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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
SYMPATHY, NON PARDON.


Mrs, Charles w. Morse, OF New York
When her husband, the Ice King and
Banker, was first accused of violating
| the national banking laws she promptly
| took his part: when he was confined In
prison she managed his business for
| him, and when he was finally sentenced
to fifteen years Imprisonment in At
lanta she remained true to him. She
is now in Washington circulating d
petition among Congressman asking
the President for the release of her
husband. and she has gotten several
| hundred Congressman to sign It, When
she went into the reception room OF the
House day before yesterday Congress-
men whom she had never seen thronged
| long petition she had ready.
How could 1t be otherwise? Mrs.
Morse's fidelity is known Of all men,
and her sad condition wins the heart
of all who come near her. Feeling
sincere sympathy with her. the Con-
gressmen readily granted her petition.
and were Influenced more by her pleas
than by her husbands hard sentence
Congressman are quick to do anything
they can for her.
Were we in their places we would
doubtless do as the Congressman have
done, for most men would; but we
should be wrong. Morse was sent to
prison for no technical violation OF the
law. His ofrense was o fragrant one;
the Justice OF his conviction was re-
affirmed by the highest court OF the
land, and every instrument of Justice
in the hands OF the people has regis
Such being the case. the unfortunate
condition OF Mrs. Morse and the for
mer greatness of the convict banker
cannot be considered.
II Morse Were poor man, convicted
of the same offence, and were his wife
a woman of small means. who could
not afford to travel about the country
circulating a petition in his behalf, the
chances are very strong that Morse's
confinement would be approved. He
would soon be forgotten and would
not emerge from prison until the end
of his term What is Justice for the
poor man is justice for the rich 1t is
hard on the rich mans wife, but 1t is
hard on the poor mans wife. Society
may sympathize with both, but it can
afford no pardon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
LEES OPINION OF GRANT.
Captain McCabe Writes New York sun
Anent Senator BOrnh,s Speech.

To the Editor of The Sun:
Sir,-ln your report of Senator Bo-
rahs speech on Grant, delivered be-
fore the Americas Club, of Pittsburg,
on the evening OF May .. is the fol-
lowing passage from the peroration:
THAT you may not feel that these
are the words of fulsome eulogy. call
as a witness one who knows: T have
of ancient and modern history and
never found Grants superior as a gem
eral. doubt II his superior can be
found f. anal IN al history These are the
leader Of the Lost Cause. Robert E.
Lee. They suffice"
The closing characterization of Lee
by the Senator from Idaho will cause
all Of Lees old soldiers to entertain
a kindly feeling for the speaker. in
sharp distinction to the abysmal con-
tempt they feel for his colleague, SEN
ator Hepburn, whose fustlan filings at
Lees stainless memory have pilloried
his name for all time in the estima-
ton OF high minded soldiers at home
and abroad.
But so many apocryphal utterances
of Lees have of recent years been
finding their way into books and into
to me q Just regard for "the record"
requires that some authority should
be demanded when man Of Senator
Borah's high public position puts such
ltli sNllaHlhES ilputC SAS AhVSSlt
OF the great Confederate captain.
To those who knew General Leo dur
ing and after the war (and / had that
honor) 1t is uncomfortable that he
should have said this thing OF General
Grant, or anything even approaching
1t OF him or of any other general of
the Civil War, whether on the North
ern or the Southern side.
General Lee studiously avoided any
alluslon to the struggle or to the
actors in it. Such was the uniform
experience OF all who saw much of
him during those last five years.
Senator Borah when courteously
challenged as to the statement has
lcontented himself with replying that
ne did not make the statement with
out historical authority which he be-
lieves to be reliable."
This,will not do
II do not doubt for moment that
the Senator made the statement In all
good faith, but | now Respectfully re-
quest him to state. as publicly as he
made the original statements, where
he finds his historical authority" for
this utterance of Lees which must
seem amazing to all military Students
coming Gas IL alleged), from such a
lconsummate master Of the art Of war
w, GORDON McCABE,
Captain and Adiutant Pegra M s Battal-
ION Artillery. a. =. Hills Corps
"A. N.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Our campaign for United States SEN
ator in Connecticut appears to be max
ing very good progress. Speaking OF
the views expressed by The Times
Dispatch, the New Haven Register
says: 1T is such an opinion as any
good citizen. whether he lives In Con-
necticut or Virginia or Montana, has
right to hold and obligation to ex-
press. The freer the expression OF
such opinion the better for us all. What
is good government and statesmanship
in Virginia is the same in Connecticut
Wherefore. we are inclined to think
that we shall be able to pull Mclean
through. That would be bad for
Buckley, but 1t would be good for
Connecticut and for the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

medium. So two scholars find their
cement or communion In their COM
mon study Business men become
friends and reach each other through
their common business. Thus we see
men united through an element into
which both enter and In which they
md each other. as they could not
otherwise do without It. In this way
men are gathered into those groups
which constitute the variety and PIC
turcsqueness or human life.
In the application OF this idea lies
the key to the phrase the communion
of the Holy Ghost" Here is an ele-
ment. an atmosphere, by which men are
brought close together as they could
be In no other way. For that element
Is God. Men meet each other when
they meet In Him, with peculiar con-
'fldence, cordially, frankness and truth.
Just as there is q certain character
which belongs to the intercourse of
men, that in the pursuit. Of COM
mon business, and another character
IN the intercourse OF those engaged in
n certain study, SO there Is deeper and
more complete character which belongs
to the Fellowship of men whotneet each
other as the servants of God, engaged
in His work, and whose communion,
therefore, is communion with God. All
their fellowship is a fellowship by and
through God
Now ono step further. Who is tho
Holy Ghost? He is the effectively
present Deity. He is God, continually
present in the midst of men, touching
their daily lives at every point. HeAs
the God of perennial and daily inspi-
ration; the Comforter to whom we
look in all the pressing needs which
arise in our common everyday life.
He is tho God Of continual contact
with mankind Tho doctrine Of the
Holy Ghost Is q perpetual protest
against every constantly recurring
tendency to separate God from the
current world and It's affairA A pres
ent God, an everything God, an ever
pleading. overwhelming, ever-saving
God-this Is the God manifested in
Christ, and promised by Him; the God
who came visibly in the miracle of
Pentecost, and who forever abides
amongst US!
May His presence abide with us to-
day and we be animated by His Power!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

the time, the ministers Of the chureh
should strive to present the Gospe'
so that 1t will appeal most effectively
to the men they wish to touch. They
should not try TO adapt the Gospel
to men. but they should adapt them
selves to the proper preaching of the
Gospel and should present the Truth
as It is.<1f they do this, they need
fear nothing for the future; The
Church, God-given and eternal, VIII
touch more intimately than ever the
lives. and hearts of men, and It's min
istration will hasten the day when all
men shall be brothers and shall dwell
together in unity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
OTHER PRAISE ron GRANT.

In a recent speech, Senator Borah.
who has his good points in spite
OF the fact that he halls from the
woody West, quoted General Lee in a
very favorable comment on the milf
tary qualities of General u. S, Grant,
According 10 Senator Rorah, General
Lee said, II have carefully searched the
military records Of ancient and modern
history, and never found Grants super
Tor as a general. Isdoubt IL his super
for can be found"
.nl,is IL = very generous tribute, and
would have become so gallant soldier
as General Lee. but, unfortunately, II
does not appear TO have been said. Ac-
cording to Governor Cameron. of the
yirginian-PiIot who probably knows
as much of Southern history as any
editor in the State, General Lee made
no such remark. In his general policy
of refraining from criticism of The
war he never commented upon any gen.
eral who opposed him during the whole
course of the war. Though often so
l.cited 10 write his memoirs. Genera
Lee finally gave up the idea after Ii,
had collected great. deal of historical
matter. and when he abandoned tn,
plan OF formally writing history Of
his campaigns, he took care never Y
sxpress any verbal opinion that nigh
bs niisconstrueds by mis- hearers. II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
tho head and bust being in ormulu.
with magnificent decorative features.

Name Familiar to Racing Men.
The name of young Lord Drogheda.
who at the early age OF twenty-slx
has Just become the father of q son
viscounty and barony OF Moore. bears
a name familiar no. only to every
son of Erin. but among racing men
in all parts OF the civilized world. for
is to say. one OF his predecessors in
the family honors, who founded the
great Irish race meeting at Punches
town.
girl, a Miss Kathleen Pelham Burn,
daughter of Charles Pelham Burn. OF
Prestoniield. near Edinburgh, he has
given up his clerkshlp IN the Foreign
through, Elton and Trinity College
Cambridge, and now makes his homo
at his ancestral place In County Kill
dare. known as Moore Abbey. which
family ever since the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth
Moore Abbey originally belonged to
the Lords Lotus, and was brought into
of the second V!scount Moore, father
the heiress Of Adam. viscount Lotus.
OF Ely. Moore Abbey Is grand old
for its hospitality, especially amone
have had occasion Y to congratulate
themselves on its proximity to the
same county, The present peer is the
tenth Earl of Drogheda. But his cous-
In. the eighth earl, and whose nlaroui-
safe became extinct on his death with
hospitality in "a way by declining to
burned at Moore Abbey, Now. peat
to cheerfulness, and some amusing
stories are told Of how Lord Droghe-
Idas guests We're won't to bring SUR
SYSTEMATICALLY roptlan to burn in their bed.
rooms, unbelsnown to the owner OF
the Abbey. IT is said that the late
Lord Clonmell, popularity known az
in the First Life Guards. was visited
unexpectedly In his bedroom by his
Gigantic host. a man of huge stature,
and caught aagrante delicto, with
coal fire in full blaze In the crate.
The marquis was second only to
Gladstone in his partially for chop
ping down biz trees,
One of her oddities was her abso-
which the vieeroy of Ireland, until the
beginning of King Edwards reign.
was compelled by etiquette to imprint
on the cheek of every lady, young and
toIu, ppSScIlNSu ~ Liz FNtlCi
rooms an& courts at Dublin Castle.
Lady Drogheda was indeed the only
woman at the drawing room who
refused TO submit to this chaste sa-
lutte on the part Of the Lord Lieuten-
ant, and who was permitted by the
viceregal authorities to contravene the
etiquette of Dublin Castle In this
fashion. Some of the Viceroys used
to kiss the presentees. with anIair as
If 1t was merely matter Of cold
formalty, In which they took no sat-
lsfacton. This was especially the
side, and the presentees We're both
homely andgmature.
hut the late Duke Of Abercorn, n.
wonderfully handsones old man. whom
King Edward nicknnmed odd splen-
did" seemed to enjoy this ancient pre-
rogative of the .vlcaregal office, and
was. wont to occasionally halt the line
of presentees for few minutes, while
he retired to neighborins room to
have his magnificent beard reperfumed
and recombed before returning to re-
sumo the presentations, and. Of course.
lcopyright. 1910, by the brentwood
K Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
"a BENEnICT1nN..

tSelecled Tor me IlmeS-DlSpatch.)
THE communion of the Holy Ghost"
III. Cor. xiii. II.
This great benediction of the Chris
tan church never grows old and never
monotonous. 1t is like the soft sun
shine which rises in fresh beauty on
us each day. or true friendship, for
ever new.
THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God. and the commun-
ion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.'
Upon how many ears has that invoca-
ton fallen! How many souls have
felt the peace and assurance which 1t
conveys, descend upon taem as If it
fell from tho open heaven! And yet
how vague to many even of those who
love it most is the full meaning of
the phrase Let us try to realize it
more vividly to-day.
Look once more, into that cham
Der where the pentccostal grace
was given to those Jewish peasants
by which they were transformed into
the teachers of the world. Again we
see the "cloven tongues, like as OF
fire. descend and sit upon each of
them And they were all filed with
the Holy Ghost" Again we witness
the true birth OF the Christian church
In this gift of the communion OF the
Holy Ghost. 1t Is good for us to draw
near. with reverence, and try to I'M
derstand the power by which the
church was born and by which it has
lived ever since and is living now. And
for us, as for the apostles, there is no
blessing more continually needed than
"the communion OF the Holy Ghost"
Let us return, then, to the eternal
and universal facts of human life, for
Christianity always uses and is in har-
mony with them. And one of the
deepest of these facts is mans per-
petual need OF intercourse and fellow
ship. a life Of solitude is never sat
needs fellowship, and not only fell
lowship, but varied fellowships, with
those above him on whom he depends:
with these beside him who are his
equals and friends; with those below
him whom he helps. All three are
needed for the we'll rounded life.
And the essence of all these fellows
ships is internal. 1t Is in spirit and
sympathy not in outward occupation.
1t is communion, not merely contact.
Where communion is perfect, contact
may be sometimes absent. No man Is
satisfied with a wholly solitary life,
but he may be satisfied with very
silent life. If he can be assured of the
sympathy OF other men, can know that
he shares their feelings and they his,
he can be content that but few. words
should pass between them, conscious
all--the while OF communion which
lies deeper than communication,
TO truly understand other men, a
community of intelligence produces
community, Of sentiment, for interest
in the same things produce, the same
feelings. This is true communion.
The fellowships of men are seldom
direct. but come about through some
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Walter sisley says that John D.
Rockefeller is .'the nerviest man" he
ever saw. Walter was Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's chauffeur last winter, and he says
that when they We're out driving one
day with several other persons in the
machine the car stuck in tho ice Three
of their guests got out, but Mr.. Rock
efeller stuck to the car. Probably he
thought that it was better than walk
ing or skating
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Several nights ago man from
Greensboro happened to be in Char
lotte. and he sat up with number
of Jolly companions to see tho comet
AT $3.50 o'clock in the morning. we are
told by the Observer, he t'apparition-
ed the tail of the dragon and the
blazed face Of the City Hall clock on
the City Hall tower, and said: I've seen
it, boys. Let's go home" Charlottcs
Is a temperance town.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

through the efforts of Moore and
Charles II. Smith, his splendid assist
ant The monument to the former
should bear an inscription to tho latter
and tribute to the brave men and
women who endured the bnrdships of
field and hospital service IN order that
they might bring solace to tho wound
ed and comfort to the diving.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

Talking about Climate Belts. ne
would say for the information of the
Charlotte Observer that the true eli
mate belt is to be FOUND only in Its
perfection in the town of Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
A wonp or Two WITH "JAcK..

This is a good day to go to Church
! II is Sunday; the Lords Da%. Nobody
Will think any the less OF you IL yot
go; most people will thirS that 1T Is
! a perfectly proper thing for you to do
Sunday Is the one day in all the week
| when you can afford to attend to Soui
| religious duties without being re-
garded by your companions as rather
soft and yielding. Tomorrow morn
Ing. IL any OF your friends ask you
\ where you spent the day, they will
| not think it remarkable, or you mol
| actually. went to services at this, that
or the other Church, because, even
among the most heathenish. 1t IS not
esteemed improper for one to assume
They will all say: ooh! we'll. Jack had
to keep UP appearances. you know;
because 1t is quite the thing, even In
London, for the men to manifest them
selves on occasions Just for the sake
of regularity
Isn't 1t strange how Jack seeks an
excuse in such matters? How he tries
to make his companions think that
he is really "a devil of fellow"
Jack never thinks of apologizing for
going to the baseball game, or to the
club or on the fishing frolic; 1t is
only when Jack thinks that somebody
will SOC hin, drorsad nv, ava ,,o;or -
Church with his wife-he can always
go with his sweetheart without excit-
ing comment-that he must have some
reason ready for those who may say
to him. as the children said to the
prophet, Go up. thou old bald head"
or words to that effect. Jack is, in
fact, about the sorriest of all the gen
tlfmen of our acquaintance.
If Jack Will take time when he is
not playing setback to study the
Book of Romans, he will find that
man By the name of Paul, who was
something of a man about town"
himself before he saw the light on his
way down to Damascus one day, was
mot ashamed of the gospel of
Christ" Probably Jack will read.
this lay sermonette. There is no
firstly. or secondly, or thirdly, in it;
but If he will think about 1t min
ute. he will appreciate 1t and stop his
foolishness, Jack ought to have sense
enough to understand what the
preacher says; at least, he ought to
go to hear the preacher occasion
ally Just to make himself familiar
with the times to stand up and the
times to sit down. Even Jack should
know that much.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15

90 " heai tHe preacher occasion
ally Just to make himself familiar
with the times to stand UP and the
times to sit down. Even Jack should
know that much.
A STATUE TO A FORGOTTEN HERO
At the recent Confederate Reunion
In Mobile the Veterans approved the
plan of the Confederate Surgeons AS
ISOLATION to erect monument in Rich
mond to the memory of Samuel Pres
ton Moore. tho Surgeon General of tho
Confederate Army. The Veterans have
seldom paid a more morited tribute to
a great man. and the Confederate sur
geons have never showed more appre-
citation for a true patriot than in this
action.
The history of the War Between the
States has been a chronicle Of battle.
Volume after volume has been written
on practically every campaign. until
even the most minute details of the war
are known of all men. This is as it
should be, for never was there a
prouder story to tell; but while we
have not written too much military his
tory, we have certainly written too
little civil history. The long struggle
of the Confederate Congress to meet
the impossible demands of the military
situation, to finance the government,
to secure recruits for the army and to
counteract the hostile blockade. makes
up as thrilling and interesting a chap.
ter as the narrative of any great battle.
In the same way, the herosm OF the
men engaged in the ordnance service
and the inestimable services of Joseph
| Gorgas, ''who created artillery from
nothing should be remembered as
well as the fights which his ordnance
made possible.
1t is safe to say that none of the men
who served in the departments was
| truer to his duty and greater in his
service than Dr. Moore, in whose hopor
| the monument is to be erected. Moore
was a South Carolinian of distinguished
stock, surgeon in the old army and
one of the best men connected with
| the War Department in Washington
When South Carolina seeded he was
quick to join her, and when the Con-
federacy was established Mr.. Davis APP
pointed him as Surgeon General Moore
accepted the place and soon demons
strated the wisdom of the Presidents
selection.
lie had nothing with which to cs-
tablish a hospital service and nothing
with which to equip the surgeons in
the field; yet during the four years of
the war he furnished tons of supplies,
built dozens OF hospitals, established a
complete service and suppliedthe drugs
that saved thousands Of sick and
wounded men, When the blockade cut
off practically all foreign commerce,
Moore devised homo remediestthat took
i tho place of imported drugs; when his
Il hospitals We're destroyed he built new
ones; when surgical instruments wore
out he manufactured others in Rich
i mond.
The Confederate hospital service
which Moore established was not per-
feet, in the very naturc of things, but
1t was q wonderful institution, consid-
ering tho difficulties which were on
scountered. What II was 1T was largely
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-06-08
Gent.

Mr.. Speaker Cannon has certainly
stood his share of criticism in the
public press of late and when given
a chance recently to tell his views
upon the responsibilities of the press,
was found to be loaded with views
that sound a whole lot like the truth:
Mr.. Speaker declared that he had
at times doubted the universal
wisdom of many editors and wonder
ed if>their own assumptions did not
call for superhuman, if not divine,
qualifications. The editors have
placed themselves in the same class
with the men in public life, with the
power of attorney to represent the
people. and some day I think they
will be held to the same account
ability. The man who uses public
Office for purely selfish purposes is
condemned not only by the press,
but by the people, and he is denied
the opportunity to continue that
kind of public service very long.
The publisher who misuses the con-
fidence Of his readers for purely sell
fish purposes should also be con-
demned and would be if there were
means to expose him."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-06-08

The Miss Nancys in diplomatic
circles as well as the Wall street
crowd were scared stiff by the frank
ness of Col. Roosvelts criticism of
England's attitude toward Egyptian
politics last week. One George Fos-
ter Peabody, a New York banker and
Democrat, was so badly frightened
that he issued a manifesto proposing
the holding Of mass meetings show
ing that Americans are not in SYM
pathy with American interference
with other people. The colonel may
not be at all diplomatic, but one can
imagine the kind of a mass meeting
that banker could collect. to condemn
Col. Roosevelt or any other intelli-
gent American from speaking his
mind when publicly invited to ex-
press his views.