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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

The Weather Report yesterday
morning told its own story The tenn
perature in Richmond at o'clock
Monday morning was ga degrees. The
maximum temp Of the day was
&C degrees. AT Charleston the lowest
temperature for the day was SO. and
the highest IS degrees. At Jackson
vile the lowest was so; highest so;
at New Orleans, lowest Sc; highest Sc
at Oklahoma City. lowest IS; highes,
96. A difference of from is to 80 de-
grees is the difference between living
on these heaven-kissed hills. where
the breezes always blow. and exist
ing in the humid places Of the earth.
There is no place like Richmond for
the summer time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
THANK You. MI. FINLEY.

President Finley, of the Southern
Railway. came to Richmond yesterday
| morning to confer with number of
business organizations of this City
about the train service on his lines.
This was a very nice thing for Mr.
Finley to do, and 1t is most highly APP
preciated by the people Of this town
Since he became President Of the
Southern Railway System 1t has been
his earnest wish to give to the public
the best possible service. Whenever he
could do SO without the neglect OF
more important engagements, he has
cheerfully responded to every request
and gone himself to whatever point
there was disturbance in order that he
might place himself and the railway.
which is fourishing under his adj
ministration, in intimate touch with
the business interests OF the public.
Always ready to hear complaints and
seeking to escape no responsibility
to the public, he is gradually but sure
ly convincing the public that the in
,terests of the railway and the public
are the same
There has been very distinct Diff
erence between his conception of the
relation of the railroads to the public
and the policy which has been pursued
by many other managers OF these great
properties. who, influenced by the In
trinity OF little brief authority, have
been inclined to say to complainants
in effect: We are running this rail-
road in our way; If you don't like it,
go to the devil.
Thank you. Mr.. Finley, for coming
to Richmond, and thank you for COM
plying with the reasonable request
of the serious minded business men of
this community who sought your CO.
operation in matter of large I'M
portance to Richmond and received 1t,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
MORE TRounLE FOR CLAWS.

Louis r. CLAWS, the chief witness
for the Pinchot prosecution OF Secre'
tary Ballinger continues to attract
the public interest. There must be
some mistake in the report that ha
filed bill for divorce against his
wife some time ago, and that In her
reply she alleges that he made prop
osition TO her that II she would re-
main east of the Rocky Mountains he
would pay her cash in part settle
ment and get her a Government Job.
Mrs CLAWS Is said to have come East
to see her father, who was in a dying
condition, and who has since depart.
ed this life, and that her husband
refused 10 send her money TO return
10 their home in the West
We do not know how Mr., CLAWS
will escape from this embarrassment,
nor are we informed as TO what au-
thority he had for promising his wife,
or that he ever made such promise,
that he would secure a Government
appointment for her in part payment
Of her separation from him. There
Will doubtless be an explanation OF
this affair, and ,we imagine that 1t
Will be wholly satisfactory, whatever
1t may be, to Mr.. pinchot and Mr.. Car
field and likewise to Mr.. Kerby. 1t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

yet IT seems that IL his mind were
made up in this direction he would
not keep the people In suspense. The
Governor should not overlook the fact
that he Is a servant OF the people, and
that he has no right to hold up II
matter In which they are deeply inter
ested and which they want to see set
tied with as little delay as possible
This represents the opinions OF our
contemporary. but 1t does not, we are
confident, reflect the sentiment OF the
whole people of the Commonwealth.
who shall take the seat of Senator
Daniel, but at the same time, we be-
lieve, they realize that in this matter,
the elaboration OF the Chief Executive
has been fitting and wise. Due rcspecr
for the illustrious statesman who has
gone from us demanded that his sue
cessor be not chosen until reasonable
time had passed. The people realize
this, and are not kept Sin suspense"
Whether the Governor has already
OF our Government is that in the se-
lection OF public servant who is to
represent the State in the highest
council of the nation tho appointive
power should use solemn delibcration
The new Senator will have lost moth.
Ing by the delay. and the people will
have lost nothing by 1T. for there are
several months between now and the
time when the appointee will take his
oath of office. and enter upon his du-
ties. ulysses is gone, and there Is
none left in Ithaca that can bend his
bow" and the selection of success
sor to Senator Daniel should require
more deiiberatlon than would be used
had some man of lesser stature passed
from the service of Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
THE corroN CONSPIRACY.

The special Federal Grand Jury in
New York is pegging away at the cot
ton pool conspiracy. 1t is little
strange that it was not until the price
OF cotton went up to something like
the real value of the staple that there
was any thought of Government inter-
ference. There has been no interfer-
ence with the other pools that have
been formed with the effect certainly.
If not for The purpose. of depressing
the price. We have always heard that
it is a poor rule that will not work
both ways. but, the Government at
Washington still lives.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

public servants---no matter what their
political faith may be, and who arc
faithful to public dutS---arc traitors
TO the state. no matter how lofty their
hypocrltcal professions may seem to
sound
What Mr.. Fairbanks said was all
the moro forceful because of his well
known disposition to say the pleasant
thing instead Of to indulge in severe
speech; but he spoke yesterday with
all the fire of a veteran in invective,
force of truth. The day OF the muck
writer and of the muck-printcr Ia
passing. The people have taken their
measure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
GRAND TIME AT snwpEnN.

GRAND TIME Al pNESWDERN.
The two hundredth anniversary OF
the founding Of Newbern, the oldest
city in the state of North Carolina,
will be celebrated next week with APP
propriate exercises covering period
OF five days. The celebration Will be
opened with great historical pa.
geant next Monday morning when the
settlers will sail across the mouth OF
Trent River in ships rugged as they
were in the early eighteenth century.
and upon landing at the Government
wharf they will be met by a body Of
several hundred make believe Indians
all properly costumed. and, after re-
freshments peculiar to the locality, a
new Treaty of Peace will be formed
until the potables begin to get in
their work, and then there will be a
quarrel with the natives. There will
also be an historical representation Of
the great Indian war of 1711-13, the
capture Of Baron deGraffenricd and of
John Lawson. the Surveyor OF the
Province, and the execution Of Law
son, which will all be as true to life
as the circumstances will permit,
On Tuesday there will be great
floral and industrial parade in which
a large number of handsomely dec
Grated floats will take part, and Tues
day night there will be another his
torical pageant. in which will be rep
resented many Of the most important
events in the history of Newborn.
The floats Will represent the City OF
Newbern, Indian life of North Caro-
lima. the Colonial history OF North
Carolina. the Revolutionary history Of
the State. the history Of the modern
period, the reception given by Cover
nor and Mrs. Tryon. the Session OF
the first Congress of North Carolina
INDEPENDENT of the Royal Government
which met at Newbern August 90,
lTTi; Governor Richard Caswell. the
first Governor of the Independent
State, taking the oath OF Office at
Newbern; the visit of George Wash
Ai4S toli W St"ut stIAu lIlc GuuCd-
tional development OF Newborn.
1t was hoped that President Taft
would be able to attend the celebra-
ton and deliver an address, but this
will not be practicable in view of his
vacation junket along the New Eng
land shores.
We have no doubt that the celehra-
ton will be all that IL should be. New
bern has a splendid history 1t is
really one of the historic spots of the
| South, as it was one of the earlIes,
| settlements in North Carolina. Great
changes have taken place since the
! first settlers placed foot on its sacred
soil. War and Revolution and Recon.
struction have all left their marks
upon the town, but It is working on,
| Of the difficulties through which 1t
has passed into one of the most pro-
gressive communities in the South
Before the Mecklenburg Myth was in
vented, Newbern was. 1t does not re-
quire the aid of romancists to make
it conspicuous in the annals of the
country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
THE TYRANNY OF LABOR.

John Mitchell. vice-President of the
American Federation of Labor, has
made an appeal to the three million
organized workers of the country TO
work as individuals, as well as collec-
lively, for the purpose OF bringing into
this great society as many Of the UNI
attached workingmcn OF the country az
possible. In his opinion, II every or.
ganized worker gave part of his time
to get others to join his Union, and
the Unions collectively did their very
best 1t would soon be easy to get bet
ter conditions. shorter hours Of work
and higher wages for all workers
Probably So but it would at the same
time establish in this country an or
ganizatlon which it would be impos-
sible TO control. Tho tyranny of or
sanized labor Is as dangerous to tho
welfare of the country as the tyranny
of capital.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
MN. FAIRBANKS on FIRE.

"The best advertiser and the hest
merchant are synonymous, and the
poorest advertiser is usually the one
who finds himself in Court of Bank
ruptcy."
That is what the Hon. Charles w
Fairbanks. former Vice President of
the United States, hid to the Adver-
/ tising Clubs Of America in his admir-
/ able address at Omaha yesterday. 1t
IS a golden text. the wise conclusion
of very successful business man. a
man of affairs, a man who keeps his
Ewits about him, who does not jump at
nhis judgments, but who takes life
as 1t is and men as they are, reason
ing from observation and experience
that the most successful business men
are those who possess the faculty OF
bringing their business fairly and ia
vorably before the public" Every
man engaged in business should have
lwhat Mr.. Fairbanks said printed in
slarge type and kept constantly on his
Wdesk as reminder that when times
hare dull and customers are falling
Iaway there is a certain means Of
Infringing them back and making
Mhings move.
81 Mr.. Fairbanks did not confne his
Haddress, however. 10 wise suggestions
Vas to the virtue Of advertising; but
Ehe paid his respects 10 the muck
kt riters and the muck-printers OF the
E9resent day and generation, pleading
Nor juster judgment OF the acts OF
Ehe public servants OF the people. and
clustering with his eloquent tongue
Sle professional liars of the newspa-
e-ers and magazines who make mer-
fssshandise OF their mendacity. He would
tS OF exempt public officers, whatever
II heir station. from just criticism, he
H ,ould "smite without mercy those
Tho betray their public trust" but
"a sswould save the State and the peo-
ia from the indiscriminate abuse of
n rose who write for pay. and from the
newspapers which construe the liber-
!s ~ of speech guaranteed to them by
IN ths Constitution into that vicious IL
~ sensc which impairs the functions of
IA good government and feeds only the
III Tres OF socialism. Men who will
Mussntonly and maliciously assall our
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
THE PICTURES AND THE PLAY.

a very hard proposition has been
put up to the Mayor of Boston. In
fluenced probably by the hue and cry
that was raised all over the country
about the fight pictures he an
nounced officially that he would not
permit the pictures to be displayed on
that mount of privilege, and now como
the colored people, of his community
with petition that he prohibit the
playing of 1.-THE Clansman" on the
classic boards of Boston, on the ground
that this play is far more likely to
produce i'll feeling between the races
than the reproduction of the fight pic
lures in the vaudeville houses. There
seems to be something in this view; but
what the Mayor will do about it re-
mains to be seen.
1.-THE Clansman" has been prohibit
ed, we believe, in number of towns;
but 1t is claimed that it Is vivid
presentation of a historical period in
the life OF the country, and so it is;
but SO, also. may the prize fight at
Reno be regarded. Both may be bad
for excitable nerves; but can 1t
truthfully be said that lot Of NOV
ing pictures on canvas are worse
than company of living actors, white
and colored. strutting across the stage
and reproducing to the life the incl
dents in our struggle for deliverance
from the intolerable tyranny Of mill
tary despotism in period which we
should all like 10 forget?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
RICHMOND VA WEDNESDAY, JULY 90 1910

would have been so much better II
the C;luvises had separated without
the publicity which marital differences
are always certain to excite.
We are not Interested In the affair
except to the extent of saying that
there is a conservation of the home
that is almost as important in this
country as the conservation of tho
water powers and the coal lands and
tho forests.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
THE GOVERNORS DELInERAT1o,

The Clifton Forge Daily Review can
III conceal its Impotence. because
Governor Mann has not yet announced
who will succeed Senator Daniel. 1t
says:
Governor Mann is taking more
time than is necessary to appoint a
United States Senator. 1t is all right
to show proper respect for the dead,
but it is generally as important to
respect the wishes Of the living The
people are anxious to know the name
of their next United States Senator
and as Governor Mann is charged with
the duty of making the appointment,
he should not delay any longer. OF
course. everybody believes that ex-
Governor Swanson is slated for United
States Senator, and so far as we know.
a majority of the people want to see
Mr.. Swanson appointed. therefore we
see no need of holding the appoint
ment back, Governor Mann would
save himself much worry by making
the appointment at once, because
those who do not favor Mr., Swanson
will be given time to plead with the
Chief Executive in behalf of their ia
vorite. 1t was announced In the press
the other day that Governor Mann had
not maze UP MS HllHd 70 appoint Mr..
Swanson, and the impression was
made upon not few people that the
Governor would appoint some dark
horse. We do not believe this. In
fact, we have heard 1t said that if
the Governor names some other man
the Legislature Will call itself to-
gether and elect a United States Sem
ator for the term beginning next
March. Those close to the Governor
look for him TO select Mr. Swanson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
EyEnYBopY SATISFIED.

ST: 1t is reported that a satisfactory
afagreement has been made between the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the con-
A,ductors and trainmen who were talk
ming about going on strike. Tho
harailroad company is pleased The
dostrikers say that they have gotten
wt,ll they asked for, and the railroad
=, declares that 1t has not given any
lie hing. There could not be anything
Setter than that, and with everybody
,anted. the business of the railroad
Il hould go ahead without Interruption.
N'erhaps 1t was n misunderstanding
II around and ought to nave been
ettled without recourse to threats on
he one side and to preparations for
sustained light on the other That
he Railroad company had determined
20 yield nothing without severe
hurtruggle was evident from the bus
i,aaaess like manner in which 1t pro-
wirided for the threatened walk-out, and
a ~ the strike would have meant moth
Nmeng but loss to the striking conductors
Se..nd trainmen and disaster to many
winterests. 1t is gratifying that the con-
iiastroversy has been amicably adjusted.
hit Is so much better than lighting
pi The Pennsylvania Railroad has been
+ nregarded as one of the fairest corpo.
Vrations in the country to its working
force. Last April it increased tho
wages of its employees 6 per cent. and
it carries in it's relief department 1i6.-
benefits to it's employees, $l.S92,Sl9
There are 3.244 former employees on the
pension rolls OF the company. of whom
216 were retired last year, and last
year the company disbursed in pen
sians s7S2,7I2 This looks as If the
Ji.ytlroad had not been unmindful of its
ocloligations to those who have helped
peri, their sphere TO build UP this great
Latfoperty. Its liberality towards its
the aployces has cost the stockholders OF
Tie company the loss of dividends, the
a MnaIncrease of wages last April and
che:her circumstances, having made it
'eWgnpracticable to restore the old rate
JUST per cent dividends.
~. N The threatened strike would have
horost the company hundreds of thou
OF sands of dollars and the strikers not
only the loss of employment, in many
ofcases permanent loss. but the sac
aaan,rifce of their savings, and have placed
puupon their sympathizing orders tre-
Tremendous financial burden. IT would
Cohave thrown the transportation facil-
,ities into great confusion and made
onthe public pay for a condition for
yaryhich it was in no sense responsible.
,owsyd which it could not cure. a great
hall DOR strike is not only bad for the
] untry. but it is the worst possible
Thing that coull Happen to the strikers
fIin umselves. There ought TO be some
daadequate remedy in law for the pre-
peyentton of such disasters, and there
aaiInilmust be If the, "ianocent bystanders"
OF are to be saved from the insolence
siIof capital on the one hand and the
tyranny of labor on the other
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20
CAuGHr SLIDING.

Another case of "blame it on the
newspaper" that Griffin incident told
in the local columns OF this paper
to-day. Another case, too. where the
newspaper was not to blame, and
the man who said he was misduote0
was to blame. This incident ought
to impress men who occupy public
positions and who make rash state
ment in the heat of passion, only to
LAY ii on" the reporter, when they
find how their utterances appear In
cold type. with the danger of trying
blame. Steve Griffin is manager of
the Danville baseball team. On Mon
day night lie teegraphed The Times
Dispatch that he had resigned, be-
his most promising players. The mess
age was accepted in good faith and
printed. In an afternoon newspaper
yesterday, however, Griffin entered an
unqualified denial. saying that he had
not resigned and. in effect. that The
Times-Dispatch had been guilty of
conduct unbecoming gentleman. or
something Of the sort.
We print this morning facsimile
of Griffin's telegram. Moreover, we
have had the telegraph company
make an investigation at the Danville
end. its report being simply that the
telegram was filed by Griffin HIM
self.
A newspaper takes an exquisite
pleasure in putting the mark on per-
sons who try to put the mark on it.
There is no desire to rub it into" Mr..
Griffin, he is condemned by the re-
cord in the case. In his telegram he
even wrote the headlines: Griffin
Resigns" Other men occupying high
er public positions than the manager
of the Danville baseball club have
attempted the same sort of thing
before this. They have succeeded in
making the people believe that they
We're misquoted by the newspapers,
when they knew the newspapers had
quoted them correctly. But once
they try to put the blame on the
newspaper, they find to their sorrow
that that same newspaper will let
them severely alone thereafter. 1t is
the right medicine to give them and
it is the medicine most painful to
those who love the glory of publicity.
Occasionally, they 'get by" 1t is
worth while. however, to have the re-
cord as we have it in the case of Mr..
Steve Griffin. We let the case go
to the jury Just on the facts. without
argument.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

It is reported by the Boston Her
aid that lightning, rods have been put
UP on the chimneys of the White
House at washington to arrest the
3ltghtningi but we do not so understand
1T. Their purpose at present, we be-
ltavA- Is to nttraak the lightning
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

An arrow that would touch the
heart Of alnSst any town you can
think of is turned loose by the staun-
ton Daily Leader. when it suggests that
1T would be an act OF charity for
the Board OF Supervisors to start d
playground for the loafers and buns
that hang around the Courthouse
lawn" Most of them are shiftless,
anyway. and they ought 10 find out
that a county courthouse is not a
sort OF stag" hotel, by day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

If John D. Rockefeller succeed in
effecting the merger of all the re-
ligions in the world, which he is said
to have proposed in speech to his
Bible class in the Euclid Avenue Bap~
tist Church, of Cleveland. Ohio. will
he be liable to Indictment under the
Sherman antitrust law for establish
ing monopoly in restraint Of trade?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

The Houston Post says that peach.
growers are selling at 10 cents
We want new settlers In
Virginia, but not Of that kind. We
should say that one North Carolininn
would DO worth u cowpen full of Tex
an peach-growers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

1t Is claimed that Georgia is a pro-
hlpition State; yet here is the Atlanta
Constitutions Idea of a suitable de-
sign for local statue to Eve, the dis
franchised mother of the human race:
1--WE would clothe the Georgia Eve in
the delicate blossoms of the peach.
with luscious liberia held out in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

Governor Mann and Superintendent
Of Public Instruction Eggleston will
now make their most graceful bow to
the Newport News Times-Herald
which says that in his term SO far
the Governor has done fine work.
and later, Governor Mann and the
Department of Public Instruction are
doing the greatest work Virginia has
ever known in this direction" refer
ring to their efforts in agriculture
and education.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

The Caldwell County Teachers In
stitute is in session at Lenoir, North
Carolina. Its main purpose is to
teach teachers how to teach" Tho
attendance is good. and the interest
in the work is encouraging, the num-
Der Of teachers from the county pres
ent being larger than in any former
year. Teaching is a hard business.
and the reason that 1t Is SO poorly
done oftentimes is that the teachers
do not know how to teach. There
has been marked improvement in re-
cent years in the management and
conduct Of the public schools of the
South. speaking generally, but there
is still great room for Improvement.
The holding of such institutes as
that at Lenoir should be encouraged
throughout the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

Again we are in entire agreement
with the Pope OF Rome, who has de-
clared himself against the torturinE
OF birds and Of animals in the inter-
est of Science.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-20

"on to Charlotte" is regarded by
the Observer of that city as good
slogan for public use every day in the
year. Just so, but why should any
body ION to Charlotte" when they can
come to Richmond?