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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
A NEEDED INSTITUTION.
Editor Of The virginian.

Editor OF The Virginian:
Sir,--While Carnegie is building
libraries, Rockefeller donating mil
lions to stamp out" the hook~worm.
and numerous other goods. ana
people generously endowtns colleges
and contributing to various chari-
ties, / see no mention or thought
of those institutions which should
appeal most touchingly to the
hearts and purses OF all. These are
those places established through me-
cessity. Tor the care of nervous pa
tients and those of impaired reason.
In these hospitals we find almost
every family of the state represented.
Here we see the 'urstrung father.
on whom some sudden calamity has
fallen and who. already physically
worn by the struggle to rear children
who are to be our future men and
women with weakened body. the mind
In sympathy gives way. Side by side
with the father Is the darling boy OF
the home, too full of ambition to rise
to the standard of fond parents
hopes, he strives beyond his strength
and falls a nervous wreck. The tired
mother. realizing the sacred RESPONSE
bility Of training souls and bodies Of
her children. and with means too
limited to respond to their natural
needs. spends weary vigils pondering
how and where" she viii find means
to meet these demands, benumbs rea-
son by much thinking and becomes a
burden to those who need her care.
Though the mental faculties cease
their normal work. yet the physical
nature demands the same. The poor
can be cared for anywhere munifi-
cence and kindness may lead. but
where can one with unseated reason
find an abiding place outside Of an
institution for their special care?
The Eastern State Hospital. moth
err OF these institutions, has q corps
of five physicians. full Of youthful
ambition. coupled with Kindness Of
heart, and only need added means to
show what skill and science can do
I'm caring for and alternating mental
disease. with electricity and its re-
vivifying baths and wonderful power
in restoring weak nerves, and awak-
ening dormant muscles. II used on
MANY who have "hopeiessly given
up" might scnd volt which would
Te-ahaTxt the dynamo az tift nervous
system and touch into action .the
lost chord OF reason. Why is Ii no
Ia supplied this hospital
VIII scfence only probe the system of
apparently healthy specimenA ana
spend her Lime searching ssxsp@pt4d,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
AN OPEN LETTER.
Editor of The virginian:

Editor of The Virginian:
Sir,--I have written a letter to
Senator K. e. Holland, and having
! shown It to Some OF my friends, they
request that ! publish IT. IL follows:
Franklin. Va, Feb. %, 1910.
Hon. E. e. Holland.
| Dear Sir: Only the momentous
nature of the crisis could move me to
further trespass on your time. yet |
beg that you read this letter through.
see that the committee Of the House
hms turned the petition of some thirty
| thousand citizens down, at the behest
OF seven hundred saloon keepers. /
am dot posing as a prophet when |
suggest what win follow if the Legis-
lature oppose the action of the COM
mittee:
First: The registration books will
be heavily padded with the names OF
purchasable negroes.
Second. While such negroes Will
vote with the adherents of the sa-
loon in any test vote on that issue
yet they win vote with the Republican
party on every other Issue.
Third. The Republican party In
Virginia will pledge itself to give the
people what the Democratic party has
refused them; and then the ranks OF
TIC ofu parry Nl4h bE SPAhs eS 'ihf =
before in this state.
| am tolerab bly, familiar with the
tempe- of the people of the state. and
| assure you that many hold the sa-
loon issue above any other now con-
fronting Virginians. A very proms-
nent Democrat said to me within ten
days. II would rather live in Virginia
under Republican supremacy without
the saloon. than under Democratic
supremacy with the safourI. and
there are very many who think with
him. Such men believe that this is
sue should be settled on a higher
plane than that of revenue.
But even on the low plane of rev.
enue. may | ask lis the saloon keeper.
the best revenue collector You and
/ are not deiuded by the idea that
the saloon keeper pays the license
fees. We know full well that he
only collects them from the citizens
who patronize his business: and that
citizen is usually the Woodworking
man of very small means Seven
hundred saloons turns in to the state
treasury six hundred thousand dol
lars. How much does the people of
the state pay the saloon keeper for
collecting this sum Not tczS than
eight millions OF dollars In cash. a nd
fuily as much more IN Natue IN waste
disease. and crime. Is II wise finan-
ciering to employ the aloon-keeper
as a revenue collector on these terms
But there Is higher ground than this
for rejecting and ejecting the saloon:
Civil government exists for the pur-
pose of protecting society against the
vicious class. The saloon is by testi-
mony of our courts, from the lowest
to the highest, the chief promoter OF
the vicious class Civil government
also exists for the promotion of the
public morals. health and economic
prosperity. while the saloon Is the de-
stroyer of these. Can the state. there
fore, lawfully legalize. protect and
share in the profits of such business
which is its chief foe? In word,
-ean-the- state lawfully Commit self
destructionp Yours,
IT Fl Johnson
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
A VOICE FROM THE PAST
sunton Spectator Charges Against The
Reply Of That Paper

dictated solely by sense of duty to
the interests OF the people OF Virginia,
and utterly regardless OF the ciamor
of politicians or OF any other interest
adverse to the welfare OF the State.
In all the burning political questions
which have arisen in Virginia since
The Times was founded to this day,
The Times has not hesitated to take
what 1t believed to be the wise and
just, though unpopular. side. Whether
as an advocate OF honest elections or
against free silver, Ii raced unfiinch-
ingly the bitter hostility of the ma
jority and saw its circulation and busi-
ness shrink, but without murmur.
IT believed that the good sense of the
people of Virginia would nnally pre-
vail and renounce the suggestions of
corrupt politicians or OF shallow and
sophistical expounders of finance. And
this is just what the people of vir-
ginia have done. We have a new
Constitution, under which we enjoy
the fairest elections In the country,
and the finances of the State and the
nation have never been on as sound
basis.
Who is now the champion of fraud
ulent elections?
In the face OF these weIi-known
facts. 1t Is simply preposterous that
anyone, however malevolent. should
charge The Times or The Times-Dis-
patch with having sought only its Pc
cuniary interest. when that interest
was notorf0usfy ana constantly 1g-
nored.
There Is. however, something in in
dependence and integrity which seems
to fnfuriate those who are Incapable
of understanding either Of these quail
ties. The reason Is possibly that such
persons do not believe in these vir-
tues, and therefore mock and deride
those who practice them as mere inn
pole. they think 1t Is only question
of price to buy mans conscience.
and their only idea of price Is money.
In denouncing anyone as a Benedict
Arnold or Judas iscariot they remem-
Der only that Arnold was so involved
In debt that he needed money and
that Judas wanted the thirty pieces
of silver. To such minds 1t is only a
question OF amount to make even
Washington an Arnold, or any apostle
, Judas. .4
For the last eighteen years we have
heard from time to time the same
sort of charges from the same sort
of sources, and as long as The Times
Dispatch continues to plum the track
of honesty and honor and hew TO the
line. regardless how the chips fly, it
may confidently expect to hear the
same cry from those who hate the
truth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

The extraordinarily high price of
almost everything that enters into the
cost of living has not only attracted
the attention Of those who have but
little money to spend, but the thought
OF the best statesmen of the country
are now directed to some method Of
asccrtaining the cause and remedying
II If possible. An investigation has
recently been started by congress ana
It has brought forth some interesting
figures. These figures show that tna
retailers profits vary all the way
from 6s per cent. in Shreveport, La.
TO II per cent. in Baltimore. Md
The figures confuse the best
statisticians. the variation being very
great even In places that are. only
a few miles apart The cause Of TIM
nobody has been able to suggest so
far. The figures also show that In
meats, as in almost everything else It
Ii the poorer people who have to
pay the higher percentage of profits.
The variation In Tennessee seems
to be a. great a. In other parts OF
the country. For instance, the re-
tatlerg In Naxhvttfe. Tenn, get a profit
Of So per cent, while those who do
business in Memphis get only 80 per
cent. or just about one-half. There
10 no doubt that this investigation
win offer & vide fieid for careful
study of statistics and 1t is hoped that
some remedy can be discovered. -
Bristol Hefa4d .ys6urier = -. s9ss-,ss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

cases and pass by the pale faces Of
the wholly sicky The generous rich
shower their gifts on all but these
Inflated brothers and sisters.
Go through the Eastern State Hos
pitai and take a birds eye view"
and see how few attendants can be
provided for the number OF patients
who need some one to take them for
exercise in the sunshine, and 1t will
make the heart ache and the eye dim
to realize that for need of few dol
lars these poor sick people. incapable
OF caring for themselves. and whose
bodies are crying for Gods strength
giving and mind refreshing sunshine.
must be shut in. Could they roam
the hills and drink in natures pure
oxygen many might be restored
whole and In their right minds
Our state Legislature. now in ses-
sion. should listen with responsive
ears to the piteous cries OF our un-
fortunate kin and help pecuniarily
the goods doctors and willing nurses
who are using their best efforts and
little means to restore to anxious
loved ones the father. mother and
child.
"wAYFARER."
-ffsaf1rYss tTaYTrrfI5t--
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Conservation in Alaska.

Senator .Beveridge has introduced two bills for
the protection of natural resources in Alaska. One
withdraws all the public coal lands in Alaska from
entry and the other provides that these lands shall
be leased but not sold to exploters.
In introducing his bills Mr.. Beveridge explained
the enormous wealth of the great Northwestern
district. He said that previous estimates in his
opinion too small. and that 81 600, 600 900
was not too heavy valuation to put upon the coal
lands in Alaska. The area of these lands he said
is 1907 square miles He referred to the testi-
mony OF the representatives OF the Morgan-G uggen-
helm Syndicate presented last week to his commit
tee, and said that contained startling informa-
ton as to the rapidity with which the public domain
in Alaska is being absorbed by corporations
The syndcates representatives. it will be recalled,
admitted to the committee that the syndicate held
an option all the Cunningham coal claims now
being Investigated by the joint committee the
CLAWS charges. This admission, though technc-
ally voluntary utterance the part Of the syndi-
cate, came in reality following disclosures by MIR,
CLAWS that made its connection with the Gun
bingham group of claims almost certain.
And again we say Bully for CLAWS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
THE PEOPLES FORUM

All letters sent for publication
In THE Peoples Forum" Of The
virRinian" should be concise and,
as far as possible, kept within 900
words.
No attention will be paid to
anonymous letters, but names and
addresses signed as an evidences of
good faith will not be printed If re-
quest is made that they be omitted.
The freest discussion Of topics of
public interest is invited, with the
understanding. Of course, that
publication of letter 10 not to be
taken necessarily as approved by
the editor of the writer's views.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Education and the State.

In its concise and lucid article, What the
Schools For" which we reproduce this
morning. The Richmond Virginian finds itself
in the good company OF the 1ndex-Appeal,
which, from time to time, in years past, has
endedvored to impress those views upon the
minds of its readers. Existence OF schools at
the public expense can be justified other
ground than the public good, but we do not
believe that the public good demands system
so complicated, comprehensive and expensive as
the one we now have. We believe that better
and more practical results can be had through
simpler and less comprehensive and expensive
as the costly system than the present one
Peersbarg Index-Appeai
We hope that our contemporary has not met
with the difficulty that have, in making
the proposition understood. We have been trying
for years to impress the simple fact, sometimes in talk
ing to teachers. sometimes in talking to patrons of
schools and sometimes through the newspapers. And
yet we are. conscious that most OF those who have
heard or read our enunciation," have put it aside
is the ycricst =nouscrsc------=
Schools not for the benefit of the children?
Then what in the name OF common sense are they
fer21H not to give the children learning, why do
we send the children TO SCHOOL,
But what we said and what our Petersburg
friend has said, is that the public schools not
established, primarily for the benefit OF the
children but primarily for the benefit of the
State OF course the children are benefited by
education. If not the State could not be benefited
But the benefit to the State is the thing of prime
consideration and if the State were not benefited
by the education of the children, the public school
system would not be supported by taxation. The
State would have right to impose taxes for an
institution of this character which benefited in
dividuals, but not the State. Nor would the tax
payers stand for such an imposition.
1t is not purpose in this article to enter into
any discussion concerning the efficiency of the
school system But it's clear, from the premises
hat x1bp tla ats ip1nn f1ya IN he
schools the ground that education of the masses
is for the benefit OF the Commonwealth. it is the
duty of government to make the school system rs
efficient possible with the means in hand,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
NOTHING SERIOUS.
Western Learning.

Il suppose, said the tepderfoot,
that you cowboys and men in Dead
Glitch don't ever bother about study
ing geometry or anything like that"
''Thar's where yer wrong. mister"
said Scar-faced Mike. lingering his
gun. We're way past geometry. Out
here every mans an expert In trig-
ger-nometry.' st Louis Star
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
II WoPkefI.

Merely by way OF experiment a
Tamaaua mule. dying from iock1aw,
was given an injection of antitoxin
serum.
Whereupon the mule arose up with
considerable celebrity and kicked the
injector through the shed window,
and bit the owner in the arm, and
smashed an innocent bystander
against the wall and then settled
down and heehawed for oats.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
The Dog SettlefI n.

The multimillionafre was uncertain.
But how do ] know you can sup.
port my daughter in the manner In
which she has been accustomed 7" he
demanded obviously.
The imported nobleman smiled
blandly.
II Will go ze test" he volunteered.
What test p,
II will III with You one year and
zee how she IL accustomed and zen
will know what to say
But just then James, the footman.
liberated the $1,000 bnlidog. Chicayo
News g
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
NOTHING SERIOUS.
That Mighty pen

inc superiority of man to nature
continually illustrated. Nafure
needs an immense quantity of Quilts
tn make a geese with. hut "a man
can make a. gaosa at himself wits
one.--Christian Register
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Anxious About Johnny.

Fond Father--You had better cali
in the doctor to see Johnny when he
comes home from school at noon
Anxious Mother-Why. Is he sick?
Fond Father-I don't know. but
there Is something wrong. He walked
through the gateway three times this
morning instead of climbing the fence
--ChicaRo News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

iheF say that mummy Just ar
rived in New York Is that of the cook
of Rameses H."
fhat so? Well. somebody had tha
secret or keeping a cook" and tina
supnroantfe sighed wtstfully.--Phila-
deIphia Public Ledger
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
ma Askexl Ton Nfnch

They had been engaged for exactly
forty-seven seconds by the cuckoo
clock.
Clara. dear" queried the happy
youth. who had streak of romance
running up and down his person. will
you promise to love me forever"
I'D like to. George replied the
practical maid. "but really don't ex-
pect to live so iong."-Chicago News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

of college students, that they class TO Them
selves outside OF the pale OF the law.
These two bills are worthy of careful condisera-
ton by college authorities as expression of a
sentiment among many of the best people concern
ing the matters OF athletics and hazing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Our Self Eclipsing Heroes.

A printers error will make a zero
OF hero. but IL isn't the error Of
somebody else that the average here
has most to fear in this connection.
The Standard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Easy.

II am going to choose handsome
man for a husband
You will find it easy to choose
DO YOU think so, dear.'
Certainly: easy to choose, but
hard to get. ''---Houston Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Makes a Difference.

Il want little legal information"
go ahead
If an automobile runs over a man
whose fault Is 1t. the pedestrians or
the driver's'?' --Washington Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Thc way win, purtins

Gyer-~rhat fellow Pufkins reminds
me of ball of Irvine.
Myer--What's the answer?
Gyer--He's completely wrapped up
in himself. Chicago News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
There's n Reason.

That woman's heartless,"
why do you say that?''
She devotes more attention to her
pet dog than she does to her own
child."
Cleveland Leader.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
Lost.
"Onnnrf,inifv knn

Opportunity knocks once at az.
cry mans door"
use2"t' 0
Has 1t never knocked at yours,
Mebbe. But | thought ii was a
Dill collector and didn't answer."-
Cleveland Leader.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
or Coursc.

wonder why that rich Mrs. Tup-
per wears imitation furs?" &
Probably because II isn't real
cold. ievelAnd PiAin Dealer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

Who IL the bfindfofdei party with
the pair OF scaies?'' asked the xtran.
ger In the art gallery.
THAT represents Justice.
oh thought II was sugar.
wcigher, - Washington Star. :
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
a Special Order.

Divorced Woman like that don
very much. only / wish you would
arrange X 90 that instead Of saying
papa ana mamma It would only say
mamma - Lustige Woche.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
F.rarn,s.,,s,rv

The dress Mrs. Style wore at the
opera was a perfect poem." said Mrs.
Howard Z - Y.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

AS far as Ii went, no doubt re-
pied her husband; but / thought
some cantos were missing. brooke
iyn Life
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

The monotype machine is as vicious as the limo
type and its quite atrocious. In Thursday
article on the criminal insane it made us say that
under the proposed bill the candidate for lunacy
would be placed under observation in order to de-
termine whether not he was 'perjuring." That
word has no place even in insane article. We
desired to say "feigning.
In The obituary Of DR. Hawthorne, we desired to
say, He preached upon various topics sometimes
upon what the world calls secular topics but in
his every discourse the underlying theme was
righteousness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

One Of our State exchanges wishes to know what
has became of the Torrens bill. as il has heard
nothing Of it during the present session of the
General Assembly fsois EsgcnesC G. Moore rs re-
quested to stand and testify
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25

Philadelphia may be dull town, but her street
car operatives hate dull tune.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
The Laurel Refor,natory.

,rsppahannoes: va: r,sb: 3:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-25
What's the Answer

THE time to save is when you're
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-02
THE SCORES.

Al New Haven-Yale u. Syracuse 6.
At Easton. Pa.-Lafayette 10, Ursin
US 0.
At napolis-Navy Is. st. Johns 0.
At ambridge-Harvard 80. Bow
dOin o.
At Minneapolis Minnesota II. South
Dakota 0.
AT Hanover. New York-Dartmouth
s, Massachusetts Agricultural college 0.
AT MedfOrd, Mass-Tufts 0, Rhode
Island State 3.
At Wnliamstown, Mass.-Wnliams
%. Union 0.
At Cleveland-Western Reserve IS,
At Columbus-Ohio State 50, Witten-
berg 0.
At Amherst-Amherst 0. Springfield
Training school 0.
At Brown 81. Nor
witch 0.
At Pennsylvania 20.
Gettysburg 0.
At Lincoln-University of Nebraska
Sc. Peru Normal school 0.
At Ithaca-COrnell q, Rensselaer,
Polytechnic 0.
At Lawrence-Kansas University II.
Ottawa University 0.
At Manhattan. Kan.-Kansas State
Agricultural college IS. Haskell In
At Observation-Disclosures IS, Stew
ems o.
At Oberlin-Oberlin 0, Bucknen 40.
At Hartford-Trinity 20. Worcester
Technical o.
AT tsburg-Pittsburg University
SO, Ohio Northern 0.
At St LOuis-St. Louis University %,
Cape Girardeau Normal I.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-02
MURRAY IS AGAIN
ROUTED BY MOONEY
Loses Last Game, Failing to
Connect With Ball More
Than Twice.

The Occidentals rubbed il in on Muir
ray yesterday afternoon at Walker 3
field. winning the last game OF the
season in which Murray viii appear, 8
10 I. Murray scored first IN the third
inning. when Murphy got a walk and
scored on Flakes twO-bagger. MUIR
ply cut third base BY yard. bus I'M
pire Hopkins was asleep and did not
see IL.
The Occidentals also showed that
they could catch the umpire mapping.
and in the fifth inning scored one and
stole another. Robinson hit for two
sacks and scored on Lanes single.
Lane then stole second, and when Hop
kins was watching Lansford set put
out at first. Lane made a bee line for
the plate. cutting third base by ten
yards and got away with it-Hopkins
still slept.
Mooney pitched a great game. al
lowing but two hits, one OF them a
scratch. Murphy was touched up Tor
nine. three o. which fell 10 the lot or
Manager Black. who for some weeks
past has been known as the hitless
wonder.
A running catch by Langf0rd was a
feature With Kaefer unable to get off
for the game. Manager Margetts OF
Murray played the initial sack and
PLAYED a good game throughout.
The Occidentals leave in the morn
sing for the first OF the three game
series with Eureka. -.
The score.