw them accurately, more's
the pity
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
RecInrocnl Trnde ReIatIons.

From the New Orleans Daily States.
America. under the domination OF the
Republican party, is leading in a reac-
tionary movement looking to the restric-
ton OF those reciprocal trade relations
which are so conducive TO advancement
In prosperity and enlightenment and its
policy. unless checked. must inevitably
result IN the segregation OF the nations,
bitter and costly commercial wars in neu-
tral territory. and the eventual confn-
ing OF the trade OF each country within
the limits OF their respective boundaries.
II VIII simply mean a return. after a
long and circuitous route. 70 the unsatis-
flying conditions from which we emerged
as a result OF much patriotic effort on
the part Of that splendid line OF states
men who conducted the American gov
ernment IN the early years Of its history.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
A Wandering Statue.

Somewhere IN this country there is a
lost statue OF John c. Calhoun. Any
person finding himself in its presence
may learn Of something 70 his advan-
tage by communicating with the authori-
ties at Charleston, 5. c. This work OF
art disappeared during the civil war. nut
Charleston has just begun 10 mourn Its
loss, and viii not be comforted. II pub
hcity Will aid IN the search. 1t is a pleas
ure to make that contribution toward
the recovery Of this work OF art ana the
consequent assuaging OF the grief Of a
bereaved city.
The tale OF this wandering figure OF
a statesman begins IN distant Rome,
where It was wrought into the form Of
life by the cunning hand Of the Ameri-
can sculptor. Powers The imaginative
hand OF the artist transformed the South
Carolina statesman into Roman sena-
tor. clad in the iconoclastic drapery OF
toga. In its voyage across the sea. the
statue met the misfortune Of n broken
arm. which was mended with the best
skill Of a stonecutter in New York City.
This ought 10 aid IN its Identification.
Set up in the city hall OF Charleston.
this Ulysses OF marble resumed its Jour
neyings upon the approach Of Northern
troops. Thereafter. its Odyssey is OF
varied version. One tradition says that
II was buried 20 save II from the IN
vaders; another that II was removed 10
Columbia; another that It was captured
by the Union army and carried North
OF Mason and Dlxon's line as a trophy
OF war
It would seem that the last Of these
tales should be erased from the list OF
conjecture. stalwsrt as they were. Il
is not credible that the men OF sher-
mans army would have been disposed
to add an heroic figure Of marble 10 their
impedimenta. Moreover, the possession
Of a captive statue OF a Southern states
man would have been the wonder OF a
camp. and the story OF its laborious
transportation would surely have become
fretfully enduring reminfscence. Never
theless. It would be an act OF kindness
for the curators OF art galleries In the
North TO pass in review their silent
charges. just 10 make sure that no Cal
hOun turks in their midst In the mean
time, Charleston should investigate thor
oughly its own recesses. It may be pos
sible that the lost figure reposes placidIy
in some forgotten nook near its bereaved
home.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
BIBLE AND SHAKESPEARE.
they Occupy First Place Among the
Books We Ought 20 Read.

Books We Ought TO Read.
From the Chicaso Record Herald
Most people. says DR.. Eliot. are sup
posed 20 have read the Bible and Shakes
peare. and the publishers. therefore. had
suggested 10 him 10 use the space these
works would have occupied for less
known and less admitted books.
Nothing could be more prosaic. The
very vehemence Of the protests against
the exclusions might seem 20 Justify
them. II so many people are so anxious
that the Bible and Shakespeare should
be read. why. then. recommend the OBJ
vious and tender advice that Is not
needed?
However. II would have been a simple
matter 20 state that the constructors or
the flve-fOOt library started with the pre-
sumption that every one had read or was
reading the Bible and Shakespeare. and
that the list was. therefore. 10 be, in q
sense, supplementary and subordinate.
Such A statement would have obvtated
much futile speculation and a deal CT
unjust censure.
Il may be added that not all educators
are satisfied that the Bible and Shakes
peare are read as widely and though
fully as they should be. and most OF them
believe that, for the sake OF the younger
generation at all events. those works
should be included In any list Of essential
books authoritatively put forth TO say
that they are studied and enjoyed as a
matter OF course is, We fear, 10 indulge
in a piOus fiction
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
The Mar with the Silver Plate.

Of the true romance It was KipIing who
wrote. Thy face is far from this our
cry but that the world is stu full OF It
We are most strikingly reminded By the
news OF the death OF Gen. the Marquis
dc GaIlifet in Paris. He was known dur
/ ing the days OF the Dreyfus agitation as
the man with the silver plate" surely a
romantic appellation enough when It IS
remembered that the doughty old warrior
! set himself single-handed 70 hold the
mercurial French army IN check in case
/ os the acquittal Of Dreyfus- With the
rights or the wrongs Of the Dreyfus case
he did not concern himself One thing he
had TO DO, TO hold his beloved army in
/ line, and with an iron hand and with
grim humor he watched the anti-Drey-
fusards chafe. but keep still. under the
restraint he had imposed upon them.
Few fictions can equal in interest and
romance the life OF this soldier and hero,
survival OF the best that was in the
type that made up NapoleOn's Old Guard,
when every French soldier carried a field
marshars baton In his knapsack. He was
Of the stuff that real warriors are made,
and the steel was in his heart as II was
every ready to his hand.
Why, he began his career Of military
glory by killing the fencing master OF
his corps in a duel You can imagine the
/ respect the regiment held him in after
that. OF course, those were stormy times
/ for France and she needed men like de
/ Galiifet-Gaston Alexandra Auguste de
! Gallifet. The very names roll out ike a
page OF Dumas. The Crimean war came
early in his fighting career, and It Is not
surprising that the youth who killed his
fencing master should so distinguish
himself as to win the honor OF knight
hood Of the Legion on the field Of the
Crimea, where so many military reputa-
/ tions were shattered But de Gallifet
came out so distinguished that he was at
/ tached TO the staf OF the Emperor. a
service which he left only for the purpose
OF serving France in the war with Mexi-
CO. 1t was here, at the battle Of Puebla,
that shell carried away a part Of his
abdomen and the doctors doomed him to
death. But instead he lived with a silver
plate covering the old wound, and in the
same year was back at the head OF his
troops, fighting in Algiers. Wen might
Napoleon III say OF him: ''Drouot repre-
sents virtue. but Gallifet represents bray
cry. I believe that he. like Bayard, could
easily defend a bridge against all CON-
ers." He was made a colonel then.
Then came Sedan. and Galllfet com
manded brigade. he. with the rest. had Il
lay down his arms to the victorious Prus.
slams, and 1t does not require much i'm
agination 10 picture the modification Of
the veteran as he gave up his sword ani
went to prison with his comrades.
He was back in France so soon as peace
was declared, and again he was needed
Theirs picked him out as the man to sup.
press the Commune. and this task accom-
plished, he was hurried 20 the command
OF the FL Goleah expedition, marching
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
On the Contrary.
Says the Mobile Register:

says tne mobile Register:
The late Sam Jones fa7orite reply TO hi,
critics vas, The hit dos howls'
The Rev. Sam P. Jones is dead and
is row enjoying righteous reward
for Sam was & good man and true.
and II there are rewards for the
good and true hereafter his title to a
large share OF the same would seem 10
have been firmly established here on
earth. But for all that. we never liked
that fsvorite expression OF his. and we
fear we shall never learn 10. Il does
not have the right ring; it is one OF
those pat utterances that fan 20 satisfy.
and certainly offer little by way Of an
answer to criticism.
The hit dog does not always howl
Sometimes the one throwing the rock
into the pack hits the dog so hard that
he is sorely wounded. perhaps knocked
senseless. and maybe killed Ofttimes
he IS never heard from again; now and
then a few feeble means are heard
means that resemble bowling not ever
so remotely. Mr. Jones employed a
slsshing. smashing. knock -down-and-
drag-out method. He had the ear OF the
public, and he thundered things into that
ear strenuously on occasions. He ae-
cused thousands Of people OF wrong-do-
ing Many Of them, perhaps the greater
part OF them. were guilty. no doubt. ana
deserved all they got from the famous
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
FETEp BY ALL ENGLAND.
American Ambassador Occupies a
Unique Position Always.


sydney Brooks. IN The Londoz F0Etuishtly ReVieW.
Nothing, indeed. could well be more
significant OF OF better omen than the
semi-oficiaI, semi-popular greetings that
are extended 20 each new American am
bassdor on his arrival. They are local in
form, but national IN the feeling behind
them They have become, in fact, a Gus
tom Of British public life. and q Gus
tom OF which the full meaning is 10 be
found II its singularity. So FAR as I
know, nothing like IL exists anywhere
else. No ambassador 10 this or any
other nation Is similarly hono-ed. For
the representative OF a foreign power TO
be feted on his recall in the capital OF
tne state 20 which he is accredited Is
common enough. But for the representa-
i've OF a foreign natlon 70 be hailed
with welcoming words al the moment Of
his arrival. before he has even presented
lis credentials. before he has given any
token either Of his personality OF Of his
diplomatic policy. this is an experience
Which, alone among the diplomats OF The
world. is enjoyed By the American am
Dassaoor 10 the Court OF ST. James. II
IS INTENDED. 1 need hardly saw 10 De pre-
elsely what & is-a unique compliment. a
distinguishing recognition on our part
mat Great Britain and the United States
stand 10 one another in a special rela-
ionship such as unites no other nations
on this earth. and that between them
some departure from the merely official
attitude is OF all things the most natural
And further celebrating his views. the
writer quoted continues:
Prom the day OF his arrival he becowes
an intimate part OF English society. and
stiil more intimate part OF the world
of English art and letters and public
By which OF course. do rot mean po-
iucal-life. Other ambassadors may be
as lavishly entertained. may be able 20
show as fun an engagement list. NAV
dispense in return an equally brilliant
hospitality, but the quality OF the vel
come extended 20 them differs altogether
from that which greets their American
confrere. lie alone gets behind the
scenes, Is shown the best Of whatever
England has % offer. and becomes az
once a public character. OF him alone
is IL expected that he VIII be less of an
Official and more Of man. one hears.
perhaps. once IN a lifetime OF The Rus
sian OF German ambassador being asked
70 lecture before an educational or philO-
sophlcai society. or invited % a literary
dinner. However great their command Of
English, they stiu stand outside all but
q fraction Of the national life The pub
lie knows nothing about them. and does
not care % know anything. They are
what the American ambassador never Is
they are foreigners. and treated as such.
A paragraph q the Court Circular IS
enough 20 announce their advent or re-
call, while their American colleague. on
his arrival as wen as his departure. re-
oeives a fulI-bIoWn editorial salute from
the entire London press The one IS
merely an incident Of oHclald0m; the
other IS q national event.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
CONTRAST FAvORs TAFT.
Dealing with MaIefaetOrs Of Wealth
Now and Under Roosevelt.

From the No-f1-k LAn1na-k.
The contrast between the courses Of this
administration and the Roosevelt admins
tration with regard 10 the sugar trust IS
very sharp and very discredItable 10 the
taIkative Nh Roosevelt and his taIka-
tive Attorney General The Roosevelt aG-
miuistration made a great ado about
"sparing no lawbreaker. rich or poor.
high OF low" Nobody believes that III
Roosevelt was afraid 10 go after any
body 4 he wished 10 do 50 His conspicu-
Gus fault was that he had fsy0rltes whom
he would not permit 20 be prosecuted.
whatever. happened. Il the Executive
power could prevent Il. The most note
worthy instance. previous 70 the refusal
10 attack the officers OF the sugar trust.
was AIr. ROosevelt's order that TIE spe-
clal counsel OF the Department OF Jus
tice refrain from action against Secretary
OF the Navy Paul Morton for Illegal rebat-
ing while trafic manager Of the santa
Fe railroad system. Gov. Harmon. Of
Ohio. then a private citizen and one OF
the government counsel IN the case. de-
nOunced the Presidents action fn an open
letter which first gave utterance 20 the
expressive phrase Immunity bath"
John E Parsons. director and general
counsel OF the sugar trust. IS a fine
looking man. long prominent IN religious
and civic movements. and. IS the father OF
Herbert Parsons. chairman OF the Re-
publican county committee OF New York.
who was understood 10 be the right-hand
man OF the Roosevelt wing OF his party
in the metropolis Merely. by the way. we
may mention that Mrs. Herbert Parsons.
who Is a daughter OF Henry CIeWs, and
is now suing for divorce. wrote the senSa-
tiOnal book In which trial marriages were
adyOcated.l John =. Parsons now stands
before the country as a type OF that rich
reSpectability which does not scrupls 10
commit. under the cloak OF a corporation.
charter and through paid Underlings. acts
Of swindling. theft. and oppression which
are as much crimes as the work OF any
burglar. The pharisees who 90 these
things as corporation directors while
leading in religious and ''refom" work
outside OF their own business. are the
men who are doing the most harm to-
day.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
On the witness stand.

From Success Mag1zine-
7 understand that you called on the
plaintiff, Mr.. Barnes. Is that so7" cues
toned Lawyer Fuller. now chief justice.
Yes" answered the witness.
What Gid he say" next demanded
Fuller.
The attorney for the defense jumped to
his feet and objected that the converse
ton could not be admitted in the evil
dence. A half-h9Ur's argument followed,
and the judges retired 10 their private
room to consider the point.
An hour later the judges fled into the
court room and announced that Mr.. Fuller
might put his question
We'll. what did the plaintiff say, Mr..
Barnes2'
He weren't at home. sfr,' same the
answer without a tremOT.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
Man and Hi. Clothes.

Fruu the London ChTunicie.
Man is some sort OF a slave 70 his
clothes, and there are many men who
dislike wearing the same clothes on two
consecutive days. More particularly the
necktie. For the first two OF three
things you look at when you meet a
man are his eyes and his necktie. And
there is a sort os underlying conscious
ness as you face the morning world
that your tie must be straight and clean
and new. But 20 this end YOU must buy
the cheap tie. and throw = away with
your sins before going 70 bed
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

They say that Mr.. Foraker is due to
come 10 political life again next year"
says the Rochester Herald. A whole lot
Of people probably assinilated with many
grains OF salt some OF the funeral ora
tions and obituaries framed up for Mr..
Foraker last fall
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
- OF nn In.ane Fourth.

FroSn The Pitss5z-s Pest
II was not hard 10 see many, who. On
other days talk gloou7ily q hard times,
burning and shooting away what costs
good money as II there was nothing else
on earth or IN che hereafter TO do. Many
pgrveyOr Of the necessaries would
doubtless be glad 70 have some OF the
coin that has gone so recklessly. applied
70 long-standing bills. Is any one willing
10 admit that he got his moneys worth
out OF the dehauch2
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
ErnInininr 20 oliver.

Ny sense q sight is very keen.
Nv sense of hearing weak.
One time ! saw a mountain pass
But could not hear its peak
oliver Herford,
Why. Ollie. that you failed IN this
Is not 50 rery queer.
To hear SIS peak. you should. you know
Have had a mountsineer.
Boston Trans-ipt-
The mountain. oliis. viii not peak
To m0untsineer O. ycu.
lis only there. Il you muSt know.
10 play a. pcck-a-boo
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
E1trnrarnnt Kansas Toyvn.

FSom The Abilene CKsns.l Daily Reflector
Having saved considerable money on
the marshalship. and a few dollars by
giving the printing 70 weekly paper
with small circulation. the council should
be consistent and reduce some OF the ex-
travagant salaries it is paying. Why
should the city clerk receive So a month
when all the work OF the month can be
done in three days?
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
Long Lie ErnInined-

From ths Chicago Record-Herald.
80 you are ninety-four years old. To
what dc you attribute your long nfe?"
"A good many things have contributed
10 It. the most important, I think. being
the care which I have always taken not
TO get into hght with bigger man than
myself
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

across the desert 10 subdue the hostile
tribes. a job he did so satisfactorily that
he was made Commander or the Legion
OF Honor.
So up and up. always fighting his way
upward, until he was made general OF d.
vision, and finally was retired by the
French age limit But France needed
him still. In the troubles Of the Dreyfus
case he was much 90 the 'front.' guarding
the interests OF his beloved country. wal
deck-Rousseau made him minister OF war.
a position he held for troubled year.
and then. the government being stable.
he retired TO rest
We hear much nowadays about the de-
generation or France and her people.
much that is DOUBTLESS far fetched and
untrue. For IN the epoehs OF Frances
need she has seldom lacked hero like
''the man OF the silver plate" to serve
not only as an inspiration 20 her own
people, but as an example OF bravery and
devotion to duty for the rest OF the world.
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seven Ages of Greatness,

From Brooklyn Life
Long hair and a Windsor tie
A cigar given your name.
A brand Of whisky with your patro-
nymic-
Requests for autographs.
A eollsr called after you.
A calendar made from your aphorisms.
Complete Works" with notes and an
appendix
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
AZ A CITY WINnoW.

Oft imagine that the tar
Is like a bubbling brook
That bubbles from some spot afar
Deep IN a sylvan nook
The steam that eddies from the roof,
From hot exhaust pipes sprayed,
IS very Ike the warp and woof
OF some far-off cascade.
And so my vagrant fancies wing;
The asphalt is a pool
I can Imagine anything
Except that I am cool.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

Good DR.. Eliot assumes that the ma
jcrity OF people have read the Bible"
Hum. We begin 20 suspect the doctor
has been joshing US all along about that
five feet OF books.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

The Birmingham Age Herald thinks a
recent decision Of the Supreme Court OF
Alabama sounds the death-kneH OF PRO-
hihition-" Our contemporary should not.
we think, be too sure OF that Prohibition
probably IS not headed right straight for
the morgue-
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

It was very good Of Eir. George Bernard
Shaw TO express his disapproval OF Mr.
Theodore Roosevelt, but il is only the
truth 10 say, nevertheless. that Mr..
Roosevelt did not need the advertising.