The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-28

result that the Government finally paid
him about five times as much as It
would have paid him had he continued
District Attorney at his original sal
larry.
This does not look we'll for Stimson,
but he ought to have saved enough
Tout of his special fees to help him pay
| the expenses OF his present hopeless
undertaking. Nobody wants him to
lose anything by running for Office.
Except the office.
CINCH1NGT THE CROOKS.
Postmaster-G General Hitchcock, who
has managed the affairs OF his De-
! partment SO admirably and made 1t al
most self-sustaining, will recommend
to Congress at Its next session the adj
INSTABILITY of adopting special stamp
to be used on all official and public
correspondence relating TO Government
business. 1t is believed that by this
hplan the evils Of the present ranking
privilege would be largely removed,
and that the Post-office Department.
with the Government in much more
4 businesslikes way. There is no question
of the abuses of the franking privi-
/ lege, and the members of Congress
& themselves are wholly to blame. For
years they have sent all sorts of things
|by mail at the expense of the Govern
ment, from mich cows to typewriters,
from soiled clothing to speeches that
We're never made, from cook books to
I field and garden seeds that would not
come up.
q About a year ago there was a great
Il hue and cry among publishers over
4 1.-THE suggestion of the Postmaster Cen
eral that the newspaper rate of post
age should be raised. but;the losses the
4 Government has sustained have been
Z due largely. II not altogether, to the
J. abuses of the ranking privilege by
members of Congress- 1t has been no.
4 torious, and the time has come when
q the evil should be cured. Not only
should the ranking privilege be dis
y continued. but the special stamps that
81 cocks plan shall be successful. Should
4 be used only under the strictest regu-
q lations. 1t is not remarkable that there
should be a good deal of stealing by
1.-the great corporations and trusts when
q there Is SO much petty steanng among
Il the men who make the laws.
THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET WELL.
. The Home for the Incurables in
4 Richmond is one Of the most deserving
Y Eof our charitable institutlons. It has
s. provided for the care Of many sun tor
n tunate, who. without it's sympathetic
|itreatment, would have been desolate
the charity OF the community, and II
!, makes an urgent appeal nowst to all
i who are moved by the misfortunes OF
s their fellow beings. Next Monday Will
) be the annual Donation Day "a t. the
!, Home, and 1t is hoped that there will
/! be most generous response to TIL q p
J, peal Of the Board Of Managers forssu UGH
!, substantial aid in the way o food,
! clothing, BILE and bed linen and money
/ as Will enable them to take better re
Eof those entrusted to them.
1t should not be necessary to dc more
than note the fact that this great in-
J stitution requires the help OF he we'll
!; to-do people of Richmond. Remember
], the words of st. John in his First
/ Epistle General: But whose hath this
dc taoy, ~ ,}ct 1trn
/ have need, and shutteth up his bowels
i Of compassion from him. low d Welleth
. the love of God in him RI tlaS 5fs n
& a9 -
:. HOW MORGAN LIVED IN CINCIN-rsss
! NATI.
I The newspapers are nov liking
about the style in which Pier ontsMl or-
, gan lived while In attendance upon the
General Convention Of the Episco pal
! Church at cineinnati He rented the
/ Alexander Mcdonald house, which
J cost million dollars and sle pts In g g
I bedroom furnished in Louis XIV IN s. lyle
J I3throughout, and hung wi TIL 4 rose pin x
!; 5damask tapestry. and decorat ed witt
T antique ieWelry8 and raTe biic-a-brac n.
{ ~ took with him to Cincinnati SIN
y schlauneurs,witil their CO t,wos dozen
Y servants, the head-waite slierry's
II me fhousekeeper from the same pl &c,
ana "a complete corps Of COO ST. to
4 take charge Of the kitchen. he spe-
y cial guests Of Mr., Morgan were Bishop
! Greer OF New York; Bishop Lawrence,
OF Massachusetts; Bishop p oare.S q
q Albany and half y dozen or IS
nent l'ptstopal tlsrgylnell and a aylllen =!
4 from l'l Sothers5phftss Of the cour Ms
lsaid that the bedroom In ~ htelts AZ M,
y MORGAN slept cost Mcdonald aRs 5000,