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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12

"NAu SOUSGy Ill N'S "INHs
counin- room In all her busy narts oft trade and In every farmers homo
ne skilled In ali the urts parts and points OF the General Assembly
Speaker and with a wealth in the knowledge of experience Of general leg
tisAuon.M 45#.M#f9 &@#&y ###M
sT A century ad a half s Ills great ancestor gave to his beloved vr-
>rinint e present site fr her state Capitol and now his brilliant descend
antItbe present occupant of the Speakers chair IN the General Assembly
DO you want u patriot? We present him to yn IS me himself, and
N defense o their native State of Virginia his near kindred fell with
their faces to The foe. and the sacred soil. OF their mother drank TIN rich
lfbuton OF their blood and their ashes now rcpoc in peace in the bosom
If their lovely valley . @4A&& a - M
DO you want a OF oven ~ symmetrical development we NV
hin to you. - -.S M W
are enacted into law. #MMW
Do you wan a IN insHned With all the pure ideals Of the Virginia.
gentleman and with all that term implies? We give him to you.
DO O want nman at once high-nindcd3 and with al the chivary OF
his natyc heath? We present him to gu as NJ who mbod IN his w
person. that splendid spirit fhs ancestors which Kept inc lamps ~ Mv-
airy aught In hcarts of gold"
trhey thought they slept, the who kept ten names of noble sslres, &
And slumbered while the darkness crept around their vigil nres;
But To-. the Golden Horse knights their Old Dominion keep
Where foes have found enchanted ground. but not a kmgh asleep"
presence OF dnHculty or bmnched# before a foe? We give hin to you.
In that splendid ri gallery of al. the world. the Louvre, in Paris.
France there's a painting ON the wal;it represents Napoleon Bonapartc
crossing tho almost impossible Alpsw with lis mighty armytand creating
advance OF his imperial legionsI sits Napoleon on his charger climbing
those rugged stccns;o re. them and floating in the. upper atmosphere. are
phantom figures. reckoning the odd Guard 0 n while sti IN the distance
and on the crest of the Alps Mountains arc those letters of living light.
cleaning IN the tansman, over the Alps lies Italy Ihis Well illustrates
the nrenst courage and devotion unto death to duty of him w nov
nominate-hes u smith Of the wine. 49, .,n
80 Do you want u ma oft temperament, equal nd serene! WI give him
to YOU. 49, - 1M. IL. 49,. -. III. ..........
win him IS Speaker. las always been eminenty just n fair to all?
We give him to yo, with theh hope hhth e maysnot b e ompeicd In his
Take him. and when the contest Is ended. 10! the name OF Richard
rvchvnN Bvrd. like that of "Abou Ben Adhenl" leads ALT the rest
IN. ynI thee, Thanc of CLAIMS! We hall thee hane II caNdor. and
King who shall be-
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WHIP MUST PASS
ON HOUSE PAIRS"

Continued From rage cne-column -
cation of the Ballinger-Pinchot affair.
and have resented Congress being
forced to settle an inbroglio In the
Presidents Immediate official family.
They say that the Republican mem
bers of Congress, who must assume
the responsibility for the verdict.
whatever 1t may be. following the in
quiry. are being placed in a position
where they will be damned If they
do and damned IL they don't" They
protest that this responsibility is at
once an unnecessary and an unjust
load to impose upon Republicans who
at best Will have a rough road to
travel and a steep hill to climb to saiL
recollection next November.
In short. they insist that Rcpubli.
can congressman should be free 70
face their constituents solely on tho
record of what they Themselves have
done and should not he placed in q
position where they may be held TO
account for condoninE or condemripa
q Cabinet member who has been
brought under FIRE.
Secretary H%nlllnger's Attitude.
That Secretary Bailinger has con-
sidered rendering his resignation To
the President at a suitable moment IL
generally believed. That he has
thought of doing SO before the inves-
tigation is started is not credited. IL
is predicted by some hat the secre.
tary will retire when he has been vim
Dictated by the congressional commit
tee, as he and his friends. from Presi-
dent Taft down. are confident he
Will be.
This is not what is wanted. however.
by the members Of Congress who ara
concerned about the effect upon their
political fortunes of the impending In
vestigation. Thev point out that. while
Mr.. Eallinger's troubles may be ended
by the vindication of the inquiry COM
mittee. the troubles of the men who
do the vindicatipg Will have just be-
gun. They say they have been hearing
from back home" and know that
the controversy has assumed such an
aspect that even IL 1T be proved that
the secretary's record is as white as
the driven snow q cry of "whitewasht,
Will be raised. and Democrats, indie
rendents and dissatisfied Republicans
will have been furnished an issue
against every Republican member who
Is standing for reelection.
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$ 54,55s 60 sloo,sss q
100,SS9 90
.......S155,463 65
Striking Comparison.

These ten counties receive almost
u fourth of the entire. pension money
paid to the veterans Of Virginia. The
the counties in excess of the amount
received from them Is $S0.367.55, or
this amount these ten counties re-
ceive $54.573.69.-
pop uhs s9uh ii 1850 IS fa II 7.7is : s sh Whs E
yearly s1S,oo1.02 in pensions.
more than thirteen other counties and
two cities. which. had in 1860 q white
p epe heaom Of 7s'e Aisxan mhsss %e eountys
Clarke, Elizabeth City, Dinwiddie, Fair
fax. Frederick. James City. Lancaster
Loudoun. MiddleseX and Northumber-
land. and the cities Of Alexandria and
1.-THE very liberal expenditures for
schools and roads permitted by the
last session has depleted the surplus
in tho State, and renders the strictest
tai ieinclently absolutely Imperative,
Fair assessment would do much to
relieve this situation, and there are
subjects OF taXatlon, such as the Oh
trust and the tobacco trust, which
should incite the attention OF the Cen
Assembly.
senate Commuters Work.
IN this connection it is justhto say
Senate has performed a valuable pub.
lie service by sitting In advance Of
the session and Investigating. both the
the need and demand OF the various
departments of government. 1t is un-
fortunate that tho FINANCE Committee
lIt is to be hoped that a Joint resolution
win permit the Joint session Of both
committees hereafter,
'C!loseIy related TO, the question OF
hensive and uniform system OF bools-
keeping, which should embrace every
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
ENTER JOHN SMITH, ALIVE
Though Ills Wife Had Buried n Body
She Thought Was His.

AEE
New York, January ll.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith, OF 426 East Seventeenth
Street, went to the Morgue u week ago
Friday and asked to see a body there
answering 6. description of her hus-
band, who had been missing since Dc
cember 20. a body was shown her.
she could make no positive identi-
tication.
She returned the next day, and the
body was identified as her. husband
by her daughter and son-in-law. On
Sunday the funeral took place.
Last night Mrs. Smith, her daughter
and some friends were in their apart
ment, when In walked John smith.
lie said he had been taken ~ on Psa
was sent to Blackwell's Island the next
day. He asked; to have his FAMILY no.
titled, but they said they had had no
word from Bellevue Hospital.
The mistake in identification was
due to scars o. the body Of the dead
man which r~esembled scars on smith's
body. The identity of the man buried
IN Calvary Cemetery has not been dis
covered. He was found lying In the
street with a fractured skull on De-
cember 80. He died on January s.
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THE RISE OF FIFTH AVENUE.
And the Location There OF the Hotel
st. Regis.

And the Location There Of the Hotel
ST. RcEis.
II needs but one glance ut Fifth
Avenue, New York, from Thirty-fourth
Street northwarJ. to assure any ono
that this avenue rs s%upplanting Broad
way as tho ~ceiisrnl t~horoughfare OF
New Works. trhalc. The reason for
this cl1nnge Is aasy to discover. New
York Is becoming so vast that no ono
street can contain all Its great en-
tcrprlses. Beside this Broadway. as 1t
runs northward. turns far to the west
OF the centre of Manhattan. Fifth
Avenue. above Madison Square. occnl-
pies this centre all tho why. TO the
Harlem River, ana Fifth Avenue. therc-
fore. is becoming In this district New
York's main artery OF trade and traf-
flc. In this now centre-at Fifth
Avenue and Fifty-ffth Streets tho
Hotel 81. Regis n hotel designed.
built. furnished. equipped and main
tained for patrons of refined and dis
eliminating tastes. The st. Regis has
earned for itself the deserved title OF
could improve or perfect any detail
of Its equipment or operation has been
omitted or overlooked ut the st. Regis.
and Its hotnelike atmosphere and quiet
restfulness commend 1t especially to
home-loyers. Tile restaurant at the
81 Regis is u~ncxcelled anywhere.
though its charges are no higher than
those of other t1rst-class hotels. Tran
silent guests coming to New York and
stopping at the st. Regis Will find
accommoda tions OF the ve-y highest
grade in every particular, and at
standard rates. Single rooms IRE 50
and s. "A day; the same with private
bath Sc a day FOR SO for two people1:
while for a parlor. bedroom and pri-
vate bath the rates are sl2 a day
and I'M. 6
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
TO INVESTIGATE
FISH COMMISSION
Delegate Stubs Will Introduce
Measure to This
Effect.

investigation OF the State Fisheries
Commission viii be authorized by the
General Assembly If n measure which
Major J. N. Stubs, of Gloucester. will
wa present at the meeting of the
Virginia Oystermen's Association at
Newport News yesterday, and intro
duced there a resolution asking for
such an investigation. He said last
night tina apparently it was misun-
tderstood and that he had withdrawn
il. But he added, II am going TO
present 1t on the floor of the House
investigation OF the public administra-
tion of the affairs OF the states fish
and oyster industries, including exam
Wilkins Matthews. Mr.. Matthews said
last night, upon hearing the result or
the Newport News meeting, that he
the resolution was not
adopted and that he courted investisa-
innr&h%sG stE H4sfraH .rl-"a 1tlatt.
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WOULD REVISE CODE
Judge Williams May Again Push Former

Judge Martin Williams. the member OF the
House OF Delegates from Giles and Bland.
is likely to reintroduce the. bill, of VIII ,ch
he was the patron at the last session of the
Legislature, providing for a revision of the
Code of the State. He will first. however,
inquire as to the ability of the treasury TO
care for the necessary appropriation.
The Virginia Bar Association took this
at its Instance Attorncy-G ANDERSON
recently appeared before the Senate Finance
Committee and urged that 1T provide for
this work.
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lASsITER I'M LEGISLATURE
Leaves Campaign to serve District In the

Senate.
aehhtor Charles n. LassltcE OF Petersburg,
na . y ms campaign for tho Democratic
n ir,", for Congress In tho Fourth Dis
~ attendance on the sessions OF the General
]assnnlnly, Senator Lasslter believes that in
wy . me fact that Delesate W'iitheFs 10
IL IN 'nAssr a member OF tho Lealslature 4
Ear - auty to BIO here to aid IN the tisht
Senator %I.assiter waa a member 81 tho
,ao1 ; , OF Delegates during the sessions Of
Tn rn and has since hees. Einstne senate.
Jnd.a se,ofence to tho Fourth District iisht
~ i1onSton. came to- Richmond yesterday
a1n q : 70 The opening of8thae session % tho
Mack MIe,S,, ss They say that me yole n
L Mnshtenputg county willNsbc close between
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
BELLS HIGH TRIBUTE
TO SPEAKER BYRD

Address OF Alden Bell in nomInat-
ing Richard Evelyn Byrd for Speak
er OF the General Assembly or Vlr-
,glnin In tho House caucus last
night:
Mr.. Chairman ana Fc1iow Members
OF the Virginia General Assembly:
I rise to perform a most ploasant
duty. ! nominate 70 rc-riectioil as
Speaker Of the House or Delegates
Or yirglnia one wen Known to you
all, whose name Is the synonym OF
honor aud duty well performed. u
household word throughout our old
Dominion," In every public and pri-
vate place, in every doctors and
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machinery for it's enforcement will do

machinery for it's enforcement will do
no real good.
I'm approaching this question we
are confronted with this difficulty. that
session 1t is practically impossible to
properly formulate and duly consider
measures so delicate and so complex.
.Hasty legislation intended to be
retormatory. often defeats and delays
the very reform which is sought to be
accomplished.
The House OF Delegates passed a
ball at the last session appointing a
committee to sit during the recess ana
report n comprehensive scheme of tax
reform. This bill failed to pass TIL.
Senate. 1t is certainly to be hoped
that a Similar bill this year will be
more fortunate.
Grlcvous Injustice.
IF the assessment of taxes is UNI
also g~rievously UNEQUAL as between in
ulvlduals. h most cruel instance of
this inequality consists in this that
we tax to the uttermost farthing all
trust funds created for the mainte-
nance of widows, orphans and other
dependent persons. While the same
character of property held by men in
their own right often escapes entire
ly.
Inequality in the assessment OF
taxes inevitably brings about ine-
quality in the distribution Of the
proceeds of taxation.
IT is Interesting to tote that ten
counties in this State. and by no
means the poorest counties, receive
from the State treasury for expenses
OF county government and pensions
upwards of $4,000 more thai they
bring in. These counties are as fol-
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officer that handles public money, from
the First Auditor down to the JUS
tees of the peace and the deputy coll
~lectors.
THE almos startling disclosures of
the auditing committee as to the con-.
dition of the books in the Second Aud
TORS office is another warning that
we cannot safely longer delay the APP
pointlnent of a State accountant.
Oyster Question.
THE perennial oyster question must
again engage the attention of this
body. There is no good reason why
the tremendous oyster and fish inter-
ests Of this state should not be handled
as intelligently and as protitabiy as
beds and their fisheries. The time has
when 1t is the opinion. or many
srsd t he tb gor Hsyior Of s ihs beds wien GGss
become depleted and Improbable,
should, with careful safeguards, be
thrown open to planters
Permit me to say In CONCLUSION
that the Speaker is only the Chief ser
want of the House. and as such it Will
be my duty and pleasure to carry out
the will of the House, when it is en-
pressed by the usual method of par
liamentary procedure.
81 anticipate. a busy, useful and con-
scientious session"
Clerk ! X Elected.
Nominations being next In d for
Clerk OF the House Of delegates.
named the incumbent, John w. Will
liams, of the same county. He spoke
of Mr.. Williams's efficiency gained
during his sixteen years of experience.
S. II. Love, of Lunenburg. said IN
mis- seconding speech. that while there
are plenty Of men in the House WI.
would make as good a Speaker as MI.
Byrd, there was no man on earth VINO
could do John Williams's work as he
could do 1t.
Speaker Byrd thanked Mr., Love for
his compliment to the House In saying
there We're men who would make as
able Speakers as he, and paid tribute
to the satisfactory service OF Mr.. Will
liams, with the statement that he Is
the most essential part OF the ma
chinery of the body.
Mr.. Johnson Re-Elccted.
Hugh A, White, the new, member
from Rockbridge, said that he hoped
all his legislative attempts would be
as successful as the n he was about
Johnson, of his own county. for Ser
geant-at-Arms. Mn. was
elected.
The services of S. NJ. Newhouse. of
tCulpeper. as first doorkeeper. are alb
lsolutely necessary to the General AS
sembly, said John r., Rev. Of Acco-
mac. III hasa continued Mr.. Rev,
KILLED more non between the Pamun-
key and the Potomac than any other,
una being, He is the Beau Brummel
OF the House, aud. being Endorsed by
the ladies'. must be electad."
VT. Newhouse made q characteristic
speech of acceptance.
Second Doorkccpcr.
FOR second sdoorkeeper, Roosevelt
rage nominated +. 70. Lipscomb. Of
Hanoyer, formerly OF King and Queen,
NJ, Llpscomb's gallant Confederate
record, which has left him With one
iin'n, was r~ehearsed. He was absent
~ account OF illness.
~ conclusion. James +. Casey, OF.
richmond, invited the members to the
BANQUET at Murphy's tonight. This
VAS seconded by Colonel HAYWOOD and
MMoa M unanimously carried With tremen-
Nous applause.
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which will confront the COM

~ . 'St rH'
Ing session.
First in Importance is the eaualiza-
ton of assessments. The inecnality
of assessments in Virginia is a public
scandal and has resulted in condi-
lions which should not be tolerated. by
a Safeguarding people. The burden
imposed by a tax is based upon W
essential elements. the rate of X
tion and the relation which the as
sessment of property bears to It's ac-
taxation unless both the tax rate and
Ii assessment are uniform:
Fault Of Present System.
1.-THE Constitution imposes upon the
General Assembly the duty of estab-
fishing uniform rates as to all classes
salutary principle to be set at paught
at the will of hundreds of LOCAL as
SCISSORS and commissioners OF the reve-
Tue who assess the value of PROD
erty independent of each other and In
dependent of the State.
"This system permits certain
ties Of this State to escape q fair
share of the burden OF taxation and
to shift this burden upon other coun-
ties whose assessments are more con-
s%cientious. 1t permits counties to re,
treasury and at the same time to
stretch greedy hands into the Treas
ury and take the contributions of 9TH
err counties for their own local n,ir-
poses.
THE fundamental vice of the sys-
TEN Is that the assessors and commits
%sioners, though State fiscal officers. are
under the control or supervision
of the State. and they are constantly
tempted to relieve their " commu-
Of other communities.
Speakers Remedy.
The remedy. and the only remedy. Is
% subordinate these local officials to
1 central authority representing the
whole state.
''Makeshifts which do not recognize
principle and provide ndenllata
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
Bad Blood

the cause Of all %humors, eruptions.
boils. plmples. scrofulous sores. ecze-
ma or salt rlleum, as Well as OF rheu-
matisir' catafrh and other troubles.
The greatest blood remedy for all
iiese troubles, proved by It's. ~uneaualed
record OF cures is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
sLYEsT PLAYHOUSE THIEF
MADDOX Trained III Gymnasium foE
Work., Police Say.

$FSe ANTE
Work, Police Say.
New York. January 11.-cieorge Mad
dox, arrested for burglary, and held
in 5000 bail for examination in JEFF
ferson Market Court to-day, had train
ed III the Gymnasium for sin months
rs I'll himself for his calling as a flat
house thief, according to detectives
have been after him for some
time, Maddox worked from three to
five hours a day with horizontal bars.
the vaulting-horse. tho rings and the
Punching-baE.
He confessed to robbery of the apart-
ment Of Fl. Fl. Shuplee. at eos West
Eighty-llrst Street, Sunday night. &C.
'cordtng to the police.
Maddox Is said to be the slyest flat
house worker that has aver been In
the city, He is .twenty-four years old,
and has muscles like iron, Detectives
followed him Sunday might from his
home to dtG Amsterdam Avenue. a fiat-
house, and SAW Trim climb to the top
ioor and then. through the. seuttle..
Vau!tAto the roof,
There he took 9 piece of board to.
bridge The six feet between tho AM
sLerdam Avenue building land 208 West
lsighty-lrst Street. lie walkel the
- TT T@TT
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board. little wider than a fence rail-.
opened the scuttle. and dropped in
side,
The detectives waited to catch him
as he came out, and after a time
Maddox gone. They arrested him later
on Broadway near his home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
Hoods %Sarsaparilla

IN usnal liquol, form or in chocolated
tablets known as %sarsutubs. 100 doses
~.
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CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.

s A. M, temperature ............. 20
Iiulniullv .................,,..... SO
WIND, direction ,,...............S.W.
y. .nd, velocity 4
Weather ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. cloudy
Rainfall o
- noon temperature ......... 80
SP. M. temperature ............ 40
Maximum temperature up to s p. NJ. AZ
Minimum temperature up to 5 p. M. 20
Mean temperature ............ 81
Normal temperature ........,.... IS
deficiency in temperature yester-
uuy ~
March / Observation-Disclosures. 5l5
Aecum, deficiency in temperature
SINCE January l .............. 159
deficiency In rainfall since March
! ',t.... ..,...... 7.13
Accum. deficiency in rainfall since
January | 1890. ........ -. $40
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Forecast: Virginia-Tnir ind warm
Wednesday,, Thursday increasing
cloudlnessi light, variable winds, be-
coming southerly.
North Carolinn-Fair ana warmer
Wednesday; Thursday fair; light vari-
able winds.
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Neutrality-suspicious. Route to California.
Tourist Sleeping cur four times weekly,
without chnnga. Persolnnlly canducled,
Berth, $780, 30 sE. Main. Street,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12

officer that handles public money. from
the First Auditor down to the jus
tees of the peace and the deputy coll
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senator Gravatt, though a staunch
Democrat. thought his resolution ought
to pass on the broad ground OF fair
ness and justice, and warmly cham-
Toned it, but on the call of the ayes
and noes 1t was lost by a vote of 10
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Il t.hunk you for your nomination to
the honorable Office Of Speaker OF
the House of Delegates, and / will
endeavor to Justify your confidence,
The gentlemen here assembled are.
SO far az the House of Delegates is
concerned, the responsible agents of
legislative government III Virginia.
therefore, it.seepls a propitious occa-
sion 10 consider briefly some OF tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

flowers. The "Savages" had raided the table
decorations and presented the spoils to their
guests
Cassavetti intercepted Anne Goodnight,
Miss Pendennis, he said in a low voice, adding
in French, Will you give me flower as souve-
mir of our first meeting9"
She glanced at her posy, selected spray of
scarlet geranium, and presented it to him with
a smile and word l did not catch.
He looked at her more intently than ever as
he took it. "A thousand thanks, mademoisele.
| understand well, y he said, with queer thrill
in his voice, as of suppressed excitement.
As she passed on l heard him mutter in
French, The symbol! Then it is she! Yes.
without doubt it is she,''