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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
ELYING THE FLAG.

The yirginian- Pilot says that Vir-
ginia ought to have law similar to
that in South Carolina, which provides
that all public buildings, including the
public schools, must fly the State flag.
Our contemporary says;
The Index-Appeal. of Petersburg,
+; began an "a citation for the enactment OF
such legislation several years ago, in
which agitation 1t was joined by this
and other newspapers of the State, but
nothing came of 1t. Maybe q revival
of the subject would have better re-
suits"
If our Norfolk contemporary win
search through It's files it viii find that
at the last session of the General AS
sembly bill was introduced to have
the national nag flung to the breeze
from every school house in Virginia.
The bill received wide discussion, but
there We're many legislators who in
sisted that If that flag were used, the
Virginia State flag must also be
hotsted. There were suggestions that
the Confederate ensign be added to
complete the trinity. The proper COM
mittees looked into the matter and
while commending the patriotic intent
OF the bill figured out that ii would
involve a surprisingly large cost of
the States money annually. In view
Of the fact that last winter every cent
was needed fer Snore important pur-
poses, the bill died in committee.
When some practical plan can be
proposed. this scneme ought TO be car
ried out II would be Interesting TO
find just what proportion of school
children in virginiaEknow their State
nag when they see IT. In North Caro-
Ina. the school children do not know
their State nag WHEN they see IT. and
II is Just as well there. as the nag has
emblazoned on it an historical false
hood relating to the alleged Mecklen-
burg Declaration of Independence, 1t
has been found IN other Southern states
that ignorance or the state noe
~ very great, not only among
school children, but also among their
elders,
gs ~ DAYS Aks these. when the sig
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
THE sonar ~ THE SECOND.

a Democratic Candldate Ior Congress
from the Second District win be nomi-
mated at tne convention to be held at
Suf1olk tomorrow. This convention
VIII be composed of ISIS delegates, VINO
were elected on Friday. But for the
frauds committed in the primary cleo
ton this convention would not be
necessary Tnere were two candidates
at the MISUNDERSTANDING and Young.
Fraudulent votes were cast for both
of them; but after the fraudulent votes
cast for both were thrown out, 1t APP
peared that Young had received ma
jority of the votes against which there
was no protest. The case was taken
to the Democratic State Committee.
The Committee decided that as frauds
had been committed in the interest OF
both candidates neither should have
the count and that another election
should be held. Instead OF combining
this extraordinary election to the two
candidates who had made the contest
at the primaries and conformed TO the
rules OF the party requiring them to
put up their entrance money, the Com
mittee decided that any Democrat could
There Were sa-.e entries for this con-
ISOLATION race. or the delegates elected
to the convention at Suffolk, Senator
Holland is said to lack only a few
o,b
didates are Young, Maynard and Deal
1t is said that 1T Is Holland against
the field, and it may be that the field
Will win; but nobody knows.
1t is very interesting situation as
1T stands and situation which would
not have been possible If the party had
been honest with itself. 1t is a situa-
ton which will not bear repeating in
this State. This is not the time, how
ever, for elimination and recrimina-
ton; and whatever the result of the
convention tomorrow ii should be ac-
cepted in good faith by all Democrats
In the Second District and supported
by them at the polls next month
There is a good deal OF feeling
and much criticism of the course
adopted by the state Commit
stee; but this should pass away, or be
held under control in the presence OF
the common enemy. After the cleo
tion is held in November, there are
some basketsful of household linen that
should be taken to the party laundry
There has been rather too much of it
already in public.
What Will be needed at Suffolk to-
morrow moro than anything else is
plentiful supply OF oil of forgiveness
and the entire absence of vinegar.
The State and the party need Demo-
cratic congressman from the Second
District and after he is elected the
machine Can be sent to the party work
shop for repairs. 1t has been fear
fully sprung in some of its joints and
1t has been smoking in an altogether
unlawful way for months With all
hands working together. 1t may be
possible to make 1t as good as now
by 1912.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

| city Inns progressed and been Denefteu
| by the new administration, no especiai-
ly distinctive feature of the socialis.ic
program has been carried out AS wv
New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat puts III
",The story of Socialist rule IN Miiwau-
| ltee seems SO far to consist prlnclpaliy
in recital OF common-se sense economies
and sound reforms Of the sort 10 70
expected from reform administration
| regardless OF Its political complexion.
\ The Socialists In Milwaukee are carry
ing out the pledges OF economy ana
buslness-like government upon winch
| they were elevated to power.
! They have not, however. given up
/, their plans Of trying out the doctrines
and isms that are peculiarly their
own. In such plans they are met
by two great obstacles: the lack Oh
funds and need for enabling laws.
When they have secured adequate mu-
| nicipal funds and have persuaded the
State Legislature to enact such laws as
VIII allow them to execute their ambi-
lions, Milwaukee will take on moro
Socialistio aspect as city, If the So
ciallsts continue in power.
The firstesix months of the Socialist
rule shows number of praiseworthy
changes In the selection of experts
for the different departments in which
expert knowledge or skill is required,
the administration has in most ad-
mirable way disregarded partisan lines.
When commissioner of public health
was needed, one was secured from
without the State, this officer coming
from the Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service The administration
has centralized the business OF purchas-
ing city supplies, creating the office Of
to fill 1t who has saved Milwaukee
thousands and thousands OF dollars.
A number Of useless Offices have been
abolished. Not only have they insisted
upon an eight-hour day for city en-
ployes, but they are taking care that
every employe gives the city eight
hours of real work. The merit sys-
tenn among employees Is enforced
Faithful and efficient employees have
been retained in the subordinate mu-
ntcipal Offices. no matter to what party
they belonged. An expert who has
lately studied the administration Of
Milwaukee says that in every depart
ment the city's business is conducted
honestly and efficiently.
They have several projects on foot
which they hope to accomplish later
Among these are the establishment of
a city orchard, the purchase and laying
out Of residence district for work.
ingmen. building homes with municipal
funds and leasing them at reduced
rates. and furnishing work TO the
unemployed Of the city.
Milwaukee is getting a good reform
government. broadly administered in
the interest of all the people, without
regard to the political Affiliations of
any element of them. What has been
done under the Socialist administra-
ton SO far seems to have been most
creditable to that party.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
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tALL TUCKERED OUT.

| There are limits even to unhuman
endurance, and the Colonel is said to
have asked his committee In New
| York to let him have a week for re-
| cuperation. Can such a thing be
without overcoming us like a summer
cloud? A week off! A week to rest?
All, no, this is only one of the Colonel's
little jokelets intended to excite SYM
pathy rather than to compel belief
| He ought to tell Ez Prentice: Don't
an hour. / can't be spared. There's
Stimson, and you know / must elect
him, because If don't elect Stimson
these scoundrels Of Tammany and Wall
Street Will say that can't elect my
self. No, no, Ezra, don't you let up
on me. I've got to keep going; Slim
son bears upon his back Caesar and
his fortunes, and must do something
to make Ernest and Harold and dear
old Rollo think that / am not q dead
head in this enterprise. Respites are
only for mollycoddles.''
And now, Mr.. Chairman, and you. my
fellow citizens, am not here by
choice, but under positive orders from
the Hon. Ezra Prentice, Chairman of
the Progressive Party of the great
State OF New York, much against my
VIII and at great peril of my health
to say to you that, the man who says
with Hoxsey at st. Louis is a liar,
and that Tammany Hall and Wall
Street are the greatest grafters that
have ever been known since Titus took
212? Are you going to Room 212? NO,
no, Mr.. Chairman and you, my fellow
citizens, see your answer in your
flashing eyes and in your manly
bosoms. And this, Mr.. Chairman, and
you. my fellow citizens, leads me to
the point of making few observations
on the vital necessity of being honest,
An honest man is the noblest work OF
God, not to speak of the women. A
crooked man IS crooked. 1 don't know
that you have ever noticed 1t; but 1t Is
true as Gospel, and it is likewise and
equally true that an honest man is
much more desirable citizen than a
dishonest man. 1 am for the honest
man every time, and against the dis
honest man. 1 am against the crooks.
I am for the weak man against the
strong, unless the strong man is in the
right. am for the corporations when
the corporations are right and 1 am
against the corporations when the corr
roratons are not right. am for
eS cry woman having all the children
she can bear. L am against the lazy
man. L love my eggs cooked on one of
two sides. am for the Old Moralities.
did not control the convention at
Saratoga, leastwise I did not put in
that plank on the tariff. Taft did
that. 1 am for Taft as long as TAFT
is for me.
Prentice is right That sort of
speaking should not tire out anybody
except the people who have to hear 1t,
and particularly the reporters who
have to take 1T down. Let him off for
a week, indeed! when he viii be re-
leased for good after the Sth OF No
vember. Prentice ought to keep him
at it until he drops and the sooner
he drops the better for the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
GOING TO PANAMA.

Mr.. Taft is keeping close watch on
the Panama Canal. He expects to have
it ready for service by the first of
January. 1915, and we are sure that
Mr.. Harmon. or DR.. Wilson, or Judge
Gaynor. as the case may be, will not
forget the courtesy due Mr.. Taft, who
would doubtless like to see the ships
passing night and day. 1t will be nee
essary, of course, for the next Presi-
dent to see what the Canal is, and he
should take Mr. Taft along as a guide
and friend. There Is no question that
he has devoted himself to this great
work with untiring and intelligent in
dustry and even If he shall find him
Iself in the position of Moses at the
time of its completion, 1t can never be
said that he has neglected his oppor-
tunity.
| Mr.. Taft will sail from Charleston,
| the finest port on the South Atlantic
| south of Norfolk. The building of the
Canal Will add immensely to the mate
! rial development of the South, and all
| Southern ports will profit by it. Rich
mond should keep a sharp lookout for
I the South American trade
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

Brother Hart, OF the Tarmville
Herald, has a happy and striking way
always readable and entertaining
column of editorial paragraphs. Wash
ington was satisfied with two terms.
the Governor OF Virginia must be
satisfied with one, and county treas
urers should not kick on two. And
we might add to this the sage
observation of Jefferson as to office
holders, Few die and none resign
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
BARON ROTHSCHILD
IS NOTED THURMAN

Imperial Hotel to preserve the ceiling
intact. and replace 1t in a coom IN
the new building.
No. Go Russell Square, which Is si.o
to disappear. was the home Of Sir
Thomas Lawrence. the painter. during
the last quarter OF century OF his
life; and while he was painting the
Cossack chieftain. General PlatoH, at
the time of the visit OF the allied
naonarchs to London after the battle
OF Waterloo, the CossacSs. mounted on
their small white horses. with their
long. spears grounded, stood on watch
at the door.
The projected extensions of tho I'm
perial Hotel will cover the gardens OF
chalront House, in the neiShb oring
Queen Square; and In so doing will
touch upon genuine thirtesnih cen-
tury relic OF old London. This Is meme
other than the well head Of the Devils
Conduit. whence the monasto = OF Grey
Friars and Cbrist's Hospital drew
portion OF their water supply The
course of the leaden pipe from the
city was BY way of Newgatc, nnder
the wall of ST. sepulchre's Church
across the Fleet River at Holebourne
Bridge. thence along Llwrone LeatheD
Lane and out In a northwesterly d.
rection to the open country. The we'll
head stands practically as 1t did more
stead Of being above ground. 1t is
some ten feet or so below the surface.
In the obituaries of Alexander
Nel!doff, who died the other day, as
Russian ambassador in Paris, find no
mention Made of his grandfather, who
was General A. ID. c. of Emperor Alex
ander l., nor of that generals elder
sister. that Is to say, the grand-aunt
of the ambassador, who played SO ex-
traordinary role at the court OF
Emperor Paul, as young girl. Paul
was completely infatuated by her
beauty. and she made use OF his adj
mira ton with rare unseltishness. TO
reconcile him with his unfortunate
consort, Empress Marie, and to alle-
crazy nonarch's insane tyranny. In
fact, never has there been favorite
of a sovereign who was SO universally
beloved. and whose memory is held
in such kindly respect, as Sophie
Nelidoff
Although King Georges coronation
does not take place until the third
week in June of next year, people in
London are already beginning to pro-
pare for the event and the contracts
which have been given out during the
and redecorating houses and public
buildings break all records Indeed,
ineither for the Diamond Jubilee of
lQueen Victoria's reign, in 1897. nor for
King Edwards coronation In 1909, was
there anything like the same amount
of money spent on such work as will
be disbursed under the arrangements
which have just been made. Need
less to add that rentals will so up In
proportion. and that houses in the
ton in the leading hotels, will be at
a premium in London next June.
! Copyright. 1910, by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

Mark Anthony was arrested in Nor
folk the morning after the primary
Tor drunkenness We knew they had
been voting dead people down in Nor
folk, but we had no idea they had to
go SO far as to wake up poor old
Mark Anthony.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

We haven't said word about Cone
Johnson for weeks and weeks; but
there is a request from Blackstone for
t!dings Of him and we wish the Hous-
ton Post would tell us truly what
Cone has been doing since he was
cheated out of the nomination for
Governor Of Texas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

nihcance OF the state is not emphasized,
when the New Nationalism" is tlaunt-
Ing itself before the people and seek
Ing to make the state a haccld form
rather than respected individuality,
1T might be well to impress upon, the
youthful mind by the presence OF the
flag that loyalty to the state is yet u
noble virtue or the citizen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

IL the people who have been saying
that The Times-Dispatch was entirely
right in its protest against the early
closing OF the hotels in the mountains
will put themselves in communication
with the hotel-keepers and engage
rooms for next September and October.
there Is little doubt that the resort
places VIII keep open as long as the
boarders hold out.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
TOUCHING UP TANIMANY.

| VI
The Colonel is fighting for his life
in New York. He opened the battle
Friday with fireworks in many Of the
upstate counties and rushed through
at a terrific pace shifting Tammany
hip and thigh. Tammany was his
theme and will be till the arrange
ments for the funeral services are
made on the Sth of November. Wher-
tions upon Wall Street and Tamnany;
Wall Street which in time past was the
base OF his own political supplies; Wall
Street with which he was in close
touch when he was helping to cinch
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
for the Steel Trust; Wall Street which
MY Dear Hartman" struck for $780,
900 In his behalf; Wall Street in which
Perkins does business, with which the
insurance companies have relations
and in which Paul Morton Is familiar
figure; Wall Street In which Tom
Platt, who kicked the Colonel up
stairs, and Matthew Stanley Quay and
the rest of the noble army of the Col
onels former advisers and fat-fryers,
were great forces for righteousness
when he could use them. We don't
know the number Of Harrimans room,
but the Colonel was very familiar with
all the Wall Street premises at one
1
time and, for all that we know, may
now have. working agreement" with
some of the most pious people in that
phic dispatches say, "Tammany Hall
and Wall Street" was the only theme
of the ColonePs speeches on Friday.
and the way he cut up about them
was very entertaining, If not alto
gether convincing, to the people who
heard him speak.
OF course, Tammany Hall is very
wicked, when it comes to upsetting
the plans of the hypocrites on the
other side; but Tammany Hall is not
running for office this year. and the
question Is uOl "lldI ANNUALLY mas
done or might do, but what the party of
which the Colonel has become the boss
actually did when he was running for
office, as run for office he will again
If the people of New. York do not sit
down on him next month. Tammany
did not raise that $4,000 from Wall
Street which Mr.. Hartman collected
for the Colonel. Tammany did not
take that $4,000 from the three big
insurance companies to help the Col
onel along. Tammany did not cinch
the STANDARD OIL concern for that $780,
900 which went into the Colonels cam
paign fund. Tammany did not soak"
the Pennsylvania Railroad for $780,
600 for free transportation for the
Colonel and his friends and family.
Tammany did not cause the great panic
Of 1907 and then call in Wall Street
to save the country from ruin. Tam
many is wicked enough. in all con-
science but Tarnmany is a mere child
when 1t comes to frying the fat out
of Wall Street. All the people In New
York know Tammany and they also
know the Colonel; know him as the
political creature of Tom Plat as the
beneficiary of Wall Street. and they
viii not take his attacks upon his old
friends kindly. The Colonel is far
worse than Tammany. and. now that
ho has become one Of the "undisested
securities it is not unlikely that Wall
Street will let him gang his own gait.
That would be fatal to the Colonel.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

The sine qua non. the condition pre-
cedent of the next baseball season in
the Virginia State League should be
good ball or none at all, Thousands
of people arc willing to pay for it if
they can only get it; but they are
tired OF ANA teur work on the diamond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

sheets Of paper containing 200 printed
stamps have 2, been dried enough they
gymmed. The gum used for tie pur-
pose. is a peculiar composition, nndo
Of. the powder of dried potatoes and,
After having been again dried, this t,ino
On little racks famed by steam power
for about an hour. they are put be-
tween sheets of pastebonrd and pressed
in hydraulic presses capable of apply
| ing weight of 1000 tons The next
thing is to cut the sheets in two; etch
sheet, of course. when cut containing
person with large pair of shears.
cutting by hand being preferred to
that done by machinery. which would
then passed to another squad OF work
ers, who perforate the stamps Next
they are pressed once more and then
to be sent out to the various Offices
torn, or. in any way mutilnted, 1.-THE
whole sheet Of 100 stamps is. burned.
burned every week from this cause.
The greatest care is taken in counting
I he sheets OF stamps to guard against
said, thot during the past twenty
years, not n single sheet has been lost
In this way. During the process OF
manufacturing, the sheets arc counted
Lee stutne in Statunry IInH.
VIII you please state IL the statue
or General Robert r. Lee was placed
in Statuary Hall, Washington, d. CT
Also who made The prcsentntion
speech. INQUIsITIvE.
The static Of General Robert q.
Lee, In Confederate Uniform. presented
ltol Building, Washington. The formal
itol Building Washington. Tie formal
presentation has not yet taken place
and there has been no acceptance Of
the statue by Congress.
Perfection Is No Trine.
Who was responsible for the Oft
quoted expression. Perfection is no
trife"?
The story is attributed to Michael
Angelo, and Is as follows: friend
once called upon Michael Angelo while
he was finishing statue; some TINA
afterward he called again: tho sculptor
was still at the same work: his friend.
looking at the figure, exclaimed, You
have been idle since I saw you last!N
by no means replied the sculptor.
II have retouched this part and poll
ished that. / have softened this fea-
turc, and brought out this muscle; I
have given more expression t., thls
lip, and more energy to this limb.
Well we'll" said his friend: but all
these are tr!hes." 1T may be So re-
piled Angelo: but recoliect. that TRIES
make perfection, and that perfection Is
no trife."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

Manuel claims that his body is in
good condition. but that his moral
legs ran away with him. which goes
to prove, again, that it is sand and
not size that makes a man hero.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

Where was Jeffries Davis at the
great circus parade in Little Rock,
Arkansas. on Monday? Was he one
of the heralds that welcomed the EN-
peror to the central ring?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

If all the men who are qualified to
take part in the political work Of the
party would do their duty, there woulu
not be nearly so many excuses for
kicking after the work is done.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

The mistake made by the restaurants
here was chat they did not call the
snaps haricots vert. All the con-
noisseurs eat them when they are
served under that name just as they
dote on cheese when 1t is insulted by
speaking or It. as .fronlage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

follow where He leads. Let US not for.
get how wide a field of duty He opens
20 us u we strive to be true followers
OF His. Then indeed can we be com
lorters to our brethren in trlbulation,
pam or bereavement comforters of the
stranger, the childlcss and the orphan.
Thcse opportunities meet us every
where. VIII we bear our own cross
bravely and help others to bear theirs?
by Gods mercy We can be means in
Ills hands Of helping and strengthen
ing them And the end shall be, by
e'ods great mercy. that they with us
and we with them shall BIO made ono
IN Christ and as we have suffered, so
snail we be glorifed together.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

This would be good day for some
Of the bicycle officers to look out for
the roller skaters who make sunday
afternoon hideous with their noise III
some of the choicest residence parts
OF town.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

The Hanover Herald Is growing over
ITS sixteenth birthday and growing as
IT 1t were Just facing It's first dawn.
II says that "circling waves of cul-
ture" are being sent forth from Ash
land, and we are willing to agree, and
say to the Herald, Hanover. God bless
YOU"