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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
Against the Convention.

To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch
Sir,-Please allow me word in oppo.
sition to Democratic convention at
this time. Lee. me say first that have
been a subscriber to your paper Tor
twenty odd years. / enjoy your edito-
rails, and they meet my views gener-
ally. | trust you Will think, twice on
party is In better trim nationally than
1t has been for many years.
But little success should not make
the Democrats. Conventions are anti
quated They are "ancient history,
The people VIII not discuss among
themselves at this time the questions
vention. What are they?
schools? They are making tremen-
dous strides already, and are going
quite fast enough for the people.
alive on this question, and they are
wing with each other IN building
Fees? 1t Will take time for this
matter 70 mature. virginians are
ready for such radical change, how
ever good 1t may appear to some.
LegaIIized primaries? surely virginia
can mold one N honest eiscu noa na AZ "a
admitsthat a primary must be lhsalized
TO make it fair expression, of the
peoples Will. II need be, let the cues.
the General Assembly
Prohibition? The Democratic party.
as / see it, is unalterabkf committed to
local option, and the people seem to
be satisfied
do not believe that declaration
by a convention upon those matters
Will amount to anything as Tar as the
rank and file Of the party is concerned.
The people want and are going to
cling to primaries. The time is past
when men will follow man picked up
by few people assembled and elect
convention will cause friction; 1t Will
cause factions. and It will increase in
dependency in candidates. All these
questions are for calm discussion and
settling by the General Assembly,. y
convention will not express the Will OF
the people. 1t must be gotten by
primary or by voting for a candidate
who stands for something S,
Williamsburg. November 25.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
HONEY FII'Z.

Much power is making Mayor John
issued proclamation to the women
of Boston that they must take their
hats off when they attend the concerts
OF rehearsals of the Boston symphony
Orchestra. If the women refuse to
obey this order, the license of the
Symphony management viii be re-
vcked, according to His Honor
That does not sound like Honey
IEitz. He is usually the very pink of
diplomacy and decentralization
When the band plays THE star
spangled Banner count on Fitz to
set his high hat off first; when on
March the seventeenth the green
coated bugler blows Erin Go Bragh,"
Iitz is the lad who emits the first
laundering "Hurrah!' He has kissed
perhaps million babies and slapped
on the back every man in Massachu-
sets, with the exception of DR.. Eliot
and Major Higginson
No, this is not like Fitz. AS the
women are numerically and in many
other ways stronger in Boston than
the men, he would hardly be expected
TO be so severe with the masculinely
feminine element of his municipality.
Most of the women in Boston are bet
ter men than the men are, and look
more like men than the masculine part
of the city's population. and Fitz takes
a great risk in being so rash.
Will they take off their hats? No,
'ndeed How dare you, Mr.. Mayor.
You might as well try to change the
Harvard accent or make yourself I'M
derstood in the best French to the
Ireland bred garcons al Young,s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
rnE OUTLOOK IN NEBRASKA.

1t is claimed by The Commoner that
the defeat of MIR Dahlman. the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor (of Ne
braska( cannot be construed as
Democratic defeat, for while lie re-
ceived the primary nomination ii was
by the aid of Republicans who en-
tered the primary because they agreed
with him on the liquor question: If
this be true construction of the
defeat OF Dahiman, how can 1t be
to be United States Senator and three
Democratic Congressman from Me-
braska were Democratic victories in
view Of the fact that they Were all
voted for by large number of Re
publicans? Hitchcock is the first
Democratic Senator ever elected from
Nebraska
1t Is true, as The commoner says,
that the Democrats of Nebraska have
no reason TO feel discouraged. on the
contrary, they have reason to face
the future with confidence. They are
thoroughly united upon national issues,
and With the disturbing local issues
removed will present q united front
to the enemy" our contemporary
does not mention it, but it is worth
noting that the chief disturbing local
issue" in the State was removed when
he had to hire his own hall during
the campaign to speak against the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
This was one of the significant and
gratifying Developments of the cam
| palsn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

CONSEQUENTLY he Is not a member OF
! mo executive committee. IN July, our
last meeting, there was no chairman
sie'leh. Mr. Brown was chosen 10
M ,fe vacancy temporarily, henee ne
WIS notified of our committee meet
ing which Is to be held In chicago
next saturday morning. The minutes
our meeting show no one was
erected chairman despite the letters or
/ hccoptance which Mr.. Butler has sent
10 the members OF the board of direc-
TORS announcing his intention to &C
cept the embarrassing"
MI. Brown, President of Valparaiso
University was invited TO attend the
meeting Of the committee, as he had
been elected temporary chairman oil
me committee at the meeting of the
Association In Boston. This Is ono
instance, at least of where the tenn
porary chairman actually came back.
we would say that Mrs Young APP
pears to have done up DR. Butler
brown" a very cheap pun, we arc
aware, but a pun with point What
VIII Dr. Butler do about it? We don't
Know; but II is usual In such cases,
we believe, to start another paper
winch is only another way of sug-
costing that he organize another AS
ISOLATION AS the matter stands. 1T
would seem that Mrs young has sue
cessfully disposed of the pretensions
OF the President OF Columbia univer-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

counties of New York there has been
q decrease OF populations.
strange to say, the percentages ar
Immigrants arriving In the past ten
years has not equaled tile percentage
of the preceding decade. New yorl,
had retained many OF the arrivals. blt
this factor does not suffice to explain
The great population Of the city
The population Of New Yor,, a. q
matter which interests the whole ma
tlon because Of the political power
which such population denotes. ,rhe
new figures Indicate that New York
VIII be even more powerful than hero.
'tolore. Provided that the present basis
OF representation stands New York
VIII have in two years forty-seven
members of Congress. 1t now Inns
thirtN-seVen Its power will be en-
larsed corresponGingIy In the cleo
torai college. New York will have
ninety eight votes in national conven-
lions instead of seventy-eight as at
present.
The influence and power of this EN-
pire state are things for the nation to
think about.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
mAn AG.1Nsn pnAru.

Sixty recruiting offices will be
opened in Richmond this morning and
calls FOR volunteers IN war whose
issue is no longer doubtful will be
made in seventy-hve of the cities and
towns OF the state. This army when
recruited will not he modified, but
tho home guards will repulse the adj
vances of an enemy whose past
triumphs have helped TO fill every
cemetery in Virginia, but whose reign
Is even now lettering to Its fall.
Every Red Cross Christmas stamp
bought this year is a bullet in the
war against tuberculosis; every pur-
chaser soldier every saleswoman a
recruiting officer
In no war when barely begun has
victory ever been more assured. But
yesterday. as historians count time,
consumption was monster who could
not be resisted, and who had his will.
Now the well informed laugh at him.
for no one in these days need die as
result of his attacks.
This morning twenty sources of in
lection in the city of Richmond will
he removed to the new Pine Camp,
erected through the lberality, and,
still more. through the business sense
of progressive citizens. Every dol
lar invested in the campaign means
saving of wealth in the form of
productive activity to the State. The
new buildings at the catawba sana-
toriuin. doubling its capacity, were
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
DusTERs nANnuMT.

HIS name Is Buster, and he lives at
Wilkes-Barre PENNSYLVANIA. and would
have voted against Tener If he had
not been dlsfranchised. few weeks
ago he saved the lives of six men who
were very near to death These six
men were Greeks, not wealthy but
thrifty, strangers in strange land,
but they were grateful to their res
cuer. They were candymakers, and
wcre sleeping in two connecting rooms.
The house took fire. Buster dashed in,
pushed the door open, pulled the
clothes IRON the beds of the six men.
and walked them up. This was not
easy, for they were torpid from the
smoke which filed the room from
fire smouldering in one corner. Two
of the men had to be carried out.
When Thanksgiving came around
these grateful Greeks, who were not
rich, presented roasted turkey to
Buster, and to show his appreciation
he ate the whole bird in their presence
with rare enjoyment, and did his best
to smile and say thank YOU.
Yes. you may have guessed it. Bus
ter is DISTINGUISHED. Maybe his black
skin has something to do with it, but
he is black and white to be accurate.
Buster is simply an Intelligent bull
dog. That's all, but he is a hero.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
ANOTHER TEXAS 1sp11srnx :,

The Galveston News tells us that
the damage suit industry seems to
have enjoyed year OF exoeptional
prosperity In Texas. The total amount
paid out at the recent close of the
railroad fiscal year was ,sa,s15.o11. as
against s2.161o42 for the preceding
fiscal year. Taking this on the mileage
pasis' we see that for the last year
this amounted to s1T4.S1 per mile of
road, as against s166.S6 per mile of
road the previous year The amount
paid out on this account per mile OF
road is approximately twice as great
as it is for the country as a whole
In 1891. in Texas. the amount paid
out for personal injuries amounted TO
s25.66 per mile of road This ia an
Increase OF 600 per cent. in less than
twenty years. 1t is said that of the
great sum now paid out annually by
the railroads as q result of damage
suit verdicts. so per cent. goes into the
pockets of the attorneys representing
the injured people.
Ihere can be no question that if
some method We're devised to remove
such cases from tho courts. there would
be tremendous exodus of lawyers
and near-lawyers from the legal pro-
fession. The conduct of damage suits
has grown into an, industry, not only
in Texas, but in all the other States.
1t is great pity that we
cannot know how many of these suits
arise from barratry on the part of
lawyers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
MISS MAUDE PETRE
EXCOMMUNIICATED
said sal . to hsve abandoned the sword for

said to have abandoned the sword for
the Shuttle,
In mentioning in these letters a
week or so ago, the romantic mar
riage of ex-PriHcess Pauline of Wur-
temberg with her fathers physician.
Or. Willim, on the occasion OF the
that she had developed very radical
and even socialistic opinions. This
statement has been called IN question.
In reply. l would state that the lead
ers of the Socialist party at Breslau
took prominent part In the obsc-
quies OF DR.. Willim and laid num-
Der of floral emblems on his bier.
MofeoVer. the ex-prlncess is keenly
Interested in politics, and a Socialist
spellbinder of note. frequently deliver
ing Socialist speeches from platforms.
and even at outdoor meetings The
Socialist party at Breslau looks upon
her as one of It's most energetic mem
bers, and 1T is for that reason and
not on account of her mesaIliance,
that she Is let sercveiy alone by
all the royal and imperial personages
kind-hearted Princess Charlotte or
sake aeinlngen, who lived for so long
at Brcslau, where her husband was
In command of the troops, was com
PEELED to hold aloof from her
Frau Willim. as the ex-princess is
styled, wears her gray hair cut lutte
short. masculine fashion. and is al
ways seen wearing mans hat. while
to add to the singularity OF her an
pearance she walks with those Ger
man high boots which In England are
known as "Wellingtons."
Copyright 1910, by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

We wish James j. Hill were as good
at foretelling the fate of the dema-
gogue as he is in running great rail-
road system. He thinks that the last
elections mean that the day of the
demagogue and agitator is passing;
that in a few years there will be little
in the way of party lines in the United
States, and that the politician will be
wary from this time forth of the big
Independent vote, which has its eye
firmly fastened on the candidates for
office whose chief stock in trade is
their art in keeping alive the dssat-
isfaction of people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
nonpING ruE INDIANS,

/
! II is too late probably, to have the
4 Republican Congress deal effectively
/ with the case OF the Indians, but a
great deal OF valuable testimony is be-
Ling brought out for Democratic use
/ by the investigation of the charges
made by Senator Gore as TO the law
yers' contracts with the rive Civilized
Tribes. "A hrm of lawyers in Okla
homa received fee of 100000 II few
years ago and 1t was testified before
the committee on Friday that the
practice in Indian claims is highly
lucrative, both in yearly retaincrs and
in the sums paid on contracts made
with the tribes to secure the passage
of bills in Congress-" Richard c. Ad-
ans. hereditary chief of the Delaware
Tribe which is aniliated with the
Cherokees-who spends most of his
time in Washington whom Congress is
in session instead of sticking to his
job OF chief on the reseryation-told
the committee that he held contracts
with the Delaware indians covering
the payment of claims aggregating
twenty million dollars that he was to-
be paid for his services, if the Gov
orument shall grant these cluims. fees
ranging from ten to twenty five per
cent 1t is said that these claims
have been approved BY the Govern
ment and that Chief Adams viii event
ualy collect on them; but not if the
Government is honest with itself and
with its wards.
about "the National honor, we rage
when some American citizen ventures
Into foreign countries for the purpose
of appropriating this. that or the other
fat thing that has not been devel-
oped, and when one of these American
pirates is put to death we cry out for
war, land we sing psalms TO the great
ness and glory of the flag and pass
laws forbidding it's use for advertising
schemes but In our treatment of the
Indians, the most infamous of Amer |
lean habits we say not word in pro-
test, and encourage the schemes of the
lawyers aud lobbyists for robbing them |
of the little patrimony we have not all
ready stolen from them. 1t is dis
grace to the country and to humanity.
If the Government owe the Delaware
Indians twenty million dollars, the
Government should pay them twenty I
million dollars, and without commits
sions to anybody-lawyer, lobbyist or
CRATER,
The business of the Government with
the Indians has not been done in
way. 1t has been dis
honest and disgraceful from the begin
ming, and Senator Gore deserves the
thanks OF the country for having
stirred the subject so that the Con
gress and the Administration can get
at it We have had an Indian Com
missioner, and one of their number, at
least, Francis f. Leupp, crank on
many subjects, but as straight as a I
string on this. has told about some of |
the inequalities and injustices with |
which these people have been treated ,
by the powers at Washington. Con
gress ought to so TO the bottom of
the whole dishonorable business and
save through appropriate legislation
and administration TO the Indians the
little they have left,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
sLEMp snuEEzEs u

Slemp win take his seat in tho next
House; but it viii not be .he same.
The Democrats will have a clear ma
iorlty of sixty three, not counting the
Regulars and Insurgents who will
want 10 vote with them before the ses-
sion is over. We should think that
slemp would feel very much out of
place in such company as that; but,
thanks TO the pernicious activity OF
The Republican otiice-holders in his dis
tl'icG aud the aid and comfort tncy
received from other otllce-holders in
other parts of Virginia, aud thanks
also 70 Irregularities practlced in his
interest he Will be given the certth-
cate OF election ana viii represent the
Ninth District again, and doubtless
represent II Just is We'll as he has rep
resented II SO far There win bo nine
Democrats IN the House from Vir-
einia and they viii beAabe to take
care Of the interests Of the people in
the Ninth District II would haze been
much better II they could have Con
gressman of their very own; but ii rs
well that they can cali on the Repre-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
THE IMPORTANCE OF ONE vorE.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
TIE 100 IN CHICAGO.

1t has been found by Mrs. Chatfield-
Chatfleld Taylor that there are fifteen
hundred people in Chicago who are
good enough to go in the best society.
This is stand-off against the four
hundred Ward McAlister found in New
York; but, since McAlister's count was
made, good many respectable people
have moved to New York. We should
say that there are at least four hun-
dred yirginians now living in the
Greater City who have the right to
take first place In any company Of the
best people Some of them have a
good deal of money, too: but money is
really not the true test Of respec-
liability
What we can't quite understand is
where the fifteen hundred OF Chicago
came from, and what they are doing
Out there There are no first families
IN Chicago; there couldn't be, because
chicago lacks both age and history to
make any FIRST families They have
stock yards and bacon-curing estab-
lishments, and art museums and big
newspapers, and some of the people
go 70 Europe and all that; but it takes
more than this to make great So
eie'y We can't explain It, except by
saying that there are fifteen hundred
peop!e in Chicago who think that they
Area tho top--n Chicago and we con-
sfatulate them on their thinking,
ihere arc Just as many in Pittsburg,
ana Cincinnati Is not 50 slow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
THE RAILROADS AND THE RATES.


| Traffic moving well in the West.
Some railroads report all their equip
ment is rolling Rate question only
thing botherins traffic managers
These are the headlines of special
dispatch to Financial America from
Chicago. II tells the story and tells
LIT in the briefest possible space; the
story of reviying business OF ready
market for the produce Of the West;
but 1t tells only one side of the story.
1t does not note the fact that while
the people out West have made enor-
nous crops and are getting better
prices for their stuff than ever before,
the railroads are still doing business
at the same old rates, rates that are
lower than in any other country in
the world, and rates at which the
railroads say they cannot make a
living and at the same time provide
for the Improvement Of their prop
critics necessary to meet the steadily
growing demands upon them. This is
the side of the story 10 which, it
seams to US, some attention should be
paid.
After DR.. Hadley's commission has
completed it's studies we shall be able
to arrive at fair conclusion as to
the actual value of the railroad prop
critics; but square deal that is
square on only one side is not
square deal-we should call it Jug
handled arrangement that should not
be permitted in fair country. OF
course, the shippers should have fair
treatment but the railroads were not
built especially for the shippers and
their profits; there should also be
profits for the carriers as we'll.
Beverldge. late of Indiana, and now
of chattauqua, could tale unfold
about the evil effects of forty-cent
bacon on the political fortunes of the
grandest figure IN the life of the Ma
ton, with big n, and if he should
be pushed he would admit that the
railroads charged no more for carrying
bacon at forty cents the pound than
they charged for hauling 1t when it
was eight cents the pound, and there
was less OF it at that price than
there appears TO be al five times the
price.
Think on these things!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
THE rMrnlE sTATr1.

New York shows II wonderful I'M
cfeasc in population. In ten years
.the rate Of increase has exceeded 20
PEI cent, The total number Of in-I
habitants Of tho state Is o,1ls.27s, Of
"hom i,7GS,sSa live in New York citIt
inc city now has. for the FIRST time, a
infgor population than the rest Of the
sta1e In Af,cen Of the sixty-one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28

Brother Addison of the Lynchburg
News. always as stately and as clas-
sic in Journalism as corinthian col
umn, broke into praise over yirginia's
gridiron victory yesterday. He put the
score in black letters on his editorial
page, and he waded in blood and cheers
like the most enthusiastic undergrad
duate. But we were some wrought
up" over 1T ourselves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
wink on these thlngs!
rue PRESIDENT AT ST. pArR1cIl.s.

TIE PtESlDENT AT ST. PATRICiI'S.
The President attended the Pan
American Thanksgiving service at st.
Patrick's Church. in Washington. 1t
was great service, and besides car
dinal Gibbons and Falconio, the Apos-
tolic Delegate 1t was attended by
representatives of practically every
nation in the two Americas. 1t would
have been strange If the President
had been absent on such an occasion;
yet one of our Presbyterian friends,
has protested mildly that it would
have been better had the President
gone to some other Church, We don't
think so. In the first place, it was
Thanksgiving service in Church
which from first to last has had good
deal to do with the discovery OF this
country and with the establishment of
its policies and the defence of its
liberty. That was enough on such
occasion even If the higher and better
purpose of saying his prayers in what
ever language and at whatever affairs
he pleased had been lacking in the
Presidential heart for 1T is written
that we shall neither in this noun
tain nor yet at Jerusalem worship
the Father"