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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
THE sYMpATHETIc sTn1,<p.

Philadelphia is certainly paying the
price. Her industries are stagnated
Her manufacturing plants are tied up.
Her streets are unsafe for traffic. Her
working people are in Torment. And
now. on the top of all this. the city
is facing the greatest general strike
tn its history. The appeal of the
union men has taken about $4,000 men
from the shops and has added about
that number to the disturbing ele-
ments of the city,
This sympathetic strike of all the
union men in the closed shops Of Phil
adelphia was a mistake. Aside from
the bare possibility that 1t may intinli-
date the authorities Of the town into
ordering compulsory arbitration, the
general strike can do no good 1t GER
tainly will not strengthen the cause
OF the carmen in the eyes of the gem
eral public. It certainly will not
benefit the cause OF union labor. II
certainly will not decide once and for
all. the justice of the principle Tor
which the union is contendine in this
case.
On the other hand. the sympathetic
strike will certainly do vast deal OF
damage Already ii has paralyzed the
manufacturers OF the city, Almost
q every man who has invested capita
in the industries of the town must pay
for the fight between the carmen ant
the owners. His mill wheels VIII b,
silent and his dynamoes will be still
Ms long as the fight continues. Blu
the damage to the families of striking
,vorkmen will beN even greater, 4
will. Of course. be said tllat.lhe caus'
of all union men is the same. and ha
all loyal laborers Will be willing {
suffer Tor the comm on cause. ~ no
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
The Flag on the schools.

Editor of The Times-D ispatch:
sir notice that there is a bill
pending In the General Assembly di-
recting that the Federal flag be placed
over every public school house in Vir-
gtnta. AS a citizen of Virginia I wish
to protest against this bill for the
following reasons:
i. The purpose of the bill is mis-
directed. 1t is perfectly proper to
place the Federal flag over the fort at
Old Point, the post-oflices and tho
custom houses. These buildings are
Federal property. erected by Federal
law and paid for with Federal money.
But the schools are the property OF
the Commonwealth OF Virginia. erected
by State law and paid for with money
out OF the State and county and city
funds. IT any flag Is raised, 1t should
be the flag of Virginia. which owns
and supports the schools. Our system
OF government Is dual one, OF
nation and States. and each OF these
governments has It's appropriate sphere
on Which the other should not in
ttrude, Many Of our children have
probably never seen the State flag. and
should be taught to reverence II. Some
of us remember that not many years
ago the Federal government was re-
peatedly petitioned by bills proposed
in Congress to appropriate money to
the Southern States to assist them in
educating the colored people. whose
condition Of citizenship had been
forced upon the Southern whites; and
the Federal government refused to
give a cent. We have worked out
our own salvation without any aid de-
rived from those who set up as special
friends OF the negroes and custo-
dams of the flag Of the Union.
2. Tho object of the bill would i'm
pose a vast charge upon the State
Treasury. have heard 1t said that
1T would cost 100000 to provide the
necessary flags and sum annually
perhaps one-third as great to keep
tical objection, but It's weight is not
half as great as that of the objection
first stated. 1t Is perfectly proper to
keep alive a national sentiment, but 1t
is equally proper to honor the senti-l
bodied In tho separate sovereignty
of the States ANITCTYS NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

believe 1t. Tho union. for example,
which has won It's recognition by
exactly tho reverse methods OF those
followed by the riotous carmen, can
hardly feol sympathy with the strike.
The high.pnid union men, who are nj
ways in demand, and who are pro-
tected by iron bound trade agreements,
cannot be expected, by any fair process
of reasoning, to lose their earnings
and perhaps their places, because the
carmen, who are practically unskilled
3laborers, want to win point against
their employers. But even IL they
sympathized with the strikers. salts.
fled union men do their families In
Justice by leaving their work.
The city, however, will suffer moro
damage than either the laborers or
the employers of philadelphia. AS we
pointed out yesterday. the awless-
ness fostered BY the strike will not
pass with the strike. The mob. should
II win a victory. will feel its power
and Will be emboldened for the future.
We are free to predict that arrests in
Philadelphia will be abnormally nu-
rerous for months after the strike has
been settled, ono way or another
Our unions have been slow to adopt
the general sympathetic strike in this
country. They have hesitated to adopt
the methods employed last year in
Sweden and before that time in Russia
But before the thing is settled. the
Philadelphia strike will show them that
they had better abandon the plan al
together and fight peaceably the bat.
ties OF labor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

NOT AN "ISSURGENT' IN SIGHT.
The Postal Savings Bank bill has
passed the Senate in Washington BY
strictly party vote. and when 1t
came to a show down, not one of the
much-alVertised Insurgents voted
against It. That was precisely as we
expected 1t would be, and as 1t would
f have been if the measure could have
been acted on sooner. The "Insur-
gents" or malcontents. as the Presi-
dent is said TO call them, have only
been making a bluff and their bluff
parties occupying about the same rel
alive position they held before the
lighting began, the Democrats grasp
ing at whatever straw seems to prom
Use some tactical advantage and the
hoary headed old sinners of the Re-
publican persuasion coming in at the
right time to save the face of their
party. The special correspondent or
this newspaper says that this is the
first Of the Taft measures to have
UGGH iSlGu upon SluSC lIc ~ GSclll SGo-
sion of Congress began; but we may
be sure that it will not be the last.
Whatever the cause, the Executive and
THE Legislative wings Of the party in
power are tapping together, and there
will doubtless be fairly good sailing
for the Administration for the rest OF
the time.
1t has been reported from time to
time that old Taft was almost In eX-
/ tremis, that he was worried to death
\ about the recalcitrancy of his myrmd-
zons, that he and Speaker Cannon were
at daggers' points, and that he was
swearing at the unhappy day when
he was sentenced to lead the hosts up
on, Of the Wilderness. AS matter OF
| fact. the President was never in bet
! ter physical condition, never took his
nourishment With finer appetite. has
mot weighed as little for years. docs
not get ratified as a man who had lost
his nerve walks out every day with
4 South Carolina ancestry, and actually
/ speaks TO old Joe Cannon. In spite Of
the fact that Cannon was born in
North Carolina. One of the main oh
i jections TO Mr.. Taft is that he is too
much Of a partisan President in prln-
clple II not in performance and thut
4 at times. when lie doesn't stop TO
I, think. he does this or that. or sug-
j. gests this or that because 1t is writ
ten into the Republican platform
I That. Of course. is Very bad form. he
cause, as we understand, Mr.. Taft is
4 President Of the United States and not
!, Of the Republican party That POSI-
!. tGn Is held. by Hitchcock and The
J President ought 10 leave Hitchcock
With this particular bag to hold and
J, devote his time to the administers
ton OF public affairs Just as IL he
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
The Visiting Nurses.

AnC lSltlnEs Nur~CSs
Editor Of The TimeS-Dispatch:
aSir.-I read with great pleasure your
editorial about the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Association. and would like to
say Just q few words regarding the
above association and It's work in this
city.
Having frequently had an opportun-
ish the district nurses fulfil their du-
ties, not enough can be said to praise
them. The suffering poor receive their
helping hand but also In h ONES of such
people, where under ord mary circum-
stances there Is no need for assistance,
the district nurse is often a visitor In
tinle5of ickness, always ready to make
sick have the benefit Of the Visiting
Nurses Association. but also the coll
,ored patients receive their attention,
and everywhere sunshine and relief Is
brought by the nurse In the blue uni-
form. In the fight against the dread
full white plague, there is no greater
factor for the suppression T r. Of Il this dis.
contact with the afflicted daily and
hourly in their homes, helping to re-
lieve the suffering and also instruct-
ing them how to protect their loved
ones against Infection.
. 1t is everybody's duty to contribute
his share. however small It may be. to
for contribution will be given on the
take place some time in April. sins
Scerely hope that Tho Times-Dispatch
will be foremost In keeping before the
public what sitgmeans ifamany tags are
sold on that day. as through this me-
dlumE both rich and poor can ald the
great cause, s.
FIJI March a. &1010.s s5ys5l3s3 5t3 Z =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
THE LAST OF row pLAr,r.
TON" Platt is dcad. He was non

Tom" Platt is dead. He was near
" seventy-seven years Of age. He
was a student at Yale College in 1853,
but was forced to give up his course
there by Ill health. He was given tho
M. a. degree in 1876. His whole life
was spent in mercantile employments
largely, and in political work. He
acquired great wealth and had a
strong hold on those with whom he
vas associated. lie filled in his time
many public Offices, big and
little, from clerk OF Tioga county to
United States Senator. He was first
elected to the Senate in 1881 and re-
tired the same year because Of his
intense devotion to Roscoe Conkling, a
conspicuous figure in his time and
now barely memory. Plat was nick
named ME Too" because whatever
Conkling did he did; he was nothing
more than Conkling's echo, and when
that grand stand player quit the Sem
alto he followed him into political cx-
lie. Conkling never got back; Plat
did. He was elected Senator In 1897
and stayed in the Senate until last
year. So far as we know his name is
not associated with any great or good
thing. He was power in the politics
Of his State and always a power for
evil. He dominated the Republican
machine in his state for more than a
quarter OF century and men of high
repute followed his leadership blindly
in the execution of his plans. To
look at him one would not have
thought that he could break human
hearts but he was credited with being
very much of a lady's man, and his
later years were much perturbed by
affairs of the heart and pocket book.
He had some good qualities, doubtless.
and there will be kind things said
about him now. probably; but. his per-
sonal affairs aside. he did notIIng In
his public career that was worthy OF
any man,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07


We don't know Gone Johnson. don't
want to know him, wouldn't mix with
him II we did know him, and, on gem
eral principles, do not think he ought
to be elected Governor of Texas; but
we regard Cone as ansinterposition of
Providence, so to say because he is
supplying subway through which
George Bailey is running. q good deal
of his bad temper. He has a great
deal left. to be sure: but Cone is keep
ing him very busy these days. and
as Cone is said to be rather handy
With the gun, there may be a story for
some startling first page headlines be-
fore the ides of next November, II 1t
can be said that November has any
ides out in Texas Cone is running
for Governor, and his Candidacy is
bottomed upon the Bailey question"
not George. but Joseph Weldon (there
was never any question about George),
and the Houston Post speaks in a
rather insulting way about ibis TWEEN
ty-iive years record of political Shift
ness. cowardice and treachery." That
ought to be enough to make Cone ask
for an explanation,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

The sun is beginning to shine again
Colonel William Jennings Bryan. ac-
cording to newspaper dispatches from
Lincoln, Neb., has "effaced himself az
n Democratic candidate for any office"
Ills recent pronouncement upon tho
question OF County option" in the
settlement of the liquor business has
made him solid with the Prohibitions
lists. and 1t Is said, that they arc hold
ing meetings all over the country ap-
splauding his course They can have
him. and welcome to him. He would
make first rate candidate for them.
and. having tried all other possible
experiments lie will now be able to
hoe new row without making any
Democrat afraid.
1t is reported that in gaining the
favor of the Prohibitionists Of Ncbras-
ka he has lost touch with his Demo-
cratic supporters, and that the lead
ers are getting more and more bitter
against Bryan every day" This Is i'm
portant, il true; but the Ncbraskan is
a very clever politician, and much de-
ponds, of course. on the extent to which
the alleged detection in the party goes,
how much he Will insist upon cutting
loose from the company he has been
keeping since 1896. There is no OBJ
lection in the world to Mr.. Bryan rum
ming for President as the candidate of
the National Prohibitlonist party; in
deed. by doing SO he would clear the
situation for the Democracy which he
has bcclouded for fourteen years to its
undoing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
The Virginia Ten-Hour Law.

.yf1NteVf
Sir,AEfforts are being made by GER
tain cotton manufacturers to amend
women and children In Virginia. The
child labor law raising the age limit
10 fourteen, the standard OF most of
the States and OF the civilized nations
BIT, the law forbidding the employment
Sof women and of children under four
teen years Of age in fact0rles or manu-
featuring establishments more than
ten hours In any one day OF twenty
four hours has been in EFF ect for some
time Il has been recently enforced by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

inc daughters of the American Rev
olution are making an effort to pre-
serve county records. In Fulton Coun-
w. Georgia, says the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, important records have been
allowed to molder and become almost
illegible when proper care would in
sure preservation and rehabilitation."
Inc language is bad, but the Intention
is good. How does 1t happen. how
ever, that there are any. records in
fulton County? What business has
the New South with records? The As
sociation for the Preservation OF Vir-
slnla Antiquities has done a great deal
.ot invaluable work: but In this State
-thcre are many antiquities that ought
10 be preserved, and the Association
Is Is taking taking care of them In splendid
way and with fine spirit. A land
without memories is a land without
character.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Tho graves Of tho Confederate Hol-
dlers who died In Federal prisons are
to BIO marked at tho expense OF tho
Government at washington. Thpt
would seem to be about rs little an tho
could do. Having starved
them to death--but 1t would be un-,
profitable to pursue tho subject fur
thor. Ben Hill, Of, Georgia, discussed
this question very fully about twenty
five years ago. and his speech has
mover been answered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

. ~ Y T ~ ii :
NOW comes the Roanoke Times with
tribute to Buck" Pressly. who is to
play snort stop, or. something else. with
the alleged base ball club of that
Town Buck is fleet of foot and can
pu1 l down flies from the blue empy-
rean, ana hardly ever fails to hit the
sphere right square on the nose, ex-
actty Where It ought to be hit. Buck
halls from Due West, and was brought
UP ~ me right sort of nurture and
a ~ 1t was only tho other
Gay that the Times was pretending
.'a' ~ did not know where and why
lsII' west was. Buck" explains why:
st,1 when the Richmond Invincibles get
through with him and the stiffs who
VII pay with him next summer he
VII WISH that he had never left his
dear Drumtochty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

were u Democrat. lie should not find
this very difficult, seeing that lie Is
putting SO many OF tile Bryan p1anks
into working condition.
rho only purpose Of these dlscursivo
remarks is to note the fact that the
.Adullamitca are getting together, and
that Mr.. Taft Is really notsas dead as
some Of tho reporters have said that
he was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Madame Tetrazinni. of the high d.
is not bit disturbed because her for
mer manager sues her for $4,000.
She'll sing to the fellow for few
minutes and demand receipt in full.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Our friend, the Mathews Journal, is
very much worried because we printed
the statement that his county paid
taxes at n lower assessment on its real
value than any other county in the
State. We advise our friend to
consult the Finance Committecsof the
Senate. The facts came from them. and
are a part of the records of tho State
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

It. has been proposed to make Matt
Henson a Rear Admiral. Why not?
Didn't he so to the North Pole and
help Commander Peary TO plant the
flag there? Didn't he take ohserva-5
lions and photographs of the situa-s
ton? Hasn't he made good on the
lecture platform? Why draw the ce!or
line at the Pole?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
The Dlstancc SOUND travels.

travels a per sec second; ais also sow
2. When was the first automobile In
vented, and by whom?
9: Can al Of the air be pumped ,}e 3 out
4. Sound travels in nir, at the rate 9 ( {
yards.
q. The first automobile was invent ed
by Walter Hancock, an Dnglishman, IN
Infant" OF course, this was O very
crude machine.
3. BY. the use OF an air pump you
can exhaust the air In any sealed
vessel and create q practical vacuum.
OF course, an absolute vacuum can be
created only by the use OF mercury
pump.
The Central. America.
y. w. b., Greenville, s. c., sends us
the Following additional note on the
Central America, which supplements
fe% days sysn sy q csn
down with Captain Lewis IIerndon and
all on board, somewhere along the At
lantic coast or the Caribbean Sea- some
time I'm 1s57-'5s. Captain Herndon
burg, Va, kinsman Of Commodore
Alaury. the father of Mrs. President
Arthur and the explorer of the ANA
Sgs d q nan Of noto and distinction in
Not for us.
N. B. c.. Petersburg, Va: II you Will
read the caption OF this column you
VIII soc why your question cannot
be answered here.
A ..slinkry.'
VIII you tell where + can find a
mtnkry, or one who raises minks?
SUBSCRIBER.
We answered this question soma
days ago and We're regretfully COM
PEELED to tell you that the market on
ninks is not very flourishinS at pres
ent. We would Suggest that you In
sert n want adj in The Times Dispatch.
Experiment Station.
Please give me an address OF an
agricultural experiment station in Vir.
glnia, Ii 1t has any. w. T.. S.
The Virginia Agricultural Expert
mant Station Is connected with the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Blacks.
burg. Va.
Do Rocks Grow:
Please tell me whether or not rocks
grow and continue to grow. G. NJ. w.
Rocks do not grow, though they may
weather or otherwise change in form.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

= religious revival is now In prog-3
a.ss ~ Chattanooga and s crowded
: every meeting, Which goes to show,
isons o'her things, that good preach
US nas not lost it's power, hen
1 ,;,'a me pulpit has "a MESSAGE to \ de-
.'.Sef ana knows how to deliver II,
s'nsf" oews will generally be filled.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

An express car has been looted and
1000 packages were riled. This, of
course, was in New York. Men do not
sleep on their Jobs anywhere else in the
Union.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

They have given the Governor of
Rhode Island a body-guard. BY SINH
lar count. every constable in Craig
county should have a militia company
with him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Politics crops out" announces tho
Baltimore Sun. anent the Maryland
Legislature. Our impression was
that Politics had already reached cut
tingtim in Annapolis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

There is life in the old land yet,
our beloved friend Loeb is to be the
bass drummer in the Republican
Grassland of New York that will
welcome One back home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Wheh Mrs, Alma Webster Powell, OF
.i,iook'!n dressed up one or her
mattresses W.. the Other day8in fine clothes
lus' 70 snow that she could fool Sass
s,etS' she doubtless had in mind the
lmlstoY-making epigram Of the late
pe',li''ill Harrison that "a cheap coat
nlnkeS q ehenn NAN q :.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Last reports from the peaceful cline
OF Nicaragua Indicate that the rebel
army has been reduced to fourteen gen
erals and a water carrier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

They are going to pay a batch Of
young artists $5oo.>aach for portraits
of the ex-Speakers of tie House in
Washington. 1t is reported that no
one will take the job of reproducing
Uncle Joe's phz at any price.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Jersey to keep her water" says q
headline in the New York Tribune.
Well. that is all right, SO long as she
gives us her milk.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

No use for that New York husband
to name Russian prince as core
spondent in his divorce case. Tho fell
lows too far off to shoot and too poor,
to sue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

st. Paul had fine sense Of humor
when he declared that men were to be
saved by the foollshness OF preaching.
A better translation would be foolish
preaching
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

Be 1T said to the eternal glory Of
Virginia photographers, not one OF them
asked whether that fellow Hyde. of
Kansas City, had ever Doctor Jekylled
any
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

"A man In London is said to have a
marble face; and that is soft, his
friends suggest, compared with his
head