The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12

Dime to Earth.
credited by the editor 70 rancoln and
acknowledged by, the latter, Condor
says, and fhe other two Wees wE1ttsu
BY women. The letters rSfsrred n
shields - : fool - vel - : nas..
cord.
Shields wrsts to Lincoln asking 4
retracttof, and the laetef refused 10
answer on the ground that Shields
note conveyed d msnnce, Ghiejds dis.
avowed any intention Of msnac'na
Lincoln, but the latter still dclndeieeei
Lincoln, but the latter still asciined
70 withdraw thu charges made In the
"Rebeccs" letter unless Ehields would
first withdraw his nrst note,
Shields vent challenge to Iancoln
by General WoodSidc. Lincoln accept.
ed and named a. the weapons broad
swords. Dueling was forbidden In H.
linois, and no the parties, with their
seconds, Started for Missouri. Mean
tma friepds were engaged IN eiforta
to bring about peace. and they lBnaily
succeeded before the party reached
the fightfng grounds. Lincoln wrote
. letter Withdrawing the charUse and
Shields accepted II with satisfaction.
LOSING His Trust.
Every time ! get q letter nowadays
from professed patriot or philan-.
thropist, immediately want to ali
beneath the surface to discover just
how many dollars and cents he II go
Ing 10 make IL HIS scheme eoes
through. ] am not nearly e. trustins
AZ I used to be-"
Representative Henry 8. BoutelI. OF
Chicago, made this confession white
discussing the tariff with friend.
The tariff" he continued, was the
maanI or opening my eyE1 TO 4 good
bit Of human nature that had not
met before. ! am now convinced that
there II more pure. unadulterated self
ishness represented In the tArin than
In any o.Aer branch or feature Of our
government
"As q member OF the Ways Ans
Means Committee i attended the Iona
series OF hearings preceding the franz
ing OF the tarin bill, and II would
have done your heart good to Astes
to the long sermons on virtue. faii
play, and the Golden Rule that wkrs
read 10 us BY gentlemen who cams
10 urge me t0wsrtn1 OF tnfS schsdufN
the raising OF that, or the abolition al
another. Take tbs subject Of denatur-
ed alcohol. FOR instance. Al soon ~
Il was brought TO the fore we began
to get q perfect avalanche Of pro-
tests from temperance societies. anti.
saloon leagners and white ribhonera
against the idea Of allowing this pro-
duct to be manufactured At ali. the
temperance people wrote. sent resp
buttons by the peck, aud came on 70
Washington In person to impress their
objections against this terrible de-
natuFed alcohol. We were aasuee1
that " we allowed Il TO be made with.
cut the tax We would create whois
srmfes of wretched- tirnnknrts and
ouid have upon our condolences the
tears and broken hearts Of cities full
Of widows and orphans This asaur.
ances OF scientists and experts that
the denAtursl alcohol could NOT b uaed
a. = beverage and therefore could nnf
peesihly make any drunkards, seenaad
to have no effect upon the cruaAdeTA
They knew better.
AT last the secret came out Whea
we turned down the Temperance
arguments a. being grouudlsas. = ne@
crowd OF antt-depatured alcohol ppo-
pie appeared on the scsne. Ths WOOD
and demaadsd that We proteck ths6
monopoly b. fsfrainlng trcn puksnG
dsna&ured alcohol on the 8rse lit
They had been pushing the taenpaf-
snce people forward to nght sh1ls
battle for them.
ut was much the same seory n
many other lines. and after sittiusR
through those hexrtuy. am tempted
to smile very broadly when I hear
tariR - . patriotic or benevolent In
stituion. The man who does the
talking usually measures III pa
triotism and beneyolencs By what n
win do for him
On Trail Of . Dina.
Seth Bullock, the chum Of Z.
Roosevelt and doughty uaarShal OF
South Dakota. 10 Just q activa IN
chasing tina dimes and doilAu to w1aicn
he lays claim - be . in rounding
has just made tina Treasury Depext-
msnt pay him tan oents which the
auditor had withheld In tbs astaia-
mont ct ht1 accounts. The story II
told In = decision In Bullock's fsxos.
made by the ccmptrolIsr Of ths trvao.
Il seems that ona Of HI. dsput,s,
had to make Z short but hurs1ad tn
station where 10 Dcarded ~ srain ~
agent had LOFT Nil once to % % ain.
ner. % the deputy couId not buy =
ticket and had 10 pAy . cAaA 1sze.
This cost him eishty-two cent9 vhera.
~ the ticket would have eosk oniy
seventy-two cents. The auditor hNId
~ the ten cents Atfteeanca but ~
cornptfollsr DECIDED that unaey tke
uaroumstanceA + mot hetng posabis g
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