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pnlylNG orr Tnn r,NEns.

We DO not know whether Col. John
S, Harwood had any personal sriev-
ancc against soo,hsayers. We have
not heard whether any willy Witch who
! had fathomed all mysteries, made him
| a false promise of fabulous wealth
But this does not matter. lie has GER
| talnly performed public service in
securing the passage of a bill which
! prohibits fortune-tellers from enter
\ ing the state
So far as we have observed, clair
voyants. fortune tellers, palmists and
like delivers in the black arts never
served but one purpose successfully
and that was to separate people from
their money. In this. as the records OF
our courts and the experience of many
sufferers attest their profit has been
the loss of the unsuspecting.
In fact, many of these men and wo-
men have done incalculable damage tc
the ignorant and foolish. They have
played. for ages, upon that element OF
superstition which appears more or
less in every man, and they have Of
ten driven simple folk to desperation
by promises of wealth or warnings OF
calamity. The .conjured" negro is
no more distressing figure than the
unlettered working woman. whose
savings go TO the faker, often for in
formation that harms more than il
helps.
When Mr. Harwood's bill is enacted
into Law, we trust it may be strictly
enforced. The police will then have
ample authority to deal strictly witt
these mlscreants and to offer them the
Jail or the first train North.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03
Voice Of the People.
The Defense of Commodore narron'

rhc Defense of Commodore barron.
Editor OF The Times Dispatch;
Sir,--I do not wish to be importu-
nate, nor do wish to give pam 70 IN, the
descendants of Commodore Decatur,
but descendants of Commodore James
Barron protest against the Injustice 81
recent articles in The imes-Dlspatcn'
which profess to relate 1acts ABOUT
would be ludicrous. but for the sinister
shadow cast upon a brave and much
wronged man.
able services, not only to virginia. pul
TO, TO the United States and OF the no
less notable deeds Of his people, !
claim space first to say that IN regard
Id the communication from Nesuvlus
Mcneil Of Hy yarrsynoede NICE IS n in my
hands as is Commodore Barron's own
account slc of the duel. ! ayoote iron from
Commodore Barron's letter 10 Deca-
tur. dated November 10. 1879:
you acknowledge that YOU had
! formed and expressed an opinion I'M
favorable to me, and yet your con :
| science was made of such pnaple ma
terials that because theotle ho o te
Secretary of the Navy was pleased to
insist on your serving as a member OF p,
the court-martial. and because dld
mot protest against It, you conceive
that duty constrained, YOU 70 ,a nn S Sore
to act under the solemn sanction OF
an oath to render me impartial Justice
llpon the very testimony from which
You You drew an opinion altogether unfa,
vorable to me. How such conduct car
be reconciled with the, pr1nclples OF
common honor and Justice Is TO me
| ineXplicable. Under such clrcum-
stances no consideration, no power. Or
authority upon earth could. or ough'
to have, forced any liberal, high
minded man to sit in case when nc
had prcjudiced."
I i am sure Mr.. Mcneil does not real
ize the grave wrong embodied IN ms
inaccuracy: Commodore Barron was
on waiting orders for thirty years.
1 Naval records show that he command
ed the Gosport (Norfolk) navy yard al
a most interesting period. He was SUI
! perlntendent OF the Naval Asylum al
PHILADELPHIA and commanded the Phil,
adelphia navy yard when he received
General Lafayette in 1924. The same
year he was one OF the guests witt
! McLane. Fish. HuEsr and other dis.
1 tinguished men at the great fete givel
the '.nation's guest" at Yorktown
: There is under my hand letter
from the Navy Department., dated No
!, ven1ber s, lS2S, which appoints Commo
i dore James Barron Commander of tn,
United states friGate Guerrierc, TIL,
), flagship destined for the Pacific Ocean,
!, This was a public vindcation or tn,
gallant oiicer who had been so Ions
& land yindictiyely prosecuted. who has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03
THURSDAY, MARCH 3. 1910.
HENRY sypNon HARRISON.

The unalterable decision of Henry
Sydnor Harrison to leave the newspa-
per field has deprived The Times-Dis-
writer 1t is in the great majority OF
instances unusual to break that canon
of editorial policy which throws
cloak of anonymity about the person
atty of the chief editorial writer Yet
all England knew that Captain Edward
Sterling was the spokesman of the
London Times even when the flrst
John Walter was editor; and In VIZ
GINA the conlings and soinss of
2 a. Il. Williams have been so extensively
chronicled that not shred of imper-
sonal secrecy is left TO the editorial
Eve" To make public acknowledg-
ment to Mr.. Harrison for the remark
able work he has done on the editorial
/ page of The Times. Dispatch is there
4 fore as grateful as it is timely.
I When the position Of chief editorial
writer was offered MIR. Harrison he was
i already known as II. S. H., the writer
of Rhymes for To-Day" in every im-
| portant paper in the United States
To others, besides the poeticulcs who
1 clipped what they could not copy, H.
! s. H. endeared himself by the modestS
with which lie Photographed the ethereal
charms of Richmond's little star-eyed
blondes "reminiscences of that spen-
did and sparkling page i'll Richmond's
1, III Il
4 nence in all matters of feminine beauty
continually return from places hope
lessly consigned to drab mediocrity.
But why speak only Of lovely women,
for bright though thet vision be, it
was not all There. is courageous
manhood. there is athletic prowess and
match1css skill; there is Bill skillitt.
Before that name the mighuest hunters
and boldest warriors of Texas tremble
and grow pale with envy and as they
envy they remember Richmond Ell
SAINTS home, and Mr., Harrison, hi
creator.
SO Mr.. Harrison had made name an
place for himself in a difficult b'
delightful field of huinor before
undertook the heavier and more serio,
task of editing great daily paper.
the latter work his success has bee
no less gratifying and no less deserve
To the weigllty problems of taxatio
finance, governmental economy an
statecraft in daily application Mr.. Han
rison brought an Illuminating intell
Eence, a grasp of mind and clearness 9
reason that gave his writings a valu
and a distinction far above their lit
erary merit. We cannot here rehears
Mr.. Harrison's special work on subsi
dies or primaries for example but il
bidding him farewell and wishing hin
Godspeed in his chosen field we ar,
glad to a.a'ie this opportunity to sa,
that I'M Az" lis labors on The Times
Dispatch he has deserved we'll of thu
State. To his task he brought eacl
day the resolution to wisely and cour
ageously advance the safety. honor an,
welfare of the Commonwealth. Hi
work stands, and Mr. Harrison vii
have forever the satisfaction of know
ing that Virginia is better its out
look is wider, it's judgments farer an,
its prospects brighter because o
The years he worked within her Dor
ders,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

If Henry Watterson will come back
now and quit his foolin', all will be
forgiven, or as much of it as it would
be safe to forgive and forget at any
time about anybody, and particularly
about this father in the Democratic
Israel, who has got II into his head
somehow that old Taft is standing In
with Ballinger because Ballinger is
bad man, and is whooping it up for
Pinchot, about whom Marse Henry
really docs not know anything. and
cares less, and whom he has taken
up simply TO be contrary.
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More .posers.,

Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.-Referring 10 your editorial of
the 18th and letter OF J. Q. Alwood IN
submits nine questions for you 10 an
swer, touching the most important
subject now before the Assembly OF
Legislature should pass the Strobe
Myers bill. submitting the question
of Statewide prohibition TO the peo..
pe FOR hsar. 'hsm nd 10 pass Mr spSa
letter. and /. as We'll as hundreds of
others. would like for you to reply
to the supposed posers-
In this connection there are one or
two other questions ] would like for
you to answer to my satisfaction. at
least. If not confusion" BY what
one else who favors local option reach
the conclusion that local option Is
democratic and. Statewide prohibition
would be undemocratic? Is 1t be-
The question Is submitted to the peo-
pie would force prohibition upon the
| one-tourth that does not want 1t?
| If that is true. then let's take a city
how it works. Take Richmond for IN
| stance: Three wards vote. overwhelrn-
ingly dry" while the fourth ,.,d votes
| would you contend it is undemocratic
| to force the fourth ward to yield to
the VIII of the other three?
| Dy tnlS method OF reasoning, WOuiu
| not the same thing apply to the pre-
! cincts in each ward? Tell me, Mr..
Editor. where would you and those
| who contend for local option draw
| the line with reference to local self
| government AS the Jap would say,
inquire to know, and earnestly beg
4 you to answer the above at the earliest
| possible date.
have been subscriber to your
paper for several years, but the stand
| you have taken against the Anti
saloon League and Statewide prohibit
ton, and for the saloon and whiskey
interests. will compel me to withdraw
my patronage unless You. can give. q
/ your position than / have yet seen
by their fruits ye shall know them. "
4! OBSERVER.
j Richmond. February 26.
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rAXlNG QUE LAMPS.

We want TO see every corporation
doing business in Virginia pay Just
taxes on its profits We want the
people Of the state and the institu-
tons Of the state to benefit by the
business of these corporations. If any
concern is paving taxes at too low a
rate, we want its taxes raised. II
any company is paying the State too
large a percentage of its profits, we
want the taxes Of that company re-
duced.
But we do not want the people tc
pay the tax that should fan on thu
gross profits Of business enterprises
We do not want the man who buy
an insurance policy or suit of clothe
or a gallon of oil to pay, in additiona
initial cost for what the company ha
to pay the state. AS far as possibl
| we want to put the burden where !
belongs,
This, we believe, is the broad com
mon sense view that every right
thinking man in the state viii take
and this is the reason why Mr.. Byrd
oil-taX bin should not become law
The STANDARD OIL Company will no
j object to this tax, It's owners vii
not pay it, The half-cent tax viii b
added to the current price OF oil an,
viii fall directly on the consumer.
But this VIII not be all, BY a Law a
old as business itself, the compan
I that raises prices to meet new take;
win raise them sim more for thei
own profit. Instead of charging
4 half-eent more per gallon for oil, til
! company win advance the rate AT leas
i one cent. II viii be an opportunlt
J they will not neglect
: OF course Mr., Byrd's bin is rcve
! nue. measure. Nobody takes 1t for any
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Lord Byron, cnrrlngc.

Apropos of Lord Byron, it may be
mentioned that a carriage of the poet
is now doing duty in the corner of the
ward OF a wayside inn, in the outskirts
Of Port Lincoln, South Australia. as a
hen-roost, and in spite Of its treatment
by the chickens. Is still in a fair state
OF preservation. The name of the Lon
don maker is engraved on the box of
the vehicle and on the panels are Lord
Byron's motto and coat-of arms II
seems that great friend of his. Lady
Charlotte Bacon Cto whom, By the by
he addressed number of his verses)
went out to live in South Australia
and 10 her he sent one of his car
riages, on her writing TO him of the
ditiicuity of obtaining decent wheeled
conveyances in the Antipodes. On hel
death it passed into the possession O
family in the Port Lincoln district
and could day be purchased for, {
mere song by any collector of relic!
of the poet Byron.
| copyright, 1910, by the BRENTWOOD
COmpany.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

Norfolk is in fearful state of en-
citement because the nine o'clock gun
has been restored. a lot Of curious
things happened when the sun was
fired on Tuesday night after some
months of silence. The nabobs on
Frecmason Street came out and
cheered; the artillery fired a salute
of thirteen guns in honor Of the COM
mandant who issued the order restor-
ing the old practice: the band sere-
naded him, and everybody around the
Monticello "had one" in honor of the
event. We do not consider the last
mentioned feature of the programme
as either unusual or curious. We
merely mention it in passing. But the
real wonder of the whole affair came
yesterday morning. when the staid
and sober sided Virginian-Pil which
never smiles except at an enemy's
funeral. appeared with cartoon on its
front page, depicting the event. That
caused more excitement than every
thing else combined.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03
Orr i,Iynntncc.

NJ, Ribot, OF the French Academy,
speaks Of the comparative ease with
which scholars may enter into lntl-
macy with simple workmen" in Amer
lea; The distinguished academician
tells his eountrymen that Americans
have the advantage OF the French, In n
the sympathy and good fellowship"
which mark the relations between
men OF different circumstances, and on
account of the absence of all en-
barrassmcnts and restraint between
persons of very different fortunes"
II Is extremely pleasing thus to be
treasured that we retain in our In
creasingly complex social and indus
trial condition the. great and pectI.;iar
quality OF our primitive days, TINS
freedom is one OF the unrivaled
charms of American life.
Lincoln said in a debate with
Douglas. that the politicians might
repeal the Declaration. Of lndspend-
ence, but they could not repeal human
nature, 50 some learned skept1ns N
our democracy may deny, the, equality
OF man as proclaimed by JEFFERSON,
but they cannot change the manners
OF our people-Boston Globe.
4
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rosrnAsrEns As 4 rEnouIs1rE.

Congressman LlmDurSer, ol whine
sofa. is awfully indignant. AS a mat
ter of fact. he has been wounded IN
his vitals because Postmaster General
Hitchcock would not appoint POST
master in the Sixth Minnesota District.
the same being represented in con-
gress by the gentleman with the Ger
man name According to his tale oil
voc. Hitchcock has turned down ever
so many of Lindberghs deserving
constituents for whom he has tried to
find jobs at the expense of the Gov
ernment lie has written a letter to
Hitchcock which makes that man look
like anything else but an angel of
light. Lindbergh thinks that Hitch
cock has turned down his friends be-
cause Lindbergh belongs to the 1nsur-
gent class of Republican statesmen.
He tells Hitchcock that he is not OPP
posed to the Administration and that
he favors progressive legislation,
whatever that is.
SO far as we are able to Judge
from the record before US. it is pro-
sressivc appointments to Federal Of
fees that the Minnesotan desires. lie
says, in fact, in his letter to Hitch
cock. II favor the Presidents pro-
Grcssive ideas, but | cannot trust with
implicit confidence Cannons and AID
rich's cspousal of the progressive
cause" and he says that he has evi-
dcnce that convinces him that Cannon
and Aldrich are mot favorable to the
| essential features of the Presidents
best wishes" Mr.. Lindbergh then
comes down on Hitchcock with the
| as much for Hitchcock to turn down his
| pcstmasters as it will hurt the reputa-
| ton of Hitchcock's Department and
| the reputation also of some of the pro-
fesslonal politicians. The people of my
district says Mr.. Lindbersh, know
that all sorts of inducements have been
made 10 me to be favorable to the
leaders of the United States" We
: have no doubt of it. But suppose
Hitchcock should fill up Linderbersh's
|
tive in their political work; what diff
ference would 1t make to the people o.
Lndberghs district If LindberSl
should be left at home? Think also o
what would have happened to this
country If the requests of all the Con
, gresmcn who have nominated post
masters had been complied with b.
Hitchcock. 1t looks to us as If Lind
bergh and a good many of the peopl
who think as he does that the pat
ronage of a Consressman's District !
perquisite of his Office, have YER
little ground upon which to rest thei
claims to recognition.
Now, if Llndbergh would fill th
offices in his district with good Demo
Gratis, we could understand why h
I should hammer Hitchcock and w
should like to help him in that exer
else But why should Limburger thin
that he can select postmasters bette
than Hitchcock? Both of them ar
Republicans and neither of thel
should be trusted with the distribu
ton of Federal Offices.
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THE LAW EXAMINERS.

The lawyers Will have a whack at
their own kind under the Law EN-
aminers' bill which passed the House
on Tuesday. We think they Will re-
lish the opportunity. Ever since old
Patrick Henry was worsted at Char
lotte Courthouse b. a young upstart
named John Randolph, the barristers
of long standing have been anxious to
even things up with the youngsters.
We do not anticipate therefore, that
the bar examinations, which have been
maintained on so high plane by the
supreme Court Will be made easier by
the new examiners, and we are glad
| they will not. Virginia wants her
| state Bar always to be the best in the
! country, and her lawyers ever to be
| the most brilliant in examinations the
most fertile in argument and the most
honorable in their dealings. The state
wants its reputation for lawyers to
! live. We want such men as Wythe,
/ Pendleton, Marshall the Randolphs,
! Writ and Daniel to be born again We
want the day to come when our at
torneys will be admitted to any court
in the union, upon the simple state
ment Of their license in Virginia.
The science Of law is making great
! strides as new social and Industrial
history is being made. Natural saga
city such as enabled Patrick Henry 70
i qualify at Williamsburg will not be
i sufficient for the future attorney lie
mus, have dug deep at the roots OF
4 legal lore and must have double-fal'
lowed the field OF Jurisprudence, Tbs
old state mus, see that lie does it.,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

James Wickcrsham, delegate TO Con-
gress from Alaska. SAYS that pr. COOK
used one OF his photographs OF mount
Mckinley in telling his story ABOUT tue
ascent of that hill. 1t was very Sood
photograph, doubtless. and the picture
used by the Doctor was one that was
taken by himself. The fact that WICK
crsham took one Just like It does not
prove. of course. that Dr. Cook did
not take picture Just like the Wick
ersham photograph Why should any
body want to ascend Mount Mckinley
ANYHOW?
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ians: Lord Lytton, son of owen Mere
dith". Lady Anne Blunt, granddausil-
ter of the poet, Lord Byron; Lord Ten
nyson, son of the poet laureate, and
Edward Esdsile. grandson OF the poet
Shelley. by the first of his two mar
riages. besides many others. will be
present. OF course. the committee in
Charge OF the affair are experiencing
some little difficulty in distinguishing
the greater from the minor poets, since
every one who has had a maker of
verses among his ancestors naturally
is anxious TO set the latter down as a
greater poet,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

Mrs. Wilson Woodrow expressed the
opinion in the March number of the
Delineator that the american woman
is as ignorant as a savage Probably
so, as the American woman is saw
age. The foreigners who have come
into this country misunderstood their
true status. II Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
would really like to see the finest
specimens of women resident in this
country. she ought to come to Rich-
mond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03
NAY AND rLArronM.

The Democratic Convention at Bris-
tol put big man on a very sound
platform.
unalterable opposition to the high
protective tariff as fostered by the
Republican party
Denuncation OF the so-called down :
ward revision of the tariff by Mr..
Taft and his allies in Congress.
Resistance of the extravagant ad-
ministration of National affairs by the
party in power.
An absolute demand that the Demo-
cratic party he returned to the con-
troll OF the Government/ at Washing
ton.
That is broad enough and strong
enough to hold every sincere Democrat
in the state and all other honest peo-
pic as we'll We wish that ii might
be made the platform Of the National
Democracy. 1t Is clear. concise and a
thoroughly Democratic, clcan-cut dec
laration of good purpose without
wandering into strange and untr!ed
fields OF doubtful legislation, and IN
this sign the party in the Ninth Dis
trict will win.
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son is a white man and Dancy Is coll
orcd. As ono of the sweetest Of our
Southern poets sings
Let the white man rule IN MS elesah.
And the colorcd man conform to his
secondary place"
Old Taft has surely been breaking
some records that ought have been
broken.
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If Marse Henry doesn'

If Marse Henry doesn't mind. we
wish he would tell us right now
whether or not he is going to sup
port William Jennings tho next time.
If he had only stood pat on Johnson
old Taft never would have been Presi-
dent, and nobody would be gladdei
than old Taft who has found out that
1T is not really what it was cracked
UP to be.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

.eIt so severely the III Will of govern
ment executive agents" and the mectt
nations of powerful enemies and vet.
though the fact is persistently ignored.
died at the head OF the American
navy"
(MRg.) JANEY HOPE MARI.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Fcbru-
ary 2S 1910.
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DR.. Robert Macdonald pastor OF the
Washington Avenue Baptist Church. of
Brooklyn, made a speech the other
night 10 the CONGREGATIONAL Club OF
that town, in which he admitted that
Baptism is not essential for entrance
into heaven" and that the rule of close
communion Which has obtained In that
denomination is passing out. 1t ought
never to have passed in.
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win. we believe that he will; he GER
tainly will win If tba people who
ought to vote for him out of regard
for the public interests. do vote for
him
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

Henry l.. johnson, of Atlanta has
been appointed Recorder of Deeds Tor
the District OF Columbia. There does
not appear to he anything very re-
markable in that, as the Johnsons are
lesion, but this particular Johnson Is
distinguished. among other things, for
having succeeded John g. darcy. John,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

During the last year il,166 persons
were washed at our public bath
house in Richmond. This will prob
ably not interest our Savannah con-
stituents greatly, as the Savannah
people are not supposed to wash. there
being no full length bathtubs in that
town
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

Secretary Wilson denies that he ever
saw or heard of the letter Mr.. Pin
chot wrote to Senator Dolliver until
it was read in the Senate. We are
inclined 10 believe that Mr.. Wilson
is telling the truth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03

1t is not so much the overproduction
of doctors of which the Carnegie
Foundation complains thatHnterests US
as it is the underproduction of pa
tients. The active competition in the
cost of funerals continues without
abatement in the town of Baltimore.