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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
NO TIME FOR HuGe1NG.

The spectacle must indeed have been
thrilling in it's intensity: Two great
men weighing approximately five hun
bred pounds and both possessing doubt
less many layers of hidden fat and
likewise quantities Of protoplasm-
locked in a more or less affectionate
embrace, as reported in the newspap
ers lasting all of one minute, and with
the mercury fairly melting in the
tube at a temperature of something
like IS degrees 1t is not often that
such incidents are noted. because there
are very few occasions when they oc-
cur and the fewest number of grown
men who would think of enjoying
the huggee of the same general type
as the hugger. The only other event
anything like this that we can think
of Just now took place in the Senate
name of Decimus Junius Brutus es-
tablished his place in profane history
forever. To this day some of the
guides point out to inquisitive strang-
ers in the ancient Forum the rostrum
from which Antony delivered his fun
eral grafton. which has come down to
this day as one of the masterpieces of
elegiac eloquence We are not saying
that there were any daggers anywhere
around at the meeting the other day;
but in times of excessive emotion the
prudent man should keep a careful
guard over his fifth rib. The Mclean
man has not been noted for his self
restraint on occasions when his emo
lions have been stirred, and, if Mr..
Taft will believe us, he is better at
the jolly than the hug.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
1NsoLENcE IN THE DEPARTMENTS

INSOLENCE IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
Colonel Joseph v. Bidgood, Secretary
of Military Records. is not the only
man in Virginia who has suffered from
insolence in the Federal Departments
at Washington What happened TO the
Colonel when he sought to get copy
OF the muster roll of the Clarke Rifles
from the Adjutant-G Generals office has
happened to many another man who
has sought in vain for information in
the executive offices in Washington.
For some reason, never fully ex-
planned, department clerks in Wash
ington have the idea that the offices
which they hold are their personal
property and that the public records
under their charge are always private
and confidential. Grave and learned
men go to Washington in quest of i'm
portant information, and are CURLY told
by the fourth assistant clerk to the sec
ond assistant secretary of something
or other that the information cannot
be obtained. If the visitor is able TO
escape Without insult he is fortunate.
Occasionally one meets in the offices of
the Government a clerk who is courte-
Gus, and one seldom finds the men who
really have authority otherwise than
gracious and kind; but the underlinrs
whose office is their greatness, never
fail to assert whatever shadow of an
thority they may have. and always
Feel their oats" This, to be sure, is
rule in most business, but it is most
ineNcusable among those who keen the
public records, draw the public nav
and are generally where they cannot
feel public resentment
1t would be very good thing If
President Taft. who is the soul of ur.
banity, would send few of his scorer
service men around to the various do
parlments and let them test the cour.
tesy of the public servants. Some of tho
clerks might be badly mauled as a re-
SUIT OF the experiment, for the secret
service men are stout company. hl,t
the treatment they receive would ha
revelation to them and to Mr.. Taft
incidentally, there would be abou,
10000 vacant places in the Federal De.
partments.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
OUR FIGHT IN coNNEcr1cur.

Thanks to our persistence. the SEN
atorial campaign in Connecticut is
warming up nicely. Governor Mclean
told in an interview the other day,
printed in DR.. Clarks paper. about how
Buckley has assured him and others
that he would not be able to spare
more than two or three years for Wash
ington, and that it was the nearest
thing to his heart that Mclean should
take his place. Bulikeley used TO cali
him George" and nothing would do
for him but that George" should
promise him that he would run for the
office; that he was getting tired of
Washington" and might retire at any
time" and so on TO the end of very
interesting chapter Governor Mclean
does not hold the old man to his prom
Uses, nor does he think himself the best
qualified man in Connecticut to fill the
office of Senator; but he makes 1t very
clear that Buckley ought not to sue
coed himself. What has ne ever done
to Justify his former election? Where
does he stand among the Senator'S of
the country? What has he accom-
plished in craftsmanship?
Mclean is an entirely different sort
of person. He has good looks. an
abundance of common sense is in the
prime of life and is hard worker
We are told by DR.. Clark that 'if the
neonle nf Tho Sta,a ,yar. o.i,al -.
name their Senator he would be chosen
hands down." We do not know how
that is; we think it not unlikely that
if the people of the State had their
way they would elect Democrat. They
ought TO do the next best thing and
elect Republican like Mclean. whom
the Democrats could respect.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
LuNATlcs AND JALs.

The Executive Committee of the
State Conference of Charities and Cor
rections has done many valuable
things since its organization, and the
body which it represents has done even
more for the Commonwealth 1t has
pointed out new reforms; it has ad-
vocated better jails. it has embodied
children, 1t has done hundred things
to give it lasting place in the re-
gard and esteem of our people.
The Executive Committee never did
a better thing, however, than to begin
an agitation for the care of the insane
between the time they are alleged to
he lunatic and arc sent to the asylum.
SO far this agitation has not passed
beyond the preliminary stages but its
direction is we'll chosen and its out
come is assured.
Our Virginia laws so upon the I'M
just and almost barbarous principle
that insanity is an offence against the
law. A constable or a policeman is
VIC .iiiot' aaitiihoiiSp, INSTEAD OIL Il pny-
stefan or an alienist, when man is
suspected of lunacy All that follows,
in the brutal treatment of the insane,
is the result of this Fundamental in
justice. When person--say a harm
less Woman-is thought to be insane,
the law requires that she either be
committed to Jail or bailed by some
reputable citizen, Many an unfortu-
nate, innocent of wrong and suffering
only from disease. has no friend who
will go on her bond, Consequently, she
is sent to Jail, there to await the ver-
diet of Commission of Lunacy.
Every one who knows what a Vir-
ginia county jail is, knows what such
commitment means The jails, in many
instances are absolutely UNIT for hu-
man occupancy. /, They are vermin-
infested, unsanitary, hot in summer,
frigid in winter; and they are gen
orally so arranged that the innocent
mix with the guilty, the unoffending
lunatic with the hardened criminal.
Many who are not insane, become in
sane from their surroundings. and
many who are later released from
prison never recover from their aw-
full experience with hardened Offend
ers against the law,
The Conference wants to remedy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
THE ANTITRUST LAW,

In his speech before the Harvard
Law School Association, to which we
referred two days ago, Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham called attention to
the imperative need of finally constru-
ing the Sherman ANTITRUST Law. Mr..
Wlckersham was not the first man to
make the discovery that this much
Wanted law is anything but sntisfac-
tory, nor was his Harvard speech the
first occasion on which he had spoken
of the matter, but the disastrous re-
suits which have followed the failure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
WHAT oFr1cE-GETT1NG COSTS.

Senator Culberson has been renomi-
mated for United States Senator from
Texas His campaign expenses footed
up all of s27. He is high man,
with a good record, and his reelection
; is assured.
There is most refreshing contrast
between his campaign expenses and
the campaign expenses of the Hon. .Io-
seph G. Sbley. of Pennsylvania who
has just defeated his successor, Repre-
sentative Wheeler, for the Republican
nomination in the Twenty eighth
Pennsylvania District, at an expendi-
ture of $4,000. A correspondent of
the New York Evening Post, of
statistical turn of mind. has figured it
out that the most Sibley can expect
from the Office in the way of salary
and perqusites will be S1s,50O. that If
he shall be elected he will have to
wait for more than year before he
can take his seat, and will have to
live in Washington for two years
without anything coming in for living
expenses. 1t is estimated that he paid
81 vote for his denomination; but he
says that he wants to go back to
Congress. that he has the money to
afford it, and that if he care to spend |
his money in this way it is nobody's |
business. 1t is hoped that the news
that he is ready to put up will get
generally ''norated around" in the
Twenty eighth District-a nomination
in Pennsylvania is not equivalent to
an election as it is in TeXas-and
there ought to be some rich pckings
for the voters at the general election.
his constituents ought to help him
all they can.
1t cost A. Mitchell Palmer, a Demo
orat, s3,SSS.7S to beat Broadhead, who
spent $6,62S.44 in the Twenty-sixth
District Dalzell's nomination cost
$4,000 and all along the line in Penn
sylvania running for office is very
expensive thing. II is not to be Won
dered at that Pennsylvania is repre-
scented so poorly at Washington The
A!iAI Nilii LisN 7PoiithIlA 10 tiie
who wins nominations and carries
elections
Things are not quite so bad down
South; but the cost of running cam
paigns, the expense of literature. and
watchers, and strikers, and heelers.
make ii impossible for many of the
most worthy and best-titted men ever
10 aspire to public office. All this
results from the overlooking of the
country with party machinery Men
are not chosen now because of their
superior qualifications for public SER
vice. but for the facility with which
they can play the demagogue, or for
the money they are willing TO risk on
the result Not only ought there to
be the fullest publicity as TO campaign
expenses. but these expenses should be
paid out of the public treasury. That
would give the man with nothing an
equal chance With the man who has it
all, and would put an end to the pres
ent waste and corruption in short or
der
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
LIVELY VOTING AT LuMBERToN.


There was a primary election in
North Carolina last week and it was
as fairly conducted, doubtless, as any
election held in this country; but the
manner of its management in Lum-
berton was made the subject of ami
madversion by one of the ministers
of that town in his Sunday morning
discourse. We have not seen the full
text of his sermon. nor are we
familiar with the tricks to which
resort may have been had in
the election, hut we are told by the
Charlotte Evening Chronicle that one
of the most serious charges made by
the minister was that "a Democratic
primary, held in this town the after
noon before, composed of 243 people,
cast 315 votes This is not a very
clear statement. If the total popula-
ton Of Lumberton is only 243, and we
it must be admitted that the number
of votes cast was about five times in
excess of the actual voting strength of
the town; but If it be true that 24S
voters only voted SIS times their mod
GRAFTON in time of great local excite
ment is to be wondered at.
The minister is reported TO have
said that he saw one man put in sew
eral votes at one time" but that
statement is also very indefinite. Did
he count the number of votes so de-
posted? Is he dead sure that his eyes
did not deceive him? If he saw a man
do thing like this, was it not his
duty to make complaint against him in
regular form instead of warming over
the incident for the benefit of his con-
gregation and exposing the community
in which he lives. and to which he
ministers to the scorn of other COM
irregularities occurred? The cheating
In the Democratic primary at Lumber-
ton was all very bad, of course. and.
particularly, because the election was
in the family" so to speak: but If II
actually took place, as alleged 1t was
only the survival OF the policy of
fraud entered upon deliberately in
some OF the States in this part OF
the country many years ago 1t was
defended at that time because some
thing had to be done to deliver the
Sonth from destruction. We claimct
them as we believe now, that there
We're two courses open-force or fraud
Both were bad; but whereas the form
er would leave the hands comparative
~ clean, the latter would result inevi-
tably in the corruption of the whole
body polite. BY diligent use OF the
Chicago CITY Directory the Democrats
in one OF the counties we have In
mind were able to return an enormous
majority. but 1t was at the sacritice OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

The silver-plated bulletin boards OF
The Times-Dispatch were put UP yes
terday for the great prize fight next
Monday. Choice seats may be obtained
in the park across the way or out in
Bank Street. If Jeffress protoplasm
hold out and he is not interfered with
by his inside fat, it looks as if he
would VIM but keep your money in
your pocket or give 1t to your wife and
children. Then you can take 1t back.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

Cabot" does not seem to be paying
very much attention to Butler Ames,
but Cabot ought to know by this time
that 1t is never safe to bet on an cleo
ton until after 1t is over and all the
ballots have been counted, over-confi-
dence has lost many a good cause
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

1t is not once in a great while.'
but every day that we have some kind
thought of North Carolina and it's peo-
pie; one of the greatest States in the
south, and, therefore. one of the great
est States in the Union, and filled with
the hnest people we have known, ex-
cept the people of the other Carolina,
we must say this much as in duty
bound and the people of Virginia, be-
cause ~ Is true, We suppose that
brother Harris, of the Charlotte
evening Chronicle, will give this en-
thusiastlc tribute the benefit OF his
10000 an hour circulation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

Henry watterson will not tell US a
thing about that Robert Collier dinner
he attended in New York about week
ago. and what was said and done. Was
Pinchot there? And Claws and KERRY?
What did they talk about. and what
did they agree TO do? Never mind
about the vittles, "Marse Henry" but
tell us about the conversation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

total expenditures and where the lat
ter are unreasonable, there is even less
consolation for the taxpayers than
there is for a man who is grateful that
he has no debts when he has spent his
last dollar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
The Springfield Republican is break

IIIV 5NTIIIs IItItI tNtPUUIICttH IS DTtdk-
ing into the hot wave bit by discuss
ing the proper use of such words as
shall" and will" We shall not go
into the subject, but we will say that
the Republican comes very near hitting
them right every time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

II is said that more persons die
from dog bites in South Carolina than
from snake bites. That is what
comes" remarks the Savannah Press,
"of not finding pleasant remedy for
doE-bites" Is it not true, rather, that
1T proves how effective the ad,,,nis-
tration Of the prohibition law is in
South Carolina?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
Wording n Deed. Ere.

There is a church and school house
in this city that is the property Of
the Episcopal Church The church Is
used. but the school house Is not in
use for want of repairs. There Is a
clause in the deed that says II the
property ceases to be used for church
and school purposes that 1t shall re-
vert TO the coal company giving
same Please tell me II this would
hold in the courts and could the giver
take this property back? There was a
money consideration OF sl.o0 paid In
the transaction. X x. X.
This Will depend upon the wording
of the deed and must be tested in
court. Generally speaking, the coal
company had a perfect right TO make
such stipulation and could enforce
1t II the deed were properly drawn.
Claret Ice.
Can drug stores in the State of
Virginia serve drink known and
called claret ice in towns where
whiskey is legally sold2
DRUG STORE
Baseball on the Fourth OF July.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
TAKE THE POPULAR
CO
Sunday Seaside Outings

Patronized by Richmond people. No
stops to get a crowd. Combined rail-
and water trip. Fast, clean ride ovei
rock ballast double track. Delightful
sail across Hampton Roads. Choice Of
two routes to Norfolk.
Two fast trains leave richmond
every Sunday. $3.50 and A. M
S1.25 round trip to Old Point and
Buckroe
s1.50 round trip to Ocean View Nor
folk, cane Henry and Virginia Beach.
Special NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Monday
July 4th Two special trains. See
schedule on another page. Note late
train returning July Attn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

1t begins to look as If Mr.. Pulitzer
will not have to pay for that dinner
after all
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

Mnsons and Odd Fellows.
l. Please tell me the number OF Odd
Fellows and Masons in the United
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

Yes, Danville We. Richmond There
Will be two games, morning and aft
ernoon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

2 Can woman join the Rebeccas
without some of her kin being an
Odd Fellow? w. NJ
l. AT last reports there were 1.3oe.-
6e7 Free Masons In the United States
and l,44i,4o3 Odd Fellows
2. You will have to apply TO local
lodge for this information.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

Baseball on the Fourth OF July.
Please tell me If there VIII be {
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

Day of Week, Etc.
| was born on June 2, 1893. On what
day of the week was IT?
A READER.
Saturday. Your other question has
no place in this column.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

professional game of baseball on July
in Richmond. II so. by whom?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02

The University of Michigan.
TO whom should write for infor-
nation regarding admission to the
University of Michigan? READER.
Address DIR. II. p. Hutchins. acting
rtrasiuent
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-24

Because the Eastern bond market is
"off" Portland people are buying the
city's improvement bonds, determined
that betterments shall 60 ahead with
out delay because of financial condi-
tions elsewhere. Bids made for the
bonds by bond buying firms of the
Eastern money centers were far below
what was considered satisfactory by
Mayor Simon, in fact the best offer
was to take the bonds at 81. This
meant loss to the city and then the
securities were offered locally at par.
The first block of the 100000 is
sue authorized to build the Broadway
bridge, amounting to $3.50, 1000 is now
being taken at home SO there will te
no delay or loss to the city.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-24
Ashes From the Old Hearth.

A quaint Swedish legend concerning
a cure for homesickness appears in
Selma Lagerlof's book 1.-THE Girl From
the Marsh Croft" translated by Velma
Swanston Howard. The tradition is to
the effect that If a person suffering
from nostalgia took some ashes from
the hearth in his or her old home and
strewed them on the fire in the strange
place he or she would be rid of the
homesickness-an easy remedy appar.
emily. but it had two serious draw
backs. The first was that after using
the remedy In the new home one would
never be content in any other place.
If one were to move from the home
stead to which one had borne the
ashes one would always long to get
back there again just as much as one
had longed to get away from there.
And the second drawback was that
one couldn't carry ashes along every
time one moved to new place. be-
cause the remedy could be used once
only. After that it lost its charm and
had no effect. So that. taken all in all,
it was rather dangerous experiment
to make, ,+
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-24

The proposed initiative measure to
empower counties to issue bonds for
road purposes ought to pass. in the
opinion of the Portland Journal.
Those to whom the petitions are pre-
sented for signature should not hes
itate to sign. 1t is an entirely proper
measure to be offered the electorate,
and one that is almost certain to be
adopted. The measure itself does not
issue bonds. No bonds could be issued
until after vote authorizing it in the
county in which such vote is taken.
1t is merely plan to olothe each ooun-
ty with authority to issue bonds for
Building roads. 1t is a move to clothe
each county with authority to use the
bonding plan for improving the roads
of that county if. after maturer con-
sideration, the people of that county
shall, by popular vote. determine to
do so.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-24
EASY TO FLOAT.
Simple Rules That Will Aid Those
Who Want to Learn.

Who Want to Learn.
ut is inexcusable for cramps TO
cause the death of good swimmer"
remarked an old and enthusiastic
swimmer.
ANY normal person can hoat In the
water" he said. "A good swimmer
can learn more easily than others. and
he should learn 1t. There may be hu-
man bodies that will be entirely sub
merged If unsupported. but | doubt II.
and know that such bodies are rare.
Probably the bodies of drowned
people sink because they have taken
In large quantities of water. Whether
this is or is not the explanation is not
important
with the air expelled aus much as
possible by ordinary breathing and
with no swimming movement some
part of the head will remain above the
water. If the experiment is to be pro-
longed it is more agreeable to throw
the head back and have the nose above
the water, but that is a detail.
when you are In the water you
should practice floating. 1t is easier
to float in deep than in shallow water,
but until you have learned 10 swim
prudence demands that you remain
where you can stand with your head
above water Walk out until the sur
face is near your shoulders. You can
float In a less depth, but 1t is more
difficult Allow yourself to fall back
ward. Make no effort to prevent
sinking. Let your nose point to the
zenith. Your head may go under wa
ter, but 1t will rise again. You can
take my word for it, knowing that if
you fall you can stand on your feet.
"If you have followed instructions
you should float the first time. The
important thing to remember first. last
and all the time Is: Hold your breath
all the time unless you know you will
take In air and not water.
"You who have not learned to float
may be thrown into the water. You
may have a few hours or few Sec
onds Of warning. Use those few or
many seconds to get control Of your
self, and there are two things you
should bring to the front In your
thoughts. Refrain from breathing ex-
cept when you know you will take in
air and not water. and if swimmer
attempts to rescue you make no effort
to grasp him except when and as he
requests.
"If he is wise and good SWIM
mer he will not allow you to do this,
as an effort to grasp him will add to
his labors, and he will need all his
strength. h."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.