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The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-07

Reno, New, Nov. 7.-Closing ad-
dresses will he made tonight in tho
principal cities of the state by candl-
dates Of both parties. On the eve
OF election the success of their res
pectlve tickets from top to bottom Is
claimed by the Republicans and
Democratic campaign managers by
pluralities ranging from 500 TO s.
600
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
BULLY For RARNEs-

william Barnes has resigned his
membership in the Republican state
Committee Of New York, OF which he
has been member for eighteen years.
Barnes is one of the leaders of the old
Guard He was chairman OF the state
executive committee of the Republican
party in New York, and until he hap
pened 10 be in the way of the Colonel
he was regarded as one of the strong
est forces of righteousness IN that
State. Indeed. but for his faithful
work. the Colonel would have had a
rather hard time getting on his feet
But gratitude for favors received is
not distinguishing mark Of some OF
the great politicians; rather it il
the hope of favors yet TO come and the
ability of those whom they would use
10 promote the success of such pur-
poses as they may have in view.
Barnes has retired from the com,
Infttee because his feelings have beer
hurt. Chairman Prentice, who is. how.
ever. only make believe chairman
having intinated that Barnes comic
I not longer he useful 10 the party ana
that he was, in fact, disloyal to In,
Republican party. Barnes insists tina
nc regards the State Convention a,
tho supreme authority of the party an,
that he viii note and work for slim
son and the Sest of the Repuplica,
ticket. but stimson and the othe
parties in interest are said TO hay
& been stunned by his withdrawal from
the committee Every day sornethta,
is happening and every day some ney
sign of dissatisfaction appears in IN
ranks Of the Grand Old Party in Ney
YORK II looks as If the rats are he
ginning to desert the ship.
In the Saratoga Convention, In spit
OF the Colonel ana his brigade O
Federal office-holders. who aided in III
capture of the party machinery. Barne
controlled nearly one-half of the dele
gates, He went down fighting at th
Convention because he had no fait
IN the good purposes Of the pirate
who captured tha ship. and now be
cause he has not been given recog
milton In the Executive Committee o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
coLLEGE FRATERN1rIEs.

The Harrisonburg Daily News re-
Gently printed an editorial article de-
crying college fraternities, the sub
stance of its complaint being that they
are supposed to hinder democratic
spirit" in the institutions in which
they dwell. In a delightfully."- naive
rejoinder College Topics of the Uni
versitS of Virginia, comes back" set
ting up a general defence and
ending with this declaration: "To the
writer. who has belonged to a frater-
nifty for more than a year, the Harri-
sonburgs News attack has not the
slightest foundation in fact Certainly
not:
The truth of the matter Is that
neither is wrong and neither is right,
speaking exactly. In some colleges
college fraternities do great good;
while. in other institutions they are
not SO beneficial, The good or evil of
the Greek-letter society depends en-
tirely on local conditions, and an in
ldictment which might be drawn on a
| "Sk VI liC.S III o4IS IoiiS5Ss EWoulu NOT
apply to other places.
| The clique habit is as old as the hills
around about Jerusalem Congenial
souls. like personalities, kindred tastes,
! BY what seems to be a natural law,
! rresistibly are drawn together This
| is true of communities, and it follows,
as a matter of human nature, that 1t
is true Of colleges. The fraternity
| simply iormaiizes group OF kindred
| souls who have this or that in COM
mon. Around substantial and natural
friendships it throws the flmy yet per-
petuating chain of mysticism An ex-
4 pose OF the secrets of all college fra
tefnities would stand poor chance OF
getting more than ten inches of notice
on any page of the most sensational
newspaper
/ In fact, the college fraternity is a
modified form of the fraternal otgani-
4 cations which exist in every COM
munlty, The academic organizations
nave degrees" they call their officers
after the names of the officers in the
larger secret organizations, and they
are lust as sincere as the apostles OF
A iraternalism in the larger world.
4 OF course. there are places where the
i fraternity is abused In such instltu-
tons the Greek-letter men assume a
4 snopbishness, are arrogant to their
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14

mined to get rid Of IT. The| leading
newspapers In the state Ore no"
attacking the system with II theli
might. A delegate to the receft prison
congress In Washington frjm Ala
ban1a delivered a comprehensive ana
scathing philippe against the fee sys-
tenn, showing the evil that works
upon the people.
on Monday of this week tie grand
Jury OF Burke County, Georgia,
passed resolution urging that all
county officers hereafter receive
salaries and that the fec ststem be
entirely abolished as applied to those
officers. The representatives from
Burke county In the State Legislature
We're urged to introduce a bin pro-
viding for the salary system through
out the State"
This Is one Of dozens of Instances
wherein the people OF Georgia have
expressed their dislike for the fee
system and their determination to be
rid of 1T.
The system is doomed Influential
officers in Virginia may Hglt for it
as they do with all their Hight and
main. but the system is going. The
principles of government economically
administered demand the abolition OF
the system. 1t is doomed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
- - -
TILE RII,LE WINS.

The Bible has again escaped from the
hands of the marauders. Last 81 t.
irday, 1t will be remembered, the Rev
| quite a stir in the Episcopal Conven-
| ton at Cincinnati by protesting against
the acknowledgment in the preamble
I.of the Prayer Book of the Bible rs
the word of God. He argued that "the
Scriptures are so full of inaccuracy
that the adoption of the proposed pre-
anble would place us in such posi-
ton before the scholastic world that
1t would interfere with men of educa-
ton entering the ministry and sub
scribing to our doctrines
The question came up again in the
House of Deputies on Wednesday upon
IA resolution offered by the Rev. James
r. Winchester, of Memphis, Tennessee,
declaring that the Holy Scriptures are
beyond doubt accepted by the Church
as the word of Almighty God. In
pressing his resolution DR.. Winchester
took the position of The Times-Dis-
patch that except for the fact that
the Bible is the word of God, none OF
us would be here" and he declared
that If the House would not vote for
his measure he would leave the church
A lay delegate from Mauch Chunk
Pennsylvania. by the name of Butler
vainly tried to have the whole matter
lads on the table: but the House of
Deputies voted unanimously in favor of
the Bible and against the ridiculous
Dr. Morrison from Oregon, and the
man from Mauch Chunk, and the Rev.
James Houston Eccleston, of Balti-
more. who wanted to "conciliate% as
the Sunpaper says, by having the sec
rotary of the Convention publish in
the Cincinnati papers a statement
declaring the Bible to be the word
of God and coupled with the eighth
article of the Church's Constitutions
Much learning appears to have made
some OF the brethren very foolish. If |
DR.. Morrison doesn't believe in the |
Bible, he ought to quit preaching a |
religion founded on the Bible. 1t is |
either one thing or the other-a book /
of fables or book of Divine origin.
The Convention has decided that it is
the word of God
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
sT1aIsnN.

stimson told the Columbia universit,
Republican Club "Wednesday afternoon
that Tammaay is bad They knew tina
before. nobody has denied it, Tammany
itself will not put in any demurrer
but Tammany is not running for any.
thing in particular this year and Tam.
many is not the question. Besides
with all its faults. which are many
and it's offences, which are grievous
and its acts, many OF which have been
outrageous, 1ammany is an angel of
light when compared with the saints
on the other side who have robbed the
people of New York in State and City
for years in the name of Righteous
ness. Hear what John A. Dix. the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
said in his speech of acceptance about
tho pious thieves who have had abso-
lutte control of New York State for
the last fifteen years:
Under them the expenses of the
state have increased enormously and
out OF all proportion to its growth
In wealth and population. The num-
Der of office holders has increased by
leaps and bounds. sinecures have been
created in every department OF the
state Government, business methods,
Inherited with habits of economy from
q long line of Democratic Governors.
have gone largely out OF fashion, and
have been succeeded by a wasteful
end extravagant expenditure OF the
peoples money which has almost
trebled the public expenses in those
years and added yearly in the last
four years sum equal to the total
annual expenditure under Governor
Hill"
Hill was a Tammany Governor.
Tammany is not as bad as stimson
says it is.' Besides. stimson is preju-
diced witness and could not tell the
truth about Tammany If he would and
would not if he could, because stimson
wants to he Governor OF New
York, in name at least stimson
Is said to be very good man
personally. but he is very weak man.
evidently, and a very dangerous man
withal, or he would not be running
ior governor as the creature OF the
worst force in American politics to-
day aptly described by Mr.. Dix as "a
new apostle of discord and dissen-
sion" and to be regarded as public
enemy"
Tammany certainly has not been re-
sponsible for the administration of the
affairs of New York state for fifteen
years, and the corruption and bribery
the big stealing and the little stealing
the big jobs and the little jobs, the
insurance swindles, the land deals. the
canal schemes. the Office iobbing, the
fast living in official circles that have
distinguished Republican rule in New
York cannot be charged to the account
of Tammany. Moreover, if stimson
should be elected, stimson would not
be Governor. The people OF New York
know this vefs welaand that is why
they VIII not Vote, for stimson. Sorry
for stimson, IN way; but stimson has
been caught in far worse company this
time than Tammany.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
TIMES DISPATCH: RICHMoFD VA FIR DAY. OCTOBER H. 1910

fellows and obtrude their Exclusive.
ness" on the fine sensibilities OF those
who are not within the pale, 80 to
| speak. In instances like these
1t is the man, not the society, who is
to blame.
In some colleges there is large
/! per cent. of non fraternity men. Some
times these men have been Justly ag-
| grieved by fraternity men; sometimes
their resentment Is based on imaginary
wrongs which are aggravated into in
/ jures by an ever-present tendency to
misconstrue the acts of those who are
| fraternity men. In most of the colleges
! the relations between fraternity men
and non-fraternity men are most corr
dial
! AS a general rule, the college fra
ternity is not opposed to the demo-
cratic spirit in any institution. The
Democratic spirit affects friendships
only to slight degree, and the effect
which such SIP rit has on friendship
is but little more than the effect on
fraternities. As a rule fraternity men
do not think themselves any better
than on-fraternity men; it is just that
the non fraternity men think that the
fraternity men think themselves better
That is about the gist of the matter
Much could be said about the help
full effect which fraternties have in
some colleges. These organizations
often rent or build comfortable homes
for their members, where their mem
bers live in congenial fellowship under
rules that are observed to the letter. The
fraternity house comes nearer to being
home than the dormitory because the
dweller in it is subject to the closest
scrutiny of his most valued fellows
and is unlikely to do anything which
will command their secret, or--as is
often the case--outspoken scorn.
The college fraternity is simply the !
reflection of the human qualities OF
its members. Like many things de-
signed for good, 1t may be abused. |
The sum of academic experience justi-
fies its existence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
NEGROES DYING our, IGAlN.

The negro race is again dying out in
this country. The experts hate demon
strated 1t by careful studt of vital
statistics which show that among the
whites the birth rate is two and in
some months three times as great as
the death rate, while among the ne
sroes the excess of births over deaths
curing eight months was only So, and
the death rate was in excess of births
curing the months of April, Nay, June
and July. This statement has refer
ence to the figures of the Health De-
partment Of Texas. but Dr. Henri Bo-
CART of Indiana, is charged with MAX
ing an even more striking statement
IN recent number of the Medical
Summary Of Philadelphia, and as a
result Of his calculations he declares
that half century will have elm
mated the race question as to polti-
cal Or racial significance"
In Indiana there are $1,000 negroes.
Last year 94s colored babies were born
in that State, while the number of
deaths was 2099 the deaths being 221
per cent. in excess of the births. The
birth rate itself showed an actual
shrinkage, while the death rate in
creased from SOL per thousand in 1900
to S2.2 in 1903.
These figures. OF course, are very In
teresting. If not very important. Ac-
.cording to the census OF 1900-the
figures of the census of 1910 are not
now available-there were s,S4o,7Sg
negroes in the United States. At the
close OF the War. forty five years ago,
there were 4.441,S3O negroes in
this country; that is to say, in spite
OF the fact that the scientists have
proved that the race is dying, the race
has actually more than doubled itself
in the last forty-fve years.
AT this rate there will probably be
100000 negroes in the United States
by the census of 1890 If they shall
improve their living conditions. adopt
sanitary measures in their homes, and
improve the quality of their food, there
is no reason why the race should not
increase in number. we wish some
country could be found in which they
might be placed to themselves so thar
they might work out their own sal
vation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14

dog stands by him in prosperity and
poverty, in health and in sickness.
He VIII sleep on the cold ground when
the wintry winds blow and the snow
drives fiercely. II only he may be near
his masters side. He will kiss the
hand that has no food to offer, hs
Will lick the wounds and sores that
come in encounter with the rough.
ness of the world. He guards. tho
sleep of his pauper master as II he
were a prince.
When all other friends desert. he
remains. When riches take wings and
reputation falls to pieces. he is az
constant In his love as the sun In It's
journey through the heavens If for
tune drives the master forth an out.
cast into the world. frlendless and
homeless. the faithful dog asks no
higher privilege than that of accom-
panying him. to guard him against
danger. to fight against his enemies,
and when the last scene of all Gomez
and death takes his master in its en-
brace and his body Is laid away In ths
cold ground. no matter II all other
friends pursue their way, there by his
grayeside will the noble dog be found,
his head between his paws and hia
eyes sad. but open in alert watchful-
ness, faithful and true even to death"
Population OF New York and Chicago.
Kindly print the population OF New
York City and Chicago. Ill. according
to the last census ANDREWS.
New York, 4,7s6.sss: Chicago, O..
lS5oS3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
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NICK AND HIS COOK-BOOKS

Son-in-law Nicholas is a smart one.
Instead of sending out copies of the
Congressional Record. containing
speeches that he never made, and load
ing the mails with field and garden
seeds that won't come up, he has
choked up all the post Offices in his
district with Government Cook Books
Issued by the Department of Agrioul-
ture under such fetching titles as
these: preparation of Vegetables for
the Table" The Care of Food in the
Home and The Economical Use of
Meat in the Home Three OF the
books are put in each of the Long
worth prize packages, and they are
sent through the mails at the expense
of the Government under the Congress-
mans useful and convenient frank
the cook-books being Government pub
licatiens ana so entitled TO free car
riage. This is the cleverest thing in
the way of Campaign literature" that
any of the candidates for recollection
has found 50 far. 1t is hoped that a
careful study OF these admirable mono
graphs will improve the general con-
diton of the art OF cooking in Ohio,
as just to the extent that the people
CT that State eat the right things Will
their advocacy of Democratic principles
increase.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
THE cRossrrE pRoBLE,1.


Those who are interested in the
conservation of the resources of the
South will note with interest the fig
ures of the Census Bureau on the num-
Der of railway ties used by this nation
IN 1903, The total number was 1884,
io4,OoO-10 per cent. more than during
the previous year.
OF these ties all but per cent. were
purchased by steam railroad COM
panies. An especially significant fact
is that more than 13 per cent of these
ties Were bought for new lines of road.
oak was the wood most used, while in
the order named the following were
USED according to quantity: Southern
pine, Douglas fir. Western pine. cedar,
chestnut cypress, tamarack, hemlock,
redwood, white pine, lodge-pole pine,
gum, spruce. beech
Every section of the country was
drawn on for this timber. Oak and
southern pine furnished more than
two-thirds of the whole number of ties
purchased. The drain on the timber
supply of the South, therefore, was
exceptionally heavy.
The cost of these crossties averaged
nearly so cents each, and in spite of
the fact that the railway companies
nave been trying to find substitute
Tor wood they have found nothing
that would do There seems to be no
possibility that the railways will de-
crease their demands on our forests.
some provision must be made to supply
ties for the railways fifty years hence.
The Illinois Central Railroad has
been planting catalpa trees along its
right of way, 1t is by this means
trying to prepare for future deficit
In the tie supply from the forests.
The Year 1909 demanded more from
the forests than the year before. This
was due to renewed activity in rail-
way repair and construction work
after the Roosevelt panic Of 1907. This
year the outlook is that the demand
for ties will be greater than zever be-
cause of the activity In the construc-
ton of electric lines.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14

fashions are the best girls Of q com
munity. There is something RADICAL,
wrong With the young woman wht
does not think about dress and dresses
as well as she can. mean that sucf
girl is not normal, either mentally
| or morally, and warn all young mer
| to look out for her
The man or woman who dresses the
best, whose personal habits are the
NEST irreproachable, is, in all the
countries of the earth. the man OF
woman whose mental and moral de.
velopment is the highest advanced
The views of Brother Johnson are
sound In a way; but they are open al
least to pronounced though friendly
objection In some particulars. Every
woman should wear the best clothes
she can Afford but on no account
should she wear the hobble skirt, be-
cause 1t is dangerous, 1t makes her
look like a fright, 1t Is far from com
Portable and 1t impedes that graceful
movement Of her neither extremities
which Is the true poetry OF motion.
We join issue with Brother Johnson
on the proposition that the hobble
skirt can be regarded as in any sense
ninistering to either the mental or
moral development Of the average
young woman. 1t Is new thing in
mental and moral culture that wo-
mans feet must be tied together to
Improve her mind or heart. Then.
again, 1t is very bad advice to tell
"the wise young bachelor seeking
wife that he should pick the girl who
wears hobble skirt" and that "the
young man seriously thinking of get
ting married cannot afford to take for
his wife other than the fashionable
girl" Unless She has plenty Of money
and is willing to make fair divvy
with him, the poor but respectable
young man would make a serious mis-
take in doing any such thing.
In his next Sunday discourse on
fashion, we wish Brother Johnson
would touch up the girls bit on the
abomnable way In which they ruin
their pretty faces by the new fashioned
dressing of their hair. OF course. in
Boston, where SO many of the women
are bald-headed, something has to be
done, but in other parts OF the country
il is in the highest degree inartistic
TO pile bales of other peoples hair on
any fine looking girls head to make
her fit the Fashion. Fashion is art
in dress and any fashion which is not
artistic should be forbidden by law.
Besides, the best woman for wife is
the woman who has some sense in her
head as well as a few simoleons in her
pocket.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
JOHN WARD ATTACHED
TO KINGS HOUSEHOLD

scendant and heir OF the first, second
agp third Earl OF Banbury ende@9ored
once more to obtain his seat in the
.talHe Oh Lords. All the leading law
Prince Regent TO issue the writ OF
summons. declaring that the sovereign
was undoubtedly bound, by the de-
ctsi0n OF the supreme Court OF Appeal
III 1882. But the Prince Regent pre-
Ierrcd 10 follow the advice OF the
Committee of Privileges OF the House
OF Lords in the matter. which was
given ADVERSE 10 the claimant, and ac-
cordingly no writ was issued.
Ola General Sir William knollys, the
tather Of the present Lord knoliys
and or the Hon. Charlotte knoilys. was
tile OF the Earl OF Banbury, although
ne had borne that OF viscount Wal
lingford in his boyhood. as the Oldest
son OF an earl. tie took the ground
that he was placing himself in an I'm
dignihed position by making use OF
Glgnity. which though acknowledged
aud sanctioned by the highest courts
OF law OF the British realm. was recog-
House or Lords. But that he was
fully alive to his rights in the mat
ter. may be gathered from the fact
that in his Will. dated January 80.
1919, he describes himself therein as
by hereditary descent and law OF the
land, Earl OF Banbury. Viscount Wal
llngford and Baron knollys."
KING EDWARD, "HeH ne EdlseQ NE
private secretary TO the House OF
Lords on the occasion of his corona
tion in 1902 Cat the same time bestow-
ing upon the HOE Charlotte knollys
the status OF a peers daughter, in
dispensable to her Office as lady In
waiting to Queen Alexandra), would
have liked TO have revived the an
Gent honors OF the house of knoliys
in favor OF his SO devoted retainer.
But the latter was merely younger
brother of the then head OF the house.
and neither the late Col. knollys nor
waive. their rights in favor OF Sir
Francis. That is why a new. Barony
of Knollys was created in favor of
Francis Knollys.
Perhaps, however. King George may
see his way to concede what has been
since the reign of Charles IL, namely.
the writ OF summons. as Earl of Ban
bury and Viscount Wallingford. TO the
head Of the Knollys family, in accord
ance with the decree Of the Supreme
Court OF the realm. and in spite Of the
of the House of Lords of the time OF
the Merrle Monarch. which in his
reign at any rate was hopelessly cor
rupt.
The kangaroo has made its ap-
royal warrant Just issued, granting
,coat-ot-arms and supporters to the
State Of Victoria, assigns to the latter
for arms, "Azure. five stars argent. rep
resenting the constellation OF tho
Southern Cross and for the crest.
son a wreath Of colors, a deni-kan-
CARGO proper. holding In the paws an
imperial crown. or"
copyright. 1910. by the Brentwood
Company