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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
HOW no SAVE THE MARSHALL
HOUSE.

John Marshal's old home in Rich
nond is in a most dilapidated condi-
ton. 1t belongs to the city and will
have to he repaired or torn down. II
has been condemned by the Building
Inspector as unsafe for occupation. The
city does not appear to be willing OF
ready to make such repairs as would
preserve it and make 1T habitable
There has been some talk about the
Virginia Bar Association becoming
custodian of this historic home but it
has invariably ended only in talk. 1t
is II shame that the city does nothing
10 save the place from destruction; it
would be nothing short of reproach
to the state If the house should be
destroyed
There is an easy way for the Bar
Association and the city to escape re-
sponsiblity for this ancient shrine. We
feel warranted in saying that the
transfer of the property to the Asso-
citation for the Preservation of Viz
ginia Antiquities would result speedily
in the rescue of the Marshall House
from the decaying tooth of time. and
in its preservation from destruction
for all time. This Association has al
ready done magnificent work for the
State in marking it's historic spots and
in preserving many houses which have
been associated in some intimate way
with the upbuilding of this great Com
monwcalth. 1t would doubtless well
come the opportunity of saving this
landmark also, and it is hoped that
the city viii invite the cooperation
of this splendid body of patriotic
workers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
Daily Queries and ANSWERS
Address all! communications this Query
Times Dispatch No mathematical
OF valued dealers nan will be given,

than thirty years ago, and has re-.
sided within the state ever since. He
is a registered voter under the Con-
stitntion of Virginia. He has paid
all taxes assessed against him, includ-
Ing caDitation tax, since the adoption
of the new state Constitution. lie has
never been convicted of any Infamous
crime against the State or nation that
would bring his disfranchisement His
neighbor p was also born In this State
about thirty-fve years ago. He has
failed to qualify himself for the cx-
ercisc of the franchise as provided by
the Constitution of the state Now.
y Is arrested for q felony, and is on
trial for his deliverance II both
State and Federal laws guarantee u
person accused OF crime a trial bS
a jury Of his peers, woi.ld r be y COM
petent person to sit as juror in the
trial of a?
3. was born in the county of Abe.
marie IN the latter part of the ifties
my mother, a mulatto. was my fathers
slave. Eight children were born to
my father and mother. all OF whom he
cd ucated and supported until his
death, several years ago. ] contend
that all OF the children born before
the close of the War Between the
states were slaves, following the con-
aition of our mother. our father never
having manumitted any Of us nor our
mother. An older sister contends that
our father was married to our mother;
that we were not slaves, and the court
records of Aibcmarlc county would
show the fact. To settle an angry
dispute. please state, first whether or
not the children born before the close
of the war were slaves or free persons
Second. has there been any time in
Virginia tpossibly excepting the Re-
construction period) that legal mar
rage could be contracted between a
white man and muatto woman or
woman OF African descent?
ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
i. William H. Seward. Secretary OF
State: salmon r Chase, Secretary of
Treasury: Edwin n. stanton, Secre-
tary OF War: Taylor b Smith secre
tary OF Interior. who was succeeded
during the, same year by John II.
Usher Gideon Welles, Secretary OF
| Navy: Montgomery Blair. Postmaster
General; Edward Bates, Attorney Cen
eral. whose temporary successor in
| 1853 was Tittian j. Cuffey
g Yes, because p is a citizen in the
sense of the law, although he may not
be qualified under electoral laws or
the State TO vote
3. In the eyes .of the law of vir-
ginia all children born under these
conditions prior To the collapse OF the
Confederate government were of their.
mothers estate. In the eyes of the
| United States law, all such persons
born after January l. 1863 were free
born y legal marriage could not be
contracted between a white man and
woman OF African descent at that
time in Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
EVERYTHING TURNING GRAY.

There is a condition of things in
Richmond which would seem to re-
quirc the immediate attention of Con.
gresham Hollngsw of Ohio. All
the statues here are turning fine
Confederate gray. George Washing
ton and his compatriots in Capitol
Square-John Marshall, Patrick Henry.
Thomas jefferson and the others
never looked so well as in their true
colors; but IIollingsworth should not
let them get away from him There
seems to be treason" in the very air
we breathe and the pure food experts
at washington ought to be able to ind
some way TO take the old gray touch
out of the atmosphere.
Liberal appropriations for the deep
ening of the James River from Rich
mond to tho sea might help LITTLE
bit, at any rate we so prescribe. "An'
the star spangled Banner, o. Ions
may she wave"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
DIsPAre RICHMOND Va FRIDAY APRIL Is.

ed against the Cannon automobile
were probably influenced by a far less
worthy motive than that of punish
ing the Speakers wish to adopt "snob-
bish fornalities." He couldn't look
like king IL he tried, unless lie
should let his wllisltcrs grow and try
to take off tho late Leopard Of Bel
GUM; but. as we understand, Mr.. Can
non does not want to walk, and 1t
would be cheaper for him to ride at
the expense Of the Government than
to pay for the machine and the chauf-
fcur out OF his own pocket That Is
what the members of Congress have
been doing for themselves whenever
they could get the chance or make
the chance. Look at their mileage
forts TO increase their own pay, reflect
upon their liberality TO themselves in
appropriating clerk and stationery al
lowances for themselves and their
heirs and assigns. regard with what
easy consciences they have never
failed to put on ''monarchical trap
pings when they have been fortu-
nate enough TO be able to bury one
OF their number. For our part we
should be willing to vote two or three
automobiles tor the use of Mr.. Cam
non, on the ground that the more he
is kept out of the House the better
1t would be for the country but we
would not engage In the use OF seoul.
pedala verba TO convey muddy idea.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
CHILDREN UNWELCOME AND WEI
COME.

Ninety per cent of the children born
cording to Mrs. LaReine Helen Baker.
of Spokane. who addressed the National
W,oman's Suffrage Association in Wash
ington last night. Only ten per cent.
of the babies. she thinks. are well
coined as the offspring of love, and
the others have to fight their way
against fate, without hope and with
out any assurance of a happy HE.
So far as benefit to the world is con-
cerncd, Mrs. Baker thinks that nine of
the ten children had better never have
been born, and she believes that the
man who begets a dozen children
will be classed in another gener-
alton, with the confirmed drunk
ard. 81 tell you," she concludes, "we
want quality in children, not quanri-
ty''
Mrs. Baker apparently spoke with a
great deal of feeling and is evidently
convinced that she is on the right
side of the question: but she makes
the fundamental mistake Of laying
down a general law for the human
race where no universal rules can ap-
ply.
There is no fixed theorena for the
propagation of the human race In
some instances, woman is qualified
in every sense to be the mother OF a
dozen children. In other cases, she
should not be entrusted with any. To
deny motherhood to the one and TO
force It upon the other is to run
counter to every principle Of physi-
ology and to set ourselves against the
nature of the race.
1t is equally unfair and unjust to
allege that the child OF parents With
many children has no chance in life.
History denies the truth of any such
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
WHY NOT PENSION AL,

The House Committee on Military
Affairs in Washington has reported
the finest pension bill that has yet
been devised. This bill provides for
the pensioning of all the volunteer of.
fcers who served six months in Gov
eminent service. and provides that all
enlisted men In the armies of the Tn
ion shall receive straight pension OF
$50 the month. If they are disabled in
any way after they reach seventy
years of age. The personal finances
of the man make no difference, anC
the term of his service is of no inn
portance. The applicant has only tc
prove that he was ''honorably dis
charged and he gets $3.50 the year.
The most patriotic Grand Army Post
can and no fault with this bill. and
the most ardent defender of the "mer
who saved the Union Will be silenceC
by 1t In the midst of his plea for the
liberal support of our heroes The
only men omitted from the bounty OF
the Government under this plan are
deserters and dead men. though both
of these classes or their descendants
are to be cared for by other bills no"
pending in Congress.
Still. the bill might be improved tc
the better fulflment of the purpose OF
the committee. If it were trimmed III
little and were to provide q pension
for every man north of the Mason ant
Dixon line who is seventy years OF
age. regardless OF military service. tbs
anxious champions of Northern hero.
ism might secure stu more votes tc
send them back to Congress and might
dispose of still moro money. This. o.
course. Is what pensions arc for. after
all
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
r,yo a5-roor CHANNELS.

The proposed 35-foot channel from
Norfolk and Newport News to the sea.
it is estimated, will cost about So
1850 and it would be cheap at
twice this cost. An initial appropria-
ton OF s6OO,000 for this purpose has
been recommended and the project will
doubtless be undertaken. The BAL
timore sun says that philadelphia
and Norfolk have won their fight for
35-foot channels SO as to place them
on a parity with Baltimore" or course,
If the Norfolk Improvement can only
be accomplished by such IA combination
we shall make no objection, for the
present at least, and until the work is
well under way. but to the ordinary
landsman 1t seems the least BIT strange
be coupled together. II is something
like one hundred miles from Philadel-
phia TO the sea, and at Norfolk it is
nearly practicable to throw ball
from the city to the open main, or at
least we have been SO advised in the
real estate circulars. 1t would be
more like ii to run in the Philadelphia
project with the James River project
at Richmond. In the promotion of this
latter Improvement our tidewater
friends at Norfolk ought to lend ali
the helping hands they can spare, be-
cause what will benefit the commerce
of Richmond Will help the conditions
at Norfolk and Newport News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

The Charlotte Observer is trying to
venture into the Society world, and is
now talking in a lame-duck way about
low-neck dresses for ladies. Speaking of
the statement made by the Birmingham
Register that the Church Is going to
put ban on low-neck dresses" the
Observer says: Spell it band and tho
wearers of that style of dress would
be more uneasy at the announcement
which shows that I'll community
where the men wear sweaters on for
ma, occasions it would be well for
them to eschew any reference TO mat
tiers in which the more precise mem
bers of both sexes are inteligently
concerned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
noonAY Fon Mns. z1,,,1En,lAN.

congratulations to Mrs c. II. Zim-
norman, of Chicago. We do not enjoy
the high privilege Of her acquaintance
but hope TO have that honor and
pleasure some day in the nor distant
future. We know that we should like
her With all our heart, because sne
gave old DR.. Frederick Deibler, of the
Department of Economics in the
Northwestern University. such a dress
ing the other day as he will rcmem-
her to his dying hour. In an address
TO the Womans Club of Evanston no
said, apparently without fear of any
body before his eyes, "one of the main
reasons for the high cost of living is
the fact that woman's work is no
longer conducted along productive
lines That was more than enough
10 Justify Mrs. Zimmerman in rising
to point OF order which she did in
this womaniy fashion:
Women certainly do nor knit the
stockings OF the family any more, nor
bake the bread, nor do lots of other
things, The reason is quite plain and
practical. In the first place, it is
cheaper and quicker TO buy such
things, In tho second place, woman's
sphere is greater than formerly When
woman finally achieves the ballot, II
viii be her influence that win reduce
living expenses and cut down the alb
normal tariff"
When she said this, Mrs. zimmerman
is described as fixing the speaker
with piercing glance and, 50 far
as the record shows, ii was tho end
Of Professor Deibler He ought to
stay at the Northwestern University
and never be caught again speaking
| rank nonsenseto the Evanston club or
amy other club of Intelligent women,
] Never mind about the stockings and
/ the bread and the other things: they
| VIII come somehow and from some
! where, oven as the mama camo to the
children of Israel in The Wilderness,
I and besides. so much of the bread
made by soms OF the women nowadays
49, 49,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
or THE First MAGNITUDE.

The more or less esteemed John a
penton Secretary of the Merchant Ma
rine League, is playing his bluff to
the end. Hc was the star witness be-
fore the Investigation committee al
Washington on Wednesday and he did
the best he could with the resources
at his command. We are not particu-
larly interested in him and would as
lief see him so to jail as any other
man not of our acquaintance, but we
doubt that he will be so rewarded for
his pernicious activity, so strong is
the backing he has among the people
who have been egging him on. All
that we really know about Mr.. Penton
is that he prevaricated, not to use
the good old English word, lied, about
some of the newspapers in this and
other southern States and the occasion
of their opposition to the great game
of graft not to call it stealing, in
which the ship subsidy gang Is inter-
csted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

broad dogma. Nature disputes it
The brothers Wesley, In mind and II
body the peers OF any men Eng
land produced IN the eighteenth cen
tury, were the fifteenth and the eigh-
tecnth chilHen OF their parents
Washington was one OF ten children
by his father and one of four by his
mpthcr. Ice also came of large ram
lily. Napoleon, the greatest iigurc OF
the nineteenth century, and one OF the
most remarkable mon of any age was
the fourth Of eight children. Where
such men as these came from large
families. 1t is absurd TO argue that
genius aud exalted manhood come only
from small families.
Physiologists tell us that the ideal
man is the offspring of perfect union.
regardless of mental considerations.
If this be true, 1t is the only rule Tor
the propagation of the race. Those
women should bear children whose
homes are the happiest. whose health
is tho best and whose love Is the pur-
est. Ihose marriages Si'ou'u ~
couraged which are the outcome OF
love and which approach nearest to
the perfect adaptation of the man and
the woman.
Mrs. Baker and the women for whom
she speaks doubtless realize TINS, ana
are merely revolting against the us
ages of society which consign women
wholly to the bearing of children
They are right in their revolt hut
they err when they take the dignity
of motherhood from woman Mother
hood is not the sole function of wo-
man. but it is a function which, if
she can perform it, is her chief serV-
ice to the race and her greatest nap
piness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

is not good to eat, and the women arc
growing in stature every day.
lf Mrs. zimmerman Will only assure
the reduction of living expenses by cut
ting down the tariff, she will have the
suorort us all true Democrats aud the
loyal adherence of every man that is
born into tho world. 1t must he I'M
derstood, however, that the thinner
man downward revision ahall not be
like that which Mr.. Taft and his
Cabinet are sitting up OF nights now
to defend against the rising tide of
popular Indignation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
THE srEAKEn's AUTOMOBILE.

The decision of the House Of Repre-
sentatives to cut out Speaker can.
mons automobile has led the ATLANTA
Constitution to indulge in the follow
ing bathos;
Already there is too great a ten
dency toward imperial!stic ostentation
and monarchical trappings in the execu.
tive and legislative branches Of this
Government.
The plain and wholesome spirit of
Democratic institutions bids fair to be
smothered in lather of ceremonials,
of snobbish tormalities and nunkey-
making perquisites good deal worse
than these qualities In old world
courts. since they are a rank and
cheap imitation"
We didn't know 1t was quite so bad
as that, but the shot the Constitution
has fred swill ring from 1ybee Light
to Nacoochee's lofty height. "Imperi-
alistic ostentation." "monarchical trap
pings" ''snobbish formalities," funk
ey-making perquisitcs," is going
some az Seitz would say IN the New
York World, II AIr. pulitzer would let
him; and up at calicoon depot, where
DR.. Cook used to live, all the natives
would turn out TO do The writer of this
sort of English the highest honors
although the right thing to do with
him would he to lock him up until he
could give bond for future good le-
havior.
The members Of the House who yot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

proper enough for tho head OF the
school Of the prophets at Princeton.
Besides. the saying deliver the goods
was quite within the understanding
of the people TO whom Or. Patton was
speaking, and there was something in
.hnt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

Yesterday in Richmond was one of
the days one reads about in Houston.
Texas. but never sees. y magnificent
sky, air as soft and sweet as maid
ems prayer, and exquisite sunshine
that made life worth living and that
can be lived nowhere else but in Rich
mond on the James. For these and all
other blessings we arc devoutly thank
full, while we commiserate the wretches
who have been sentenced to exist in
other places among the heather.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

The New York Masons heartily APP
prove the plan to erect a shrine to en-
case the relics of George Washington,
the most distinguished Mason this
country has ever seen. This is good
idea. but the Masons might as we'll
Grand Central Station, because there
are enough Washington relics, real
and spurious, scattered around the
country to make the ordinary memo
rial shrine look like an auction house
on a hre-sale day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
direction. Tor ,,nIsinr kite.

For the benefit and amusement Of
the boys on the farms, could you print
directions for making medium sized
box Kite and proper size Irvine to ny 1t
with? SuBSCRlBER.
This information can be secured by
writing TO the Ladies Home Journal.
philadelphia, Pa, which makes a spe-
cialty of such information.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
salaries or Land ASSESSORS.

Please print s,he H.rse bin allowing
the county Board OF Supervisors to
raise the salaries OF the land asses
sors and the Senate amendment, and
whether the latter was defeated or
not. A READER
If you viii write to the clerk of the
House of Delegates Hon. j. w. VIII
liams, State Capitol. Richmond. Va
You can secure a copy of this bill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

1t is not true. as the Woman's Ma
tional Daily says, that the battleship
Texas has been sent to the junk heap.
She has only bcen sentenced TO that
ignominious fate. but we mis-
take the temper Of the Texas people
if they do not protest against such
a sacrifice of one of the ships Of our
modern navy that has actually done
conspicuous service in battle, The elo-
quent plea of Phillips from the bridge
of the Texas comes down through the
years: Don't shout, boys, the poor
devils are dying" Besides, the Texas
is now performing as good services as
II she could shoot a thousand miles
and hit every crack.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
rnE CENSUS AnM, IS MoN1Nc.
The census army moves this MORN

:.
ing. From the coast counties OF up
per Maine to the borders of Arizona.
seventy-fve thousand men and women
80. MI.
isi7 i'''o' ,"'e '''''s' ~" ivy ~ W
~ 30 Hisee" u''s guy WIN 7o''
on uh'h w ''le il's' MeeN ~ way ;
~ 49, ''',' o''
'ne'i wy 10 '''.' : .Oi ''t'ti q
NJ wy i'0l' = 20
sven ou'' '''' s''e',' ~ 49, az
ie" NOUNS Speq''i census epo' =
wiz We issueu u''''t ~ - "''''oSs '''''e
iol new census
NOBODY heea rear any INJURY 'ioi"
ans "e'iiis 'Ne 0"eSs'oi's " s'''
enuii'efa'ols' ~ sS''ei''e'i's N'"oe y
mem ar e'iit'oe''ei''' Aiiu ~ '''S
examined " any petso'is eN-eRt '''o
eAPerts III tle e'i'pioS VI VIC
''eiie a. N"siii's Noti' ~ "i'o'''
on MISS 'oi is'' 'ei'N'i'S'
'le annual iiieo'"e " ti'e N"set
Hosiery NILS 70 iiialee' oi "psoi
ny no interest," III auuieio"'
man is assured ps the FieS'ucHe tt's
Z his replies VIII not ne usea against
MN IN any way eishet W ootiesS sa.s
returns, TO secure hi'iitaf9 VI jury
service or to ENFORCE lnsitisral'oh
laws. The secrets of every man are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

Whenever you find travelling agent
of any concern going around advising
the public to beware OF somebody else,
take it from us that he will bear
watching himself There is Mr.. Pen
ton. of the Merchant Marine League
for instance, who Is now in some
trouble on his own account, and he
brought 1t all on himself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

The Baltimore Sun reports that a
plot has been formed in New York
to blow up the Lee statue in the So
called Hall Of Fame at Washington.
That is exactly what we hope they
will do with it; but we should like TO
be there with our trusty Winchester
rifle when the protesting Grand Army
posts set the mine. We think we could
get sixteen Of them before the police
could reach the spot.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
I.onuIn,,on I,icI,mond and ,Innchcstcr

I. VIII You KIHHIy te!I me INC pOpu-
lation of Richnond. before Manchester
was annexed and the population now?
2. is there any other comet to be
seen any time soon with tile eacep-
ton or Halley's? A, READER.
I. The population OF Richmond is
estimated at present at tlI0DO, and
the population of Manchester is prob-
ably about 10000, which will make the
combined population of the city about
$4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

A. biplane dropped on an automobile
at Memphis during the aviation races
at that town While this is another
source of danger to the owners Of
do not blame any. respectable biplane
for falling on any auto they have
around Memphis and demollshing it
altogether.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

The Charlotte Observer has found a
man in North Carolina who is waiting
for the Office to seek him. The OBJ
server guesses that ''he has a long
time to wait" We guess he is a Viz
ginian. There are lots of the same sort
in this grand old State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

Question for the consideration of the
military and diplomatic authorities of
the United States: Is South Carolina a
foreign state" within the meaning of
the Naval Regulations?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15
Coxey,. Army.

army when 1t passed through the
country ]. Il.
Jacob S. CoNey began his march on
March "a. and reached Washington
May l, 1894.