The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-17

4 Kindly thought OIL fLHe Reporter WHO u >
4 climbing up into higher ranks Of the
4 profession. There is nothing that res
! porter so much needs as Just little
approval now and then. and nothing
{ that he so much despises as an attempt
to do him injury.
a DAYS DoINGs AT kIlARTouN.
We arc nov giving daily bulletins OF
4 what the Colonel is doing down in
Egypt, and it must be said that he is
! a very busy man. On Tuesday he
turned down the invitation OF the
Kansas City Chamber OF Commerce to
make his American entry through the
port Of San francisco: but no broke
the fall by giving a tentative promise
that he would attend the frontier
celebration in August at Denver and
Cheyenne. That is very good, as it
may help to keep Taft and Ballinger
in treatable condition.. and it would
never do for them to get above their
businesss Then he put in a part OF
tho day in receiving callers and
planning expeditions to the points OF
historic interest, and gave gifts to
tho natives who had accompanied him
in the Jungle and visited the Gordon
Memorial College in tho east end of
the town of Khartoum. an institution
built from contributions levied upon
the English people by Kitchener, and
from the college he drove to other
parts of the town. That is very inn
portant. as he might have stayed in
jenkins whom we take to be
really old Mel Stone in this case, is
( doing the thing up brown. but he
\ fails to explain who Major-General
], Wingate is. During the drive OF the
!. Colonel. we are told no was "joined
by other members Of Major General
j Wingate's staff, occupying two carr
riages. We can understand why two.
carriages should have been required
to hold them; but who the deuce is
N1ajor-General Wlngate: That's what
4 We want TO know, as this is the first
time he has been mentioned in close
i touch with the Colonel. Then we also
want to know whether or not there
was really anything especially signii-
cant In the Colonel's riding all the
way to Kerreri on the back of a
i donkey. Did that mean that he In
tends to run for President in 1912 on
the Democratic ticket. This incident
OF the Colonel's first day at 1Ihartoum
may have and doubtless will have, a
! direct influence on the political situa-
ton in our own common country. So
many other persons have ridden the
donkey that one ride more or less
probably will not make much differ
encc. but it is well that these develop
ments should be explained as 1--WE so
along. BIZ
Then there is another; fact recorded
| in the account given blythe Associated
Press about what the Colonel did out
at Kerreri. Before leaving. says old
Mel Stone Git will be noted that he
does not explain what he left or where
heloft it). "a son of II. II Asquith. the
British Prime Minister was intro
duced. The party then proceeded to
tho Elfin, and thence to the palace,
thoroughly delighted with@the trip;
Arc we to understand that the Colonel.
and his party proceeded to the Eltins
simply because Mr. Asquith was In
troduced to them? There Is still an
other statement in tho stone account
of what happened at Khartoum that
! would seem to require eluctdation.I
The story is told thus: This evening
a dinner was given at the palace, at
which some 400 covers We're laid the.
guests, in addition to Colonel and Mrs.
Roosevelt and their son and daughter,
Including many others. Many others"
5what? e
We do not caro- very. much what
happened at Khartoum or what is TO
happen after Khartoum-all that VIC
want now is to have the Colonel back
lat home. because things have been
mighty quiet and peaceablellke since
| lie went off after big game to Africa.
We do not know of course, what he
/ f.
will do when he comes home; there
are a great many matters requiring
attention. What is he going to do
with Taft? VIII he let him have ans
other term? Then there are tho Insur-
gents in the West, who have been
running at q furious rate for months
and have never taken a hurdle. What's
he goins to do with theme Will joe
Cannon be suffered longer to cumber
the ground? VIII he send Pulitzer to
jail and keep Delavan Smith Oft the
reservation at Washington? VIII he
arrange for a Sreproduction OF his well
come in Africa by summoning the colt
ored tribes in the country to meet him
lat tho landing in New York Z Will
| he permit DIR. LYMAN Abbott to- con-
tinue TO Imagine that he is still the
editor of the outlook?8 We don'tscn
What happens, our wlthera are un-gg
Il wrun r. y I'VE have a WAYS u Tx Ell s. HIM.