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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
Voice Of the People.
A Tribute TO rnul ,IcRnc.

Editor of The Times-Dispatch
sill was exceedingly gratitled and
proud TO see the action taken by Paul
McRae IN protesting against the de-
lay of the Committee on Finance In
acting on the bill providing a $4,000
appropriation to pay the pensions of
certain veterans and widows whose
applications have been passed by ow-
ing TO an unexpected deficit in the
fund.
l want to say to the young and tall
ented McRae and the immortal twenty
seven who stood with him in this mat
ter. that he has won the eratitude and
admiration of the veterans and widows
who would have been the beneaciaries
Of this fund. The failure in getting
thls appropriation through was no
stood with him. l wish that 1 could
take each one of them by the hand
and say, for myself and the 1900 vet
Grams and widows who We're passed
D Dg IN lhe distribution OF this fund,
God bless YOU"
McRae represents a county which
sent many brave men to the war. Colo
mel John Thornton, who fell while
leadlnE his regiment against the foe
upon the bloody field at s;harpsburg.
was one OF the bravest and most elo.
quent men at the Virginia bar. CAPTAIN
frank Irving, whose name will he
held IN reverence by the people Of
Cumberland as long us men are true
good and brave. Captain j. A. Booker,
who succeeded Captain Irving as can,
tain OF the Cumberland Grays. was a
P 9ra ana efficient officer. captains
more. of tho Cumberland Troop. all
were men whom the people of Cum
berland honored and loved. All OF
these lived through the war except
Mathews, whose young life went out
in a blaze of glory in a charge on
the cnelny's works at Mitchel's Shop,
The Black EAGLE Company went out
under Captain Harrison and came back
under Captain Edmund Cooke.
With example of such men us these.
how could Paul McRae fail to be true
and bravo in the discharge OF his
duty to a constituency who has loved
and honored him shas placed in his
hands the banner of It's faith.
Sail on, nor fear to breast tho wave.
Our hearts, our hope, our prayers, our
tears,
Arc all With thee. are all with theer
THORNTON HOLMAN.
,JctcrSVi11a TapIIorv |
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
NO ENTHUSIASM FOR POSTAL Saw
INGS BANKS

Senator Carriers patched-up postal
savings bank bill has come out of
committee ana been introduced in the
Senate. In at least one respect it has
been improved since It's first introduce
ton last June. This is by an amend
ment which provides that postal saw
inss funds shall be deposited in banks
as nearly as practicable in the lmme-
diate territory In which the funds arc
received. The only conditions are that
these banks shall be solvent and sub
ject to public supervision, whereas tho
original Carter bill provided that all
repositories must be national banks.
The effect of this change will be to
Keep the savings money nearer home,
since many districts which have no
national banks have solvent banks un-
der public surervision. Further, tho
argument that the postal bank scheme
VIII be used to boost prices in the
bond market is met by eliminating the
compulsory use of bonds. in securing
the savings funds.
no enthusiasm can be diseerned any
where for postal savings banks, and
THIS Is because no national need for
them exists. The issue is not pop.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

The wcek-old Old Lady of Governor
Street dcvotes much Of her perfectly
respectable space to an attempt to set
us right OH the question of the So
called popular election" requested by
the Anti-Saloon League, and we have
perused her remarks with patience and
determination. In reply, we need only
say that we examined all these argu-
mcnts, and rejected them, some time
before the Old Lady was born.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
PLEASE NAME III.

reiiec A referendum is an instrument 70,
mI1eemllreferrins to the decision of all the PEG.
yosteoie-through their qualified olector-
,uialse,oate--a public question: directly affect
nmet,ns all the people. What tho Anti sa-
NUS loon League asks of tho Legislature
get of Virginia is an instrument which will
aiiu refer to the decision OF all the people
Iorii local question directly affecting only
=. one-fourth of the people. Therefore.
witithe instrument which the Anti-saloon
sef League asks of the Legislature is not
referendum.
rs A popular election is popular"
thineooth in respect TO It's participants and
l l1fs.o its results 1t is an election in which
for Oil the people decide public question
on FOR all the people. The election which
matthe Anti-saloon League asks of the
III, In Legislature is one in which all the peo-
meaple will be licensed to decide local
hor question for one-fourth of the people
Joy Therefore. what the Anti-saloon League
eenatffssts is not a popular election.
TORI A Statewide election" is State
~ wide both in respect to it's participants
thiand to its results. 1t is an election
ipa,.n which the voters of the whole state
cntiecide public question for the whole
nl5nasstate. The election which the Anti
.rSaloon League asks of the Legislature
amsVs one in which the voters of the whole
sigstate will be licensed to decide a local
ne,ccluestion for one-fourth of the State
notrherefore. what the Anti Saloon
Ilyteague asks is not Statewide cleo
exr.ion.
n} me- The highly specialized and idosyn-
rre.ratic instrument which the Anti-Sa-
loon League asks of the Legislature of
casvirginia clearly is not referendum, as
berihat word Is usually understood. 1t
GtioI2early is not popular election, as
that phrase is usually understood It
frroclearly is not Statewide election, as
aopthat phrase is usually understood. We |
labshould be pleased II somebody who
haunderstandS its real nature and iden-
th.tity would kindly come forward and fit
bea name to It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
srrnE STATES EXPENSE IN III
WEST vIRG1N1A LITIGATION.

fu WEST VIRGINIA LITIGATION.
% The point raised against the ,legalit,
arof the States employing special coun
l,,,isSel in the West Virginia litigation seem
THO be entirely sound. It is pointed on
:iiiithat the act of March 6, 1900, providing
owor the prosecution of the suit. stlpu
anated expressly that all the expenses
1ni'.shall be borne by the certificate
holders" and that the State shall not
fhbc subjected to any expense on that
deaccount." The proposal to appropriate
0oats1oooo to retain the services Of Ex-
InAttorneyG General Anderson, who is
more familiar with the details of the
visuit than anybody else. is directly in
ttoconflict with this 1t would seem
fahat either the act would have to be
amended; or that Mr.. Anderson could
onot be retasied; gy that his fee would
Ilhave to'be' paid by the certificate
flholders.
But what is meant by expense to the
Estate. As a matter Of fact, has not
iahe state already been subjected to
cfeHpense in connection with this suit?
il Attorney General Anderson has been
FOR four years a paid officer of the
pstate of Virginia. During this period
2he has devoted q large amount of his
slime, all of which the taxpayers of
virginia command, to the West Vir-
cginia litigation. Presumably the case
ttas involved a good deal of CORE
fspondcnce, with expenses for station
These expenses, with the proportionatc
yshare Of the Attorney Generals salary,
ahaye come out of the Treasury of the
state. 4 this is not subjecting the
tStaie 10 expense, what is it?
lSactly the same conditions will
during the next two or three
yes If special counsel is not en-
Eaged, a considerable share of Judge
.Williams's time. and pro-rata of his
,ofiice expenses. both paid ty the state,
will go TO the West Virginia litigation.
Freed from this duty, we suppose that
the new Attorney General could devote
his time to other matters of Virginia
Interest. But as it now stands, the
State will be subjected to expense on
account of this suit, exactly to the
extent to which the Attorney Gen
erals time is locked UP In it.
2a Technically the language of the act
is certainly prohibitivc. but has not
It already been violated in spirit?
What Is the difference in principle
between providing and appropriating
salary money 10 have certain thing
done, and having ii done out of salary.
money already provided and appro-
priated?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
From Virginia.
SOFT 1Ns1NuAr1oSs.

THOsE 1000 cherry trees given us by
japan prove to be affected By insect
pests Japan knows how TO get rid of
her pcriis.-cleveland Leader.
Dispatches from Paris supply abundant
evidence that in America the cost of living
Is not interfering not!ceaby with the Joy of
giVine.-Ch!caso Tribune.
They use miserable English in Charleston
a merchant advertlses fresh eggs spe-
eialty" when they are strictly a novelty
Houston Post.
In a time of crazy guesses about Mr..
Roosevelt, the guess that he will be the
Democratic candidate in 1919 takes the bun.
Boston Herald.
How the country enjoys beef trust roast.
served hot by the government chet!-At-
lanta Constitution.
The statcms.t that there are thirty bank
crs now in me Federal prison Leaven-
worth would indicate that the government
can convict and punish those who violate
Its banking laws, but when 1t comes to the
trusts and the like, Uncle Sam makes
rather poor showing.-bIontsomery Adyer-
tiser.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
IMPENDING SMALLPOX.

There is nothing surprising in the
announcement that smallpox exists ii
twelve counties and two cities Of the
State. Any one who is familiar will
the situation might have expected as
much. Any enc who knows how care
disease will, indeed. be amazed that
no more communities are infected
They will be relieved to know that the
plague which is hanging over the
State. thanks 10 our own disregard
of simple precautions, has not yet
broken out in many other places.
That such a plague Is impending
unless conditions are changed, Is GER
tain. We cannot always gamble or
| our presumed immunity. We cannot
always trust to what cautious men
have done in the past. Forty five
years ago practically every one In vir-
GINA was absolutely insured against
smallpox. Marching armies. crowded
cities, thic!tly settled camps, and the
sporadic appearance of the disease
made every one submit to vaccination.
As q result, smallpox was, for some
years. almost wholly unknown. When
1t aid appear i was mild in form, brief
in duration and not very contagious
In character. Hence our people were
lulled into security The menace was
u
Thousands of children were and are
to grow up without protec-
ton against the disease. Even school
authorities neglected the precautions
until at present the vaccination law
Is not enforced in forty-eight coun-
ties and is well enforced in but seven.
The Norfolk outbreak OF last year
was a warning as to what we may
properly expect. The smallpox,
brought in from Africa by a sailor of
the Atlantic fleet, assumed the most
'irulent form and was only stamped
out by the splendid efforts Of the Nor
folk health officers. This smallpox
may yet be smouldcrins in Virginia.
# 1t, or any similar type OF the dis
ease, appears, 1t may sweep like wild
hre before the people are aroused.
The only method OF avcrting such
an epidemic is the one which is now
neslected-universal vaccination. This,
and this only, will prevent and protect.
What 1t did in Germany. 1t Will do in
America. What 1t did in the Philip
pines, it will do in Virginia. Only
blind Ignorance could persuade the
people to await the epidemic before
testing the remedy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
REPUBLlcANs IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES.

The action OF the election officials
OF surry county in throwing out the
vote of Claremont precinct in The re-
cent Fourth District primary, on the
ground that Republicans had voted
there. does not at all sustain the con-
fention that sentiment in this section
supports and faSors the admittance Of
Republicans 10 Democratic primaries,
The Petersburg Index-Appeal recently
5.uld US not only that such a senti-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
Bcstowal of orders -of 1ln,shtl,ooa.

The right 70, bestow orders OF
ed. to- reignlng sovereigns, who arc
officially described as the fountain of
al fhonors,' many OF whom, however,
nre forced to secure the approval OF
the the 6. cabinet E. N office before they can
provocative Is also enjoyed by the
.Fren ,, government, in tho person Of
the president Of tho republic; by the
Pope, who has retained this sovereign
der OF Malta, which still retains
Number OF other sovereign preroSa-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
MERELY JOKING.
Not Her.

|
The Doctor: "Nirs Murphy, YOU must he
at your husbands side constantly, as you
VIII need TO hand him something every lit
tie willie"
Mrs Murphy: "Niver. doctor. Fur be 1t
Puck.
Cheap at the Price.
EGG shampoo p inquired the barber.
Nope"
Egg the mustachc? Gives you tho
appearance of having had eSss for break
fast. Only 30 cents"
Go ahcad."-Washington Herald.
His Little Joke.
How would you like to take part in a
| oantata?"
I'D jump at the misunderstanding cou-
rier-Journal.
Popular Glass.
what are your prospects for finishing
up your college year, honorabiy? %
Fine. dad, fine. l expect BY spring to BIO
hitting In the 800 cass."-Pittsburg Post
OF Course.
I'm oldcn times great deal of counting
was carried on through love phi.ters."
well a philtored love ought to be pure.n
kansas City Journal.
From Virginia
He claims there are too many courtesy
colonies"
"Whcn did that begin 10 bother hm?"
since he got on the Governors staff
Houston Chronicle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
B0yroweA Un.gles
PROMISE.

hohbst1bD
II has ceased to ret dark
IN midaftcrnoon;
With glec remark
1t has ceased to get dark;
Tho robin and lark
VIII be twittorins soon;
1t has ceased to get dark
In midaltcrnoon.
Though the hills roman white.
Hope CLEANS upon them,
And It's gliinmcr 10 bright;
Though the hills remain white,
1t has ccased 10 bo night
At three-thirty p. NJ.
Though the hills remain white
Hope sloano upon them.
] am counting tho days
Gaining gIee as they pass;
Though my rent thoy may raise,
am counting tho DAYS
For the Aprils and Mays.
Cut expenses for gas
am counting the days,
Gaining CLEO as they pass.
There is ice on tho tsis.
There is frost on the moon.
The Bnowdrifts are big.
There ~ ice on the twis,
But Willie will dig
For the angle worm soon.
Though there's ice OH the twis
And frost on tho moon.
:. u. Kiscr. in Chicago Record Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
STATE PRESS
strodc,s Kollinr-stock Bill,


Senator Strode's bill which. f 1t becomes
law. will distribute the assessed Valuation
of railway rolling stock among the cities
and counties through which the lines mass
appears to be an equitable measure New.
port News has a peculiar interest in the
BILL consequently it is natural that this
paper should be found advocating it's pas
sage, but convinced that any one
who considers the proposed law purely firm
q disnterested standpoint will reach the
same conclus!on-that the measure is an
equitable one and ought to be enacted. Why
should all of the rolling stock nj a rail,vn :,
city where tho principal offices of the cor
Wi,.;,,in are tSeatea! Under tho present
srh e't nn, .Im ms IS Done ana Kiehmond
the arrangements, but is there any good
.sasoh why ~ should be done? Is the fact
~. ~, o'I nns % DESIGNATED as the place
nrt,ce e ip peasnn o. lhe companys principal
on i a reason Tor deprVing all tho other
800 ,.u ou'at'es liiroueh when the ran
Io .,c ope,utss Oh any snare OF the taxes on
foinhs s'oeA s-Ne"port news Press.
sunday Selling.
Inc police of Richmond have made sew
erai arrests hsro of late Of persons doing
business oG sunday In open violation OF the
tho law against Sunday selling as blue laws
but 1t seems to us that unless everybody Is
given the privilege of doing business on
S :n, inc law should be strictly enforced.
inere is no reason why man should be
allowed to carry on his business on the sab
bath and another fined should he attempt
TO 70 40 mo no same thing: Really. We do not
believe there is any harm ins selling GER
tain articles on Sunday: still we do not SEQ
the necessity of ii. The people who make
sunday selling necessity should break
away from me hab!t so as to give those
rest who are forced to work on Sunday be-
cause OF the Sunday buying habit. In fact.
we see no need of adopting the course pur-
sued by the people of the North and West
IN working on Sunday.-Cllfton Forge Ro-
view.
,,,
me proposed Executive Council.
Quite considerable degree of newspaper
discussion has hecn nr,oi,;totad -hu the nro.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
ST. Valentines Dny. Etc.

- '.'''.1I' y I3HN. 5st''
I. What day is st. Valentines, aud
what IS the origin of 1t.
2. Did the laws that the Traveiint.
Passengers Association were getting
up against tho hotel people of the state
have any effect? IL not, when Will
they go into effect?
g. When is the consolidation OF Rich
mond and Manchester expected to 90
into effect?
4. How many moving picture shows
are there in Richmond?
5. How many questions at time
and how often may a subscriber or
"HoTEL.'
/, st. Valentines Day will fall on
Monday, the l4th instant. The con-
nection between the saint and the fcs-
tival is very doubtful. some antigua
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

Eggs at so cents dozen seem a
tribe when we reflect that Mr.. John %.
Thayer once paid $3.50 for single
egg. However. Mr.. Thaycr's was a
great aux egg, which is usually
enough for two
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

The genealogical experts of Rich
mond have prepared a family tree
showing that Aldrich Is the father of
the tariff, and hence the grandmother
of the trusts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

The Michigan scientists statement
that mems brains grow larger when
they sleep is clearly disproved by the
case of Congress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

What is hell?" inquiries a CORE
spondent of the New York Sun. Well.
pledging ones self not to eat meat
and then being invited out to bar
becuc Is one form Of it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
The Pole STIR.
Is the Pole star Visible to Cape Horne

The pole star is not visible south q,
the equator. Your other question will (
be answered as soon as we can secure
the Information.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
incorrect weather nc.orts.

Editor of The Tinlas-Dlspatcl:
Sir,--Can you inform your readers
why your weather report is so often
at fault, especially on last Friday. the
2Sth, and to-day? Is the fault With,
you or Father Evans? These old
weather. farmers can throw one
eye-their weather eye--up at the
the clouds and beat you both.
On last Friday. the 2sth your wealth
err report said fair, when. in fact, it
commenced raining, haling and snow
Ing about II o'clock A. NJ. and con-
tinued at 1t all day and all night and
into the next day.
Now, to-day's report says: 'For vir-
ginin and North Carolina. generally
fair Monday and Tuesday; light, varia-
Bile winds. mostly vest But what
nave we? Hard winds from the north.
a aIa y mas been showing for more than
three hours, and with every indication
that 1T will continue all night, The
farmers are laughing at you and say
anybody could see it was going ia
snow. AGNOSTTC
Amelia, January 81.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

Butchers are not supreme in every
direction, and the meat of the mat
ter is still TO be gotten on the old
terms.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

The Supreme Court OF the United
States was 30 years old last Tuesday
We confidently expect to sec the
health faddists claiming that the SUI
preme Court eats no meat and invari-
ably chews its food thirty-two times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
FAREWELL TO nEMpH1IL.
Carolina Press Paying Tribute to Ed,

4
tor Who Leaves February IL.
Charleston VIII miss major j. G.
Hemphill when he leaves next month
to begin his WORK as editor of The
Isichmond dispatch. and the
State of South Carolina will lose Il
Journalist of distinction and high abil
ity. He Will be lost in that he goes to
toll and labor for Richmond ana for
Virginia, but his best work has been
done for Charleston and his native
State, and it cannot be lost. The ma
jor's reputation mas grown greatly in
the past few years, and here's hoping
that it may continue to grow and that
he Will find pleasure and friendly love
in his work in his new home.-Green-
wood g. CO Index.
Announcement was made yesterday
that Major j. G. Hemphill, for the past
twenty years editor of the Charleston
News and Courier. has accepted the
edtorship of the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch his new duties to begin about
February 10. Major Hcmphill is one
of the best known and most forceful
editorial writer's in the South, and his
loss to South Carolina means much.
Ills writings are freely quoted in the
where, and he has such prestige as
but few other newspaper men enjoy
Chester Reporter.
There will be very general and pro-
found regret in South Carolina that
Major ]. c. Hemphill is to leave the
News and Courier, the paper that he
has edited with so much ability for the
past twenty years. and with which he
has been associated for much longer
than that. He goes to take charge of
the Richmond Times-Dispatch the 18th
of Tebruary-Newberry Observer.
South Carolina is to lose one Of her
brightest lights. Major ]. c. Hemphill,
of the News and Courier, who has been
its editor-in- ehief since the death OF
Captain L. w. Dawson, some twenty
years ago. has accepted tho editor
ship of the Richmond, Va, Times-Dis-
paper about February 10. When he
revcrts to the time that he used to
fish in Hogskin and Hencoop creeks, no
doubt u home sickness will come over
him and no will have to read James
Whitcomb Riley's swimming Poor"
for a cure, But We will miss him all
the same!--North Augusta Is. ca New
Era.
With his last breaths lin Charles
toni Editor Hemphll is still eXclaim-
ing. Watch Charleston Grow."-Spar-
tanburg Journal.
The sumter Herald Expresses regret
That Major Hemphill is to leave the
News and Courier and go to The
In Richmond, but says
that II South Carolinian has to lcnve
The State it Is we'll that he make his
abode in Virginia. This state has fur
nished Virginia with a lot of excel
lent newspaper men. and tho Old Do
minion should be very proud Of her
suburban school of journalism. Vale,
Major Hemphill! Virginia is to be con-
graduated by securing tho services Of
such an able editor,-.Anderson Is. C.)
lntelligencer.
SIhe Richmond Times-Dispatch is to|
be congratulated on securing the SER
vices of Editor !. C. Hemphill, and
inc Charleston News and Courier
should feel proud that il could fur
nish man OF such calibre, Macon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

The sterling and splendid boarding
houses OF Richmond scorn 10 make a
pretext of the meat boycott. Here
abouts starvation ratons are still from
four to seven years off
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

rhe Richmond Times-Dispatch is to
be congratulated on securing the SER
vices of Editor !. c. Hemphill, and
the Charleston News and Courier
should feel proud that il could fnr-
mish man of such callbre, Macon
TELEGRAPH.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

With his last breaths Tin Charles
toni Editor Hemphill is still eXclaim-
ing. Watch Charleston Grow"-Spar-
tanburg Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

1.-THE imes-pispatch's weather re-
ports are. furnished every night by
teleSraph from the government Wealth
err Bureau In Washing ton.--EIditor or
The -Dispatch.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05

The Doctor: ''airr Murphy YOU must he
at your husbands side constantly. as you
VIII need TO hand him somethlns every lit