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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
PREMIER OF FRANCE
TOOK REAL VACATION

compelled to interrupt his holiday. and
to return to Brussels
King Louis II. OF Bavaria had like.
wise trick of disappearing without
giving notice. and at one. time wal
completely lost to the members OF the
royal family. and to his ministers, for
two months, being ultimately discov-
cred by mere chance, living under az
class pension or boarding house on the
shores of one of the smaller lakes OF
Switzerland.
The reigning Grand Duke of oiden.
family, to his ministers and to his
people for fortnight or three weeks
when, to the amazemcnt OF everybody
Gso nn: ned, ne ,s suddenly turned up in
and admitting his identity, explained
that ne had just run over here to
see Niagara. He sailed for home FIVE
days later.
drawals to his hunting lodges a,
Hubertustock and Rominten. each of
them situated in the depths OF forests
40 strictly preserved that no access
welcomed guest. are alleged TO have
Afforded him opportunities for incog-
nito visits to foreign countries, nota.
bly, to Paris. although nothing positive
is known about the matter.
But one thing at least Is surprising,
namely. that those anarchists who are
supposed to dog the footsteps OF rulers
and OF their ministers should never
have taken advantage OF these escapes
OF their quarry from Its surroundings,
and from Its ordinary safeguards. to
accomplish their fell designs, either in
the shape OF assassination or by hold
| ing their victims for ransom.
Had any OF the many foes OF Premier
BRAND awaited themselves of his escape
to Pacy,,sur-Eure to kidnap him and to
carry him oft In drugged condition.
ana lodge him In some foreign lunatie
1 asylum, months and months might
have elapsed before he could have
been rescued, and meanwhile minis
terial crisis. perhaps oven something
still more Important. might have oc.
CURED al Paris, where BRAND is re-
garded by friend and foe, alike as
the one strong man at present in
| france It is wonder, too. that King
| Leopold was never captured In the
| course or some of his eccentric wan
behring's. and forced to disgorge some
OF his tll-gotten millions.
healiy. the anarchists and the GRIM
nails OF our day are lacking in bold,
/ ness and enterprise; for the only kid.
/ napplng of ruler in modern times.
has been that Of Prince Alexander Of
/ Bulgaria. who was seized at night In
MS palace at Sofia by a band OF Rus
sian an !, al and ID treeacherous Bulgarian ad-
with the then Gar. by carrying him
4 OF into Russia. and placing him within
MS power. The Gar hated the prince,
out ordered him to be set at liberty.
\ not however, without having obtained
from him pledge that lie would alb
SOMA; pledge which was fulfilled in
due course.
A Copyright. 1910. by the Brentwood
Company .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
ENTER on TIME.
The Lynchburg Advance saws:


"a good many parents are careless
about entering their children IL the
city schools on time. They want a
little more vacation. do not think Il
week or SO lost at the beginning OF
the session matters much, and offer n
thousand and one excuses"
This is common error among the
parents of school children and ought
to be corrected. While 1t is true that
at the beginning of the session, pre-
liminary arrangements take up
much of the time. still the pupils ought
to be in school from the first
By staying out, they are forced to
| make up. for lost time, and that is a
task that is not as easy as 1T sounds.
1t places an additional burden on the
teacher who cannot make things as
plain to the delayed pupil as to the pu-
Pill who has begun the course IN the
classroom. BY staying out, the pupil
loses the teaching that the teacher
gives and must substitute the inferior
method OF studying without a-d at
home in the place of such teaching.
The best pupil is the one who
toes the mark from the beginning OF
school until the end, who is not beng
kept out of school by parents on vari-
Gus excuses Allowing pupil to sh'rk
duty in the formative years Is great
mistake. for the loahng principle can
take hold soon in life and is one OF
the hardest to eliminate. The best
school is that which is the least lax IN
the matter of excuses. The future citi-
| zen must be taught at the outset The
| necessity of being ION the job al OF
| the time.
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b. . f .
and the friendship of property owners;
but we do not think they are over nu-
merous. s33
These offices hold out strong tcinpta-
ton for improper management. They
afford an opportunity to sacrifice pub
lie right to private Interest," they are
full of chances for the politician who
wishes to use his Office wrongfully in
order to accumulate power and 'nilu-
ence for him.
1t is a question of Improving both
the man and the Office. The pres,
ont law was framed with the View OF
SO safeguarding these offices that they
might be better adapted to honest and
thorough public service 1t Is not a
matter Of this man or that, 1T is mat.
tor OF principle.
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up. GuAnDs, AND Ar HIM!

Bully for the Old Guard In New
York! 1t is making good fight for
the control of the convention in sara
toya and 1t looks now as IL 1t Will
win. The number OF delegates in the
convention will be 1015--a majority
will be $685. Up to date $40 delegates
have been elected, of whom 332 are
for Sherman and 301 for Roosevelt and
Z doubtful OF the delegates yet to
be elected. 1t is estimated that 2oo
will be for Sherman and 1871 for
Roosevelt, with As doubtful This will
give sherman 52e votes in the conven-
ton and Roosevelt 4ss, and, If this
estimate be true. either the untamed
| lion hunter will be compelled to eat
| out of the hands of the Old Guard
or retire to the jungle.
1t is reported by the people on the
| scramble, as had been expected. to get
into the Roosevelt band wagon, and
| the Colonel himself appears to be
somewhat impressed that way il his
on any account consent to be elmer
| the temporary chairman of the con-
vention at Saratoga or It's candidate
for Governor of New York. One of
the reasons assigned by him for this
determination is that he could not con-
sent to confine his labors entirely to
New York state. But IL the Old Guard
shall succeed in controlling the Sara
toga meeting that will come very
near putting the Colonel out of bust
Mesa contamination most devoutly
to be wished. although we should well
come his defeat as Governor OF New
York. an event which would almost
surely follow his nomination. Indeed,
| If the Democrats shall keep their
| heads level and put up their best man
no Republican candidate can be elected
| Governor of New York in November.
| The Democratic skies are brighten
ing all around, except possibly in
Tennessee, and Patterson is to be
blamed for the disgraceful condition
of affairs down there AS we have
! always claimed, the interests of the
South and the East, commercial, in
| dustrial and political, are largely the
| same. and in the race for the control
i of this country we must look to the
| rising and not to the setting sun.
Whatever the Colonel shall do about
the Saratoga convention, whether he
shall consent to stand for chairman OF
that body and accept the nomination
! for Governor or not he is sure to re-
ceive the blame for the present dis
organized condition of his party in
New York and throughout the country.
The echoes of Osawatomie and Sioux
| Falls, and St Paul are dying away.
Men everywhere are getting tired OF
the circus attractions in political busi-
ness. One of the stories that comes
| from New York is that the Old Guard
intends to Smoke the Colonel out
and make him declare himself either
for or against Mr.. Taft This is one
1 time we do not think he will be able
to dodge. and, whether he dodge OF
not. the country has taken his meas
ure.
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ALWAYS IN ORDER.

The Roanoke World administers
singing rebuke in a late issue 10 ohe
of its contemporaries which has taken
the position that the present discussion
~ the need Of reform In the fee system
lis .premature and profitless. lAe
World declares that this contemporary
"shoots wide of the mark, Evidently
k,t does not consider that to make inc
fee system an issue in the election OF
members of the next General Assembly,
ii is going to require an enormous
amount of campaigning to accomplish
the end, for the benefciaries under the
Zee system are not going to surrender
| the species of legalized graft by when
! they profit without a desperate struG-
gle.
"As to the Evening Worlds position,
we propose to fight it with might ano
main, let the occasion be timely OF
i untimely. 1t Is vicious and corrup'
| system, leading to all sorts OF abuse
and that is all the excuse We want 1or
fghting 1t. These abuses exist here
4 IN Roanoke; they exist in Richmond, In
4 Norfolk and In Danville. and In every
county of the State. We are not try.
i ing to reform anything or anybody
Il It is simply case of an open and ma
grant abuse Of pernicious system. anc
/. against which we shall continually
array until it Is corrected
The World is right, It is not a bl
too soon to begin the battle agains
this Ubiquitous system. 1t Will, indeed
require IAN enormous amount Of cam
paigning'' to effect change In tn
present condition, but SO It Is will
every reform. 1t takes long time t
get 1t into the heads OF the people tina
there Is something which they mus
do away with; the necessity for reform
sinks slowly into the public conscience
The only way to achieve success in !
matter like this is 10 hammer at itan'
keep hammering, 9ss
Discussion Of this issue is in no daa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
ROAD ExTI,AyAGANCE.
correspondent writing to the A

a correspondent writing to the APP
pomattox Times-virginian says.
Good roads, how and when are we
to have them? In the last forty five
years nearly s140,O00 have been spent
on the roads in Buckingham. Are they
any better now than then? Suppose
we had borrowed that much money
then and put two roads In order from
east TO west and north to south. With
the levy made from time to time we
could have paid the interest, created Il
sinking fund and had enough TO keep
the other cross roads in good repair.
Some one will be living forty-fve years
from now and will need roads; 30
start the ball at once. We make many
and some serious mistakes In this life.
Building good roads there can be no
mistake as to the country"
This is the "horsc sense" view Of 1t.
When a large sum Is mentioned as the
amount necessary for constructing q
stretch of good road in county, there
are many who cry aloud that ut is too
much; It's eXtravagant" Many people
do not take second thought and reflect
upon the consideration which the man
from buckingham has stated above
the annual waste of money on bad
roads. The present system is simply
case of sinking money into some
thing that can give no permanent re-
turn.
In the long run 1t is the good road
that is the cheapest. 1t stays in good
condition longer repairs on 1t. when
necessary last a long time; 1T is an in
vestment that pays
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
BEST GoyERNon EyEn.

The night Of the Primary Election
in South Carolina, The News and
Courier Of Charleston asked Mr.. Blease,
the successful candidate for Governor,
IL he had anything, to say about the
result OF the election, and his answer
was.
II have nothing to say. except
Praise God from, whom all blessings
flow / thank my friends, and 1 thank
God for this victory. ] expect to
make South Carolina the best Governor
she has ever had for all her people"
If he will only do that all the
people ofIthe State, those who voted
against him as well as those who
voted for him. will be able to join him
in the singing of the Long Metre
Doxology.
We do not like the speech Mr.. Blease
rs reported to have made to "hilarious
crowd" in Columbia the night of the
election. The language employed by
him was rather stronger than the
circumstances appeared to warrant.
and his advice to the people who had
been served with a crow diet, while
pure old English in form, was in
wretchedly bad taste. All that Mr..
Blease has to do. however. to make a
name for himself that will go sound
ing down the files OF time, is to make
South Carolina the hest Governor she
has ever had for all her people" we
do not think this SDeech can he taken
literally. because we do not believe
Mr.. Blease is big enough for the job,
but there is great virtue, at least. in
having a high aim, and we trust that
occasionally Mr.. slease will make a
bull's-eye
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
Maine went
/, He'll bent.
For Governor Kent,
Tippecanoe
And Tyler, too"

IT started away back yonder in the
exciting campaign of 1910, long before
our correspondent was born, and
thirty years before he began to read
The Times Dispatch; "a political cam
paign which," we are told, "tor popular
enthusiasm and widespread activity
has probably never been equaled in
American politics, Throughout the
country meetings. professions and a
great variety of demonstrations were
held and the general public took an
energetic share in the contest. New
campaign methods were introduced,
and the log cabin and hard cider hes
came especial emblems OF the party of
'Tippecanoe and Tyler. too"
That was the year in which Maine
broke loose from her mornings and
when the objectionable, not to say, sui
| phurous. collocation OF words was In.
vented possibly by some over-en-
| thusiastic respectable in the frenzy so1
a sort OF idiomatic phrase to express!
| generally the thoroug hness with which
a political triumph has been scored
Despite It's apparent roughness !
must not be regarded nowadays a
anything more than a figure Of speech
50 to say, and although we shall no
/ use II again. except under extreme OK
4 element, 1t can be used In the Mint
4 District after slemp is put to slice,
by Henry. Stuart In the month OF No
4 vember. 1t belongs to the class o
phrases such as hell broke loose Il
Georgia. all very vulgar and the us
OF which is TO be severely avoided, bu
all very often affected by those who
because Of their own poverty o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
Daily Queries and Answers
Address all for this Query Editor
Dispatch No mathematical coins
or valued and dealers beo Given.

ton. consisting often Of alternate lay:
ers OF Ice and snow, which are believed
TO pc formed while the stone IS sus-
ms current IN I'll The - air. siect Is miS.
ture OF snow, or hall and rain. parttru-
rain or rain that freezes on the treca
Bledsoe's ssrheodicy.o
% Nv, G. j." will send us a self
nddressed postal. we can send him the
copy Of Biedso aSs s Mhaas es 'AAs So
Ethiopia.
w What =. countries were included in an.
the people OF that country?
That country included modern Nubln,
SEMINAR. and Abysslnia, together with
Whte Mic AZ 'ae country Wsst Of the
little is known considering the people
Of ancient Ethiopia, their customs and
laws but the Inscriptions on temples
rna ,Snp th IN t9eir country strongly
IS probable that the manners. customs
and religion. etc, OF the two nations
were similar.
Judgment In Montana.
What is the Limitation OF n Judgment
In the State OF Montana?
Ten years. When obtained in courts
Hol VI ASSoIot i've years.
Frost Penetration.
Why. is 1t that frost penetrates solid
ground SO much deeper than 1t does
loose, porous ground in the same To-
icality?
Because tho porous ground contains
air which the solid ground does not.
Irrigation Laws.
To whom shall apply for copies az
the national irrigation laws?
The Congressman OF the district In
which you live.
constitutional Questions.
!. How are justices OF the United
States Supreme. Court appointed?
I 20. Who Is the Chief Justice OF the
| United States?
| 8. Who is the Secretary Of slater
| 4. How many amendments have been
added to the Constitution OF the United
s. What two ways may bill be-
come law without tho Presidents sig.
nature7
l. They are appointed by the presi-
dent, subject to the ratification OF the
| Senate.
at present
q Hon. Phllander C. Knox.
| A. Fifteen.
! 8. First. by the action Of the Con.
! gross in passing the bill over this
| Presidents veto by two-thirds vots
| of both houses; second, by the Presi-
| dent keeping the bill in his possession
. more than ten days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
The London Chronicle brings Lynch

The London Chronicle brings Lynch
burg into the limelight saying:
Australia has it's chance in naming
It's new capital between the beautiful
and the ugly word. America has wasted
It's Chances and correspondent has
sent small selection Of the aw full
names. Who would like to live at
Dismal swamp or Hopkinsville, or
Lynchburg, or-perhaps Moosic is the
most dreadful in facetious suggestion
But the writer on the Chronicle
would never have said that had he
ever escaped from the fogs of London
town to the wonderful ozone OF the
beautiful hills that have made Lynch
burg famous.
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ger Of overshadowing the elections for
Congressman and the vote upon the
four proposed amendments to the Con-.
stitutlon. There is enough room To
talk about ali Of these things, without
running the risk of prejudiclng any
one OF them.
+ Discussion of a condition that needs
to be remedied is always opportune
A fight for reform Is always in order.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
The Farmville correspondent of the

Appomattox -virginian says:
Editor Hart, OF the Herald, Is very
much afraid of a thunder storm, and
during recent violent one, says that
but for the timely arrival of his ply
stefan with the proper remedy on hand
he would have suffered a fearful coll
lapse. L am not certain as to the
component parts of the mixture, but
believe l can guess with some degree
of accuracy
Does the writer mean to Ansinuate
that, in the case of Brother Hart
thunder always necessitates white
lightnin'" as they call 1t In NORTH
Carolina?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
Exactly so.

1t appears that Griscom Is, after all,
not such chump of a politician as his
opponents have been claiming. the Tri-
bune having picked up sufficient cour-
age to say that his leadership stands
confirmed" But If the Tribune. were
running for Office. wouldn't it rather
trust to Tim and Barnes and the rest
of the gang for its election than t,
Griscom?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16

the testimony of the missionaries and
the llskimos lie will yet be adjudged
the most wonderful man OF his age.
of any age; for in addition TO captur-
ing the Pole he has in the midst of
the most fearful storm OF obloquy
commanded his own integrity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16

Elihu Root probably drafted the re-
port OF the majority Of the committee
in the Ballinger case, at any rate 1t
would have done him credit, and 1t
makes bunch Of monkeys Of the M
nority. Why is it that Democrats never
lose an opportunity to show themselves
at disadvantage putting the case in
the mildest form?
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HEADING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

HEADING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
Count New Jersey in the Democratic
column; Woodrow Wilson was nomi-
mated for Governor yesterday by the
Democratic Convention at Trenton
nominated unanimously on the first
ballot That means that he will be
elected a strong man, of high char
Reter, indomitable purpose. clean liv-
Ing and straight thinking, loyal TO the
best traditions of the Democratic party,
md knowing the history of the coun-
try. he will make u Governor worthy
pr NewsJersey His election as Cover
nor will make him worth thinking
nbout for President
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A corresp ondent Of the Ammo

2 q CVfFesPoIueHtT OF 8tHe .appUrnuttoA
Times-Virginian says:
II have heard none or our voters
discuss the amendments which are to
be voted on at the coming election,
and cannot speak for them. doubt II
our voters are ready to increase the
length of the legislative term. II our
legislators didn't waste the first thirty
days In nd-shaking and crooking
elbows. no doubt all necessary legis-
lation could be accomplished within
the sixty days prescribed by the Con-
stitution."'
E,SactIy sn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16

\ "The Cost of the Finished Product
was the subject of the leading article
in the Charleston News and Courier
the day after the last primary election;
$hpt it did not have especial references
to the election of Mr.. Blease. The cost
of that finished product can be figured
out in something like three years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16

For several night the lynx-syed
guardians of the public peace nave
been nosing about the Chesterfield In
Franklin Street looking for the speed
ers and the smellers Of the automobile
brigade. That is the places to catch
them at some Of their worst tricks,
and it is hoped that they Will all be
caught
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Espenditures.1n Drnnswiclx Count.

TO the Editor. OF The Times Dispatch;
penses of Brunswick county the fol-
lowing: =
no the treasurer. ;1T.76, being
amount allowed for making list OF
voters who have paid their taxes for
i1907-S-9"
Also to the clerk, s11s.7s, y''being
amount allowed for making list Of
voters and thlrty.six copies Of said
list That Is S188.18 for clerical work,
that any printer would have been glad
to have done for $40 at the outside.
treasurer or clerk. They acted as the
law directed. 1t simply shows how
public funds are squandered according
to law" T. u. TAYLOR
Cochran. Va, August 20.
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THE GOVERNOR GENT INCIDENT.

To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sill have been a subscriber to
your paper for about twenty-five
years, and feel an interest in its well
fare: but / must say that 1 did not
like the expression in Your editorial
of yesterday--hell .bent-in speaking
of the Democratic victory in Maine.
You surely do not mean that Demo-
cratic victory means going that way.
To say the least, / think some other
expression would have sounded better.
FL. o: .KERNS.
Sutherlin. Va. September IA
We thank Mr. Kerns for calling our
attention to the exceeding wickedness
of the phrase to which he objects, and
rightly objects. II is true that nearly
all the other papers in the country
from Maine to Mexico have used the
same language, and that we placed the
phrase in quotation marks, showing
that IL was not original. and that we
could not think at the time of any
expression that would carry precisely
the shade of meaning we wished to
convey. but we must say" with our
correspondent. that we "did not like
the expression" In private CONVEX
sation we rarely are moved to Ian
guage of that kind, and have always
been taught to escape il possible from
conditions tending in that general d.
rection. The full quotation would have
been something like this:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16

The Young Egypt party has caught
its breath and in its meeting at Ge-
Xneva has been expressing it's opinion
rather freely about the Colonel and
his speeches at Ilhart oum and In Lon
don as to its administration Of its own
affairs. Two Of the choicest epithets
applied to the Colonel at the meeting
Of the committee on "Wednesday were
vulgar blusterer'' and "self advertise
en-" All the world will find him out
after awhile.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16

That upright Judge Of the Police
Court, the Hon. Crutchneld, does no:
think that the offending ahtomobilists
should be fined as much as ten backs
for not keeping their lights burning
as made and provided for in the City
Ordinance; but. as we understand. 1t Is
the proper. business Of the Judge TO
follow the law, not to makeit. Other
wise, he would be a member OF the
Council and not on the Bench. 81